John Oliver: About ICE & DHS John Oliver discusses ICE’s repeated atrocities over the past months and explores the massive entity overseeing it all: the Department of Homeland Security. How it started, who runs it, and how many hats Kristi Noem owns.

The new John Oliver video is an absolute must-watch banger.

John Oliver: About ICE & DHS

Fire Chuck Schumer.

Abolish ICE.

Prosecute the lawbreakers.

This is impressively bad.

We all watched Alex Pretti's murder. We all watched Renee Good's murder. And you propose a watchdog? You're not even asking that the murderers be brought to justice?

There's already rules in place for detention facility inspections. They already don't follow them. Please.

Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious

Our Age Verification Resource Hub is the one-stop shop to answer all of your questions about online AV mandates. What’s at stake for users? How do we push back? What even IS age verification, anyway? Visit www.eff.org/age now to explore our resources and join the fight to protect the internet.

MEMORANDUM OPINION February 16, 2026 “All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place.” George Orwell, 1984' As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's 1984 now existed, with its motto "Ignorance is Strength," this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims—to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not. The President's House is a component of Independence National Historical Park that commemorates the site of the first official presidential residence and the people who lived there, including people enslaved by President George Washington. On January 22, 2026, the National Park Service ("NPS") removed panels, displays, and video exhibits that referenced slavery and information about the individuals enslaved at the President's House. Plaintiff City of Philadelphia ("the City" filed this lawsuit under the Administrative Procedures Act ("APA") against the Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum…

CONCLUsION For the reasons stated above, the Motion for Preliminary Injunction will be granted. The preliminary injunction will remain in place pending further litigation in this matter. There can b no prejudice to Defendants' restoration of the status quo as of January 21, 2026, which requires that Defendants reinstall all panels, displays, and video exhibits that were previously in place. Defendants shall further prevent any additions, removals, destruction, or further changes of any kind to the President's House site, except in the event that a mutual written agreement is reachec between Defendants and the City of Philadelphia. An order will be entered.

Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at President’s House in Philadelphia.

Happy Presidents Day.

We are WAY BEYOND a "rein in/ watchdog" situation here, Senator.
ABOLISH. DEFUND. PROSECUTE.

I am not voting for a single person who doesn't have this + trans rights as their platform, full stop.

ICE and DHS were created in the wake of 911 by a criminal president and a fearful congress. It mo longer serves a purpose and is being used by the current criminal regime to enact fascism while a fearful congress dies nothing. Abolish ICE, defund DHS.

Robert Duvall as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Robert Duvall had one of the most incredible film debuts ever as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Abolish ICE. Prosecute the offenders. Prevent anyone who was employed by the agency from ever working in government again.

I don't care if you can't do it now, but I want to know those are the goals.

Abolish. Not reined in. It needs to be destroyed root and stem. Stop this half measure bullshit.

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YouTube video by Mercury Studios THE CURE - LULLABY

#MusicChallenge
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The Cure - Lullaby

#TheCure #MusicSky 🎶🎧
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YouTube video by Son Lux Son Lux – "Risk Of Make Believe" (Official Visualizer)

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Day 16 (unranked)

Son Lux - Risk of Make Believe (lead track of their 2025 EP of the same name)
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Very good statement on the ways that extreme wealth/power concentration breeds depravity.

The story of the Epstein Files, and of our time.

Wow, Elon Musk sure does like White people | Opinion Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a guy whose social media platform most companies still use, is a BIG fan of White people. Problematically so.

Elon Musk is incessantly promoting vile white supremacy. Why is anyone - and certainly any company - still on X?

My column:

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Feb. 16, 1847 | Missouri Prohibits Education of Black People Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1847, Missouri passed an act that prohibited Black people from learning to read and write and assembling freely for worship services. The act also forbade free Black people from migrating to the state.

Sometimes I get a little upset when I live in a collapsing dystopia for many years

Breaking: ChatGPT's president is Trump's biggest donor. He and his wife gave MAGA Inc $25 million, the largest donation last filing. And ICE uses OpenAI's tech to recruit the agents terrorizing our neighbors.

ChatGPT's president is Trump's biggest donor.

From the videos community on Reddit: ChatGPT's president is Trump's biggest donor. Boycott ChatGPT. Explore this post and more from the videos community

www.reddit.com/r/videos/s/3... Stop giving our taxes to Nazis.

He Wants to Deport 100 Million “Third World Savages.” He May Win Statewide Office in Texas. He calls his opponents “gay” and “retarded,” and he wants to deport 100 million “third world savages.” Naturally, he’s running for railroad commissioner.

Meet Texas Republican, Bo French.

One of his favorite phrases is “third world savages”—which he has applied to Afghan asylum seekers, Muslims, and even Native Americans, who he also wants deported.

He might win statewide office in Texas.

A kākāpō chick in a nest with an egg. Credit: Deidre Vercoe

The first #kakapo chick for four years hatched two days ago (on Valentine’s Day for those who like to anthropomorphise!). Here’s Tiwhiri-A1-2026 in Yasmine’s nest. 📸: Deidre Vercoe. www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots #birds

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

Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
 
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
 
Not one dime for this cruelty.

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Massachusetts "partnering with" (i.e. using public money to prop up) OpenAI is both harmful and deeply embarrassing

This thread is the we are going to win thread, is the kids are alright thread, is the STOP ICE thread, is the civil society rising thread; read it through.

These children's letters and drawings are like the ones from the children in Theresienstadt. Heartbreaking.

ICE is still active all across Minnesota, even parking at observers homes this morning. But we’ve been showing up all weekend with massive food drives, placing hearts where were abducted, at singing marches, and there’s another big protest at Jackson Square Park today at noon. Let’s keep showing up!

Feb. 15, 1837 | Congress Ratifies Treaties Removing Indigenous Peoples From Their Lands in the Midwest Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1837, Congress ratified two treaties that removed Indigenous peoples from their homelands in the Midwest. This also added nearly 2,000,000 acres of territory that permitted slavery to the state of Missouri.

i was reading this because as a tech reporter, i've been getting a lot of pitches suggesting all out surveillance of youth and / or bans on their free expression and freedom of association online. and welp. a lot of these cite haidt's book.

What is the purpose of = replacing letters. So many of the emails have this exact thing to Epstein and from him.