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This is corrupt.
🚨ICE just got access to one of its biggest private detention center operators last night, thanks to a Navy contract.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
The move lets ICE bypass normal contracting processes to tap GEO Group to operate its detention centers as they race to buy detention sites to house 92,000 detainees nationwide.
ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity
Navy contract allows immigration agency to bypass normal bidding and hire one of its largest detention operators directly as it plans to add 92,000 beds by November
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This is corrupt.
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Too many people underestimate how evil Google is and how impactful its evil is. Yeah, the company that struck down its "don't be evil" maxim a while ago, because I guess it felt too constraining.
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Too many people underestimate how evil Google is and how impactful its evil is. Yeah, the company that struck down its "don't be evil" maxim a while ago, because I guess it felt too constraining.
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The FDA rejected Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine application using legal standards that don't actually exist in the law. A vaccine policy expert explains how this decision could undermine vaccine development and public health. buff.ly/eCsNVGZ #vaccineswork
FDA rejects Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application - for reasons with no basis in the law
The move signals an escalation in the agency’s efforts to interfere with established procedures for testing and approving vaccines.
theconversation.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The FDA rejected Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine application using legal standards that don't actually exist in the law. A vaccine policy expert explains how this decision could undermine vaccine development and public health. buff.ly/eCsNVGZ #vaccineswork
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NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.
February 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.
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Executive Branch "special government employees" initially told me he had no comment about his work on the election investigation.
Then, he unloaded. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Then, he unloaded. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid
Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Executive Branch "special government employees" initially told me he had no comment about his work on the election investigation.
Then, he unloaded. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Then, he unloaded. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
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CoreCivic’s 2025 Q4 and full-year earnings are out. Even before seeing the full impact of the massive new detention budget, the company reported a record $2.21 billion in revenues.
They expect to see more growth in 2026 "as demand for [their] solutions persists."
ir.corecivic.com/news-release...
They expect to see more growth in 2026 "as demand for [their] solutions persists."
ir.corecivic.com/news-release...
February 12, 2026 at 12:08 AM
CoreCivic’s 2025 Q4 and full-year earnings are out. Even before seeing the full impact of the massive new detention budget, the company reported a record $2.21 billion in revenues.
They expect to see more growth in 2026 "as demand for [their] solutions persists."
ir.corecivic.com/news-release...
They expect to see more growth in 2026 "as demand for [their] solutions persists."
ir.corecivic.com/news-release...
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Mississippi will not expand Medicaid this year due to costs, Sen. Kevin Blackwell told the Mississippi Free Press.
"The Big Beautiful Bill changed funding," he said. "I don’t see it happening, & those states that have expanded will probably be going back to their regular programs before expansion.”
"The Big Beautiful Bill changed funding," he said. "I don’t see it happening, & those states that have expanded will probably be going back to their regular programs before expansion.”
Medicaid Expansion Dead in Mississippi Due to Trump Cuts, Top Republican Says
Mississippi won’t expand Medicaid this year because of federal Medicaid funding cuts under Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
www.mississippifreepress.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Mississippi will not expand Medicaid this year due to costs, Sen. Kevin Blackwell told the Mississippi Free Press.
"The Big Beautiful Bill changed funding," he said. "I don’t see it happening, & those states that have expanded will probably be going back to their regular programs before expansion.”
"The Big Beautiful Bill changed funding," he said. "I don’t see it happening, & those states that have expanded will probably be going back to their regular programs before expansion.”
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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it's because God hates them.
February 9, 2026 at 1:07 AM
it's because God hates them.
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#ResistanceRoots
#BlackHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1915: The controversial silent film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles. The first American full-length feature film, it’s noted for its technical and artistic innovations, but it sparked protests and riots due to its overt racism. /1
#BlackHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1915: The controversial silent film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles. The first American full-length feature film, it’s noted for its technical and artistic innovations, but it sparked protests and riots due to its overt racism. /1
February 9, 2026 at 12:46 AM
#ResistanceRoots
#BlackHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1915: The controversial silent film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles. The first American full-length feature film, it’s noted for its technical and artistic innovations, but it sparked protests and riots due to its overt racism. /1
#BlackHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1915: The controversial silent film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles. The first American full-length feature film, it’s noted for its technical and artistic innovations, but it sparked protests and riots due to its overt racism. /1
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A confidential document reveals both the Trump administration’s plans to interfere with the states’ authority to run elections and how dangerously insecure the sensitive data will be in the department’s hands. bit.ly/46tX4nd
“Confidential” Agreements Show Trump Administration’s Plans for States’ Voter Data
At least 10 states have handed over their full voter files to the Justice Department.
www.brennancenter.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
A confidential document reveals both the Trump administration’s plans to interfere with the states’ authority to run elections and how dangerously insecure the sensitive data will be in the department’s hands. bit.ly/46tX4nd
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Anti-choice extremists in Indiana are trying to force the release of records for the very few legal abortions in the state (146 in 2024). The purpose is to intimidate patients and providers and expose them to harassment, arrests, and violence.
Anti-Abortion Groups Try a New Intimidation Tactic: Make Abortion Records Public
Abortion rights opponents want Indiana to use reporting rules to expose abortion providers and recipients to targeting.
truthout.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Anti-choice extremists in Indiana are trying to force the release of records for the very few legal abortions in the state (146 in 2024). The purpose is to intimidate patients and providers and expose them to harassment, arrests, and violence.
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Whitney Plantation centers on enslaved people. That framing corrects a history long told through omission.
Slavery was an interruption in Black history, not the beginning of it. How we remember matters. #BHM100
Slavery was an interruption in Black history, not the beginning of it. How we remember matters. #BHM100
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Whitney Plantation centers on enslaved people. That framing corrects a history long told through omission.
Slavery was an interruption in Black history, not the beginning of it. How we remember matters. #BHM100
Slavery was an interruption in Black history, not the beginning of it. How we remember matters. #BHM100
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Trump said he would fight for “forgotten Americans.” I didn’t know that meant Jeff Bezos.
Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes.
This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for.
Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.
Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes.
This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for.
Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.
Trump’s New Tax Law Saved Amazon Billions
Breaks for investment and research lowered the company’s payments to the U.S. government.
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Trump said he would fight for “forgotten Americans.” I didn’t know that meant Jeff Bezos.
Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes.
This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for.
Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.
Despite making $89.5 BILLION in profits last year, Amazon paid just 3.1% in taxes.
This is what Republicans’ SNAP & Medicaid cuts were for.
Guess that ‘Melania’ doc really paid off.
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#ResistanceUnited
The Heritage Foundation’s database, which tracks proven cases of voter fraud over several decades, lists approximately 1,620 results from more than 2 billion votes cast in federal elections alone since 1979. That's 0.000081%.
The Heritage Foundation’s database, which tracks proven cases of voter fraud over several decades, lists approximately 1,620 results from more than 2 billion votes cast in federal elections alone since 1979. That's 0.000081%.
Sen. Tuberville: "We gotta get rid of these voting machines. There's a half dozen people here in the House and Senate that did not get elected. It was all bogus. We've seen the evidence."
February 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
#ResistanceUnited
The Heritage Foundation’s database, which tracks proven cases of voter fraud over several decades, lists approximately 1,620 results from more than 2 billion votes cast in federal elections alone since 1979. That's 0.000081%.
The Heritage Foundation’s database, which tracks proven cases of voter fraud over several decades, lists approximately 1,620 results from more than 2 billion votes cast in federal elections alone since 1979. That's 0.000081%.
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This should piss everyone off, and our tax dollars paid for this.
A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.
Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.
Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
January 31, 2026 at 2:54 AM
This should piss everyone off, and our tax dollars paid for this.
A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.
Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.
Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
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"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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They are abducting Native Americans!
Eyes On Ice (@eyesonice)
Minnesota State Sen. Erin Maye Quade (DFL-Apple Valley) on Chase Iron Eyes' testimony on ICE racially profiling Native Americans
substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 PM
They are abducting Native Americans!
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A federal judge is weighing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s blackmail letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as evidence that the administration is using the presence of armed federal agents as coercion to achieve policy goals. trib.al/tcKLaft
January 31, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A federal judge is weighing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s blackmail letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as evidence that the administration is using the presence of armed federal agents as coercion to achieve policy goals. trib.al/tcKLaft
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People held at the Fort Bliss immigration detention camp in Texas report guards have crushed their testicles, beaten them, broken their teeth, and more.
We're demanding an end to this inhumane treatment and to immigration detention at Fort Bliss for good.
We're demanding an end to this inhumane treatment and to immigration detention at Fort Bliss for good.
ICE accused of overseeing "unfolding humanitarian crisis" at Texas detention center - Salon.com
A recent death at Fort Bliss in Texas has renewed criticism of the ICE holding facility.
www.salon.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:04 PM
People held at the Fort Bliss immigration detention camp in Texas report guards have crushed their testicles, beaten them, broken their teeth, and more.
We're demanding an end to this inhumane treatment and to immigration detention at Fort Bliss for good.
We're demanding an end to this inhumane treatment and to immigration detention at Fort Bliss for good.
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An ABC News piece failed to mention any possible cause of growing anti-vaccine sentiment, despite the fact that the Trump administration has placed Robert Kennedy, one of the anti-vax movement’s most prominent voices, in the most powerful federal health position.
fair.org/home/with-us...
fair.org/home/with-us...
With US’s Measles-Free Status in Danger, ABC Fails to Mention Trump and MAHA as Cause
When ABC reported on reluctance to vaccinate and its consequences, it failed to call out the administration sowing much of this doubt and confusion.
fair.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
An ABC News piece failed to mention any possible cause of growing anti-vaccine sentiment, despite the fact that the Trump administration has placed Robert Kennedy, one of the anti-vax movement’s most prominent voices, in the most powerful federal health position.
fair.org/home/with-us...
fair.org/home/with-us...
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Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
Okay, so this is an authoritarian playbook trick, once the evidence is overwhelming say everyone needs to wait for the official investigation then either fix it or attack it when its completed. Same shit Russian pulled with MH17 and chemical attacks in Syria, very predictable.
Reporter: Will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretti for calling him an assassin?
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
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ICE has detained at least 3,800 kids under the second Trump administration — more than 500 of whom were under 5 years old.
Children shouldn't be locked up by our government.
Children shouldn't be locked up by our government.
What Happens After a Child Is Taken Into ICE Custody?
Five-year-old Liam Ramos' detention by ICE has sparked questions about the policies underlying the agency's deportation operations.
time.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:48 PM
ICE has detained at least 3,800 kids under the second Trump administration — more than 500 of whom were under 5 years old.
Children shouldn't be locked up by our government.
Children shouldn't be locked up by our government.