Amy P.
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Amy P.
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· Jul 3
What’s going to happen is that these Medicaid cuts are going to go into effect, and hospitals and clinics are going to close, and treatment won’t be available.
And then we’re going to get mainstream news stories with headlines like “Trump Gives Speech Blaming Obamacare for Mass Hospital Closures.”
And then we’re going to get mainstream news stories with headlines like “Trump Gives Speech Blaming Obamacare for Mass Hospital Closures.”
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I had been trying to find out more regarding this civil contempt in Minnesota, and an update in the Fox9 report from Paul Blume (whose tweets are below) suggests the gov't miraculously found the man's ID documents quickly after the civil contempt finding. www.fox9.com/news/federal...
February 19, 2026 at 6:02 AM
I had been trying to find out more regarding this civil contempt in Minnesota, and an update in the Fox9 report from Paul Blume (whose tweets are below) suggests the gov't miraculously found the man's ID documents quickly after the civil contempt finding. www.fox9.com/news/federal...
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Oh. So they’re saying the thing. Interesting. Late, but interesting.
February 19, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Oh. So they’re saying the thing. Interesting. Late, but interesting.
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And don’t forget “we will deport green card holders who criticized certain social media content”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
So, the US govt approach is:
*We are going to scan tourists social media accounts and deny visas because of content we dislike, like mocking Trump
and
*We are going to allow foreigners a work-around to consume social media content their governments have banned, including hate speech
*We are going to scan tourists social media accounts and deny visas because of content we dislike, like mocking Trump
and
*We are going to allow foreigners a work-around to consume social media content their governments have banned, including hate speech
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
February 19, 2026 at 3:26 AM
And don’t forget “we will deport green card holders who criticized certain social media content”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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great arguments here
TLDR - stop treating Newsom like the front-runner because he is not! Getting into petty spats of whether we would vote for him in the general election is counterproductive and feeds into pro-Newsom propaganda because it already places him as the winner of the primary
TLDR - stop treating Newsom like the front-runner because he is not! Getting into petty spats of whether we would vote for him in the general election is counterproductive and feeds into pro-Newsom propaganda because it already places him as the winner of the primary
Wrote about the very unhelpful convo around gavin newsom. arguing over whether we all will or won't vote for him in the general is just helping him establish himself as the GE candidate. He's not even the leader! we don't need to pretend he is! www.everythingishorrible.net/p/we-can-bea...
We Can Beat Gavin Newsom
Liberals and leftists both have to stop acting as if he’s already the nominee
www.everythingishorrible.net
February 18, 2026 at 7:54 PM
great arguments here
TLDR - stop treating Newsom like the front-runner because he is not! Getting into petty spats of whether we would vote for him in the general election is counterproductive and feeds into pro-Newsom propaganda because it already places him as the winner of the primary
TLDR - stop treating Newsom like the front-runner because he is not! Getting into petty spats of whether we would vote for him in the general election is counterproductive and feeds into pro-Newsom propaganda because it already places him as the winner of the primary
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Given the past decade, I'd say also say "the establishment press hates women (especially progressives)" because both versions feel true in different ways.
The brunchlord establishment press hates progressives (especially female) exponentially more than fascism and it's simply not subtle
February 19, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Given the past decade, I'd say also say "the establishment press hates women (especially progressives)" because both versions feel true in different ways.
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After Arkansas passed it's law banning care, it came out at trial when Dr. Michele Hutchison testified at least 4 trans youth in her care attempted suicide and were hospitalized. These anti trans laws are directly resulting in suicide attempts by trans youth.
The latest review from JAMA Pediatrics has uncovered that 26% of trans youth have attempted suicide. That's actual attempts, ideation was even higher.
The trend was most pronounced in North America, where anti-trans laws have been common.
The latest from our writer S. Baum.
The trend was most pronounced in North America, where anti-trans laws have been common.
The latest from our writer S. Baum.
JAMA Investigation: 26% of Trans and Gender Diverse Youth Have Attempted Suicide
The highest attempt rates came out of North America amidst the United States’ war on trans kids.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:08 AM
After Arkansas passed it's law banning care, it came out at trial when Dr. Michele Hutchison testified at least 4 trans youth in her care attempted suicide and were hospitalized. These anti trans laws are directly resulting in suicide attempts by trans youth.
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The calls for trans people to be quieter as we're wiped out are only going to increase, and you owe it to your sisters and brothers to get louder and louder.
February 19, 2026 at 3:06 AM
The calls for trans people to be quieter as we're wiped out are only going to increase, and you owe it to your sisters and brothers to get louder and louder.
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I know a bunch of vets who are gonna be PISSED when the Afghan interpreters who saved their lives are put thru this.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I know a bunch of vets who are gonna be PISSED when the Afghan interpreters who saved their lives are put thru this.
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In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
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In this entire piece there is not a hint of even a semblance of a legal argument for how a war of this scale would be legal or authorized.
There is quite simply no legal or constitutional authority for Trump to launch a war of choice against Iran.
None. Zero. Nothing.
There is quite simply no legal or constitutional authority for Trump to launch a war of choice against Iran.
None. Zero. Nothing.
U.S. Military Moves Into Place for Possible Strikes in Iran
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:01 AM
In this entire piece there is not a hint of even a semblance of a legal argument for how a war of this scale would be legal or authorized.
There is quite simply no legal or constitutional authority for Trump to launch a war of choice against Iran.
None. Zero. Nothing.
There is quite simply no legal or constitutional authority for Trump to launch a war of choice against Iran.
None. Zero. Nothing.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo.
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
Exclusive: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
www.lawdork.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:23 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo.
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.
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ICYMI- the clergy ordered to be granted access to ICE detainees came for their scheduled visit AND THE FACILITY WAS EMPTY
The 2 Catholic priests and Sister who entered the Broadview, IL ICE facility, to provide Ash Wednesday services to those inside, have come back out.
They gave brief statements to press before leaving for an Ash Wednesday mass in Melrose Park.
They gave brief statements to press before leaving for an Ash Wednesday mass in Melrose Park.
February 18, 2026 at 11:40 PM
ICYMI- the clergy ordered to be granted access to ICE detainees came for their scheduled visit AND THE FACILITY WAS EMPTY
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JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
February 18, 2026 at 11:41 PM
JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
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Mr. Sim lived in the US for 43 years. He was ordered deported 20 years ago after a larceny conviction. Because Cambodia wasn’t accepting deportations, he was allowed to stay on an order of supervision.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Mr. Sim lived in the US for 43 years. He was ordered deported 20 years ago after a larceny conviction. Because Cambodia wasn’t accepting deportations, he was allowed to stay on an order of supervision.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
After 20 years, he was suddenly arrested at an ICE check-in and sent to detention, where he died.
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Oh, thank goodness we’re deporting those really bad hombres like … (*reads further*) … um, little babies with bronchitis?
After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
February 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Oh, thank goodness we’re deporting those really bad hombres like … (*reads further*) … um, little babies with bronchitis?
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It’s going to be great after 4 years of money is no object for cruelty and revenge when Republicans discover “fiscal responsibility” again, as if they slept through the Noem’s luxury sex jet and paying 20 men to grab a gardener.
February 18, 2026 at 2:48 AM
It’s going to be great after 4 years of money is no object for cruelty and revenge when Republicans discover “fiscal responsibility” again, as if they slept through the Noem’s luxury sex jet and paying 20 men to grab a gardener.
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If the right dominates the infosphere, if they can demonize any marginalized population they turn their eye on, then strategizing around *a current snapshot of public opinion* is almost definitionally misguided. They can change that opinion. Dems can't seem to, or won't try. All else is noise.
February 18, 2026 at 2:49 AM
If the right dominates the infosphere, if they can demonize any marginalized population they turn their eye on, then strategizing around *a current snapshot of public opinion* is almost definitionally misguided. They can change that opinion. Dems can't seem to, or won't try. All else is noise.
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The termination of removal proceedings against Mohsen comes right after a judge did the same for Rümeysa Öztürk — the Tufts student the Trump-Vance-Rubio admin kidnapped for an op-ed asking her school to heed a student vote to acknowledge the genocide & divest from companies tied to Israel.
BREAKING: An immigration judge has *terminated* the Trump-Vance administration's efforts to deport Columbia pro-Palestine student protestor Mohsen Mahdawi.
Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.
Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.
February 17, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The termination of removal proceedings against Mohsen comes right after a judge did the same for Rümeysa Öztürk — the Tufts student the Trump-Vance-Rubio admin kidnapped for an op-ed asking her school to heed a student vote to acknowledge the genocide & divest from companies tied to Israel.
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Mohsen Mahdawi, a student at Columbia with a green card, was arrested during his citizenship interview. He’d waited a decade. “Is this a trap?” he thought, after U.S.C.I.S. called him in; masked ICE agents took him away after he signed the Pledge of Allegiance.
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap
Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.
www.newyorker.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Mohsen Mahdawi, a student at Columbia with a green card, was arrested during his citizenship interview. He’d waited a decade. “Is this a trap?” he thought, after U.S.C.I.S. called him in; masked ICE agents took him away after he signed the Pledge of Allegiance.
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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Reminder that Justice Kavanaugh’s rewriting of the constitution to allow police to engage in blatant racial profiling was based in part on his “belief” that police would exercise restraint. I don’t think he really believed that. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Reminder that Justice Kavanaugh’s rewriting of the constitution to allow police to engage in blatant racial profiling was based in part on his “belief” that police would exercise restraint. I don’t think he really believed that. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
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This is a "forensic hypnosis" case and it pisses me TF off that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declined to apply the junk science writ to one of the junkiest junk sciences out there. The Texas CCA loves executions so much, innocence is seen as a technicality. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Texas Is Planning to Put an Innocent Man to Death. Will the Supreme Court Even Take the Case?
Charles Flores was convicted of the January 1998 killing of Betty Black during an attempted robbery. Right from the start, he has maintained his innocence.
slate.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
This is a "forensic hypnosis" case and it pisses me TF off that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declined to apply the junk science writ to one of the junkiest junk sciences out there. The Texas CCA loves executions so much, innocence is seen as a technicality. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
NEW: The Supreme Court will begin requiring litigants in March to list the stock ticker for each party involved in a case to make it easier to check if a justice has a conflict of interest that might require recusal. #SCOTUS
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
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I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.
‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
www.sacurrent.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.