to be a bit more clear-eyed, if Senate Democrats cave and agree to fund ICE & the government now then there is no line that could be crossed that would ever cause them not to
Sonali Kohlatkar: "Senators who believe in compassion and human rights have a unique opportunity to pull back the powers of ICE by refusing to back an appropriations bill passed by the House of Representatives." inthesetimes.com/article/demo...
There’s Never Been a More Fitting Time for Democrats to Stop Funding ICE
The money fueling ICE’s abuses comes directly out of the pockets of working Americans who are already struggling.
inthesetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:53 PM
to be a bit more clear-eyed, if Senate Democrats cave and agree to fund ICE & the government now then there is no line that could be crossed that would ever cause them not to
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I say *pretend* and *claim* because the last 10yrs since then should clarify that this was never what any of them wanted. They want the IRI gone. Obama undermined this by understanding that it wasn't really in the interests of the US to repeat Iraq. A lot of these people want to try Iraq again.
February 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I say *pretend* and *claim* because the last 10yrs since then should clarify that this was never what any of them wanted. They want the IRI gone. Obama undermined this by understanding that it wasn't really in the interests of the US to repeat Iraq. A lot of these people want to try Iraq again.
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Obama secured a deal over the objections of the entire Republican Party and a significant part of his own Democratic Party, including the objections of the man who is currently Senate Minority Leader, and then it was immediately torn up. But again: the deal did exactly what they claim they want.
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Obama secured a deal over the objections of the entire Republican Party and a significant part of his own Democratic Party, including the objections of the man who is currently Senate Minority Leader, and then it was immediately torn up. But again: the deal did exactly what they claim they want.
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It's really important for people to internalize that, in the eyes of Washington DC's foreign policy establishment, the biggest sin of the Obama presidency was concluding a deal with Iran that objectively satisfied the demands that Washington DC pretends to believe in.
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
It's really important for people to internalize that, in the eyes of Washington DC's foreign policy establishment, the biggest sin of the Obama presidency was concluding a deal with Iran that objectively satisfied the demands that Washington DC pretends to believe in.
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Its destruction came as Israel said it will ban Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, from operating in Gaza, after the charity refused to provide Israeli authorities a list of its Palestinian staff. MSF currently provides at least 20% of hospital beds in Gaza.
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Its destruction came as Israel said it will ban Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, from operating in Gaza, after the charity refused to provide Israeli authorities a list of its Palestinian staff. MSF currently provides at least 20% of hospital beds in Gaza.
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NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
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We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
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Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest
One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...
unraveledpress.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
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The only solution is law and government; they know this and it is why they work so hard to make government weak and staff it with incompetent stooges like Trump. They will do anything to avoid actually being accountable for themselves, including destroying the entire country that built them.
February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The only solution is law and government; they know this and it is why they work so hard to make government weak and staff it with incompetent stooges like Trump. They will do anything to avoid actually being accountable for themselves, including destroying the entire country that built them.
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Money insulates, our economy makes vast wealth self-sustaining. No amount of failure, incompetence, or even criminality will harm them. Tesla as a company is cratering, and yet the stock price rises, simply by virtue of billiomaire co-investors wanting to keep it high.
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Money insulates, our economy makes vast wealth self-sustaining. No amount of failure, incompetence, or even criminality will harm them. Tesla as a company is cratering, and yet the stock price rises, simply by virtue of billiomaire co-investors wanting to keep it high.
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The whole problem of the world today is billionaires have outsourced any and all consequences for their actions and behaviors and as such can keep making terrible choices that make things worse for all of us without ever compromising their ability to keep making bad choices.
February 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The whole problem of the world today is billionaires have outsourced any and all consequences for their actions and behaviors and as such can keep making terrible choices that make things worse for all of us without ever compromising their ability to keep making bad choices.
Democrats might want to think about how to have court orders enforced against the lawless Trump regime at some point before they start openly stealing elections so Democrats cant get elected anymore bc voters of color are being harassed at the polls
This is magical thinking. Like you shouldn’t feel comfortable saying something this naive. “Actually I think voter suppression will help us” okay. That’s fucking stupid and you should feel ashamed saying it
February 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Democrats might want to think about how to have court orders enforced against the lawless Trump regime at some point before they start openly stealing elections so Democrats cant get elected anymore bc voters of color are being harassed at the polls
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This is magical thinking. Like you shouldn’t feel comfortable saying something this naive. “Actually I think voter suppression will help us” okay. That’s fucking stupid and you should feel ashamed saying it
February 4, 2026 at 10:17 PM
This is magical thinking. Like you shouldn’t feel comfortable saying something this naive. “Actually I think voter suppression will help us” okay. That’s fucking stupid and you should feel ashamed saying it
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Looks like "Seeing how fascism plays out" has not been an optimal strategy for the Dems.
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Looks like "Seeing how fascism plays out" has not been an optimal strategy for the Dems.
ive stopped paying attention to this stuff and all the liberals calling it "brutal" and "devastating news for ICE" bc they've been ignoring court orders for a full year and no one has enforced them punitively to date. It's a fairy tale land like imagining Mueller was gonna save the republic.
A Federal judge in Oregon ruled that ICE can NOT use chemicals on protestors for exercising their 1st amendment rights.
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BREAKING: Judge hits ICE agents with BRUTAL NEWS
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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February 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
ive stopped paying attention to this stuff and all the liberals calling it "brutal" and "devastating news for ICE" bc they've been ignoring court orders for a full year and no one has enforced them punitively to date. It's a fairy tale land like imagining Mueller was gonna save the republic.
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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i would be overjoyed if the U.S. had a president as ethical and even-tempered as Chancellor Gowron
February 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
i would be overjoyed if the U.S. had a president as ethical and even-tempered as Chancellor Gowron
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3-letter agencies have tried a number of ways to "brainwash" people & the best methods found involved indoctrinating children w/ propaganda while also simultaneously traumatizing them.
When you understand that, the reason the right cares so much about schools but not school shootings becomes clear.
When you understand that, the reason the right cares so much about schools but not school shootings becomes clear.
February 4, 2026 at 6:19 PM
3-letter agencies have tried a number of ways to "brainwash" people & the best methods found involved indoctrinating children w/ propaganda while also simultaneously traumatizing them.
When you understand that, the reason the right cares so much about schools but not school shootings becomes clear.
When you understand that, the reason the right cares so much about schools but not school shootings becomes clear.
I've been seeing more comments about ICE terrorism from people from other countries who are like: I thought Americans were supposed to have guns? In my country people would have already stormed government buildings unarmed when they started murdering civilians
February 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I've been seeing more comments about ICE terrorism from people from other countries who are like: I thought Americans were supposed to have guns? In my country people would have already stormed government buildings unarmed when they started murdering civilians
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Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
February 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
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HRW Israel-Palestine director resigns, accuses watchdog of 'cooking the books' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hrw-israel-palestine-directorfter-director-accuses-watchdog-of-cooking-books
HRW Israel-Palestine director resigns, accuses watchdog of 'cooking the books'
Omar Shakir resigned from post after organisation refused to say denial of Palestinian right of return is 'crime against humanity'
www.middleeasteye.net
February 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
HRW Israel-Palestine director resigns, accuses watchdog of 'cooking the books' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hrw-israel-palestine-directorfter-director-accuses-watchdog-of-cooking-books
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Google complies with administrative warrants for Gmail accounts? Is that what this is saying?? That’s horrifying
February 3, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Google complies with administrative warrants for Gmail accounts? Is that what this is saying?? That’s horrifying
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
The composer did not have to go this hard for the theme for a 3-horse village in the opening area of KCD2. It's like Final Fantasy adventuring music
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II - Soundtrack - Adam Sporka | Tachov Theme (aka Tachov Banger)
YouTube video by Kristýna Sulková
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February 2, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The composer did not have to go this hard for the theme for a 3-horse village in the opening area of KCD2. It's like Final Fantasy adventuring music
youtu.be/O6mhdf-6iqA?...
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It’s inextricably tied to the party’s belief in the hierarchy of seniority. Force all the good strong young candidates in a box for 30 years until they are properly demoralized and unable to inspire or make change.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
It’s inextricably tied to the party’s belief in the hierarchy of seniority. Force all the good strong young candidates in a box for 30 years until they are properly demoralized and unable to inspire or make change.
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“Wait until after the election” becomes “we just won, relax” becomes “if you criticize them you’re just helping the GOP” which then goes back to “wait until after the election.” Every time.
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
“Wait until after the election” becomes “we just won, relax” becomes “if you criticize them you’re just helping the GOP” which then goes back to “wait until after the election.” Every time.