Cynthia Hope Laub
@bloomlove.bsky.social
Flowers, flowers, flowers…🌻
I want to leave this world better than when I got here.
SMASH THE PATRIARCHY
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I want to leave this world better than when I got here.
SMASH THE PATRIARCHY
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Fucking Monsters
After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
February 18, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Fucking Monsters
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NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM
NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
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New in @dmagazine.bsky.social
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
Activists Want the City to Enforce Code Against the Dallas ICE Field Office. Can It Be Done?
Cities across the state and nation are finding ways to hold ICE accountable. Will Dallas?
www.dmagazine.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
New in @dmagazine.bsky.social
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
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This poll has Trump’s issue approval on immigration at -11%, down from -13% last week but still higher than any level of disapproval registered in their polls last year.
For months I've banged the drum that "not sure" has become the safe harbor answer for "Republicans who know Trump's probably wrong, but don't want to admit it."
Today's Economist/YouGov Poll: Is Donald Trump racist?
41% of Republicans have No Opinion.
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Today's Economist/YouGov Poll: Is Donald Trump racist?
41% of Republicans have No Opinion.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
February 18, 2026 at 1:25 AM
This poll has Trump’s issue approval on immigration at -11%, down from -13% last week but still higher than any level of disapproval registered in their polls last year.
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This language on the TrumpRx site.
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 AM
This language on the TrumpRx site.
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Mr. Sim lived in the US for 43 years. He was ordered deported 20 years ago after a larceny conviction. Because Cambodia wasn’t accepting deportations, he was allowed to stay on an order of supervision.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Mr. Sim lived in the US for 43 years. He was ordered deported 20 years ago after a larceny conviction. Because Cambodia wasn’t accepting deportations, he was allowed to stay on an order of supervision.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
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I just saw a bunch of the credulous reporting on this new conflicts check system, and, my god, it's so embarrassing.
Please, read and subscribe to Law Dork for independent legal journalism. Save yourself from the bullshit.
Please, read and subscribe to Law Dork for independent legal journalism. Save yourself from the bullshit.
SCOTUS changed the rules for bringing cases to the court because John Roberts won't sell his stocks
Roberts and Alito are the only two justices who own individual stocks. Also: A new lawsuit challenges the Trump admin's removal of the Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument.
www.lawdork.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I just saw a bunch of the credulous reporting on this new conflicts check system, and, my god, it's so embarrassing.
Please, read and subscribe to Law Dork for independent legal journalism. Save yourself from the bullshit.
Please, read and subscribe to Law Dork for independent legal journalism. Save yourself from the bullshit.
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The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
NEW: The Supreme Court will begin requiring litigants in March to list the stock ticker for each party involved in a case to make it easier to check if a justice has a conflict of interest that might require recusal. #SCOTUS
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
February 17, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does.
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does.
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽
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Trump’s propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Trump’s propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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GOP Rep. Carter (GA): "We can't have a warrant every time"
You cannot be a "patriot" and be OK with lawlessness.
You cannot be a "patriot" and be OK with lawlessness.
February 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
GOP Rep. Carter (GA): "We can't have a warrant every time"
You cannot be a "patriot" and be OK with lawlessness.
You cannot be a "patriot" and be OK with lawlessness.
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The Constitution is currently being interpreted by the Epstein Class at SCOTUS.
“If this guy isn’t impeached and removed, what’s the point to the whole Constitution? You can’t have a fucking criminal running the government for his own benefit screwing the people. And that’s what we have.”
February 17, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The Constitution is currently being interpreted by the Epstein Class at SCOTUS.
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JUST IN: #FOIA suit from @DDFund_ for records of FBI's $50K-in-CAVA-bag sting against Border Czar Tom Homan assigned to Judge Ana Reyes (Biden/DC). Sting did not lead to charges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint – #1 in DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS FUND v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-00496) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12246348) filed by DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS FUND.(McCall, Ginger) (Entered: 02/17/2026)
storage.courtlistener.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
JUST IN: #FOIA suit from @DDFund_ for records of FBI's $50K-in-CAVA-bag sting against Border Czar Tom Homan assigned to Judge Ana Reyes (Biden/DC). Sting did not lead to charges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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JUST IN: Revised Fulton County demand for return of 2020 ballots seized by FBI calls evidence "woefully short" of showing probable cause that a crime was committed. County says actions would have to be willful to be crimes & no claim/proof of that. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
PittsvUSAmendedComp021726
www.documentcloud.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
JUST IN: Revised Fulton County demand for return of 2020 ballots seized by FBI calls evidence "woefully short" of showing probable cause that a crime was committed. County says actions would have to be willful to be crimes & no claim/proof of that. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
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According to internal emails obtained as part of a FOIA request, top ICE officials knew as early as March 2025 that officers were using dramatically more force against civilians and the targets of enforcement operations — months before federal officers shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
According to internal emails obtained as part of a FOIA request, top ICE officials knew as early as March 2025 that officers were using dramatically more force against civilians and the targets of enforcement operations — months before federal officers shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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JUST IN: Judge Xinis reinforces her order keeping Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of ICE detention, saying the administration doesn’t appear particularly close to securing his deportation to Liberia (or anywhere else)
Also a discourse on meaning of “nunc pro tunc”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Also a discourse on meaning of “nunc pro tunc”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
JUST IN: Judge Xinis reinforces her order keeping Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of ICE detention, saying the administration doesn’t appear particularly close to securing his deportation to Liberia (or anywhere else)
Also a discourse on meaning of “nunc pro tunc”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Also a discourse on meaning of “nunc pro tunc”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 17, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Hell isn’t hot enough for those in charge.
“Chicago teenager who previously made headlines calling for the release of her dad from ICE custody has died from a rare form of cancer.” people.com/teen-ofelia-...
16-Year-Old Girl Who Called for Dad's Release from ICE Custody Dies from Rare Cancer: 'Her Love Will Endure'
Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, who made headlines after calling for her dad's release from ICE custody in October 2025, has died from a rare form of cancer at the age of 16.
people.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Hell isn’t hot enough for those in charge.
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The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities).
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
February 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities).
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Colbert and Talarico ended up talking at length about Freedom of Religion in the interview that Brendan Carr censored.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Colbert and Talarico ended up talking at length about Freedom of Religion in the interview that Brendan Carr censored.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
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For those looking for background: the group is called The First Amendment Troop, and the piece is entitled, "ResistDance." This appears to be their original Instagram post: www.instagram.com/reel/DU1-DrF...
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February 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
For those looking for background: the group is called The First Amendment Troop, and the piece is entitled, "ResistDance." This appears to be their original Instagram post: www.instagram.com/reel/DU1-DrF...
"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."
- Toni Morrison
- Toni Morrison
February 17, 2026 at 11:35 PM
"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."
- Toni Morrison
- Toni Morrison