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Reupping as the Geneva talks are underway because apparently this is an evergreen post
Imma need everyone who threw a fit over Hunter Biden to keep that same energy about Jared Kushner - who has no government role or oversight - sitting in on this meeting www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Witkoff and Kushner to meet Putin to discuss ending war in Ukraine
A leaked set of 28 U.S. draft peace proposals emerged last week.
www.reuters.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Reupping as the Geneva talks are underway because apparently this is an evergreen post
This article describes the tie #ChristianNationalists have with Trump but does not reason why this tie exists. It exists so CNs can enjoy power and profit. Period. newrepublic.com/article/2066...
Christian Nationalists Are All in on Trump—and Vice Versa
A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute shows how support for the president correlates significantly with Christian nationalist views.
newrepublic.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This article describes the tie #ChristianNationalists have with Trump but does not reason why this tie exists. It exists so CNs can enjoy power and profit. Period. newrepublic.com/article/2066...
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This timeline shows how one year ago, the Trump administration took over the CFPB and began a quest to dismantle the agency responsible for protecting consumers from abuses by big banks and Wall Street.
ourfinancialsecurity.org/resources/fa...
ourfinancialsecurity.org/resources/fa...
Fact Sheet: Timeline of the 100-Day Trump, Musk, and Congressional Attack on the CFPB - Americans for Financial Reform
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration moved aggressively to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), leaving the public vulnerable to predation by Wall Street, Big Tech,…
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
This timeline shows how one year ago, the Trump administration took over the CFPB and began a quest to dismantle the agency responsible for protecting consumers from abuses by big banks and Wall Street.
ourfinancialsecurity.org/resources/fa...
ourfinancialsecurity.org/resources/fa...
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The DOJ has asked states to agree to sign a secret agreement “in connection w/ handing over their full voter files.” The agreement says that “the DOJ will ‘test, analyze, & assess states’ [voter rolls]’ & send each participating state a list of voters who must be removed within 45 days.” 2/5/26 …1/
“Confidential” Agreements Show Trump Administration’s Plans for States’ Voter Data
At least 10 states have handed over their full voter files to the Justice Department.
www.brennancenter.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:42 AM
The DOJ has asked states to agree to sign a secret agreement “in connection w/ handing over their full voter files.” The agreement says that “the DOJ will ‘test, analyze, & assess states’ [voter rolls]’ & send each participating state a list of voters who must be removed within 45 days.” 2/5/26 …1/
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The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
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Canada is playing a lead role in building a new trade alliance between the EU and Asia. Leaving the US on the sidelines.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance
The Canadian prime minister is spearheading discussions between the EU and a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc after calling on middle powers to join forces.
www.politico.eu
February 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Canada is playing a lead role in building a new trade alliance between the EU and Asia. Leaving the US on the sidelines.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
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ICE "brutally" detained a minister in Vermont. The Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda, where he was tortured.
He fled torture in Uganda. ICE is trying to send him back.
People like Pastor Steven Tendo “are exactly who our asylum system is meant to protect.”
www.motherjones.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
ICE "brutally" detained a minister in Vermont. The Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda, where he was tortured.
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A report released Friday outlines the potential economic impact of deporting a significant portion of Idaho's undocumented workforce.
via @idahocapitalsun.com
via @idahocapitalsun.com
Idaho industry leaders push back on slate of legislative proposals to address immigration
Amid slate of immigration bills introduced recently in the Idaho Legislature, a group of industry leaders gathered Friday to release a report detailing the economic contributions of Idaho’s…
www.newsfromthestates.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A report released Friday outlines the potential economic impact of deporting a significant portion of Idaho's undocumented workforce.
via @idahocapitalsun.com
via @idahocapitalsun.com
#IdahoReports - a brilliant show as @davlin.bsky.social contrasts people who are relying on #Medicaid services with some legislators who see "numbers" rather than desperate, live human beings. www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahor...
Idaho Reports
Idaho Reports - The West's longest running legislative program has a storied history that dates back almost four decades.
www.idahoptv.org
February 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
#IdahoReports - a brilliant show as @davlin.bsky.social contrasts people who are relying on #Medicaid services with some legislators who see "numbers" rather than desperate, live human beings. www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahor...
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- A yet to be announced candidate for political office.
- A new volunteer.
- Two new supporters who signed the initiative.
I’m a fan of organizing publicly for a reason. Here’s your sign to go where the people are. It’s okay if it’s a little loud, you’ll be seen. #idpol
- A new volunteer.
- Two new supporters who signed the initiative.
I’m a fan of organizing publicly for a reason. Here’s your sign to go where the people are. It’s okay if it’s a little loud, you’ll be seen. #idpol
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
- A yet to be announced candidate for political office.
- A new volunteer.
- Two new supporters who signed the initiative.
I’m a fan of organizing publicly for a reason. Here’s your sign to go where the people are. It’s okay if it’s a little loud, you’ll be seen. #idpol
- A new volunteer.
- Two new supporters who signed the initiative.
I’m a fan of organizing publicly for a reason. Here’s your sign to go where the people are. It’s okay if it’s a little loud, you’ll be seen. #idpol
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The White House is gutting agencies and using the money to protect MAGA cronies. $15M in taxpayer funds for Trump’s loyalists while the public gets scraps. Corruption isn’t subtle—it’s $15 million obvious. #Resist #StandUp #LoveOverHate
stop 🛑project 2025 www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...
stop 🛑project 2025 www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...
White House Pays for MAGA Goon’s Security With Funds From Gutted Agency
The Trump administration is providing security for cost-cutting crusader Russell Vought with funds from a foreign aid agency shut down last year.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:51 AM
The White House is gutting agencies and using the money to protect MAGA cronies. $15M in taxpayer funds for Trump’s loyalists while the public gets scraps. Corruption isn’t subtle—it’s $15 million obvious. #Resist #StandUp #LoveOverHate
stop 🛑project 2025 www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...
stop 🛑project 2025 www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...
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The Rubio speech is incoherent and hypocritical. He denounces Soviet communism, the threat and division it sowed in Europe, yet has absolutely nothing to say about Ru's current attempt to restore restore the Soviet empire by re-invading and re-subordinating swaths of Europe. What's worse,...
February 15, 2026 at 2:27 AM
The Rubio speech is incoherent and hypocritical. He denounces Soviet communism, the threat and division it sowed in Europe, yet has absolutely nothing to say about Ru's current attempt to restore restore the Soviet empire by re-invading and re-subordinating swaths of Europe. What's worse,...
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PM Tusk:
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
February 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
PM Tusk:
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything.
The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.
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CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
I understand #IdahoLegislature members face some very challenging decisions, but I would beg that they at least default in their conclusions to common sense. idahocapitalsun.com/2026/02/12/i...
Idaho’s prison costs could surge if parole hearings stall under Legislature’s budget cuts • Idaho Capital Sun
If steeper budget cuts recently passed by the Idaho Legislature’s budget committee become official, the state will spend more on prisons.
idahocapitalsun.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I understand #IdahoLegislature members face some very challenging decisions, but I would beg that they at least default in their conclusions to common sense. idahocapitalsun.com/2026/02/12/i...
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This is devastating, and infuriating.
www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...
www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...
The Kids Aren’t Alright in Dilley
A baby who needs medicine. A toddler whose detained mom may have breast cancer. A suicide attempt.
www.thebulwark.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:11 AM
This is devastating, and infuriating.
www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...
www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...
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Terrorizing Children! Stalking them like animals.
Terrorizing families. www.instagram.com/reel/DUt7lFk...
February 14, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Terrorizing Children! Stalking them like animals.
This topic breaks my heart. Many of us have no idea what these people have experienced, yet we categorize them to make the topic less personal, less human, & much less humane. idahocapitalsun.com/2026/02/13/h...
Homelessness is often a consequence of violence — not poor choices • Idaho Capital Sun
According to a recent Idaho Capital Sun article, Domestic Violence Creates Homelessness Surge in Idaho Communities, it is reported that 44% of the families served by CATCH over the past year were flee...
idahocapitalsun.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:27 AM
This topic breaks my heart. Many of us have no idea what these people have experienced, yet we categorize them to make the topic less personal, less human, & much less humane. idahocapitalsun.com/2026/02/13/h...
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Holy shit.
Abbe Lowell's argument that DOJ is not entitled to presumption of regularity in Don Lemon case consists of:
1) A page on irregularity in this case.
2) A page on irregularity in MN.
3) Other adverse rulings in MN.
4) One page plus TWO PAGE footnote on similar rulings nationally.
Abbe Lowell's argument that DOJ is not entitled to presumption of regularity in Don Lemon case consists of:
1) A page on irregularity in this case.
2) A page on irregularity in MN.
3) Other adverse rulings in MN.
4) One page plus TWO PAGE footnote on similar rulings nationally.
![23 Cited in the order for support were the following decisions: see, e.g., J.O.P. v. U.S. Dep’t
of Homeland Sec., 2025 WL 1431263, at *10 (4th Cir. May 19, 2025) (Gregory, J.,
concurring) (“As is becoming far too common, we are confronted again with the efforts of
the Executive Branch to set aside the rule of law in pursuit of its goals. It is the duty of
courts to stand as a bulwark against the political tides that seek to override constitutional
protections and fundamental principles of law, even in the name of noble ends like public
safety.”); President & Fellows of Harvard Coll. v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 788 F.
Supp. 3d 182, 205 (D. Mass. 2025) (“[T]he Court will not apply any presumption of
regularity to conduct that is so unusual and therefore irregular on its face.”), appeal
docketed, No. 25-1627 (1st Cir. July 1, 2025); In re Search of One Device and Two
Individuals under Rule 41, 784 F. Supp. 3d 234, 244 n.10 (D.D.C. 2025) (“Blind deference
to the government? That is no longer a thing. Trust that had been earned over generations
has been lost in weeks. Numerous career prosecutors have had to resign instead of taking
actions that they believe violated their oath of office, or worse, were fired for upholding
that oath.”); Washington v. Trump, No. 25-0127 (JCC), ECF No. 53 at 13:13-15 (W.D.
Wash. Jan. 24, 2025) (“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember
another case where the question presented was as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly
unconstitutional order.”); N.H Indonesian Cmty. Support v. Trump, 765 F. Supp. 3d 102,
109 (D.N.H. 2025) (“[T]he Executive Order contradicts the text of the Fourteenth
Amendment and the century-old untouched precedent that interprets it.”); Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP v. Exec. Off. of the President, 774 F. Supp. 3d 86, 88 (D.D.C.
2025) (“The retaliatory nature of the Executive Order at issue here is clear from its face . .
. .”); Pacito v. Trump, 2025 WL 1295660, at *7 (W.D. Wa. May…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreigbdpx4n43gbxvzeeuc3h7bvlml343jhu43odbo2tn6cmkz7i6rhi@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Holy shit.
Abbe Lowell's argument that DOJ is not entitled to presumption of regularity in Don Lemon case consists of:
1) A page on irregularity in this case.
2) A page on irregularity in MN.
3) Other adverse rulings in MN.
4) One page plus TWO PAGE footnote on similar rulings nationally.
Abbe Lowell's argument that DOJ is not entitled to presumption of regularity in Don Lemon case consists of:
1) A page on irregularity in this case.
2) A page on irregularity in MN.
3) Other adverse rulings in MN.
4) One page plus TWO PAGE footnote on similar rulings nationally.
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This is pretty funny. The legislature is so full of dummies at this point that businesses are trying to explain to them how things work. I hope they used small words and pictures.
Idaho industry groups brief lawmakers on economic impact of foreign-born workforce
BOISE, Idaho — Agriculture, construction and business leaders delivered an informational briefing to Idaho lawmakers Friday, presenting a new economic study tha
idahonews.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
This is pretty funny. The legislature is so full of dummies at this point that businesses are trying to explain to them how things work. I hope they used small words and pictures.
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Canada has legal obligation to cancel the export permits for the armoured vehicles being purchased by ICE.
Here is my piece on what is needed to get the Prime Minister to respect international and domestic law in dealing with the ICE paramilitaries.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
Here is my piece on what is needed to get the Prime Minister to respect international and domestic law in dealing with the ICE paramilitaries.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
Canada Must Stop the Sale of Armoured Vehicles to ICE
Canada has a legal obligation, under both domestic and international law, to block the sale of armoured vehicles to U.S.
charlieangus.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Canada has legal obligation to cancel the export permits for the armoured vehicles being purchased by ICE.
Here is my piece on what is needed to get the Prime Minister to respect international and domestic law in dealing with the ICE paramilitaries.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
Here is my piece on what is needed to get the Prime Minister to respect international and domestic law in dealing with the ICE paramilitaries.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-mus...
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NEW: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told Congress today that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked word of a raid, allowing gang members to clear out of apartments.
Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier.
Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.
Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier.
Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.
February 13, 2026 at 5:56 AM
NEW: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told Congress today that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked word of a raid, allowing gang members to clear out of apartments.
Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier.
Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.
Those apartments were being cleared out weeks earlier.
Tonight, ICE deleted social media posts with the claim.
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there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time