doc brianS
@docbs.bsky.social
Still annoyed you people didn't move to Mastodon (@[email protected]). Retired Cali public policy guy, recovering academic. Cat dad, bread baker, beer drinker. #CarletonCollege grad. #UCSD #PoliticalScience #PhD
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ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
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Democrats should boycott the State of the Union and send Epstein survivors and people illegally detained by ICE in their place.
February 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Democrats should boycott the State of the Union and send Epstein survivors and people illegally detained by ICE in their place.
Totally. Exonerated. By Pam Bondi. For what that's worth.
Trump: I have nothing to hide. I have been exonerated. I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. I have been totally exonerated on Epstein.
February 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Totally. Exonerated. By Pam Bondi. For what that's worth.
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“They don’t want ICE to wear masks, yet they also want to celebrate Halloween! For children, they want this! Make it make sense!”
February 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
“They don’t want ICE to wear masks, yet they also want to celebrate Halloween! For children, they want this! Make it make sense!”
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Yes, he's evil.
But don't forget: He's also deeply, deeply, deeply idiotic.
But don't forget: He's also deeply, deeply, deeply idiotic.
Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."
February 16, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Yes, he's evil.
But don't forget: He's also deeply, deeply, deeply idiotic.
But don't forget: He's also deeply, deeply, deeply idiotic.
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Incredible. We got to "Is a pedophile island really all that bad?" five times faster than I thought.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Incredible. We got to "Is a pedophile island really all that bad?" five times faster than I thought.
But Trump fixed the economy!
WSJ: “.. The pricing break is over. .. Companies .. are raising prices early this year on items from bluejeans and spices to housewares and industrial products.”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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February 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
But Trump fixed the economy!
Send the J6 idiots out into the fields to walk beans this summer.
Minnesota farmers are worried they won’t have enough hands to tend livestock and manage crops this year, a consequence of ongoing federal immigration enforcement in the state.
Minnesota farms face labor shortage as workers fear federal immigration action
Agriculture leaders say some farms might not survive the season since migrant workers might avoid the state.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Send the J6 idiots out into the fields to walk beans this summer.
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“In at least 4,421 cases since early October, more than 400 federal judges have ruled that ICE was illegally detaining people, according to a Reuters review of court records.”
www.newsweek.com/ice-jailed-p...
www.newsweek.com/ice-jailed-p...
ICE jailed people illegally 4,400 times, hundreds of judges rule: Report
Reuters found thousands of immigrants have been illegally detained in the U.S.
www.newsweek.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
“In at least 4,421 cases since early October, more than 400 federal judges have ruled that ICE was illegally detaining people, according to a Reuters review of court records.”
www.newsweek.com/ice-jailed-p...
www.newsweek.com/ice-jailed-p...
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BECAUSE IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO INTIMIDATE VOTERS, YOU MORON.
STILL HAVEN'T LEARNED YOUR LESSON YET, MIKE?
STILL HAVEN'T LEARNED YOUR LESSON YET, MIKE?
February 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM
BECAUSE IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO INTIMIDATE VOTERS, YOU MORON.
STILL HAVEN'T LEARNED YOUR LESSON YET, MIKE?
STILL HAVEN'T LEARNED YOUR LESSON YET, MIKE?
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Sunday reading: What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
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We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition. Make MAGA un-American, finally.
steady.page
February 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Sunday reading: What is “Un-American”?
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
We must acknowledge America’s history of state authoritarianism and racial violence – but also dare to claim its aspirational tradition of egalitarian democracy.
Let’s Make MAGA un-American, finally.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
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Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
www.thebanner.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state can put a redistricting plan on the ballot this spring that could add as many as four more Democratic seats in Congress.
The referendum will take place on April 21.
The referendum will take place on April 21.
February 14, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state can put a redistricting plan on the ballot this spring that could add as many as four more Democratic seats in Congress.
The referendum will take place on April 21.
The referendum will take place on April 21.
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slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
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Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.
It's a dangerous complication of pregnancy -- but a new drug holds promise
Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.
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You still want to tell me how ICE isn’t a renegade, lawless , Gestapo style agency.
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. — Reuters
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records ...
apple.news
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
You still want to tell me how ICE isn’t a renegade, lawless , Gestapo style agency.
apple.news/AuKjAq94lSoa...
apple.news/AuKjAq94lSoa...
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Boring Until Fascism
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Boring Until Fascism
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Q: Can you confirm that CBP actually hit a party balloon it thought was a drone with a laser? And why wasn't that coordinated with the FAA?
KRISTI NOEM: You know, this was a joint agency task force, um, mission that was undertaken. And um, we're continuing to work on communication
*ends presser*
KRISTI NOEM: You know, this was a joint agency task force, um, mission that was undertaken. And um, we're continuing to work on communication
*ends presser*
February 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Q: Can you confirm that CBP actually hit a party balloon it thought was a drone with a laser? And why wasn't that coordinated with the FAA?
KRISTI NOEM: You know, this was a joint agency task force, um, mission that was undertaken. And um, we're continuing to work on communication
*ends presser*
KRISTI NOEM: You know, this was a joint agency task force, um, mission that was undertaken. And um, we're continuing to work on communication
*ends presser*
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AG Kris Mayes on Noem's presser in Phoenix today: "Arizona's elections are safe and secure. The election deniers now staffing the Trump administration have spent the past six years lying to the American people in a deliberate effort to destroy trust in our election system."
February 13, 2026 at 7:55 PM
AG Kris Mayes on Noem's presser in Phoenix today: "Arizona's elections are safe and secure. The election deniers now staffing the Trump administration have spent the past six years lying to the American people in a deliberate effort to destroy trust in our election system."
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“NATO is not an act of American generosity,” the letter states. “It is a strategic bargain that ensures the United States remains the world’s most powerful and economically secure nation at a fraction of the cost of going it alone.”
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February 13, 2026 at 7:43 AM
“NATO is not an act of American generosity,” the letter states. “It is a strategic bargain that ensures the United States remains the world’s most powerful and economically secure nation at a fraction of the cost of going it alone.”
www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
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Doubt it. They dropped the case against Marimar Martínez and still label her a domestic terrorist on their website.
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Border Patrol Shooting Survivor Marimar Martínez Testifies before Congress
In Chicago, a federal judge ruled that materials relevant to the government’s prosecution of Martínez are to be released.
southsideweekly.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Doubt it. They dropped the case against Marimar Martínez and still label her a domestic terrorist on their website.
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Whatever claims they make about DHS making our communities "safer," the reality on the ground is that they hurt a lot of people, lied about it, and then loudly blamed the victims of their violence. That is not making a community safer.
February 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Whatever claims they make about DHS making our communities "safer," the reality on the ground is that they hurt a lot of people, lied about it, and then loudly blamed the victims of their violence. That is not making a community safer.
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And DHS initially put out statements blaming the family for "bringing children to a protest." bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
DHS deletes post blaming Minneapolis family tear-gassed by federal agents
Six children from the Jackson family were hospitalized after they were caught up in Wednesday night's protests.
bringmethenews.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
And DHS initially put out statements blaming the family for "bringing children to a protest." bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...