Ross Wallen

They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more.

They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

Update: Sarah Afzul, the woman's sister, told me that Naqvi has been released from a detention facility in Wisconsin, where she was transferred overnight and they've been reunited with her

How State and Local Leaders Are Responding to ICE: Your Questions Answered - Bolts The violence of Trump’s immigration crackdown in cities across the country and the killing of protesters by federal agents have put pressure on local leaders to change their approach to... Read More

NEW: As we've seen the raids & ICE surges, everyone has had so many questions. 'what can states do?' 'what can cities do?' 'what can one ask a sheriff, governor, zoning board, to do?!'

you sent us a lot of your questions.

we just answered 9 of them. i learned a ton myself, i think you will to.

$217 billion a year is enough to reverse Trump's Medicaid and SNAP cuts AND fund the enhanced premium tax credits that Trump let expire.

Golden German shepherd dog looks intently at the ball behind the camera. She has pretty brown eyes and a bit of a smile while she sits on the couch

Happy Friday from Lena

Love to see this. @hboothgo.bsky.social is a hero. Always so kind to me and younger folks in the movement. The documentary about her work is worth watching: docuseek2.com/wm-hbooth

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Turns out lawlessness is not a winning strategy. See you at Nuremberg 2.0

I’m so tired of seeing people bash Bluesky for being an echo chamber when X is an actual intentionally constructed echo chamber that is demonstrably radicalizing people across the political spectrum who still use it

Jasmine Crockett concedes to James Talarico and calls for Democrats to “rally around our nominee.” The GOP, meanwhile, has nearly three months to go before the ugly runoff between Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton is resolved.

Wow: In the early vote, it's a blow-out *so far*.

Rodney Sadler, the progessive pastor and activist, leads state Representative Carla Cunningham 75% to 18%.

(Stay tuned as we see how the Election Day vote compares, but that's an ominous start for the incumbent.)

Context:

Primary season kicks off on Tuesday in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas We preview every major race in all three states, from the U.S. Senate down to district attorney

As you hunker down for primary night—the first polls start closing in a couple of hours—be sure to get up to speed on all the critical races with our comprehensive guide. We've previewed 40 different contests!

About time for some good news. Pumped for @washingtonspirit.com home opener next week!

that's fuckin right

Good.

CFPB on “life support” one year after it was targeted for shutdown Consumers are left more vulnerable to scams, fraud, and abusive financial practices WASHINGTON DC – One year after staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…

Because of this, every veteran and working American has to look over their shoulder for scammers and cheats. This will be true as long as Trump leaves Vought in charge of the CFPB and Congress lets cuts to its funding stand. #stopvought #savecfpb

advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_releas...

Strongly recommend this excellent piece. It actually understates the US failure: Brazil and S. Korea aren’t outliers. Quite the opposite. Since 2010, 31 democracies have convicted or banned leaders from office. Accountability is the democratic norm. America is the sole outlier.

To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an agg...

This is deeply illegal, breaking the Medicaid statute and the ICA.

States are entitled to funding from federal govt to help pay for Medicaid. Providing less than the statute calls for is open and shut illegal, more akin to the impoundments Nixon lost unilaterally before SCOTUS than anything so far.

We’re coming to DC on March 3rd. Come learn about our app and the work we do to make biking safer.

We’ll also have our reflective jackets with us for a pop-up shop after the presentations.

Tomorrow, February 25th, Councilmember Brooke Pinto, Chair of the Committee on the Judiciary & Public Safety, will hold a public hearing on DC’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) cooperation with federal law enforcement.

SUBMIT YOUR TESTIMONY: freedcproject.org/mpd
You have until March 11th.

This is a really key thing that people are just not getting: "VC" is simply *not venture capital* anymore. There is ZERO risk for A16Z and peers. They do not resemble the thing that regulators described when creating the category of venture capital. A cartel of ~4 firms runs the whole industry.

The way people talk about X versus Bluesky is so disconnected from reality. Do people remember Twitter as a place where the discourse was always good faith and productive? It was and still is the opposite. The primary difference between these sites is just that one is led by and crawling with Nazis

Great to see this! Hope we see more DC leaders leave Twitter. It's long past time to shut down accounts from Dems + cities under attack. @janeese4dc.bsky.social, @brianneknadeau.bsky.social, @robertwhitedc.bsky.social, @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social, please join @cmfrumin.bsky.social & the MA AG.

we are going to win

Lena the dog with sunshine on her pretty golden face. She has a reflective flower bandana.

Lena is thrilled that sunshine and garden district are back in her life

A bike lane cleared of snow blockage!

One small snow hill unblocked at 17th St #bikedc lane at New Hampshire Ave NW.

App has been buggy. Search was not working well today. I did report this address!