Kevin Grant

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 1d

We’re looking at another very big Dem overperformance tonight—in a Trump+13 district. Dem Chasity Martinez is up 61-39 with more than half the vote in. Notably, like in TX last weekend, the e-day vote has been even *better* for her than the early vote. voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

$MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.$

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Again, if you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 3d

Just because good news is worth celebrating:

There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.

HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade

The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.

www.democracydocket.com

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NOTUS @notus.com · 3d

Some of working-class voters are changing their minds about Donald Trump as his administration’s war on renewable energy has cost them their jobs, labor leaders and workers said.
https://www.notus.org/energy/trump-wind-energy-blue-collar-support

Trump's War on Wind Energy Is Costing Him Blue-Collar Support

“A lot of my members voted for President Trump in the last election, and they completely turned around on him,” one union chapter president, whose members work on offshore wind projects, said.

www.notus.org

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 4d

One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4d

In almost any newsroom, the Sports section works the hardest, but also has the most fun and often produces the best journalism. This was especially true with the sports section of the Washington Post. Wonderful obituary by @sallyjenx.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

You Can’t Kill Swagger

My old corner of The Washington Post raised some of the best journalists in the business.

www.theatlantic.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

Scenes outside of the Washington Post headquarters right now:

A protester holds a sign that reads “stand with the Post”

Protesters stand outside of the headquarters

Protesters stand outside of the headquarters of the Post

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

holy shit

Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 6d

In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 6d

In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 6d

ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...

ICE is afraid of children protesting

“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”

www.theverge.com

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 8d

In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 8d

It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...

Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility

DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South

www.sacurrent.com

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 8d

It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...

Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility

DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South

www.sacurrent.com

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 8d

Nice story focused on the @startribune.com, with nods to other invaluable local journalism outlets like @sahanjournal.bsky.social & @mprnews.org
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

In Minneapolis, all-encompassing immigration story tests a newsroom in midst of digital transition

“If you hadn’t invested in the newsroom, you wouldn’t be able to react in that way,” said Steve Grove, publisher and chief executive.

www.politico.com

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 9d

Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.

Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...

What we found is bleak. Attorneys told us they’re struggling to get information in to or out of ICE and Customs and Border Protection facilities, which are holding nearly 69,000 people this month. And detainees often are forced to choose between remaining in crowded, squalid conditions or leaving the country immediately.

Judges in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have ordered the government to facilitate attorney-client communications at Homeland Security buildings. But attorneys say that doesn’t always happen. Even if detainees get the option, some worry they’ll be punished if they take it.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 9d

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."

Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10d

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10d

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 10d

Don Lemon on January 20 after the Justice Dept. first threatened him:

"We were there chronicling protests... Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism, which was report on it and talk to the people who were involved... That's it... It's called journalism. First Amendment."

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Popular Information @popular.info · 11d

“Since July, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved hazard mitigation grants that cost more than $100,000 in only three states, according to a NOTUS review of publicly available data and internal FEMA documents.”

Kristi Noem Is Holding Up More Than $1 Billion in Hazard Mitigation Funds

Only three states have gotten through Noem’s logjam, according to data obtained by NOTUS.

www.notus.org

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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Trump's immigration agenda is under scrutiny — and so is Stephen Miller

"I have no confidence in Mr. Miller," Sen. Thom Tillis said

Other Senate Republicans demurred when I asked them about him

Meanwhile, a WH official said Miller won't be fired
www.notus.org/immigration/...

Republicans Aren’t Rushing to Defend Stephen Miller

One Republican senator said he has “no confidence” in Miller, while others demurred.

www.notus.org

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12d

FBI searching Fulton County elections office, per Reuters
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office in Georgia related to the 2020 election, a law enforcement official familiar with the matter said o...

www.reuters.com

Kevin Grant @kevindgrant.bsky.social · 12d

definitely a scoop of an idea.

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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 12d

This is what FEMA’s hazard mitigation spending looks like for the last two years. That sudden drop into the red is when Noem’s personal review process began.

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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 12d

scoop: Kristi Noem has more than $1 billion in disaster prevention projects piling up on her desk.

Somehow, three states w/ powerful GOP politicians have escaped the logjam — Georgia, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.

Everyone else left begging for help.

Kristi Noem Is Holding Up More Than $1 Billion in Hazard Mitigation Funds

Only three states have gotten through Noem’s logjam, according to data obtained by NOTUS.

www.notus.org

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12d

Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 14d

Flood of court cases challenging immigration arrests continues, with dozen filed in Minnesota just today through 3PM local. My colleague @kyledcheney.bsky.social wrote earlier on how the suits are tying up judges nationwide & leading to denunciations of ICE tactics www.politico.com/news/2026/01...