Caffienatedlibrarian
@penguinlibrarian.bsky.social
Twitter/Threads refugee. Library manager, gardener, RVer, and joining the Resistance once again.
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I received notification of yet another death at an ICE facility, meaning 38 people have died in custody since Trump returned to office.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
February 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I received notification of yet another death at an ICE facility, meaning 38 people have died in custody since Trump returned to office.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
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Trump plans to send $10 billion in funds that Congress hasn’t appropriated from the US Treasury to an organization that he will continue to chair personally even after he is out of office.
This is looting.
This is looting.
Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)
February 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Trump plans to send $10 billion in funds that Congress hasn’t appropriated from the US Treasury to an organization that he will continue to chair personally even after he is out of office.
This is looting.
This is looting.
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We are a nation of laws, not of men. This banner symbolizes a disgusting betrayal of our values.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p...
Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters | CNN Politics
A large banner of Donald Trump was hung outside of the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, DC, Thursday, emphasizing the White House’s control over the nation’s top law enforcement branch t...
www.cnn.com
February 20, 2026 at 2:49 AM
We are a nation of laws, not of men. This banner symbolizes a disgusting betrayal of our values.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p...
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So a bunch of pedos are in control of the government, who are using a private military to round up people, including children into concentration camps with zero accountability.
Where the ever loving fuck are articles of impeachment?
Crimes are crimes and are NOT official acts.
Where the ever loving fuck are articles of impeachment?
Crimes are crimes and are NOT official acts.
February 20, 2026 at 2:50 AM
So a bunch of pedos are in control of the government, who are using a private military to round up people, including children into concentration camps with zero accountability.
Where the ever loving fuck are articles of impeachment?
Crimes are crimes and are NOT official acts.
Where the ever loving fuck are articles of impeachment?
Crimes are crimes and are NOT official acts.
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We know that Trump is going to repeat the “I’ve been exonerated on Epstein” line every single day forever because that’s what he does.
Would it be totally outrageous for someone then to simply ask him who it was that exonerated him so we can get some clarification on that?
Would it be totally outrageous for someone then to simply ask him who it was that exonerated him so we can get some clarification on that?
February 20, 2026 at 2:23 AM
We know that Trump is going to repeat the “I’ve been exonerated on Epstein” line every single day forever because that’s what he does.
Would it be totally outrageous for someone then to simply ask him who it was that exonerated him so we can get some clarification on that?
Would it be totally outrageous for someone then to simply ask him who it was that exonerated him so we can get some clarification on that?
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Also, “The IG’s office is investigating a complaint that *Ms* Chavez-DeRemer was having a sexual relationship with a subordinate—a member of her security detail—and abusing her office by taking staff to strip clubs, drinking alcohol on the job and taking personal trips at taxpayer expense.”
"The husband of Labor Sec Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from dept headquarters after at least 2 female staff members told officials he sexually assaulted them ...
The women’s concerns about Mr. DeRemer were raised as part of an internal probe into alleged misconduct by Ms. Chavez-DeRemer ... "
The women’s concerns about Mr. DeRemer were raised as part of an internal probe into alleged misconduct by Ms. Chavez-DeRemer ... "
Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Also, “The IG’s office is investigating a complaint that *Ms* Chavez-DeRemer was having a sexual relationship with a subordinate—a member of her security detail—and abusing her office by taking staff to strip clubs, drinking alcohol on the job and taking personal trips at taxpayer expense.”
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Woody and Buzz launch the Butlerian jihad.
Official trailer for ‘Toy Story 5’
Releasing in theaters June 19
Releasing in theaters June 19
February 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Woody and Buzz launch the Butlerian jihad.
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11 years ago I had a client who was arrested after ICE agents pretending to be police convinced his 16-year-old niece that they wanted to talk to him about another man who had supposedly stolen her uncle’s identity. At their urging, she called him home from work, and he was arrested. She felt awful.
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
www.mprnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 1:10 PM
11 years ago I had a client who was arrested after ICE agents pretending to be police convinced his 16-year-old niece that they wanted to talk to him about another man who had supposedly stolen her uncle’s identity. At their urging, she called him home from work, and he was arrested. She felt awful.
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“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.”
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
February 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.”
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
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It's not just ICE which has a huge problem with anti-immigrant bias!
INVESTIGATION: Over the last 5 months, the Banner and a coalition of partners analyzed 52 hours of footage and thousands of pages of documents from a joint THP/ICE operation targeting Nashville’s predominantly immigrant neighborhoods. Here’s what we found: (1/11)
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How ICE, THP targeted Nashville immigrants, inflated safety claims - Nashville Banner
Analysis shows Tennessee state troopers and ICE agents profiled and disparaged immigrants during Nashville enforcement operation in May 2025.
nashvillebanner.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It's not just ICE which has a huge problem with anti-immigrant bias!
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Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)
February 19, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)
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Hold the fuck on.
Donald Trump is just gonna take $10 billion from our government and give it to his bullshit “board of peace”. The same Fucking board that HE chairs and is full of our country’s global adversaries?
Are you fucking kidding me?
Donald Trump is just gonna take $10 billion from our government and give it to his bullshit “board of peace”. The same Fucking board that HE chairs and is full of our country’s global adversaries?
Are you fucking kidding me?
February 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Hold the fuck on.
Donald Trump is just gonna take $10 billion from our government and give it to his bullshit “board of peace”. The same Fucking board that HE chairs and is full of our country’s global adversaries?
Are you fucking kidding me?
Donald Trump is just gonna take $10 billion from our government and give it to his bullshit “board of peace”. The same Fucking board that HE chairs and is full of our country’s global adversaries?
Are you fucking kidding me?
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I doubt that there's a more effective way to capture unitary executive theory in an image.
And because it's the DOJ building, it also captures the notion that the President is above the law.
And because it's the DOJ building, it also captures the notion that the President is above the law.
Biden would’ve been instantly impeached in a bipartisan vote if he put his face on the freakin’ Department of Justice building
February 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I doubt that there's a more effective way to capture unitary executive theory in an image.
And because it's the DOJ building, it also captures the notion that the President is above the law.
And because it's the DOJ building, it also captures the notion that the President is above the law.
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Congress why?
JUST IN: TRUMP HAS REPORTEDLY ANNOUNCED HE'S TRANSFERRING $10 BILLION FROM THE US GOVERNMENT TO HIS "BOARD OF PEACE," PER CNN ...
February 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Congress why?
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Sleepy Don
Trump dozes off as world leaders talk during his Board of Peace meeting.
Trump dozes off as world leaders talk during his Board of Peace meeting.
February 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Sleepy Don
Trump dozes off as world leaders talk during his Board of Peace meeting.
Trump dozes off as world leaders talk during his Board of Peace meeting.
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One thing that could be different this time:
Iran won’t be the only one with drone swarm capability.
This could be the first major combat test of the US-made LUCAS drone.
With as quickly as Israel established air dominance last time, that’s a major problem for Iran.
Iran won’t be the only one with drone swarm capability.
This could be the first major combat test of the US-made LUCAS drone.
With as quickly as Israel established air dominance last time, that’s a major problem for Iran.
February 19, 2026 at 3:48 AM
One thing that could be different this time:
Iran won’t be the only one with drone swarm capability.
This could be the first major combat test of the US-made LUCAS drone.
With as quickly as Israel established air dominance last time, that’s a major problem for Iran.
Iran won’t be the only one with drone swarm capability.
This could be the first major combat test of the US-made LUCAS drone.
With as quickly as Israel established air dominance last time, that’s a major problem for Iran.
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I commend the governor. And I hope HE will cancel the state of Maryland’s contracts with ICE collaborators at BWI, where an ICE flight lands nearly every day now.
AGI refuels their planes. Omni rents tarmac and office space and uses the international terminal.
AGI refuels their planes. Omni rents tarmac and office space and uses the international terminal.
NEW: Major, BFD action by blue states standing up to ICE.
Maryland, on Tuesday, banned local law enforcement from being part of ICE's notorious 287(g) program.
That automatically forces *9* sheriffs out of their ICE contract!
And New Mexico did the same last week:
Maryland, on Tuesday, banned local law enforcement from being part of ICE's notorious 287(g) program.
That automatically forces *9* sheriffs out of their ICE contract!
And New Mexico did the same last week:
Maryland, New Mexico Become Latest Blue States to Ban Local Contracts with ICE - Bolts
Governors Lujan Grisham and Moore signed laws barring local sheriffs and police from partnering with ICE’s 287(g) program, joining a string of ten states with similar prohibitions.
boltsmag.org
February 19, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I commend the governor. And I hope HE will cancel the state of Maryland’s contracts with ICE collaborators at BWI, where an ICE flight lands nearly every day now.
AGI refuels their planes. Omni rents tarmac and office space and uses the international terminal.
AGI refuels their planes. Omni rents tarmac and office space and uses the international terminal.
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This is what I’ve been talking about for weeks now.
There’s still a potential (read: very very small) for an off-ramp, but they aren’t sending all this hardware into the region for nothing.
www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...
There’s still a potential (read: very very small) for an off-ramp, but they aren’t sending all this hardware into the region for nothing.
www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...
February 18, 2026 at 2:04 PM
This is what I’ve been talking about for weeks now.
There’s still a potential (read: very very small) for an off-ramp, but they aren’t sending all this hardware into the region for nothing.
www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...
There’s still a potential (read: very very small) for an off-ramp, but they aren’t sending all this hardware into the region for nothing.
www.axios.com/2026/02/18/i...
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For those of you who are keeping track, here is a running list from Politico. As always, I am asking our friends outside the US to help us document, given the increasing rise of political censorship we are experiencing in the US by the 🍊💩‘s regime.
NEW: Here’s our searchable list of federal judges who have ruled on the legality of ICE’s mass detention policy — with links to key decisions by each.
At least 380 district judges have rejected it in ~3,800 cases. 31 have upheld ICE’s approach ~180 times
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
At least 380 district judges have rejected it in ~3,800 cases. 31 have upheld ICE’s approach ~180 times
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Our running list of judges who have ruled on ICE’s mass detention policy
POLITICO is keeping track of the federal judges who have ruled on the administration’s effort to systematically lock up thousands of people.
www.politico.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM
For those of you who are keeping track, here is a running list from Politico. As always, I am asking our friends outside the US to help us document, given the increasing rise of political censorship we are experiencing in the US by the 🍊💩‘s regime.
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My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
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So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Colbert: "They know damn well that every word of my script last night was approved by CBS lawyers who, for the record, approved every script that goes on the air."
Stephen Colbert blasted CBS's denial that it blocked the broadcast of his interview with James Talarico,
"I don't even know what to do with this crap." He then pulled a plastic doggy bag from behind his desk, picked up CBS's statement, tied a knot and mimed tossing it before cutting to commercial.
"I don't even know what to do with this crap." He then pulled a plastic doggy bag from behind his desk, picked up CBS's statement, tied a knot and mimed tossing it before cutting to commercial.
February 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Colbert: "They know damn well that every word of my script last night was approved by CBS lawyers who, for the record, approved every script that goes on the air."
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Real insane part of this clip is Hassett saying in the beginning that NY Fed researchers “should be disciplined” for…writing an economics paper that comes to a conclusion the president dislikes? A conclusion that matches the vast majority of economic evidence on tariffs? Nuts
Hassett: "The basic theory of President Trump's tariffs is sure, we're importing stuff from China, but we've got producers in US who make stuff, maybe at alightly higher place. If we bring stuff home, create demand, then that will hurt China & drive up wages & American consumers will be better off."
February 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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This answer - from one of the president’s key economic advisors - is disgraceful.
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
Hassett on new study from NY Fed showing 90% of tariff burden is being shouldered by US firms & consumers: "The paper is an embarrassment. It's I think the worst paper I've ever seen in the history of the Fed system. The people associated with this paper should presumably be disciplined."
February 18, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This answer - from one of the president’s key economic advisors - is disgraceful.
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
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February 18, 2026 at 2:33 PM