Phillip Anderson
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More details: ICE goons were turned away at HD Cooke. They tried to seize the school nurse in the parking lot without a warrant, but backed off after staff intervened.
The staff at this public elementary school in DC showed far more courage than an Ivy with $15 billion endowment
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I’ve been saying this to people, and they look at me like I’m bananas. But it’s clearly coming. It’s not only is this about control, but also they have to force us to use all the data center capacity they are building.
February 18, 2026 at 2:15 AM
I’ve been saying this to people, and they look at me like I’m bananas. But it’s clearly coming. It’s not only is this about control, but also they have to force us to use all the data center capacity they are building.
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Baltimore County Council bans immigration detention centers. 6-0 vote.
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
Council blocks construction of ICE detention center in Hunt Valley
The Baltimore County Council took swift action Tuesday night to block the construction of an ICE detention center in Hunt Valley.
wbaltv.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Baltimore County Council bans immigration detention centers. 6-0 vote.
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
wbaltv.com/article/balt...
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This is insane. The stories coming out of these camps is gonna be the worst shit you've ever heard.
DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
I have an update on Juan Nicolás, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.
February 18, 2026 at 12:24 AM
This is insane. The stories coming out of these camps is gonna be the worst shit you've ever heard.
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BREAKING: The Baltimore County Council passed an emergency bill that would prohibit the use of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Hunt Valley.
Baltimore County Council passes legislation to prevent ICE detention facility in Hunt Valley
The Baltimore County Council on Tuesday passed an emergency bill that would prohibit the use of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Hunt Valley.
www.wbal.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:03 AM
BREAKING: The Baltimore County Council passed an emergency bill that would prohibit the use of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Hunt Valley.
He's Iggy Pop's Wario istfg
February 18, 2026 at 12:46 AM
He's Iggy Pop's Wario istfg
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NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM
NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
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Another thing to add to the Dem platform: all of these contracts were plainly procured through fraud, not one of them will be honored, and all culpable parties will be prosecuted.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
February 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Another thing to add to the Dem platform: all of these contracts were plainly procured through fraud, not one of them will be honored, and all culpable parties will be prosecuted.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
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A system built to eat people never stops eating people.
The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
February 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
A system built to eat people never stops eating people.
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If I ran across Lisa (of Wendy & Lisa, Prince fame) at a train station playing a public piano I would probably faint.
www.youtube.com/shorts/0h3s3...
www.youtube.com/shorts/0h3s3...
LISA COLEMAN plays POWER FANTASTIC @Paris Train Station
YouTube video by C. L 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:11 AM
If I ran across Lisa (of Wendy & Lisa, Prince fame) at a train station playing a public piano I would probably faint.
www.youtube.com/shorts/0h3s3...
www.youtube.com/shorts/0h3s3...
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We're risking a livable planet on maybe increased output of 0.8%, most of which will be wrong.
"firms predict sizable impacts over the next 3 years, forecasting AI will boost productivity by 1.4%, increase output by 0.8% and cut employment by 0.7%."
Love how much of the productivity claims are just vibes.
Love how much of the productivity claims are just vibes.
February 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
We're risking a livable planet on maybe increased output of 0.8%, most of which will be wrong.
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So, much to say, when I have the time and energy to give it the attention it deserves, but I got to know Jesse Jackson a good bit in the 2000s. I lived a short walk from Operation Rainbow/PUSH hq. One of his advisors invited me on his weekly panel show. When they realized... (THREAD)
February 18, 2026 at 12:03 AM
So, much to say, when I have the time and energy to give it the attention it deserves, but I got to know Jesse Jackson a good bit in the 2000s. I lived a short walk from Operation Rainbow/PUSH hq. One of his advisors invited me on his weekly panel show. When they realized... (THREAD)
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Gavin Newsom is putting on an absolute clinic in how to ensure that a very angry Democratic base awards you 0 delegates in a 2028 nominating contest no matter how much money you raise from your oligarch buddies.
Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
As Bernie Sanders Comes to California, Wealth Tax Opponents Intensify Efforts
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Gavin Newsom is putting on an absolute clinic in how to ensure that a very angry Democratic base awards you 0 delegates in a 2028 nominating contest no matter how much money you raise from your oligarch buddies.
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This may end up being a massive own goal for the Trump administration.
February 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
This may end up being a massive own goal for the Trump administration.
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They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
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Children have spent more time in prison than the child abusers named in the Epstein Files.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Children have spent more time in prison than the child abusers named in the Epstein Files.
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Today is the first day of Ramadan, the first day of Adar, Lunar New Year and Mardi Gras.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
Ramadan Mubarak!
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Laissez bon temps rouler!
Hodesh Adar tov!
Y'ALL
⭐
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Laissez bon temps rouler!
Hodesh Adar tov!
Y'ALL
⭐
February 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Today is the first day of Ramadan, the first day of Adar, Lunar New Year and Mardi Gras.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
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This is how old Mad magazines thought beatniks talked
February 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This is how old Mad magazines thought beatniks talked
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*we gotta find the right people to throw under the bus, just one more group. let us have a little human-rights sacrifice, as a treat.*
– the Argument, essentially
– the Argument, essentially
Here's how @jerusalem.bsky.social is promoting this anti-trans piece on Twitter
February 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
*we gotta find the right people to throw under the bus, just one more group. let us have a little human-rights sacrifice, as a treat.*
– the Argument, essentially
– the Argument, essentially
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The not having it is off the charts.
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
The not having it is off the charts.
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Cannot be said enough: we win by making the argument, not by ignoring or reinforcing the lies of our opposition. This means more than being against enforcement, it requires making full throated case immigrants embody the bravery & tenacity we claim to admire.
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Cannot be said enough: we win by making the argument, not by ignoring or reinforcing the lies of our opposition. This means more than being against enforcement, it requires making full throated case immigrants embody the bravery & tenacity we claim to admire.
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Apparently there is a survey showing that a substantial number of US Americans mistakenly believe that Noah of Noah's Ark was married to Joan of Arc.
What those who are gloating are missing is that this version of history would be quite sick.
What those who are gloating are missing is that this version of history would be quite sick.
February 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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there is an extremely simple answer to the "abandon trans rights" folks and it is "no" and also "fuck you"
Lakshya Jain and the Argument fled this website because they couldn't take the criticism and now he's advocating for Dems to abandon trans issues with polling about 'gender surgery for minors' a thing that is not real
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
there is an extremely simple answer to the "abandon trans rights" folks and it is "no" and also "fuck you"
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looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
Rent Board Resignation Clears Path for Mamdani Rent Freeze Promise
The new mayor is now able to appoint a majority to the Rent Guidelines Board, giving him the numbers for a signature campaign promise.
www.thecity.nyc
February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
looks like Mamdani is gonna get his rent freeze this year after all. big news on the housing beat from @smaldo.bsky.social:
Really puts Chuck and Hakeem's and so many others in Dems Inc efforts to derail Mamdani's nomination and relectance to back him after he won into perspective, doesn't it?
February 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Really puts Chuck and Hakeem's and so many others in Dems Inc efforts to derail Mamdani's nomination and relectance to back him after he won into perspective, doesn't it?