Jim Naughton
@jimnaughton.bsky.social
Formerly: Episcopal comms guy, NYT Sports, WaPo Style, Daily Orange. Currently, thrilled about my new granddaughter, trying to write something. He/him
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“Konstantin, 4, a sociable boy, is often frightened by loud noises and guards, his parents said. He once cried for hours after a small toy airplane was confiscated.”
This post is really taking off. I know the Thanksgiving detail is grabbing, but I would encourage everyone to also read the full article about this family’s struggle at Dilley.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
“Konstantin, 4, a sociable boy, is often frightened by loud noises and guards, his parents said. He once cried for hours after a small toy airplane was confiscated.”
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The cruelty of this regime in a nutshell.
February 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The cruelty of this regime in a nutshell.
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This story about Lewandowski has a real "Nixon gives Elvis a DEA badge" kind of feel to it. Only in this case, it would be more like "Nixon gives Elvis's girlfriend a DEA badge."
February 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM
This story about Lewandowski has a real "Nixon gives Elvis a DEA badge" kind of feel to it. Only in this case, it would be more like "Nixon gives Elvis's girlfriend a DEA badge."
And people think we are a careless untrustworthy country. Imagine that.
Stephen A. Smith tells CBS News he is not ruling out 2028 presidential run: “I’d love to be on the debate stages against some of these individuals”
Stephen A. Smith Tells CBS News He Is Not Ruling Out 2028 Presidential Run: “I’d Love To Be On The Debate Stages Against Some Of These Individuals”
Stephen A. Smith continues to tease a presidential run, telling CBS Sunday Morning that while he has "no desire" to run he's not ruling it out.
deadline.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
And people think we are a careless untrustworthy country. Imagine that.
If you think only immigrants will end up in these places, you’re kidding yourself.
"ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM
If you think only immigrants will end up in these places, you’re kidding yourself.
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DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
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I'm all for pardons and second chances. But it's a hell of a juxtaposition to pardon millionaire NFL players convicted of drug distribution while you're summarily executing impoverished fishermen making a few hundred bucks to shuttle drugs around the Caribbean.
President Trump pardons Hall of Famer Joe Klecko and four other former NFL players
Trump pardoned Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I'm all for pardons and second chances. But it's a hell of a juxtaposition to pardon millionaire NFL players convicted of drug distribution while you're summarily executing impoverished fishermen making a few hundred bucks to shuttle drugs around the Caribbean.
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rod dreher is not that interesting. he is a guy very clearly filled with self hatred tied to repressed feelings related to his gender and sexuality, and rather than deal with them, he blames “modernity” and “secularism” for why he’s unhappy. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
rod dreher is not that interesting. he is a guy very clearly filled with self hatred tied to repressed feelings related to his gender and sexuality, and rather than deal with them, he blames “modernity” and “secularism” for why he’s unhappy. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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reminds of that old bible story of how people were hungry and jesus conjured himself a security detail bsky.app/profile/carl...
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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February 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
reminds of that old bible story of how people were hungry and jesus conjured himself a security detail bsky.app/profile/carl...
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Who raised these people?
February 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Who raised these people?
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They could build a wall around Vought’s home out of the bones of all the children killed from cutting USAID
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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February 13, 2026 at 2:26 PM
They could build a wall around Vought’s home out of the bones of all the children killed from cutting USAID
There are people who will tell you with a straight face that Russell Vought has brought Christian values to our government.
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
There are people who will tell you with a straight face that Russell Vought has brought Christian values to our government.
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Another headline to rewrite: "Money meant for starving children used to provide security theater escorts for OMB Director."
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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February 13, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Another headline to rewrite: "Money meant for starving children used to provide security theater escorts for OMB Director."
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There must be a dozen fireable offenses listed in this piece:
*Noem firing civil servants without cause
*Her boyfriend using govt resources to boost her profile, punishing officials who would not give him a gun
*Massive waste on ads, planes, delayed contracts, pushing favored firms
*Noem firing civil servants without cause
*Her boyfriend using govt resources to boost her profile, punishing officials who would not give him a gun
*Massive waste on ads, planes, delayed contracts, pushing favored firms
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 AM
There must be a dozen fireable offenses listed in this piece:
*Noem firing civil servants without cause
*Her boyfriend using govt resources to boost her profile, punishing officials who would not give him a gun
*Massive waste on ads, planes, delayed contracts, pushing favored firms
*Noem firing civil servants without cause
*Her boyfriend using govt resources to boost her profile, punishing officials who would not give him a gun
*Massive waste on ads, planes, delayed contracts, pushing favored firms
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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Exclusive overnight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/uscis-refu...
February 13, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Exclusive overnight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/uscis-refu...
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Neither Husted nor Moreno accept any telephone calls or messages from their working-class constituents!
February 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Neither Husted nor Moreno accept any telephone calls or messages from their working-class constituents!
We are stuck with Bernie Moreno, who thinks punky smugness is a gift of the Holy Spirit for another five years. But we can get rid of this pile of vanilla pudding at the polls this November. Let’s do it Ohio.
Examples of "the best government that money can buy" are becoming more depressing. Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted accepted more than $115,000 in campaign contributions from Les Wexner, one of 6 people listed as Epstein's co-conspirators, and then voted against releasing the Epstein files.
Husted took donations from Epstein co-conspirator Les Wexner, then voted to block file release
Campaign records show Sen. Jon Husted took $116,892 from Les Wexner since 2001, including months before voting to block release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents.
tiffinohio.net
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 AM
We are stuck with Bernie Moreno, who thinks punky smugness is a gift of the Holy Spirit for another five years. But we can get rid of this pile of vanilla pudding at the polls this November. Let’s do it Ohio.
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Another way to phrase this is, “ICE shot someone and got caught lying about it.”
February 13, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Another way to phrase this is, “ICE shot someone and got caught lying about it.”
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This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
This is just unconscionable man
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BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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Yes, the Constitution covers people Pete Hegseth doesn’t like.
Opinion from Judge Richard Leon, a GWB appointee: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
.Order AND Preliminary Injunction – #38 in KELLY v. HEGSETH (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-00081) – CourtListener.com
ORDER. Consistent with the attached, plaintiff's 2 Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Stay is GRANTED in part. See Order for details. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 2/12/2026. (lcrjl1) (Entered...
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February 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Yes, the Constitution covers people Pete Hegseth doesn’t like.
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RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
Top FDA official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers--career scientists--when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.
Same. And Bernie Moreno talking about someone's "low character" after he ran a campaign based almost entirely on vilifying trans people and immigrants is a little tough to take.
I loath my senators.
MORENO: Will you condemn Louis Farrakhan's comments that Judaism is a dirty religion?
ELLISON: I thought I came here to talk about immigration policy
MORENO: It's disgusting we have a witness who will not condemn that. The fact we have a witness of that low caliber is an insult to this institution
ELLISON: I thought I came here to talk about immigration policy
MORENO: It's disgusting we have a witness who will not condemn that. The fact we have a witness of that low caliber is an insult to this institution
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Same. And Bernie Moreno talking about someone's "low character" after he ran a campaign based almost entirely on vilifying trans people and immigrants is a little tough to take.