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Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
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Reminder: Republicans don’t care about the debt as long as it’s exploding into their own pockets and the pockets of their donors.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Reminder: Republicans don’t care about the debt as long as it’s exploding into their own pockets and the pockets of their donors.
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A!!!
White House border czar Tom Homan said the ICE surge in Minnesota will end soon, saying a “significant drawdown” of federal forces will continue into next week.
Live: Border czar says ICE surge in Minnesota will soon end
Minnesota officials are testifying before the Senate Homeland Security committee in Washington Thursday morning.
www.startribune.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:29 PM
M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A!!!
Making America Stagnate Again
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Making America Stagnate Again
Deportations don’t create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew?
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February 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Making America Stagnate Again
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“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
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February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
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February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
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Congress could hand over the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the Trump administration, which has already shown its contempt for science and conservation, writes Jill Burcum.
Burcum: The House betrayed the BWCA. The Senate is next.
Congress could hand over the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the Trump administration, which has already shown its contempt for science and conservation.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Congress could hand over the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the Trump administration, which has already shown its contempt for science and conservation, writes Jill Burcum.
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5 Conversations to Have With Your Aging Parents www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/w...
5 Conversations to Have With Your Aging Parents
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February 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
5 Conversations to Have With Your Aging Parents www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/w...
Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’
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February 7, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
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Tenure enables freedom of speech, which is why aspiring tyrants don’t like it.
Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
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Tenure Will Be Eliminated at Most of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges, Governor Says
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, directed the state’s two-dozen regional universities and community colleges to phase out the practice. Existing faculty members will be grandfathered in.
www.chronicle.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Tenure enables freedom of speech, which is why aspiring tyrants don’t like it.
The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
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The hits keep coming: NY grid confirms, “in the absence of new [blocked clean energy] resources coming online, older and more costly [fossil fuel] generators are being dispatched more frequently, resulting in higher wholesale prices.”
February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
The hits keep coming: NY grid confirms, “in the absence of new [blocked clean energy] resources coming online, older and more costly [fossil fuel] generators are being dispatched more frequently, resulting in higher wholesale prices.”
Pillen team offers new explanation for timing of $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/02/05/p...
Pillen team offers new explanation for timing of $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract • Nebraska Examiner
LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen’s administration, facing scrutiny for a no-bid emergency contract with a lobbyist to whom he steered more than $2 million in state money, has again changed its story about ho...
nebraskaexaminer.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Pillen team offers new explanation for timing of $2.5 million no-bid emergency contract nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/02/05/p...
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please watch:
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
please watch:
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This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
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In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
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Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
February 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."