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“Mayor Eric Adams gathered his top commissioners and officials early Monday to give marching orders under the new Trump administration: don’t criticize President Trump, don’t interfere with immigration enforcement and trust the mayor.” — via @katiehonan.bsky.social
www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/10/e...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/10/e...
Mayor Adams to Top Commissioners: Don’t Criticize Trump, Don’t Interfere with Immigration Enforcement
After weeks of confusing messaging on ICE raids, the mayor ordered his staff to stifle criticism of the feds and that he alone will make sure NYC doesn’t lose funding.
www.thecity.nyc
eric adams is a fucking scumbag.
this is a message to all NYers: there is not a single person or group this man won't feed to the fascist maw if it means saving his own ass. act accordingly.
this is a message to all NYers: there is not a single person or group this man won't feed to the fascist maw if it means saving his own ass. act accordingly.
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we know this, but a reminder: anytime ICE CBP etc says they’re drawing down their presence in a city, it’s bullshit. whatever their numbers, lawless federal agents remain behind & still cause havoc & kidnap people. Also relocated agents just go somewhere else to destroy lives. Abolish ICE end DHS
February 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
we know this, but a reminder: anytime ICE CBP etc says they’re drawing down their presence in a city, it’s bullshit. whatever their numbers, lawless federal agents remain behind & still cause havoc & kidnap people. Also relocated agents just go somewhere else to destroy lives. Abolish ICE end DHS
what a disgrace.
Seven Democratic state senators joined Republicans yesterday to vote down urgent public health and environmental protections for New Mexicans.
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New Mexico Senate rejects bill to codify state’s emissions goals • Source New Mexico
Seven New Mexico Democratic state senators on Wednesday sided with their Republican colleagues and voted down the Clear Horizons Act.
sourcenm.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
what a disgrace.
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Raffensperger is a Secretary of State preparing to run for Governor. Where is he on this attempt to disenfranchise the people he’s supposed to represent?
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Raffensperger is a Secretary of State preparing to run for Governor. Where is he on this attempt to disenfranchise the people he’s supposed to represent?
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If you went out of your way to praise the courage and integrity of Gov Kemp in 2020 you really ought to ask why he’s been so circumspect here in the present.
It was obvious from the outset that the Fulton County elections search was bullshit. But now we know just how bullshit: contrived, contradictory "evidence" aimed at the theoretical crime of intentionally mucking up a system in which no fraud occurred.
It is, as assumed, all about sowing doubt. READ:
It is, as assumed, all about sowing doubt. READ:
Opinion | The Fulton County search affidavit makes claims about the 2020 election. None of them add up.
Philip Bump: A brief debunking of the bogus 2020 election claims in the FBI’s affidavit.
www.ms.now
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If you went out of your way to praise the courage and integrity of Gov Kemp in 2020 you really ought to ask why he’s been so circumspect here in the present.
jfc. everyday i hear dumbass mfers talking about the health benefits of drinking RAW milk—even feeding it to their own children—and this woman has already served 17 YEARS for making the mistake of feeding her baby ORGANIC cow's milk in the middle of a natural disaster. goddamn this fucking country.
Mother Whose Infant Died After Drinking Cow’s Milk During Hurricane Katrina Denied Parole
Mother Whose Infant Died After Drinking Cow’s Milk During Hurricane Katrina Denied Parole
Tiffany Woods denied parole for infant son's death after feeding him cow's milk during Hurricane Katrina crisis.
newsone.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
jfc. everyday i hear dumbass mfers talking about the health benefits of drinking RAW milk—even feeding it to their own children—and this woman has already served 17 YEARS for making the mistake of feeding her baby ORGANIC cow's milk in the middle of a natural disaster. goddamn this fucking country.
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So glad our culture and news media spent decades responding to people like this with "what would make you say that," and "let's debate this respectfully," and "why do these ideas resonate with people," and "let's hear him out," and "wow so provocative," instead of "man, shut the fuck up."
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
So glad our culture and news media spent decades responding to people like this with "what would make you say that," and "let's debate this respectfully," and "why do these ideas resonate with people," and "let's hear him out," and "wow so provocative," instead of "man, shut the fuck up."
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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I'd also just add that "if we don't go after immigrants, the fascists will" is the precise language Palantir's CEO has used for years to justify letting the government use his company's authoritarian tech.
He is now an open, unapologetic supporter of this administration.
He is now an open, unapologetic supporter of this administration.
Trump lied about immigrants in 2016 too. He then defeated an official from the administration that holds the deportation record.
If migration caused Trump's reelection (I don't think it did), it wasn't b/c of migrants. It was b/c mainstream, centrist outlets amplified fearmongering about migrants.
If migration caused Trump's reelection (I don't think it did), it wasn't b/c of migrants. It was b/c mainstream, centrist outlets amplified fearmongering about migrants.
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I'd also just add that "if we don't go after immigrants, the fascists will" is the precise language Palantir's CEO has used for years to justify letting the government use his company's authoritarian tech.
He is now an open, unapologetic supporter of this administration.
He is now an open, unapologetic supporter of this administration.
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
Top FDA official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers--career scientists--when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
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Anyway, in the run-up to the 2020 election a lot of people connected to the Obama Administration said they’d learned their lesson around this because they gave the right everything they wanted and got nothing in return. What we’re seeing now is a deliberate effort to erase that lesson.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Anyway, in the run-up to the 2020 election a lot of people connected to the Obama Administration said they’d learned their lesson around this because they gave the right everything they wanted and got nothing in return. What we’re seeing now is a deliberate effort to erase that lesson.
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Annnd there she goes, now that other people have done the real work and she thinks the crisis is over, running to the head of the parade
Minnesotans stood together, stared down ICE, and never blinked.
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Annnd there she goes, now that other people have done the real work and she thinks the crisis is over, running to the head of the parade
just remembering the whitewashing puff piece the @nytimes.com ran on this ghoul
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
just remembering the whitewashing puff piece the @nytimes.com ran on this ghoul
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
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If we believe DHS’s numbers, ICE spent three months in Minnesota and arrested just over one person per agent in that time.
The Minneapolis resistance worked. And let the momentum lead to abolishing ICE altogether.
The Minneapolis resistance worked. And let the momentum lead to abolishing ICE altogether.
Believe that they're really ending the surge in Minnesota when people on the ground say it's happened but also *even* if this is nothing but more face saving, it's a huge acknowledgement that they know they're losing and that the people of Minnesota are never going to stop protecting their neighbors
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
If we believe DHS’s numbers, ICE spent three months in Minnesota and arrested just over one person per agent in that time.
The Minneapolis resistance worked. And let the momentum lead to abolishing ICE altogether.
The Minneapolis resistance worked. And let the momentum lead to abolishing ICE altogether.
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In California, prosecutors have the discretion to charge conspiracy as a felony even if the actual crime someone is accused of conspiring to commit is only a misdemeanor. Two Bay Area DAs are pursuing the charge against student protesters.
In Bay Area, Felony Charges Against Student Protesters Prompt Free Speech Concerns
Local prosecutors are seeking felony-level charges against pro-Palestine demonstrators. Even if they don’t stick, critics say the response is harsh and could chill protests.
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
In California, prosecutors have the discretion to charge conspiracy as a felony even if the actual crime someone is accused of conspiring to commit is only a misdemeanor. Two Bay Area DAs are pursuing the charge against student protesters.
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This is what the gop is going to face for the next 3 years. Stuttering delusional old white guys dumbfounded when someone replies “of course I am in favor of my constitutional rights, why do you hate this country?” every time they assert the secret police should be able to kill you for talking back.
RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights?
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
February 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This is what the gop is going to face for the next 3 years. Stuttering delusional old white guys dumbfounded when someone replies “of course I am in favor of my constitutional rights, why do you hate this country?” every time they assert the secret police should be able to kill you for talking back.
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Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
“And that was the end of his Olympics,” Mr. Steinbergs said. “He was going for this for 12 years, and they just stole it from him.”
Breaking News: A Ukrainian athlete at the Winter Olympics was barred from competing over plans to wear a helmet honoring countrymen killed in the war with Russia.
Ukrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet With Images of War Dead
Olympic officials had told Vladyslav Heraskevych that the helmet, featuring images of people killed in the war with Russia, violated the Games’ ban on political speech.
nyti.ms
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“And that was the end of his Olympics,” Mr. Steinbergs said. “He was going for this for 12 years, and they just stole it from him.”
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"All these beautiful things that I love, and I used to define myself as—a father, a provider, a husband—all that got taken away, or at least paused ... I had to sit there and say, 'Well, what am I?' And it was, 'I'm still worthy of love.'"
This broke me.
This broke me.
James Van Der Beek, Dawson's Creek actor, dies aged 48
The father of six starred in multiple popular shows and films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues.
www.bbc.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 AM
"All these beautiful things that I love, and I used to define myself as—a father, a provider, a husband—all that got taken away, or at least paused ... I had to sit there and say, 'Well, what am I?' And it was, 'I'm still worthy of love.'"
This broke me.
This broke me.
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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
fucking cuellar
NEW: House passes SAVE America Act
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:15 AM
fucking cuellar
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The story is wrong. It wasn't the DOD who shot down the balloons. It was the CBP, the same people who murdered Alex Pretti. A bunch of angry generals and admirals were able to stop them because air defense is NORTHCOM's job, but that is literally what it took.
February 12, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The story is wrong. It wasn't the DOD who shot down the balloons. It was the CBP, the same people who murdered Alex Pretti. A bunch of angry generals and admirals were able to stop them because air defense is NORTHCOM's job, but that is literally what it took.
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So DOD risked civilian airspace to obliterate some fucking balloons; when FAA found out and asked them to stop they refused; FAA did what it had to keep people safe; when the public rightly freaked out, DOD relented, lied, and blamed the FAA.
Sounds like Hegseth!
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...
Sounds like Hegseth!
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 11, 2026 at 10:58 PM
So DOD risked civilian airspace to obliterate some fucking balloons; when FAA found out and asked them to stop they refused; FAA did what it had to keep people safe; when the public rightly freaked out, DOD relented, lied, and blamed the FAA.
Sounds like Hegseth!
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...
Sounds like Hegseth!
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...
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The House has passed the SAVE America Act, which would implement strict limitations on voter registration and casting a ballot — including new rules that could make it more difficult for married women or LGBTQ+ people to register if they’ve changed their names.
House passes elections overhaul bill that could make it harder for married women to vote
The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate, where a handful of Republicans have expressed concern about implementing the provisions.
19thnews.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The House has passed the SAVE America Act, which would implement strict limitations on voter registration and casting a ballot — including new rules that could make it more difficult for married women or LGBTQ+ people to register if they’ve changed their names.