Devin Burghart
@dburghart.bsky.social
Executive Director, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Co-author, Breaching the Mainstream. Old school anti-fascist. Hockey fan. he/him.
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From Public Square in Cleveland to Columbus streets, thousands turned out Friday to defend Haitian families in Springfield from an anticipated ICE surge. With TPS ending Feb 3, protests in over 300 cities showed resistance can’t be ignored.
#sheshed
#sheshed
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
From Public Square in Cleveland to Columbus streets, thousands turned out Friday to defend Haitian families in Springfield from an anticipated ICE surge. With TPS ending Feb 3, protests in over 300 cities showed resistance can’t be ignored.
#sheshed
#sheshed
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To the extent there was a "deep state"--a stationary class of bureaucrats enabling the continuous exertion of state power regardless of political agendas/administrations--- the role of Palantir is to make it even more automatic, nontransparent, unaccountable, unauditable, and less human than before.
NEW: HHS has been using Palantir AI tools since last March to ferret out improper DEI and "gender ideology" from grants for child welfare programs. The observant @carolinehaskins.bsky.social has more:
HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants
Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”
www.wired.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:06 PM
To the extent there was a "deep state"--a stationary class of bureaucrats enabling the continuous exertion of state power regardless of political agendas/administrations--- the role of Palantir is to make it even more automatic, nontransparent, unaccountable, unauditable, and less human than before.
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Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.
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Good news: The doctor-computer found a treatment that will help you!
Bad news: We closed the hospital that does those treatments to pay for the doctor-computer.
Bad news: We closed the hospital that does those treatments to pay for the doctor-computer.
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Good news: The doctor-computer found a treatment that will help you!
Bad news: We closed the hospital that does those treatments to pay for the doctor-computer.
Bad news: We closed the hospital that does those treatments to pay for the doctor-computer.
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all those people complaining about a protest in church are going to rise up over this too right?
A community is devastated after ICE raids an LA church and arrests a congregant during a church event.
“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release
“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release
February 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
all those people complaining about a protest in church are going to rise up over this too right?
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ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
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A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
www.nrtoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
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Trump loyalist Ed Martin is out of his role as DOJ’s “weaponization” czar that is investigating prosecutors who launched past probes into President Trump and his allies, two people familiar with the discussions tell NBC News.
Ed Martin out as leader of DOJ's 'weaponization' group, sources say
When asked whether Martin still served in the role, a Justice Department spokesman told NBC News that Martin continued on in a separate role, as pardon attorney.
nbcnews.to
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Trump loyalist Ed Martin is out of his role as DOJ’s “weaponization” czar that is investigating prosecutors who launched past probes into President Trump and his allies, two people familiar with the discussions tell NBC News.
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Trump is once again saying the quiet part out loud.
Trump goes public with plan to "take over" elections
After the FBI seized 700 boxes of ballots in Georgia, the president calls on Republicans to assert control over voting "in at least 15 places.”
www.motherjones.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Trump is once again saying the quiet part out loud.
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The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Le voyagement est aussi affecté → www.danslescoulisses.com/ice-le-canad...
ICE : le Canadien demande à ses joueurs de ne pas sortir de l’hôtel au Minnesota
Comme vous le savez sans doute, ça brasse malheureusement pas mal au Minnesota. Avec tout ce qui se passe en lien avec la police de l’immigration et les trop nombreux décès qui en découlent…
www.danslescoulisses.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
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And unless it's a cost-free government ID, it's a POLL TAX. If you have to pay the government for a document that you must have to vote, that is a POLL TAX.
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process. bit.ly/4cikrkp
Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.
www.brennancenter.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
And unless it's a cost-free government ID, it's a POLL TAX. If you have to pay the government for a document that you must have to vote, that is a POLL TAX.
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This hasn’t received nearly enough attention:
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
Utah governor signs bill adding justices to state Supreme Court as redistricting appeal looms
Once the new seats are filled, Gov. Spencer Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This hasn’t received nearly enough attention:
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
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I wrote a column about what’s coming share.inquirer.com/Kf5XUc
A not-‘toned down’ Trump regime prepares for ethnic cleansing in Ohio
A plan for immigration raids this week on thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio shows that nothing has changed.
share.inquirer.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote a column about what’s coming share.inquirer.com/Kf5XUc
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Meeting in solidarity with Haitians in Springfield, Ohio now - over 600 people and still growing.
February 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Meeting in solidarity with Haitians in Springfield, Ohio now - over 600 people and still growing.
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Far-right extremism has permeated the ranks of law enforcement at all levels in America -- from small-town (and big-city) sheriffs to federal ICE agents. And they don't really care if you object. They think they control the levers.
h/t @dburghart.bsky.social
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h/t @dburghart.bsky.social
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Like ICE, far-right sheriffs defy and undermine democracy
‘Constitutionalists’ manifest how deeply extremist authoritarianism has infected law enforcement at all levels
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Far-right extremism has permeated the ranks of law enforcement at all levels in America -- from small-town (and big-city) sheriffs to federal ICE agents. And they don't really care if you object. They think they control the levers.
h/t @dburghart.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...
h/t @dburghart.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...
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Lots of teargas at ICE tonight in Portland. People were just standing and chanting.
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Lots of teargas at ICE tonight in Portland. People were just standing and chanting.
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#ICEMonsters used chemical weapons against a little girl on her scooter.
Yes. These are monsters.
#BlameRepublicans who refuse to stop them.
#ICEOUT
#LawlessICE
#WeWillNOTBeOccupied
Yes. These are monsters.
#BlameRepublicans who refuse to stop them.
#ICEOUT
#LawlessICE
#WeWillNOTBeOccupied
February 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
#ICEMonsters used chemical weapons against a little girl on her scooter.
Yes. These are monsters.
#BlameRepublicans who refuse to stop them.
#ICEOUT
#LawlessICE
#WeWillNOTBeOccupied
Yes. These are monsters.
#BlameRepublicans who refuse to stop them.
#ICEOUT
#LawlessICE
#WeWillNOTBeOccupied
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Haiti accepted Jewish refugees during WWII before the US would.
February 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Haiti accepted Jewish refugees during WWII before the US would.
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Fun fact: Gregory Burnett lives in Idaho and he's the president of Western Liberty Network, he's also the president of Burnett Group and president of Parents' Rights in Education - all far-right groups. 1/
Steve Bannon's daughter is speaking in Portland alongside Angela Todd, Ed Diehl, Danielle Bethell, Chris Dudley, and Matt Rowe. Christine Drazan was a guest speaker at last year's Western Liberty Network conference.
January 31, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Fun fact: Gregory Burnett lives in Idaho and he's the president of Western Liberty Network, he's also the president of Burnett Group and president of Parents' Rights in Education - all far-right groups. 1/
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One way to judge a country is to look at who it celebrates. "The Trump administration jettisoned a plan to honor the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and the civil-rights movement on quarters for the nation’s 250th birthday." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
One way to judge a country is to look at who it celebrates. "The Trump administration jettisoned a plan to honor the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and the civil-rights movement on quarters for the nation’s 250th birthday." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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"No ICE, no fear, immigrants are welcome here!" Thousands protested ICE atrocities across Colorado. Gift article.
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/30/d...
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/30/d...
Nationwide general strike leads to ICE Out protests, school and business closures across metro Denver
Demonstrators across Denver joined the national ICE Out campaign – “no work, school, or shopping” – as people across the U.S. protested the federal government’s immigration crackdown tactics in Min…
www.denverpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:03 PM
"No ICE, no fear, immigrants are welcome here!" Thousands protested ICE atrocities across Colorado. Gift article.
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/30/d...
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/30/d...
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Jeffrey Epstein sent a link to the white nationalist podcast The Right Stuff, whose core hosts played an active role in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. He did so in February 2016. Before TRS made national news, really.
Genuinely bizarre.
Genuinely bizarre.
January 31, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Jeffrey Epstein sent a link to the white nationalist podcast The Right Stuff, whose core hosts played an active role in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. He did so in February 2016. Before TRS made national news, really.
Genuinely bizarre.
Genuinely bizarre.
The idea of repealing the 17th Amendment to eliminate the direct election of Senators has been swirling around the Right since the Tea Party popularized the idea back in 2010.
As Oliver Hardy would say, "Another fine mess".... as Trump is trying to not just void the 17th Amendment, but seeks to bypass ratifying the change by the voters approving this by vote in each state. Otherwise he's not got time to pass it in Congress to be voted on by each state before November
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The idea of repealing the 17th Amendment to eliminate the direct election of Senators has been swirling around the Right since the Tea Party popularized the idea back in 2010.