JFalter
@falterj.bsky.social
🌊🌊Pro-democracy. 💙Democrat. Just trying to figure my way forward from here.
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•Artist, Wife, Mother
• Blue dot 🔵in a very red state
• Small business owner
• Ally, friend, community minded
• Democracy lover
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Howard Lutnick’s story about his ties to Epstein keep changing
It went from “I only saw him in 2005” to “I brought my wife, kids and the nanny to his island (yikes)-for an hour in 2012”
This raises more questions. For one thing, they had to schedule the visit and transportation
It will get worse
It went from “I only saw him in 2005” to “I brought my wife, kids and the nanny to his island (yikes)-for an hour in 2012”
This raises more questions. For one thing, they had to schedule the visit and transportation
It will get worse
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Howard Lutnick’s story about his ties to Epstein keep changing
It went from “I only saw him in 2005” to “I brought my wife, kids and the nanny to his island (yikes)-for an hour in 2012”
This raises more questions. For one thing, they had to schedule the visit and transportation
It will get worse
It went from “I only saw him in 2005” to “I brought my wife, kids and the nanny to his island (yikes)-for an hour in 2012”
This raises more questions. For one thing, they had to schedule the visit and transportation
It will get worse
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SWALWELL: How many ICE agents have been fired for their conduct under their leadership?
LYONS: I can get you that data
SWALWELL: Is it more than one?
LYONS: I'm not going to speak about personnel actions
SWALWELL: God, I hope at least one person has been fired. Two people have been killed so far
LYONS: I can get you that data
SWALWELL: Is it more than one?
LYONS: I'm not going to speak about personnel actions
SWALWELL: God, I hope at least one person has been fired. Two people have been killed so far
February 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
SWALWELL: How many ICE agents have been fired for their conduct under their leadership?
LYONS: I can get you that data
SWALWELL: Is it more than one?
LYONS: I'm not going to speak about personnel actions
SWALWELL: God, I hope at least one person has been fired. Two people have been killed so far
LYONS: I can get you that data
SWALWELL: Is it more than one?
LYONS: I'm not going to speak about personnel actions
SWALWELL: God, I hope at least one person has been fired. Two people have been killed so far
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SWALWELL: Will you apologize to the family of Renee Good for being called a domestic terrorist by the president and his leadership?
LYONS: No sir
SWALWELL: Is she a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I'm not going to comment on an active investigation
LYONS: No sir
SWALWELL: Is she a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I'm not going to comment on an active investigation
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
SWALWELL: Will you apologize to the family of Renee Good for being called a domestic terrorist by the president and his leadership?
LYONS: No sir
SWALWELL: Is she a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I'm not going to comment on an active investigation
LYONS: No sir
SWALWELL: Is she a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I'm not going to comment on an active investigation
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SWALWELL: Your staying on to lead ICE is a decision. Considering the dishonorable acts of those that have worked for you, will you resign from ICE?
LYONS: No sir I won't
SWALWELL: Why not?
LYONS: Because that child your showing -- ICE took care of him when his father abandoned him
LYONS: No sir I won't
SWALWELL: Why not?
LYONS: Because that child your showing -- ICE took care of him when his father abandoned him
February 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
SWALWELL: Your staying on to lead ICE is a decision. Considering the dishonorable acts of those that have worked for you, will you resign from ICE?
LYONS: No sir I won't
SWALWELL: Why not?
LYONS: Because that child your showing -- ICE took care of him when his father abandoned him
LYONS: No sir I won't
SWALWELL: Why not?
LYONS: Because that child your showing -- ICE took care of him when his father abandoned him
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@icegov.bsky.social - Where in that mission does executing law abiding Americans fit in exactly?
February 10, 2026 at 4:24 PM
@icegov.bsky.social - Where in that mission does executing law abiding Americans fit in exactly?
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New all-time high for share of student loans in serious delinquency.
(via NY Fed / Schwab)
(via NY Fed / Schwab)
February 10, 2026 at 4:24 PM
New all-time high for share of student loans in serious delinquency.
(via NY Fed / Schwab)
(via NY Fed / Schwab)
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Best of luck to Duluth’s own Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin as they compete for the United States’ first mixed doubles curling final 🇺🇸🥌
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
U.S. reaches first Olympic curling mixed doubles final, will face Swedish siblings for gold
Minnesota curlers Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse are going for gold. The duo from Duluth guaranteed the U.S. its first Olympic medal in mixed doubles curling, reaching the final by rallying for a 9-8 ...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Best of luck to Duluth’s own Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin as they compete for the United States’ first mixed doubles curling final 🇺🇸🥌
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Q: The rule today would block anti-tariff votes in the future. What's the reasoning for that?
MIKE JOHNSON: The president's trade policies have been a great benefit to the country. It's undisputed. I think the sentiment is we allow a bit more runway for this to be worked out.
MIKE JOHNSON: The president's trade policies have been a great benefit to the country. It's undisputed. I think the sentiment is we allow a bit more runway for this to be worked out.
February 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Q: The rule today would block anti-tariff votes in the future. What's the reasoning for that?
MIKE JOHNSON: The president's trade policies have been a great benefit to the country. It's undisputed. I think the sentiment is we allow a bit more runway for this to be worked out.
MIKE JOHNSON: The president's trade policies have been a great benefit to the country. It's undisputed. I think the sentiment is we allow a bit more runway for this to be worked out.
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Rep. Thanedar asks Lyons and Scott if they think Trump will pardon them and Noem.
Scott: "I don't need a pardon from anybody."
Thanedar: "You better hope so because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."
Scott: "I don't need a pardon from anybody."
Thanedar: "You better hope so because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Rep. Thanedar asks Lyons and Scott if they think Trump will pardon them and Noem.
Scott: "I don't need a pardon from anybody."
Thanedar: "You better hope so because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."
Scott: "I don't need a pardon from anybody."
Thanedar: "You better hope so because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."
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Q: Did Alex Pretti deserve to die?
Scott: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Q: Did Renee Good desrve to die?
Lyons: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Scott: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Q: Did Renee Good desrve to die?
Lyons: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
February 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Q: Did Alex Pretti deserve to die?
Scott: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Q: Did Renee Good desrve to die?
Lyons: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Scott: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
Q: Did Renee Good desrve to die?
Lyons: "I cannot comment on an ongoing investigation."
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Todd Lyons, Trump's ICE chief, is testifying this morning in a House hearing.
Lyons will say in his opening remarks that ICE is somehow the victim of ICE's reign of terror and violence in Minnesota, not the immigrants too traumatized to go outside or the American citizens ICE/CBP have killed.
Lyons will say in his opening remarks that ICE is somehow the victim of ICE's reign of terror and violence in Minnesota, not the immigrants too traumatized to go outside or the American citizens ICE/CBP have killed.
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Todd Lyons, Trump's ICE chief, is testifying this morning in a House hearing.
Lyons will say in his opening remarks that ICE is somehow the victim of ICE's reign of terror and violence in Minnesota, not the immigrants too traumatized to go outside or the American citizens ICE/CBP have killed.
Lyons will say in his opening remarks that ICE is somehow the victim of ICE's reign of terror and violence in Minnesota, not the immigrants too traumatized to go outside or the American citizens ICE/CBP have killed.
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VAN HOLLEN: You mentioned you were accompanied by nannies when you went to Epstein island. Do you know whether the nanny you had on that trip was the same nanny that Epstein expressed interest in meeting?
LUTNICK: I have no idea about that whole thing
LUTNICK: I have no idea about that whole thing
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
VAN HOLLEN: You mentioned you were accompanied by nannies when you went to Epstein island. Do you know whether the nanny you had on that trip was the same nanny that Epstein expressed interest in meeting?
LUTNICK: I have no idea about that whole thing
LUTNICK: I have no idea about that whole thing
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LUTNICK: You're going to see enormous manufacturing job growth coming over the course of 2026
REED: We haven't seen it yet
REED: We haven't seen it yet
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
LUTNICK: You're going to see enormous manufacturing job growth coming over the course of 2026
REED: We haven't seen it yet
REED: We haven't seen it yet
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ICE agents and officers will share buildings with doctors, restaurants, and businesses. They’ll expand existing offices and move in with unrelated government agencies—at 801 Arch Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for example, they’ll share space with the DMV.
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
ICE agents and officers will share buildings with doctors, restaurants, and businesses. They’ll expand existing offices and move in with unrelated government agencies—at 801 Arch Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for example, they’ll share space with the DMV.
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How did this happen? And how did this happen so secretly and swiftly? In docs viewed by WIRED, DHS asked GSA explicitly to disregard usual government lease procurement procedures, and even hide lease listings due to “national security concerns.”
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
How did this happen? And how did this happen so secretly and swiftly? In docs viewed by WIRED, DHS asked GSA explicitly to disregard usual government lease procurement procedures, and even hide lease listings due to “national security concerns.”
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
FYI subscribe as @wired.com under @katie-drummond.bsky.social is killing it
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SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
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Ouch
SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
February 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Ouch
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February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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Can now confirm that the warehouse in Social Circle, GA is in escrow and nearing final sale. The transaction will remove an estimated $30K from the Georgia and Walton County tax stream. The sale also gives ICE another 8,500 beds. The selling owner is the PNK S1, LLC of Atlanta, GA.
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Can now confirm that the warehouse in Social Circle, GA is in escrow and nearing final sale. The transaction will remove an estimated $30K from the Georgia and Walton County tax stream. The sale also gives ICE another 8,500 beds. The selling owner is the PNK S1, LLC of Atlanta, GA.
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I’ve seen a lot of questions on these lines, and the quick answer is that once the federal government purchases the property (including the land the warehouse sits on), local governments cannot regulate them or tax them. They are now federal properties and so the Supremacy Clause applies.
Aren't warehouses usually zoned as 'Commercial/Industrial' properties?
So, then why are they being used as 'Residential'!?
Am I wrong?
So, then why are they being used as 'Residential'!?
Am I wrong?
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I’ve seen a lot of questions on these lines, and the quick answer is that once the federal government purchases the property (including the land the warehouse sits on), local governments cannot regulate them or tax them. They are now federal properties and so the Supremacy Clause applies.
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ICE is likely paying a premium to get the deal through quickly. E.g., in Hamburg, PA, the warehouse was purchased in 2024 for $57.5 million and sold to ICE for $87 million.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
ICE is likely paying a premium to get the deal through quickly. E.g., in Hamburg, PA, the warehouse was purchased in 2024 for $57.5 million and sold to ICE for $87 million.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.
The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.