Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
15.02.2026 01:54 β π 225 π 107 π¬ 2 π 13
End qualified immunity for ICE and CBP
15.02.2026 02:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I triple dog dare @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to make a speech saying, "Neither will we bail the US out after it commits unmanaged hegemonic suicide."
14.02.2026 12:02 β π 935 π 228 π¬ 55 π 5
Would be better with alt-text
14.02.2026 15:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The hiker says the Epstein land has been sold?
14.02.2026 05:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Trump tapped white nationalist Jeremy Carl for Assistant Secretary of State for International Orgs.
He called the Civil Rights Act an βanti-white weapon,β pushed the βgreat replacement,β called Juneteenth a βrace hustle,β and compared J6 defendants to Black defendants in Jim Crow trials.
1/2
13.02.2026 18:15 β π 1868 π 875 π¬ 176 π 51
Thanks for all your town halls @neguse.house.gov
14.02.2026 04:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Always read @annabower.bsky.social! www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
13.02.2026 19:55 β π 146 π 22 π¬ 3 π 0
"Discount Goebbels" I believe she said
14.02.2026 04:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Minnesota Demolishes Stephen Miller's Theory of Force - emptywheel
Stephen Miller attempted to subjugate Minnesota with force. He didn't win. Everyone lost.
"Homeland Security Czar Stephen Millerβs attempt to impose his power in Minnesota, ... has led to the collapse of drug trafficking cases because his attempt to subdue Minnesota by force has instead destroyed the Federal tools to impose order by law"
emptywheel.net/minnesota-de...
14.02.2026 04:21 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
What is wrong with SSA?
14.02.2026 04:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Note: I should have added "at worst" to the line about the fishermen. We don't know how many were actually even doing that.
Also, as with the brazen, wildly exaggerated lying, the hypocrisy is itself a projection of power. They want you to see that there's no pretense of justice or fairness.
13.02.2026 15:56 β π 317 π 83 π¬ 5 π 1
I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast!
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. π¦ π¦
13.02.2026 19:36 β π 2156 π 422 π¬ 76 π 76
Identifying and preparing for future threats to public safety and health is no longer a priority in our dysfunctional government. Cases in point: climate and health science.
14.02.2026 03:36 β π 4 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
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14.02.2026 03:36 β π 17 π 5 π¬ 4 π 1
So I want to say something about something I see people saying: that Ilia is young.
What I am about to say has NOTHING to do with emotional maturity and everything to do with longevity in figure skating.
Ilya is young in every way but one: figure skating age.
14.02.2026 03:35 β π 385 π 29 π¬ 8 π 4
Every member of congress is older than ICE and DHS. Any elected who cannot fathom abolishing these agencies has no business in office.
The case against these irredeemably wasteful, violent, and unconstitutional agencies gains strength by the day.
We can do this. They are not inevitable.
14.02.2026 03:40 β π 28 π 10 π¬ 2 π 1
Iβve never met a child that belongs in prison, because all children should be free.
Abolish all child cages + jails + prisons (so-called juvenile halls, camps, correctional facilities, detention centers, et al.)
They are an expensive stain on our community.
14.02.2026 03:40 β π 79 π 24 π¬ 2 π 2
Certainly this is going to kill people
13.02.2026 22:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The New York Times just launched a new "newsletter about the law and the courts." They are calling it "The Docket."
The Times may not care that Democracy Docket has been publishing "On the Docket" and "Daily Docket" for years, but I believe our 400,000 subscribers might.
More on this tomorrow.
13.02.2026 03:47 β π 12583 π 2678 π¬ 293 π 67
Christ. Aside from the very fucking basic 1A principles here, imagine a world in which the FCC actually had the authority to do this. How would a service like Apple News perfectly balance every viewpoint? They wouldn't. They'd just change the formula to appease whichever party is in power.
12.02.2026 17:24 β π 258 π 51 π¬ 10 π 3
And a bit of sensationalized "Biden welcomed immigrant criminals and mental patients; Trump will deport them all!" (Immigration was the #2 issue in the post election polling I've seen)
13.02.2026 04:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
2024 wasn't lost bec highly engaged leftists wouldn't vote for harris. it was lost because people who weren't engaged at all were angry about inflation and covid dislocations and decided to vote the bums out.
13.02.2026 03:58 β π 28 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0
Please watch:
13.02.2026 03:46 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Moral question of the day: What moral obligation if any do Epstein's former lawyers, friends have to mitigate the harm to Epstein's victims?
13.02.2026 03:26 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
βI can squeeze money out of oil and coal for another decade and then Iβll be dead so who caresβ
12.02.2026 19:09 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
THIS is your brain on BILLIONAIRES *smashes egg frying pan into face*
12.02.2026 19:09 β π 34 π 6 π¬ 2 π 0
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