Some wear military insignia on their hats or coats, identifying themselves as veterans of wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan... In the Twin Cities, veterans of the U.S. military have been among those on the front lines of protest against ICE.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
Military Veterans Protesting ICE See Crackdown Through Different Lens
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Some wear military insignia on their hats or coats, identifying themselves as veterans of wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan... In the Twin Cities, veterans of the U.S. military have been among those on the front lines of protest against ICE.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
Slide into autocracy 50 : "Dear Leader" : Trump’s efforts to promote himself as the singularly dominant figure in the world... no longer surprise... depicted as a monarch, as a Superman, as a Jedi knight, as a military hero, even as a pope in a white cassock.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Slide into autocracy 50 : "Dear Leader" : Trump’s efforts to promote himself as the singularly dominant figure in the world... no longer surprise... depicted as a monarch, as a Superman, as a Jedi knight, as a military hero, even as a pope in a white cassock.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/u...
Slide into autocracy 49 : Surveillance of critics : DHS is identifying Americans who oppose ICE by sending legal requests for ID data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency. Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Slide into autocracy 49 : Surveillance of critics : DHS is identifying Americans who oppose ICE by sending legal requests for ID data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency. Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Slide into autocracy 48 : Surveillance : Police are searching a national database of automated license plate reader data, including from school cameras, for immigration-related investigations. Multiple law enforcement leaders acknowledged this.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Slide into autocracy 48 : Surveillance : Police are searching a national database of automated license plate reader data, including from school cameras, for immigration-related investigations. Multiple law enforcement leaders acknowledged this.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A real sweetie : Jeremy Carl, Trump’s nominee for a senior State Department post, struggled at his confirmation hearing to answer what should have been an easy question, since he wrote an entire book about it: What is white identity and why is it under threat?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
A real sweetie : Jeremy Carl, Trump’s nominee for a senior State Department post, struggled at his confirmation hearing to answer what should have been an easy question, since he wrote an entire book about it: What is white identity and why is it under threat?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
The E.P.A. has officially rejected the scientific consensus that greenhouse gases threaten human health and the environment.
“This was all a scam, a giant scam,” Trump said on Thursday. “This was a rip off of the country by Obama and Biden.”
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“This was all a scam, a giant scam,” Trump said on Thursday. “This was a rip off of the country by Obama and Biden.”
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Trump delivers a deadly blow to EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution | CNN
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency delivered a significant blow to longstanding US climate policy on Thursday, finalizing rules to revoke a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate cha...
edition.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The E.P.A. has officially rejected the scientific consensus that greenhouse gases threaten human health and the environment.
“This was all a scam, a giant scam,” Trump said on Thursday. “This was a rip off of the country by Obama and Biden.”
edition.cnn.com/2026/02/12/c...
“This was all a scam, a giant scam,” Trump said on Thursday. “This was a rip off of the country by Obama and Biden.”
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Ravis de jouer avec Human Toys sur cette affiche exceptionnelle !!! Merci Lea Adrenalin et Adrenalin Fix Music !!! - J+P
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February 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Ravis de jouer avec Human Toys sur cette affiche exceptionnelle !!! Merci Lea Adrenalin et Adrenalin Fix Music !!! - J+P
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Slide into autocracy 47 : “Reports suggesting children were zip-tied ... are completely false.” - FBI. (KIVI-TV sends photo of 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.) “Reports suggesting YOUNG CHILDREN were zip-tied... are completely false.” - FBI.
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
14-year-old girl describes being zip-tied during October raid involving ICE in Idaho
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Slide into autocracy 47 : “Reports suggesting children were zip-tied ... are completely false.” - FBI. (KIVI-TV sends photo of 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.) “Reports suggesting YOUNG CHILDREN were zip-tied... are completely false.” - FBI.
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www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...
“You are here, Mr. Lyons, because white people are getting shot in the face and chest when the cameras are rolling, because now my Republican colleagues care about optics.” - Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) to Todd Lyons, acting director of ICE at a congressional hearing.
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thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
“You are here, Mr. Lyons, because white people are getting shot in the face and chest when the cameras are rolling, because now my Republican colleagues care about optics.” - Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) to Todd Lyons, acting director of ICE at a congressional hearing.
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Slide into autocracy 46 : Once upon a time, prosecutors were hired to skillfully and impartially enforce the law. Under Bondi, they are hired for political or ideological fealty to Trump. Many have left and the Justice Dept. is having trouble attracting top talent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Slide into autocracy 46 : Once upon a time, prosecutors were hired to skillfully and impartially enforce the law. Under Bondi, they are hired for political or ideological fealty to Trump. Many have left and the Justice Dept. is having trouble attracting top talent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Sarah B Rogers, a senior US state department official, has been publicly attacking allies' policies on hate speech and immigration, while promoting far-right parties abroad, becoming the public face of Trump’s growing hostility to European liberal democracies.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump official allies with Europe’s far right in attacks on migration and hate speech policies
US state department’s Sarah B Rogers has become face of White House’s hostility to European liberal democracies
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Sarah B Rogers, a senior US state department official, has been publicly attacking allies' policies on hate speech and immigration, while promoting far-right parties abroad, becoming the public face of Trump’s growing hostility to European liberal democracies.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"A modern-day concentration camp... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US. He was interviewed on Ireland's RTÉ Radio
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www.limerickleader.ie/news/nationa...
'A modern day concentration camp' - Irish man locked up by ICE in US fears for his life
The Kilkenny native has asked the Taoiseach to raise his case with President Donald Trump during his meeting at the White House in March
www.limerickleader.ie
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
"A modern-day concentration camp... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US. He was interviewed on Ireland's RTÉ Radio
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www.limerickleader.ie/news/nationa...
A large Pride flag was quietly removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan after a directive from the federal government, the latest step in the Trump administration’s nationwide assault on diversity initiatives.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Pride Flag Is Removed From Stonewall Monument After Trump Directive
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A large Pride flag was quietly removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan after a directive from the federal government, the latest step in the Trump administration’s nationwide assault on diversity initiatives.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Duplomb n'a rien compris ! Prenez 2 minutes et signez la pétition (une deuxième fois), les abeilles vous remercient !
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Non c’est Non, Monsieur Duplomb ! - Non c’est Non, Monsieur Duplomb ! - Plateforme des pétitions de l’Assemblée nationale
Pourquoi cette pétition est cruciale
Le Sénateur Laurent Duplomb propose (une nouvelle fois) la réintroduction de l’acétamipride, un insecticide de la famille des néonicotinoïdes. Sous couvert d’urgen...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Duplomb n'a rien compris ! Prenez 2 minutes et signez la pétition (une deuxième fois), les abeilles vous remercient !
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petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
False DHS claims : The DHS said Brown had made a “deliberate attempt” to run officers down with his car. In court, however, the case against Brown quickly unraveled as a judge found that the government failed to present any evidence supporting its claims.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
When Trump Officials’ Claims About Shootings Unravel in Court
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
False DHS claims : The DHS said Brown had made a “deliberate attempt” to run officers down with his car. In court, however, the case against Brown quickly unraveled as a judge found that the government failed to present any evidence supporting its claims.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Slide into autocracy 45 : "What happens when democratic states adopt the methods of the regimes they once condemned? Terror is not only masked men and arbitrary detention. It also operates through fear. Policies are designed to make people... more submissive."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni
It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned, says war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Slide into autocracy 45 : "What happens when democratic states adopt the methods of the regimes they once condemned? Terror is not only masked men and arbitrary detention. It also operates through fear. Policies are designed to make people... more submissive."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Apparently Trump wants more nuclear weapons. What could go wrong ? 🤔
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Newly Unbound, Trump Weighs More Nuclear Arms and Underground Tests
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Apparently Trump wants more nuclear weapons. What could go wrong ? 🤔
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Attention Europeans living in the US : An Irish man has spent five months in ICE detention and faces deportation despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Seamus Culleton has lived in US for two decades, married a citizen and runs a plastering business but faces deportation
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Attention Europeans living in the US : An Irish man has spent five months in ICE detention and faces deportation despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Powerful, inspiring, intense, touching, much more than the usual biographical documentary. Well worth the $3 on amazon.com (USA site). If you are out of the USA, use a VPN.
youtu.be/jkf-zrQbC3Y
youtu.be/jkf-zrQbC3Y
TURA! | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Quiver Distribution
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February 10, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Powerful, inspiring, intense, touching, much more than the usual biographical documentary. Well worth the $3 on amazon.com (USA site). If you are out of the USA, use a VPN.
youtu.be/jkf-zrQbC3Y
youtu.be/jkf-zrQbC3Y
Slide into autocracy 44 : "The crackdown on dissent and speech in Minnesota this winter follows a pattern that is common in countries that slide from democracy to autocracy... We are moving our assessment of "stifling speech and dissent" up one notch, to Level 4."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump’s Stifling of Dissent Reaches a New Level
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Slide into autocracy 44 : "The crackdown on dissent and speech in Minnesota this winter follows a pattern that is common in countries that slide from democracy to autocracy... We are moving our assessment of "stifling speech and dissent" up one notch, to Level 4."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Great new LP from our Edinburgh friends The Screamin' Kick ! Listen free on Bandcamp. PS Somebody please add it to Discogs !
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Looking from my world, by The Screamin' Kick
12 track album
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February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Great new LP from our Edinburgh friends The Screamin' Kick ! Listen free on Bandcamp. PS Somebody please add it to Discogs !
thescreaminkick1.bandcamp.com/album/lookin...
thescreaminkick1.bandcamp.com/album/lookin...
The brutality of USAID’s closure and the disregard for the human toll betrayed a vision of a crueler, meaner, more insular world — one in which America aspires not to any pretense of moral leadership but simply to naked power, dominance and extractive self-interest.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | What We Lost When We Lost U.S.A.I.D.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The brutality of USAID’s closure and the disregard for the human toll betrayed a vision of a crueler, meaner, more insular world — one in which America aspires not to any pretense of moral leadership but simply to naked power, dominance and extractive self-interest.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
I've known Green Day since they started out nearly 40 years ago and I respect them for keeping a political perspective and speaking out strongly against Trump. But they wasted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take strong action at the Super Bowl. Chilling effect ?
edition.cnn.com/2026/02/08/s...
edition.cnn.com/2026/02/08/s...
Green Day pulls its political punches in Super Bowl performance | CNN
The 1994 version of Billie Joe Armstrong would never.
edition.cnn.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I've known Green Day since they started out nearly 40 years ago and I respect them for keeping a political perspective and speaking out strongly against Trump. But they wasted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take strong action at the Super Bowl. Chilling effect ?
edition.cnn.com/2026/02/08/s...
edition.cnn.com/2026/02/08/s...
Slide into autocracy 43 : Kash Patel halted an FBI civil rights investigation of the Good killing because it might contradict Trump’s claim that she “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer” who shot her. Yes, read that again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Slide into autocracy 43 : Kash Patel halted an FBI civil rights investigation of the Good killing because it might contradict Trump’s claim that she “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer” who shot her. Yes, read that again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Amis en France : Bored with the USA ? 🥱🥱 Contourne les plateformes américaines de paiement avec les solutions européennes. Wero au lieu de PayPal, CB au lieu de Visa...
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Wero et CB : les solutions européennes qui contournent Visa et Mastercard
Face à une dépendance accrue aux systèmes de paiement américains, des solutions européennes comme CB ou Wero permettent d'envoyer et de recevoir de l'argent sans passer par Visa ou Mastercard. Un dépl...
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February 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Amis en France : Bored with the USA ? 🥱🥱 Contourne les plateformes américaines de paiement avec les solutions européennes. Wero au lieu de PayPal, CB au lieu de Visa...
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