Sandra
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“All children held in immigration detention should be immediately released, and these facilities should be permanently shuttered.”
A group of pediatricians wrote an op-ed detailing the traumatic, lasting effects kids in detention centers will endure:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're pediatricians. We see how ICE is harming children. | Opinion
Liam Ramos is one of more than 1,700 children to have been put in family detention centers since 2025. We call for these centers to close.
www.usatoday.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
“All children held in immigration detention should be immediately released, and these facilities should be permanently shuttered.”
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Judge orders restoration of Philadelphia slavery exhibits
Judge orders restoration of Philadelphia slavery exhibits
Cynthia Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee, compared the administration’s effort to remove the panels to Orwell’s “1984.”
dlvr.it
February 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Judge orders restoration of Philadelphia slavery exhibits
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Federal judges in Albany, New York, appointed a new U.S. attorney on Wednesday, exercising a rarely invoked legal authority to appoint top prosecutors in regions without a Senate-confirmed nominee.
He was fired hours later via an email from the White House.
He was fired hours later via an email from the White House.
White House fires new U.S. attorney in N.Y. within hours of his appointment
Donald T. Kinsella was appointed by judges to lead the federal prosecutors’ office in Albany, then fired hours later via an email from the White House.
wapo.st
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Federal judges in Albany, New York, appointed a new U.S. attorney on Wednesday, exercising a rarely invoked legal authority to appoint top prosecutors in regions without a Senate-confirmed nominee.
He was fired hours later via an email from the White House.
He was fired hours later via an email from the White House.
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Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
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This affidavit was much weaker than I suspected. No allegations of intent. No allegations of election theft. No allegations of foreign interference. No allegations that the statute of limitations doesn't apply.
At worst, it alleges human error, during a pandemic, that didn't affect the outcome.
At worst, it alleges human error, during a pandemic, that didn't affect the outcome.
BREAKING: The supporting affidavit for the warrant to search Fulton County election records has been unsealed.
Read it via @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read it via @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This affidavit was much weaker than I suspected. No allegations of intent. No allegations of election theft. No allegations of foreign interference. No allegations that the statute of limitations doesn't apply.
At worst, it alleges human error, during a pandemic, that didn't affect the outcome.
At worst, it alleges human error, during a pandemic, that didn't affect the outcome.
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Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
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In Philadelphia, ICE will share office space with a DMV. A proposed ICE office in Portland, Maine is within walking distance of 8 places of worship. Today WIRED is publishing the locations of dozens of planned ICE offices across the US, part of a major expansion. from @leahfeiger.bsky.social
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
In Philadelphia, ICE will share office space with a DMV. A proposed ICE office in Portland, Maine is within walking distance of 8 places of worship. Today WIRED is publishing the locations of dozens of planned ICE offices across the US, part of a major expansion. from @leahfeiger.bsky.social
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Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
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UAW says Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, not disciplined reut.rs/3O3PwS1
UAW says Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, not disciplined
The United Auto Workers union said on Monday a Ford worker who heckled U.S. President Donald Trump during a visit last month to a Michigan auto plant was not disciplined and kept his job.
reut.rs
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
UAW says Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, not disciplined reut.rs/3O3PwS1
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx site have a cheaper generic version on the market.
Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.
A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.
Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.
A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.
How TrumpRx drug prices compare to generic alternatives
Patients could save more buying non-branded copycat drugs, even if they don't have insurance.
www.axios.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx site have a cheaper generic version on the market.
Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.
A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.
Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.
A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show will be interpreted by Celimar Rivera Cosme into Puerto Rican Sign Language, a unique dialect used on the island that academic researchers and other experts consider endangered.
Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter Will Make Super Bowl History, Too
Puerto Rican Sign Language is not the same as American Sign Language. Celimar Rivera Cosme will uniquely capture the rapper’s slang for the game’s deaf viewers.
trib.al
February 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show will be interpreted by Celimar Rivera Cosme into Puerto Rican Sign Language, a unique dialect used on the island that academic researchers and other experts consider endangered.
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BREAKING: Trump admits he WATCHED the Racist Ape video before having a staffer post it
This contradicts the earlier WH lie that a STAFFER erroneously posted it. He is saying he saw it and he ordered it posted - AND he 'didn't see' the plainly racist part about the Obamas
This contradicts the earlier WH lie that a STAFFER erroneously posted it. He is saying he saw it and he ordered it posted - AND he 'didn't see' the plainly racist part about the Obamas
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
BREAKING: Trump admits he WATCHED the Racist Ape video before having a staffer post it
This contradicts the earlier WH lie that a STAFFER erroneously posted it. He is saying he saw it and he ordered it posted - AND he 'didn't see' the plainly racist part about the Obamas
This contradicts the earlier WH lie that a STAFFER erroneously posted it. He is saying he saw it and he ordered it posted - AND he 'didn't see' the plainly racist part about the Obamas
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"We did not rush into that church. We actually went and sat down and participated in the service. And after the pastor prayed, that is when I stood up and asked him a question in response to his prayer...We didn’t bust in. We were a part of the service until I got up and posed that question...”
Trump's attempt to crush a religious uprising might be obvious if the press corps treated everyone’s faith as equally authentic, hence equally legitimate. It doesn’t.
February 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
"We did not rush into that church. We actually went and sat down and participated in the service. And after the pastor prayed, that is when I stood up and asked him a question in response to his prayer...We didn’t bust in. We were a part of the service until I got up and posed that question...”
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Some blind and low vision fans will get to use haptic tablets at Super Bowl 60. It allows them to feel the ball as it moves around the field. n.pr/49Z7YDT
Blind and low vision fans to experience Super Bowl 60 in new way
Some blind and low vision fans will get to use haptic tablets at Super Bowl 60. It allows them to feel the ball as it moves around the field.
n.pr
February 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Some blind and low vision fans will get to use haptic tablets at Super Bowl 60. It allows them to feel the ball as it moves around the field. n.pr/49Z7YDT
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Texas anti-ESG law declared unconstitutional by US judge reut.rs/3LQPkVC
Texas anti-ESG law declared unconstitutional by US judge
A federal judge declared unconstitutional a 2021 Texas law restricting state investments in companies seeking to rely less on fossil fuels or boycott that industry.
reut.rs
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Texas anti-ESG law declared unconstitutional by US judge reut.rs/3LQPkVC
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EpsteIn—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/this-tool-se...
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/this-tool-se...
February 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
EpsteIn—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/this-tool-se...
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/this-tool-se...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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The U.S. has about 180,000 precincts. ICE has 22,000 staff, less than 6,000 of whom are in "enforcement and removal operations," and many of whom have already quiet-quit or quit-quit their jobs because of abysmal morale and the realization the bonuses ain't happening.
They aren't surrounding shit.
They aren't surrounding shit.
Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms.
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." 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 5, 2026 at 3:59 AM
The U.S. has about 180,000 precincts. ICE has 22,000 staff, less than 6,000 of whom are in "enforcement and removal operations," and many of whom have already quiet-quit or quit-quit their jobs because of abysmal morale and the realization the bonuses ain't happening.
They aren't surrounding shit.
They aren't surrounding shit.
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
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The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
ow.ly/nh8L50Y8kAb
February 4, 2026 at 7:50 AM
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
ow.ly/nh8L50Y8kAb
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
ow.ly/nh8L50Y8kAb
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It’s insane
While Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem’s ICE thugs are killing people by shooting them in the streets
RFK’s anti vaccine campaign is killing people by denying them shots that might otherwise save them
While Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem’s ICE thugs are killing people by shooting them in the streets
RFK’s anti vaccine campaign is killing people by denying them shots that might otherwise save them
Moderna announced that they’re cutting back late-stage vaccine trials due to the uncertainty in the US market www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
Moderna chief: Company won’t invest in new late-stage vaccine trials
Moderna has already been facing declines in sales after a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 4, 2026 at 1:50 PM
It’s insane
While Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem’s ICE thugs are killing people by shooting them in the streets
RFK’s anti vaccine campaign is killing people by denying them shots that might otherwise save them
While Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem’s ICE thugs are killing people by shooting them in the streets
RFK’s anti vaccine campaign is killing people by denying them shots that might otherwise save them
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An ICE official told a judge that showing his face would put his life in danger. Turns out his face was on his LinkedIn profile.
It's a "clear example" of the false pretexts used to shield officials from accountability, FPF's Seth Stern writes in @theintercept.com.
It's a "clear example" of the false pretexts used to shield officials from accountability, FPF's Seth Stern writes in @theintercept.com.
Judge Censored an ICE Agent’s Face Over “Threats.” His Info Was a Google Search Away.
After a judge agreed to keep an ICE agent’s face out of the court record, a simple internet search revealed his name and location.
theintercept.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
An ICE official told a judge that showing his face would put his life in danger. Turns out his face was on his LinkedIn profile.
It's a "clear example" of the false pretexts used to shield officials from accountability, FPF's Seth Stern writes in @theintercept.com.
It's a "clear example" of the false pretexts used to shield officials from accountability, FPF's Seth Stern writes in @theintercept.com.
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell spent more than half the money he raised in his campaign for Minnesota governor last year buying copies of his autobiography.
Mike Lindell's campaign for governor is buying boatloads of Mike Lindell autobiographies • Minnesota Reformer
Mike Lindell’s memoir, “What Are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO,” has enjoyed a new surge of sales since he announced a run for governor late last year. Who’s buying the book, which details his ad...
minnesotareformer.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell spent more than half the money he raised in his campaign for Minnesota governor last year buying copies of his autobiography.
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Exclusive: US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says reut.rs/4a9vtJ9
Exclusive: US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says
The U.S. military shot down on Tuesday an Iranian drone that approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday.
reut.rs
February 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Exclusive: US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says reut.rs/4a9vtJ9
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A 13-year-old asked whether the universe might be a simulation. A physicist explains philosopher Nick Bostrom's logic: if future humans can create realistic simulations of countless worlds, probability suggests we're in one now. buff.ly/cUqFKU9
Is the whole universe just a simulation?
Here’s why some people believe we’re living in a computer simulation of reality – like a giant video game in which we’re all the characters.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:28 AM
A 13-year-old asked whether the universe might be a simulation. A physicist explains philosopher Nick Bostrom's logic: if future humans can create realistic simulations of countless worlds, probability suggests we're in one now. buff.ly/cUqFKU9