voted for her pt. ii

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

Hello! I’m the reporter who has been tracking citizens detained by immigration agents. And last night, I noticed something: A lot of them were at the State of the Union, including a number of whom I’ve written about.

Their stories should be known:

How Idaho legislators responded when a man testified in brownface, costume “Racist behavior,” one advocate said. “I’ve got a pretty good sense of humor,” a lawmaker countered.

How Idaho legislators responded when a man testified in brownface, costume

#idpol #idleg

www.idahostatesman.com/news/politic...

MAGA Board Members Ousted Their College’s President. Here’s How He Stuck It Out. After a five-year saga rife with politics and interpersonal conflict, Nick Swayne is still leading North Idaho College, which is back in good standing with its accreditor.

After a five-year saga rife with politics and interpersonal conflict, Nick Swayne is still leading North Idaho College, which is back in good standing with its accreditor. https://chroni.cl/4rxAsuy

This guy is deranged and dangerous. A plight on our community.

U.S. has a quarter fewer immigration judges than it did a year ago. Here's why The continued drain of personnel from the already strained immigration court system has contributed to depleted staff morale, mounting case backlogs — and floundering due process.

Immigration courts by the #’s:
- 25% less judges
- 400 less legal assistants + clerks
- 12 courts lost over half their judges, two have no full time IJs
- supervisors spread across several locations

We break down a clear picture of what is happening across the country:

www.npr.org/2026/02/23/g...

I know there’s so much going on all over the world, but PLEASE don’t forget the unfathomable horrors Palestinian journalists have been — and continue to be — subjected to 💔😭

My love language.

This feels like it happened y e a r s ago. 😣

How extremists reconquered Idaho in the age of Trump—and how some locals are fighting back “Who the fuck are these men?”

The suit decimated the Aryan Nations, and for a time, residents felt like things had calmed down—until Trump’s first term.

“Things got weird in Coeur d’Alene after the 2016 election... But then after the Covid-19 pandemic, shit went completely off the rails.”

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

What Israel does so often w/ the organs of Palestinians is so unbelievably crazy that you sound insane just repeating it. It’s actually quite the cover for bad acts, make them so horrific nobody can believe they’re even possible. This teacher got fired for repeating what Palestinian doctors say...

I think Pam Bondi crashed the stock market.

A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.

The interview w/Idaho sheriff involved in the raid (who I covered OFTEN years ago) is striking. He disputes zip-tied kids until shown pic of 14YO girl (same pic that made FBI backtrack months ago)

Then: "I've gone against gang members who are a lot younger than that" www.cbsnews.com/news/feds-zi...

ABOLISH ICE

March for Life attendees may have been exposed to measles, DC Health warns D.C. health officials are contacting people possibly exposed to measles at the March for Life in January, as confirmed cases rise nationwide.

I would be laughed out of the writers’ room if I pitched this. Measles exposure at a March for Life rally. www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...

DV hotline 800-799-7233

Super Bowl Sunday: spike day for incidence of domestic violence in the US.

Can’t forget NABS, and basically any Indian reservation

My kiddo just said that something “doesn’t make logic,” and I’m not going to correct her.

Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...

Local authorities can investigate (and even charge) feds for alleged wrongdoing. So why don't they?

@melissa-sanchez.bsky.social, Andy Mannix & I asked local jurisdictions around the country if they're conducting their own investigations into shootings by immigration agents

Read what we found:

Volunteer to Gather Signatures for the Reproductive Freedom & Privacy Act! · Idahoans United for Women & Families on Mobilize Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Idahoans United for Women & Families.

Idaho, we have 85 days to collect enough signatures to put the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act on the ballot. This initiative has every chance to succeed on November’s ballot, but only if we qualify. Here’s a link to events statewide where we can join our neighbors and make this happen!

5 Things White People Should Stop Saying Right Now I'm a Black woman in Minneapolis and these phrases aren't helping

1. Any version of “this isn’t America” or “this isn’t who we are”

2. “We are all immigrants” or “this nation was built by immigrants”

3. Any version of “ICE needs better training”

4. Calling for unity + peace, but not for justice

5. Focusing on “civil discourse”
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It’s giving Alex Jones

It’s February 1 in Boise, Idaho. An area that, on average, gets 18” of snowfall a year. So far this winter we’ve gotten less than an inch.

It smells and sounds like spring outside. I’m worried.

It really is worth understanding what an escalation this is by the feds to be teargassing the big family friendly march

HOME | Trump Kennedy Center

Former South Park writer snapped up the website, www.trumpkennedycenter.org when Mango Mussolini’s incompetency forget to change the website name. And now there is a glorious website.

Karl Marx would like a word.

Can I Punch Nazis? A quick helper to determine if you can punch a nazi.

canipunchnazis.com

BOISE: The pro-ICE event at the Idaho State Capitol building was a massive flop.

It appears they reserved the entire park and had the streets blocked off all the way through Cecil D. Andrus Park. You can barely make them out, not filling up the steps in front of the building.

“We’re going to tear up the Caldera so we can have an electric car”: Wrestling with prospective lithium mining in the Oregon desert Extraction of lithium, a key ingredient for renewable energy transitions, is a land- and water-intensive process. In this study, we use qualitative, p…

Excited to share a new article from our team about the complicated human experiences of future lithium projects in the McDermitt Caldera. Pushing beyond narratives of for-or-against, our work highlights the nuance and uncertainties experienced in this new lithium country! @alidacantor.bsky.social

Cool to these guys doing so well!