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New York Mayor Mamdani at a podium next to a group of young kids at their own podium.

Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga performing at the Super Bowl halftime show, 2026.

It has struck me that the good people of this nation are showing us joy, humor, and art, while the ruling kakistocracy and its rich protectors are grim and miserable. We can help ourselves by being joyful and optimistic, and we will prevail.

Update: American Marines were among the security personnel who opened fire on protesters by the US Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan on Sunday, where 10 people were killed.

1 Inquiry for New York Times Good afternoon, My name is [REDACTED] and l am a reporter for the New York Times. I am researching how much money the Palestinian diaspora community has sent to support Gazan families since the war in Gaza began. Does your team track this figure? I really appreciate it. With gratitude, [REDACTED]

Palestine Diaspora Movement Hello [REDACTED] We do not collaborate with The New York Times. Your email asks about money sent to Gazan families "since the war in Gaza began." Let us first correct the premise. This is not a war. It is a genocide. Calling it a war is part of the problem. It obscures the reality of a colonized people being massacred by a military machine backed by the United States and defended, sanitized, and rhetorically softened by institutions like yours. The New York Times has spent far too long parroting Zionist propaganda and laundering Israeli state narratives while Palestinians bury their dead. That kind of coverage does not merely misinform. It helps create the political climate in which Palestinian slaughter becomes explainable, defensible, and forgettable. So no, we will not be sharing any figures, internal data, or community information with a paper that has so thoroughly damaged its credibility on Palestine. Quite frankly, we would rather chew jeans than help The New York Times extract from our community while continuing to fail it. Do not contact us again for this purpose, The Palestine Diaspora Movement Team

“Quite frankly, we would rather chew jeans than help The New York Times extract from our community while continuing to fail it”

lmaooo GET EM

I’ve been notified about another death in ICE custody.

This marks a stunning 40 deaths during the second Trump administration.

This cannot continue. There must be real accountability for ICE and DHS.

Jayapal to Noem: "I want to introduce you to just four of the US citizens unlawfully detained by ICE ... they're in this room with us."

Here is @aoc.bsky.social thankfully telling everyone exactly what to do to stop a concentration camp from being built where you live.

Please take it to heart and take action.

Exactly. First you let Platner in the door, then you get Neera Tanden retweeting Nick Fuentes, and then your big tent is a fucking Nazi hangout.

No fucking Nazi shit. Period.

completely normal, functional government agency

They 100% used an LLM for this

Yiiiiiiiiiiiiii - & I cannot emphasize this enough - iiiiiiiiiikes 😬😬😬

🚨 BREAKING. Two sources with direct knowledge of the matter informed Project Salt Box that the possible ICE warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Durant, OK are currently under contract with as-of-yet unnamed counterparties.

This does not mean ICE has bought them — but we are watching closely.

PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books.

Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable.

Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Yeah this is 10/10 on the yiiiiiiiikes scale.

Prisoners in Iran Report Limited Access to Food as US-Israeli Attack Continues “These attacks are causing much suffering for Iranian people,” says a scholar who was on death row in Iran.

“These attacks are causing much suffering for Iranian people, and it’s destroying the space in which Iranians were struggling for social justice and civil liberties,” says Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi.

Bernie Sander’s 2028 litmus test would strangle America’s golden goose

Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why?

If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment.

Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.

Too Afraid to Leave Home: ICE’s Toll on Latino HIV Care Operation Metro Surge is leading some Latinos to delay or cancel HIV prevention or treatment appointments.

NEW: In Minneapolis, @cameronoakes.bsky.social and Sam Donndelinger report, ICE’s Operation Metro Surge is preventing Latino patients from accessing HIV care. This story was produced in collaboration with @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social, an investigative LGBTQ-focused nonprofit news publication.

The Disappearance of Young Adult Books and Services in Public Libraries: Book Censorship News, February 20, 2026 Teen collections in public libraries are disappearing. So, too, are professionals dedicated to serving this demographic.

Book banners are trying to create a world in which no one is able to imagine living lives different from their own

‘Same Ingredients, Different Recipe’ in Proposed U.S. Book Ban House Resolution 7661, introduced on February 24, would withhold federal funds from public classrooms and school libraries alleged to have “sexually oriented material” on their shelves.

‘Same Ingredients, Different Recipe’ in Proposed U.S. Book Ban

so the thing about evangelical christians is they really, really, really see it as a religious command to bring about the end of the world in a literal sense

not at all an exaggeration to call it a death cult

theres no silver lining here ive just understood it for decades so the shock is done

Blood moon total lunar eclipse and aurora happening now in Fairbanks, Alaska!

Macron opens door to deploying French nuclear forces to European allies The plan is a “major evolution” of France’s deterrence posture, the president said in a long-awaited speech at the Île Longue naval base in Brittany.

In any normal week this would be a huge story. France moves toward extending a nuclear umbrella over European allies-- a major sign of declining credibility of US extended deterrence.
www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

They’re really all in on the “ominous multistory fascist banner meant to intimidate rather than educate” game aren’t they 😬😬

These book bins are THE HEIGHT of amazingness in Paris I fucking LOVED them when living there. I found a *16th century* printing one time 👀❤️📚

Crowd-sourced data shows a high number of ICE-involved incidents in North — North News By Azhae’la Hanson , Reporter  North Minneapolis has the second-highest number of ICE-involved incidents, according to a crowdsourced data website.  With no official way to track ICE da...

“The Northside isn't getting the same light,” Smith said. “As far as ICE activity, we're also not getting the same level of support, and we're having to do that all on our own, without a network of bigger things supporting us.”

mynorthnews.org/stories/2026...

Tip: if you live in a state where an ICE warehouse sale fell through due to local resistance, STAY VIGILANT.

ICE has certain regions in mind, so keep looking at warehouses in your state for ICE interest. Merrilville, IN fell through, and ICE pivoted to Indianapolis for its meg warehouse search.

These motherfuckers deliberately target schools for violence HERE. I sure as shit believe they targeted schools elsewhere too.

This is the worst Wheel of Fortune "Before and After" puzzle ever. -_-

Still not a peep on the things Mamdani can do for trans youth after hospital closures.

No activation of H+H to take patients. Trans patients are a rounding error for the $10B program.

No movement on human rights complaints.

No promise to restore care.

Rarely have I been so disappointed.

Seems like a thing more people should be mad about

world-altering decisions are being made by a cabal of gambling addicts hell bent on self enrichment no matter the cost to humanity, we should look into that.