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NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...
NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them
ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...
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"When you’re done with that, the meeting can continue."
- Danish PM Mette Frederiksen to misogynist US Sen. Lindsay Graham www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
- Danish PM Mette Frederiksen to misogynist US Sen. Lindsay Graham www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
Trump’s Man in Munich Completely Lashed Out at Mette Frederiksen: »Little Lady«
Trump’s close ally Lindsey Graham completely lost his temper in Munich. During a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, he yawned loudly and called her »little lady«, Berlingske has lea...
www.berlingske.dk
February 18, 2026 at 12:22 PM
"When you’re done with that, the meeting can continue."
- Danish PM Mette Frederiksen to misogynist US Sen. Lindsay Graham www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
- Danish PM Mette Frederiksen to misogynist US Sen. Lindsay Graham www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
Outlet Berlingske reports that Lindsey Graham called Danish Prime Minister a "little lady" during a meeting in Munich on Saturday. "Eyewitnesses describe Graham's "rant" as extremely degrading to both Denmark and Greenland."
February 18, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I'm so old I remember when people said this idea was farfetched hysteria and would never happen.
“Here’s the bottom line: DHS is buying warehouses across the country to build out concentration camps for caging and deporting immigrants, and WEXMAC TITUS is allowing them to be operational in a matter of weeks.”
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I'm so old I remember when people said this idea was farfetched hysteria and would never happen.
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Rates of harassment are up, hate crimes are up, general incivility seems to be the norm these days. There's a general sense that "Things suck but we're powerless to do anything about it."
Not true, babes! Let me teach you community care!
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Not true, babes! Let me teach you community care!
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Rates of harassment are up, hate crimes are up, general incivility seems to be the norm these days. There's a general sense that "Things suck but we're powerless to do anything about it."
Not true, babes! Let me teach you community care!
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Not true, babes! Let me teach you community care!
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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In less than 24 hours, Colbert's interview with Talarico is at more than 3.8 million YouTube views.
The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.
The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.
February 18, 2026 at 4:35 AM
In less than 24 hours, Colbert's interview with Talarico is at more than 3.8 million YouTube views.
The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.
The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.
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dropped an extremely accurate use of 'exponential'
appreciate the congrats
appreciate the congrats
No one should be commenting on censorship or free inquiry and expression in the year 2026 without taking a stand against Carr weaponizing the FCC to block political speech he and Trump don’t like.
It is jawboning on steroids, 10 to the power of jawboning. Exponential jawboning.
It is jawboning on steroids, 10 to the power of jawboning. Exponential jawboning.
February 18, 2026 at 5:44 AM
dropped an extremely accurate use of 'exponential'
appreciate the congrats
appreciate the congrats
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DO NOT LOOK AWAY.
Two-month old babies, choking on their own vomit while detained by ICE? I can't even believe I typed that sentence.
MAGA, you can't keep clinging to your "oh, they need to come here legally" bullshit. These are BABIES.
Where is the humanity?
Shut these concentration camps DOWN.
Two-month old babies, choking on their own vomit while detained by ICE? I can't even believe I typed that sentence.
MAGA, you can't keep clinging to your "oh, they need to come here legally" bullshit. These are BABIES.
Where is the humanity?
Shut these concentration camps DOWN.
‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
www.sacurrent.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:20 AM
DO NOT LOOK AWAY.
Two-month old babies, choking on their own vomit while detained by ICE? I can't even believe I typed that sentence.
MAGA, you can't keep clinging to your "oh, they need to come here legally" bullshit. These are BABIES.
Where is the humanity?
Shut these concentration camps DOWN.
Two-month old babies, choking on their own vomit while detained by ICE? I can't even believe I typed that sentence.
MAGA, you can't keep clinging to your "oh, they need to come here legally" bullshit. These are BABIES.
Where is the humanity?
Shut these concentration camps DOWN.
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"When Lewandowski was told Noem's personal items had been left behind, including a heated blanket, he yelled at Coast Guard staff
The pilot came out of cockpit to see what was happening & Lewandowski insisted plane return to collect Noem's items
When he refused, Lewandowski announced he was fired"
The pilot came out of cockpit to see what was happening & Lewandowski insisted plane return to collect Noem's items
When he refused, Lewandowski announced he was fired"
Noem's use of Coast Guard resources strains her relationship with the military branch, sources say
Some early decisions by the homeland security secretary, including to divert Coast Guard resources from a search and rescue mission to the deportation of immigrants, set the tone early.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"When Lewandowski was told Noem's personal items had been left behind, including a heated blanket, he yelled at Coast Guard staff
The pilot came out of cockpit to see what was happening & Lewandowski insisted plane return to collect Noem's items
When he refused, Lewandowski announced he was fired"
The pilot came out of cockpit to see what was happening & Lewandowski insisted plane return to collect Noem's items
When he refused, Lewandowski announced he was fired"
Somebody explain to me why I ever need to see Kevin O'Leary or hear his dumbass opinions in any rational space of civil discourse.
He's a professional gadfly and shit disturber. That means he's loud, not knowledgeable.
He's a professional gadfly and shit disturber. That means he's loud, not knowledgeable.
February 18, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Somebody explain to me why I ever need to see Kevin O'Leary or hear his dumbass opinions in any rational space of civil discourse.
He's a professional gadfly and shit disturber. That means he's loud, not knowledgeable.
He's a professional gadfly and shit disturber. That means he's loud, not knowledgeable.
This news doesn't square well with stories of Noem and Lewandowski using expensive new taxpayer-funded jets to gallivant around with special blankies, exploring their love for each other while ruining so many lives.
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This news doesn't square well with stories of Noem and Lewandowski using expensive new taxpayer-funded jets to gallivant around with special blankies, exploring their love for each other while ruining so many lives.
Duh
CSIS/ITAC saying what researchers have been saying for years: "anti-feminist ideology can function as an enabling factor along pathways to violent extremism"
globalnews.ca/news/1166168...
globalnews.ca/news/1166168...
Anti-feminist ideology ‘increasingly relevant’ to national security: CSIS - National | Globalnews.ca
Officials with Canada's security and intelligence agency told MPs the ideology 'can function as an enabling factor along pathways to violent extremism' but is not itself a threat.
globalnews.ca
February 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Duh
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⚠️ Eighteen people in Texas remain in jail after being accused of “providing material support for terrorism” for participating in an anti-ICE protest.
The case is intended to set a precedent criminalizing protest.
Jury selection begins for a trial involving nine of the defendants on February 17th.
The case is intended to set a precedent criminalizing protest.
Jury selection begins for a trial involving nine of the defendants on February 17th.
Pay attention to the Prairieland case.
By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.
By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.
The Road to Prairieland
The crackdown on anti-ICE activists in Texas reflects a pattern of intensifying repression all around the country.
crimethinc.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
⚠️ Eighteen people in Texas remain in jail after being accused of “providing material support for terrorism” for participating in an anti-ICE protest.
The case is intended to set a precedent criminalizing protest.
Jury selection begins for a trial involving nine of the defendants on February 17th.
The case is intended to set a precedent criminalizing protest.
Jury selection begins for a trial involving nine of the defendants on February 17th.
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I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.
‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
www.sacurrent.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.
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arstechnica.com/science/2026...
A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that life could have developed on the planet at this time.
A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that life could have developed on the planet at this time.
Ancient Mars was warm and wet, not cold and icy
Kaolinite pebbles show evidence of alteration under high rainfall conditions.
arstechnica.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:41 AM
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that life could have developed on the planet at this time.
A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that life could have developed on the planet at this time.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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A new exhibit at the SANAAQ centre is seeking to lift the veil on Baylis’s accomplishments and her dogged fight in the 1960s for her rights and the rights of Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
She won a landmark discrimination case in Canada. An exhibit and play honour her legacy | CBC News
Gloria Baylis, a Black nurse from Barbados, took a Montreal hotel giant to court in the 60s and won. It was the first Canadian case where an institution was found guilty of job discrimination based on...
www.cbc.ca
February 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
A new exhibit at the SANAAQ centre is seeking to lift the veil on Baylis’s accomplishments and her dogged fight in the 1960s for her rights and the rights of Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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In 2014, Bondi had the chutzpah to run a campaign ad declaring that she was shutting down human trafficking in which "young children are enslaved and abused." She also declare that she would "fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong."
So, she thinks they belong in the White House?
So, she thinks they belong in the White House?
Pam Bondi for Attorney General TV Ad "Human Trafficking"
YouTube video by Pam Bondi
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
In 2014, Bondi had the chutzpah to run a campaign ad declaring that she was shutting down human trafficking in which "young children are enslaved and abused." She also declare that she would "fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong."
So, she thinks they belong in the White House?
So, she thinks they belong in the White House?
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GALLEGO: Why is the agent who shot Renee Good holding a camera phone & weapon?
LYONS: The US attorney was requiring to have video leading up to arrests, so officials have used phones for that
GALLEGO: Maybe you shouldn't be trying to be an influencer and wielding a weapon at the same time
LYONS: The US attorney was requiring to have video leading up to arrests, so officials have used phones for that
GALLEGO: Maybe you shouldn't be trying to be an influencer and wielding a weapon at the same time
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
GALLEGO: Why is the agent who shot Renee Good holding a camera phone & weapon?
LYONS: The US attorney was requiring to have video leading up to arrests, so officials have used phones for that
GALLEGO: Maybe you shouldn't be trying to be an influencer and wielding a weapon at the same time
LYONS: The US attorney was requiring to have video leading up to arrests, so officials have used phones for that
GALLEGO: Maybe you shouldn't be trying to be an influencer and wielding a weapon at the same time
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Celebrating Mary Sherman Morgan--America's first female rocket scientist--on #NationalInventorsDay!
She invented the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957. Its most famous use came on 31 Jan 1958, when a Juno I rocket powered by Hydyne launched Explorer 1, America’s first successful satellite.
#WomenInSTEM
She invented the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957. Its most famous use came on 31 Jan 1958, when a Juno I rocket powered by Hydyne launched Explorer 1, America’s first successful satellite.
#WomenInSTEM
February 11, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Celebrating Mary Sherman Morgan--America's first female rocket scientist--on #NationalInventorsDay!
She invented the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957. Its most famous use came on 31 Jan 1958, when a Juno I rocket powered by Hydyne launched Explorer 1, America’s first successful satellite.
#WomenInSTEM
She invented the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957. Its most famous use came on 31 Jan 1958, when a Juno I rocket powered by Hydyne launched Explorer 1, America’s first successful satellite.
#WomenInSTEM
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Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."
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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
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"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." -Spider Robinson in The Callahan Chronicals
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." -Spider Robinson in The Callahan Chronicals
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...