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The judicial warrant for private property demand is broader than homes and by rejecting it Trumpists are going to make even the core requirement of warrants for homes seem like it‘s debatable.

Trumpists do not want that to be the law, which is why they are saying that it isn’t. Meanwhile Dems are making a demand about judicial warrants to enter private property, and this is going to end up confusing people about the law concerning house arrests/searches.

this is incredibly frustrating. By framing this as a policy demand Dems are aiding a disinformation campaign that is intended to confuse the public about what is constitutionally required.

No, Chuck, you’re making them the fifth highest paid military in the world. You ain’t reforming shit.

We talk a lot about trends and marginal shifts, this purple state got bluer while that one got a bit redder, but the fundamental political geography and coalitions of the major parties have been locked in for a quarter century. The vast majority of Trump voters are still Bush-McCain-Romney voters.

Judge Strikes Down California’s Ban on Masks for Federal Agents

'the judge...suggested that the ban would be lawful if it applied to all officers....

State Senator Scott Wiener, a Democrat who wrote the mask law, responded to the ruling by swiftly drafting a new bill to include state officers in the ban."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

It’s crazy the sheer number of supposedly rational people who were like “ok but it’s good at health stuff” early on.

Appeals Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for 60,000 More Migrants

Appeals Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for 60,000 More Migrants www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

Trump Threatens to Block Opening of New Bridge to Canada

In another move of petty retribution Trump Threatens to Block Opening of New Bridge to Canada www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

In Terse Ruling, Judge Shows Frustration Over Federal Seizure of Georgia Ballots

In Terse Ruling, Judge Shows Frustration Over Federal Seizure of Georgia Ballots www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

Judge Strikes Down California’s Ban on Masks for Federal Agents

Judge Strikes Down California’s Ban on Masks for Federal Agents www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.

Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
Turkish national had been arrested illegally by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

RIP Greg Brown. Fondly recall my intro. to Cake: The Distance new on MTV--a roommate & me, intrigued by John McCrea's lyrics, pondering, "What is this?" & then the 2 us uttering "Whoa!" as that guitar riff kicks in, then the trumpet, then the cowboy "Yah!" & that awesome bass + the imagery. Wild!

ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.

ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today:

www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...

Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’ The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.

Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

We live under a cartoonishly corrupt administration.

AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.

House GOP leaders are trying again to block any votes on Trump's tariffs through the end of July. This is tucked into a rule vote on Tuesday.

John Williams’ family shares photo of the legendary composer celebrating his 94th birthday 🎂🐐

I’ve seen a lot of questions on these lines, and the quick answer is that once the federal government purchases the property (including the land the warehouse sits on), local governments cannot regulate them or tax them. They are now federal properties and so the Supremacy Clause applies.

ICE is likely paying a premium to get the deal through quickly. E.g., in Hamburg, PA, the warehouse was purchased in 2024 for $57.5 million and sold to ICE for $87 million.

The real profit will come with the private prison companies and contractors hired to refurbish and staff these facilities.

Photo of I Will Not Be Scared picture book

Photo of the dedication page of I Will Not Be Scared

This book has the most scathing dedication by an illustrator I have ever seen (and he is completely right)

#kidlit

Living in this country, it’s just a reality that the left and liberals are expected to do more and uphold more. I don’t know how you can come away with any other conclusion than that when you flip the script on the above premise.

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ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.

ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.

If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?

People

Beagle keeping his Kong Stuff-a-Ball safe by laying on it.

Is he trying to hatch it?

Inflammation, cell and mitochondria damage biomarkers, and links to cognitive dysfunction in #LongCovid relative to recovered controls
www.nature.com/articles/s41...