Kombiz Lavasany
@kombiz.bsky.social
Former Twitter dad is now a skeeting dad. I do a lot of political work mainly focused on empowering educators, nurses and workers. Beyond that it's Iran, music and trying to believe i can one day be funny. @kombiz everywhere
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Pre or post-game newsletter from me: Everything about Jeffrey Epstein is maddening. Especially how much I missed, even though it was hidden in plain sight. Also, we have to talk about QAnon again. www.altrightdelete.news/p/qanon-help...
QAnon helped hide the cabal in plain sight
How the Epstein files explain our current hellish reality
www.altrightdelete.news
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Pre or post-game newsletter from me: Everything about Jeffrey Epstein is maddening. Especially how much I missed, even though it was hidden in plain sight. Also, we have to talk about QAnon again. www.altrightdelete.news/p/qanon-help...
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I have the best union siblings 🥹😭
February 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I have the best union siblings 🥹😭
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Tomorrow marks eight years since my world was turned upside down. I hope you’ll read my most recent blog post.
February 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Tomorrow marks eight years since my world was turned upside down. I hope you’ll read my most recent blog post.
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Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
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 5:42 PM
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Brutal 2025 number.
And for context, the 130,000 for last month (also subject to revision), would have been considered an absolutely crap number under Biden, who averaged 336,000 per month over his term.
And for context, the 130,000 for last month (also subject to revision), would have been considered an absolutely crap number under Biden, who averaged 336,000 per month over his term.
As expected, the annual benchmark revisions sharply lowered estimates of job growth in earlier months. BLS now says we added just 181,000 jobs in 2025, down from the earlier estimate of 584,000. #NumbersDay
February 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Brutal 2025 number.
And for context, the 130,000 for last month (also subject to revision), would have been considered an absolutely crap number under Biden, who averaged 336,000 per month over his term.
And for context, the 130,000 for last month (also subject to revision), would have been considered an absolutely crap number under Biden, who averaged 336,000 per month over his term.
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I remember when the Iowa quarter came out, and prominently featured a schoolhouse and the phrase "Foundations in Education."
It's part of the reason I moved here and decided to work in education here.
Those reasons have been evaporating over the past 10 years.
It's part of the reason I moved here and decided to work in education here.
Those reasons have been evaporating over the past 10 years.
"one of the most far-reaching makeovers of higher education any state has attempted in recent years. Collectively, the bills outline a multi-dimentional playbook for how conservative legislatures might transform higher education along principles they favor."
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A Flurry Of Higher Ed Bills Prompts The Question: What’s Up With Iowa?
The Iowa legislature is considering several bills that together represent one of the most dramatic makeovers of higher education any state has attempted in recent years.
www.forbes.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I remember when the Iowa quarter came out, and prominently featured a schoolhouse and the phrase "Foundations in Education."
It's part of the reason I moved here and decided to work in education here.
Those reasons have been evaporating over the past 10 years.
It's part of the reason I moved here and decided to work in education here.
Those reasons have been evaporating over the past 10 years.
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
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Scoop–CFPB just fired employee alexisgoldstein.bsky.social for allegedly disrupting &documenting a meeting a year ago between CFPB & DOGE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 meeting between the agency and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to emails rev...
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Scoop–CFPB just fired employee alexisgoldstein.bsky.social for allegedly disrupting &documenting a meeting a year ago between CFPB & DOGE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
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Instead of standing up for Iowa, Ashley Hinson keeps voting for higher costs and more uncertainty for our state. I’ll always fight for policies that open markets for Iowa agriculture, lower costs for families, and put Iowa workers first, not reckless tariffs that hurt our own people.
February 12, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Instead of standing up for Iowa, Ashley Hinson keeps voting for higher costs and more uncertainty for our state. I’ll always fight for policies that open markets for Iowa agriculture, lower costs for families, and put Iowa workers first, not reckless tariffs that hurt our own people.
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Ashley Hinson has now voted multiple times to keep Donald Trump’s reckless tariffs in place — tariffs that have slammed Iowa farmers, squeezed our ag economy, and raised prices on hardworking families and retirees.
February 12, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Ashley Hinson has now voted multiple times to keep Donald Trump’s reckless tariffs in place — tariffs that have slammed Iowa farmers, squeezed our ag economy, and raised prices on hardworking families and retirees.
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Some personal news
Scoop–CFPB just fired employee alexisgoldstein.bsky.social for allegedly disrupting &documenting a meeting a year ago between CFPB & DOGE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 meeting between the agency and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to emails rev...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Some personal news
stupid and cruel - She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
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She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
A Missouri grandma and lawful resident spent months in detention for a decade-old misdemeanor, underscoring the massive scope of the administration’s deportation efforts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:55 AM
stupid and cruel - She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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A special government employee who provided evidence for the Fulton County election hub raid tells us he is concerned they are no longer selling “real chicken” at Cracker Barrel. He has some other concerns too. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid
Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM
A special government employee who provided evidence for the Fulton County election hub raid tells us he is concerned they are no longer selling “real chicken” at Cracker Barrel. He has some other concerns too. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
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i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 AM
i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
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My latest, and one of my most personal: “We live our lives as Iranians and Americans between existing and emerging autocracies, unrepentant regimes devoted to violence at home and abroad.”
What Iran Teaches Us About Minneapolis
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What Iran Teaches Us About Minneapolis
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What Iran Teaches Us About Minneapolis - FPIF
This is what the possibility of war is like for an Iranian-American.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM
My latest, and one of my most personal: “We live our lives as Iranians and Americans between existing and emerging autocracies, unrepentant regimes devoted to violence at home and abroad.”
What Iran Teaches Us About Minneapolis
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What Iran Teaches Us About Minneapolis
fpif.org/what-iran-te...
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They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn.
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
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Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
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Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
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February 10, 2026 at 5:12 AM
They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn.
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
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Today I've signed the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge. I am committed to prioritize our health, our climate, and our democracy over fossil fuel industry profits.
February 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Today I've signed the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge. I am committed to prioritize our health, our climate, and our democracy over fossil fuel industry profits.
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My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
think about all of back to back free press they received for this crap
Yikes: the alternative TPUSA “All-American” Halftime Show had fewer than 14,000 views.
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM
think about all of back to back free press they received for this crap
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It's weird that they're both posting as if they don't live in puerto rico, where they both moved to avoid paying taxes
February 9, 2026 at 4:49 AM
It's weird that they're both posting as if they don't live in puerto rico, where they both moved to avoid paying taxes
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I didn't know I could love this dude more.
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 5:40 AM
I didn't know I could love this dude more.
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people truly don't understand the marginal value of leaving this earth with an extra 100-200 billion to Jeff Bezos.
I know WaPo hit the rock bottom, but this is too stupid even for the rock bottom.
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
people truly don't understand the marginal value of leaving this earth with an extra 100-200 billion to Jeff Bezos.
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I know WaPo hit the rock bottom, but this is too stupid even for the rock bottom.
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I know WaPo hit the rock bottom, but this is too stupid even for the rock bottom.
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WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.