Gail Jaitin
@gailnyc.bsky.social
Avid cyclist, pedestrian, and taker of public transit. Lifelong Mets fan. Bronx resident but my heart is in Queens.
We need to demand transparency. If more people knew what was going in, they’d be against it.
It only took them 12 months to build massive concentration camps all over the USA. You’d think there would be more uproar, but no. No one cares unless it’s in their backyard.
February 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
We need to demand transparency. If more people knew what was going in, they’d be against it.
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This.
A survey with ground-penetrating radar as used by archeologists might well uncover the girls buried there.
It would be a very long and probably expensive process, but who's counting?
The point is not to charge JE with murder, too late. Could charge Ghislaine and also identity the missing girls.
It would be a very long and probably expensive process, but who's counting?
The point is not to charge JE with murder, too late. Could charge Ghislaine and also identity the missing girls.
February 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
This.
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Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
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Keep pushing Norm.
A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Elon Musk Will Be Deposed Over What He Did With DOGE
The former DOGE head will have to answer for what happened at USAID.
newrepublic.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Keep pushing Norm.
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The crying from Republicans after they started the gerrymandering war is amazing. They’ve gotten so used to Democrats taking their outrageous attacks on the high road they can’t believe we are fighting back. Let’s be clear: we aren’t going high when they go low anymore. That ship sailed long ago.
February 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The crying from Republicans after they started the gerrymandering war is amazing. They’ve gotten so used to Democrats taking their outrageous attacks on the high road they can’t believe we are fighting back. Let’s be clear: we aren’t going high when they go low anymore. That ship sailed long ago.
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VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.
February 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.
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Let’s be honest. He is getting worse. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump has never accepted election results and he is only getting worse
While Trump has been banging the rigged-election drum for years, it is getting worse.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Let’s be honest. He is getting worse. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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That little podium with its own mic was also as golden as the snake.🤭🤗🙏🏼💙
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 PM
That little podium with its own mic was also as golden as the snake.🤭🤗🙏🏼💙
😍😍
Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
February 7, 2026 at 2:17 AM
😍😍
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VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.
February 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.
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I think that white supremacists and aging tradwifes will flatly refuse to vote for a woman as present because they believe women are "too emotional" or "incapable" of leading.
Almost everything we're going through now is due to cishet white pedophiles being angry a Black man was president once.
Almost everything we're going through now is due to cishet white pedophiles being angry a Black man was president once.
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I think that white supremacists and aging tradwifes will flatly refuse to vote for a woman as present because they believe women are "too emotional" or "incapable" of leading.
Almost everything we're going through now is due to cishet white pedophiles being angry a Black man was president once.
Almost everything we're going through now is due to cishet white pedophiles being angry a Black man was president once.
That’s my mayor!
Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
February 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
That’s my mayor!
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
February 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
Scary stuff.
🚨BREAKING: The White House Thursday refused to rule out the presence of immigration enforcement at voting locations this November, a response that follows extremist rhetoric about placing federal forces at the polls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
White House ‘can’t guarantee’ ICE won’t be at polls
The federal government has historically recognized polling places as off-limits for immigration enforcement precisely to avoid deterring lawful voters.
www.democracydocket.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Scary stuff.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Do they all get deported now? Is that how this works?
February 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Do they all get deported now? Is that how this works?
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Warnock to Bessent: "Manufacturers shed workers in each of the eight months after President Trump unveiled his tariffs on 'liberation day.' I would submit it's a strange liberation and a curious freedom that leaves you unemployed."
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Warnock to Bessent: "Manufacturers shed workers in each of the eight months after President Trump unveiled his tariffs on 'liberation day.' I would submit it's a strange liberation and a curious freedom that leaves you unemployed."
The memory holing continues.
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The memory holing continues.
😮😮😮
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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