Whitney Curry Wimbish
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A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect
ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.
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As Trump's DHS leaders cry to Congress this morning about how deadly Minnesota is for immigration agents, we updated our tally of people ICE and CBP agents have killed since last January. It's up to 25.
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There has been no draw down today. ICE snatched someone off Central Ave out of his car because he looked Latino before then letting him go a couple hours later. They were stopping people in Blaine on highway 65, they were all around Fridley, and were in the parking lot of the St Anthony liquor store
February 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
There has been no draw down today. ICE snatched someone off Central Ave out of his car because he looked Latino before then letting him go a couple hours later. They were stopping people in Blaine on highway 65, they were all around Fridley, and were in the parking lot of the St Anthony liquor store
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I've obvs always had big problems with how the Times covers fascists/fascism but this article contains some real egregious shit that has my blood boiling, so here's a quick-ish thread on why/how I think it's so pernicious...
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Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
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February 13, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I've obvs always had big problems with how the Times covers fascists/fascism but this article contains some real egregious shit that has my blood boiling, so here's a quick-ish thread on why/how I think it's so pernicious...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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George Zoley was on a conference call just a few hours ago talking about GEO's outstanding 2025. For fiscal year 2025, the company clocked an 800% increase in profit, thanks to our tax dollars. Just a massive wealth distribution upwards to this guy and his fellow profiteers. 800%.
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
George Zoley was on a conference call just a few hours ago talking about GEO's outstanding 2025. For fiscal year 2025, the company clocked an 800% increase in profit, thanks to our tax dollars. Just a massive wealth distribution upwards to this guy and his fellow profiteers. 800%.
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ICE contracts increased private prison company GEO Group's revenues by 800% in 2025, according to an earnings call attended by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. But none of that money seems to be going to oversight amid a spate of sexual abuse & physical assault complaints against GEO Group guards.
ICE Boosts Income at Private Prison Company GEO Group by 800 Percent - The American Prospect
The company’s year-end earnings call came just days after a lawsuit alleges guards in the company’s Washington state immigrant prison assaulted immigrants.
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February 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
ICE contracts increased private prison company GEO Group's revenues by 800% in 2025, according to an earnings call attended by @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social. But none of that money seems to be going to oversight amid a spate of sexual abuse & physical assault complaints against GEO Group guards.
There's been some hand-wringing over how far private prison company stock has fallen lately, but don't worry, annual profit at Geo Group is still up up up. New from me in @prospect.org
ICE Boosts Income at Private Prison Company GEO Group by 800 Percent - The American Prospect
The company’s year-end earnings call came just days after a lawsuit alleges guards in the company’s Washington state immigrant prison assaulted immigrants.
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February 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
There's been some hand-wringing over how far private prison company stock has fallen lately, but don't worry, annual profit at Geo Group is still up up up. New from me in @prospect.org
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Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Ah finally, good news 🙂
On two occasions a Dollar General worker drank a $1.69 orange juice to stave off diabetic shock. She later paid for each drink.
Dollar General fired her anyway.
Now a jury has awarded her $277,565.
www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/u...
Dollar General fired her anyway.
Now a jury has awarded her $277,565.
www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/u...
Dollar General facing $250K bill over 2 bottles of juice | CNN
Federal court has awarded more than $277,000 to a diabetic former Dollar General employee after she was fired her for drinking orange juice without first paying.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Ah finally, good news 🙂
Executives on private prison company Geo Group's earnings call just announced that their net income for fiscal year 2025 was $254.3 million, up from $31.9 million the year before, mostly thanks to ICE. That's an increase of about 800%.
February 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Executives on private prison company Geo Group's earnings call just announced that their net income for fiscal year 2025 was $254.3 million, up from $31.9 million the year before, mostly thanks to ICE. That's an increase of about 800%.
>> Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape, sources said. Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls.
The Trump administration is incarcerating migrant girls in, essentially, a forced pregnancy camp.
Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to South Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
>> Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape, sources said. Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls.
>> Women are not just buying guns for recreational purposes, they are increasingly turning to firearms as a way to protect themselves in uncertain times.
February 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
>> Women are not just buying guns for recreational purposes, they are increasingly turning to firearms as a way to protect themselves in uncertain times.
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Not enough people are talking about the fact that the GOP’s disenfranchising SAVE act would disproportionately risk the voting rights of approximately *69 million* married women in the US.
Read that again.
69 MILLION married women.
See details from @the19thnews.org in the reply below.
Read that again.
69 MILLION married women.
See details from @the19thnews.org in the reply below.
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Not enough people are talking about the fact that the GOP’s disenfranchising SAVE act would disproportionately risk the voting rights of approximately *69 million* married women in the US.
Read that again.
69 MILLION married women.
See details from @the19thnews.org in the reply below.
Read that again.
69 MILLION married women.
See details from @the19thnews.org in the reply below.
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He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
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Some personal news
Scoop–CFPB just fired employee alexisgoldstein.bsky.social for allegedly disrupting &documenting a meeting a year ago between CFPB & DOGE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 meeting between the agency and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to emails rev...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Some personal news
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The 2028 Olympics are just around the corner, and unless Trump's immigration terror campaign gets completely torn down, tourists will stay away and Los Angelenos will be left with the bill. New from me in our sports issue @prospect.org:
Olympic Spirits on ICE - The American Prospect
Why would tourists come to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics when Trump is transforming the entire country into a xenophobic danger zone?
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February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The 2028 Olympics are just around the corner, and unless Trump's immigration terror campaign gets completely torn down, tourists will stay away and Los Angelenos will be left with the bill. New from me in our sports issue @prospect.org:
CBP out here trying to undo the damage ICE acting director Todd Lyons did yesterday when he refused to say he wouldn't raid the FIFA World Cup.
CBP reports significant ESTA, TTP approvals for FIFA World Cup© 2026 qualified nations
Securing America's Borders
www.cbp.gov
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
CBP out here trying to undo the damage ICE acting director Todd Lyons did yesterday when he refused to say he wouldn't raid the FIFA World Cup.
man what is it with these guys and dogs
February 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
man what is it with these guys and dogs
At first he told me that giving the money back would be the same as paying them, and he asked me why he would want to pay them. I said, well, but it wouldn't really be paying them, it would be preventing them from paying you. No it wouldn't, he said. It would be paying them.
"Asked if he would give the money back, Smith said, “If you give the money back … you’re saying, ‘Oh my God, I don’t trust myself'"" is so funny to me
Like mmmmI have an ethical obligation to accept bribes, if you really think about it
Like mmmmI have an ethical obligation to accept bribes, if you really think about it
Stay for this bonkers interview with Rep. Adam Smith about his financial support from Palantir, facilitators of the ICE panopticon.
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February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
At first he told me that giving the money back would be the same as paying them, and he asked me why he would want to pay them. I said, well, but it wouldn't really be paying them, it would be preventing them from paying you. No it wouldn't, he said. It would be paying them.
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Analilia Mejia was doing ICE Watch trainings at her campaign events. She was preparing future constituents for encounters with immigration agents. And she won.
In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, one of her big priorities: end ICE's mass surveillance.
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In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, one of her big priorities: end ICE's mass surveillance.
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Progressive Win in New Jersey Hinged on Anti-ICE Organizing - The American Prospect
Analilia Mejia won a close congressional primary race by preparing constituents for encounters with ICE. She warned that the agency’s surveillance technology needs more attention.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Analilia Mejia was doing ICE Watch trainings at her campaign events. She was preparing future constituents for encounters with immigration agents. And she won.
In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, one of her big priorities: end ICE's mass surveillance.
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, one of her big priorities: end ICE's mass surveillance.
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
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Two big stories right now: the Olympics, and ICE. They will come together in 2028 in Los Angeles, damping any enthusiasm for foreign tourists to travel to the Games. That's a big moral disaster waiting to happen, but also an economic one for LA.
Great @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social report.
Great @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social report.
Olympic Spirits on ICE - The American Prospect
Why would tourists come to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics when Trump is transforming the entire country into a xenophobic danger zone?
prospect.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Two big stories right now: the Olympics, and ICE. They will come together in 2028 in Los Angeles, damping any enthusiasm for foreign tourists to travel to the Games. That's a big moral disaster waiting to happen, but also an economic one for LA.
Great @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social report.
Great @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social report.
ok but NYC population increased by 87,000 between July 2023 and July 2024
February 11, 2026 at 6:32 PM
ok but NYC population increased by 87,000 between July 2023 and July 2024
The 2028 Olympics are just around the corner, and unless Trump's immigration terror campaign gets completely torn down, tourists will stay away and Los Angelenos will be left with the bill. New from me in our sports issue @prospect.org:
Olympic Spirits on ICE - The American Prospect
Why would tourists come to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics when Trump is transforming the entire country into a xenophobic danger zone?
prospect.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The 2028 Olympics are just around the corner, and unless Trump's immigration terror campaign gets completely torn down, tourists will stay away and Los Angelenos will be left with the bill. New from me in our sports issue @prospect.org:
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"Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs... Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier."
I'm honestly speechless.
I'm honestly speechless.
![Examining the bodies returned to their people after the most recent so-called ceasefire, Palestinian doctors noted that, in some bodies “the rib cage and ribs were clipped with a sharp saw—a medical saw, a bone saw—and the sternum, along with the central part of the ribs, [were] lifted to allow for the removal of the heart and lungs without damage to the organ being taken.” Organ procurement, with few exceptions like skin and cornea, requires that the body be either alive—via brain death—or just-dead—via circulatory death. It is plausible that some Palestinian prisoners’ torture led to brain death. It is also possible their torturers felt no need to wait. Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs. The transplant surgeon waits for a person to die; the soldier can’t. The settler surgeon wields his mastery over the body to serve the state. Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiesvmsm3hrmrwxi7d7wvuaxc7u7oovqonpx2tdpxdnjhlgxh7lhni@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs... Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier."
I'm honestly speechless.
I'm honestly speechless.
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We’re ready to strike! Our members are walking out of @propublica.org’s offices today to practice picketing and show we are serious about winning a fair contract. Support us by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We’re ready to strike! Our members are walking out of @propublica.org’s offices today to practice picketing and show we are serious about winning a fair contract. Support us by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
It is nauseating to watch Jim Jordon act like this is just no big deal, to smirk and giggle and dismiss his way through this hearing -- Jordon, the assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State who protected serial sexual predator Dr. Richard Strauss, sexual abuser of at least 177 student athletes.
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 5:31 PM
It is nauseating to watch Jim Jordon act like this is just no big deal, to smirk and giggle and dismiss his way through this hearing -- Jordon, the assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State who protected serial sexual predator Dr. Richard Strauss, sexual abuser of at least 177 student athletes.
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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.