Rob Tracinski
@tracinski.bsky.social
Candidate for Congress in Virginia's fifth district.
https://TracinskiForCongress.com
Author of "Dictator From Day One" https://amzn.to/3KaCKyZ
Other articles: https://www.tracinskiletter.com
https://TracinskiForCongress.com
Author of "Dictator From Day One" https://amzn.to/3KaCKyZ
Other articles: https://www.tracinskiletter.com
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There are 80,000 people being imprisoned without conviction or trial in Department of Homeland Security detention facilities.
This is what an ethnic cleansing looks like.
This is what an ethnic cleansing looks like.
ICE is currently holding around 80,000 detainees. Nazi Germany didn't reach this number in its formal camp system until 1942, nine years after seizing power and three years into the war.
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 AM
There are 80,000 people being imprisoned without conviction or trial in Department of Homeland Security detention facilities.
This is what an ethnic cleansing looks like.
This is what an ethnic cleansing looks like.
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I think this is downstream from how Trump was reasonably effectively constrained by institutions, the courts, and his own cabinet in his first term. Low-info, highly partisan voters looked at that and thought that he kind of was George Bush again but with weirder gaffes.
one thing that will always be a mystery to me is the number of trump voters who basically thought they were electing george bush again reut.rs/3Mc4h4H
As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns
Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants, healthcare reform, curbing waste and fraud, a...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I think this is downstream from how Trump was reasonably effectively constrained by institutions, the courts, and his own cabinet in his first term. Low-info, highly partisan voters looked at that and thought that he kind of was George Bush again but with weirder gaffes.
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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JUST IN: Judge John Tunheim (Clinton) rejects Trump admin bid to lift order blocking mass detention of immigrants in Minnesota admitted to US as refugees. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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www.documentcloud.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
JUST IN: Judge John Tunheim (Clinton) rejects Trump admin bid to lift order blocking mass detention of immigrants in Minnesota admitted to US as refugees. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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you guys need to get better at playing dumb and understanding that the entire system's manpower chokes out if these guys were actually required to get a full LEO training regimen
If you're in Nevada, please call Senator Rosen and tell her that ICE officers who execute people in the street cannot be "trained" to stop doing so. It's a debased, fascist organization that must be defunded and abolished.
Her number: 202-224-6244
Her number: 202-224-6244
I won’t support additional funding for ICE unless we put guardrails in place to make sure ICE is better trained and actually focused on making our communities safer.
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
you guys need to get better at playing dumb and understanding that the entire system's manpower chokes out if these guys were actually required to get a full LEO training regimen
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It’s absolutely infuriating that we are just expected to treat the people proposing these kinds of laws as normal folks that we just have some policy disagreement with
Tomorrow I will testify before subcommittee of House Judiciary Committee against the proposed "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act," which would authorize exclusion/deportation of all or most non-citizen Muslim immigrants. My written testimony posted here: reason.com/wp-content/u...
reason.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 AM
It’s absolutely infuriating that we are just expected to treat the people proposing these kinds of laws as normal folks that we just have some policy disagreement with
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I thought about why I’ve been pushing back on stolen midterm fears. What’s the harm of worry, even if it doesn’t materialize?
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
don't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I thought about why I’ve been pushing back on stolen midterm fears. What’s the harm of worry, even if it doesn’t materialize?
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
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Trump, who says he had "no idea" at the time that Epstein sexually molested girls, told the police in 2006 that "everyone has known he’s been doing this.” That's according to an FBI interview with the then-Palm Beach police chief.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Trump, who says he had "no idea" at the time that Epstein sexually molested girls, told the police in 2006 that "everyone has known he’s been doing this.” That's according to an FBI interview with the then-Palm Beach police chief.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
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it's insane in hindsight that only Colorado challenged Trump's eligibility
February 10, 2026 at 2:56 AM
it's insane in hindsight that only Colorado challenged Trump's eligibility
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We live under a cartoonishly corrupt administration.
New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
www.forbes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
We live under a cartoonishly corrupt administration.
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Taking responsibility for your actions is a tool of Western Imperialist hegemony
Noam Chomsky's wife says he was 'ensnared' and 'manipulated' by Epstein - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/noam-chomskys-wife-says-he-was-ensnared-and-manipulated-epstein
Noam Chomsky's wife says he was 'ensnared' and 'manipulated' by Epstein
The veteran left-wing intellectual met and corresponded extensively with Epstein, newly released files reveal
www.middleeasteye.net
February 9, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Taking responsibility for your actions is a tool of Western Imperialist hegemony
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“.. He’s got a lot to answer for, but really, he should make life easier on the president, frankly, and just resign.”
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February 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
“.. He’s got a lot to answer for, but really, he should make life easier on the president, frankly, and just resign.”
@cnbc.com
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The White House just sent a "Don't Panic" email. That'll do it
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The White House just sent a "Don't Panic" email. That'll do it
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When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
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POV; you thought you could seize the Scottish throne just because some weird women predicted it
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
POV; you thought you could seize the Scottish throne just because some weird women predicted it
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I am struggling to think of any country this describes that doesn’t *also* let homeless people die on the street.
I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I am struggling to think of any country this describes that doesn’t *also* let homeless people die on the street.
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This sort of highlights a weird quirk in immigration polling where even people who say that they care about immigration and want a crack down often actually have views to the left is the status quo, which seems like something we could capitalize on.
"Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants", proving they unaccountably had no clue who they were voting for.
As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns reut.rs/3Mc4h4H
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This sort of highlights a weird quirk in immigration polling where even people who say that they care about immigration and want a crack down often actually have views to the left is the status quo, which seems like something we could capitalize on.
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Amongst other things, this again highlights the core point about due process. It’s bad enough to be in a “show me your papers” situation, but your precious citizen/non-citizen, “legal”/“illegal” distinctions are meaningless when you can’t prove anything to authorities because they don’t give a shit.
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Amongst other things, this again highlights the core point about due process. It’s bad enough to be in a “show me your papers” situation, but your precious citizen/non-citizen, “legal”/“illegal” distinctions are meaningless when you can’t prove anything to authorities because they don’t give a shit.
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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A tale told in two screenshots :)
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A tale told in two screenshots :)
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The "Worst of the Worst" Lie. Fewer than 14% of the nearly 400k arrests made by ICE have violent records. Less than 2% are for homicide or sexual assault. Only 1.9% are alleged gangmembers. 40% had no criminal record at all.
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The "Worst of the Worst" Lie. Fewer than 14% of the nearly 400k arrests made by ICE have violent records. Less than 2% are for homicide or sexual assault. Only 1.9% are alleged gangmembers. 40% had no criminal record at all.
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one maybe major problem with rolling up his companies like Musk is doing is that whatever liability he was sitting on in X for things like CSAM or GDPR is no longer quarantined
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
one maybe major problem with rolling up his companies like Musk is doing is that whatever liability he was sitting on in X for things like CSAM or GDPR is no longer quarantined
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Enten: "Trump's base with non-college voters is absolutely collapsing ... he's underwater by 9 points. That's a 23 point switcheroo."
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Enten: "Trump's base with non-college voters is absolutely collapsing ... he's underwater by 9 points. That's a 23 point switcheroo."
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