Flamingogrrl
@flamingogrrl.bsky.social
Artist, cat lady, Progessive.
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BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security Department shuts down as Democrats and Trump negotiate changes
The White House and Senate Democrats have been trading offers on changes to DHS and ICE after two Americans were killed in Minneapolis.
nbcnews.to
February 14, 2026 at 5:06 AM
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
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The #EpsteinPedoFiles fallout is just warming up.
Breaking WSJ:
Casey Wasserman is putting his talent and marketing agency up for sale, he said in a memo to staff Friday night.
The move follows the release of suggestive emails he exchanged years ago with Ghislaine Maxwell and the departure of high-profile talent from his firm.
Casey Wasserman is putting his talent and marketing agency up for sale, he said in a memo to staff Friday night.
The move follows the release of suggestive emails he exchanged years ago with Ghislaine Maxwell and the departure of high-profile talent from his firm.
Exclusive | Casey Wasserman Putting His Talent Agency Up for Sale After Epstein Fallout
Wasserman has said he “never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein” and told staff he felt that he had “become a distraction” to the firm’s work.
www.wsj.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:49 AM
The #EpsteinPedoFiles fallout is just warming up.
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If ICE and CBP don't want to be called secret police, then don't wear masks.
If they don't want to be accused of kidnapping, then don't drag people out of cars & houses without warrants.
And if they don't want to be accused of being lawless, then start following the law.
If they don't want to be accused of kidnapping, then don't drag people out of cars & houses without warrants.
And if they don't want to be accused of being lawless, then start following the law.
February 14, 2026 at 1:17 AM
If ICE and CBP don't want to be called secret police, then don't wear masks.
If they don't want to be accused of kidnapping, then don't drag people out of cars & houses without warrants.
And if they don't want to be accused of being lawless, then start following the law.
If they don't want to be accused of kidnapping, then don't drag people out of cars & houses without warrants.
And if they don't want to be accused of being lawless, then start following the law.
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
interc.pt
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
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ICE is still operating, for now - there was an abduction in the neighborhood earlier today and cars driving around and surveilling spots, which is often a precursor to abductions. And observers are still all over them, although it’s harder as they’ve gotten more undercover
February 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
ICE is still operating, for now - there was an abduction in the neighborhood earlier today and cars driving around and surveilling spots, which is often a precursor to abductions. And observers are still all over them, although it’s harder as they’ve gotten more undercover
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What a perfect example of how these people are not just incompetent, they’re lazy.
February 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
What a perfect example of how these people are not just incompetent, they’re lazy.
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given education polarization and MAGA's reliance on low propensity voters, something like the SAVE Act would almost certainly backfire on republicans (i'm reasonably sure senate republicans understand this too)
i'm against barriers to the fanchise but it would be extremely funny if the republicans enact barriers to voting and nuke their voter base
Been toying with the same thought. Pointless barriers to voting pitched as a solution to an imaginary problem are a bad idea in principle, but Republicans seem very sure it will help them on net, and that’s not really obvious to me.
February 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
given education polarization and MAGA's reliance on low propensity voters, something like the SAVE Act would almost certainly backfire on republicans (i'm reasonably sure senate republicans understand this too)
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FLASHBACK: “They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”
👇🏽a family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
ICE NOW ADMITS DHS/NOEM lied 🤥 that the man attacked agents with a shovel
👇🏽a family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
ICE NOW ADMITS DHS/NOEM lied 🤥 that the man attacked agents with a shovel
February 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
FLASHBACK: “They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”
👇🏽a family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
ICE NOW ADMITS DHS/NOEM lied 🤥 that the man attacked agents with a shovel
👇🏽a family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
ICE NOW ADMITS DHS/NOEM lied 🤥 that the man attacked agents with a shovel
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This looks like one of those front pages you’d have seen in April or August of 1945.
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This looks like one of those front pages you’d have seen in April or August of 1945.
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May this one day happen to them.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
May this one day happen to them.
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These people should be charged with attempted murder
This is eugenics by another name.
Longtime allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, have launched a new effort to repeal laws that for decades have required children to be vaccinated before day care or kindergarten.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/...
Longtime allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, have launched a new effort to repeal laws that for decades have required children to be vaccinated before day care or kindergarten.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/...
RFK Jr. Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schools (Gift Article)
Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM
These people should be charged with attempted murder
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read the full letter - embedded at the end of this post
SELC & EarthJustice - representing the NAACP - filed a notice of intent to sue xAI for Clean Air Act violations. Musk's co. is using methane-burning turbines in Southaven, MS across the state line from their Memphis facilities to power data centers & construction. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/m...
Elon Musk's xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center
Law firms representing the NAACP sent xAI a notice of intent to sue over alleged Clean Air Act violations in Mississippi.
www.cnbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:59 PM
read the full letter - embedded at the end of this post
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This is striking: New Senate Majority PAC poll finds that GOP's advantage on immigration has been wiped out by unpopularity of Trump's agenda. Dems now at parity with Republicans.
This is a Dem poll but it dovetails with what other polls are showing (see piece/thread below)
This is a Dem poll but it dovetails with what other polls are showing (see piece/thread below)
February 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
This is striking: New Senate Majority PAC poll finds that GOP's advantage on immigration has been wiped out by unpopularity of Trump's agenda. Dems now at parity with Republicans.
This is a Dem poll but it dovetails with what other polls are showing (see piece/thread below)
This is a Dem poll but it dovetails with what other polls are showing (see piece/thread below)
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WOW. Incredible. This is the case in which DHS claimed that ICE officers had been attacked with a shovel and fired back in self-defense. Evidence since suggests an ICE officer fired through a closed door and struck someone on the other side.
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
WOW. Incredible. This is the case in which DHS claimed that ICE officers had been attacked with a shovel and fired back in self-defense. Evidence since suggests an ICE officer fired through a closed door and struck someone on the other side.
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
Will DHS retract the prior claims?
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The extraordinary courage of people who are documenting ICE atrocities in places like Minneapolis, at great personal risk, are also achieving something else: They're changing the public's mind about immigration. We have a rare opportunity here. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration
Typically, Democrats run for the hills when immigration comes up. But as two blue-state governors are showing, the winning play is actually to confront ICE and MAGA xenophobia head on.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The extraordinary courage of people who are documenting ICE atrocities in places like Minneapolis, at great personal risk, are also achieving something else: They're changing the public's mind about immigration. We have a rare opportunity here. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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Why was Maxwell moved?
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Why was Maxwell moved?
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I have a Stand with Minnesota volunteer opportunity for people who speak Spanish and want to help get folks home from detention. If you are interested, please DM me for details!
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I have a Stand with Minnesota volunteer opportunity for people who speak Spanish and want to help get folks home from detention. If you are interested, please DM me for details!
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The "we're only arresting dangerous criminals" story has always been BS.
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The "we're only arresting dangerous criminals" story has always been BS.
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Here's the part of the piece @aselrod.bsky.social is referencing. Imagine if more voters understood how hard it is for people to come here legally, and understood that Trump/GOP want it this way *precisely so that* people give up on the idea that immigration can be managed. Dems can make this point!
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Here's the part of the piece @aselrod.bsky.social is referencing. Imagine if more voters understood how hard it is for people to come here legally, and understood that Trump/GOP want it this way *precisely so that* people give up on the idea that immigration can be managed. Dems can make this point!
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I have not mentioned before how happy I was that @petridishes.bsky.social escaped the Post before it fully imploded, and also, how she remains in being a national treasure
so, full disclosure, I feel like you will get something slightly different than you expect when you click on this!
What Fabulous Timing for Gallup to Stop Tracking Presidential Approval!
Why stop with BLS data and jobs reports?
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I have not mentioned before how happy I was that @petridishes.bsky.social escaped the Post before it fully imploded, and also, how she remains in being a national treasure
Fascinating watching the Norwegian government hold men accountable for their behavior…
Norway’s Epstein fallout deepens.
Police have searched properties linked to former PM Thorbjørn Jagland after immunity was lifted amid a corruption probe tied to Jeffrey Epstein. Accountability is expanding beyond borders, but unpursued in the U.S.
#Norway #Europe
www.euronews.com/2026/02/12/n...
Police have searched properties linked to former PM Thorbjørn Jagland after immunity was lifted amid a corruption probe tied to Jeffrey Epstein. Accountability is expanding beyond borders, but unpursued in the U.S.
#Norway #Europe
www.euronews.com/2026/02/12/n...
Norway police search ex-PM Jagland's properties in Epstein links probe
Ex-PM Thorbjørn Jagland’s properties were searched as his immunity was lifted over links to the late disgraced financier, amid wider Norwegian fallout over Epstein.
www.euronews.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Fascinating watching the Norwegian government hold men accountable for their behavior…
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If you can, please consider helping us out:
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February 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
We’ve given away more than 115,000 free whistle kits, all powered by volunteers and community donations.
Each whistle kit is cheap to make, but those costs add up over time!
If you can, please consider helping us out:
venmo.com/u/Kate-Whist...
Each whistle kit is cheap to make, but those costs add up over time!
If you can, please consider helping us out:
venmo.com/u/Kate-Whist...
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Drug addled, incoherent, unqualified, conspiracy theory spouting @SecKennedy lied under oath in his confirmation hearings and still profits from spreading vaccine disinformation while undermining the lifesaving, science based mission of the NIH.
www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
www.npr.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Drug addled, incoherent, unqualified, conspiracy theory spouting @SecKennedy lied under oath in his confirmation hearings and still profits from spreading vaccine disinformation while undermining the lifesaving, science based mission of the NIH.
www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...