Featheress
@featheress.bsky.social
former denizen of the WaPo comment board
More than half of them children! Thousands of children. I can't even wrap my mind around how many young lives are being traumatized by Trump/Vance admin actions.
Since it reopened in March 2025, the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas, has held around 3,500 people, with more than half of them being children. https://to.pbs.org/400Zq9A
Reporter details life for children and families detained in Texas migrant facility
Since it reopened in March 2025, the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas, has held around 3,500 people, with more than half of them being children. As reports of contaminated food and the spr...
to.pbs.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:34 AM
More than half of them children! Thousands of children. I can't even wrap my mind around how many young lives are being traumatized by Trump/Vance admin actions.
Great reporting here, much more extensive than headline.
Guidelines & directives aren't enough. We need robust privacy laws!
Guidelines & directives aren't enough. We need robust privacy laws!
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
www.wired.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Great reporting here, much more extensive than headline.
Guidelines & directives aren't enough. We need robust privacy laws!
Guidelines & directives aren't enough. We need robust privacy laws!
Gorgeous halftime show!! Best ever, imho
So much joy!
So much joy!
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Gorgeous halftime show!! Best ever, imho
So much joy!
So much joy!
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Here's @rickhasen.bsky.social detailing the scenario in which Trump uses search warrant to seize ballot boxes in a contested 2026 locale. This is more worrisome than ICE at the polls. Hasen also suggests ways to act against this now.
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Here's @rickhasen.bsky.social detailing the scenario in which Trump uses search warrant to seize ballot boxes in a contested 2026 locale. This is more worrisome than ICE at the polls. Hasen also suggests ways to act against this now.
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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"Things are not getting better. They are getting worse"
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, made another oversight visit at Camp East Montana last week. During her visit she met with women detained in Minnesota, detailing how many were still in their snow boots.
My story for the El Paso Times
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, made another oversight visit at Camp East Montana last week. During her visit she met with women detained in Minnesota, detailing how many were still in their snow boots.
My story for the El Paso Times
'Things are not getting better': US Rep. Escobar raises red flags over ICE center
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar raised new concerns over conditions in Camp East Montana after a visit, citing detainees not given time to speak with lawyers.
www.elpasotimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
"Things are not getting better. They are getting worse"
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, made another oversight visit at Camp East Montana last week. During her visit she met with women detained in Minnesota, detailing how many were still in their snow boots.
My story for the El Paso Times
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, made another oversight visit at Camp East Montana last week. During her visit she met with women detained in Minnesota, detailing how many were still in their snow boots.
My story for the El Paso Times
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Watch here. No paywalls. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Epstein Files Tipster Tells Me About Her Friend Being Trafficked to Epstein Through Trump Modeling Agency
One of the tipsters released in the Epstein documents this week reached out to me. She sat for a formal FBI interview, but her 302 wasn't released pursuant to the Transparency Act.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Watch here. No paywalls. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
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Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
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Lemme fix that headline: ICE Expands Power of Agents to Violate Law
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants - The New York Times
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Lemme fix that headline: ICE Expands Power of Agents to Violate Law
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NATIONAL GENERAL STRIKE - Friday 30th january.
"A Pretti Good reason to strike."
More information: www.nationalshutdown.org
"A Pretti Good reason to strike."
More information: www.nationalshutdown.org
NATIONAL SHUTDOWN—FRI. JANUARY 30
www.nationalshutdown.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:24 PM
NATIONAL GENERAL STRIKE - Friday 30th january.
"A Pretti Good reason to strike."
More information: www.nationalshutdown.org
"A Pretti Good reason to strike."
More information: www.nationalshutdown.org
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So my connect the dots here is that there will be some allegation that there was foreign interference in the voting — Hugo Chavez, Italian satellites, etc. — (hence why DNI is involved), making it a nat sec issue that they will use to justify doing something crazy/illegal in Nov
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 AM
So my connect the dots here is that there will be some allegation that there was foreign interference in the voting — Hugo Chavez, Italian satellites, etc. — (hence why DNI is involved), making it a nat sec issue that they will use to justify doing something crazy/illegal in Nov
Sure looks to me like Bezos is all-in on the fascist project to isolate Americans from the rest of the world.
Washpost foreign correspondents plead with Bezos to keep the overseas bureaus alive.
January 26, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Sure looks to me like Bezos is all-in on the fascist project to isolate Americans from the rest of the world.
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Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
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Nurses are pissed.
This is on the front page of the nursing subreddit, along with many discussions about it on several other posts.
This is on the front page of the nursing subreddit, along with many discussions about it on several other posts.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Nurses are pissed.
This is on the front page of the nursing subreddit, along with many discussions about it on several other posts.
This is on the front page of the nursing subreddit, along with many discussions about it on several other posts.
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Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
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My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti
Absolutely heartbreaking
Absolutely heartbreaking
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
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Solidarity, particularly across race and class, is Kryptonite for authoritarian regimes. They can only thrive when their us v. them framing is adopted by society at large, and they join as active or passive collaborators with the regime. So the only response they have is to raise the cost of unity
They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 24, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Solidarity, particularly across race and class, is Kryptonite for authoritarian regimes. They can only thrive when their us v. them framing is adopted by society at large, and they join as active or passive collaborators with the regime. So the only response they have is to raise the cost of unity
I am reposting this for informational purposes only. Please feel free to turn off Autoplay for videos. I have. Reading legitimate sources is sufficient.
A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun” in the Alex Pretti shooting incident. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired.
January 24, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I am reposting this for informational purposes only. Please feel free to turn off Autoplay for videos. I have. Reading legitimate sources is sufficient.
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Abolish ICE, abolish DHS, redistribute the other agencies, prosecute actual criminals, such as people who commit execution-style murders of Americans in broad daylight.
January 24, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Abolish ICE, abolish DHS, redistribute the other agencies, prosecute actual criminals, such as people who commit execution-style murders of Americans in broad daylight.
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I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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More and more angry residents keep pouring in and are shouting at the federal agents, who have been retaliating with lots of tear gas.
People have been running up to people getting tear-gassed and giving them water to pour in their faces.
It's negative six degrees out here
People have been running up to people getting tear-gassed and giving them water to pour in their faces.
It's negative six degrees out here
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
More and more angry residents keep pouring in and are shouting at the federal agents, who have been retaliating with lots of tear gas.
People have been running up to people getting tear-gassed and giving them water to pour in their faces.
It's negative six degrees out here
People have been running up to people getting tear-gassed and giving them water to pour in their faces.
It's negative six degrees out here
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“When I say bush league, I mean bush league,” Joyce said. “We don’t do that as law enforcement officers.”
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/c...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/c...
Cumberland County sheriff: ICE arrest of corrections officer was ‘bush league’
Kevin Joyce said the officer, who was detained Wednesday night in Portland by several agents, has a 'squeaky clean' record.
www.pressherald.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“When I say bush league, I mean bush league,” Joyce said. “We don’t do that as law enforcement officers.”
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/c...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/c...
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WHO removing Us Flag
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
WHO removing Us Flag