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Today, I talked to a closeted young evangelical whose day job is to make life miserable for LGBTQIA+ folks.

I hope that she discovers the Jesus who hung out with lepers & prostitutes - the Jesus who commanded his followers to accept those of a different gender / sexual orientation (eunuchs).
The chuds who are too pathetic to hire - even for ICE - have arrived in MN.
Far-Right J6er Jake Lang Throws Nazi Salute at Protesters Outside Whipple Building

On Saturday, Jake Lang was in the back of a U-Haul as it drove by protesters trolling them while his friends shot paintballs at the crowd and another dumped ice out the back.

More: unicornriot.ninja/2026/ice-in-...
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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did not realize the people who resigned in protest over this were retconned as firings so Bondi could steal their banked vacation time. what a spiteful little knife twist
A Trump loyalist took over the Minnesota office, and doubled down on the loyalist abuse of the law, trying to investigate Renee Good and her wife rather than the person who killed her. At this point, career civil servants left, and were immediately labeled "deep state" by the Attorney general.
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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the way he struggled to peal that leather jacket off really had me cackling 😂
guys. the kid rock performance is uh. well it’s exactly what you’d expect
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Lady who runs Dept of Ed is trying to dox the kids whose rapes she (allegedly) covered up.
It's largely been lost in the chaos of the last month, but Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is trying to doxx the John Does who sued her for (allegedly) allowing them to be raped by grown men when they were kids and (allegedly) covering it up

@brandonthurston.bsky.social has a write-up:
Vince and Linda McMahon file oppositions to ring boy plaintiffs' request to maintain anonymity in lawsuit - POST Wrestling | Podcasts, News, Reviews | WWE AEW NXT NJPW
McMahons say "John Doe" anonymity will unfairly hinder their ability to find witnesses to clear them. WWE takes no position on pseudonyms.
www.postwrestling.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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Hilarious that this seems to be the only punishment from this tranche of Epstein files so far.

Peter Attia is still employed by Bari Weiss at CBS News as far as I can tell. Pathetic.
February 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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As a soccer mom, this story absolutely gutted me. Martin helped his mom save up money so she could take time off from work to go to the tournament with him. Then, he had to go home without her.
Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since.

www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
Mother's immigration arrest leaves Madison soccer standout reeling
Federal immigration agents detained a Madison soccer player's mother while she was in Minnesota for her son's games. Now, he's struggling.
www.jsonline.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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🚨Minneapolis Sheriffs aggressively push ICE protesters into a corner, using their police vehicles to threaten running them over to get them to move.

LIVE NOW ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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I don't want to speak rashly here, but I'm starting to get the feeling that the Trump administration is *not* actually concerned with holding pedophiles to account?
It's largely been lost in the chaos of the last month, but Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is trying to doxx the John Does who sued her for (allegedly) allowing them to be raped by grown men when they were kids and (allegedly) covering it up

@brandonthurston.bsky.social has a write-up:
Vince and Linda McMahon file oppositions to ring boy plaintiffs' request to maintain anonymity in lawsuit - POST Wrestling | Podcasts, News, Reviews | WWE AEW NXT NJPW
McMahons say "John Doe" anonymity will unfairly hinder their ability to find witnesses to clear them. WWE takes no position on pseudonyms.
www.postwrestling.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
If you’ve rightfully raised your voice for Liam and the kids in immigrant detention centers, please raise your voice for vulnerable adults. LGBTQIA folks face overwhelming danger.
NEW: It’s difficult to account for the abuses trans immigrants face in ICE custody after Trump destroyed safeguards, oversight agencies, and data about detainees.

But 3 trans migrants told me what it’s really like: Medical neglect. Solitary confinement. Harassment. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
ICE Is Treating Trans Immigrants With A New Level Of Cruelty
A HuffPost investigation found how the Trump administration systematically destroyed safeguards for detainees, subjecting them to abuse and neglect.
www.huffpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Remember the shitty men in media list? Someone needs to compile a big list of all of these men, circulate it widely and make sure they’re never allowed around young women again
BREAKING: Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus…

As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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"In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the front lines."
www.glamour.com/story/the-wo... @glamour.com
The Women Holding Minneapolis Together
In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. Glamour reports from the fron...
www.glamour.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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CA joins Illinois in presenting a bill to block ICE agents from being law enforcement in the state.

The bill goes further to also block ICE agents from becoming teachers.

www.foxla.com/news/califor...
California bill bans ICE agents from teaching, policing jobs
Assembly Bill 1627 would disqualify former ICE agents who served from 2025-2029 from employment in California's public schools and law enforcement agencies.
www.foxla.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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This is the senile racist variant of “I’m the Decider.”
Reporter: You frequently criticized Biden for not knowing what was going on in his name, this racist video that was posted on your social media—

Trump: You don’t know what’s going on. I know what’s going on. We know everything.
February 7, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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AWFUL news tonight. This blesses the “mandatory” detention in the 5th Circuit without bond (and little chance at habeas) of every undocumented immigrant who originally entered across the border, no matter how many decades in the past.

It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings

It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)

s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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Yesterday folks asked me who is keeping track of the invasion prosecutions. Here, @brittnymejia.bsky.social profiles the Federal Public Defenders who keep kicking Bill Essayli's fanny in LA.

www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A. public defenders are on a win streak as Trump's Justice Department charges activists
The federal public defender's office in L.A. was 5 and 0 against prosecutors in trials related to immigration raids and protests. Trial No. 6 was last month.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Just unspeakably cruel
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.

DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
February 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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FBI's refusal to identify agents who illegally invaded Fulton County is VERY helpful if the goals are to ratf**k ballot chain-of-custody and avoid accountability

(yes and yes ✅)

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At one point, the FBI supervisory agent tells Fulton Clerk of Courts Che Alexander that he won't be filling out any paperwork for her — and she won't know who FBI agents are who seized her records.
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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We are NOT NEARLY concerned enough!

Seriously, put this on blast - people need to understand what's going to be unleashed in November.
Here's @rickhasen.bsky.social detailing the scenario in which Trump uses search warrant to seize ballot boxes in a contested 2026 locale. This is more worrisome than ICE at the polls. Hasen also suggests ways to act against this now.

It's harrowing stuff:

newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM