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Grandma in small blue dot smack in the middle of the U.S. My feline roomate’s name is Calvin.
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Children have spent more time in prison than the child abusers named in the Epstein Files.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Children have spent more time in prison than the child abusers named in the Epstein Files.
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When you’ve got THIS administration admitting that ICE lied under oath, the video evidence has to be catastrophic.
When you’ve got THIS administration admitting that ICE lied under oath, the video evidence has to be catastrophic.
FLASH: ICE says 2 of its officers are under investigation for apparently lying about Jan. 14 incident in Minneapolis where officer shot immigrant. DOJ abruptly dropped charges yday w/@kyledcheney
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
ICE says federal agents appear to have lied about confrontation that led to shooting
Officers claimed they were attacked, prompting one to open fire.
www.politico.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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When you’ve got THIS administration admitting that ICE lied under oath, the video evidence has to be catastrophic.
When you’ve got THIS administration admitting that ICE lied under oath, the video evidence has to be catastrophic.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We hit 'em. And we want to hit 'em right, sir, and we want to hit them from the top! East, west, north, south. Sir, they won't know what the hell! And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years."
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
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Gramsci once observed "the old is dying and the new struggles to be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear," and I'm not sure there would be any better encapsulation of our society's comorbidities than this headline.
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended det...
prospect.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Gramsci once observed "the old is dying and the new struggles to be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear," and I'm not sure there would be any better encapsulation of our society's comorbidities than this headline.
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Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
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To their credit, the Nazis at least didn't hide their faces.
January 25, 2026 at 6:02 AM
To their credit, the Nazis at least didn't hide their faces.
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Bondi is the appointed and confirmed Attorney General. That means the official policy of the US DOJ is to use militarized law enforcement to harass, arrest, kidnap, and kill innocent civilians in an effort to force a state government to comply with federal policy demands.
Pam Bondi's conditions for Minnesota: 1) give us all your state data on your food programs, including SNAP 2) repeal all your sanctuary policies in the state (since it has led to "so much crime and violence") and 3) hand over your state voting rolls. Letter here: www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
Minneapolis shooting: AG Pam Bondi gives Gov. Walz conditions for ICE to leave Minnesota
www.fox9.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Bondi is the appointed and confirmed Attorney General. That means the official policy of the US DOJ is to use militarized law enforcement to harass, arrest, kidnap, and kill innocent civilians in an effort to force a state government to comply with federal policy demands.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
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ICE wrote a memo to get around warrantless entries into homes, and they knew it was so illegal they kept it secret until a whistleblower blew the scheme open.
January 22, 2026 at 9:30 PM
ICE wrote a memo to get around warrantless entries into homes, and they knew it was so illegal they kept it secret until a whistleblower blew the scheme open.
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Trump added $2.25 trillion to the national debt in his first year back in charge, watchdog says
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump added $2.25 trillion to the national debt in his first year back in charge, watchdog says
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan budget watchdog, ran the numbers exclusively for Fortune.
finance.yahoo.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Trump added $2.25 trillion to the national debt in his first year back in charge, watchdog says
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...
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The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
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Ring just partnered with a shady AI company that is using your security cameras to help ICE spy and go after you and your neighbors.
No, I’m not kidding. Your security cameras are snitching on you.
No, I’m not kidding. Your security cameras are snitching on you.
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Ring just partnered with a shady AI company that is using your security cameras to help ICE spy and go after you and your neighbors.
No, I’m not kidding. Your security cameras are snitching on you.
No, I’m not kidding. Your security cameras are snitching on you.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Brooke Rollins is still at it!
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
January 20, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Brooke Rollins is still at it!
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
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If you want to get a firsthand experience of Trump and Miller's unwarranted invasion of Minnesota, please read this.
I think I had to pause multiple times because it was so gut wrenching to read.
This is only going to spread into other cities and states if Congress keeps funding ICE and DHS.
I think I had to pause multiple times because it was so gut wrenching to read.
This is only going to spread into other cities and states if Congress keeps funding ICE and DHS.
‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis
WIRED talks to a postal worker, a teacher, two US citizens detained by federal agents, and six more Minnesota residents about life in an occupied American city.
www.wired.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
If you want to get a firsthand experience of Trump and Miller's unwarranted invasion of Minnesota, please read this.
I think I had to pause multiple times because it was so gut wrenching to read.
This is only going to spread into other cities and states if Congress keeps funding ICE and DHS.
I think I had to pause multiple times because it was so gut wrenching to read.
This is only going to spread into other cities and states if Congress keeps funding ICE and DHS.
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
“…he often overreaches in some way. It doesn’t matter how powerful a person is, if they believe they are slightly more powerful than they are, there’s room between those margins for big errors.” —from Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 AM
“…he often overreaches in some way. It doesn’t matter how powerful a person is, if they believe they are slightly more powerful than they are, there’s room between those margins for big errors.” —from Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
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In case you forgot, we wanted to remind you that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%, which is FAR lower than private sector retirement programs.
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
In case you forgot, we wanted to remind you that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%, which is FAR lower than private sector retirement programs.
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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1. The first thing that should be said about the fatal shooting in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer is that the victim’s name is Renee Nicole Good.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
1. The first thing that should be said about the fatal shooting in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer is that the victim’s name is Renee Nicole Good.