@semcog.bsky.social
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I disagree with Congressman Gonzales that 5-year-old American citizen children are helped in any way by their kindergarten classmates being kisbnapped and disappeared by marked, armed thugs.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I disagree with Congressman Gonzales that 5-year-old American citizen children are helped in any way by their kindergarten classmates being kisbnapped and disappeared by marked, armed thugs.
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Hi
these are concentration camps
these are concentration camps
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Hi
these are concentration camps
these are concentration camps
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they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American
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WaPo's editorial board pines for a world that no longer exists: one in which liberals can be cowed out of responding to GOP tactics by accusations of "hypocrisy."
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
WaPo's editorial board pines for a world that no longer exists: one in which liberals can be cowed out of responding to GOP tactics by accusations of "hypocrisy."
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
That time is over. No more unilateral disarmament.
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Serious people abroad taking PET (Putin-Epstein-Trump) seriously.
www.reuters.com/world/poland...
www.reuters.com/world/poland...
Poland to probe possible links between Epstein and Russia, PM Tusk says
Poland will launch an investigation into possible links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence, as well as any impact on Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tues...
www.reuters.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Serious people abroad taking PET (Putin-Epstein-Trump) seriously.
www.reuters.com/world/poland...
www.reuters.com/world/poland...
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democracy dies in the hands of billionaires ✌️
October 25, 2024 at 6:11 PM
democracy dies in the hands of billionaires ✌️
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Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
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MAGA doesn't achieve this level of evil without help in the form of tempering our language on "identity politics," "cultural issues," "wokeness" - all of which a functional country would call human rights - let alone pursuing an *actual* agenda of liberty and justice for all.
February 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
MAGA doesn't achieve this level of evil without help in the form of tempering our language on "identity politics," "cultural issues," "wokeness" - all of which a functional country would call human rights - let alone pursuing an *actual* agenda of liberty and justice for all.
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When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
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Surprise, the Washington Trump-Post is opposed to gerrymanders that favor Democrats! www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Brass-knuckled hypocrisy in Virginia
Voters will get a chance to reject anti-democratic gamesmanship in an April referendum.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Surprise, the Washington Trump-Post is opposed to gerrymanders that favor Democrats! www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@governorwalz.mn.gov where tf are you? These are state troopers collaborating with the Trump gestapo
Minneapolis: A protester near the Whipple Federal building lies on the ground bleeding after being thrown to the ground by Minnesota State Patrol... more to come at VisuNews.Substack.com and Patreon.com/ZDRoberts
February 7, 2026 at 11:11 PM
@governorwalz.mn.gov where tf are you? These are state troopers collaborating with the Trump gestapo
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The GOP getting to the reaping part (and we have only begun the ratfucking. 2028 is gonna be worse.) and everyone whining about fairness and how could the democraps be so antidemocracy is the funniest fucking thing.
Get bent assholes.
Get bent assholes.
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The GOP getting to the reaping part (and we have only begun the ratfucking. 2028 is gonna be worse.) and everyone whining about fairness and how could the democraps be so antidemocracy is the funniest fucking thing.
Get bent assholes.
Get bent assholes.
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"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."
www.publicnotice.co
February 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
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I strongly believe that you need to qualify your doomerism with active solutions that you believe will help, otherwise you are simply adding to despair which depresses liberation movements.
February 7, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I strongly believe that you need to qualify your doomerism with active solutions that you believe will help, otherwise you are simply adding to despair which depresses liberation movements.
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The result of President Trump posting a racist video is that the only Black Republican Senator is going to be forced out of his leadership position.
February 7, 2026 at 12:57 PM
The result of President Trump posting a racist video is that the only Black Republican Senator is going to be forced out of his leadership position.
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To call this "harm reduction" or a "good step" is to treat the public like idiots. It's insulting. They are acting like people making real demands are children, and they are the adults in the room.
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
To call this "harm reduction" or a "good step" is to treat the public like idiots. It's insulting. They are acting like people making real demands are children, and they are the adults in the room.
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I cannot stand the "this is a good start" discourse. The Democrats in Congress do not want to abolish ICE. They have proposed a series of bog-standard reforms regurgitated by a think tank. Everyone knows they do not work. The Democrats supporting this do not care. They just want to move on.
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I cannot stand the "this is a good start" discourse. The Democrats in Congress do not want to abolish ICE. They have proposed a series of bog-standard reforms regurgitated by a think tank. Everyone knows they do not work. The Democrats supporting this do not care. They just want to move on.
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Some people are so afraid of things getting worse they can't conceive of things getting better. And they tend to be pompous and annoying because they think not asking for better things makes them a realist. But really they're just helping things get worse by clinging to the janky existing system.
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Some people are so afraid of things getting worse they can't conceive of things getting better. And they tend to be pompous and annoying because they think not asking for better things makes them a realist. But really they're just helping things get worse by clinging to the janky existing system.
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SCOTUS is corrupt; Republicans are corrupt; Trump basically has a barcode on his ass and a BOGO deal on state secrets. There’s so much room for radical transformation in positive ways if people know that Democrats will get in there and fight for us against corruption!
November 28, 2024 at 2:52 AM
SCOTUS is corrupt; Republicans are corrupt; Trump basically has a barcode on his ass and a BOGO deal on state secrets. There’s so much room for radical transformation in positive ways if people know that Democrats will get in there and fight for us against corruption!
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It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
Heard good things about this muppet reboot! www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Heard good things about this muppet reboot! www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
Fifth circuit approves concentration camps.
AWFUL news tonight. This blesses the “mandatory” detention in the 5th Circuit without bond (and little chance at habeas) of every undocumented immigrant who originally entered across the border, no matter how many decades in the past.
It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 7, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Fifth circuit approves concentration camps.
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I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
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This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.