Virginia Scharff
@vscharff.bsky.social
Historian, novelist, gardener, cook
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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Rep. Khanna: There were 6 wealthy, powerful men that the DOJ hid for no apparent reason. If we found 6 men that they were hiding in 2 hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3 million files.
February 11, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Rep. Khanna: There were 6 wealthy, powerful men that the DOJ hid for no apparent reason. If we found 6 men that they were hiding in 2 hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3 million files.
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🚨 In which 5 major insurance carriers confirm everything I've been warning about.
Carriers representing ~50% of total ACA enrollment expect over 1.8M to drop coverage by the end of the year.
https://charlesgaba.substack.com/p/in-which-major-insurer-earnings-reports?r=d1tjh
Carriers representing ~50% of total ACA enrollment expect over 1.8M to drop coverage by the end of the year.
https://charlesgaba.substack.com/p/in-which-major-insurer-earnings-reports?r=d1tjh
In which major Insurer earnings reports confirm everything I've been warning about
Carriers representing ~1/2 of total enrollment expect over 3.2M to drop coverage by the end of the year
charlesgaba.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Bondi repeatedly skirted attempts on Wednesday by Dem Rep. Scanlon to get answers about the Trump administration's NPSM-7 directives that cast a bunch of non-controversial ideas — “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” — as worthy of investigation by federal law enforcement.
Bondi Won’t Say Who Is On DOJ’s New List Of Domestic Terrorists Besides ‘Antifa’
This is your TPM evening briefing.
wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Bondi repeatedly skirted attempts on Wednesday by Dem Rep. Scanlon to get answers about the Trump administration's NPSM-7 directives that cast a bunch of non-controversial ideas — “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” — as worthy of investigation by federal law enforcement.
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WHO director-general calls plans for U.S.-funded vaccine trial ‘unethical’ www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/h... via @statnews.com
WHO director-general calls plans for U.S.-funded vaccine trial ‘unethical’
The director-general of the WHO said a U.S.-funded study of the hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau would be “unethical” if it proceeds as planned.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM
WHO director-general calls plans for U.S.-funded vaccine trial ‘unethical’ www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/h... via @statnews.com
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February 11, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
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“He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
“He’s my first born,” Susan Pretti said. “He’s the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day.”
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
“No,” her husband said.
I urge you to read this today.
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Children are “stone faced from the trauma.” As a pediatrician, I have seen this 1st hand. Children literally leave their bodies in order to cope with the severe trauma. We are causing unspeakable harms to these children that will last a lifetime. WHY???
February 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Children are “stone faced from the trauma.” As a pediatrician, I have seen this 1st hand. Children literally leave their bodies in order to cope with the severe trauma. We are causing unspeakable harms to these children that will last a lifetime. WHY???
Undignified and horrible.
The word “undignified” doesn’t have nearly enough circulation.
February 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Undignified and horrible.
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Sen. Mark Kelly: " We saw the great lengths that Donald Trump and his administration will go to to abuse power in order to silence…They tried to have us charged and thrown into jail because we said something that they didn't like."
February 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly: " We saw the great lengths that Donald Trump and his administration will go to to abuse power in order to silence…They tried to have us charged and thrown into jail because we said something that they didn't like."
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
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RASKIN: Will you create a joint task force of the DOJ and state officials and district attorneys to investigate the crimes that have taken place against these victims are more than 1,000 like them?
BONDI: *arms folded* ... ... ...
BONDI: *arms folded* ... ... ...
February 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
RASKIN: Will you create a joint task force of the DOJ and state officials and district attorneys to investigate the crimes that have taken place against these victims are more than 1,000 like them?
BONDI: *arms folded* ... ... ...
BONDI: *arms folded* ... ... ...
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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Rep. Massie to Pam Bondi: "Literally the worst thing you could do to the survivors, you did."
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Rep. Massie to Pam Bondi: "Literally the worst thing you could do to the survivors, you did."
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Before last year, attorneys general didn't read political opposition research from a binder to attack the party out of power during House Oversight hearings, entirely disconnected to any question asked by any lawmaker.
February 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Before last year, attorneys general didn't read political opposition research from a binder to attack the party out of power during House Oversight hearings, entirely disconnected to any question asked by any lawmaker.
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"Next week, a Texas terrorism trial against what the Department of Justice has cast as an “antifa cell” begins. It will be the first time that the Trump administration has had to argue what it believes antifa to be in a criminal case." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/antifa-...
Feds Cast About for an ‘Antifa’ That Encompasses All Trump Opponents
This article is part of TPM’s ongoing “Creating the Enemy Within” project,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"Next week, a Texas terrorism trial against what the Department of Justice has cast as an “antifa cell” begins. It will be the first time that the Trump administration has had to argue what it believes antifa to be in a criminal case." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/antifa-...
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Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
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Over the course yesterday afternoon and into the evening, the full extent of the Trump Justice Department’s deterioration into thuggery came into clearer view in two cases that are attacks on the constitutional framework.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
This Is What An Out-of-Control DOJ Looks Like
An Attack on the Constitutional Order Over the course yesterday afternoon and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Over the course yesterday afternoon and into the evening, the full extent of the Trump Justice Department’s deterioration into thuggery came into clearer view in two cases that are attacks on the constitutional framework.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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For the CEOs and university presidents and other responsible leaders who have been biding their time and waiting for him to cross the magic red line before speaking up, maybe when he starts arresting Senators is a good time to get off the fucking sidelines.
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
For the CEOs and university presidents and other responsible leaders who have been biding their time and waiting for him to cross the magic red line before speaking up, maybe when he starts arresting Senators is a good time to get off the fucking sidelines.
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Lawless ICE Gestapo in Richfield, Minnesota, threaten to murder another observer like they did Alex Pretti and Nicole Good.
About 34 seconds in, you hear a masked government goon say, "You're fucking dead, dog" to the observer who is interacting with them. The observer does not back down.
About 34 seconds in, you hear a masked government goon say, "You're fucking dead, dog" to the observer who is interacting with them. The observer does not back down.
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Lawless ICE Gestapo in Richfield, Minnesota, threaten to murder another observer like they did Alex Pretti and Nicole Good.
About 34 seconds in, you hear a masked government goon say, "You're fucking dead, dog" to the observer who is interacting with them. The observer does not back down.
About 34 seconds in, you hear a masked government goon say, "You're fucking dead, dog" to the observer who is interacting with them. The observer does not back down.
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Rep. Jordan rightfully suggested those who lie to Congressional committees should be indicted. That's bad news for Kash Patel.
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Rep. Jordan rightfully suggested those who lie to Congressional committees should be indicted. That's bad news for Kash Patel.
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Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
February 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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