@christine-459.bsky.social
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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ICE has been tracking the names of protesters in an internal database for several months, according to two US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operations reut.rs/46wwn1j
ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars
Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly boxed in by unmarked vehicles.
reut.rs
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
ICE has been tracking the names of protesters in an internal database for several months, according to two US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operations reut.rs/46wwn1j
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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Who paid for the Super Bowl ICE ad?
"Ideally, in a democracy, we’d know who is spending millions trying to change public opinion on the secret police. But, in the American system, that’s just not how it works."
"Ideally, in a democracy, we’d know who is spending millions trying to change public opinion on the secret police. But, in the American system, that’s just not how it works."
Who paid for the Super Bowl ICE ad?
The group behind Sunday's bizarre commercial has a sparse paper trail.
www.motherjones.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Who paid for the Super Bowl ICE ad?
"Ideally, in a democracy, we’d know who is spending millions trying to change public opinion on the secret police. But, in the American system, that’s just not how it works."
"Ideally, in a democracy, we’d know who is spending millions trying to change public opinion on the secret police. But, in the American system, that’s just not how it works."
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OK, first, the criminal record of a drug cartel is a bit better established than a random Minneapolis resident.
Second, not only has this DVD scenario never occurred with ICE — and I’m a broken record here! — there’s no record of any agent being doxed and attacked.
www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
Second, not only has this DVD scenario never occurred with ICE — and I’m a broken record here! — there’s no record of any agent being doxed and attacked.
www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
RON JOHNSON: In Central America, if you become a police chief, the drug cartels send you a DVD w/ a video of your family going to church or school...that's what ICE agents are facing
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 PM
OK, first, the criminal record of a drug cartel is a bit better established than a random Minneapolis resident.
Second, not only has this DVD scenario never occurred with ICE — and I’m a broken record here! — there’s no record of any agent being doxed and attacked.
www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
Second, not only has this DVD scenario never occurred with ICE — and I’m a broken record here! — there’s no record of any agent being doxed and attacked.
www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
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My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
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Civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong's latest brief reveals the backstory of her arrest in a footnote. Feds refused to let her self-surrender, taped her arrest at a hotel, and broke a promise not to post it on social media, she says.
The White House then digitally altered it to smear her.
The White House then digitally altered it to smear her.
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong's latest brief reveals the backstory of her arrest in a footnote. Feds refused to let her self-surrender, taped her arrest at a hotel, and broke a promise not to post it on social media, she says.
The White House then digitally altered it to smear her.
The White House then digitally altered it to smear her.
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🚨Inside the Justice Department and the F.B.I., prosecutors and agents say the danger is not a single failure but a growing pattern: fewer experienced investigators and less time to spot the warning signs that often precede terrorism.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/justice-de...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/justice-de...
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🚨Inside the Justice Department and the F.B.I., prosecutors and agents say the danger is not a single failure but a growing pattern: fewer experienced investigators and less time to spot the warning signs that often precede terrorism.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/justice-de...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/justice-de...
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Trump is spending over a billion dollars to tear down, build and/or remodel the WH, a ballroom, a triumphal arch, the Kennedy Center, and several DC golf courses, while spending most of his non-golfing time on interior decorating.
MAGA: This is what I voted for! He loves us!
MAGA: This is what I voted for! He loves us!
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Trump is spending over a billion dollars to tear down, build and/or remodel the WH, a ballroom, a triumphal arch, the Kennedy Center, and several DC golf courses, while spending most of his non-golfing time on interior decorating.
MAGA: This is what I voted for! He loves us!
MAGA: This is what I voted for! He loves us!
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MS NOW confirms: Trump conditioned releasing funding for the Gateway infrastructure project on whether Leader Schumer would support renaming Washington-Dulles International Airport and Penn Station after Trump.
February 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
MS NOW confirms: Trump conditioned releasing funding for the Gateway infrastructure project on whether Leader Schumer would support renaming Washington-Dulles International Airport and Penn Station after Trump.
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What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
I'm an expert, and the misconduct and corruption runs far deeper than even the deadly surges have shown.
www.motherjones.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
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Remember the controversy when Obama was accused of intervening in UK politics? This is the current US government openly seeking to undermine liberal democracy in Europe.
February 6, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Remember the controversy when Obama was accused of intervening in UK politics? This is the current US government openly seeking to undermine liberal democracy in Europe.
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The Obamas are brilliant, compassionate and patriotic Americans. They represent the best of this country.
Donald Trump is a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder.
Why are GOP leaders like John Thune continuing to stand by him?
Republicans must immediately denounce Trump’s disgusting bigotry.
Donald Trump is a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder.
Why are GOP leaders like John Thune continuing to stand by him?
Republicans must immediately denounce Trump’s disgusting bigotry.
February 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The Obamas are brilliant, compassionate and patriotic Americans. They represent the best of this country.
Donald Trump is a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder.
Why are GOP leaders like John Thune continuing to stand by him?
Republicans must immediately denounce Trump’s disgusting bigotry.
Donald Trump is a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder.
Why are GOP leaders like John Thune continuing to stand by him?
Republicans must immediately denounce Trump’s disgusting bigotry.
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May 2025)
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"We're no longer collecting data on how many people go hungry."
@crampell.bsky.social on how the White House is choosing to simply stop collecting and publishing data that might be inconvenient -- and how that impacts every American. #11thHour.
@crampell.bsky.social on how the White House is choosing to simply stop collecting and publishing data that might be inconvenient -- and how that impacts every American. #11thHour.
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 AM
"We're no longer collecting data on how many people go hungry."
@crampell.bsky.social on how the White House is choosing to simply stop collecting and publishing data that might be inconvenient -- and how that impacts every American. #11thHour.
@crampell.bsky.social on how the White House is choosing to simply stop collecting and publishing data that might be inconvenient -- and how that impacts every American. #11thHour.
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"What’s most alarming here is that Director Gabbard’s own team acknowledges there was no evidence of foreign interference, yet they seized voting machines and election data anyway," U.S. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence panel, said. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Exclusive: US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico
A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines, said Gabbard's office and three sources familiar with the pre...
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"What’s most alarming here is that Director Gabbard’s own team acknowledges there was no evidence of foreign interference, yet they seized voting machines and election data anyway," U.S. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence panel, said. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Immigrants have paid more in taxes than they have received in benefits every single year for the past 30 years, according to new analysis from Cato.
Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."
Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."
February 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Immigrants have paid more in taxes than they have received in benefits every single year for the past 30 years, according to new analysis from Cato.
Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."
Remember this the next time Trump and his racist lackeys call immigrants "freeloaders."
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A Justice Department review found that Ed Martin improperly handled grand jury materials that were part of an investigation targeting Donald Trump's political enemies, at least two sources familiar with the review told CNN. https://cnn.it/4auafXQ
February 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM
A Justice Department review found that Ed Martin improperly handled grand jury materials that were part of an investigation targeting Donald Trump's political enemies, at least two sources familiar with the review told CNN. https://cnn.it/4auafXQ
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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The underlying dynamic is that for Jeff Bezos and the other media oligarchs, their news business is a tiny fraction of their overall business holdings and they are willing to sacrifice it to appease Trump. They resisted in term one; this time, they capitulated. www.mediamatters.org/cbs/year-med...
The year the media oligarchs bowed to Trump
We warned last year that Donald Trump’s second term as president would turbo-charge the political right’s burgeoning media-intimidation complex. Republican officials and right-wing billionaires were a...
www.mediamatters.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The underlying dynamic is that for Jeff Bezos and the other media oligarchs, their news business is a tiny fraction of their overall business holdings and they are willing to sacrifice it to appease Trump. They resisted in term one; this time, they capitulated. www.mediamatters.org/cbs/year-med...
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I talked to a woman who quit an AUSA job recently. She was asked by main DOJ to dismiss a Medicare fraud prosecution because the defendant was the daughter of a girlfriend of a MAGA figure.
February 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I talked to a woman who quit an AUSA job recently. She was asked by main DOJ to dismiss a Medicare fraud prosecution because the defendant was the daughter of a girlfriend of a MAGA figure.
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Democrats should defund and restrain ICE to the degree possible. And they should insist on this condition at least: No ICE (or Border Patrol) anywhere near the polls or early voting election locations this fall.
Steve Bannon,
"We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."
"We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."
February 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Democrats should defund and restrain ICE to the degree possible. And they should insist on this condition at least: No ICE (or Border Patrol) anywhere near the polls or early voting election locations this fall.
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I've quoted this passage from Trump -- where he states his intent to cause riots and US economic collapse -- so many times. He flat-out announced it on Fox News in February 2014. In my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT I quote my own 2016 essay warning of his plan:
www.hidinginplainsightbook.com
www.hidinginplainsightbook.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I've quoted this passage from Trump -- where he states his intent to cause riots and US economic collapse -- so many times. He flat-out announced it on Fox News in February 2014. In my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT I quote my own 2016 essay warning of his plan:
www.hidinginplainsightbook.com
www.hidinginplainsightbook.com
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Republicans are urging Senators to eliminate the filibuster to pass bills that could limit ballot access to millions.
Doing so could actually aid Democrats in the long run, one expert said:
“Giving up the filibuster...would be letting Democrats compete on a more level playing field.”
Doing so could actually aid Democrats in the long run, one expert said:
“Giving up the filibuster...would be letting Democrats compete on a more level playing field.”
Will Republicans kill the filibuster to pass Trump’s voter suppression bill?
Trump can rail against Senators who vote ‘no’ on a bill, but he can’t threaten to primary them when there is no vote on a bill.
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Republicans are urging Senators to eliminate the filibuster to pass bills that could limit ballot access to millions.
Doing so could actually aid Democrats in the long run, one expert said:
“Giving up the filibuster...would be letting Democrats compete on a more level playing field.”
Doing so could actually aid Democrats in the long run, one expert said:
“Giving up the filibuster...would be letting Democrats compete on a more level playing field.”
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🚨Hundreds pardoned for their roles in the Capitol attack are now filing federal damages claims, raising questions over whether mass clemency is becoming a pathway to taxpayer-funded payouts.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/from-pardo...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/from-pardo...
February 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🚨Hundreds pardoned for their roles in the Capitol attack are now filing federal damages claims, raising questions over whether mass clemency is becoming a pathway to taxpayer-funded payouts.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/from-pardo...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/from-pardo...