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With Good and Pretti, the world saw the Trump admin’s victim-blaming fall apart quickly in videos. But on-duty federal agents have shot at least 16 people over the past year, and the victim-blaming often falls apart quietly in court.
Read the victims’ stories.
🎁art.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Read the victims’ stories.
🎁art.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
When Trump Officials’ Claims About Shootings Unravel in Court
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
With Good and Pretti, the world saw the Trump admin’s victim-blaming fall apart quickly in videos. But on-duty federal agents have shot at least 16 people over the past year, and the victim-blaming often falls apart quietly in court.
Read the victims’ stories.
🎁art.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Read the victims’ stories.
🎁art.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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This is a violation of the Constitution’s appropriations clause.
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
@reuters.com
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February 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This is a violation of the Constitution’s appropriations clause.
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Join us tomorrow, Monday the 9th, in Germantown.
Corner of Poplar Ave. and West St.
4:00-5:30
Our Presence is Our Power!
Corner of Poplar Ave. and West St.
4:00-5:30
Our Presence is Our Power!
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Join us tomorrow, Monday the 9th, in Germantown.
Corner of Poplar Ave. and West St.
4:00-5:30
Our Presence is Our Power!
Corner of Poplar Ave. and West St.
4:00-5:30
Our Presence is Our Power!
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The SAVE Act — which would stop millions of American citizens from voting — is Trump’s election power grab in legislative garb. bit.ly/4qrNeJO
The SAVE Act and the Election Power Grab
The revived bill is a serious threat to voting rights.
www.brennancenter.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The SAVE Act — which would stop millions of American citizens from voting — is Trump’s election power grab in legislative garb. bit.ly/4qrNeJO
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Y'all still paying your federal taxes...?
FT looks at the US plan to use US taxpayer money to aggressively promote fascism in Europe. Meddling in domestic politics on an unprecedented scale, and again, demonstration of Trump's perfect alignment with the Kremlin. www.ft.com/content/7a48...
US undermines democracy to promote Maga to the world
America is adapting older tools to spread a cynical worldview
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Y'all still paying your federal taxes...?
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This is a very in-depth look at the detention of children going on in our nation today. Please take a moment, read and share.
#FreeFamilies
www.propublica.org/article/life...
#FreeFamilies
www.propublica.org/article/life...
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
This is a very in-depth look at the detention of children going on in our nation today. Please take a moment, read and share.
#FreeFamilies
www.propublica.org/article/life...
#FreeFamilies
www.propublica.org/article/life...
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In a careful, incremental, and modulated ruling designed to withstand an all but certain appeal, Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump admin to facilitate the return of a subset of the men spirited out of the country 11 months ago under the Alien Enemies Act.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Boasberg Bashes Admin’s Latest Conduct in AEA Case
‘The Solution-less Mire’ In a careful, incremental, and modulated ruling designed to...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
In a careful, incremental, and modulated ruling designed to withstand an all but certain appeal, Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump admin to facilitate the return of a subset of the men spirited out of the country 11 months ago under the Alien Enemies Act.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
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This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”
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As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
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This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
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Shop owner in a Minnesota town of 14,000 people 3 hours from Minneapolis: "You can feel it, the sadness from town. There’s no people walking around. You go to the stores, and they lock the doors now. You’ve got to wait until they open the door for you. It’s not normal."
Greater Minnesota, too: ‘Not the same town anymore:’ ICE surge hit businesses in Worthington, where 1 in 3 are immigrants minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/13/n...
‘Not the same town anymore:’ ICE surge hit businesses in Worthington, where 1 in 3 are immigrants • Minnesota Reformer
WORTHINGTON — Typically about 10 to 15 cars and their new owners drive off the lot each month at Los Partners Auto Sales in Worthington, a small city in southwest Minnesota where roughly one in three ...
minnesotareformer.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Shop owner in a Minnesota town of 14,000 people 3 hours from Minneapolis: "You can feel it, the sadness from town. There’s no people walking around. You go to the stores, and they lock the doors now. You’ve got to wait until they open the door for you. It’s not normal."
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There are ~90 million people alive today because of USAID. Russ Vought illegally shut it down and now is spending the money on himself. These are deeply evil people. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
There are ~90 million people alive today because of USAID. Russ Vought illegally shut it down and now is spending the money on himself. These are deeply evil people. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
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The first round of primaries on March 3 includes examples of the type of incumbent challenges both parties will be dealing with all midterm year.
Members of Congress prepare to face angry, dissatisfied primary voters in 2026
The first round of primaries on March 3 includes examples of the type of incumbent challenges both parties will be dealing with all midterm year.
nbcnews.to
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The first round of primaries on March 3 includes examples of the type of incumbent challenges both parties will be dealing with all midterm year.
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The Trump administration has spent more than $30 million to send migrants to far-flung countries that are not their own, including, in a few instances, paying over $1 million a person, a new report from the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says.
https://cnn.it/3MuzgJk
https://cnn.it/3MuzgJk
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The Trump administration has spent more than $30 million to send migrants to far-flung countries that are not their own, including, in a few instances, paying over $1 million a person, a new report from the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says.
https://cnn.it/3MuzgJk
https://cnn.it/3MuzgJk
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At midnight as Saturday begins, annual funding provided in the DHS bill will lapse, leading to a “DHS-only” shutdown. What that means in reality is complicated. Short 🧵
tl;dr is ICE/CBP continue w/ pay, FEMA largely continues bcuz it has tons of money still usable, TSA continues w/ pay for a bit
tl;dr is ICE/CBP continue w/ pay, FEMA largely continues bcuz it has tons of money still usable, TSA continues w/ pay for a bit
February 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
At midnight as Saturday begins, annual funding provided in the DHS bill will lapse, leading to a “DHS-only” shutdown. What that means in reality is complicated. Short 🧵
tl;dr is ICE/CBP continue w/ pay, FEMA largely continues bcuz it has tons of money still usable, TSA continues w/ pay for a bit
tl;dr is ICE/CBP continue w/ pay, FEMA largely continues bcuz it has tons of money still usable, TSA continues w/ pay for a bit
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As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
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🚨 CRITICAL: We are in a constitutional crisis.
From illegal ICE strikes to the erosion of our 1st-4th Amendment rights, the admin is lawless and murdering us.
Demand that Congress begin impeachment!
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From illegal ICE strikes to the erosion of our 1st-4th Amendment rights, the admin is lawless and murdering us.
Demand that Congress begin impeachment!
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February 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Jeffrey Epstein to Bill Gates in December 2016:
“come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
“come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
February 13, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Jeffrey Epstein to Bill Gates in December 2016:
“come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
“come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
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"The entire agency of DHS needs to be dismantled."
Abolish ICE: Rep. Delia Ramirez Calls for Defunding DHS & Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar After Attack
We speak with Congressmember Delia Ramirez following an attack on her colleague, Congressmember Ilhan Omar, who was sprayed with an unknown foul-smelling liquid while speaking at a town hall event in ...
www.democracynow.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"The entire agency of DHS needs to be dismantled."
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More idiotic Trumpian policy: The U.S. is urging allies to align behind “trusted” technologies and coordinated responses even as it steps away from many of the institutions designed to organize that very cooperation.
therecord.media/usa-cyber-ac...
therecord.media/usa-cyber-ac...
US needs to impose ‘real costs’ on bad actors, State Department cyber official says
At the Munich Cyber Security Conference, senior U.S. officials signaled that a defensive cyber crouch is giving way to something closer to Cold War–style deterrence — an effort to convince adversaries...
therecord.media
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
More idiotic Trumpian policy: The U.S. is urging allies to align behind “trusted” technologies and coordinated responses even as it steps away from many of the institutions designed to organize that very cooperation.
therecord.media/usa-cyber-ac...
therecord.media/usa-cyber-ac...
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A federal judge in Illinois on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s plan to claw back $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats, amid a wider effort by the federal government to pull funding from blue states.
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Cut $600 Million in Health Funds
It is the latest court ruling staving off deep cuts to social services that Democratic-led states say are politically motivated and would harm hundreds of thousands of people.
nyti.ms
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
A federal judge in Illinois on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s plan to claw back $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats, amid a wider effort by the federal government to pull funding from blue states.
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Mosquitoes like Aedes aegypti spread viruses that cause major global diseases. We decided to have a closer look at a family of mosquito carbohydrate-binding proteins involved in infecting these vector species. We found some unexpected things 😁
Preprint out now 🦟🦟🦟
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Preprint out now 🦟🦟🦟
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
February 13, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Mosquitoes like Aedes aegypti spread viruses that cause major global diseases. We decided to have a closer look at a family of mosquito carbohydrate-binding proteins involved in infecting these vector species. We found some unexpected things 😁
Preprint out now 🦟🦟🦟
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Preprint out now 🦟🦟🦟
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...