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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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"She thought ICE agents were taking her to school. The 10-year-old ended up 1,200 miles away at a detention facility" www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/u...
She thought ICE agents were taking her to school. The 10-year-old ended up 1,200 miles away at a detention facility | CNN
As a mother drove her 10-year-old girl to the bus stop, they were intercepted by federal agents. The fourth-grader thought the officers were going to take her to school. Instead, she was put on a plan...
www.cnn.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM
"She thought ICE agents were taking her to school. The 10-year-old ended up 1,200 miles away at a detention facility" www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/u...
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Thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, Amazon saw its corporate income taxes shrink by more than HALF last year, even as its profits climbed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, Amazon saw its corporate income taxes shrink by more than HALF last year, even as its profits climbed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
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Trump's racism should be no surprise.
His company got caught committing racial housing discrimination.
He spread lies about the exonerated Central Park 5.
He entered politics with the racist birther lie.
There's a reason Trump was once endorsed by David Duke and the KKK's newspaper.
His company got caught committing racial housing discrimination.
He spread lies about the exonerated Central Park 5.
He entered politics with the racist birther lie.
There's a reason Trump was once endorsed by David Duke and the KKK's newspaper.
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Trump's racism should be no surprise.
His company got caught committing racial housing discrimination.
He spread lies about the exonerated Central Park 5.
He entered politics with the racist birther lie.
There's a reason Trump was once endorsed by David Duke and the KKK's newspaper.
His company got caught committing racial housing discrimination.
He spread lies about the exonerated Central Park 5.
He entered politics with the racist birther lie.
There's a reason Trump was once endorsed by David Duke and the KKK's newspaper.
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Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
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With Jeff Bezos's dismantling of the Washington Post and Amazon's extensive ICE and DoD profiteering, it's imperative to understand precisely how both have openly become instruments of authoritarianism
How Jeff Bezos and Amazon became instruments of authoritarianism
And how to stop them
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
With Jeff Bezos's dismantling of the Washington Post and Amazon's extensive ICE and DoD profiteering, it's imperative to understand precisely how both have openly become instruments of authoritarianism
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Here’s a message to Republican lawmakers who enable President Donald Trump and every American who still supports him: You own the deeply racist video he posted to his social media account in the late-night hours of Feb. 5.
My column on the complicity of silence:a
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column on the complicity of silence:a
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Republicans, you own Trump's racist video about the Obamas | Opinion
Republicans own the deeply racist video President Donald Trump posted to his social media account in the late-night hours of Feb. 5.
www.usatoday.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Here’s a message to Republican lawmakers who enable President Donald Trump and every American who still supports him: You own the deeply racist video he posted to his social media account in the late-night hours of Feb. 5.
My column on the complicity of silence:a
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column on the complicity of silence:a
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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"We fled war to protect our children. Now we face a different kind of fear – and we are asking simply to be together again," writes Shakhnoza Mihboieva, a Ukrainian who now resides in Aurora, Illinois. bit.ly/3Zli240
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"We fled war to protect our children. Now we face a different kind of fear – and we are asking simply to be together again," writes Shakhnoza Mihboieva, a Ukrainian who now resides in Aurora, Illinois. bit.ly/3Zli240
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Our Mark Lindeman sounded the alarm on presidential interference in elections in @democracydocket.com:
“Trump has spoken and acted as if he has unlimited power […] Americans should expect him to cross Constitutional lines, and we should be ready to push back.”
bit.ly/4rtVYQv
“Trump has spoken and acted as if he has unlimited power […] Americans should expect him to cross Constitutional lines, and we should be ready to push back.”
bit.ly/4rtVYQv
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Our Mark Lindeman sounded the alarm on presidential interference in elections in @democracydocket.com:
“Trump has spoken and acted as if he has unlimited power […] Americans should expect him to cross Constitutional lines, and we should be ready to push back.”
bit.ly/4rtVYQv
“Trump has spoken and acted as if he has unlimited power […] Americans should expect him to cross Constitutional lines, and we should be ready to push back.”
bit.ly/4rtVYQv
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All 3 components to voter suppression have been under attack:
✳️ Can you register and stay on the rolls? ✍️📜
✳️ Can you cast a ballot? 🗳️
✳️ Does that ballot get counted? 🗑️
Fail on any one → your vote is suppressed.
✳️ Can you register and stay on the rolls? ✍️📜
✳️ Can you cast a ballot? 🗳️
✳️ Does that ballot get counted? 🗑️
Fail on any one → your vote is suppressed.
February 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
All 3 components to voter suppression have been under attack:
✳️ Can you register and stay on the rolls? ✍️📜
✳️ Can you cast a ballot? 🗳️
✳️ Does that ballot get counted? 🗑️
Fail on any one → your vote is suppressed.
✳️ Can you register and stay on the rolls? ✍️📜
✳️ Can you cast a ballot? 🗳️
✳️ Does that ballot get counted? 🗑️
Fail on any one → your vote is suppressed.
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Three-time Trump Voter: “I just want to apologize to everyone in the country for supporting this rotten man.”
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Three-time Trump Voter: “I just want to apologize to everyone in the country for supporting this rotten man.”
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Anne Applebaum & Stacey Abrams are 2 of the best experts. Listen or read!
Stacey: “Voter suppression isn’t a single thing or a law, but rather a thousand little cuts and changes, maybe designed to discourage just a few voters but which can make a big difference when elections are as close as ours”
Stacey: “Voter suppression isn’t a single thing or a law, but rather a thousand little cuts and changes, maybe designed to discourage just a few voters but which can make a big difference when elections are as close as ours”
February 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Anne Applebaum & Stacey Abrams are 2 of the best experts. Listen or read!
Stacey: “Voter suppression isn’t a single thing or a law, but rather a thousand little cuts and changes, maybe designed to discourage just a few voters but which can make a big difference when elections are as close as ours”
Stacey: “Voter suppression isn’t a single thing or a law, but rather a thousand little cuts and changes, maybe designed to discourage just a few voters but which can make a big difference when elections are as close as ours”
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White House press corps, I know some of you are shy, so let me help you get started. This isn't fifty questions--I could only fit twenty-one in alt text--but let me know if you need more!
February 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
White House press corps, I know some of you are shy, so let me help you get started. This isn't fifty questions--I could only fit twenty-one in alt text--but let me know if you need more!
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The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
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Doge employees worked with group to overturn election results
"The ... Justice Department said the group’s goal was “to find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain states.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
"The ... Justice Department said the group’s goal was “to find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain states.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
January 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Doge employees worked with group to overturn election results
"The ... Justice Department said the group’s goal was “to find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain states.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
"The ... Justice Department said the group’s goal was “to find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain states.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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Yes, 80% of the voting-machine market (possibly more) is now owned by Liberty Vote (Republican) and ES&S (uncertain but some Republican ties).
ES&S was the first to introduce cellular ports to tabulators.
Tabulators should never have any kind of wireless ports, but that didn't stop them.
#election
ES&S was the first to introduce cellular ports to tabulators.
Tabulators should never have any kind of wireless ports, but that didn't stop them.
#election
February 5, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Yes, 80% of the voting-machine market (possibly more) is now owned by Liberty Vote (Republican) and ES&S (uncertain but some Republican ties).
ES&S was the first to introduce cellular ports to tabulators.
Tabulators should never have any kind of wireless ports, but that didn't stop them.
#election
ES&S was the first to introduce cellular ports to tabulators.
Tabulators should never have any kind of wireless ports, but that didn't stop them.
#election
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A Dry, Warm January Leaves the West With the Worst Snowpack in Decades
www.drought.gov/drought-stat...
www.drought.gov/drought-stat...
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
A Dry, Warm January Leaves the West With the Worst Snowpack in Decades
www.drought.gov/drought-stat...
www.drought.gov/drought-stat...
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156 years later, and we're still fighting for the freedom to vote.
Help us fight against restrictive voter ID laws designed to block millions of Americans from the voting booth.
Help us fight against restrictive voter ID laws designed to block millions of Americans from the voting booth.
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
156 years later, and we're still fighting for the freedom to vote.
Help us fight against restrictive voter ID laws designed to block millions of Americans from the voting booth.
Help us fight against restrictive voter ID laws designed to block millions of Americans from the voting booth.
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The House will vote next week on one of several extreme anti-voter bills recently introduced in Congress.
The so-called SAVE America Act could block over 21 million eligible citizens from voting by forcing in-person citizenship document requirements.
Tell your representatives to vote NO.
The so-called SAVE America Act could block over 21 million eligible citizens from voting by forcing in-person citizenship document requirements.
Tell your representatives to vote NO.
Stop Anti-Voter Bills Now
The SAVE Act, the SAVE America Act, and MEGA Act could keep millions of eligible U.S. citizens from being able to vote. Urge Congress to reject these bills.
action.aclu.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The House will vote next week on one of several extreme anti-voter bills recently introduced in Congress.
The so-called SAVE America Act could block over 21 million eligible citizens from voting by forcing in-person citizenship document requirements.
Tell your representatives to vote NO.
The so-called SAVE America Act could block over 21 million eligible citizens from voting by forcing in-person citizenship document requirements.
Tell your representatives to vote NO.
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🚨 Elon Musk’s gutting of USAID has fueled an estimated death toll that’s about to surpass 800,000—including 530,000 children.
That’s 88 deaths every hour.
Meanwhile, the federal deficit is the largest it's been since the COVID-era stimulus, with no reduction in sight.
That’s 88 deaths every hour.
Meanwhile, the federal deficit is the largest it's been since the COVID-era stimulus, with no reduction in sight.
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
🚨 Elon Musk’s gutting of USAID has fueled an estimated death toll that’s about to surpass 800,000—including 530,000 children.
That’s 88 deaths every hour.
Meanwhile, the federal deficit is the largest it's been since the COVID-era stimulus, with no reduction in sight.
That’s 88 deaths every hour.
Meanwhile, the federal deficit is the largest it's been since the COVID-era stimulus, with no reduction in sight.
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In first-of-its-kind complaint, state accused four fossil fuel majors and US oil lobbying group of climate disinformation
Michigan accuses big oil of being ‘cartel’ that fuels climate crisis and high energy costs
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
In first-of-its-kind complaint, state accused four fossil fuel majors and US oil lobbying group of climate disinformation
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A Michigan power plant that has consumed coal in a roaring furnace to generate electricity since the early 1960s was supposed to retire last year. Instead, it’s been kept running for months, on the orders of the Trump administration.
Trump is using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open. It could increase your bill | CNN
Across the country, creaking old power plants that consumed coal in roaring furnaces are being forced out of retirement by the Trump administration. This use of emergency powers is supposed to reduce ...
www.cnn.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
A Michigan power plant that has consumed coal in a roaring furnace to generate electricity since the early 1960s was supposed to retire last year. Instead, it’s been kept running for months, on the orders of the Trump administration.
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NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
www.wired.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’