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The Mom-and-Pop Contractors Helping ICE Rapidly Expand Even as ICE sparks rising public horror with its tactics and killings, a raft of companies that have never before worked with the federal government are signing up to work with the agency.

Even as ICE sparks rising public horror with its tactics and killings, a raft of companies that have never before worked with the federal government are signing up to work with the agency.

And its money won’t run out anytime soon. trib.al/te3qFMj

Kash Patel celebrated the US hockey team's victory the right way.

by Ezra Klein

To commemorate the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States will be invading Iran.

Dr Oz inviting ol Jeffrey to his V Day bash in 2016

That’s a lot of interference for burnt coffee.

Whether it's Donald Trump getting half a billion dollars from United Arab Emirates or Joe Biden getting free ice cream from a shop in Delaware, influence peddling has been a problem for both men.

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.

Vodka

If you are running for president you should make clear you’re gonna send Greg Bovino to prison

7 Democrats — with the blessing of Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic leadership — just voted with Republicans to give these agents even more money

ICE is executing protesters the right way.

by Ezra Klein

My Aunt Hazel this week:

I have never had Covid. Have had robust immune responses to every COVID vaccination other than Novavax.

Donald Trump is doing colonialism the right way.

by Ezra Klein

BREAKING: Doctors warn of surging flu cases as 1,900 Americans have died, including children

Professor Andrew Pekosz of Johns Hopkins said subclade K may evade immunity, increasing vulnerability to infection.

A Black Madonna & child appearing in a streetcar

Because it's a good day, a thread of images from fantastic show I saw last week: African-American artist Allan Rohan Crite at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. First up, Crite's luminous "Streetcar Madonna," which resonates with incoming NYC mayor's pledge to make transit more affordable

FEEDING BABIES WON!!!!!

Pope Leo is doing Catholicism the wrong way.

by Ezra Klein

Wake Productions An AfroFuturist Education Project in the Black Radical Tradition

And I’m building a Freedom School:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wak...

Patti LaBelle's go to 11.

About a week ago, the New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast portrayed Russell Vought as a devout Christian, a true “small government” conservative who loves the free market, and a man with a great work ethic. A remarkable combination of credulousness and deliberate whitewashing.

Vought is a key figure in the world of Trumpism, with a rare – and dangerous – combination of ideological zeal and operative competence, a fully committed extremist causing massive harm to millions of people.

But if you only listened to The Daily, you wouldn’t get any of that.

I don’t need therapy, I just need everyone to stop being wrong.

I DEEPLY resent that I have to take seriously the stunted, juvenile political and theological opinions of Peter Thiel

Muslims are the greatest danger to our nation. Here’s why I invited Qatar to build a military base on US soil.

by Pete Hegseth

The guy who runs Palantir studied WITH Habermas.

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