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A “fella”. Art, too much politics, Ukraine, dogs.
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This thread has organizations you can donate to to help immigrants and fight ICE in Maine. I’ve included community support organizations at the end too. If you know of others add them to my pinned thread.
There are organizations helping get immigrants out of detention including projectreliefme.com and Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project ilapmaine.org. Those are two that need donations. I'll add the others.
Home - Project Relief Maine
Project Relief Me Run by Immigrants. Fighting for Immigrants. We are a Black immigrant-led mutual aid and racial justice collective based in Maine, working
projectreliefme.com
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90% of student discrimination and harassment complaints were dismissed last year. Here's why. 19thnews.org/2026/02/stud... via @19thnews.org
90% of student discrimination and harassment complaints were dismissed last year. Here's why.
Students with disabilities and survivors of sexual misconduct can’t rely on the Department of Education — the target of budget cuts and staff reductions — to intervene for them, new reports find.
19thnews.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
This admin will never understand that people on both sides of the aisle are affected in situations like this.
The Trump administration has officially denied an appeal from the state of Illinois for disaster relief funds for summer storms last year that affected 438,000 residents in five Illinois counties.
Trump administration denies Illinois appeal for summer storms disaster relief
chicago.suntimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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U.S. TREASURY SEC BESSENT TO MEET SENATE FINANCE REPUBLICANS ON FEB 10 – PUNCHBOWL
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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The above is as far from a doomer post as can be. At this late date, declaring it's all going to work out, nobody *you* know supports Trump--that's a kind of doomerism by delusion. Democracy is a struggle, not a tide just sometimes comes in.
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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This drives me nuts: people saying we don't need to worry about Trump seizing ballots because it won't be close enough to matter. What timeline do these folks live in? Not just the last ten years, but the many times elections have turned out closer than expected? But yes, *the last 10 years.*
February 9, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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Sonya Massey’s cousin says he almost quit the Massey Commission over concerns about the group’s efficacy. “Is this going to be a big group talking session, or is there actually going to be some things involved that’s going to make some substantive change?”
A Police Killing Drew National Protests. At Home, a Commission Struggles with How to Make a Difference. 
More than a year after Sonya Massey was killed by police in Illinois, a namesake commission has wrestled over changes that would prevent future tragedies.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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Breaking MS NOW:

Some of the Epstein docs the DOJ invited members of Congress to view are STILL redacted, despite promises otherwise.

Raskin says DOJ's reading room has just four computers. It would take seven years to get through the files in the current conditions established by the DOJ.
Lawmakers say some Epstein files remain redacted despite DOJ's pledge
Reps. Jamie Raskin and Jared Moskowitz told reporters key documents retained redactions despite the DOJ's pledge that members of Congress could view the full files.
www.ms.now
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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The Trump administration proposed stripping the power of an independent board to review challenges from fired federal workers while barring employees from taking the matter to court.
thehill.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Even white Evangelicals are going soft(er) on Trump.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Moynihan was accused of saying in text messages that he planned to "eliminate" Jeffries when the top House Democrat spoke in New York City on Oct. 20, 2025

Moynihan also allegedly said: "Even if I am hated, he must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future"
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Getting off again, basically.
Per local prosecutors in Dutchess County, New York:

Moynihan's sentencing date is set for April 2, 2026. The agreed upon sentence is 3 years of probation supervision.
February 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Another J6er who hasn’t changed since being pardoned.
ALERT: Jan 6 riot defendant Chris Moynihan has pleaded GUILTY to charge of Aggravated Harassment in the 2nd Degree in New York for sending a text message in which he threatened Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in 2025

Moynihan is latest pardoned rioter to plead guilty to new crime
February 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
He’s still evil. We don’t want him back.
Keep him!

“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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A federal worker at the CFPB found out in December that she had a brain tumor that needed to be removed.

The next month, Russ Vought unilaterally ended her agency's short-term disability plan.
www.huffpost.com/entry/russel...
A Federal Worker Developed A Brain Tumor. The Trump Admin's Next Move Was Unspeakably Cruel.
Russell Vought is seizing every opportunity he can to dismantle a crucial watchdog agency.
www.huffpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Breaking BOP rules for sex offenders by moving her to a cushy minimum security Club Fed five days after she chatted privately with Trump’s former personal lawyer wasn’t enough I guess.

I bet she gets what she wants.

www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislai...
Ghislaine Maxwell pleads the Fifth, with lawyer saying she'll testify in Epstein probe if Trump grants her clemency
Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer said she would be willing to cooperate with a House panel's probe if President Trump grants her clemency, and would testify that he is "innocent of any wrongdoing."
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Bad Bunny
Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

For @rawstory.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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I sent ten Euros. This is about the cost of a Big Mac meal at McDonalds these days, so if you can afford to skip lunch, this would be a great thing to help with.

Thanks, #Fellas!
If you can’t donate, sharing still helps push this over the line.

🎯 €4,350
💰 €4,215
⏳ €135 left

Donate:
paypal.me/TriinuP
revolut.me/triinuuqwd
send.monobank.ua/jar/7ZeSR4rSen
February 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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In highlighting a CBS reporter's story debunking the Trump admin's lies on immigration enforcement, Bari Weiss appears to briefly forget that she now works for CBS and tweets that his story was for The Free Press.
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Please dunt stop helping Ukrainians
Valentyna 80: I'm from Grygorivka. I lived under fire. They started shelling my house. I hid in the house, at the neighbors', in the garden, wherever I could. I can't stand it when I think about it➡️

12/1 new, 77 total this week
My 🅿️ 🅿️ is subbotinawed@gmail.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM

Venezuela re-snatches freshly released political prisoner, Cuba is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, and Haitian government about to end with no map

LATEST for PWS
The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM
Venezuela re-snatches freshly released political prisoner, Cuba is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, and Haitian government about to end with no map forward
www.piratewireservices.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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The @mississippifreepress.org did some legwork to disprove brochures were removed. After the MS Today story hit with the headline "Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist," the Free Press pubbed this. www.mississippifreepress.org/brochures-ca...
Brochures Calling Medgar Evers’ Killer ‘Racist’ Still Available at Evers Home
Brochures detailing the true history of the racist who killed Medgar Evers are available at his memorialized home in Jackson, Mississippi.
www.mississippifreepress.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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This is pretty appalling.
Our first job as journalists is to get the facts right, something the Pulitzer Prize-winning Mississippi Today failed to do when "reporting" brochures were removed from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument that called his murderer a “racist.”

That myth soon spread.
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Fellas and friends!!!!

Once again you show your support to Sergeant Kit! You all are so awesome! 💙💛😊

Only $700 needed to complete the 4 🦅!!!

$5 = 🎟 = 🦅 = very happy Defenders in the Kupyansk direction 😀 = 🚫 💀 orcs

RAFFLE PRIZES!!!!!
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February 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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“jury nullification” is a phrase every citizen can search for and read about
The Trump admin has used 2339A—the “material support for terrorism” statute—against Black Lives Matter protesters in Alabama and anti-ICE demonstrators in Texas.

The ex-DOJ prosecutor who pioneered the use of 2339A says he's never seen anything like it.

talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-d...
Trump DOJ Files 9/11-Era Charges Against Leftists Across the Country
Across the country, federal prosecutors are upgrading what would have been routine...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM