Mer
@merilann.bsky.social
Defend the Constitution, tax billionaires, fund cancer research, and support clean energy. Tariffs are killing our economy. Vote for higher wages and decent healthcare for all. #ForeverBlue #NoKings 💙 🌊🌊💙
Here is some advice from Gemini AI if DHS or ICE grabs us for our social media free speech:
February 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Here is some advice from Gemini AI if DHS or ICE grabs us for our social media free speech:
It's been interesting knowing you all. If I disappear, you may find me in one of the Trump immigrant concentration camps, AKA prisons.
February 16, 2026 at 6:44 AM
It's been interesting knowing you all. If I disappear, you may find me in one of the Trump immigrant concentration camps, AKA prisons.
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Homeland Security's demand for social media giants like Google and Meta to expose identities behind anti-ICE posts strikes at the heart of free expression. This authoritarian move threatens dissent, stifling voices challenging oppressive systems.
Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Homeland Security's demand for social media giants like Google and Meta to expose identities behind anti-ICE posts strikes at the heart of free expression. This authoritarian move threatens dissent, stifling voices challenging oppressive systems.
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"A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests (and) concentration camps."
"The Department of Homeland Security has lied repeatedly to the American people, which means there's no way of truly knowing to what extent the Minnesota surge has even ended."
"The Department of Homeland Security has lied repeatedly to the American people, which means there's no way of truly knowing to what extent the Minnesota surge has even ended."
February 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
"A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests (and) concentration camps."
"The Department of Homeland Security has lied repeatedly to the American people, which means there's no way of truly knowing to what extent the Minnesota surge has even ended."
"The Department of Homeland Security has lied repeatedly to the American people, which means there's no way of truly knowing to what extent the Minnesota surge has even ended."
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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
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Obama: "The rogue behavior of agents of the federal government is deeply concerning and dangerous ... the sort of behavior that we've seen in authoritarian countries and we've seen in dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."
February 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Obama: "The rogue behavior of agents of the federal government is deeply concerning and dangerous ... the sort of behavior that we've seen in authoritarian countries and we've seen in dictatorships, but we have not seen in America."
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Get it? See, it's funny 'cuz our President is a pathological liar who rarely, if ever, tells the truth.
February 13, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Get it? See, it's funny 'cuz our President is a pathological liar who rarely, if ever, tells the truth.
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"Conway struck [an] urgent tone: 'We are facing a president who does not care about the rule of law …. He has to go. We cannot last three more years of this. It’s either him or us. It’s America or Trump.”
February 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
"Conway struck [an] urgent tone: 'We are facing a president who does not care about the rule of law …. He has to go. We cannot last three more years of this. It’s either him or us. It’s America or Trump.”
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Minutes into House Judiciary Committee hearing with Pam Bondi, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) blasts Bondi for "shockingly" not redacting private information about Epstein survivors
February 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Minutes into House Judiciary Committee hearing with Pam Bondi, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) blasts Bondi for "shockingly" not redacting private information about Epstein survivors
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BREAKING: Jamie Raskin just completely went off on Pam Bondi just now over her Epstein file redactions.
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
BREAKING: Jamie Raskin just completely went off on Pam Bondi just now over her Epstein file redactions.
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@barackobama.bsky.social: "When I was POTUS, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."
February 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
@barackobama.bsky.social: "When I was POTUS, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."
"While Trump said the federal government owns "both the Canada and the United States side," the bridge is, in fact, publicly owned by both Canada and Michigan."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney speaks to Trump after U.S. president erupts over Gordie Howe bridge | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to his U.S. counterpart early Tuesday morning about the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which Donald Trump has threatened to block. Carney reportedly explain...
www.cbc.ca
February 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"While Trump said the federal government owns "both the Canada and the United States side," the bridge is, in fact, publicly owned by both Canada and Michigan."
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Pay-to-play. Convicted of serious crimes, $ to Trump, and they get pardons. $ gets political donors appointed to the cabinet; corporations donate $ to get legislative & policy positions; $ makes investigations disappear.
campaignlegal.org/exposing-pre...
campaignlegal.org/exposing-pre...
Exposing President Trump’s Pay-to-Play Administration
President Donald Trump has made it clear that favorable treatment from his administration is readily available — for a price. This pay-to-play relationship is a defining feature of how Trump’s second...
campaignlegal.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Pay-to-play. Convicted of serious crimes, $ to Trump, and they get pardons. $ gets political donors appointed to the cabinet; corporations donate $ to get legislative & policy positions; $ makes investigations disappear.
campaignlegal.org/exposing-pre...
campaignlegal.org/exposing-pre...
More tRump "pay to play justice system."
Nothing to see here…just more criminals buying their way out prison.
February 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM
More tRump "pay to play justice system."
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Nothing to see here…just more criminals buying their way out prison.
February 14, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Nothing to see here…just more criminals buying their way out prison.
The sequence of agreements that Russia is insisting on and that the United States has reportedly accepted thus entails Ukrainian surrender of critical territory with no assurance of receiving necessary guarantees against future Russian aggression.
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
February 14, 2026 at 4:23 AM
The sequence of agreements that Russia is insisting on and that the United States has reportedly accepted thus entails Ukrainian surrender of critical territory with no assurance of receiving necessary guarantees against future Russian aggression.
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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8/ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 13, 2026:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 13, 2026
Western reporting suggests that the United States has accepted Russia's demanded sequence of having Ukraine cede territory to Russia
isw.pub
February 14, 2026 at 4:05 AM
8/ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 13, 2026:
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NEW: Western reporting suggests that the United States has accepted Russia’s demanded sequence of having Ukraine cede territory to Russia before receiving formal US or European security guarantee commitments. 🧵 (1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar021326
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar021326
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
February 14, 2026 at 4:05 AM
NEW: Western reporting suggests that the United States has accepted Russia’s demanded sequence of having Ukraine cede territory to Russia before receiving formal US or European security guarantee commitments. 🧵 (1/8)
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar021326
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar021326
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️
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FLASH: ICE says 2 of its officers are under investigation for apparently lying about Jan. 14 incident in Minneapolis where officer shot immigrant. DOJ abruptly dropped charges yday w/@kyledcheney
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
ICE says federal agents appear to have lied about confrontation that led to shooting
Officers claimed they were attacked, prompting one to open fire.
www.politico.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
FLASH: ICE says 2 of its officers are under investigation for apparently lying about Jan. 14 incident in Minneapolis where officer shot immigrant. DOJ abruptly dropped charges yday w/@kyledcheney
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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NEW: Senate Democrats REJECT funding for DHS, which will lead to shutdown of the agency. Keep in mind, ICE and CBP are still funded by supplemental money in the BBB, but it's harder to spend and will deplete those funds. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Senate Democrats Block DHS Measure as Funding Deadline Approaches
Lawmakers say they remain far apart on deal on Homeland Security to put new restrictions on immigration enforcement
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
NEW: Senate Democrats REJECT funding for DHS, which will lead to shutdown of the agency. Keep in mind, ICE and CBP are still funded by supplemental money in the BBB, but it's harder to spend and will deplete those funds. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...