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The closure of airspace, initially set to last 10 days, but lifted after 8 hours, came after CBP officials in the area used a laser counter-drone weapon, provided by the Pentagon, to take out objects that were later identified as party balloons.
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thehill.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The closure of airspace, initially set to last 10 days, but lifted after 8 hours, came after CBP officials in the area used a laser counter-drone weapon, provided by the Pentagon, to take out objects that were later identified as party balloons.
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The WH budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, tRump’s budget chief & an architect of project 2025.
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www.huffpost.com/entry/wh-use...
White House Uses USAID Funds For Trump Budget Chief's Security: Report
The Trump administration dismantled USAID and canceled most of its aid programs last year.
www.huffpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The WH budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, tRump’s budget chief & an architect of project 2025.
www.huffpost.com/entry/wh-use...
www.huffpost.com/entry/wh-use...
We live in such a partisan & tribal age, when these things started to come out, a lot of us did what we normally do in this era, which is looking for revelations that would help our team & hurt the other team.
www.alternet.org/epstein-bann...
www.alternet.org/epstein-bann...
Expert nails down 'the great mystery' at the center of the Epstein scandal
In late January, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released 3 million more documents pertaining to its investigation of the late Jeffrey Epstein. Yet many questions about the billionaire financier'...
www.alternet.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
We live in such a partisan & tribal age, when these things started to come out, a lot of us did what we normally do in this era, which is looking for revelations that would help our team & hurt the other team.
www.alternet.org/epstein-bann...
www.alternet.org/epstein-bann...
If there’s a deep state in the U.S., it isn’t found in the cubicles of government agencies; it’s in the yachts, living rooms, patios, clubs, private jets, guest cottages, poolside cabanas, saunas, dining rooms & massage parlors of America’s unspeakable class.
www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/13/e...
www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/13/e...
Epstein and the Professors
When Jeffrey Epstein began harvesting professors for his dinners masked as seminars, he was drawing from a bountiful crop. It’s the rare professor who can’t be compromised by money. Add celebrity, fin...
www.counterpunch.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
If there’s a deep state in the U.S., it isn’t found in the cubicles of government agencies; it’s in the yachts, living rooms, patios, clubs, private jets, guest cottages, poolside cabanas, saunas, dining rooms & massage parlors of America’s unspeakable class.
www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/13/e...
www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/13/e...
Is it dead yet?
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Is it dead yet?
Bondi is tRump’s Ghislaine
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Bondi is tRump’s Ghislaine
We must recognize that the president is unfazed by citizen outrage, the courts, or the media. He responds to one thing: the market. The most potent weapon to resist the administration is a a coordinated campaign that attacks tech companies & firms enabling ICE.
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
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Resist and Unsubscribe
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February 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
We must recognize that the president is unfazed by citizen outrage, the courts, or the media. He responds to one thing: the market. The most potent weapon to resist the administration is a a coordinated campaign that attacks tech companies & firms enabling ICE.
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
A grassroots effort led by residents & community activists in L.A.s’ Highland Park is working to install warning sirens to alert people in their neighborhood when ICE/CPB agents are spotted nearby.
Organizers say the goal is simple: give families time to move to safety.
ktla.com/news/local-n...
Organizers say the goal is simple: give families time to move to safety.
ktla.com/news/local-n...
ktla.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM
A grassroots effort led by residents & community activists in L.A.s’ Highland Park is working to install warning sirens to alert people in their neighborhood when ICE/CPB agents are spotted nearby.
Organizers say the goal is simple: give families time to move to safety.
ktla.com/news/local-n...
Organizers say the goal is simple: give families time to move to safety.
ktla.com/news/local-n...
Bondi was spotted w/ a document that appeared to contain all files accessed by Representative Pramila Jayapal on a DOJ computer, which allowed unrestricted access to those files.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Pam Bondi slammed as DOJ accused of tracking lawmakers who view Epstein files
Pam Bondi was spotted with a document which seemingly showed one Democrat’s Epstein files search history
www.independent.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Bondi was spotted w/ a document that appeared to contain all files accessed by Representative Pramila Jayapal on a DOJ computer, which allowed unrestricted access to those files.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The former Barclays boss Jes Staley was named as a trustee of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate until at least May 2015, according to documents that appear to contradict court testimony given by the banker.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ex-Barclays boss Jes Staley was trustee of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate until 2015, files say
Information appears to contradict court testimony by banker in 2025 over nature of ties to convicted sex offender
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The former Barclays boss Jes Staley was named as a trustee of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate until at least May 2015, according to documents that appear to contradict court testimony given by the banker.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Let’s just call the insistence on wearing of masks by the brutal & murderous thugs in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) & the misleadingly named Customs & ‘Border’ Patrol (CBP) the bullshit (BS) that it is.
www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/12/c...
www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/12/c...
Calling BS on DHS Insistence on Masked ICE and Border Patrol Agents
This private army operating under the authority of Trump and his Constitution-savaging executive orders, with its gratuitous violence and willful blowing-off of hundreds of court orders issued by fede...
www.counterpunch.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Let’s just call the insistence on wearing of masks by the brutal & murderous thugs in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) & the misleadingly named Customs & ‘Border’ Patrol (CBP) the bullshit (BS) that it is.
www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/12/c...
www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/12/c...
Newly released evidence has shown that Bovino, a border patrol chief who was the face of the tRump administration’s mass deportation efforts until last month, praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Border patrol chief praised federal agent who shot US citizen in Chicago
New evidence shows Gregory Bovino hailed agent who fired at Marimar Martinez five times in her car
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Newly released evidence has shown that Bovino, a border patrol chief who was the face of the tRump administration’s mass deportation efforts until last month, praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father)
Dear Ms Bondi,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Once DHS has acquired permanent facilities & fixed infrastructure, it is no longer reacting to the patterns of undocumented individuals but preparing for a future in which capacity will always exist, regardless of need. projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/when-overs...
When Oversight Has No Teeth: DHS & the GAO
Who Holds the United States Government Accountable?
projectsaltbox.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Once DHS has acquired permanent facilities & fixed infrastructure, it is no longer reacting to the patterns of undocumented individuals but preparing for a future in which capacity will always exist, regardless of need. projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/when-overs...
Since taking up her position (as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy), Sarah B Rogers has extended a hand of friendship to the European far right.
She met w/ rightwingers across Europe on a mission to “fund Maga-aligned think-tanks & charities...”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
She met w/ rightwingers across Europe on a mission to “fund Maga-aligned think-tanks & charities...”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump official allies with Europe’s far right in attacks on migration and hate speech policies
US state department’s Sarah B Rogers has become face of White House’s hostility to European liberal democracies
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Since taking up her position (as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy), Sarah B Rogers has extended a hand of friendship to the European far right.
She met w/ rightwingers across Europe on a mission to “fund Maga-aligned think-tanks & charities...”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
She met w/ rightwingers across Europe on a mission to “fund Maga-aligned think-tanks & charities...”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The ACLU’s attorneys argue that federal agents worked closely w/ the county sheriff & city police officers to terrorize families at the racetrack raid & were therefore part of a conspiracy.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ACLU's lawsuit over ICE raid at an Idaho racetrack could be a game changer
The filing aims to hold rogue federal agents accountable by linking them to a conspiracy.
www.motherjones.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
The ACLU’s attorneys argue that federal agents worked closely w/ the county sheriff & city police officers to terrorize families at the racetrack raid & were therefore part of a conspiracy.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Big Oil, billionaires & corporate bullies are trying to silence free speech & take control of our democracy.
- Greenpeace -
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- Greenpeace -
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It's time to resist. Take the pledge:
engage.us.greenpeace.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Big Oil, billionaires & corporate bullies are trying to silence free speech & take control of our democracy.
- Greenpeace -
engage.us.greenpeace.org/onlineaction...
- Greenpeace -
engage.us.greenpeace.org/onlineaction...
Humanity does not have a very good track record when it comes to launching new extractive industries, as even the predictable consequences are often dwarfed by the impacts we didn’t fully see coming.
www.greenpeace.org/usa/secretiv...
www.greenpeace.org/usa/secretiv...
Secretive Forum Raises New Alarms for Deep Sea Mining - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
In the chaotic aftermath of Snowmaggedon 2026, I snuck into the Offshore Critical Minerals Exploration and Development Forum at the famed Willard Hotel. Known for hosting exclusive, insider events and...
www.greenpeace.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Humanity does not have a very good track record when it comes to launching new extractive industries, as even the predictable consequences are often dwarfed by the impacts we didn’t fully see coming.
www.greenpeace.org/usa/secretiv...
www.greenpeace.org/usa/secretiv...
This was only a test:
The FAA reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.
apnews.com/article/faa-...
The FAA reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.
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FAA lifts temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, saying all flights to resume
The agency says it will ground all flights to and from the airport for "special security reasons."
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This was only a test:
The FAA reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.
apnews.com/article/faa-...
The FAA reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.
apnews.com/article/faa-...
Navarro is saying, effectively, if there are fewer immigrants coming here to work, we can’t create as many jobs, which is in direct contradiction to tRump ideology.
The immigrants aren’t coming, so that means slower job creation.
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
The immigrants aren’t coming, so that means slower job creation.
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump Aide Gives Jaw-Dropping Excuse for Humiliating Jobs Numbers
The president’s inner circle is working hard to convince Americans that the poor jobs market is actually good news.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Navarro is saying, effectively, if there are fewer immigrants coming here to work, we can’t create as many jobs, which is in direct contradiction to tRump ideology.
The immigrants aren’t coming, so that means slower job creation.
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
The immigrants aren’t coming, so that means slower job creation.
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Make no mistake: The SAVE Act would stop millions of American citizens from voting.
It would be the most restrictive voting bill ever passed by Congress.
It is Trump’s power grab in legislative garb.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
It would be the most restrictive voting bill ever passed by Congress.
It is Trump’s power grab in legislative garb.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
The SAVE Act and the Election Power Grab
The revived bill is a serious threat to voting rights.
www.brennancenter.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Make no mistake: The SAVE Act would stop millions of American citizens from voting.
It would be the most restrictive voting bill ever passed by Congress.
It is Trump’s power grab in legislative garb.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
It would be the most restrictive voting bill ever passed by Congress.
It is Trump’s power grab in legislative garb.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
While tRump & members of his class have seen their wealth surge to record levels during his 2nd White House term, working-class Americans are struggling to make ends meet as the president’s tariffs & assault on the social safety net drive up costs.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
'If This Is the Greatest Economy in the History of the World,' Says Bernie Sanders, 'God Help Us' | Common Dreams
"The billionaires who sat behind Trump at his inauguration: Yeah, the economy is the best ever for them," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "But for the average working person, not quite the case."
www.commondreams.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:28 PM
While tRump & members of his class have seen their wealth surge to record levels during his 2nd White House term, working-class Americans are struggling to make ends meet as the president’s tariffs & assault on the social safety net drive up costs.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
US authorities have abruptly closed the airspace around El Paso international airport in Texas for 10 days for “special security reasons”, shutting off the skies for all aircraft in an area along the border w/ Mexico.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US officials abruptly close airspace in El Paso, Texas, for 10 days in unusual move
FAA cited ‘special security reasons’ for shutting off skies around El Paso airport in area along border with Mexico
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
US authorities have abruptly closed the airspace around El Paso international airport in Texas for 10 days for “special security reasons”, shutting off the skies for all aircraft in an area along the border w/ Mexico.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...