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J. C. in San Francisco and BRC.
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ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings

Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.
ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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GOLDMAN: “.. the S&P 500 is off to its worst year of relative performance versus ACWI ex. US since 1995.”

#$VEU (via Schwab)
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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In other news, Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts. The company is run by Tricia McLaughlin’s husband. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
February 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Some of the most hateful, vile rhetoric that has come from DHS during Trump 2.0 can be traced directly to McLaughlin. I will follow her career very closely because I want to know who would hire such a monster.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin to leave Trump administration
The move comes as public opinion has turned on the administration’s hardline immigration policies.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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MetLife’s Chart of the Week:
February 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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James Talarico: Jesus gave us two commandments: love God and love neighbor.

There was no exception to that second commandment regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, or religious affiliation.
February 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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James Talarico: “This is the party that ran against cancel culture, and now they are trying to control what we watch, what we say, and what we read.

This is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture — the kind that comes from the top."
February 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Virginia fought so hard to bring to justice members of a global pedophile ring. We all must fight on in her honour
#ReleaseAllOfTheEpsteinFiles
Fight on people.

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‘Virginia Roberts Giuffre Was an American Hero’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
Amy Wallace spent four years collaborating with Virginia Roberts Giuffre on her memoir, Nobody’s Girl, which has had a far-reaching impact in the fight for justice for the victims and survivors of Jef...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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".. lenders have stopped pretending ..

.. The delinquency rate for office loans in commercial mortgage-backed securities climbed to a record 12.34% in January, the highest level since .. 2000."

@wsj.com
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Lenders to Commercial Real Estate Owners: Pay Up Now
The delinquency rate for office building owners jumped to a record high last month.
www.wsj.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
After a 23 year old member of the Coast Guard went overboard in the Pacific, Kristi Noem diverted rescue aircraft away from trying to find him so she could use them in her deportation theater. The guardsman was never found.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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 8:20 PM
Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says gizmodo.com/reddit-meta-...
Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says
DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don't come from judges.
gizmodo.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The Social Security data breach is a national-security disaster that could hurt Americans for the rest of their lives: whistleblower archive.ph/j7Il7 #DOGE
archive.ph
February 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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@barackobama.bsky.social: "When I was POTUS, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."
February 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky: "There were 3 times that Bondi could have turned around in that room & just looked us in the eye. Just the sheer acknowledgment that we were human would have been enough. And she couldn't even do that. She reminded us we are nothing to her."
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Is there ANY rule of law that the #Felon45 regime won’t attempt to sidestep? lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

(I think in France, long ago, such a ruler would have been hanged.)
DOJ flips out as judges invoke own authority to replace Trump loyalist probing Letitia James
The district court's announcement of John Sarcone's replacement led to a swift "you are fired" post on X and a near replay of a standoff from the summer.
lawandcrime.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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Could the Trump Administration use the FBI to sow distrust about the midterm elections?

1970’s Roudebush v. Hartke decision sets a clear legal precedent that the federal government has no place interfering with how states deal with challenges to election integrity. buff.ly/l7r4y36
How a largely forgotten Supreme Court case can help prevent an executive branch takeover of federal elections
An FBI raid on a Georgia elections facility has sparked concern about Trump administration interference in the 2026 midterms. An obscure 1970s Supreme Court case provides guardrails against that.
theconversation.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Appreciate the talk about banning ICE masks in shutdown negotiations.

But the non-negotiable should be congressional oversight of ICE detention facilities. Full access, no appointments, no permission slips.

No compromise.
February 14, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Congress has the constitutional right to see what’s happening inside ICE detention facilities. And we, the people, have a right to know what our tax dollars are being used for. ICE abuse is happening in our name.
February 14, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Definitely never address him as president.

#USDemocracy
February 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Justin Floyd Qualls, a 40 year old Trump supporter whose Facebook included anti trans posts and accusations about President Biden, has now been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for the aggravated sexual abuse of a child under 12.
February 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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We're no longer a functioning democracy. Don't expect a democratic election.
February 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Says the guy who auctioned off little girls

Says the guy who trafficked little girls

Says the guy who raped little girls

Voter cheating, or electoral fraud, is extremely rare in the USA

Only 39 cases of voter fraud were ID'd in a recent election, a mere 0.000039% of over 100 million ballots cast
February 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Ghislaine Maxwell Appears to Have Lied on Her Citizenship Application — The New Republic
The revelation could put her citizenship status at risk.
apple.news
February 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM