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Amplify the good stuff. Bring attention to topics in danger of falling off the radar. Focus on legit news in need of amplification. Remember: Carl Bernstein says, "Truth is not neutral." Christiane Amanpour, says be "truthful, not neutral."
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.

After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
"Draw a bigger picture of what's happening."

*The whistleblower complaint
*Michigan-Canada Bridge
*Override systems of democracy to garner power for wealthy
*Rapid, violent expansion of federal agents

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTfV... @hcrichardson.bsky.social Politics Chat
Politics Chat, February 13, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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February 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Other countries can do it, why can’t we?

www.france24.com/en/live-news...
February 15, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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ABC: Do you still have confidence in Pam Bondi as AG?

MASSIE: I don't think Pam Bondi has confidence in Pam Bondi. She wasn't confident enough to engage in anything but name calling in a hearing. So no, I don't. She was responsible for the document production.
February 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
February 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
February 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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This is somewhat more of an old-fashioned ICE ruse. Arguably this is a sign of the agency going back to more standard “targeted enforcement” tactics designed to be not as disruptive as the more recent aggro-style arrests. Watch for more like this to come.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.

The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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Excuse me? What planet have you been inhabiting?
Schumer on DHS reforms: "I believe Republicans will have no choice but to go along with us because it's so common sense"
February 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Why is she even discussing elections?
Tom Homan what Noem meant by saying DHS will "make sure we have the right people voting electing the right leaders": "I don't know. That'd be a question for the secretary ... I have not talked to her. That's something she'd have to answer."
February 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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So much for the party of "religious freedom"
“A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to allow Roman Catholic clergy members to minister to people at a detention center near Chicago on Ash Wednesday, after they had been denied access for months.”

The most anti-faith administration of my lifetime. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Judge Orders ICE to Let Clergy Give Communion to Detained Migrants on Ash Wednesday
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social -- "The Newsroom" ran from 2012 - 2014. This short clip almost encompasses everything happening right now regarding the SAVE act. The party in charge now has been at this for a very long time. Brilliant.

bsky.app/profile/vote...
I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.
February 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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February 14, 2026
February 14, 2026
On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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Weekly data roundup for Feb. 15: New hard data show same pattern of intense anti-Trump backlash that polls do. Protests against Trump are happening at 4x the rate as 2017-18, and special election swings offer more data on the same point www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-back...
The backlash against Trump is showing up in hard data, not just polls
New data on protest activity shows organized anti-Trump actions are 4x the size they were in the president's first term. Your weekly political data roundup for February 15, 2026.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"The Newsroom" had many brilliant moments. The program fan from 2012-2014. The Republican party has been at this for a very long time.

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I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.
February 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Epstein Administration = Epstein Class
Massie: "Donald Trump told us that even though he had dinner with these people in NYC and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But he's not. He's still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration."
February 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Massie: "Donald Trump told us that even though he had dinner with these people in NYC and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But he's not. He's still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration."
February 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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"Coffee prices in the U.S. were up 18.3% in January from a year ago, according to the latest Consumer Price Index released on Friday. Over five years, the government reported, coffee prices rose 47%."

apnews.com/article/coff...
AP News by Matt Sedensky
Soaring coffee prices rewrite some Americans' daily routines
Rising coffee prices are changing how some Americans get their caffeine. Government data shows coffee prices were up nearly 20 percent in December from a year earlier and up almost 50 percent over fiv...
apnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Homan: "When they say 'stop racial profiling' -- that's just not occurring. ICE will briefly detain and question somebody based on reasonable suspicion. It has nothing to do with racial profiling."
February 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Patterns tend to repeat themselves.
O'Keefe to Homan: "2 agents now on leave bc video evidence shows sworn testimony appears to be untruthful. DHS initially said officer who shot the migrant was being ambushed. Combine that w/ 2 deadly shootings & a Chicago incident where evidence contradicted govt - does this undermine trust in ICE?"
February 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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O'Keefe to Homan: "2 agents now on leave bc video evidence shows sworn testimony appears to be untruthful. DHS initially said officer who shot the migrant was being ambushed. Combine that w/ 2 deadly shootings & a Chicago incident where evidence contradicted govt - does this undermine trust in ICE?"
February 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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NEW: Trump suggested he would issue an executive order that imposes a photo ID requirement for voting, mandates proof of citizenship for registration and bans mail voting ahead of the midterms if the Senate fails to pass the SAVE America Act.
Trump: ‘There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!’
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future," wrote Trump, who is not a lawyer.
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM