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ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

Funny how MAGA melted down over the Bad Bunny halftime show when this official Trump ad from 2020 was in Spanish and featured both the Mexican and Puerto Rican flags

Trump Has Lost The Culture And his greediest collaborators are awakening to the fact that they made a terrible bet.

"Republicans hoped to demonstrate that they are the ones with their fingers on the pulse of the culture. They miscalculated badly...Rs have now turned to whipping up hate mobs against US athletes who’ve had the temerity to criticize the actions of their own gov't."
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it’s funny that a handful of republican senators are belatedly realizing that all of these guys they voted to confirm really *are* lazy dumbshits, they weren’t play acting

How the Military Can Regain Public Trust The armed forces can only be successful if they maintain broad, non-partisan support.

The uniform is "a symbol of national service to all Americans, never a partisan emblem....Once it becomes a symbol of service to one party or one man—once it’s interpreted that way—public trust unravels." How do we fix it? From the archives:

Non humans did

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Jeffrey Epstein made regular payments to Ohio State head of gynecology, records show

YouTube video by emptywheel Swapping VA Care for Dead VA Nurses

Republicans have literally taken money that previously provided VA care and used it to pay thugs to murder a VA nurse.

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It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms With only nine months before the midterm elections, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.

I am regularly asked what specifically blue states and Congress should do to protect the midterm elections.

Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
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Family of asylum seekers 'adopted' by Colonie church leave after father's deportation A family of three became an integral part of the Newtonville United Methodist Church community over the last year.

"My hardest day through all of this was just this past Sunday, when I looked out in the second pew and the baby wasn’t there. The whole family had a real presence here, physically but also emotionally and spiritually.”

Really sad story.

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Judge 'bewildered' as ICE reveals detention areas hidden from the court A federal judge was blindsided on Monday upon learning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been storing detainees on floors of a Manhattan facility that it hadn't disclosed to the court prior...

A federal judge was blindsided on Monday upon learning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been storing detainees on floors of a Manhattan facility that it hadn't disclosed to the court prior. bit.ly/4a90A8Z

"What Alex Pretti was doing is something that is important to keep doing,” one lawyer said. www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to...

Minneapolis City Council president says immigration enforcement still active in Minneapolis Five days after federal officials announced hundreds of immigration agents would be leaving Minneapolis, City Council President Elliott Payne says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is still vis...

"I think that the goal of Tom Homan switching out for Gregory Bovino is purely optics and damage control. It's not actually a change in their tactics of intimidation and indiscriminate apprehension,” said Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne.

Heartbreaking.

A mom and her 11-year-old daughter were killed by Russia in Sloviansk today. Their home was destroyed completely by a Russian strike, and their bodies were found inside.

14 more people were injured by the strike, including a 7-year-old girl.

Deepest condolences

Leslie Wexner is one of the 10 co-conspirators named by the FBI during the 2019 arrest of Epstein.

He gave Epstein millions of dollars and the $70 million NYC townhouse.

Leon Black gave Epstein over $170 million.

Both men are alive.

How come they've never been asked to testify?

Tomorrow I will testify before subcommittee of House Judiciary Committee against the proposed "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act," which would authorize exclusion/deportation of all or most non-citizen Muslim immigrants. My written testimony posted here: reason.com/wp-content/u...

‘Racist Double Standard’: Family of Black Man Shot in Back and Killed for Legally Holding Gun in Open Carry State Sues, Citing Double Standard Between White and Black Gun Owners 🔥 Black man shot for LEGALLY carrying gun in open carry state—Family sues over shocking double standard in gun rights. #JusticeForJalin 🚨

Open carry was legal, the gun was legal, but apparently being Black made it a death sentence.

Read more here:
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I remember the Republican outrage over the "Lincoln Bedroom" scandal. Look it up.

Trump's "Freedom 250" group promises that anyone who gives them $2.5 million will have a chance to speak on July 4 at the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It's exciting to consider how many rich whack jobs may take this chance to air their takes to the nation.

‘Complete nonstarter’: Administration allies say judicial warrants a red line for White House in DHS funding talks as shutdown looms The seeming stalemate sets up a clash between the Trump administration and Democrats ahead of a Friday night deadline.

The Fourth Amendment requires judicial warrants…what exactly is being negotiated? www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help Seamus Culleton describes conditions as ‘torture’ as he pleads with taoiseach to raise his case with Donald Trump An Irish man who has been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement for five months despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record says he fears for his life and has appealed for help from Ireland’s government. Seamus Culleton said conditions at his detention centre in Texas were akin to “torture” and that the atmosphere was volatile. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.” Continue reading...

Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help

For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump

Those who give $1 million or more will get invitations to a “private Freedom 250 thank you reception” hosted by Trump, with a “historic photo opportunity.” Those who give $2.5 million or more also are being offered speaking roles at an event in Washington on July 4. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...

"Binance—Whose Founder Was Pardoned—Now Holds 87% Of Trump’s Stablecoin"

And here's a fine PBS report on the Dilley concentration camp.

Doing the work so no one can say, "We didn't know."

WATCH: “Where’s my kid gonna go, Gino? He’s in Kindergarten.”

Rep. Gino Bulso’s HB 1491 requires Tennessee public schools to teach the Bible in K-12 — he defends it by saying parents can “opt out”, but doesn’t seem to have thought through what that actually means for young kids.

Knight Institute Asks Federal Appeals Court to Order the Release of Special Counsel’s Report in Trump Classified Documents Case

It's a scandal that Jack Smith's Mar-a-Lago report is still being withheld--and outrageous that Trump's co-defendants are demanding that the report be destroyed. As we argue in briefs filed yesterday, the First Amendment requires that the report be released. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...

Longtime El Cajon City Councilman renounces Republican Party, becomes Democrat The long-time El Cajon politician changed his party registration during a news conference outside city hall on Monday morning.

This councilman in the San Diego area has been a Republican for 50 years and changed his party affiliation to Democratic over ICE today.

DHS has no legal authority to intervene in this matter. I hope this gets a lot of attention and results in a major backlash in the Ohio midterms.

School officials, voting rights groups push back after DHS visits Dayton high school • Ohio Capital Journal Investigators from the Department of Homeland Security showed up at a Dayton area career tech high school to investigate allegations of voter fraud.

Scary story from Ohio. DHS showed up at a Dayton area career tech high school to investigate supposed voter fraud. What's DHS doing in doing this?!