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status.news
As The Washington Post cleaved off a third of its workforce, chief executive Will Lewis and owner Jeff Bezos were nowhere to be found—leaving the storied institution to profusely bleed while its top leaders hid from accountability.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...
Bezos’ WashPost Bloodletting
As The Washington Post cleaved off a third of its workforce, chief executive Will Lewis and owner Jeff Bezos were nowhere to be found—leaving the storied institution to profusely bleed while its top l...
www.status.news
February 5, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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theferocity.bsky.social
Y’all, I’m losing my mind over here. I need everyone to read this article. I can’t go it alone!!!

“Epstein argues that teaching children to write may be harmful because writing forces “linear” and “narrow” patterns of thinking, whereas the greatest thinkers never wrote.”
theferocity.bsky.social Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 2d
“The interview also becomes an exercise in intellectual peacocking as they invoke Socrates, Isaac Newton and quantum physics but pay little attention to Epstein’s crimes. Epstein reveals himself to be a living museum of racial prejudice.”
‘Do you think you’re the devil himself?’: highlights from the bizarre, newly released Bannon-Epstein interview
The interview,⁠ revealed in the latest tranche of Epstein files, was reportedly intended for a sympathetic documentary
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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nome.bsky.social
Just because good news is worth celebrating:

There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.

HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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anthonymkreis.bsky.social
It sounds like the EEOC is trying to bring back the pattern or practice enforcement action.

Nike, Accused of Bias Against White Workers, Is Under Federal Investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Nike, Accused of Bias Against White Workers, Is Under Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Blumenthal: ICE and CBP are out of control. The practices of this agency have to be completely overhauled. It’s like a corporation in bankruptcy—either dissolved or reorganized. They’re morally bankrupt, legally bankrupt, and politically bankrupt.
February 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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peterbakernyt.bsky.social
Trump says he was the one who decided to post the video with racist imagery of the Obamas, not an anonymous aide, but says he didn't watch to the end before sending it to "the people" to post for him. But he has no regrets. "No, I didn’t make a mistake." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
‘I Didn’t Make a Mistake’: Trump Declines to Apologize for Racist Video of Obamas
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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mikehixenbaugh.com
Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.

Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are already black holes for detention. Now obtaining release will be more difficult than ever. As more and more people are locked up, ICE will increase the pressure on those who are detained to give up.

The goal is an assembly line of coercion with no day in court.
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
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.
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21h
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...
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
In an amicus brief submitted by the MacArthur Justice Center at the Fifth Circuit, immigration law scholars explained quite plainly what was going on here: www.macarthurjustice.org/wp-content/u...
INTRODUCTION In mid-2025, bureaucrats purportedly discovered a sweeping command to detain millions of immigrants in the interior of the country who initially entered without inspection, without regard to how long they have resided within the United States, and without the opportunity to seek release on bond. This would constitute the broadest detention-without-bond mandate in the history of the Republic. According to Respondents, Congress added this unfunded mandate to a border- focused statute as part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ("IIRIRA"), Pub. L. No. 104-208, div. C, 110 Stat. 3009-546, yet its existence eluded five presidential administrations, the courts, and Congress itself for three decades. As of January 5, 2026, at least 300 district court judges had ruled that Respondents' unprecedented reading of the provision in question, 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A), was wrong. Indeed, as Petitioners explain, the text and context of this border-focused provision refute Respondents' novel interpretation. See Answering Brief (hereinafter "AB") at 34-39; Castañon-Nava v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 161 F.4th 1048, 1060-62 (7th Cir. 2025).
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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the-independent.com
Judge orders Trump administration to bring back 3 families deported to Honduras, other countries trib.al/qJcJuV6
Judge orders Trump administration to bring back 3 families deported to Honduras, other countries
A federal judge says the Trump administration must bring back three deported families who should have been allowed to remain in the United States under a court settlement involving the separation of children from their parents at the border
trib.al
February 7, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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wsj.com
The Trump administration is attempting to eliminate most opportunities for immigrants with deportation orders to appeal cases, the government’s latest step to strip immigrants of due process rights so they can be deported faster. on.wsj.com/4qFE6Sd
Trump Administration to Curtail Immigrant Appeals of Deportation Decisions
The changes are part of a new policy that aims to strip immigrants of rights in the legal process.
on.wsj.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:33 AM
akrazia.bsky.social
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wsj.com The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 20h
The Stelvio ski slope is where the world’s best men’s downhill skiers will vie for gold. They’ll also be trying just to make it off the mountain in one piece. ⛷ on.wsj.com/4tn63Aq
February 7, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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pbsnews.org
The Trump administration's travel bans and visa suspensions have upended routine work, marriage and family visa processes, leaving many U.S. citizens across the country in limbo. https://to.pbs.org/3OqMkjk
Trump administration’s visa freeze upends work and life for many U.S. families
This week, the Trump administration was sued for a sweeping pause of immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries. The freeze, which began last month, comes on top of full or partial travel ...
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February 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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nytimes.com
The mass market paperback, light in the hand and on the wallet, once dominated airport bookstores and grocery media aisles. You may never buy a new one again.
Saying Goodbye to the Mass Market Paperback
The mass market paperback, light in the hand and on the wallet, once filled airport bookstores and supermarket media aisles. You may never buy a new one again.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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sfchronicle.com
After Friday classes let out at this San Francisco elementary school, dozens of students poured through the doors with marker-drawn protest signs against the federal government’s immigration policies.
‘All hands on deck’: S.F. elementary school students protest ICE
The 10-year-old organizer said he originally wanted to stage a school walkout. Since he couldn’t leave the building without his parents, he settled for an after-school protest instead.
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
(CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.

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Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show
Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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wsj.com
President Trump’s effort to push Republican state lawmakers to create more GOP-favorable House districts is on track to yield far fewer gains than expected.
Trump’s Midterm Redistricting Master Plan Is Falling Short
The president’s effort to push Republican state lawmakers to create more GOP-favorable House districts is on track to yield far fewer gains than expected.
on.wsj.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEW: In response to DOJ's request for a stay pending appeal of her Haiti TPS order, Judge Reyes questions the "suspect" nature of DOJ's "irreparable harm" arguments, orders DOJ to file a declaration about what actions DHS has taken "in expectation" Haiti TPS would end, and sets a hearing for 2/12.
MINUTE ORDER. The Court has reviewed the Government's 126 Motion to Stay the Court's Order Granting Relief Under 5 U.S.C. § 705 and 127 4 Plaintiffs' Motion to Set Briefing Schedule. The Government took three business days from the Court's decision to file the motion. They now ask the Court to rule within one business day and three hours and do so without identifying any basis for this rushed timetable. Due to the serious issues presented in this litigation, Plaintiffs should be afforded at least the same amount of time as the Government to brief their opposition. At the hearing on the Government's Motion, the Court expects the Government to articulate, among other things, how the irreparable harm and other stay factors weigh in the Government's favor. The Government contends that the Court "intru[des]... in the workings of a coordinate branch of the Government." Dkt. 126 at 22 (citation omitted). But missing is any concrete example of how the Court does so. This failure is particularly problematic in light of the Government's representations that it was "remote conjecture," "speculation," and "theoretical" that it would detain or initiate removal proceedings against Haitian nationals if the Termination went into effect. Dkt. 92 at 42; see Dkt. 126 at 23-24. Either the Government does not have any concrete plans to detain and initiate removal proceedings against Haitian TPS holders if the Court stays its decision pending litigation and therefore its own irreparable harm argument is suspect. Or the Government does have such concrete plans and therefore its argument that Plaintiffs will suffer no "irreparable harm" is suspect. So that the Court has all relevant information before it, it ORDERS the Government to submit a sworn declaration from a senior member of the Department of Homeland Security which states what steps, if any, DHS has taken in the expectation of the February 3, 2026, Termination (now stayed) going into effect. Specifically, the declarant must state whether DHS has taken any actionand, if so, which actions)to mobilize members of Immigration & Customs Enforcement to areas heavily populated with Haitian TPS holders, such as Springfield, Ohio, and South Florida. If the Government has taken no action in anticipation of the Termination, the declarant must state that. The Court ORDERS Plaintiffs to respond to the Government's Motion by February 11, 2026, at 12 p.m. It further ORDERS the Government to file the above-described declaration on or before February 10, 2026, at 10 a.m. The Court will hold a motion hearing February 12, 2026, at 10 a.m. Signed by Judge Ana C. Reyes on 2/6/2026. (Icacr2) Modified on 2/6/2026 to correct a typo (zcdw). (Entered: 02/06/2026)
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
it's really, really nuts that our scrappy lil' non-profit media website employs more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.

Also follow @lapatina.bsky.social she is awesome and smart and so brave
benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 1d
The Washington Post—for which I wrote editorials for nearly a decade—has closed its Kyiv bureau.

@lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not.

We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.

Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving
February 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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qjurecic.bsky.social
Nice shot/chaser setup here from NYT
LIVE Feb. 6, 2026, 9:00 p.m. ET10m ago Trains, Planes and Trump: Hudson Tunnel Funds May Hinge on Renaming Transit Hubs Trump officials offered to release funding for a major rail tunnel if Senator Chuck Schumer pushed to rename Penn Station and Dulles Airport after the president. See more updates › BREAKING U.S. Judge Says Trump Cannot Halt Funding for Gateway Tunnel Project Nearly all of the work had stopped for a rail tunnel under the Hudson River while negotiations continued in Washington and litigation played out in court. 3 min read
February 7, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
This is bad enough, yes, that I could even see this going differently en banc. Not definitely, it's the Fifth Circuit, but I could see the votes for it.

From more at Law Dork, here are the reasons why 160 different judges have reached a different conclusion than Jones and Duncan:
One key ruling addressing this claim — from U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in the Southern District of New York — summed things up quite well, on two fronts: This is not the first time the administration’s change of heart has been challenged in court. By a recent count, the central issue in this case – the administration’s new position that all noncitizens who came into the United States illegally, but since have been living in the United States, must be detained until their removal proceedings are completed – has been challenged in at least 362 cases in federal district courts. The challengers have prevailed, either on a preliminary or final basis, in 350 of those cases decided by over 160 different judges sitting in about fifty different courts spread across the United States. Thus, the overwhelming, lopsided majority have held that the law still means what it always has meant. Kaplan noted that “none of these decisions by other district judges is binding here,“ and he went on in his decision — issued on the day before Thanksgiving 2025 — to make his “own independent assessment” of the law in the case before him. He found that the government’s argument failed as to “the ordinary meaning of the statutory text,“ that “[t]he structure of the statute thus undercuts or contradicts their position,” that the “statutory history reflects an unbroken chain of granting discretion to immigration authorities to release noncitizens pending final removal decisions,” and that court precedent was in agreement with the above. He also found the action violated due process.
February 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
This is a very, very bad decision from one of the two Reagan judges left on the Fifth Circuit, joined by one of the two most extreme Trump appointees on the court.

And, it is about the issue I walked through at Law Dork earlier this week, in the context of Minnesota: www.lawdork.com/i/186796727/...
Law Dork DHS’s unilateral change on mandatory detention Like senior DHS officials unilaterally decided in May 2025 that ICE was going to change its interpretation of the Fourth Amendment when it comes to entering private residences when trying to arrest people for deportation, DHS and the Justice Department announced internally on July 8, 2025, that the executive branch unilaterally decided — “revisited its legal position“ — about how a key aspect of immigration enforcement works. In short, the administration decided that anyone in the country who was never legally admitted to the country is subject to a section of law that requires mandatory detention, as opposed to a different section of law that allows release and requires bond hearings. Here’s the problem with that: Virtually everyone thinks they’re wrong, for many reasons.
February 7, 2026 at 2:50 AM