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Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...

Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.

Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.

Expect more.

This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

The secrets kept by Armando Fernández Larios, former Pinochet agent arrested by ICE Wanted in Chile for crimes committed during the dictatorship, he was convicted in the US in 1987 for the 1976 assassination in Washington DC of Orlando Letelier and his young assistant Ronni Moffitt

He was living under Federal protection in Miami but I guess no one told ICE and now he's going to go to trial for crimes against humanity

Interesting detail:
In trying to frame Leqaa Kordia sending money to her family in Palestine as supporting Hamas, DHS claims she's financially aided "individuals living in nations hostile to the US."

Are they conflating Hamas with Palestine — and also inadvertently recognizing Palestine as a state?

Getting reports and videos from friends on the scene. One person taken by ambulance.

Apparently caused by a high speed chase — in one of the oldest, densest corners of Saint Paul.

MAGA dimwit Peter Navarro accidentally admitted Trump-MAGA's claim about immigrants taking jobs is a scam. And as @pkrugman.bsky.social notes, not only is job growth down; *manufacturing* jobs are also down. The whole MAGA story is in collapse.

Our exchange on this:

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Poll: Trump’s immigration crackdown deeply unpopular in Minnesota Federal deportation efforts are also unpopular nationally, turning immigration from a political strength to a problem for the president ahead of the midterm elections.

New: our @startribune.com/Kare11/NBC poll of Minnesotans on the ICE raids & the administration's immigration crackdown.

66% believe ICE has gone too far
69% believe ICE should be reformed or abolished
67% believe in path to legal status

More: www.startribune.com/poll-trumps-...

We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege

During a congressional visit, Congressman Joaquin Castro discovered that babies as young as two months old are being held at the Dilley, Texas Family Concentration Camp. (February 10, 2026)

FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.

The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."

The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.

A Minneapolis City Council member is proposing to allocate $5 million to support local businesses, but some argue the city lacks the funds. STORY:… Minneapolis City Council to debate $5M fund shift to support local businesses

If you thought MPD overspending their 2025 overtime budget by 50% was bad, get a load of 2026: "We have spent all of our overtime budgeted for police and fire this year in the first 3 weeks of January."
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Because their entire belief system is built on reactionary politics and antagonizing people. At no point are they trying to reclaim joy, they're trying to suppress it in others. They confuse enjoying the suffering of others with joy. And also, for a bunch of haters, they're not even good at that

Or recruited.

Bloomington Police just announced they've arrested a Department of Defense employee in a sex trafficking sting. The police chief said his job is to do background checks and security clearance checks on ICE agents.

Rep. Lieu: “Howard Lutnick must resign… The Epstein Files new release shows that not only did Howard Lutnick lie to the American people, he went into business with Jeffrey Epstein, he visited Epstein Island, and Howard Lutnick did this knowing how evil Epstein was.”

Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Tariffs The Trump tariffs are the largest US tax increase as a percent of GDP since 1993 and amount to an average tax increase per US household of $1,500 in 2026.

"The Trump tariffs amount to an average tax increase per US household of $1,000 in 2025 and $1,300 in 2026," according to a new report from the Tax Foundation think tank.

"The Trump tariffs are the largest US tax increase as a percent of GDP (0.54 percent for 2026) since 1993."

#Tariffs
#Inflation

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.

Immigration attorneys allowed to inspect ICE detention facility at Whipple Building after court order They will be able to speak with clients during their visit on Monday.

Immigration-rights attorneys will get to see for themselves the conditions inside the Whipple Federal Building and visit clients today following a judge’s ruling granting them access to the facility.

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh

#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.

DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.

All tac and no battle. A generational gutless wonder.

video sent to me from the hennepin county government center this morning of hennepin county sheriff deputies standing by as plainclothes federal agents detain two people

agents have been hanging out in the lobby for days now

I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.

Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA.

Facts that bear repeating.

I just got off the phone with Elizabeth's dad...she and her mom were freed tonight! Updated story: sahanjournal.com/education/co...

THOU SHALT NOT PROTECT PEDOS!!! WHY THE FUCK IS THIS SENDER’S NAME REDACTED?!?

Federal judge orders release of two men in ICE shooting charged with assaulting immigration agents Defense attorneys cited photos in challenging the government’s account of when the agent fired a shot that wounded the fleeing suspect.

A federal judge ordered the release of two Venezuelan men accused of assaulting a federal immigration officer last month outside a north Minneapolis duplex.

But they never made it outside the St. Paul courthouse. ICE detained them again, without explanation, after the hearing.

Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.

A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.