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Katy Naples-Mitchell, program director of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at Harvard Kennedy School, has reviewed Dankoff’s data and called it “unsurprising.” Naples-Mitchell spends time as a pro bono attorney at South Bay Jail, aka Suffolk House of Correction. She was conducting an unrelated legal visit on a recent Friday when a family walked in to pay bail for a family member, and were given a receipt by the clerk magistrate.

“Their loved one never came out. Because instead, ICE had been alerted by the jail that this person was releasable, and so immediately upon the bail having been paid— making the person released from state custody— ICE enacted their federal detainer, and took the person into federal custody,” she said. The family, she said, told her the woman who was detained had a green card with no active order of removal. “ICE enacted their federal detainer. Instead — they were disappeared behind the jail,” she said.

People are being disappeared from Massachusetts jails

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We do! And we capture when sales have been canceled due to community resistance.

🔴 = Bought by ICE
🟢 = Canceled by community
🟡 = Still for sale
🟣 = Reopoening detention facility
🔵 = Potential admin office leases

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Sec. 9. Retirement, removal and discipline.The legislature may provide by law for retirement of all judges and for the extension of the term of any judge who becomes eligible for retirement within three years after expiration of the term for which he is selected. The legislature may also provide for the retirement, removal or other discipline of any judge who is disabled, incompetent or guilty of conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.

Minnesota Constitution Art. VI, Sec. 9. Going around the back of the executive and legislative branch to negotiate policy with the federal government is beyond the pale for ANY judge. Absolutely "conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice."

Chief Justice Hudson must resign, immediately.

This is disgusting. All of these people who negotiated with ICE and told no one what they did need to be removed from office.

Editorial: Ayotte's stance on ICE detention center in Merrimack - Valley News Gov. Kelly Ayotte's response to ICE's plans for an immigrant detention center in Merrimack, N.H. raises questions about her stance on immigration enforcement.

In New Hampshire, Gov. Ayotte is really taking heat on a proposed ICE warehouse in Merrimack.

Local editorial: "opponents of the facility should keep the pressure on to have her intervene to kill the project."

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#iceout

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This looks like an outrageous case of prosecutorial abuse, if the facts are as reported.

As people have been saying for some time, it's not merely about sports or healthcare, it is about pushing an entire group of people out of public life.

Required reading!

I’m amazed at how so many organizations are willing to be destroyed because the money is good. It goes for news organizations as much as it does for sports and the arts — when it comes to AI deals. The tradeoff is that you get a lot of money but the wolf devours you. And they’re all saying yes.

Check here to see if your local government has a sheriff’s election this year. Make sure you know which candidates are anti-ICE and spread the word:

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still unclear to me how the species made it this far

‘No one deserves this’: Beaverton father dies after deportation to Mexico A Beaverton family is grieving after the father, who was detained and deported by ICE, has now died.

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported.

He finally died.

I am so angry.
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Had to drop everything and respond for foot patrol because ICE was circling my kid’s school today at pick up.

Slowly circling.

These guys are assholes of the highest order and intimidation is their only purpose at this point. And they’re still here.

Fuck ‘em.

In the beginning, it was very confusing. People were like, “Oh, you’re psychic,” or, “The show is prescient.” But in the rear-view mirror, it’s really a much sadder explanation than that. Yes, you were inspired by history books, including the use of pretext. Yeah, it’s the same shit all the time. Get rid of truth, get rid of a free press, destroy communities, nationalize the businesses, find an arbitrary enemy that you can elevate and false flag them through propaganda. Flood the zone with as much gak and atrocity as you can so that nobody can pay attention to what just happened, and pray that you have an overwhelming majority of sheep that will follow you. It’s just tragically and sadly familiar. It’s on them; it’s not on us.

Tony Gilroy casually tossing grenades now that he's free to speak his mind.

#Andor #StarWars

By the numbers Here’s where the cryptocurrency industry stands, early into the 2026 election cycle: $288 million: Total cryptocurrency industry spending toward the 2026 election cycle to date. This includes funds sent to pro-crypto PACs, direct contributions to candidates, and contributions to non-crypto PACs.a $221 million: Cash on hand with pro-crypto super PACs, ready to deploy in the midterms $100 million: Additional committed funds that pro-crypto PACs say they have secured but haven’t yet appeared in FEC filings $3 million: Already spent by pro-crypto super PACs in the 2026 cycle, primarily on special elections in Florida and Virginia $74 million: Contributions to Trump PACs in the 2026 cycle by crypto companies and executives

Here’s where the cryptocurrency industry stands, early into the 2026 election cycle:

• $288 million: Total cryptocurrency industry spending
• $221 million: Cash on hand with pro-crypto super PACs
• $100 million: Additional committed funds
• $3 million: Already spent by pro-crypto super PACs

This. Today's ruling is primarily a multidimensional failure of the judicial branch, not really its robustness in the face of authoritarianism. This should never have been a SCOTUS case in the first place, & it shouldn't have taken over a year to get here.

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Officials are working on contact tracing to notify those affected

Is there any time, place, or context in which a government hanging enormous banners of the Leader’s face was not a sign of a diseased and authoritarian society? Because I certainly can’t think of one.

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NYC: There are nearly 100 anti-ICE events across the city this weekend. Find one near you below!

Donate if you can and please share!

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Sometimes I randomly get email.

New York Man Tried to Ram a Nevada Substation in an Act of Terrorism, Police Say

The man, Dawson Maloney, of Albany, was heavily armed during the attack on Thursday in Boulder City, Nev. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the police said. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

Deputy AG fires interim U.S. attorney succeeding Trump loyalist hours after appointment James Hundley, a longtime Virginia litigator, was set to succeed Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan.

Todd Blanche says he’s fired the court-appointed U.S. attorney who succeeded Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan

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A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.

The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

Because who doesn't want a "market-driven" army. Can't possibly fathom where that might go wrong.

Meanwhile, is there a prediction market taking bets on how badly this will all turn out?