Hal Espen

Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.

Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...

this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway

Horrible. The recent post investigations of government surveillance and ICE spying have been essential, incredible.

Unbelievable

SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, "The system sucks, this job sucks" to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep. @FOX9

This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.

Opinion | These Four States Are in Denial Over a Looming Water Crisis

“There’s this notion of keeping the dream of growth alive,” said John Fleck, a researcher at the University of New Mexico. “It’s difficult for people to reckon with the reality that they can’t keep that dream alive anymore.”
@sammyroth.bsky.social

Caroline Fraser’s Murderland just got a top-notch callout in Emma Brockes’s Guardian diary column, paired in a double feature of homicide with the great Mindhunter series.

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

Your work has been so refreshing and valuable, Jay. Big thanks.

We must not Doom
Dooming is the mindkiller
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...

New Mexico history thread with Killers of the Flower Moon overtones.

This is so cool I’ve blocked every single motherfucker in this bands I hate circle jerk and now I’m blocking you!

Yes. The flat, final, compliant fatalism of Peter Baker’s NYT-stenography of “Trump decides” and any surrender to this is intolerable. Unendurable. Not to be borne. It can’t happen.

Making anything about this Botox horror a boffo movie-biz triumph and “a face-saving result for the first lady“ is just straight-up trolling, like the bot-swarm 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

“Vega shows that indifference is the bureaucratic resource that allows agents to look away from the most morally ambiguous aspects of their work and helps them cultivate legitimacy for their employer.”

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

"It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in a federal law enforcement action since the surge in immigration enforcement began two months ago."

Minneapolis, MN -

The speeches regarding the general strike are finished. Folks dancing in the street now to Kendrick Lamar, Halluci Nation, Saul Williams and other songs. The first moments of real, intense joy I’ve seen since I arrived here.

Minneapolis, MN -

Protesters continuing to move through downtown Minneapolis. Moving past a Bob Dylan mural that reads “the times are a-changin’.”

The shutdown may not be as big as last week but it’s hard not to notice how many businesses are closed today.

Someday—probably after she’s gone—we’ll hopefully be able to have an honest reckoning of Oprah’s outsized, decades-long role in poisoning our culture by elevating and mainstreaming reactionary grifters and pseudoscientific woo woo wellness bullshit.

very fun to think that there are at least four votes for "the president can unilaterally rewrite a constitutional amendment"

The Immigrant Safety Act has passed the House Judiciary committee with a vote count of 7-4. The committee amended the bill adding cntical new protections that prohibit state and local governments in New Mexico trom entering into 287(a) agreements with ICE New Mexico nas proven once again, we are not powerless againstice and their innumane treatment of our immigrant communities. It will now be heading to the House Floor. Follow to stay informed on how you can support HB9!

‼️#NMLeg2026 HB 9, Immigrant Safety Act, voted out of House Judiciary Committee. Important, good amendment added: prevents state and local law enforcement from cooperating with feds on civil immigration enforcement.

If they get one like this of me, run it over my obituary. American heroes all of them

1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, "Ohio."

2026, Bruce Springsteen, "Streets of Minneapolis."

This is true patriotism.

Awesome, love my copy — any chance this event will be online?

Donated! ❤️

A tonic of satirical delight in dark times.

TMI

ICE Unloads Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”

“I think it’s time to pull out of Minnesota, that battle is lost," a Border Patrol agent said in a private chat I obtained:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads

Can you point me to a source documenting this familial relationship between Reeves and Carolyn Bryant? Many thanks.

Can you point me to a source documenting this familial relationship between Reeves and Carolyn Bryant? Many thanks.