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EXCLUSIVE: ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before the Minneapolis shootings.
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership didn't see it as a concern to be addressed.
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership didn't see it as a concern to be addressed.
ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before the Minneapolis shootings.
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership didn't see it as a concern to be addressed.
Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership didn't see it as a concern to be addressed.
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This dude?
Noah Rothman’s book 'Unjust' is backlash identity politics - LGBTQ Nation share.google/AOIrH5zonS8o...
Noah Rothman’s book 'Unjust' is backlash identity politics - LGBTQ Nation share.google/AOIrH5zonS8o...
Noah Rothman’s book 'Unjust' is backlash identity politics - LGBTQ Nation
The book attacks social justice movements as if the left is primarily responsible for coming up with race and sexuality.
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February 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
This dude?
Noah Rothman’s book 'Unjust' is backlash identity politics - LGBTQ Nation share.google/AOIrH5zonS8o...
Noah Rothman’s book 'Unjust' is backlash identity politics - LGBTQ Nation share.google/AOIrH5zonS8o...
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This must be Stephen Miller’s new chew-toy while DHS takes a break from trying to start riots
JUST IN: Judge Cynthia Rufe (GWBush) invokes Orwell's dystopian "1984" as she bars Trump admin from memory holing slavery exhibits at Washington's Philly home. w/@kyledcheney
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Judge orders restoration of Philadelphia slavery exhibits
Cynthia Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee, compared the administration’s effort to remove the panels to Orwell’s “1984.”
www.politico.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This must be Stephen Miller’s new chew-toy while DHS takes a break from trying to start riots
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Our consigliere, oberst, Marine Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment is no more.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Robert Duvall, Star of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Great Santini,’ Dies at 95
Robert Duvall, who won an Oscar for "Tender Mercies" and was nominated for “The Godfather,” “Apocalypse Now,” and “The Great Santini,” has died.
variety.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Our consigliere, oberst, Marine Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment is no more.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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“I’ve never seen somebody send an email like they were wearing a wire”
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February 16, 2026 at 9:41 PM
“I’ve never seen somebody send an email like they were wearing a wire”
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That quote is me, 2022.
Propaganda works.
Platform control by billionaires is killing our democracies.
bsky.app/profile/prot...
Propaganda works.
Platform control by billionaires is killing our democracies.
bsky.app/profile/prot...
"Musk ... has control of the algorithms. He can boost rightwing voices and suppress pro-democracy voices. He can take your tweets and de-prioritize them so many fewer people see them. He's already said that he will do these things.
You can't win on Twitter."
(Nov 2022)
You can't win on Twitter."
(Nov 2022)
February 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
That quote is me, 2022.
Propaganda works.
Platform control by billionaires is killing our democracies.
bsky.app/profile/prot...
Propaganda works.
Platform control by billionaires is killing our democracies.
bsky.app/profile/prot...
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
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‘You’re the grandson of an “illegal immigrant,” kicking out other Cubans to be shipped off to places like Gitmo, even while you, personally, strangle the island (and in the process result in the withdrawal of Cuban doctors who’ve been keeping other countries healthy, causing yet more death).’
Psst! L'il Marco Rubio? Don't Lecture Europe When You're One Face of a Chaotic Suicide Pact!
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Psst! L'il Marco Rubio? Don't Lecture Europe When You're One Face of a Chaotic Suicide Pact! - emptywheel
Even as the grandson of an "illegal immigrant," Marco Rubio, attempted to lecture Europe that immigrants would destroy their shared civilization, the Secretary of State dodged his own role in the chao...
emptywheel.net
February 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
‘You’re the grandson of an “illegal immigrant,” kicking out other Cubans to be shipped off to places like Gitmo, even while you, personally, strangle the island (and in the process result in the withdrawal of Cuban doctors who’ve been keeping other countries healthy, causing yet more death).’
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Bless the stranger among us.
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Bless the stranger among us.
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Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.
Happy Presidents Day.
Happy Presidents Day.
February 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.
Happy Presidents Day.
Happy Presidents Day.
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the AI craze may actually do more damage via creating additional unaccountable centibillionaires than by all of the other disruption it’s causing, which is considerable
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 AM
the AI craze may actually do more damage via creating additional unaccountable centibillionaires than by all of the other disruption it’s causing, which is considerable
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Yes. The irony here is Miller-Vance-MAGA's theory of the case was that ordinary people share their view that immigrants threaten "community." But their solidarity toward immigrants turns out to be so strong that not even Miller's deliberate use of state violence and terror is capable of rupturing it
This is the ultimate futility of Trumpism: in their desperation to exclude immigrants from some herrenvolk American society, MAGA ethnonationalists are in fact compelling everyday Americans to reaffirm and strengthen their communal bonds to immigrants.
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Yes. The irony here is Miller-Vance-MAGA's theory of the case was that ordinary people share their view that immigrants threaten "community." But their solidarity toward immigrants turns out to be so strong that not even Miller's deliberate use of state violence and terror is capable of rupturing it
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Welsh charity buys more than 405 hectares for rewilding
Welsh charity buys more than 405 hectares for rewilding
Project in Ceredigion aims to help country catch up with large-scale nature recovery projects elsewhere in UK
A Welsh charity has bought more than 405 hectares (1,000 acres) in Ceredigion to establish Cymru’s “flagship” rewilding project, helping the country catch up with large-scale nature recovery projects under way elsewhere in the UK.
Tir Natur (Nature’s Land), founded in 2022, announced it had acquired the site at Cwm Doethie in Elenydd, or the Cambrian mountains, after a fundraising drive raised 50% of the £2.2m purchase price. A philanthropic bridging loan enabled the sale. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Welsh charity buys more than 405 hectares for rewilding
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Narcissists, sociopaths, and/or psychopaths are running and "influencing" (through technology) the world.
A hallmark of Cluster B Personality-disordered people?
They are pathologically transactional....even if it harms other people ("Reckless disregard for others").
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A hallmark of Cluster B Personality-disordered people?
They are pathologically transactional....even if it harms other people ("Reckless disregard for others").
1/
February 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Narcissists, sociopaths, and/or psychopaths are running and "influencing" (through technology) the world.
A hallmark of Cluster B Personality-disordered people?
They are pathologically transactional....even if it harms other people ("Reckless disregard for others").
1/
A hallmark of Cluster B Personality-disordered people?
They are pathologically transactional....even if it harms other people ("Reckless disregard for others").
1/
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Unfortunately, she's nearly 80 and was handpicked by Schumer to get into the race specifically to run against the progressive Platner.
Mills is better than Collins, absolutely. But I would prefer someone better than Mills. Platner has the juice.
Mills is better than Collins, absolutely. But I would prefer someone better than Mills. Platner has the juice.
February 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Unfortunately, she's nearly 80 and was handpicked by Schumer to get into the race specifically to run against the progressive Platner.
Mills is better than Collins, absolutely. But I would prefer someone better than Mills. Platner has the juice.
Mills is better than Collins, absolutely. But I would prefer someone better than Mills. Platner has the juice.
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This isn’t an accident.
This is Platner
He’s a gross maga with a Nazi tattoo who voted for Collins 3X and somehow Maple Moses convinced everyone he’s a magically born progressive leftist now
literally another Fetterman ..
The evidence is right here ..
2021 isn’t an accident.
He’s maga 🧲
This is Platner
He’s a gross maga with a Nazi tattoo who voted for Collins 3X and somehow Maple Moses convinced everyone he’s a magically born progressive leftist now
literally another Fetterman ..
The evidence is right here ..
2021 isn’t an accident.
He’s maga 🧲
February 15, 2026 at 9:43 AM
This isn’t an accident.
This is Platner
He’s a gross maga with a Nazi tattoo who voted for Collins 3X and somehow Maple Moses convinced everyone he’s a magically born progressive leftist now
literally another Fetterman ..
The evidence is right here ..
2021 isn’t an accident.
He’s maga 🧲
This is Platner
He’s a gross maga with a Nazi tattoo who voted for Collins 3X and somehow Maple Moses convinced everyone he’s a magically born progressive leftist now
literally another Fetterman ..
The evidence is right here ..
2021 isn’t an accident.
He’s maga 🧲
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For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
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Watergate pales before this.
The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Watergate pales before this.
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America may have always been like this for far too many people but this administration is bringing it home, directly and in person, to a ton of folks who have never seen it before
that this is their response is extremely encouraging
that this is their response is extremely encouraging
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
America may have always been like this for far too many people but this administration is bringing it home, directly and in person, to a ton of folks who have never seen it before
that this is their response is extremely encouraging
that this is their response is extremely encouraging
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This is day two for the New York Times’ The Docket. But this is year six for Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This is day two for the New York Times’ The Docket. But this is year six for Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com
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get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship