The Mean Progressive
@themeanprogressive.bsky.social
I’m mean to fascists. Otherwise, I’m lovely.
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In honor of DHS spokesliar Tricia McLaughlin's resignation, let's revisit how her husband's company won a $220 million no-bid contract to run a stupid propaganda campaign featuring her boss, Kristi Noem, bashing immigrants while sitting on a horse in front of Mt. Rushmore.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2026 at 12:43 AM
In honor of DHS spokesliar Tricia McLaughlin's resignation, let's revisit how her husband's company won a $220 million no-bid contract to run a stupid propaganda campaign featuring her boss, Kristi Noem, bashing immigrants while sitting on a horse in front of Mt. Rushmore.
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9-year-old Maria Antonia was supposed to go to Disney World.
Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.
Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
9-year-old Maria Antonia was supposed to go to Disney World.
Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.
Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.
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February 18, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Go, fool, and whom thou keep’st command.
February 18, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Go, fool, and whom thou keep’st command.
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if any reporters want to chat about this, you know where to find me :)
BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days.
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
February 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
if any reporters want to chat about this, you know where to find me :)
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Friends in #Michigan, @esavit.bsky.social will be in your corner! As a law professor and prosecutor he's defended our environment from corporations and Donald Trump. Donate to help Eli win 👉 janepac.com/eli Big polluters won't be happy, but the 🌏 sure will.
February 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Friends in #Michigan, @esavit.bsky.social will be in your corner! As a law professor and prosecutor he's defended our environment from corporations and Donald Trump. Donate to help Eli win 👉 janepac.com/eli Big polluters won't be happy, but the 🌏 sure will.
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In January, Nicole Boynton became the first person freed as part of Georgia’s Survivor Justice Act. The law allows retroactive resentencing, giving people already behind bars a way to return to court and ask for a new sentence that accounts for abuse as a significant contributing factor.
She was sentenced to life in prison. A new law set her free after 23 years.
Nicole Boynton was the first woman freed as part of Georgia’s Survivor Justice Act, putting a national spotlight on how courts discount abuse in homicide cases — especially for Black women.
19thnews.org
February 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
In January, Nicole Boynton became the first person freed as part of Georgia’s Survivor Justice Act. The law allows retroactive resentencing, giving people already behind bars a way to return to court and ask for a new sentence that accounts for abuse as a significant contributing factor.
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February 18, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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Rep. Celeste Hurst, R-Sandhill, introduced an amendment to H.B. 1613—a bill clarifying what constitutes an aggravated drug trafficking charge—that includes "abortion-inducing drugs" to the list of illegal substances under Mississippi's drug trafficking statues.
Mail-Order Abortion Pill Ban Passes Mississippi House
A mail-order abortion pill ban passed the Mississippi House, defining it as felony drug trafficking that would carry one to 10 year prison sentences for providers.
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February 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Rep. Celeste Hurst, R-Sandhill, introduced an amendment to H.B. 1613—a bill clarifying what constitutes an aggravated drug trafficking charge—that includes "abortion-inducing drugs" to the list of illegal substances under Mississippi's drug trafficking statues.
Central Ohio ‼️
February 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Central Ohio ‼️
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I don’t know how anyone could listen to Jasmine Crockett’s full response to Jen Psaki’s question about Stephen Colbert’s interview with James Talarico and have a problem with it.
She’s keeping it real by saying it worked out well for Talarico’s campaign, which is accurate.
She’s keeping it real by saying it worked out well for Talarico’s campaign, which is accurate.
February 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I don’t know how anyone could listen to Jasmine Crockett’s full response to Jen Psaki’s question about Stephen Colbert’s interview with James Talarico and have a problem with it.
She’s keeping it real by saying it worked out well for Talarico’s campaign, which is accurate.
She’s keeping it real by saying it worked out well for Talarico’s campaign, which is accurate.
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A phone call, a detainment and weeks of worry: a two-week odyssey for a beloved preschool handyman.
Asylum seekers, who came to U.S. legally, navigate unexpected ICE detainments
A phone call, a detainment and weeks of worry: a two-week odyssey for a beloved preschool handyman.
www.startribune.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
A phone call, a detainment and weeks of worry: a two-week odyssey for a beloved preschool handyman.
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🧊🛩️ HEADS UP MARYLAND‼️
🛬 ICE Air arriving to BWI
Air Wisconsin CRJ-200
Tail: N455AW 👀
🛬 ICE Air arriving to BWI
Air Wisconsin CRJ-200
Tail: N455AW 👀
February 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
🧊🛩️ HEADS UP MARYLAND‼️
🛬 ICE Air arriving to BWI
Air Wisconsin CRJ-200
Tail: N455AW 👀
🛬 ICE Air arriving to BWI
Air Wisconsin CRJ-200
Tail: N455AW 👀
@stephaniemiller.bsky.social
I’ve had insomnia since I was 12 (am now 53/Carol Burnett age 33) and have never found anything that works but thc gummies are now legal in Ohio and I take 1/4 of a gummy and 2 Benadryl and sleep 5 hours every night now. It’s magic. Hope this might be useful. 😘😘
I’ve had insomnia since I was 12 (am now 53/Carol Burnett age 33) and have never found anything that works but thc gummies are now legal in Ohio and I take 1/4 of a gummy and 2 Benadryl and sleep 5 hours every night now. It’s magic. Hope this might be useful. 😘😘
February 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
@stephaniemiller.bsky.social
I’ve had insomnia since I was 12 (am now 53/Carol Burnett age 33) and have never found anything that works but thc gummies are now legal in Ohio and I take 1/4 of a gummy and 2 Benadryl and sleep 5 hours every night now. It’s magic. Hope this might be useful. 😘😘
I’ve had insomnia since I was 12 (am now 53/Carol Burnett age 33) and have never found anything that works but thc gummies are now legal in Ohio and I take 1/4 of a gummy and 2 Benadryl and sleep 5 hours every night now. It’s magic. Hope this might be useful. 😘😘
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Here's what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
Ukraine is developing a secure military comms network in case of Starlink shutdown.
This comes as Ukraine seeks to move away from dependence on the US. Ukraine also recently cut off Starlink usage for the Russian military.
Ukraine is developing a secure military comms network in case of Starlink shutdown.
This comes as Ukraine seeks to move away from dependence on the US. Ukraine also recently cut off Starlink usage for the Russian military.
epravda.com.ua
February 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Here's what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
Ukraine is developing a secure military comms network in case of Starlink shutdown.
This comes as Ukraine seeks to move away from dependence on the US. Ukraine also recently cut off Starlink usage for the Russian military.
Ukraine is developing a secure military comms network in case of Starlink shutdown.
This comes as Ukraine seeks to move away from dependence on the US. Ukraine also recently cut off Starlink usage for the Russian military.
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I wrote about OuR hErItAgE. www.ms.now/opinion/elon...
Opinion | The right’s obsession with American "heritage" is all about who get to be seen as "white"
Philip Bump: What Elon Musk was really getting at when he incorrectly claimed “American culture” is of “English-Scotts-Irish origin.”
www.ms.now
February 18, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I wrote about OuR hErItAgE. www.ms.now/opinion/elon...
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This place isn’t zoned to be a prison. Can’t local government shut it down for violating the law?
“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.sunjournal.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This place isn’t zoned to be a prison. Can’t local government shut it down for violating the law?
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NEW: Providers who mail abortion pills to Mississippi could soon be prosecuted as felony drug traffickers under an amendment Mississippi House Republicans added to a drug trafficking bill at the last minute.
The amended bill passed amid loud dissent from outraged Democrats.
The amended bill passed amid loud dissent from outraged Democrats.
Mail-Order Abortion Pill Ban Passes Mississippi House
A mail-order abortion pill ban passed the Mississippi House, defining it as felony drug trafficking that would carry one to 10 year prison sentences for providers.
www.mississippifreepress.org
February 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
NEW: Providers who mail abortion pills to Mississippi could soon be prosecuted as felony drug traffickers under an amendment Mississippi House Republicans added to a drug trafficking bill at the last minute.
The amended bill passed amid loud dissent from outraged Democrats.
The amended bill passed amid loud dissent from outraged Democrats.
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SEN. OLIVER: “They’re hoping to slide this through quietly.”
Sen. Charlane Oliver calls on NASHVILLE folks to show up for two meetings this week about ELON’S TESLAS-ONLY TUNNEL — she says they’re trying to lock in a $30 MILLION 40-YEAR agreement with the airport. www.instagram.com/reel/DU1SCdS...
Sen. Charlane Oliver calls on NASHVILLE folks to show up for two meetings this week about ELON’S TESLAS-ONLY TUNNEL — she says they’re trying to lock in a $30 MILLION 40-YEAR agreement with the airport. www.instagram.com/reel/DU1SCdS...
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
SEN. OLIVER: “They’re hoping to slide this through quietly.”
Sen. Charlane Oliver calls on NASHVILLE folks to show up for two meetings this week about ELON’S TESLAS-ONLY TUNNEL — she says they’re trying to lock in a $30 MILLION 40-YEAR agreement with the airport. www.instagram.com/reel/DU1SCdS...
Sen. Charlane Oliver calls on NASHVILLE folks to show up for two meetings this week about ELON’S TESLAS-ONLY TUNNEL — she says they’re trying to lock in a $30 MILLION 40-YEAR agreement with the airport. www.instagram.com/reel/DU1SCdS...
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WaPo reports: Trump just put his receptionist Chamberlain Harris on the arts commission reviewing his ballroom. They omit: in 2021, Harris helped Trump move classified docs to Mar-a-Lago, and scanned some on her laptop. Then once that story went public, she wiped a 2019 trip to Russia off her CV. 1/
February 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
WaPo reports: Trump just put his receptionist Chamberlain Harris on the arts commission reviewing his ballroom. They omit: in 2021, Harris helped Trump move classified docs to Mar-a-Lago, and scanned some on her laptop. Then once that story went public, she wiped a 2019 trip to Russia off her CV. 1/
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My new Signal code
February 17, 2026 at 7:59 PM
My new Signal code
You should always read everything Brandy Zadrozny writes, regardless of who gets pissy about it. (But certainly always revel in the fragility of a fascist).
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
You should always read everything Brandy Zadrozny writes, regardless of who gets pissy about it. (But certainly always revel in the fragility of a fascist).