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atrupar.com
Sen. Mark Kelly: "I've heard from retired service members who already have changed what they say because of how Pete Hegseth has gone after me. So this isn't just about me. I'm just the first one through the breach here that has to stick up for the rights of all of us."
February 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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newrepublic.com
Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good.

Also testifying were Marimar Martinez, who was shot five times in Chicago and Martin Daniel Rascon, who was shot at in California driving with his family. trib.al/yjCZAoV
February 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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atrupar.com
Susan Collins is at the White House for the Republican humiliation ritual
February 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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watchdogprg.bsky.social
Draw your own conclusion.... 👇
kojamf.bsky.social KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 15h
MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE
February 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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watchdogprg.bsky.social
This.... 1000% 👇
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d
If only we had some way of knowing how bad it would be..
February 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Bill Clinton testified under oath about Monica Lewinsky. He will now testify under oath about Epstein. There is no excuse for Donald Trump doing that too. Either you want to learn the truth about Epstein’s crimes & who else was involved or you don’t.
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
DOJ doesn't want Marimar Martinez to have the ability to release texts from her shooter Charles Exum, bc it might further "sully" him.

I mean, DHS is still calling her a terrorist and he called her a bitch before he shot her.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
As such, they have no bearing on the key basis that Ms. Martinez invokes in her motion, namely, her ability to have her voice heard in response to the DHS press releases. Indeed, the release of these messages after the charges against Ms. Martinez have been dismissed with prejudice will serve only to further sully Agent Exum, his family, and co-workers without any corresponding benefit to Ms. Martinez based on the stated reasons in her motion. In addition, Ms. Martinez has not articulated how these text messages would or could have been introduced at trial, further underscoring the irrelevance of the messages especially at this after-the-fact stage in the proceedings.
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Horrifying and unnerving. DHS sent an administrative subpoena to Google for this retiree's records and even sent armed agents out to his house for the "offense" of writing the following completely anodyne email to a federal prosecutor using an email address he found via Google.
He had decided that the America he believed in would not make it if people like him didn’t speak up, so on a cool, rainy morning in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Jon, 67 and recently retired, marched up to his study and began to type. He had just read about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s case against an Afghan it was trying to deport. The immigrant, identified in The Washington Post’s Oct. 30 investigation as H, had begged federal officials to reconsider, telling them the Taliban would kill him if he was returned to Afghanistan. “Unconscionable,” Jon thought as he found an email address online for the lead prosecutor, Joseph Dernbach, who was named in the story. Peering through metal-rimmed glasses, Jon opened Gmail on his computer monitor. “Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,” he wrote. “Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.” That was it. In five minutes, Jon said, he finished the note, signed his first and last name, pressed send and hoped his plea would make a difference.
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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rawstory.com
Newsmax host Greg Kelly spoke out in defense of former First Lady Jill Biden's ex-husband, Bill Stevenson, after he was charged with the murder of his wife.
'Do not believe it': Newsmax host shares theory as Jill Biden's ex charged with murder​
Newsmax host Greg Kelly spoke out in defense of former First Lady Jill Biden's ex-husband, Bill Stevenson, after he was charged with the murder of his wife.According to KTVU-TV, 77-year-old Stevenson was charged with murder on Monday in the death of his wife, 64-year-old Linda Stevenson, who was fo...
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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watchdogprg.bsky.social
Georgia Democrats call for inquiry into Gabbard’s presence at Fulton county search. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Georgia Democrats call for inquiry into Gabbard’s presence at Fulton county search
Letter comes after FBI executed criminal search warrant to seize almost 700 boxes of 2020 election documentation
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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newrepublic.com
Body camera footage from Fulton County police reveals that officials at the Election Center and local authorities expressed confusion about the warrant, which was shown to them on their phones instead of as a hard copy. trib.al/3My79rN
Body Cam Footage Exposes Messy FBI Raid of Georgia Elections Office
FBI agents were willing to take ballots by force as they searched the Fulton County elections center.
trib.al
February 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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newrepublic.com
A man emailed a lead DHS prosecutor handling an Afghan refugee's deportation case, asking him to consider the man’s life was in danger from the Taliban and to "Apply principles of common sense and decency.”

Hours later, DHS filed a subpoena. Days later, agents showed up at his door. trib.al/HhiJwrW
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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mollyknight.bsky.social
Reminder that Epstein and Trump shut down the first #MeToo movement by convincing people that being against sexual abuse was woke.
jeradwalker.bsky.social Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 10h
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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watchdogprg.bsky.social
Human Rights violations.... 👇
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10h
ICE official confirms authenticity of leaked video showing 50 people held in single cells with concrete floors at Baltimore federal holding facility.
An ICE official confirms this leaked video from inside ICE detention is "100% real."
February 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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meidastouch.com
MeidasTouch sent a reporter to look for waste, fraud, and abuse behind the Melania movie. Here’s what we found.
February 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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michaelnaphys.bsky.social
38,000 fucking times, a truly staggering number. newrepublic.com/post/206023/...
Here’s How Many Times Trump Is Mentioned in New Epstein Files
Donald Trump is everywhere in the documents.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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propublica.org
The six senators’ demands come shortly after a nonpartisan watchdog group asked for an investigation into Blanche, alleging that his orders violated the law because they benefited the crypto industry broadly, including his own investments.
Six Senators Accuse Deputy Attorney General of “Glaring” Crypto Conflict, Cite ProPublica Investigation
The senators presented a letter demanding that top DOJ official Todd Blanche clarify the legality of his actions, pointing to ProPublica reporting that found he owned at least $159,000 in related asse...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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rawstory.com
Donald Trump has asked Republican Party officials to "take over" voting procedures in 15 states.
Trump demands GOP 'take over' of voting in 15 states ahead of midterm elections
Donald Trump has asked Republican Party officials to "take over" voting procedures in 15 states.During an interview with ex-deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, the president made a speech on immigration, and directly called for the election process to be taken into Republican control. Trump's call is c...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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hannahgais.bsky.social
Is the administration’s bit that they encourage right-wing influencers to find “fraud” in blue states; influencers “investigate” and publish propaganda claiming said widespread fraud was responsibility of immigrants; and then gov’t sends in ICE to terrorize people because of it?
James O'Keefe & @JamesOKeefeIII Follow A bunch of different citizen journalists are about to rock California. 8:43 PM • Feb 1, 2026 • 480.7K Views
February 3, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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stevevladeck.bsky.social
Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1 More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet]. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up, twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all. See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id. The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes, the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary, Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A. As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot] Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section IV.B.2.b. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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newrepublic.com
The federal government rounded up 18 activists tied to an anti-ICE protest in Texas, claiming they were part of an antifa cell. And it's the first big test of Trump’s crackdown on free speech. trib.al/Kc5mxsJ
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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mollyknight.bsky.social
No but seriously who is making the t shirts
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Blanche: It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.

These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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muellershewrote.com
As I suspected, Gabbard was at the FBI raid in her capacity to look into foreign election interference- something Giuliani told Trump he needs to prove in order to have the military seize voting machines. From Hugo Lowell:
February 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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newrepublic.com
Yes, Trump wants to help himself to two-thirds of the IRS’s annual budget. trib.al/AhiXu8r
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 AM