A lot of the stupid and toxic things about the world in which we currently live can be traced back to the philosophy of WIN OR FAIL and it is refreshing to see a legendary world champion caliber athlete tell that entire worldview to go fuck itself

ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...

Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.

“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Gov. JB Pritzker's $56B state budget proposal includes new taxes on social media companies, casinos

Gov. JB Pritzker wants to implement a new tax on major social media companies like Facebook, X and TikTok to help balance a $56 billion state budget, as part of a state spending plan that also counts on additional tax revenue from large corporations, according to details released Wednesday.

Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 1h BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Judge Laura Provinzino has just found a government atty in CIVIL CONTEMPT of COURT for violations of her orders in a habeas case. Attorney cited is Matthew Isihara, a JAG atty from Dept. of War assisting in local US Attorney office @FOX9 (1/) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 1h Judge Provinzino had ordered a detained immigrant held by ICE in El Paso, TX be released in Minnesota with all of his identification papers. ICE released the man in TX with none of his papers, forcing his attorney to find him a shelter for the night & flight back to MN (2/)

Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 57m Judge said she is imposing CIVIL CONTEMPT "to force the government to comply with her court order" to immediately return immigrant's papers. Gov't attorney Matthew Isihara is responsible for $500 daily fine, every day the man does not have his papers starting tomorrow. (3/3) Paul Blume @PaulBlume_FOX9 · 47m CONTEMPT FINDING: Matthew Isihara apologized for allowing the order in this habeas case to "fall through the cracks." Blamed situation on case overload & significant understaffing in US Attorney's office. Says he has picked up nearly 130 habeas cases in just last month. @FOX9

1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.

One of the priests who went into the Beoadview facility, Fr. Paul Keller (speaking here), said he felt "a society with dirty hands actually asking for the forgiveness of those who are being detained, as opposed to encouraging them to repent of their sins."

Flyer found on Archer ave in Chicago's 15th Ward states "Archer Guardians Love Ice. Archer Guardians Encantan La Migra. Archer Guardians is an astroturf group created by ultra rich Republicans through the Urban Center Pace to promote the Trump administration's of fossil fuel dominance, mass deportation as well as stripping the rights and safety nets for for working people across the country."

A flyer spotted on Archer Ave in Chicago.

(Left to Right: Proud Boys member Terry Newsome, U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan, 15th Ward Alder and Democrat Raymond Lopez)

The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.

There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.

For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process

“WEXMAC TITUS allows ICE to treat immigration enforcement like a national security operation rather than a standard civil immigration one,” Michael Wriston, a 20-year veteran military analyst who is now a researcher and reporter with @projectsaltbox.bsky.social told me.

For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process

The Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract (WEXMAC) program was created so the Navy could quickly respond in the wake of international natural disasters, pandemics, etc.

There were 26 designated regions—until last year when they added #27: TITUS (Territorial Integrity of the United States)

For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process

NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.

Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:

In other words, the vast majority of the $45 billion in reconciliation funding is going to go to the new system of warehouse detention camps.

The other $6.8 billion will presumably serve mainly to keep the existing system of detention running without any other major changes.

ICE raid at apartment complex causes elementary students to run from their bus stop in NJ Thursday Students were seen running away from their bus stop on Thursday morning as ICE agents conducted an operation at an apartment in Lindenwold, NJ.

America 2026. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/f...

‘I lived the life I’ve always dreamed of’: the man who cycled around the world for four years Andreas Graf lived without screens and no idea of the date or time. The conditions were often brutal – but he found kindness and friendship as he rode

The adventure of a lifetime on Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires.

With climate change, this trip probably won’t be possible in a few decades.

Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.

In the latest episode of 'what happened to that CCTV footage from within an ICE detention center', the government now says it lost hard drives it was supposed to put the footage on

www.404media.co/government-l...

Greetings from Mexico City's iconic boulevard, where a dog on a bike steals the show Every week, more than 100,000 people ride bikes, skates and rollerblades past some of the best-known parts of Mexico's capital. And sometimes their dogs join them too.

Every week, more than 100,000 people ride bikes, skates and rollerblades past some of the most best-known parts of Mexico's capital. And sometimes their dogs join them too. n.pr/46BnGmr

This is awesome

9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra from Colombia was detained on her way to Disney World. She told me when I met her that what was supposed to be a 10-day dream vacation to the park’s Halloween celebration turned into a 100+ day nightmare at Dilley. 6/

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one. Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

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...

Every study shows that being in a jail or prison, no matter how "nice" or whatever, shortens your lifespan. It does. So the government is taking years off the lives of people, including children, when it opts to put them in jail.
www.propublica.org/article/life...

Friends, that was NOT Liam Ramos at the Super Bowl halftime show. Folks need to stop spreading that false information.

That said, the symbolism was clear 🙏🏽

He is us, and we are him.

Bad Bunny is all of us tonight.

We are woven into the history of this nation, and no amount of hate will erase us.

Love will conquer hate tonight and always.

Keep the faith, America!

#BadBunny
#SuperBowl

A picture of bad bunny with the word love

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

TAKE ACTION: Stop ICE's Deadly Detention Expansion & Mass Arrests Right now, Congress has the power to stop ICE and Border Patrol’s unlawful sweeping raids and detention expansion. Tell your members of Congress to stop enabling ICE and Border Patrol’s cruelty and in...

We MUST REJECT any effort to give ICE & Border Patrol more money. Send a message to Congress NOW: immigrantjustice.org/StopICE

This Olympics, Team USA ice dance is represented by:
• A Chinese Hawaiian and her Michigan husband
• A Greek Cypriot and a Ukrainian Costco fan who just acquired citizenship
• A Canadian born with two dislocated hips and the son of two Soviet gold medalist skaters

That's what makes America great.

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Been using Signal since 2018, on the advice of a Russian reporter friend … who had to leave Russia years ago now

Received a front page in today's Chicago Sun-Times from a WBEZ data story on the increased racial, and cultural diversity of Chicago's suburbs. Be sure to get a copy if you can today!

I remember saying "well, one good thing out of the Alex Pretti shooting is he very well my be our Viola Liuzzo" and not one person on my entire block had any idea wtf I was talking about