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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

We found the Trump administration kept about 300 kids at the Dilley detention center for more than a month, despite a long-standing legal settlement that generally limits the time children can be held in detention to 20 days.

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Arts Panel Packed With Trump Allies Approves White House Ballroom Project President Trump has eliminated any pocket of resistance from within his administration to his plans for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.

Breaking News: President Trump’s $400 million ballroom was approved by a panel of his allies, clearing a hurdle toward its completion.

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn't stopped. The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.

On average, courts are ruling more than 32 times a day that the Trump administration has broken the law to detain people.

Congress must rein in these violent, lawless agencies — no more blank checks to ICE and Border Patrol.

Files reveal Epstein was offered chance to buy US Pentagon, FBI buildings New files show Epstein, who had close ties to Israel, was offered sensitive US government real estate deals.

New files show Epstein, who had close ties to Israel, was offered sensitive US government real estate deals.

Satellite Feature on iPhone Allowed Skiers to Seek Help After Avalanche The Emergency SOS feature on iPhones can send texts to emergency responders via satellite when there is no cell tower nearby.

The six survivors of Tuesday’s avalanche near Lake Tahoe communicated with emergency responders using the Emergency SOS feature on the iPhone and an emergency beacon, said Don O’Keefe, the law enforcement chief for California’s Office of Emergency Services.

Activist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation

Activist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation https://aje.news/e2afqs

Polymarket is the largest prediction market, Trump Jr is an investor, and it is strongly supported by the Trump administration. Time to get off Substack!

Authoritarians, strongmen and dictators: who is on Trump’s Board of Peace? Representatives of repressive regimes from around the world are flying to Washington for the inaugural meeting of the body

Authoritarians, strongmen and dictators: who is on Trump’s Board of Peace?

Over 80 UN member states condemn Israel's de facto annexation of West Bank UN warns that Israel's plan will lead to widespread dispossession of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.

UN warns that Israel's plan will lead to widespread dispossession of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Displays About Slavery at Washington’s House The judge said the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths after the administration took down displays about slavery at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia.

The Trump administration has been ordered to temporarily restore displays about George Washington’s ownership of enslaved people at a monument on the site of his former house in Philadelphia, after a judge said that the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths.

One year on, No Other Land co-director says Israeli attacks intensifying Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal says his family was attacked despite an Israeli court ruling in their favour.

Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal says his family was attacked despite an Israeli court ruling in their favour.

A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot review – a unique memoir by a figure of astonishing power Pelicot’s riveting account of her ordeal refuses to conform to any agenda but her own

A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot review – a unique memoir by a figure of astonishing power

When is Ramadan 2026, and how is the moon sighted? The first day of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Mecca will likely be Thursday, February 19.

The first day of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Mecca will likely be Thursday, February 19.

‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18 The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework

‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.

We'll let their words speak for themselves.

🪶 NBA superstar LeBron James told Israel’s Channel 14 that he has “heard nothing but great things” about Israel. The United Nations, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International have found that Israel has been carrying out a genocide in Gaza for the past two years. The country also runs what leading Israeli human rights group B’Tselem calls a “network of torture camps” for the over 9,300 Palestinians it imprisons from Gaza and the West Bank. Fewer than 1300 of the detainees have been convicted of any charge.

🪶 NBA superstar LeBron James told Israel’s Channel 14 that he has “heard nothing but great things” about Israel.

The UN, Human Rights Watch & Amnesty Internat'l have found that Israel has been carrying out a genocide in Gaza for the past 2 years.

The country also runs what leading Israeli human...

Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.

How to Confirm Sundown Towns - History and Social Justice What we seek is information confirming that a given town did keep blacks out [if it did!],  either through the use of restrictive covenants throughout the town, violence or threats of same, bad behavi...

As mass deportation intensifies, I find myself thinking about how we're doing sundown town policy at a national scale.

justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-town...

The GoFundMe For James Van Der Beek's Family Is A Depressing Look At US Healthcare "The costs of James’s medical care and the extended fight against cancer have left the family out of funds."

No one should be forced into crippling debt because they need healthcare.

Medicare for All is the fiscally and morally responsible solution to our broken, corporate greed-driven healthcare system.
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Intelligence Dispute Centers on Kushner Reference in Intercepted Communication A whistle-blower has accused Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, of blocking distribution of a report that Jared Kushner’s name came up in an intercepted communication about Iran.

A whistle-blower has accused Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, of blocking the distribution of a report that included Jared Kushner’s name in an intercepted communication about Iran. nyti.ms/4aL9zgO

Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level. Big Tech's AI Power-Grab

Top Palantir and OpenAI executives are funding a new AI industry Super PAC, which has already amassed $100M to spend on the 2026 midterms.

They want to stop anyone who supports guardrails on AI from being elected.

We must not let them win. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtkNL4v2ks

We stand with our union siblings @uupinfo.bsky.social, who started negotiations with New York State today. Looking forward to all your wins and supporting you whenever needed! #uupcontract

A towel reading ICE OUT

From @theathletic.com: Activists at the Super Bowl handed out towels at the entrance of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara with the slogan “ICE OUT.” The other side of the towel has a bunny kicking a football that is inside a block of ice. nyti.ms/4quQynz

The US deficit is approaching ww2 levels as a percent of GDP.

Because of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that GOP voted for.

We are spending more on INTEREST than on anything else including the military.

This is a time bomb, and the GOP is responsible. Fiscal conservative my ass

Epstein survivors are sharing the most important ad you’ll see today. Please watch. Trump and his administration are trying to cover up this scandal, but we are not moving on from it.

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No funding for murderers and for building concentration camps.

We are fighting for our very lives now – our jobs, our healthcare, our freedoms.

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No funding for murderers and for building concentration camps.

We are fighting for our very lives now – our jobs, healthcare, freedoms.

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No funding for murderers and for building concentration camps.

We are fighting for our very lives now – our jobs, healthcare, freedoms.

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Dear @gluesenkampperez.house.gov, I’m a voter. I’m urging you to please vote NO on funding for ICE and DHS.

No funding for murderers and for building concentration camps.

We are fighting for our very lives now – our jobs, healthcare, freedoms.

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