Dan Carney
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Indefatigable iconoclast. Design News auto writer, dad, triathlete, racer, motorcyclist, and ballplayer. North American Car of the Year juror. 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇩🇰🇵🇦
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A federal security contractor that received millions from the Department of Agriculture hired notorious Patriot Front enforcer Ian Michael Elliott to work security patrols for the US Forest Service last year.
My latest with Sean Craig for @theguardian.com 🧵
My latest with Sean Craig for @theguardian.com 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
A federal security contractor that received millions from the Department of Agriculture hired notorious Patriot Front enforcer Ian Michael Elliott to work security patrols for the US Forest Service last year.
My latest with Sean Craig for @theguardian.com 🧵
My latest with Sean Craig for @theguardian.com 🧵
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Trump allies offer access to president for $1m as part of 250th US birthday celebrations
Trump allies offer access to president for $1m as part of 250th US birthday celebrations
A new organisation blessed by Donald Trump is raising money for events including an Ultimate Fighting Championship match on the White House lawn
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Trump allies offer access to president for $1m as part of 250th US birthday celebrations
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The Washington Post layoffs were a bigger bloodbath than you thought. New figures reveal 44 to 47.5 percent of the paper's newsroom was eliminated during last week's cuts.
Actually, the Washington Post Layoffs Were a Bigger Bloodbath Than You Thought - Washingtonian
The layoffs announced last week at the Washington Post were disfiguring to the esteemed news organization, with whole sections and departments—sports, books, staff photography—wiped away, and…
washingtonian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The Washington Post layoffs were a bigger bloodbath than you thought. New figures reveal 44 to 47.5 percent of the paper's newsroom was eliminated during last week's cuts.
QOTD: What’s your perfect two-Toyota garage?
February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
QOTD: What’s your perfect two-Toyota garage?
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President Trump said Sunday it's hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against his administration's policies.
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Trump slams Olympian for expressing 'mixed emotions' about what's 'going on in the U.S.'
President Donald Trump said Sunday it’s hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against his administration’s policies.
www.pbs.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:32 PM
President Trump said Sunday it's hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against his administration's policies.
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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One of the main purposes of having a government is to have someone to do the things that society needs done that can't easily be done at a profit, else someone else would already be doing them.
The Free Market already had a shot at keeping e. coli out of the food and the rivers non-flammable, hoss.
The Free Market already had a shot at keeping e. coli out of the food and the rivers non-flammable, hoss.
One basic problem with libertarianism is they have no functional theory of governing. Their alternative to delegating power to administrators is that governments stop doing the things that people have repeatedly said they want. That is not a philosophy, anymore than sticking your head in the sand is
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
One of the main purposes of having a government is to have someone to do the things that society needs done that can't easily be done at a profit, else someone else would already be doing them.
The Free Market already had a shot at keeping e. coli out of the food and the rivers non-flammable, hoss.
The Free Market already had a shot at keeping e. coli out of the food and the rivers non-flammable, hoss.
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It’s amazing watching MAGA learn about Puerto Rico for the first time
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
It’s amazing watching MAGA learn about Puerto Rico for the first time
Preview of what's planned for us.
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city's dissent. n.pr/4rza6YL
China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in Hong Kong
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city's dissent.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Preview of what's planned for us.
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During WWII, Gen. Patton didn't like the way Stars and Stripes cartoonist Bill Mauldin drew Willie and Joe as scruffy, unkempt characters.
He wanted to ban the cartoon from the newspaper, but Gen. Eisenhower intervened. It's the "soldier's paper," he said. "Leave it be."
He wanted to ban the cartoon from the newspaper, but Gen. Eisenhower intervened. It's the "soldier's paper," he said. "Leave it be."
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
During WWII, Gen. Patton didn't like the way Stars and Stripes cartoonist Bill Mauldin drew Willie and Joe as scruffy, unkempt characters.
He wanted to ban the cartoon from the newspaper, but Gen. Eisenhower intervened. It's the "soldier's paper," he said. "Leave it be."
He wanted to ban the cartoon from the newspaper, but Gen. Eisenhower intervened. It's the "soldier's paper," he said. "Leave it be."
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BYD files lawsuit, seeks refund over Trump's US auto tariffs reut.rs/4kn3rOW
BYD files lawsuit, seeks refund over Trump's US auto tariffs
Chinese automaker BYD has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government challenging President Donald Trump's bid to use sweeping authority to impose tariffs, and requesting a refund for all levies it paid since last April, court documents show.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
BYD files lawsuit, seeks refund over Trump's US auto tariffs reut.rs/4kn3rOW
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Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Seamus Culleton, who has lived in US for two decades, faces deportation after being arrested on way home from work
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An Irish man has spent five months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and faces deportation despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record.
Seamus Culleton was a “model immigrant” who had become the victim of a capricious and inept system, said his lawyer, Ogor Winnie Okoye. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
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One way concentration camps become zones where law doesn't apply is by neglecting policies & standards that would protect health & provide healthcare. You deny laws & norms & dehumanize your victim.
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
One way concentration camps become zones where law doesn't apply is by neglecting policies & standards that would protect health & provide healthcare. You deny laws & norms & dehumanize your victim.
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
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"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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Throughout this clip, Rep. Steil says over and over again that masking wouldn't be necessary if local governments cooperated with ICE. But that's nonsense. ICE is masking even in red states, even in places where there are 287(g) agreements, and even hiding their faces in photos taken at prisons!
REP. STEIL: Some Dems demands put at risk the safety of members of law enforcement
CNBC: You mean like taking off their masks and having a badge that shows who they are?
STEIL: Well, they're known to their supervisors
CNBC: No other law enforcement officials in the US are allowed to wear masks
CNBC: You mean like taking off their masks and having a badge that shows who they are?
STEIL: Well, they're known to their supervisors
CNBC: No other law enforcement officials in the US are allowed to wear masks
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Throughout this clip, Rep. Steil says over and over again that masking wouldn't be necessary if local governments cooperated with ICE. But that's nonsense. ICE is masking even in red states, even in places where there are 287(g) agreements, and even hiding their faces in photos taken at prisons!
In college, I marveled at news that a Nat. Guard truck driving through nearby Radford had a .50 cal fall off the truck and disappear.
Years later, ran into a HS friend who attended Radford at a party. He said he spotted the gun fall off the truck, snatched it, threw his coat over it and hauled ass.
Years later, ran into a HS friend who attended Radford at a party. He said he spotted the gun fall off the truck, snatched it, threw his coat over it and hauled ass.
Best (worst) I've got is I **almost** dropped an M16A2 into a porta potty.
Yeah.
Yeah.
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
In college, I marveled at news that a Nat. Guard truck driving through nearby Radford had a .50 cal fall off the truck and disappear.
Years later, ran into a HS friend who attended Radford at a party. He said he spotted the gun fall off the truck, snatched it, threw his coat over it and hauled ass.
Years later, ran into a HS friend who attended Radford at a party. He said he spotted the gun fall off the truck, snatched it, threw his coat over it and hauled ass.
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The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said
Ford worker who heckled Trump keeps job, 'no discipline' for incident
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said
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7/ Read the rest of the letters:
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
7/ Read the rest of the letters:
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6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
![Page 2 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in pencil in Spanish. Translation: “They don’t give me my diet I am vegetarian, I don’t eat well, there is no good education and I miss my best friend julieta and my grandmother and my school I already want to get to my house. Me in dilei [Dilley] am not happy please get me out of here to colombia.” Below the text is a drawing of the girl and her mother in the government-issued gray sweatsuits of the detention center.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt/bafkreihpnudavq27nzelfb2kd3fjjthco7haqmhvx4zryksfbfruoxkm74@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
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5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
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4/ “Mi Familia,” by 5-year-old Luisanney Toloza from Venezuela, who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
4/ “Mi Familia,” by 5-year-old Luisanney Toloza from Venezuela, who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border
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3/ “I have never been separated from my siblings and its honestly sad because they are little and they need their mom and sister.”
From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days
From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
3/ “I have never been separated from my siblings and its honestly sad because they are little and they need their mom and sister.”
From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days
From 14-year-old Ariana V.V, whose U.S.-citizen siblings are 2 and 5 years old. Detained for 45+ days
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2/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.”
From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days
From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
2/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.”
From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days
From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days