Brigid Alverson
@brigidalverson.bsky.social
Comics journalist, library fan, ally. I vote. Support trans youth! Pronouns: She/her.
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I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers who’ve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers who’ve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
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It’s long past time for Kristi Noem to resign or be fired.
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It’s long past time for Kristi Noem to resign or be fired.
I think everyone, no matter what their income level, should work in a retail or service job at least once in their life. We'd have a lot fewer assholes that way.
may have just scolded the lady next to me on this flight for leaving her trash in the seat right before we deplaned. “i don’t think you should leave your trash.” “who cares what you think” [observes she has a copy of the new york times in her hands]
February 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I think everyone, no matter what their income level, should work in a retail or service job at least once in their life. We'd have a lot fewer assholes that way.
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I understand the need to always find fresh angles on news stories but man...We also need to say the plain facts over and over and over so everyone understands.
In plain language: ICE is violently attacking communities based on the president's racist, petty impulses. Everything stems from that!
In plain language: ICE is violently attacking communities based on the president's racist, petty impulses. Everything stems from that!
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I understand the need to always find fresh angles on news stories but man...We also need to say the plain facts over and over and over so everyone understands.
In plain language: ICE is violently attacking communities based on the president's racist, petty impulses. Everything stems from that!
In plain language: ICE is violently attacking communities based on the president's racist, petty impulses. Everything stems from that!
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you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
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I will be angry about this forever
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 9:11 PM
I will be angry about this forever
You might be wondering if CoreCivic and other ICE contractors are making political donations. Considering the enormous windfall they are reaping right now, they bought these elected officials very cheaply. inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
ICE-Cold Cash: Private Prison Companies and Executives Have Donated Millions to Members of Congress
Find out if your representatives have taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts.
inthesetimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
You might be wondering if CoreCivic and other ICE contractors are making political donations. Considering the enormous windfall they are reaping right now, they bought these elected officials very cheaply. inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
Local angle: Citizens Bank is a big lender to CoreCivic (which runs Dilley) and GEO Group, the other big private prison company. The people who give wormy food to children and withhold medical care. Those people.
If you bank there, maybe reconsider.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2026...
If you bank there, maybe reconsider.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2026...
February 13, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Local angle: Citizens Bank is a big lender to CoreCivic (which runs Dilley) and GEO Group, the other big private prison company. The people who give wormy food to children and withhold medical care. Those people.
If you bank there, maybe reconsider.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2026...
If you bank there, maybe reconsider.
www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2026...
More on who is making money off the concentration camps: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Private Prison Companies’ Enormous Windfall: Who Stands to Gain as ICE Expands
For years private prison companies have been an important partner for ICE as the government carries out its immigration agenda.
www.brennancenter.org
February 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
More on who is making money off the concentration camps: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
It took me a little Googling, but it looks like CoreCivic runs the Dilley, TX, immigration center. These are the people who snatched food away from hungry children. www.corecivic.com/facilities/d...
Dilley Immigration Processing Center
www.corecivic.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
It took me a little Googling, but it looks like CoreCivic runs the Dilley, TX, immigration center. These are the people who snatched food away from hungry children. www.corecivic.com/facilities/d...
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This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
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 8:09 PM
This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
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NEW: Workers at the Social Security Administration have been told to share information about in-person appointments with ICE agents, WIRED has learned, in a move that goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Workers at the Social Security Administration have been told to share information about in-person appointments with ICE agents, WIRED has learned, in a move that goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
I want answers and I want them named and shamed. Who is the food provider at Dilley, TX? Are they providing food for schools? Cafeterias? They should never get another contract. And they should pay reparations.
@whipkclark.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov Who are these vendors that are feeding children wormy food and denying them medical care? Who is DHS renting warehouses from? These people are making big $$ by deliberately mistreating people with our tax dollars.
February 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I want answers and I want them named and shamed. Who is the food provider at Dilley, TX? Are they providing food for schools? Cafeterias? They should never get another contract. And they should pay reparations.
@whipkclark.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov Who are these vendors that are feeding children wormy food and denying them medical care? Who is DHS renting warehouses from? These people are making big $$ by deliberately mistreating people with our tax dollars.
February 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
@whipkclark.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov Who are these vendors that are feeding children wormy food and denying them medical care? Who is DHS renting warehouses from? These people are making big $$ by deliberately mistreating people with our tax dollars.
@whipkclark.bsky.social Use your position to deliver some consequences for these people. Demand to know who the individuals are who did this and hold them accountable. And then go after the rest of the terrible U.S. government employees and vendors who are running these Dickensian hellholes.
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 8:08 PM
@whipkclark.bsky.social Use your position to deliver some consequences for these people. Demand to know who the individuals are who did this and hold them accountable. And then go after the rest of the terrible U.S. government employees and vendors who are running these Dickensian hellholes.
The deliberate cruelty of these people is sickening.
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 8:02 PM
The deliberate cruelty of these people is sickening.
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WOW. Incredible. This is the case in which DHS claimed that ICE officers had been attacked with a shovel and fired back in self-defense. Evidence since suggests an ICE officer fired through a closed door and struck someone on the other side.
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
WOW. Incredible. This is the case in which DHS claimed that ICE officers had been attacked with a shovel and fired back in self-defense. Evidence since suggests an ICE officer fired through a closed door and struck someone on the other side.
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
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Youth football is child abuse.
A 16 year old San Antonio kid was essentially killed by a football coaching staff during an offseason workout.
Players were subjected to punishment drills and repeatedly noted the distress of their teammate, to no avail.
After he collapsed, the rest of the team was compelled to continue the drill.
Players were subjected to punishment drills and repeatedly noted the distress of their teammate, to no avail.
After he collapsed, the rest of the team was compelled to continue the drill.
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Youth football is child abuse.
This man is doing untold harm to our country and needs to be impeached.
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This man is doing untold harm to our country and needs to be impeached.
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
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Resign, fired, or impeached.
Kristi Noem has got to go.
Kristi Noem has got to go.
February 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Resign, fired, or impeached.
Kristi Noem has got to go.
Kristi Noem has got to go.
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I'm having a hard time reconciling the fact that the Appointments Clause is supposed to be an indispensable protection for liberty with the fact that DHS is operationally under the control of a special government employee who is not legally allowed to work more than 130 days a year.
There is so much crazy shit, outrageous corruption, and naked, hamfisted ambition in this WSJ piece about Noem, Lewandowski, and DHS. Gift link. Read and take note of the of eye-popping number of sources who have knives out for Kristi and Corey.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I'm having a hard time reconciling the fact that the Appointments Clause is supposed to be an indispensable protection for liberty with the fact that DHS is operationally under the control of a special government employee who is not legally allowed to work more than 130 days a year.
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"Racist people are firing and laying off Black women at three times the rate of other women."
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
Black Women Are Losing Jobs At Three Times The Rate Of Other Women | Essence
New labor data shows Black women accounted for a disproportionate share of job losses across 2025, especially in federal, education, and care-sector roles.
www.essence.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"Racist people are firing and laying off Black women at three times the rate of other women."
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
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Why keep thousands of people alive when you can instead make one man feel safe and special?
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Why keep thousands of people alive when you can instead make one man feel safe and special?