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If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, it’ll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:43 AM
If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, it’ll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.
This is so sad...and preventable.
Measles Outbreak in South Carolina Linked to Brain Swelling in Kids
Several children have come down with serious complications like encephalitis and pneumonia, state health officials reported this week. gizmodo.com/measles-outb... Yes, there are serious complications with measles!
Several children have come down with serious complications like encephalitis and pneumonia, state health officials reported this week. gizmodo.com/measles-outb... Yes, there are serious complications with measles!
Measles Outbreak in South Carolina Linked to Brain Swelling in Kids
Several children have come down with serious complications like encephalitis and pneumonia, state health officials reported this week.
gizmodo.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:50 AM
This is so sad...and preventable.
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BOUIE: “.. I try to avoid superlatives in my writing, but there is simply no question that this is the most flagrant display of presidential racism since Woodrow Wilson screened D.W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’ in the White House in 1915.”
@jamellebouie.net
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@jamellebouie.net
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February 8, 2026 at 5:47 AM
BOUIE: “.. I try to avoid superlatives in my writing, but there is simply no question that this is the most flagrant display of presidential racism since Woodrow Wilson screened D.W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’ in the White House in 1915.”
@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
@jamellebouie.net
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
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The night skies over the park are amazing. If you bring a scope, it opens up all kinds of possibilities.
photo credit
Craig Goodwin
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Craig Goodwin
February 8, 2026 at 4:06 AM
The night skies over the park are amazing. If you bring a scope, it opens up all kinds of possibilities.
photo credit
Craig Goodwin
photo credit
Craig Goodwin
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NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
February 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
Wow!
The aurora last night in Beaver, Alaska was just incredible. This is a real-time video (not sped up) of the crazy motion I saw. Also, look how BRIGHT it is, wow!
February 8, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Wow!
What the hell?!?!?
February 8, 2026 at 3:11 AM
What the hell?!?!?
URGENT: Can you help? Heard on NPR originally: "the U.S. State Department will soon begin deleting all State Department tweets posted before January 20, 2025. Not archiving them publicly. Not moving them to a legacy account. Deleting them. Timeline: unknown."
February 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
URGENT: Can you help? Heard on NPR originally: "the U.S. State Department will soon begin deleting all State Department tweets posted before January 20, 2025. Not archiving them publicly. Not moving them to a legacy account. Deleting them. Timeline: unknown."
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Serenity serene bird captures. What better time to feature a Puffin!!! The alt is #blurred blurry captures of birds in movement. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #nature #wildlifephotography 🪶
February 8, 2026 at 2:01 AM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Serenity serene bird captures. What better time to feature a Puffin!!! The alt is #blurred blurry captures of birds in movement. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #nature #wildlifephotography 🪶
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As the Trump administration goes about expelling asylum seekers without due process and against federal court orders, international groups charged with upholding basic protections for migrants buckle under the pressure. From
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Trump’s Pressure on Countries and International Organizations Erodes Protections for Asylum-Seekers
The administration’s moves to expel asylum-seekers to third countries put the International Organization for Migration at the center of a policy critics have called illegal.
www.propublica.org
March 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As the Trump administration goes about expelling asylum seekers without due process and against federal court orders, international groups charged with upholding basic protections for migrants buckle under the pressure. From
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www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Red Flag #399
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 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Red Flag #399
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“I’ve been here for five administrations and each administration continues to build upon the bad policies of the other,” Mayer said. “No new ideas.” Immigration in a nutshell. @AZLuminaria and @Propublica
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“We Will Fight Back”: Aid Workers Fear Closing a Camp on the Arizona Border Will Endanger Migrants
For the past two years, religious and humanitarian organizations have provided food and aid to migrants at a camp near Sasabe, Arizona. Just before Donald Trump took office, volunteers were told to cl...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“I’ve been here for five administrations and each administration continues to build upon the bad policies of the other,” Mayer said. “No new ideas.” Immigration in a nutshell. @AZLuminaria and @Propublica
www.propublica.org/article/aid-...
www.propublica.org/article/aid-...
Speak up, folks. Now is the time.
February 8, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Speak up, folks. Now is the time.
May they rot in the hell they are creating.
Crow Wing County Sheriff in northern Minnesota: "We are definitely collaborating..."
www.startribune.com/in-rare-move...
www.startribune.com/in-rare-move...
In rare move, this northern Minnesota county is working with the feds to make arrests amid ICE surge
Deputies assisted federal agents in arresting four employees at El Potro Mexican Restaurant in Brainerd.
www.startribune.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:38 AM
May they rot in the hell they are creating.
Susan Collins had better be more than concerned about this! If you live in Maine or you know someone who lives in Maine please call your reps on the daily!
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Susan Collins had better be more than concerned about this! If you live in Maine or you know someone who lives in Maine please call your reps on the daily!
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Our senators could put a stop to this. Ask them why they won't.
We have a president who is selling off our national security and alliances.
No Republican will hold him accountable.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
No Republican will hold him accountable.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Zelensky says U.S. is readying huge economic deals with Russia
The Ukrainian president said he had intelligence indicating that the U.S. and Russia were readying $12 trillion in economic agreements some involving Ukrainian interests.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Our senators could put a stop to this. Ask them why they won't.
Stacey Abrams - "It's the implicit threat." The specter of violence. Keep speaking up in every way you can.
When the U.S. Supreme Court said that you could detain people based on their race, their accent, or the language they spoke… there is nothing to preclude ICE from doing that while you’re standing in line getting ready to cast a ballot.
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Stacey Abrams - "It's the implicit threat." The specter of violence. Keep speaking up in every way you can.
Oh look, there's fElon. Let's deport him.
Epstein took this photo at a 2015 dinner with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk and emailed it to himself. Further review shows the same photo displayed on Epstein’s credenza. While much of the image on the credenza had previously been obscured, this email now makes clear what it shows.
February 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Oh look, there's fElon. Let's deport him.
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This is a blockbuster report. Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call.
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This is a blockbuster report. Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call.
The biggest loser. To be fair, we the people stand to lose the most but we were warned for decades: the only kind of business he's good at is grifting and mismanaging.
WASH POST: “Dollar down 10% under Trump… the key to the dollar’s drop is the ripple effect of the president’s erratic policymaking, including abrupt stops and starts with tariffs and military action against a lengthening list of countries…” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
February 7, 2026 at 7:09 AM
The biggest loser. To be fair, we the people stand to lose the most but we were warned for decades: the only kind of business he's good at is grifting and mismanaging.
Despite reports in the mainstream media DHS has not de-escalated their assault on Minneapolis/St. Paul and elsewhere. Keep the pressure on!
If you’re not horrified, you’re not paying attention!
Listen to a MN resident, “I’m immediately concerned for other states. If 700 agents leave here, they’ll go somewhere else. One kid pulled off a bus or out of school is too many. Everyone is afraid & is hiding.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Listen to a MN resident, “I’m immediately concerned for other states. If 700 agents leave here, they’ll go somewhere else. One kid pulled off a bus or out of school is too many. Everyone is afraid & is hiding.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Despite reports in the mainstream media DHS has not de-escalated their assault on Minneapolis/St. Paul and elsewhere. Keep the pressure on!
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The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
Haiti's Winter Olympics team shines a positive light even as IOC removes patriot from uniforms
Haiti is making a statement at the Milan Cortina Winter Games with two athletes proudly representing the nation.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
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We’ve seen lots of reports of legal observers being arrested in North Minneapolis, South Minneapolis, and Eden Prairie. Exercising your first amendment right to observe is not a crime.
This is exactly why congress can’t give another penny to DHS.
This is exactly why congress can’t give another penny to DHS.
February 6, 2026 at 11:08 PM
We’ve seen lots of reports of legal observers being arrested in North Minneapolis, South Minneapolis, and Eden Prairie. Exercising your first amendment right to observe is not a crime.
This is exactly why congress can’t give another penny to DHS.
This is exactly why congress can’t give another penny to DHS.
Send this to all of your elected representatives. Then call them and leave a voicemail.
POLITICO: “As Europe’s political class moves to clean up its mess and address its shame concerning ties with Epstein , it’s inadvertently highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in 🇺🇸- No prominent politicians have taken a fall.” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 7, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Send this to all of your elected representatives. Then call them and leave a voicemail.
That is Howard Lutnick, currently Sec. of Commerce.
Howard lied.
By the time Epstein and Lutnick agreed to buy stakes in Adfin, it had been more than four years since Epstein agreed to enter a guilty plea to Florida state charges of procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.
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By the time Epstein and Lutnick agreed to buy stakes in Adfin, it had been more than four years since Epstein agreed to enter a guilty plea to Florida state charges of procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
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 5:45 AM
That is Howard Lutnick, currently Sec. of Commerce.