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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
 
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
 
Not one dime for this cruelty.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

One of the most basic tenets of election security is to avoid creating a Single Point of Failure (SPF). Unfortunately, it appears that SCOTUS created a potential SPF by sanctioning DOGE’s access to SSA databases, which are now a key component of Trump’s voter purge election strategy. 1/

GEORGE RETES: “My name is George Retes. I was born and raised here in Ventura, California. I’m 26 years old and I am an Iraq combat veteran. I was going to work like normal. I show up. ICE is there. There’s kind of like a roadblock. I get out. I identify myself — that I’m a U.S. citizen, that I’m just trying to get to work. I’m trying to leave. I’m getting ready to leave and they surround my car, start banging on it, start shouting these contradictory orders. Even though I was giving them no reason, they still felt the need to — one agent knelt on my back and another agent knelt on my neck. And during that time, I’m just pleading with them that I couldn’t breathe. I was in isolation. I was in basically this concrete cell. I was stripped naked in like a hospital gown. And they leave the lights on 24/7. They just came out and they said that I was violent and that I assaulted agents. Why lie when it’s on video of everything that happened? Why lie?”

PBS News Hour: U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated.

Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC...

I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3

SpaceX to focus on Moon settlements instead of Mars?!? Wow, it is hard to overstate what a change -- what a climb-down -- this is for Musk. It has always been Mars for him. Full stop. Supposedly the goal behind *everything* he does.

Europe is holding its Epstein creeps accountable. Why can’t we? | Will Bunch Europeans are pushing to hold Jeffrey Epstein's creepy pals, including billionaires like Elon Musk, accountable. The U.S.? Not so much.

Europe gets it!

The UK raids the home of a close Epstein pal. Poland probes ties to Russian intel. France raids the office of Musk's X. But the U.S. elites who palled around with the world's worst sex creep get away with it

The crisis of elite impunity. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/jeff...

Supreme Court clerks hit with nondisclosure contracts amid panic over leaks: report The Supreme Court has come under fire after insiders revealed staffers are being told to sign formal contracts opening them to legal action if they reveal secrets.Representatives could previously rely...

The Supreme Court now understands the need for an enforcement mechanism for ethical obligations. Not for the President or for their own code of ethics, of course; this is more of a “snitches get stitches” enforcement for staff members.

www.rawstory.com/supreme-cour...

Great question from Rep. Mike Levin.

Tell Congress to defund ICE here: https://bit.ly/45xxduq

#ResistTrump

Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search

The headline (natch) is woefully underselling the importance of this story. A US president intervening directly with agents in an FBI probe launched at his behest www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

Fulton County expected to make new court filing challenging legality of FBI’s seizure of 2020 election records | CNN Politics An official in Fulton County, Georgia, has announced the county will challenge the legality of the FBI’s search and seizure of 2020 election records.

Fulton County expected to make new court filing challenging legality of FBI’s seizure of 2020 election records www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...

Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search

The heads of the FBI and DNI Office must resign or be impeached. Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard are now too corrupted even by Rancid Trump politics to continue in their roles. They are menaces to our democracy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants

Broadens the “terms” for arresting people. So warrants for arrest aren’t quite so essential.

[gift article]

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

Every journalist whose theat model includes this administration/the federal government needs to be aware of this. Signal for desktop + touch ID + they have a warrant = the feds can read any of your signal messages that haven't disappeared.

Top photo: Jeffrey Epstein’s living room. Suddenly, it all makes sense.

Behind Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's Sweetheart Deal The U.S. attorney who oversaw the hedge fund mogul pedophile's prosecution reveals exclusively to The Daily Beast how Jeffrey Epstein got off with a slap on the wrist.

SAY WHAT?: NBC says Epstein allegations "were not widely known until 2015." Here's Conchita Sarnoff article in Daily Beast in 2011 www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epst... NY Post photos w/Prince Andrew in Central Park same year nypost.com/2011/02/21/p...

Will Trump Send the Military to Seize Voting Machines? A recording from Allison Gill's live video

Corporate media is leaving out a big part of the FBI raid on Fulton County election offices. I discuss with @asharangappa.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/muellers...

What I’m seeing here is that Epstein is a nexus point for the “intellectual” cabal that shores up the race science justifying our current immigration and anti-DEI policies (Huberman), as well the tone policing moderates (Brooks) that hamstrings oppositions. Oh and their billionaire benefactors.

Crime Son of Norway crown princess to stand trial for allegedly raping 4 women January 30, 2026 / 11:43 AM EST / CBS/AFP @ Add CBS News on Google In the biggest scandal to rock Norway's monarchy, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit goes on trial Tuesday accused of raping four women, as well as drug and assault offenses. Marius Borg Hoiby, Mette-Marit's 29-year-old son from a relationship before she married Crown Prince Haakon, has been charged with a total of 38 counts, some of which date back to 2018. He faces up to 16 years in prison if the Oslo district court finds him guilty. The trial, scheduled to last until March 19, is expected to attract intense media coverage. "When it comes to the Norwegian royal family, it is without a doubt the biggest scandal" in its 120-year history, Trond Noren Isaksen, a historian and expert on Norway's monarchy, told AFP.

His mother appears, per reports, repeatedly in the Epstein files with his team handling her travel to his Palm Beach house.

Buttigieg on Fox News: "How did this criminal get a pardon from President Trump? Did he contribute to the ballroom project? Did he buy some of that cryptocurrency and make the Trump family wealthier? Why are these many fraudsters getting these pardons?"

Oh this is fun. Help tank Melania's movie on Amazon search results. Here's how.

We were out running errands yesterday, and decided to stop by our local Target to pick up a few things. As we were walking out of the store, we saw a group of ICE agents standing near the entrance, speaking to a few people. I didn't think much of it at first, but as we approached our car, two of the agents approached us. I'm from Europe, and my husband is from Asia, both have accents, and I think that might have raised some suspicions. one guy asked us where we were from and asked to see our driver's licenses. we cooperated and handed over our licenses. He then asked us a bunch of invasive questions about our work, where we live, and what we're doing in the US. To be honest, it was a bit unsettling. We'd never had any issues with immigration before, and this was our first experience with ICE. they didn't seem to be hostile or aggressive, but it was still a bit intimidating. The whole situation lasted about 10 minutes, and they eventually let us go.

"Show me your papers" is happening outside stores.

theheatherashley & 46m © Threads Might've redacted the email addresses, but forgot to redact the signature. 1/2 1 of 1 To: From: Sent: Subject: HI! Wed 10/23/2002 7:40:52 PM Dear G! How are you? Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great on the picture. I know you are very busy flying all over the world. How was Palm Beach? I cannot wait to go down. Give me a call when you are back in NY. Have a great time! Love, Melania

Lulz

Ro Khanna & Thomas Massie write to the deputy AG Todd Blanche: “As the bipartisan lead sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, we write to formally request access to unredacted documents of the Jeffrey Epstein files…” They outline specific categories of material to review.

jee in this text or email chain is Epstein. He seems to have done something for Woody Allen & someone else.

This week has been a lot. It’s overwhelming.

But what is in those files the DOJ released today is a scandal of monumental proportions. People fear that it is “too big to fail.” Maybe.
But Congress must act.

Yes! we need all the files. But what has been released is already a four-alarm fire.

YouTube video by FIVE MINUTE NEWS Under Homan ICE Escalates Violence at Home Whilst Trump Threatens War with Iran.

Under Homan ICE Escalates Violence at Home Whilst Trump Threatens War with Iran. youtu.be/ORFrbTbJkyc

Federal agents just arrested an Army veteran—after he protested ICE outside a church Ian Austin was part of the group that interrupted a St. Paul church service.

Breaking: Days after declaring, "I'm not going to live in fear" in a now-viral video, Army veteran Ian Austin was arrested by federal agents on Friday. Austin was part of a group, including journalist Don Lemon, that interrupted a St. Paul church service.

An email exchange about a lunch involving Epstein, Daniel Kahneman, Woody Allen, & Soon-Yi Previn.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

How people with disabilities could bear the burden of Medicaid funding cuts According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will slash more than a trillion dollars in federal spending from Medicaid and the Children’s Heal...

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will slash more than a trillion dollars in federal spending from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program by 2034. https://to.pbs.org/3NOHz36

This is Georgia Fort as she’s being arrested by federal agents. Apparently, they had a grand jury indictment in hand. She was arrested for being an independent journalist who filmed the Cities Church protest.