Conservative Georgia town pushes back against ICE detention center: ‘We are Americans after all’ Social Circle, a mostly Maga town, builds strange bedfellow coalition against plans to convert warehouse

"The Social Circle city manager was contacted by ICE...

“They asked me to turn on the water,” he said of a 1m sq ft warehouse nearby that the government plans to use for locking up as many as 10,000 detainees.

“I told them I’m not going to do it,” he said...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.

The Hanover Democratic Committee and the Hanover NAACP are hosting a Town Hall Meeting on March 4th at 6pm at the Mechanicsville Library.

A rep from @fairelectionsva.bsky.social will be our special guest to explain and answer questions pertaining to the temporary redistricting amendment.

A 2-minute crash course in America’s most disastrous tariffs From McKinley to MAGA.

Need a crash course on Trump's tariffs? We've got you covered.

Yeah, we got a question, Rob

@wittmanwatch.bsky.social

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

At what point do leaders of tourism-dependent industries -- or tourism-dependent states for that matter -- speak up? This cannot possibly be good for them either
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The first step to dealing with Trumpism is to ignore everything they say and only watch what they do.

Trump wants you to forget that George Washington owned slaves But Philadelphians are standing up for history

"African American history is American history, and we stand and continue to fight to make sure that Donald Trump will not whitewash the history here in the city of Philadelphia."

Unilateral tariffs ruled illegal.
Millions of Americans struggling to get by.
Epstein Survivors waiting for justice.
A President threatening war with Iran.

What are Republicans running next week? Two home appliance bills repealing energy efficiency standards. That is the state of our union.

#WittmanValentine with love from @henricodems.bsky.social.

The US government will not stop sharing Nazi propaganda And their supporters are loving it.

The Trump administration's social media repurposes language and cultural references with connections to neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements.

It's content that experts say is instantly recognizable to those who are in the white supremacist know, but can be largely invisible to everyone else.

This is a 3 point bump for the Dem nominee. I’ve never felt better about this race.

Trump is threatening to block construction of a publicly owned bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, despite supporting the project in his first term.

A billionaire who privately owns a competing bridge met with Howard Lutnick just days before Trump announced his opposition.

Funny how that works.

"Anothe unprecedented power grab by General Assembly Democrats, blocking 40 of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s final appointments to various state Boards and Commissions. These were lawfully and timely made appointments, that have historically been honored during gubernatorial transitions by both parties. Folks, we have never seen anything like this. It’s another blatant abuse of political power." - Fmr. VA LG Bill Bolling (R/3x Trump voter)

"Folks, we have never seen anything like this."??? Uh, reminder: Mitch McConnell blocked President Barack Obama from filling a vacancy on the US Supreme Court. bluevirginia.us/2026/02/tues... cc: @ssurovell.bsky.social

Senator Mark Kelly's response:

Ouch

Democrats demand new restrictions to Trump’s immigration crackdown and threaten a DHS shutdown- APNEWS

So it's Dems who are demanding restrictions to arresting bad people, is that the headline?

New Headline: Democrats demand accountability of ICE and the removal of ICE agents from U.S. Cities.

Rep Bennie Thompson (D-MS) at border security hearing:

"News reports show a Border Patrol agent was found passed out, drunk & covered in vomit in a vehicle & ICE personnel apparently stole a child’s phone and sold it for cash. It’s an embarrassment and DHS’s so-called leadership should be ashamed"

Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp told Jeffrey Epstein: ‘You’re amazing’ Department of Justice documents detail relationship between head of Wall Street law firm and child sex offender

Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp told Jeffrey Epstein: ‘You’re amazing’ ft.trib.al/0dStAqB

March 28 No Thrones, No Crowns No Kings

❌👑 Over the past month, we’ve watched as ICE executed two people in broad daylight and more behind closed doors. They have invaded our communities and are using children as bait to lure our neighbors out of their homes. 👑❌

On March 28th, we’re standing up against these masked terrorists.

Text box: greatest sentence ever in a film review… If Melania were shown on a plane, people would still walk out.

Truth:

The Melania movie is an American obscenity The vapid, corruption-soaked film, which celebrates the myth of the "good immigrant," is more revelatory than it seems.

The Melania movie may be an interminable slog of airbrushed nothingness. But in its aggressive push of the "good immigrant" myth, the film is far more revelatory than it seems.

It is an American obscenity.

Abu Dhabi royal bought big stake in Trump family crypto venture Investors backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan put half a billion dollars into World Liberty Financial

"A crypto venture linked to Donald Trump accepted a half-billion-dollar investment backed by an Abu Dhabi royal days before the US president’s inauguration."

The level of corruption in this administration...

www.ft.com/content/188b...

Welcome home, Liam!

Sunday News In “Scathing Opinion,” “Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention”; “The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism”; “Texas ... by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, February 1. 'Normal life has disappeared': Russia's energy offensive plunges Ukraine ...

'Mornin', Rob! 👀 the news yet?

‼️MAGA had its 🫏 handed to it in a Trump+17 district

‼️‼️With Trump's endorsement

‼️‼️‼️In Texas

We're coming for your 🪑. Not like you're using it.

@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
@hanovervadems.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social

bluevirginia.us/2026/02/sund...

JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”

REPUBLICAN SEN. THOM TILLIS: “Senator Lindsey Graham mentioned a $10 billion lawsuit from the president. Really? Where’s that money come from, the money fairies or your pocket?”

The corruption is endless.

Bob Ross Paintings Raise Over $1.2M for Public Television After Trump Administration Cuts Three paintings by the late Bob Ross fetched over a million dollars at auction, with net proceeds from the paintings’ sales going to public television following funding cuts under the Trump Administra...

people.com/bob-ross-pai...

Hundreds of voices. One clear message.

100’s showed up to say NO!! to an ICE detention facility in Central Virginia. Henrico Dems stood with neighbours from across the RVA region.
Notably absent: Rob Wittman. Leadership means showing up.
#HenricoDems #NoICEinHanover