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In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
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This would also be true of any further US attack on Iran.
Trump's attack on Iran is manifestly illegal, another usurpation of Congress's constitutional authority, and a fundamental assault on the rule of law in the United States and internationally.
February 18, 2026 at 3:59 PM
This would also be true of any further US attack on Iran.
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The left should talk much more about digital monopolies. The greatest dangers of AI stem from the power of the tech oligarchs who control these technologies. And, of course, AI must be regulated (privacy, copyright, consumer rights, environmental impact, safety...).
February 18, 2026 at 12:07 PM
The left should talk much more about digital monopolies. The greatest dangers of AI stem from the power of the tech oligarchs who control these technologies. And, of course, AI must be regulated (privacy, copyright, consumer rights, environmental impact, safety...).
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It'd be real nice if some news organizations were devoting some resources to explaining why a massive attack on Iran is a terrible idea. Wouldn't hurt if some Dems were yelling about it, too. What is wrong with everyone?
Here's something I wrote the last time Trump was about to attack Iran: presswatchers.org/2025/06/the-...
February 19, 2026 at 12:03 AM
It'd be real nice if some news organizations were devoting some resources to explaining why a massive attack on Iran is a terrible idea. Wouldn't hurt if some Dems were yelling about it, too. What is wrong with everyone?
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One of the priests who went into the Beoadview facility, Fr. Paul Keller (speaking here), said he felt "a society with dirty hands actually asking for the forgiveness of those who are being detained, as opposed to encouraging them to repent of their sins."
The 2 Catholic priests and Sister who entered the Broadview, IL ICE facility, to provide Ash Wednesday services to those inside, have come back out.
They gave brief statements to press before leaving for an Ash Wednesday mass in Melrose Park.
They gave brief statements to press before leaving for an Ash Wednesday mass in Melrose Park.
February 18, 2026 at 11:17 PM
One of the priests who went into the Beoadview facility, Fr. Paul Keller (speaking here), said he felt "a society with dirty hands actually asking for the forgiveness of those who are being detained, as opposed to encouraging them to repent of their sins."
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Why does someone who overstayed their visa need to be held in shackles? Does any child belong in a prison camp? Does anybody deserve to be underfed, or brutalized, or denied medical care? presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...
The inhumane treatment of immigration detainees requires more coverage | Press Watch
The glimpses we’ve gotten justify a lot more reporting
presswatchers.org
February 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Why does someone who overstayed their visa need to be held in shackles? Does any child belong in a prison camp? Does anybody deserve to be underfed, or brutalized, or denied medical care? presswatchers.org/2026/02/the-...
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F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/h...
F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/h...
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What are we doing here. This is just betting volume - but in this case the bets are seen as something that can influence the outcome.
Shouldn't be legal. Definitely shouldn't be news. But CNN political coverage is just a cleaned up Jerry Springer show at this point.
Shouldn't be legal. Definitely shouldn't be news. But CNN political coverage is just a cleaned up Jerry Springer show at this point.
It seems nuts to me that CNN has partnered with an online gambling site (Kalshi) and hypes their betting lines as “news” to report.
February 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
What are we doing here. This is just betting volume - but in this case the bets are seen as something that can influence the outcome.
Shouldn't be legal. Definitely shouldn't be news. But CNN political coverage is just a cleaned up Jerry Springer show at this point.
Shouldn't be legal. Definitely shouldn't be news. But CNN political coverage is just a cleaned up Jerry Springer show at this point.
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Honestly think that AOC would have a fairly easy time consolidating support within the Democratic establishment and that her real challenge is the media.
February 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Honestly think that AOC would have a fairly easy time consolidating support within the Democratic establishment and that her real challenge is the media.
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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17 February 1896 | Czech Jewish woman, Eliška Ritterová, was born.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
February 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM
17 February 1896 | Czech Jewish woman, Eliška Ritterová, was born.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
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February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
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Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
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Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
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My god do we need UBI
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet
Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma. Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.
www.nbcnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
My god do we need UBI
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
“Researchers have found that when a new plasma center opens in a neighborhood, foot traffic at local grocery stores increases, interest in payday loans declines and crime goes down, an indication of the way money from plasma props up households’ finances for necessities.“
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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15 February 1913 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Esther Zwaap-Philipse, was born in Rotterdam.
She was incarcerated in #Theresientadt ghetto in September 1944 and from there, on 6 October 1944, deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
She was incarcerated in #Theresientadt ghetto in September 1944 and from there, on 6 October 1944, deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
February 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
15 February 1913 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Esther Zwaap-Philipse, was born in Rotterdam.
She was incarcerated in #Theresientadt ghetto in September 1944 and from there, on 6 October 1944, deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
She was incarcerated in #Theresientadt ghetto in September 1944 and from there, on 6 October 1944, deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Also, here’s a photo of people dying to defend a “multicultural economic zone”
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One can't defeat white supremacist politics without tackling wealth concentration.
They are flip sides of the same coin.
Wealth buys a lot of media, politicians, & influencers to scapegoat immigrants, women's careers, & DEI for pain caused by wealth concentration.
They are flip sides of the same coin.
Wealth buys a lot of media, politicians, & influencers to scapegoat immigrants, women's careers, & DEI for pain caused by wealth concentration.
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
One can't defeat white supremacist politics without tackling wealth concentration.
They are flip sides of the same coin.
Wealth buys a lot of media, politicians, & influencers to scapegoat immigrants, women's careers, & DEI for pain caused by wealth concentration.
They are flip sides of the same coin.
Wealth buys a lot of media, politicians, & influencers to scapegoat immigrants, women's careers, & DEI for pain caused by wealth concentration.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
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Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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February 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
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A lot of people talk about wanting Dems with the courage and anger to meet this moment, but Rep. @ramirez.house.gov is actually doing it.
Read this 🔥 interview I did with her Friday:
Read this 🔥 interview I did with her Friday:
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
A lot of people talk about wanting Dems with the courage and anger to meet this moment, but Rep. @ramirez.house.gov is actually doing it.
Read this 🔥 interview I did with her Friday:
Read this 🔥 interview I did with her Friday:
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I think about how when they sang La Marseillaise they were still in the midst of a war they did not know they were going to win.
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I think about how when they sang La Marseillaise they were still in the midst of a war they did not know they were going to win.