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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Lol what losers.
February 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Lol what losers.
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Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters
Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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When we fight, we win. Great news. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM
When we fight, we win. Great news. www.latimes.com/california/s...
we must stand strong and collectively, we must all hide @rickperlstein.bsky.social books in metal containers so they can't just try to blame Laura Loomer for our civilizations demise. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
New Research Absolves the Woman Blamed for a Dynasty’s Ruin
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM
we must stand strong and collectively, we must all hide @rickperlstein.bsky.social books in metal containers so they can't just try to blame Laura Loomer for our civilizations demise. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
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This is stupid!
A critique I hear of me sometimes is that I don’t believe in changing public opinion.
What I would say is that I don’t really think *working politicians* should be focused on changing opinion, that’s the job for everyone else — go out and persuade someone!
What I would say is that I don’t really think *working politicians* should be focused on changing opinion, that’s the job for everyone else — go out and persuade someone!
"Democratic politicians urgently need to adopt the GOP view of public opinion—that it’s movable, and it’s their job to move it." newrepublic.com/article/2058...
February 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
This is stupid!
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Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
www.thebanner.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
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Eight years ago, a teenage gunman had access to a Smith & Wesson M&P15 semi-automatic rifle and opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, taking the lives of 17 and wounding another 17.
To save lives, Congress must pass a new assault weapons ban.
To save lives, Congress must pass a new assault weapons ban.
February 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Eight years ago, a teenage gunman had access to a Smith & Wesson M&P15 semi-automatic rifle and opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, taking the lives of 17 and wounding another 17.
To save lives, Congress must pass a new assault weapons ban.
To save lives, Congress must pass a new assault weapons ban.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The Trump administration is “using detention to inflict pain on anyone — immigrant or citizen — caught in its grasp,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
The Trump administration is “using detention to inflict pain on anyone — immigrant or citizen — caught in its grasp,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
Opinion | The Depravity of Trump’s Immigrant Detention
The president’s immigration dragnet is vicious but not surprising.
nyti.ms
February 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The Trump administration is “using detention to inflict pain on anyone — immigrant or citizen — caught in its grasp,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
The Trump administration is “using detention to inflict pain on anyone — immigrant or citizen — caught in its grasp,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
guess who else was a Republican activist?
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
guess who else was a Republican activist?
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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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."
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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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/...
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.