Jenn Budd
@jennbudd.bsky.social
Author of Against the Wall. HBO documentary Critical Incident. https://jennbudd.net/
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Federal agents convinced an 11 yr old boy to open the door at 7:30 a.m., then detained this Hmong grandmother for 2 wks in TX, where she shared a cell w 20 women. What did she do wrong? She still has no idea, ICE keeps returning to her door
She's still in hiding
www.twincities.com/2026/02/15/h...
She's still in hiding
www.twincities.com/2026/02/15/h...
Hmong grandmother detained in Texas for 2 weeks still doesn’t know why
After being repeatedly visited by ICE, Thi Dua Vang and her husband, both in the U.S. legally awaiting green cards, are in hiding.
www.twincities.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Federal agents convinced an 11 yr old boy to open the door at 7:30 a.m., then detained this Hmong grandmother for 2 wks in TX, where she shared a cell w 20 women. What did she do wrong? She still has no idea, ICE keeps returning to her door
She's still in hiding
www.twincities.com/2026/02/15/h...
She's still in hiding
www.twincities.com/2026/02/15/h...
What they do to immigrants, they will do to us.
NYT: Trump secretly deported 9 migrants despite court orders to not remove them to their home nations. So, he sent them to prison in Cameroon: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
What they do to immigrants, they will do to us.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick:
"With immigration, it really is notable: the extent to which they just are no longer just winking at white nationalist tropes, but openly deploying them—and then calling anybody who says anything the real bigots."
youtube.com/shorts/KgDn9...
"With immigration, it really is notable: the extent to which they just are no longer just winking at white nationalist tropes, but openly deploying them—and then calling anybody who says anything the real bigots."
youtube.com/shorts/KgDn9...
Aaron Reichlin Melnick on government agencies weaponizing bigotry
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick:
"With immigration, it really is notable: the extent to which they just are no longer just winking at white nationalist tropes, but openly deploying them—and then calling anybody who says anything the real bigots."
youtube.com/shorts/KgDn9...
"With immigration, it really is notable: the extent to which they just are no longer just winking at white nationalist tropes, but openly deploying them—and then calling anybody who says anything the real bigots."
youtube.com/shorts/KgDn9...
Every single one of you in Congress created this. You have taken $ from the companies to build what is now hunting people of color & anyone who dares protest. You have remained silent for decades while they honed their hunting skills on the residents on the southern border. Both sides created it!
This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
February 15, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Every single one of you in Congress created this. You have taken $ from the companies to build what is now hunting people of color & anyone who dares protest. You have remained silent for decades while they honed their hunting skills on the residents on the southern border. Both sides created it!
This is a coup of our democracy. Maybe there’s a better word. Feel free to educate me. DHS has taken over law enforcement & become Trump’s personal army. Imm-enforcement agencies have taken over local, state & fed law enforcement & large parts of military. Focus is on his enemies not criminals.
It seems like anyone that wants to commit crimes without accountability is applying for jobs with ICE and they’re being hired. ICE is full of dangerous people that want to hurt people. I don’t want to pay for that.
February 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This is a coup of our democracy. Maybe there’s a better word. Feel free to educate me. DHS has taken over law enforcement & become Trump’s personal army. Imm-enforcement agencies have taken over local, state & fed law enforcement & large parts of military. Focus is on his enemies not criminals.
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Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
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"Criminalization is what got us here, criminalization is what is keeping us here, and more criminalization will definitely not get us out of here."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Abolition Is Still the Only Way Out of This
Forget the useless so-called “reforms” to ICE and policing currently on offer. We need much more fundamental change.
www.thenation.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
"Criminalization is what got us here, criminalization is what is keeping us here, and more criminalization will definitely not get us out of here."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
Would some lawyer please read this and write something so every day Americans understand what is going on? Seriously, the average American cannot understand this.
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Would some lawyer please read this and write something so every day Americans understand what is going on? Seriously, the average American cannot understand this.
Ummm. Sex crimes are rarely ever prosecuted even with mounds of evidence. What thus actually shows is how we normally treat victims. This is what victims who are abused by non-wealthy predators receive. It’s not new. In fact, it’s the norm.
This whole Epstein File episode has really brought home how much we’ve lost our empathy on a massive scale. There is actual evidence both documented and verified by survivors of horrific crimes. Committed by people at the highest levels. Yet not one of them has been punished.
February 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Ummm. Sex crimes are rarely ever prosecuted even with mounds of evidence. What thus actually shows is how we normally treat victims. This is what victims who are abused by non-wealthy predators receive. It’s not new. In fact, it’s the norm.
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Really looking forward to reading this! @jennbudd.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Really looking forward to reading this! @jennbudd.bsky.social
I would love to have discussions about the history of Border Patrol and immigration, but alas Andrea, we say things they do not like.
I would love to have a discussion with Jake Tapper about the history of the term "concentration camp" and its usage. It would do so much good if he would actually address this head on.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I would love to have discussions about the history of Border Patrol and immigration, but alas Andrea, we say things they do not like.
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Kristi Noem actually saying what is driving the extraordinary elections maneuvers. Flag this one.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Kristi Noem actually saying what is driving the extraordinary elections maneuvers. Flag this one.
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One by one all of the opponents of release of the Epstein files have been revealed to be on the take from Epstein's co-conspirators.
February 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
One by one all of the opponents of release of the Epstein files have been revealed to be on the take from Epstein's co-conspirators.
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@jennbudd.bsky.social
I tried to sit through and read this transcript… lots of math… great return on human tragedy and imprisonment.
CoreCivic are rat fuckers in suits.
www.insidermonkey.com/blog/coreciv...
I tried to sit through and read this transcript… lots of math… great return on human tragedy and imprisonment.
CoreCivic are rat fuckers in suits.
www.insidermonkey.com/blog/coreciv...
CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE:CXW) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Operator: Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Q4 2025 CoreCivic Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today
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February 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
@jennbudd.bsky.social
I tried to sit through and read this transcript… lots of math… great return on human tragedy and imprisonment.
CoreCivic are rat fuckers in suits.
www.insidermonkey.com/blog/coreciv...
I tried to sit through and read this transcript… lots of math… great return on human tragedy and imprisonment.
CoreCivic are rat fuckers in suits.
www.insidermonkey.com/blog/coreciv...
February 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM