Steph Rosenfeld
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Steph Rosenfeld
@steph43.bsky.social
One day. One step at a time: Philly-based communications consultant advocating for victims-survivors of injustice. Netflix #unsolvedmysteries “Mystery at Mile Marker 45”
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This is from THE CATO INSTITUTE, people.

A right-wing think tank.

www.cato.org/commentary/e...
To End Abuses, Eliminate ICE and Give the Money to Police
Abolishing ICE would not end all deportations. But it would make them much more dependent on state and local cooperation, which would be a particular boon to “sanctuary” jurisdictions like Boston.
www.cato.org
February 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.

“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...

www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
www.dallasnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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The GOP is once again showing its disdain for the Constitution.

fox9.com/news/residen...
‘Residential protesting’ could be a crime in Minnesota under new GOP proposal
A bill that’s backed by a coalition of GOP lawmakers set to be proposed at the start of the upcoming session would make “residential protesting" punishable under Minnesota law.
fox9.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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🚨 Breaking news in Epstein Case 🚨 The New Mexico Legislature has passed HR1 to convene a Truth Commission and investigate Epstein’s crimes in NM, including at Zorro Ranch—led by State Reps Andrea Romero and Marianna Anaya.

Full explainer here: youtu.be/DnOTfR_msPw?...
February 17, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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We are the laughing stock of the world.
February 17, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene to MAGA:

TRUMP ‘FOUGHT THE HARDEST TO BLOCK THE EPSTEIN FILES

(ONLY THE GUILTY WOULD PROTECT THE TRUMPSTEIN FILES!!)
Marjorie Taylor Greene Warns MAGA Trump ‘Fought the Hardest’ To Block Epstein Files: ‘A Lot of People Have a Hard Time With That’
Marjorie Taylor Greene pointed to President Donald Trump as the person who "fought the hardest" to block the Epstein files from being released.
www.yahoo.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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How the Trump administration is extending the lives of coal plants, and other stories in today’s Green Daily
Trump’s Coal Renaissance Comes at Cost for Taxpayers
Also: the collapse of a crucial clean-cooking initiative in Africa.
bloom.bg
February 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.

We'll let their words speak for themselves.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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This flew under the radar, but it shouldn’t have.

When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.
February 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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I think the idea is to get everyone to hate us so that we can complain that we are the victims.
During her 11 months as the de facto leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake has wasted millions of dollars and done profound damage to America’s foreign broadcasters, and to America’s ability to communicate with the world

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve?
The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.
www.theatlantic.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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This quote by Thomas Massie will stick: "This is the Epstein administration."
Massie on ABC just now: “Donald Trump told us that even though he had dinner with these people in NYC and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But he’s not. He’s still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration.”
February 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
robertreich.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 308. Everything you need to know about what happened this weekend in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 308
… A huge revelation in Epstein files documents unearthed by investigative reporter Roger Sollenberger: “Maybe the biggest story in the country here.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.

Seems kinda bad?
At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw
February 14, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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“They started off with, ‘Hey, we were all Trump supporters, and we thought he was going to secure the border and then kick out criminals, we just never thought that they were going to be coming after our folks, our workers, on that.’”
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump’s immigration raids
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss immigration busts on job sites.
www.politico.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show

www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-bar...
Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
www.cbsnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Read this: How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention, by @micarosenberg.bsky.social
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Trump’s Treasury Secretary received an unexpected reality check during a dinner in Washington, D.C.
February 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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The theme of Trump’s first year back in office: eliminate VA nurses in favor of immigration agents. www.ms.now/opinion/fede...
Opinion | Who got fired by the government in 2025 — and who got hired
Philip Bump: Data from the Office of Personnel Management lays out how the composition of the federal government shifted during Trump’s first year back in the White House.
www.ms.now
February 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Cartoon by Nick Anderson
February 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Dr. Oz emailed an invite to a Valentine's Day party in 2016 to Jeffrey Epstein.

Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.
Senior US health official Oz invited Epstein to Valentine's Day party, documents show
Mehmet Oz sent the invite almost a decade after Epstein's first sex crime charges became public.
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM