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“But the hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing.”
— W.E.B. Du Bois
Unsustainable, energy-chomping data centers motivated TVA’s reversal on plans to close 2 coal plants.
www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...
February 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
The victims of Trump’s fascist paramilitary.
Combattants de la Liberté
Resisting fascism and oppression is always correct.
combattants-de-la-liberte.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
“Uh-oh, Papi …” #zydeco
Pick It Up
YouTube video by Rosie Ledet - Topic
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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When journalists are prevented from reporting firsthand, transparency and accountability are diminished. Without direct access, independent coverage is constrained, and press freedom is weakened.

“Lifting the information embargo is long overdue,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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CoreCivic's Q4 2025 earnings call included lots of congratulations, multiple mentions by CoreCivic execs of their 7,000 "idle" beds (which they suggest are the most humane detention option available), and two analyst questions about ICE's warehouse plans.
February 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
A sad Ramadan.
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
“Crowdsourced ICE encounter reports in the last several days have shown more activity fanning out into the suburbs, as agents have found it easier to fill quotas in less dense areas.”
ICE in Minnesota — Days 69-71: Hints of Fed Withdrawal Teased; Homeland Security Chiefs Grilled in Congress - UNICORN RIOT
Politicians are hinting Operation Metro Surge could wind down, but any change in the situation remains vaporous for now.
unicornriot.ninja
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Ice and dhs have to be destroyed and everyone involved sent to prison that’s still the bare minimum and anything less is capitulation.
February 12, 2026 at 3:40 PM
“That finding has been consistent and within range in every poll conducted since 2014, according to the center’s polling data.

The 15 countries surveyed are Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Tunisia.”
New poll shows only 6% of Arabs accept recognizing Israel
CHICAGO: Eighty-seven percent of citizens in the Arab world oppose recognition of Israel while only 6 percent accept it, according to a new survey by the Arab Center Washington DC. The 2025 Arab Opini...
www.arabnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
“‘we’ve had some exchanges of messages, but we cannot say we have set a bilateral dialogue at this moment,’ [says] Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Fernandez de Cossio …. Havana … signaled its readiness to enter into negotiations on the condition that its sovereignty is not violated”
Rubio 'deliberately' lies about Cuba talks in push for regime change: Report
Cuba is facing a severe food and energy crisis as a result of Trump’s executive order imposing a blockade on the island
thecradle.co
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
The western media erased her moral agency by labeling her “First Lady.”

“Flores has been a political leader of the Bolivarian Revolution for more than 25 years who has held top elected offices …. Flores is one of the most powerful political figures in Venezuela.”
Who is Cilia Flores? Who is Delcy Rodríguez?
Cilia Flores, kidnapped with President Nicolás Maduro and held prisoner in New York City, is, in the corporate media, often relegated to the dismissive, nondescriptive title of “First Lady.” This sugg...
www.workers.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Chomsky was problematic long before this last Epstein dump.

mondoweiss.net/2014/07/chom...
February 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Dear gods, could the Democrats instead simply have the words, “hopelessly out of touch” written on their foreheads?
I cannot stress enough this is a totally made up conundrum and you do not actually need to field test if talking about how our entire government is controlled by child rapists is interesting.
Democrats Are Field-Testing New Ways to Talk About the Epstein Scandal
How much do the Epstein files have to do with kitchen-table issues? The Democratic Party is debating ahead of the midterms.
www.notus.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Look at what Hammam is saying. Read the article that is connected here. There are medical horror stories happening where these people are living
February 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
US news media obsessed with the kidnapping of that wealthy white woman’s mother so they don’t have to focus on ICE kidnapping poor brown kids.
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
“Waving the bloody shirt would become the standard retort ... of dismissive Southern contempt .... used over and over again during the Reconstruction era. It was a staple of the ... editorials that filled Southern newspapers”
— Stephen Budiansky on conservatives who minimized white supremacy
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
“‘Solution for Gaza — either through emigration or by eliminating all the residents.’

That was the proposal aired on Israeli Channel 14, where strategic adviser Ramy Piro called for the removal of Gaza’s entire population, in an explicit call for the … extermination of Palestinians.”
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Ceasefire
Is
Genocide
By
Other
Means
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February 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Taught on the battlefield how to read and write, Susie King Taylor founded the first free African American school for children.
February 12, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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“These are the effects of settler colonialism.”
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 AM
“Caught on body cam video in conversation with police union leader Mike Solan, Auderer joked and laughed about Kandula’s death, saying, ‘Just write a check. $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.’”
City Settles With Family of Jaahnavi Kandula, Pedestrian Killed by SPD Officer in 2023
In an incident that sparked widespread outrage, police guild leader Daniel Auderer joked that the city could "write a check [for] $11,000" to cover her death.
ericacbarnett.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Dodgers are going back to the White House. So, I’m doubling down on this moment of shade.
Question is will the event be more or less icy than when the 2019 national champions Baylor women’s basketball team met with Trump.
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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This should infuriate everyone.

Palantir must be destroyed.

boingboing.net/2026/02/10/p...
Palantir made $1.8 billion in 2025 by helping ICE deport people
How surveillance company Palantir made record profits helping the Trump administration with 'unusual operations.'
boingboing.net
February 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM
What movie moment made you exclaim

THIS IS CINEMA
February 12, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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UPDATE: This plane landed in Cairo and is now headed back to Shannon.

Previous ICE flights to Cairo delivered Russian dissidents and asylum-seekers to Egyptian authorities, who forced them onto planes to Moscow. At least one is now missing.
#speirghorm
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
February 12, 2026 at 1:51 AM