Pepper
@bmoreshenanigans.bsky.social
Proud working class b'moron & 3rd gen immigrant. Fight 4 civil & human rights, social, economic & environmental justice! Support Ukraine!
Fight 4 R lives against climate change! Speak truth 2 power!!
Never 4 trump. FCK NZS!
No DMs, porn, bots, AI BS.
Fight 4 R lives against climate change! Speak truth 2 power!!
Never 4 trump. FCK NZS!
No DMs, porn, bots, AI BS.
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🚨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 2:19 PM
🚨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.
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For those looking for new ways to use federal buying data for good, we've updated our 2026 DHS Contract Visualizer with the most recent data. Visit the tracker here:
tinyurl.com/DHSContracts...
Zoom in to see contracts bought by DHS law enforcement agencies in your area, and more.
tinyurl.com/DHSContracts...
Zoom in to see contracts bought by DHS law enforcement agencies in your area, and more.
February 14, 2026 at 10:39 PM
For those looking for new ways to use federal buying data for good, we've updated our 2026 DHS Contract Visualizer with the most recent data. Visit the tracker here:
tinyurl.com/DHSContracts...
Zoom in to see contracts bought by DHS law enforcement agencies in your area, and more.
tinyurl.com/DHSContracts...
Zoom in to see contracts bought by DHS law enforcement agencies in your area, and more.
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To testify for HB 630 TOMORROW:
⚫️ Register at mgaleg.maryland.gov
🟡 Sign in Feb 16 & go to "Witness Signup."
🔴 Choose "Judiciary" & HB 630.
⚪️ Select "Favorable," upload your PDF statement, & click SAVE.
Full guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
⚫️ Register at mgaleg.maryland.gov
🟡 Sign in Feb 16 & go to "Witness Signup."
🔴 Choose "Judiciary" & HB 630.
⚪️ Select "Favorable," upload your PDF statement, & click SAVE.
Full guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Submit Written Testimony to Support House Bill 630
Submit Written Testimony to Support House Bill 630! (if you’re a Maryland resident) The House Bill is part of the Judiciary Committee, you can see the bill tracker here: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/m...
docs.google.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:33 PM
To testify for HB 630 TOMORROW:
⚫️ Register at mgaleg.maryland.gov
🟡 Sign in Feb 16 & go to "Witness Signup."
🔴 Choose "Judiciary" & HB 630.
⚪️ Select "Favorable," upload your PDF statement, & click SAVE.
Full guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
⚫️ Register at mgaleg.maryland.gov
🟡 Sign in Feb 16 & go to "Witness Signup."
🔴 Choose "Judiciary" & HB 630.
⚪️ Select "Favorable," upload your PDF statement, & click SAVE.
Full guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Yes! Good catch…
But if you are planning on submitting testimony, please focus on the ⚫️🟡Feb. 16th date!🔴⚪️
If you miss tomorrow, your testimony will not be considered on the 18th. Confusing for sure.
But if you are planning on submitting testimony, please focus on the ⚫️🟡Feb. 16th date!🔴⚪️
If you miss tomorrow, your testimony will not be considered on the 18th. Confusing for sure.
The hearing is on *Feb 18th*.
We can only submit testimony two days in advance, e.g. tomorrow, Feb 16th.
We can only submit testimony two days in advance, e.g. tomorrow, Feb 16th.
⚫️🟡Maryland!🔴⚪️
Tomorrow is the hearing for HB 630.
This bill limits the conversion of warehouses into detention spaces.
While it doesn't stop ICE outright, it can limit their ability to use contractors & local resources to run these sites!
Your testimony is needed! Instructions below. 👇
Tomorrow is the hearing for HB 630.
This bill limits the conversion of warehouses into detention spaces.
While it doesn't stop ICE outright, it can limit their ability to use contractors & local resources to run these sites!
Your testimony is needed! Instructions below. 👇
February 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Yes! Good catch…
But if you are planning on submitting testimony, please focus on the ⚫️🟡Feb. 16th date!🔴⚪️
If you miss tomorrow, your testimony will not be considered on the 18th. Confusing for sure.
But if you are planning on submitting testimony, please focus on the ⚫️🟡Feb. 16th date!🔴⚪️
If you miss tomorrow, your testimony will not be considered on the 18th. Confusing for sure.
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This is the testimony our team will be submitting tomorrow in support of HB 630. We are providing this to other Marylanders to use for inspiration, or to model their own submissions on.
An open letter from the team at Project Salt Box in support of MD House Bill 630
The testimony we will be submitting tomorrow in support of this emergency measure
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
This is the testimony our team will be submitting tomorrow in support of HB 630. We are providing this to other Marylanders to use for inspiration, or to model their own submissions on.
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ICE is using a Navy war-fighting contract (WEXMAC TITUS) to turn warehouses into detention sites in the US.
They're using mil procurement to skip transparency & local safety laws.
Call your Reps and demand:
1. Why is ICE using WEXMAC TITUS?
2. Where is the oversight?
3. What are you going to do?
They're using mil procurement to skip transparency & local safety laws.
Call your Reps and demand:
1. Why is ICE using WEXMAC TITUS?
2. Where is the oversight?
3. What are you going to do?
February 16, 2026 at 2:48 AM
ICE is using a Navy war-fighting contract (WEXMAC TITUS) to turn warehouses into detention sites in the US.
They're using mil procurement to skip transparency & local safety laws.
Call your Reps and demand:
1. Why is ICE using WEXMAC TITUS?
2. Where is the oversight?
3. What are you going to do?
They're using mil procurement to skip transparency & local safety laws.
Call your Reps and demand:
1. Why is ICE using WEXMAC TITUS?
2. Where is the oversight?
3. What are you going to do?
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Thank you to @maddow.bsky.social for giving me the time of day last night. Thank you also to the THOUSANDS of folks interested in using our data for good. There's one other way you can help us, and it's by not giving us your money.
The Best Way to Support Our Mission? Don't Give Us Your Money
Nearly $20,000 pledged to Project Salt Box could do more immediate good at Asylee Women Enterprise.
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Thank you to @maddow.bsky.social for giving me the time of day last night. Thank you also to the THOUSANDS of folks interested in using our data for good. There's one other way you can help us, and it's by not giving us your money.
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Homeland Security's demand for social media giants like Google and Meta to expose identities behind anti-ICE posts strikes at the heart of free expression. This authoritarian move threatens dissent, stifling voices challenging oppressive systems.
Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Homeland Security's demand for social media giants like Google and Meta to expose identities behind anti-ICE posts strikes at the heart of free expression. This authoritarian move threatens dissent, stifling voices challenging oppressive systems.
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A 60-year-old woman who never grew up!!!
February 16, 2026 at 4:12 AM
A 60-year-old woman who never grew up!!!
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ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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The Obamas are the epitome of sophistication, class, intelligence, grace, decency and love. I’m so desperately missing presence like this in the White House.
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
The Obamas are the epitome of sophistication, class, intelligence, grace, decency and love. I’m so desperately missing presence like this in the White House.
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Obama: "The rogue behavior of agents of the federal government is deeply concerning and dangerous ... the sort of behavior that we've seen in authoritarian countries and we've seen in dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."
February 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Obama: "The rogue behavior of agents of the federal government is deeply concerning and dangerous ... the sort of behavior that we've seen in authoritarian countries and we've seen in dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."
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Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Collins is a lying POS. She's also an extremist right-wing Republican. Collins is dripping with MAGA. Replace Susan Collins.
www.themainewire.com/2026/02/excl...
www.themainewire.com/2026/02/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Collins Backs SAVE AMERICA ACT -- But Won't Break Filibuster
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is throwing her weight behind the House-passed SAVE America Act, saying the revised bill strikes the right balance between election security and voter access — while ...
www.themainewire.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Collins is a lying POS. She's also an extremist right-wing Republican. Collins is dripping with MAGA. Replace Susan Collins.
www.themainewire.com/2026/02/excl...
www.themainewire.com/2026/02/excl...
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Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."
February 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."