Amanda Becker
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Author YOU MUST STAND UP https://a.co/d/9HS7ife on abortion rights post Dobbs
Nieman Nation. Ohioan. WV Mtn Mama (to cats). D&E College Instructor. Pro-democracy in life & work.
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TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began.
The conspiracy theories have triggered chaos in the Ohio city, where Haitian immigrant families and the groups working with them are already on edge.
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“The destructive force they have brought is nearly immeasurable.”
TikTokers showed up in Springfield looking for ICE; instead, they launched conspiracies attacking the groups helping Haitians.
19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt... via @19thnews.org
TikTokers showed up in Springfield looking for ICE; instead, they launched conspiracies attacking the groups helping Haitians.
19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt... via @19thnews.org
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) on ABC this morning said, "This is the Epstein administration," and that President Trump is "still in with the Epstein class."
On whether he has confidence in Pam Bondi as attorney general: "I don’t think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi."
On whether he has confidence in Pam Bondi as attorney general: "I don’t think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi."
February 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) on ABC this morning said, "This is the Epstein administration," and that President Trump is "still in with the Epstein class."
On whether he has confidence in Pam Bondi as attorney general: "I don’t think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi."
On whether he has confidence in Pam Bondi as attorney general: "I don’t think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi."
And yes, I'm clearly reading FBI files from the 50s-70s because I absolutely expect Kash's outfit to try some of the same (again, much of it was determined to not be legal) tactics, which involved: psychological warfare, planting false info w/ media, violence, wrongful imprisonment and more.
I've been reading the COINTELPRO files from the Cincinnati division. The level of work they put into monitoring Antioch College students was remarkable. Powerful men so scared of student idealism that they're breaking the law to stalk them.
February 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
And yes, I'm clearly reading FBI files from the 50s-70s because I absolutely expect Kash's outfit to try some of the same (again, much of it was determined to not be legal) tactics, which involved: psychological warfare, planting false info w/ media, violence, wrongful imprisonment and more.
I've been reading the COINTELPRO files from the Cincinnati division. The level of work they put into monitoring Antioch College students was remarkable. Powerful men so scared of student idealism that they're breaking the law to stalk them.
February 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I've been reading the COINTELPRO files from the Cincinnati division. The level of work they put into monitoring Antioch College students was remarkable. Powerful men so scared of student idealism that they're breaking the law to stalk them.
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Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power. trib.al/NS4Lf8H
Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted
Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.
trib.al
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power. trib.al/NS4Lf8H
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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In Munich, AOC warns that democracies must deliver for the working class to stave off 'authoritarianism' www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
In Munich, AOC warns that democracies must deliver for the working class to stave off 'authoritarianism'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a rare glimpse into her views on foreign policy at the Munich Security Conference, while sidestepping when asked "when" she'll run for president.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In Munich, AOC warns that democracies must deliver for the working class to stave off 'authoritarianism' www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
This show is so uniquely American. They should show it at the 250th.
Watching the premiere of HBO’s Neighbors and seriously considering suggesting it my mountain HOA — involved in 3 lawsuits they want to take to the Supreme Court 🙄 — as a reply all but I fear they’d think it was a good thing.
February 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This show is so uniquely American. They should show it at the 250th.
Watching the premiere of HBO’s Neighbors and seriously considering suggesting it my mountain HOA — involved in 3 lawsuits they want to take to the Supreme Court 🙄 — as a reply all but I fear they’d think it was a good thing.
February 14, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Watching the premiere of HBO’s Neighbors and seriously considering suggesting it my mountain HOA — involved in 3 lawsuits they want to take to the Supreme Court 🙄 — as a reply all but I fear they’d think it was a good thing.
"Among nearly 100 sworn statements filed in federal court on Friday are more than a dozen accounts in which federal agents deployed to Minnesota singled out protesters, finding the addresses of their homes and showing up there."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
"Among nearly 100 sworn statements filed in federal court on Friday are more than a dozen accounts in which federal agents deployed to Minnesota singled out protesters, finding the addresses of their homes and showing up there."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
TikTok and other social media influencers are destabilizing entire communities with their antics, whether it's in Tucson about a high-profile kidnapping, or Ohio, spreading rumors about groups working with Haitian immigrants. 19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt...
February 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
TikTok and other social media influencers are destabilizing entire communities with their antics, whether it's in Tucson about a high-profile kidnapping, or Ohio, spreading rumors about groups working with Haitian immigrants. 19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt...
NELP, an org that has for 60 years advocated for workers' rights, is laying off up to 60 percent of its staff after mismanagement that includes inflated executive salaries — one ex: a 160k year-over-year increase for ED — as well as low-key union busting and other tactics.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
NELP, an org that has for 60 years advocated for workers' rights, is laying off up to 60 percent of its staff after mismanagement that includes inflated executive salaries — one ex: a 160k year-over-year increase for ED — as well as low-key union busting and other tactics.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
Just had to google who this is. I've covered national politics for close to 20 years. I know I'm maybe not the average American voter but that can't be a good sign.
Stephen A. Smith tells CBS News’s Robert Costa that he is moving closer to a 2028 Presidential campaign, in an interview to air Sunday.
February 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Just had to google who this is. I've covered national politics for close to 20 years. I know I'm maybe not the average American voter but that can't be a good sign.
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I finally read this whole piece and the sheer scope of chaos and infighting inside DHS it depicts is breathtaking.
It's 20 stories' worth of scoops crammed into one omnibus account of an agency riven by incompetence and turf wars.
It's 20 stories' worth of scoops crammed into one omnibus account of an agency riven by incompetence and turf wars.
Firing a pilot for leaving Kristi Noem's blanket behind. Berating staff when she's not on TV enough. Inside the constant chaos at DHS.
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
on.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I finally read this whole piece and the sheer scope of chaos and infighting inside DHS it depicts is breathtaking.
It's 20 stories' worth of scoops crammed into one omnibus account of an agency riven by incompetence and turf wars.
It's 20 stories' worth of scoops crammed into one omnibus account of an agency riven by incompetence and turf wars.
I hung up a bird feeder last night and for 3 hours now I have worked at the window looking out at it with my cat — appropriately: Birdie — and we've seen nary a bird. So I googled and it can take 2-3 months for birds to start visiting a new feeder?! This was supposed to be our winter diversion.
February 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I hung up a bird feeder last night and for 3 hours now I have worked at the window looking out at it with my cat — appropriately: Birdie — and we've seen nary a bird. So I googled and it can take 2-3 months for birds to start visiting a new feeder?! This was supposed to be our winter diversion.
Meta is one of the most untrustworthy companies in existence. The fact that so many continue to post their entire lives on Instagram, and speak freely in family chats on WhatsApp, is mind boggling to me. Yall are giving it all away for free and you aren’t gonna like the world they create …
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Meta is one of the most untrustworthy companies in existence. The fact that so many continue to post their entire lives on Instagram, and speak freely in family chats on WhatsApp, is mind boggling to me. Yall are giving it all away for free and you aren’t gonna like the world they create …
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If society doesn't normalize instantly knocking stalker glasses off people's faces, then I guess the alternative is to simply mask up all the time
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
If society doesn't normalize instantly knocking stalker glasses off people's faces, then I guess the alternative is to simply mask up all the time
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Notice that Bondi doesn’t turn around.
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Notice that Bondi doesn’t turn around.
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…who was also his what now?
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece
The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson had been living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
…who was also his what now?
TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/13/t...
TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began. • Ohio Capital Journal
TikTok creators converged on Springfield, Ohio last week. Finding none of the ICE mayhem they expected to see, they began concocting and spreading conspiracy theories about the city and the charities ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/13/t...
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🚨 Leftie Nick Shirley tries to Pizzagate Springfield, OH 🚨
“They sent people to a church who demanded to see evidence of the help they were giving.”
“TikTok creators, who presented themselves as pro-immigrant and anti-deportation, said that the groups helping Haitians were refusing them aid.”
“They sent people to a church who demanded to see evidence of the help they were giving.”
“TikTok creators, who presented themselves as pro-immigrant and anti-deportation, said that the groups helping Haitians were refusing them aid.”
Last week, TikTok creators, finding none of the mayhem they expected to see in Springfield, started suggesting faith-based groups working with Haitian immigrants were misdirecting resources. Within 48 hrs, they concocted a child-trafficking conspiracy. 19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt... via @19thnews.org
TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began.
The conspiracy theories have triggered chaos in the Ohio city, where Haitian immigrant families and the groups working with them are already on edge.
19thnews.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🚨 Leftie Nick Shirley tries to Pizzagate Springfield, OH 🚨
“They sent people to a church who demanded to see evidence of the help they were giving.”
“TikTok creators, who presented themselves as pro-immigrant and anti-deportation, said that the groups helping Haitians were refusing them aid.”
“They sent people to a church who demanded to see evidence of the help they were giving.”
“TikTok creators, who presented themselves as pro-immigrant and anti-deportation, said that the groups helping Haitians were refusing them aid.”
“The destructive force they have brought is nearly immeasurable.”
TikTokers showed up in Springfield looking for ICE; instead, they launched conspiracies attacking the groups helping Haitians.
19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt... via @19thnews.org
TikTokers showed up in Springfield looking for ICE; instead, they launched conspiracies attacking the groups helping Haitians.
19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt... via @19thnews.org
TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began.
The conspiracy theories have triggered chaos in the Ohio city, where Haitian immigrant families and the groups working with them are already on edge.
19thnews.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
“The destructive force they have brought is nearly immeasurable.”
TikTokers showed up in Springfield looking for ICE; instead, they launched conspiracies attacking the groups helping Haitians.
19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt... via @19thnews.org
TikTokers showed up in Springfield looking for ICE; instead, they launched conspiracies attacking the groups helping Haitians.
19thnews.org/2026/02/tikt... via @19thnews.org
And yet so many pontificators in Washington still looking for the resistance.
Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
And yet so many pontificators in Washington still looking for the resistance.
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I'm not into prediction markets... but this has all of the makings of a SCOTUS retirement. His book goes on sale on October 6, 2026--the day after OT2026 starts . . . and now a new hagiographic biography? Hmmmmmm.
February 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I'm not into prediction markets... but this has all of the makings of a SCOTUS retirement. His book goes on sale on October 6, 2026--the day after OT2026 starts . . . and now a new hagiographic biography? Hmmmmmm.
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Early Banner supporter; could care less about DC sports.
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February 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Early Banner supporter; could care less about DC sports.
LOVE.
Early Banner supporter; could care less about DC sports.
LOVE.