hilwest
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Poetry, Music, Song: Melody and Lyrics are important. There is a time to stay quiet and listen. Speak to me of nature, history, people's lives in fact/fiction and everything in between. I am forever curious.
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Trump begs for every government building to be named after him - Kennedy Center, Dulles, Penn Station - but not the new detention centers like Alligator Alcatraz. Trump doesn’t want history to remember his cruelty, but it will.
February 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Trump begs for every government building to be named after him - Kennedy Center, Dulles, Penn Station - but not the new detention centers like Alligator Alcatraz. Trump doesn’t want history to remember his cruelty, but it will.
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COLBERT on Thin-Skinned Trump’s fascist @jamestalarico.bsky.social ban: “Because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this… They're trying to control what we watch, say, read — The most dangerous kind of cancel culture is the kind that comes from the top."
February 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
COLBERT on Thin-Skinned Trump’s fascist @jamestalarico.bsky.social ban: “Because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this… They're trying to control what we watch, say, read — The most dangerous kind of cancel culture is the kind that comes from the top."
February 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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🔥 WATCH: “I feel much safer with undocumented immigrants than I EVER will with ICE agents!!!”
Sheriff deputies descend on a WILSON COUNTY man as he spouts some hard truths in opposition to a rumored ICE detention center (which they have now backed off of)
Sheriff deputies descend on a WILSON COUNTY man as he spouts some hard truths in opposition to a rumored ICE detention center (which they have now backed off of)
February 18, 2026 at 5:57 PM
🔥 WATCH: “I feel much safer with undocumented immigrants than I EVER will with ICE agents!!!”
Sheriff deputies descend on a WILSON COUNTY man as he spouts some hard truths in opposition to a rumored ICE detention center (which they have now backed off of)
Sheriff deputies descend on a WILSON COUNTY man as he spouts some hard truths in opposition to a rumored ICE detention center (which they have now backed off of)
NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them open.substack.com/pub/muellers... @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Hello, “ICE Just Stole my Letter at Dilley"
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.
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February 18, 2026 at 7:26 PM
NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them open.substack.com/pub/muellers... @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Hello, “ICE Just Stole my Letter at Dilley"
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Mom: "Son, why won't you eat your vegetables?"
Me: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE DOW JONES JUST HIT 50,000 WHY AREN"T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?"
Me: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE DOW JONES JUST HIT 50,000 WHY AREN"T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?"
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Mom: "Son, why won't you eat your vegetables?"
Me: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE DOW JONES JUST HIT 50,000 WHY AREN"T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?"
Me: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE DOW JONES JUST HIT 50,000 WHY AREN"T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?"
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Remember when Donald Trump yelled at Marjorie Taylor Greene and said releasing the Epstein files "Would hurt my friends!" so loud on speaker phone that her entire office heard him say it? I remember
February 11, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Remember when Donald Trump yelled at Marjorie Taylor Greene and said releasing the Epstein files "Would hurt my friends!" so loud on speaker phone that her entire office heard him say it? I remember
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When the shit goes down everybody meet up at the library. The MAGAs don't know about that place.
November 16, 2024 at 2:43 PM
When the shit goes down everybody meet up at the library. The MAGAs don't know about that place.
See MSNow Rachel Maddow’s report tonight. @maddow.bsky.social Sounds like Miller again.
US District Judge: “The government claims it alone has the power to erase, alter, remove and hide historical accounts on taxpayer and local government-funded monuments within its control. Its claims in this regard echo Big Brother’s domain in Orwell’s 1984.”
wapo.st/4rgci7T #Maddow
wapo.st/4rgci7T #Maddow
Judge orders slavery exhibit to be restored after Trump administration removal
A GOP-appointed federal judge in Pennsylvania has ordered the Trump administration to restore displays about slavery to a George Washington site in Philadelphia.
wapo.st
February 17, 2026 at 2:40 AM
See MSNow Rachel Maddow’s report tonight. @maddow.bsky.social Sounds like Miller again.
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today on my blog, I wrote an op-ed about the history of lynching, and why its extrajudicial nature is so aptly documented by Black journalists like Georgia Fort and Black activists like Nekima Levy-Armstrong the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io/on-lynchings...
On Lynchings in America
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Typically when we think about lynching, we rightfully connect the killings to the tremendous numbers of Black men, women and children killed during the Jim Crow Era. They w...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:45 PM
today on my blog, I wrote an op-ed about the history of lynching, and why its extrajudicial nature is so aptly documented by Black journalists like Georgia Fort and Black activists like Nekima Levy-Armstrong the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io/on-lynchings...
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"UNCONSTITUTIONAL MESS"
Attorneys for Don Lemon and Georgia Fort say DOJ has squandered the presumption of grand jury regularity with it's "nakedly political" actions.
"In the United States of America, we do not prosecute journalists for doing their job."
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Attorneys for Don Lemon and Georgia Fort say DOJ has squandered the presumption of grand jury regularity with it's "nakedly political" actions.
"In the United States of America, we do not prosecute journalists for doing their job."
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February 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"UNCONSTITUTIONAL MESS"
Attorneys for Don Lemon and Georgia Fort say DOJ has squandered the presumption of grand jury regularity with it's "nakedly political" actions.
"In the United States of America, we do not prosecute journalists for doing their job."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Attorneys for Don Lemon and Georgia Fort say DOJ has squandered the presumption of grand jury regularity with it's "nakedly political" actions.
"In the United States of America, we do not prosecute journalists for doing their job."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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As I predicted, Don Lemon (along with Georgia Fort) have asked for the GJ proceedings via which Main DOJ indicted them.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM
As I predicted, Don Lemon (along with Georgia Fort) have asked for the GJ proceedings via which Main DOJ indicted them.
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Dismantle it all.
BREAKING: FBI notifies Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that it won’t provide access to evidence it’s collected on the killing of Alex Pretti by armed and masked federal agents.
Perhaps this would be a good time to note that 187 members of Congress are signed on to Impeach Kristi Noem:
Perhaps this would be a good time to note that 187 members of Congress are signed on to Impeach Kristi Noem:
Kristi Noem Must Be Impeached
Members of Congress have a constitutional duty to remove this gangster from office.
www.thenation.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Dismantle it all.
@Maddow just reported this! #Iceout
A masked woman leaned out the passenger window and yelled, “Emily, Emily, we’re going to take you home.” She shouted the address where Ms. Beltz lives with her husband and 5-year-old
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ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM
@Maddow just reported this! #Iceout
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Local residents, immigrant rights groups and a couple City Council members marched in a protest against ICE in northeast Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon.
Read the latest: bit.ly/3MMvefi
Video: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Read the latest: bit.ly/3MMvefi
Video: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune
February 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Local residents, immigrant rights groups and a couple City Council members marched in a protest against ICE in northeast Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon.
Read the latest: bit.ly/3MMvefi
Video: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Read the latest: bit.ly/3MMvefi
Video: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Minnesota farmers are worried they won’t have enough hands to tend livestock and manage crops this year, a consequence of ongoing federal immigration enforcement in the state.
Minnesota farms face labor shortage as workers fear federal immigration action
Agriculture leaders say some farms might not survive the season since migrant workers might avoid the state.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Minnesota farmers are worried they won’t have enough hands to tend livestock and manage crops this year, a consequence of ongoing federal immigration enforcement in the state.
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A judge has ordered the release of an 18-year-old who was detained by federal agents in a chaotic scene inside the Hennepin County Government Center last week.
Judge orders release of man who was detained in chaotic scene at courthouse
The 18-year-old was in court for a hearing on first-degree drug possession charges stemming from his arrest in January.
bit.ly
February 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
A judge has ordered the release of an 18-year-old who was detained by federal agents in a chaotic scene inside the Hennepin County Government Center last week.
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In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of Teddy Roosevelt oppose mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.
Teddy Roosevelt’s family urges GOP to protect Boundary Waters
In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of the former president oppose mining near the Minnesota wilderness area.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of Teddy Roosevelt oppose mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.
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The Minnesota Star Tribune is following reports of individual ICE incidents as we learn of them. Find updates here. Tips can be emailed to whistleblower@startribune.com.
New bursts of ICE activity as Minnesota surge spreads beyond Minneapolis, St. Paul
As the Department of Homeland Security undertakes stepped-up immigration enforcement in Minnesota, arrests and other confrontations have been popping up in more locations.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Minnesota Star Tribune is following reports of individual ICE incidents as we learn of them. Find updates here. Tips can be emailed to whistleblower@startribune.com.
@atrupar.com Our Corruption-Infested Administration Just Doesn’t Care! HHS? Bobby Jr? Just let them get sick and die! DHS? Kristie No Ma'am: "Immigrants must be rounded up and taken to our “facilities”( i.e. prisonswarehouses & punishment camps) How Tell ICE to GET OUT!
February 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
@atrupar.com Our Corruption-Infested Administration Just Doesn’t Care! HHS? Bobby Jr? Just let them get sick and die! DHS? Kristie No Ma'am: "Immigrants must be rounded up and taken to our “facilities”( i.e. prisonswarehouses & punishment camps) How Tell ICE to GET OUT!
@ncgovernor.bsky.social Stop the ICE abuse of immigrants in NC’s ICE prisons! @iceoutnow.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
@ncgovernor.bsky.social Stop the ICE abuse of immigrants in NC’s ICE prisons! @iceoutnow.bsky.social
@ncgovernor.bsky.social Stop ICE in NC! Stop ICE building near Chesapeake, VA! Nazi’s built deathcamps; just like ICE warehouses! Just go look, Governor! @maddow.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com @kaine.senate.gov
February 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
@ncgovernor.bsky.social Stop ICE in NC! Stop ICE building near Chesapeake, VA! Nazi’s built deathcamps; just like ICE warehouses! Just go look, Governor! @maddow.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com @kaine.senate.gov
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Taxpayer dollars shouldn’t fund masked immigration agents terrorizing communities—or smashing into homes without a judicial warrant.
I’m urging my Republican colleagues to work with us to rein in DHS abuses.
I’m urging my Republican colleagues to work with us to rein in DHS abuses.
February 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Taxpayer dollars shouldn’t fund masked immigration agents terrorizing communities—or smashing into homes without a judicial warrant.
I’m urging my Republican colleagues to work with us to rein in DHS abuses.
I’m urging my Republican colleagues to work with us to rein in DHS abuses.
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Goldman: "If Trump wants to put his name on everything, as he does, then let's start calling this the Trump-Epstein files"
February 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Goldman: "If Trump wants to put his name on everything, as he does, then let's start calling this the Trump-Epstein files"