Greg
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I just read the declaration that Kira Kelley asked J. Blackwell to consider.
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 AM
I just read the declaration that Kira Kelley asked J. Blackwell to consider.
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
…
32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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Dems need to abandon the idea, fed to them by certain commentators, that Trump's 2024 win represented a durable cultural shift against immigration. It's blinding them to the possibilities of this moment.
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
February 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Dems need to abandon the idea, fed to them by certain commentators, that Trump's 2024 win represented a durable cultural shift against immigration. It's blinding them to the possibilities of this moment.
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Someone get this man a dictionary so he can look up what irony means.
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Someone get this man a dictionary so he can look up what irony means.
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This work is awful and disgusting and I know because the transcription work I do involves the same sort of sin eating.
And of course it’s poor nonwhite women forced into those roles for far too little compensation and with no support.
And of course it’s poor nonwhite women forced into those roles for far too little compensation and with no support.
In case you were unaware that GenAI software developers are also exploiting and abusing workers in the global South to support their plausible word-mulch vending machines.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
This work is awful and disgusting and I know because the transcription work I do involves the same sort of sin eating.
And of course it’s poor nonwhite women forced into those roles for far too little compensation and with no support.
And of course it’s poor nonwhite women forced into those roles for far too little compensation and with no support.
Wow. Absolutely everyone saw this coming.
Guess we’re all just fucked now.
Guess we’re all just fucked now.
Top Senate negotiators say an effort to renew expired healthcare subsidies has effectively collapsed www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Negotiators Say Talks to Restore ACA Subsidies Likely Dead
New, higher health-insurance bills are kicking in for many households.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Wow. Absolutely everyone saw this coming.
Guess we’re all just fucked now.
Guess we’re all just fucked now.
If they weren’t bootlicking, soulless shitheels, I would’ve been embarrassed for them. But they clearly have no dignity and no shame so…
February 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
If they weren’t bootlicking, soulless shitheels, I would’ve been embarrassed for them. But they clearly have no dignity and no shame so…
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Wyden has been the main voice pointing at the large trove of US Treasury documents that exist on Epstein that haven't been released either.
Epstein made 4,725 wire transfers of over $1 billion dollars, with no legitimate purpose... And yet was never audited by the IRS?
Shady all the way down.
Epstein made 4,725 wire transfers of over $1 billion dollars, with no legitimate purpose... And yet was never audited by the IRS?
Shady all the way down.
February 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Wyden has been the main voice pointing at the large trove of US Treasury documents that exist on Epstein that haven't been released either.
Epstein made 4,725 wire transfers of over $1 billion dollars, with no legitimate purpose... And yet was never audited by the IRS?
Shady all the way down.
Epstein made 4,725 wire transfers of over $1 billion dollars, with no legitimate purpose... And yet was never audited by the IRS?
Shady all the way down.
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No, the GOP can't "take over" national elections. But take Trump's threats seriously anyway. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump Ratchets Up Talk of Taking Over Elections
This is one of many signs that Trump knows his party is in big trouble in the coming midterm elections.
www.thenation.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
No, the GOP can't "take over" national elections. But take Trump's threats seriously anyway. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Insidious Waylon Smithers is the worst.
More specifically, he's lying that the SAVE Act is "voter ID." It creates a requirement at the time of *registration* to vote which is deliberately calculated to make traditional voter registration drives impossible. It is not what people usually think of and many states have, ID check at the polls.
Mike Johnson lies that voter ID "is an 80 or 90 percent issue on the polling nationwide"
February 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Insidious Waylon Smithers is the worst.
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If study after study shows what actually ends homelessness, it's worth asking: whose interests are served by keeping that truth obscured?
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
If study after study shows what actually ends homelessness, it's worth asking: whose interests are served by keeping that truth obscured?
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The Department of Homeland Security has been quietly demanding tech companies turn over user information about critics of the Trump administration, according to reports.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch
The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts docu...
techcrunch.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The Department of Homeland Security has been quietly demanding tech companies turn over user information about critics of the Trump administration, according to reports.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
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JD Vance is the most loathsome character in American politics, and it's mostly because he's immediately recognizable to anyone with an interest in politics as The Worst Guy From Your PoliSci Class
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
JD Vance is the most loathsome character in American politics, and it's mostly because he's immediately recognizable to anyone with an interest in politics as The Worst Guy From Your PoliSci Class
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RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype
they made the entire administration out of the worst person you have ever known in every situation, vance is the worst person you ever met in college
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype
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"This change is just the nail in the coffin of a carefully calculated plan to turn the United States into the tin-pot dictatorship of my dreams. It’s definitely not because I’m scared of any investigations that the DOJ’s antitrust division may or may not launch."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dem...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dem...
“Democracy Dies in Darkness” Wasn’t a Warning; It Was Our End Goal
“Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, announced a major shift to the newspaper’s opinion section on Wednesday, saying it would now advocat...
www.mcsweeneys.net
February 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
"This change is just the nail in the coffin of a carefully calculated plan to turn the United States into the tin-pot dictatorship of my dreams. It’s definitely not because I’m scared of any investigations that the DOJ’s antitrust division may or may not launch."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dem...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dem...
Wild to me, and it shouldn’t be, that there aren’t four or five republicans congresspeople and a dozen or so GOP senators who find this problematic and want to do something to stop it. I know they’re all in on perpetual grift via holding office, but still. Do they not know how this ends for them?
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Wild to me, and it shouldn’t be, that there aren’t four or five republicans congresspeople and a dozen or so GOP senators who find this problematic and want to do something to stop it. I know they’re all in on perpetual grift via holding office, but still. Do they not know how this ends for them?
I believe the scientific term for them is “concentration camps.”
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I believe the scientific term for them is “concentration camps.”
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“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Another batch of Trump's judicial nominees refused in their confirmation hearings today to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, which annoyed Sen. Richard Blumenthal enough for him to call them "monkeys" and "puppets"
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Another batch of Trump's judicial nominees refused in their confirmation hearings today to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, which annoyed Sen. Richard Blumenthal enough for him to call them "monkeys" and "puppets"
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
We can’t legislate greed out of people, but we can say, “There’s an additional cost for behaving this way because it’s risky for the rest of us,” and then use that revenue to fund programs to counteract the damage done by that vice. Just like with tobacco.
February 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM
We can’t legislate greed out of people, but we can say, “There’s an additional cost for behaving this way because it’s risky for the rest of us,” and then use that revenue to fund programs to counteract the damage done by that vice. Just like with tobacco.
I think greed is like any other addictive vice, and like other addictive vices, (gambling, tobacco, alcohol, social media, and even non-addictive ones like marijuana), should be taxed to discourage abuse.
Greed is a destructive force in society, just like other vices.
Greed is a destructive force in society, just like other vices.
Jeff Bezos: I’m good with the darkness thanks.
Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
February 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I think greed is like any other addictive vice, and like other addictive vices, (gambling, tobacco, alcohol, social media, and even non-addictive ones like marijuana), should be taxed to discourage abuse.
Greed is a destructive force in society, just like other vices.
Greed is a destructive force in society, just like other vices.
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MacKenzie Scott has the chance to do the funniest thing right now.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
MacKenzie Scott has the chance to do the funniest thing right now.
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Watching Democrats stumble their way through questions at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning affirms my belief that every one of these senators should be ceding their time for questions to a 28-year-old leftist
February 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Watching Democrats stumble their way through questions at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning affirms my belief that every one of these senators should be ceding their time for questions to a 28-year-old leftist
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Interesting stat from the article
February 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Interesting stat from the article