I was so excited when my son came to visit with this…

… but it was just food. Tom Homan has all the luck

Monochrome photograph featuring a hand stroking the head of a large horse which is only visible from the neck in side view all against a dark background

Flor de María Garduño, contemporary Mexican photographerr #WomensArt

“As political commentator Thom Hartmann recently pointed out, rather than sacrificing their objectives, authoritarians use ‘compromise’ to recalibrate their efforts.”

Blumenthal: ICE and CBP are out of control. The practices of this agency have to be completely overhauled. It’s like a corporation in bankruptcy—either dissolved or reorganized. They’re morally bankrupt, legally bankrupt, and politically bankrupt.

From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch A massive warehouse in Tremont, Pa., that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in a $119 million ICE deal.

ICE's concentration camp is even too toxic in a place like Mississppi for far right Republican wingnut Senators like Roger Wicker.

Where is the pushback from Pennsylvania's Republican Senators (and so called centrist house members) including @fetterman.senate.gov?

Concentration camps lead to disease and death.

Lawmaker says plan for ICE detention center in Shakopee has been abandoned Rep. Brad Tabke credits "swift and decisive community action."

MN ICE WAREHOUSE CANCELED!

bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...

What’s at stake in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance By performing on the largest stage in the US, Bad Bunny joyfully and unapologetically challenges what it means to be “American.”

By performing on the largest stage in the US, Bad Bunny joyfully and unapologetically challenges racist ideas of what it means to be “American.” #SuperBowl2026 #superbowlhalftimeshow

Just this week, we’ve seen multiple GOP Members of Congress speak out against ICE warehouses planned in their state or district.

The tide is turning against the regime’s lawlessness, but we know ICE is still purchasing commercial warehouses. Is Trump trying to build a mass detention camp near you?

Congressional testimony from Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by ICE while driving and exercising her legal right to observe their operations. It is remarkable that she survived:

Feb. 2, 1959: The Norfolk 17 Attend Formerly All-White Schools In Norfolk, where schools had been closed for months rather than desegregate, 17 African American students began attending six previously all-white middle and high schools on February 2, 1959.

#tdih 1959 In Norfolk VA, 17 AfAm students began attending 6 previously all-white middle and high schools.

They faced relentless repression, yet were determined to desegregate their schools. After graduation, many of the Norfolk 17 earned PhDs and wrote books.

www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/no...

The Sift: Preserving Black newspapers - The News Literacy Project How Black newspapers tell a fuller story of American history, journalists arrested after ICE protest, Holocaust misinformation, and debunking a voter fraud rumor.

A local museum & library in Knoxville, TN, are working to preserve the legacy of the region's first Black newspapers by digitizing them.

We focus on that story + more in this week's edition of The Sift newsletter for educators.

👉🏾 Read & subscribe: go.newslit.org/Sift2Feb2026

#BlackHistoryMonth

Many artists attending the Grammys on Sunday wore anti-ICE pins while others used their victory speeches to speak out against President Trump’s mass raids and deportations.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/2/headlines/bad_bunny_denounces_ice_during_grammy_awards_acceptance_speech

we are going to win

What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too.

Fugitive Slave Act forced question: "Were Northerners prepared to watch their neighbors, many of whom had lived in their communities for years, be violently removed from their homes or grabbed off the streets? For many, answer was no." - @jelaniya.bsky.social Read ⬇️
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Federal officers use crowd control munitions as demonstrators protest outside Portland ICE building Thousands of protesters turned out for a mostly peaceful demonstration Saturday in Portland to speak out against increased immigration enforcement. By the end of the day, scores of nonviolent proteste...

The march wasn’t even antagonistic, just thousands of people behaving the way the political right always demands of us: politely showing discontent. And they fired on the crowd of nurses, teachers, and homecare workers anyway. #iveoutofportland #iceout #fuckice www.opb.org/article/2026...

ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.

BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.

This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.

We are publishing a running list of deaths and woundings as a result of the interior enforcement blitzkrieg across the country.
That includes deaths during apprehension and deaths in custody. This will be consistently updated.
Currently, there are 8 dead, 9 wounded, & 35 deaths in custody.

Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable

dear god: "plays like a gilded trash remake of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest"

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

Judge blocks additional citizenship provisions in latest setback to Trump's election executive order A federal judge has blocked certain federal agencies from requesting citizenship status when distributing voter registration forms

On Friday U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly provided "the latest blow to a wide-ranging executive order on elections"

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

I just watched the lyric video of Bruce's new song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP... - powerful

“We have all been ‘us’ the whole time.”

Here, I discuss how a lot of U.S. public workers are in immigration enforcement and carceral industries.

And how the romanticization of labor and unions, including among abolitionists, can ignore the reality that this violence is done as paid work, often unionized, and is major part of the economy.

Oh wow: Major U.S. Cardinal (Tobin of Newark) is calling for Catholics to urge lawmakers to vote against ICE funding. Via @ncronline.bsky.social

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie How Donald Trump Lost the Battle of Minnesota

how trump lost the battle of minnesota (debated between this and "the battle of the twin cities," which does sound more evocative) youtu.be/vxI8sR-I0ME

Painting or print of tree trunks in a snow or ice covered winter landscape

'Snowfall' by contemporary painter and printmaker Anna Perlin #womensart

"At some point, one has to let go shame to begin that process of self-transformation."

Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors.

i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.

thank you. thank you.

But there is reason for hope, optimism. Look at the cities that have been raided by ICE: Where the communities are engaging in mass resistance – normal people who must know they risk getting attacked and detained, who are willing to sacrifice their freedom and their bodies.