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"Several of these abuses point to Bondi’s weaponization of DOJ against Trump’s enemies; others condemn Harmeet’s misconduct, including the intervention in the Alex Pretti case that followed Harmeet’s intervention into the Renee Good case which led to Thompson’s resignation."

YouTube video by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez How we beat authoritarianism. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

An actual working-class hero is something to be.

If your vote weren’t worth something, Donald Trump wouldn’t be trying to steal it..

“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

The Department of Homeland Security has had to correct information provided to at least five states after its SAVE voter tool misidentified some voters as noncitizens, according to correspondence between state and federal officials.

With @texastribune.org

The SAVE act is voted suppression and extremely bad policy. MAGA is counting on this fncking over D voters more than R voters, and they might be right. MANY R voters, though, will also get fucked over.

It's possible, the plan is just to create chaos.

Great to talk with Dahlia about the warehousification of immigrant detention and how it intersects with concentration camp history. I've now had a chance to listen to the Linus Chan segment, too, and it's so helpful how he lays out the maximalist approach unfolding now on the ground.

On the heels of this post last night, I wrote about using the term "concentration camp" and why it matters.

Frost: We just can't trust them to investigate themselves because they've shown us time and time and again that they're not interested in justice and they're interested in covering their own asses from the Epstein investigation to ICE and DHS

"Concentration camps are a process, one that can be interrupted at the beginning but less easily further along, and often only at dreadful cost. That’s why this conversation matters."

What do you call a warehouse full of humans? Next NEXT COMES WHAT. Full version. Listen wherever you get podcasts. TikTok video by degenerateartnews

What do you call a warehouse full of humans?

What do you call warehouses full of humans? Podcast Episode · Next Comes What · 02/12/2026 · 27m

She wrote a global history of concentration camps. Now she has a warning for her own country.

In a better world, Andrea Pitzer would be delivering this warning on 60 Minutes.

But you need to listen to how we can stop these systematic atrocities being committed in our name on Next Comes What.

Fletch

"Republicans were ready. Democrats weren't." is an apt description of most of the major social & political developments of my lifetime.

One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...

As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.

About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”

Pretty, but nope, nope, nope, and probably not.

Tigers should NOT.

The Republican Party’s Advantage on Immigration Shrinks, Poll Finds

Dems could have just stuck with the righteous position on immigration -- "it's good! it needs to be somewhat better controlled, but it's good." -- & they would have been here to meet the public, looking like they know what they believe in.

But no. Chased that way, chased this way, always chasing.

Days like these that I wished I still believed in hell.

Would you rather:

1. Be forced to watch the Melania Bribe-umenatry?
2. Be forced to read the Alito biography?

Video and text messages from Border Patrol agent’s shooting of a Chicago woman are released | CNN Newly released government evidence from last year’s Border Patrol shooting of a Chicago woman revealed body camera footage from the shooting and previously unseen text messages from the agent who shot...

"Do Something Bitch!"

Kid Rock.

Embarrassing. For all of us.

‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms | Common Dreams Silicon Valley elites plan to spend big in 2026 to influence Congress for AI-friendly legislation. Leading the Future PAC pledges $100 million.

“‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms ***
The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations.”
2/11/26 … 1/ www.commondreams.org/news/ai-supe...

Lying or clueless. Neither option is good.

How to contact Gallup:

There we go:

Stop the SAVE Act Trump Has Pushed for a Vote in the House This Week On A Bill That May Disenfranchise Tens of Millions of Eligible Voters

My new piece is up and it requires your URGENT ATTENTION!

open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

“The SAVE Act will require voters to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections…”

“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”