Gov. Landry says the La. National Guard will remain in New Orleans through August. This would be the longest such deployment in the city since its members were assigned there after Hurricane Katrina. @greglarose.bsky.social
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“Cut the utilities, condemn the building, demo it, take it under eminent domain, whatever you can do. Make it impossible for them to use our neighborhood for a concentration camp,” he said.
“This will not be solved by a harshly worded letter or resolution. We need action.”
wdet.org/2026/02/27/c...
NEW, from me: I talked to Aliya Rahman, who was dragged out of Tuesday's State of the Union + arrested for... standing up.
Really.
Rahman, who is autistic and has disabilities, was a guest of Rep. Ilhan Omar + was previously brutally detained by ICE in Minneapolis. www.huffpost.com/entry/aliya-...
The regime won’t let you have clean hands if you work for them, even if they’re punishing you. This was leaked on purpose, is uncomfortably close to confessing to a war crime, and highlights once again how tech’s unthinking growth directly leads to dead kids.
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This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data"
This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11
Tech execs provide their kids with liberal arts education to ensure their futures—-all while many state schools are becoming all STEM. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
01.03.2026 16:13 — 👍 218 🔁 96 💬 5 📌 11
“Just because you are outside of your home doesn’t mean you have consented to having a random bozo collect your face and your name, the latter of which can enable them to search for your digital presence or even home address. The act of existing in public should not carry those risks.”
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ai is a rhetorical technology.
when it produces a list of permissible targets, its value is not producing targets but producing permission
WSJ reporting that the U.S. used Claude for the air strikes in Iran. Centcom has been using Claude "for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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The US government is committing systematic child abuse.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It’s awful to force these victims to recount their abuse decades later (and get cross-examined by a DA) for a wisp of hope for release when they should never have been in prison
www.propublica.org/article/okla...
Claims of 40 dead after an Israeli airstrike on a elementary girl’s school in Iran
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
The Washington Post's description of the bodycam video of his arrest last year, and the translation of Mr. Shah Alam's comments, is gutting. Remember, he was entirely blind in one eye and could only see three feet in the other, and he spoke virtually no English.
He spent a year in jail for this.
NEW: We obtained 911 audio from the Texas detention center housing hundreds of immigrant kids and their parents.
Since mid-September, EMS crews have been dispatched to Dilley at least 11 times to treat children in medical distress.
Burning fevers. Low oxygen. Seizures. A broken leg.
My report:
DHS admits it deported more than 80 DACA recipients
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
i really can not emphasize enough that the most materially impactful thing you can do for trans people right now is hire them.
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February 26, 2026 Dear members of the Columbia community: This morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered a Columbia Residential building and detained a student. We are working to gather more information, working to reach the family, and providing legal support. Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a "missing person." We are working to gather more details. It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including
It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including housing, classrooms, and areas requiring CUID swipe access. An administrative warrant is not sufficient. If law enforcement agents seek entry to non-public areas of the University, ask the agents to wait to enter any non-public areas until contacting Public Safety. Public Safety will contact the Office of the General Counsel to coordinate the University's response. Do not allow them to enter or accept service of a warrant or subpoena. We will update our community as additional information becomes available. Sincerely,
BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained a student.
"Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.'"
Man Arrested in New York Snowball Fight That Police Said Injured Officers
The incident, which began as a playful event, shifted in tone when the police appeared. Mayor Mamdani has said it did not appear to be a crime, while other officials called for arrests. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...
It's always something like this and never something like 'use AI to check whether a manager is sexually harassing a subordinate'. (Which, to be clear, is not a great idea either; my point is these tools are mainly seen by management as a way to exert tighter control over labor.)
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“Over the seven-week treatment period, users who switched from the chronological to the algorithmic feed shifted their political opinions to the right”: www.huffpost.com/entry/time-s...
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“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)
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All about Fort Wayne’s AI-powered Flock surveillance cameras Grace Samels and Ethan Dahlen 8 hours ago for WANE 15
Dem city council member: Would I have liked to know two years ago that the system was in place, and this public safety tool was being utilized? I didn’t know.
Also Dem city council member: Now that I know about them... It’s going to be a good tool for crime
www.wane.com/news/local-n...
Appalling: ICE and CBP contracted for $144 million in weaponry and accessories in Trump's first year, per data obtained by Sen Adam Schiff.
For ICE it's a fourfold increase, much of it for military-style weapons. A heavily armed secret police force. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2069...
Many news outlets are reporting that some trans Kansans received letters warning that their licenses were being invalidated overnight.
This morning, Evan Urquhart spoke with a trans woman who found out on Bluesky that it would be illegal to drive her car.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period." ERIN REED FEB 25, 2026 88 5 21 Share Kansas Sate Capitol // farzinvousoughian
1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.
Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.
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2. ICYMI: If the Supreme Court weakens Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, it could usher in the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress
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SB116, MORRIS, Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs, CONGRESS: Provides for redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (See Act) SB117, KLEINPETER, Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs, CONGRESS: Provides for the redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (See Act) SB121, MORRIS, Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs, CONGRESS: Provides for the redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (See Act) SB130, MORRIS, Pending Senate and Governmental Affairs, CONGRESS: Provides for the redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (See Act)
NEW: Republican state lawmakers in Louisiana prefiled multiple congressional redistricting bills this week for the 2028 election as the wait continues for a Supreme Court ruling on the state's U.S. House map and the fate of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting
25.02.2026 21:23 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.
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NEW from me for @immcouncil.org’s blog: ICE is buying up warehouses around the country. I summarize ICE’s “Detention Reengineering Initiative,” laying out what we know about the Trump admin’s main plan to use the $45 billion they have for detention.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-buy...
