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The $305 million raised by the main super PAC supporting President Trump comes almost entirely from megadonors: 96% of its funds are from donors giving $1 million or more.
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Pro-Trump Super PAC Raises Record-Breaking $305 Million
MAGA Inc. has relied on multimillion-dollar donors to raise an unprecedented amount in support of a lame duck president.
www.brennancenter.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The $305 million raised by the main super PAC supporting President Trump comes almost entirely from megadonors: 96% of its funds are from donors giving $1 million or more.
bit.ly/4t8PBDU
bit.ly/4t8PBDU
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The FBI’s seizure of 2020 voting records in Georgia should alarm anyone who cares about election integrity. @wendyweiser.bsky.social explains what to make of the raid and what needs to happen now to protect our elections.
Trump Administration Escalates Election Meddling by Seizing 2020 Voting Records in Georgia
All who care about election integrity should demand answers about the FBI’s unprecedented raid of Fulton County election offices.
www.brennancenter.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The FBI’s seizure of 2020 voting records in Georgia should alarm anyone who cares about election integrity. @wendyweiser.bsky.social explains what to make of the raid and what needs to happen now to protect our elections.
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Congress failed to pass the SAVE Act last year for good reason: it’s an anti-voter bill. But now lawmakers have revived it despite overwhelming public opposition. Tell Congress to reject the SAVE Act: bit.ly/4tmVIor
February 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Congress failed to pass the SAVE Act last year for good reason: it’s an anti-voter bill. But now lawmakers have revived it despite overwhelming public opposition. Tell Congress to reject the SAVE Act: bit.ly/4tmVIor
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If there’s one thing Jon Husted does well, it’s put himself before Ohioans.
February 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
If there’s one thing Jon Husted does well, it’s put himself before Ohioans.
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The new SAVE Act’s “show your papers” requirement is a direct attack on the freedom to vote. bit.ly/4rA2p4R
New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting
The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.
www.brennancenter.org
February 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The new SAVE Act’s “show your papers” requirement is a direct attack on the freedom to vote. bit.ly/4rA2p4R
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#Hoosiers, did you know we're breaking records across the state for Dem candidates filing for office? 🎉🎉🎉 Be a part of the #Indiana #BlueTsunami & file before noon tomorrow, Feb 6th. #YesWeCan (flip this state). Find out more at the @madvoters.bsky.social candidate hub (link below).
February 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
#Hoosiers, did you know we're breaking records across the state for Dem candidates filing for office? 🎉🎉🎉 Be a part of the #Indiana #BlueTsunami & file before noon tomorrow, Feb 6th. #YesWeCan (flip this state). Find out more at the @madvoters.bsky.social candidate hub (link below).
@piperformissouri.bsky.social calls out the Gadsden flag flip-floppers.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
All Hat. No Cattle.
Cosplay cowboys
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
@piperformissouri.bsky.social calls out the Gadsden flag flip-floppers.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
If you like @propublica.org, you should also support this great Midwest-focused investigative outfit, @investigatemidwest.bsky.social
In Iowa, many rivers and lakes improve briefly, then fall back into impairment investigatemidwest.org/2026/02/02/i...
In Iowa, many rivers and lakes improve briefly, then fall back into impairment investigatemidwest.org/2026/02/02/i...
In Iowa, many rivers and lakes improve briefly, then fall back into impairment - Investigate Midwest
Following years of inaction on the Clean Water for Iowa Act, one Iowa lawmaker is looking to advance several smaller bills that would improve monitoring and strengthen permit requirements for large in...
investigatemidwest.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
If you like @propublica.org, you should also support this great Midwest-focused investigative outfit, @investigatemidwest.bsky.social
In Iowa, many rivers and lakes improve briefly, then fall back into impairment investigatemidwest.org/2026/02/02/i...
In Iowa, many rivers and lakes improve briefly, then fall back into impairment investigatemidwest.org/2026/02/02/i...
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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TOMORROW: Get trained on the tools you need to exercise your constitutional right to monitor ICE and other federal agencies as they terrorize our communities.
Over 200,000 people joined last week’s ICE watch training. Let’s make this call even bigger: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Over 200,000 people joined last week’s ICE watch training. Let’s make this call even bigger: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
TOMORROW: Get trained on the tools you need to exercise your constitutional right to monitor ICE and other federal agencies as they terrorize our communities.
Over 200,000 people joined last week’s ICE watch training. Let’s make this call even bigger: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Over 200,000 people joined last week’s ICE watch training. Let’s make this call even bigger: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Rhetoric didn’t kill Renee Good or Alex Pretti. An unaccountable federal police force did.
Homan: "I said back in March of this year [sic] that if the hateful rhetoric didn't stop I was afraid there would be bloodshed. And there has been."
February 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Rhetoric didn’t kill Renee Good or Alex Pretti. An unaccountable federal police force did.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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please watch:
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
please watch:
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We will always use our rights. Join us tomorrow, February 5, at 8pm ET for a virtual training on how to document ICE abuses in your community.
RSVP today.
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On 1/24/26, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in ...
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
We will always use our rights. Join us tomorrow, February 5, at 8pm ET for a virtual training on how to document ICE abuses in your community.
RSVP today.
RSVP today.
Another fantastic investigative piece by @propublica.org that exposes the lies and grotesquely excessive DHS actions being funded by OUR tax dollars.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Another fantastic investigative piece by @propublica.org that exposes the lies and grotesquely excessive DHS actions being funded by OUR tax dollars.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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"Wicker, the senior Mississippi representative in the U.S. Senate, said opening a detention center would prevent economic growth opportunities."
Just how toxic Trump/Miller's immigration/ICE polices have gotten in America?
They don't want this [ICE gulags] in - checks notes - Mississippi.
Just how toxic Trump/Miller's immigration/ICE polices have gotten in America?
They don't want this [ICE gulags] in - checks notes - Mississippi.
Republican senator opposes planned ICE detention center in Mississippi
Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker on Wednesday told Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem he opposed plans to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Mississippi.
www.reuters.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
"Wicker, the senior Mississippi representative in the U.S. Senate, said opening a detention center would prevent economic growth opportunities."
Just how toxic Trump/Miller's immigration/ICE polices have gotten in America?
They don't want this [ICE gulags] in - checks notes - Mississippi.
Just how toxic Trump/Miller's immigration/ICE polices have gotten in America?
They don't want this [ICE gulags] in - checks notes - Mississippi.
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NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
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Exciting announcement from Jeff Bezos's reimagined Washington Post!
February 4, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Exciting announcement from Jeff Bezos's reimagined Washington Post!
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The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
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Dear Dems, as you draft your rein in ICE legislation there must be language that addresses the detention centers - both their inhumanity, and their dangerous expansion. This is critical.
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From Hopium:
- New polling finds Democrats starting this fight to rein in ICE with the American people firmly behind them
- As Dems plan their strategy more attention needs to be on the detention centers - their inhumanity, and unnecessary expansion
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www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/american-p...
- New polling finds Democrats starting this fight to rein in ICE with the American people firmly behind them
- As Dems plan their strategy more attention needs to be on the detention centers - their inhumanity, and unnecessary expansion
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www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/american-p...
American People Firmly Behind Drive To Rein In ICE, On The Hill Powerful Stories of ICE's Violence, Greater Focus Needed On The Detention Centers
Watch now | Paid subscribers gather tonight at 7pm EST. We have much to discuss
www.hopiumchronicles.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Dear Dems, as you draft your rein in ICE legislation there must be language that addresses the detention centers - both their inhumanity, and their dangerous expansion. This is critical.
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Best Twitter riposte of the day.
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Best Twitter riposte of the day.