Leonides
@leonidesmainly.bsky.social
🌊 Animal lover. Trying to understand WTF is going on with our country.
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"The tech companies can choose whether or not to provide the information...
"Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
"Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
"The tech companies can choose whether or not to provide the information...
"Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
"Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
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February 14, 2026
February 14, 2026
On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother.
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February 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
February 14, 2026
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“I am too scared to drive my 5-year-old daughter to school in my husband’s car. I’m terrified ICE will detain me and our daughter will end up alone,” she said. “This is just as scary as the war in Ukraine, except now we don’t have Dmytro with us..."
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
Laughing ICE Goons Seize Dad Who Fled Ukraine War at Walmart
Dmytro Kulyk is facing deportation as refugees become the Trump administration’s latest target.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:50 PM
“I am too scared to drive my 5-year-old daughter to school in my husband’s car. I’m terrified ICE will detain me and our daughter will end up alone,” she said. “This is just as scary as the war in Ukraine, except now we don’t have Dmytro with us..."
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...
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Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
www.cbsnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
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"UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin
UK and partners are today exposing the tragic circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalny's death and have confirmed there was poison found in samples from his body.
www.gov.uk
February 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.
February 14, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.
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Please read this long but important thread from an immigration defense attorney.
If this administration is permitted to scale its current abuse, neglect, and inhumane treatment of immigrants to the breadth and scope for which they’re currently planning, we’ll all be witness to mass atrocities.
If this administration is permitted to scale its current abuse, neglect, and inhumane treatment of immigrants to the breadth and scope for which they’re currently planning, we’ll all be witness to mass atrocities.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Please read this long but important thread from an immigration defense attorney.
If this administration is permitted to scale its current abuse, neglect, and inhumane treatment of immigrants to the breadth and scope for which they’re currently planning, we’ll all be witness to mass atrocities.
If this administration is permitted to scale its current abuse, neglect, and inhumane treatment of immigrants to the breadth and scope for which they’re currently planning, we’ll all be witness to mass atrocities.
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These are the conditions under which the Trump regime wants to detain noncitizens indefinitely. It violates international law, the Eighth Amendment, and our own laws & regulations.
And the DOJ and DHS are willing to manipulate any law, defy any court order, to keep doing so.
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And the DOJ and DHS are willing to manipulate any law, defy any court order, to keep doing so.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
These are the conditions under which the Trump regime wants to detain noncitizens indefinitely. It violates international law, the Eighth Amendment, and our own laws & regulations.
And the DOJ and DHS are willing to manipulate any law, defy any court order, to keep doing so.
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And the DOJ and DHS are willing to manipulate any law, defy any court order, to keep doing so.
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4. Medical malpractice. Here’s why I say stopping this detention-to Texas pipeline is life of death.
An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
18-month-old girl hospitalized with respiratory failure in ICE detention, lawyers say
Dilley Immigration Processing Center in rural Texas withheld medication after ‘gravely ill’ toddler was sent back into its custody, according to federal lawsuit
www.independent.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
4. Medical malpractice. Here’s why I say stopping this detention-to Texas pipeline is life of death.
An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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A transplant recipient whose body was rejecting his organ because DHS won’t give him his absolutely essential anti-rejection meds. www.thedailybeast.com/ice-arrests-...
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ICE Arrests Transplant Patient and Cuts Off Life-Saving Meds
The 38-year-old hasn’t had his kidney transplant medication since he was detained on Thursday.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
A transplant recipient whose body was rejecting his organ because DHS won’t give him his absolutely essential anti-rejection meds. www.thedailybeast.com/ice-arrests-...
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So good. @kajakallas.bsky.social is all of us.
February 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
So good. @kajakallas.bsky.social is all of us.
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Update: The federal indictment against Kyle Wagner confirms our reporting, that Wagner was arrested and charged with cyberstalking right-wing agitator Jayden Scott (who allegedly stalked a Minnesota reporter before this) and NOT federal agents. /
NEW: The Trump admin publicized the arrest of an "antifa domestic terrorist," implying he was charged with threatening federal agents. But the criminal complaint suggests Kyle Wagner was charged with Instagram beefing with controversial rightwing agitator Jayden Scott.
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The Trump Admin Arrested an Antifascist for Shit-Talking a Fascist
A supposed ‘antifa domestic terrorist’ was arrested for ‘cyberstalking’ a controversial right-wing agitator who showed up at a reporter’s home to threaten him.
zeteo.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Update: The federal indictment against Kyle Wagner confirms our reporting, that Wagner was arrested and charged with cyberstalking right-wing agitator Jayden Scott (who allegedly stalked a Minnesota reporter before this) and NOT federal agents. /
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Article: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
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LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
meidasnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Article: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
meidasnews.com/news/la-lake...
meidasnews.com/news/la-lake...
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Terrorizing families. www.instagram.com/reel/DUt7lFk...
February 14, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Terrorizing families. www.instagram.com/reel/DUt7lFk...
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Epstein Autopsy Witness Challenges Suicide Finding: Injuries ‘More Consistent’ with ‘Homocidal Strangulation’
Epstein Autopsy Witness Challenges Suicide Finding: Injuries ‘More Consistent’ with ‘Homocidal Strangulation’
Baden claimed demands for further investigation at the time were “superseded” to push official ruling that Epstein killed himself.
The post Epstein Autopsy Witness Challenges Suicide Finding: Injuries ‘More Consistent’ with ‘Homocidal Strangulation’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Epstein Autopsy Witness Challenges Suicide Finding: Injuries ‘More Consistent’ with ‘Homocidal Strangulation’
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Disabled American citizen arrested by ICE:
"It's horrific, horrific scenes in there. There are black and brown people shackled and chained together... I ended up on the floor of a cold concrete cell that has no toilet, no bed, no blanket... We're not safe. This can't go on."
"It's horrific, horrific scenes in there. There are black and brown people shackled and chained together... I ended up on the floor of a cold concrete cell that has no toilet, no bed, no blanket... We're not safe. This can't go on."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Disabled American citizen arrested by ICE:
"It's horrific, horrific scenes in there. There are black and brown people shackled and chained together... I ended up on the floor of a cold concrete cell that has no toilet, no bed, no blanket... We're not safe. This can't go on."
"It's horrific, horrific scenes in there. There are black and brown people shackled and chained together... I ended up on the floor of a cold concrete cell that has no toilet, no bed, no blanket... We're not safe. This can't go on."
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Is there anyone in the Trump admin who isn’t a complete scumbag?
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Is there anyone in the Trump admin who isn’t a complete scumbag?
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Disgusting. 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 2:35 PM
Disgusting. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
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Note: I should have added "at worst" to the line about the fishermen. We don't know how many were actually even doing that.
Also, as with the brazen, wildly exaggerated lying, the hypocrisy is itself a projection of power. They want you to see that there's no pretense of justice or fairness.
Also, as with the brazen, wildly exaggerated lying, the hypocrisy is itself a projection of power. They want you to see that there's no pretense of justice or fairness.
I'm all for pardons and second chances. But it's a hell of a juxtaposition to pardon millionaire NFL players convicted of drug distribution while you're summarily executing impoverished fishermen making a few hundred bucks to shuttle drugs around the Caribbean.
President Trump pardons Hall of Famer Joe Klecko and four other former NFL players
Trump pardoned Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Note: I should have added "at worst" to the line about the fishermen. We don't know how many were actually even doing that.
Also, as with the brazen, wildly exaggerated lying, the hypocrisy is itself a projection of power. They want you to see that there's no pretense of justice or fairness.
Also, as with the brazen, wildly exaggerated lying, the hypocrisy is itself a projection of power. They want you to see that there's no pretense of justice or fairness.