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This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained.

She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.

She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/

These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’ Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities

for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI.

one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."

A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

tfw the prism lights won't go out and the evil hand will drag you into the world of darkness

Looks like 'AI! The switch is stuck!'

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Monday following his conviction on foreign collusion and sedition charges. Full story: buff.ly/6MkP1zn

‘Together, We Are America’ Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong.

This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

My mother in law was on the 1956 Hungarian Olympic swimming team. At the Olympics she sought asylum in the US to evade invading Russians and their imposition of exactly the malignant thought control that Kelly would like to impose, right here in the Land of the Free.

Susie was sixteen years old.

Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military

“Authorities traced one of the .50-caliber guns used in the assault to a store in Texas. The owner, investigators found, had sold nearly 500 guns that ended up in the hands of the C.D.N., including a .50-caliber machine gun and at least six .50-caliber rifles.”

Shot from the stands of the Bad Bunny halftime show.

What a moment.

Bad Bunny wearing an OCASIO 64 jersey

Ocasio gang rise up 🙌🏽🇵🇷

Interesting that pan-Americanism is having a moment on the right and on the left in the US

Still image from the Super Bowl halftime show of Bad Bunny looking serious, talking directly to the camera, pointing at us.

“If I’m here at Super Bowl LX, it’s because I never stopped believing in myself. You should never stop believing in yourself either. It’s worth more than you think.” —Bad Bunny

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At Least 50 Arrested After Protests Escalate Outside Minnesota Federal Building

Friends in Minneapolis are very worried about this development. Both in terms of state police's role in arresting protestors and the worry that this could set off the kind of spiral of distrust and destruction that followed George Floyd's murder.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

crickets from the free speech crowd, of course

Julian Barnes’ last novel: quietly, softly devastating, of living and dying in the post-tragic age.

Legislature passes minimum wage decrease for teen workers The Nebraska Legislature voted final approval Thursday of a bill lowering the minimum wage employers must pay some teen workers.

The Nebraska legislature has approved a bill that LOWERS the minimum wage from $15 an hour to $13.50 for young workers.

nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...

Republicans’ new tax law decreased Amazon's taxes 87%, while the corporate giant's profits grew.

The company’s U.S. taxes went $9 billion $1.2 billion.

Amazon is also in the process of cutting 30,000 jobs.

New Mexico governor signs Immigrant Safety Act among other bills into law New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur

"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."

kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

There was so much ICE activity today. A group of agents spent the whole morning inside Jimmy’s Bar and then ended up driving erratically all throughout the Holland & Como neighborhoods, eventually trying to park at the 2nd precinct police station.

You know how I keep saying that every damn skill and capacity is needed in this moment???

What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??

Among the charming aspects of this note, the passive voice: "Difficult decisions have been taken."

This guy should never have had the job, or been allowed to stay.

The damage to Bezos's reputation is immense, but can't match the damage Bezos has done to journalism.

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

'Free the mountains': Thousands of people marched through Milan on Saturday in protest against the Winter Olympics, with a small number setting off fireworks and clashing with police in riot shields. ➡️ u.afp.com/S2u9

Howard Lutnick went to Jeffrey Epstein's island 5 days before Lutnick and Epstein went into business together.

12/23/2012 — Lutnick goes to Epstein's island.

12/28/2012 — Lutnick and Epstein sign a stock purchase agreement.

A medieval manuscript illustration from the British Library royal ms 20 a ii f3r. Image shows a medieval king in a green gown and wearing a crown. He is stood within a burning castle with arms in the air and a look of 'oh dear' on his face

"this is fine"

British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is

"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)

Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show

83 DEAD IN SAMOA
Email proof that RFK, Jr. lied to Congress about his reason for visiting Samoa in 2019.
Despite his denial, it's clear he went to spread anti-vaxx disinformation.
Measles vaccination rate dropped.
Deaths skyrocketed.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...