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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
Killing renewables is a big setback.
Two months after the Trump administration stripped "renewable energy" from NREL's name, the Colorado lab today laid off 134 workers "to adjust to existing and projected funding levels and alignment with DOE priorities."
National Laboratory of the Rockies, based in Golden, axes another 134 positions
The National Laboratory of the Rockies let go 134 employees on Monday, the second time in less than a year that the facility formerly known as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, or NREL, has…
www.denverpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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I’m speaking tomorrow here in Mobile Alabama to the University of South Alabama medical school. I appreciate the warm welcome downtown!
February 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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GOP Sen Lummis says she’s changed her mind after the new Epstein revelations today: “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care. I don’t see what the big deal is. But now I see what the big deal is. The members of Congress who were pushing this were not wrong!”
February 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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“Every single hospital we called said she was not there,” said Sarah Sherman-Stokes, an attorney with the Boston University School of Law Immigrants Rights Clinic. “We’re pretty despairing.”
When Texas lawmakers tried to visit 33-year-old “political prisoner” Leqaa Kordia at an ICE facility, she’d already lost 50 pounds and was running a high fever.

By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...
‘Political Prisoner’ Leqaa Kordia Has Been Hospitalized, DHS Says. After Calling 16 Hospitals, Her Lawyers Say They Can't Find Her.
The Columbia University protester had a fever when lawmakers tried to visit her last month — and her health is declining fast.
thebarbedwire.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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Someone should start writing the same “how the left made me leave X” hot take over and over, but sub in a different city each time. See how many times you can get published before someone catches on.

That trope is catnip for heterodox opinion mills.
Bari Weiss bravely invites us to focus on the real fascism in Minneapolis
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
February 10, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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February 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Wait I’m sorry did Elon really FINALLY realize that we’re never colonizing Mars this century?

What changed?!? Did someone teach him to read or something?
This is one of things. Bigtime.
February 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Irishman detained by Ice appeals to Taoiseach to raise case with Trump amid ‘torture’
Seamus Culleton from Kilkenny has been in Texas Ice facility for nearly five months despite holding valid work permit

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Irishman detained by Ice appeals to Taoiseach to raise case with Trump amid ‘torture’
Seamus Culleton from Kilkenny has been in Texas Ice facility for nearly five months despite holding valid work permit
www.irishtimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Today was one of those days where everything took 3 times as long as it should have.

Literally starting with trying to connect to the network straight out of the gate.

But, tempting as it was, I did not throw my laptop out the window, which I feel is quite an accomplishment.
February 10, 2026 at 12:03 AM
That’s horrible. Her husband murdered her and she was only 23.
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Yes, we then voted for Trump and we now defend him regularly. But that was just to own the libs
February 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Cutler ran as an independent which helped LePage win because he split votes on the left with the Dem.

Fast forward to him being arrested for having CSAM, child sexual abuse material. He only was sentenced to 9 months. This is the third time he has violated probation since September.
February 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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The idea of China's ultimate goal being the destruction of The Stanley Cup is so, so funny to me. Was there a three week tactical assault on the Vezina Trophy? Did they annex the Ted Lindsey Award? Oh God, sir, a second plane just hit the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl!
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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ProPublica reveals that a debunked Republican crank named Kevin Moncia furnished the claims that Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard then acted upon to raid the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections.
The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the fede...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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Grandpa off his meds, again. Today he announces his intention to block any roads and bridges between the US and Canada, and he reveals a perfidious Chinese plot to steal the Stanley Cup and shut down ice hocker forever.
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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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