βOn the merits, its detentions are illegal,β the judge wrote.
β[The government] knows this.β
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...
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βOn the merits, its detentions are illegal,β the judge wrote.
β[The government] knows this.β
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...
When is someone going to investigate the real fraud in our govt? The big fraud?
27.02.2026 10:38 β π 6370 π 2813 π¬ 290 π 142
The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes.
$9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst".
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for commentβ¦.
Cover of The Lancet:
@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.
27.02.2026 15:15 β π 13473 π 5961 π¬ 487 π 360
New reporting from the Miami Herald on how Epstein used his power, money, & influence to βinfiltrate the justice system.β
I do a deep dive into this incredible article, including eyebrow-raising relationships between the prosecutors and Epsteinβs criminal defense team.
youtu.be/tYdj-JwxJjo?...
A federal judge has found that the IRS violated federal law "approximately 42,695 times" when it shared confidential taxpayer addressesΒ with immigration enforcement officials last summer.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.
27.02.2026 14:51 β π 11569 π 4953 π¬ 449 π 284βItβs no longer a political calculus. Itβs a moral and legal and Constitutional obligation of Congress to [impeach]. It would be a violation of the oath of office for a member of Congress not to push for impeachment when it is possible.β
26.02.2026 14:22 β π 9806 π 2813 π¬ 370 π 135The first US Cabinet happened in 1789.
26.02.2026 00:08 β π 18489 π 3551 π¬ 3193 π 764A win! A three-judge panel refused to halt Utahβs new congressional map, saying Republicans were unlikely to win their challenge and that itβs too close to the election to redraw lines again. The updated map places most of SLC in one district, boosting Democratsβ chances of flipping a House seat.
24.02.2026 01:05 β π 2585 π 392 π¬ 21 π 4Minnesota Proud π
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Susan Rice saw this moment coming. She described it plainly, and she was right.
Now, Netflix must decide which side of history it wants to be on.
The right choice is obvious. The only question is whether Netflix has the courage to make it. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...
BREAKING: Sen. Ruben Gallego will NOT attend the SOTU and will instead participate in the Peopleβs State of the Union hosted by MeidasTouch and MoveOn.
23.02.2026 21:20 β π 17370 π 3839 π¬ 436 π 210Elizabeth Warren: "This one is to me not even open or arguable. How would the US government keep money that the Supreme Court said it did not legally collect from American businesses, that it did not legally take away from American families that ultimately paid this?"
24.02.2026 02:26 β π 16427 π 4645 π¬ 510 π 157Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: βI received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.β
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The worst part about the Kash video is just how much of a DORK he looked like.
Like a guy who for the first time was at a party with the cool kids and trying too hard
Gallego: "They're going and racially profiling people and rounding up Americans until they can prove their citizenship. That money came from kicking millions and millions of Americans off Medicaid. It was the same bill. They cut Medicaid to expand ICE."
23.02.2026 15:14 β π 16452 π 6828 π¬ 403 π 276
Jeffrey Epsteinβs close associate, Jean Luc Brunel, was allegedly given immunity back in 2016 to flip on Epstein, but then he went silent.
I walk through the details, incl. the DOJβs handwritten notes documenting Brunelβs involvement in the global trafficking operation.
youtu.be/4lJPOodwNWg?...
ICE tackles and arrests New Jersey father outside his home, leaving his 6-year-old first-grade daughter at home alone.
She goes out looking for him.
"I got my boots and changed my clothes. I wanted to find some help to find my dad..."
www.ms.now/the-weekend-...
Breaking MS NOW:
An ICE whistleblower is expected to testify at a congressional forum today that the agency is "lying to Congress and the American people" about its training of new recruits.
Ryan Schwank was an ICE academy instructor for new recruits before he resigned earlier this month.
New Jersey has proposed the F.U.C.K.I.C.E Act. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...
22.02.2026 19:46 β π 23099 π 6596 π¬ 642 π 656Thank you to Greenland for providing emergency medical care to a US sailor on board the submarine, since we did not have adequate resources in the area to treat him. Iβm sorry that our president felt the need to cover up our shortcomings with a deranged ghost hospital ship post.
22.02.2026 15:24 β π 27820 π 7152 π¬ 562 π 217
"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This one hits hard.
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I just want to live in a country where the leader canβt enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws.
You know, like a democracy.
A British grandmother with a valid visa detained by ICE for 6 weeks.
"So why did ICE detain her, and keep her locked up for so long? ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. 'Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain β the guards told me that,' Karen says."