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Black and white photo of James Boggs, wearing a light-colored sweater, seated with his forehead resting in his hand.

"If the black revolt does not succeed... Americans are going to discover what it is like to live as the black man has been living all these years, in constant terror of violence from the mob & from the police, never certain what rights he can exercise under the law & under the Constitution."

Same Brutal ICE. Now Stealthier. ICE has learned how to be cruel and lawless without drawing so much attention to itself.

"Assaulting protesters and then gunning them down in the street is out; carelessly dropping a blind, helpless man in a coffee-shop parking lot to freeze to death is still very much in."

The SEIGE OF MINNEAPOLIS CONTINUES:

Donald Trump cannot be trusted to lead America into war. He is unaccountable to America. He is lawless. He only seeks conflict to cover up for his failures.

Congress must step up, reassert its power, and represent the American people.

We do not want another forever war.

Paramount should enjoy its growing news monopoly while they have it because when Democrats win back power we are going to break up these anti-democratic information conglomerates. All of them.

It’s way past time for threats. There’s either rule of law in the United States or there isn’t. The lack of consequences already so far suggests there isn’t.

So let’s think about this.

A private company refused - on principle - to yield to the government’s demands.

The government then cancelled its contracts with the company and has set about destroying it

NEW: Minnesota's top federal judge is threatening to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt if they continue defying court orders in immigration cases.

"One way or another, ICE will comply." www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

The supreme court has struck a blow to Trump’s corruption machine | David Sirota The supreme court has deferred to executive power for decades. Its decision on tariffs is a long-overdue warning

THE GRIFT CONTINUES. Great reporting by @davidsirota.com in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

CNN will soon be controlled by David Ellison. If democracy is to survive, a vibrant independent media ecosystem is critical.

My ask: cancel your Paramount/Warner subscriptions and sign up for as many pro-democracy outlets as you are able.

You can start with Democracy Docket: bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Add to all this that Trump appears to be a serial child rapist—or, *at best*, a serial rapist who aids and abets fellow rapists who focus their predations on *children*.

This man will not go down as America's worst-ever president. He will go down as America's worst-ever *enemy*.

None of this is being hidden. Trump is very clear that blue states are being denied money they're entitled to because they voted wrong. His new domestic police force is being very clear that they don't plan to abide by the Constitution.

And as Trump arms them, he steals from us.

This is why anyone who pays close attention to the news is really struggling emotionally right now. They are watching corporate media pretend that things are basically normal, even as they believe, and they are objectively correct, that we are all abiding civil war prerequisites.

A nearly blind refugee is found dead after Border Patrol agents drop him at Buffalo doughnut shop Police in New York state are investigating how a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar died after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a doughnut shop in Buffalo.

ICE responsible for this man’s death.

apnews.com/article/buff...

NEW YORK — “growing outrage” after a nearly blind refugee father dropped off by border patrol and left to find his way home in the cold was found dead

Judge summons Minnesota U.S. Attorney to court, threatens DHS with contempt for 'unlawful conduct' U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Bryan says government officials have not complied with multiple court orders requiring them to return valuable property to people freed from immigration detention.

The order stems from habeas corpus filings by immigrants challenging their detention by federal authorities. The judge noted in his Thursday order that all 27 petitioners in the initial filing “had been unlawfully detained.”

Oakwood officials confirm $68 million purchase of facility for new ICE detention center City officials said they expect the property sale to decrease tax collections by more than $770,000.

🔴 Oakwood/Flowery Branch, GA warehouse sold to ICE for $68 million.

The sale adds 1,500 beds to ICE’s
New warehouse detention network, and brings the total expenditure to $895 million. GA stands to lose $778K in annual tax revenue. It will cost $2.4 billion to operate all 10 warehouses.

Since MSM isn't hammering this message daily... I will:

If. You. Don't. Have. A. Passport. Get. One. By. The. End. Of. March.

GET IT.

Gov. Walz unveils new anti-fraud legislation package Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday unveiled a suite of anti-fraud proposals he would like to see the Legislature pass this session.

Today I rolled out a comprehensive anti-fraud package that strengthens oversight, improves detection, expands enforcement, and increases penalties to protect taxpayer dollars.

We’ve seen plenty of grandstanding on this issue. It’s time for action.

kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

A legally blind, 65 yr-old woman: has unintentionally lost 28 pounds because she can't afford food under Trump. "The end is coming near. Under Joe Biden I received $80 SNAP per month & was able to put away $100 per month for food. Trump took that away from me." #TrumpAffordabilityMeltdown

This is a scandal for ICE, but also an indication of just how much they're scraping the bottom of the barrel.

They've had multiple applicants with outstanding warrants for their own arrest walking in looking to play cop. That's apparently how dumb some of these goons are.

Reading this and thinking of the kinder, more humane world we’d be living in had President Hillary Clinton shepherded our nation during the early days of COVID and ever since.

Imagine how much better we’d feel about the future of this planet

@hillaryclinton.bsky.social

15 states sue Trump administration over childhood vaccines

The lawsuit asks the courts to nullify the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the childhood vaccine schedule

www.cidrap.umn.edu/1...

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Breaking: Trans inmate's lawyers claim "egregious retaliation" in violation of court order Trans woman involved in a lawsuit challenging anti-trans policies says federal prison official told her on Feb. 22: “I don’t give a fuck what that judge says, I do what I want.”

“I don’t give a fuck what that judge says, I do what I want.”

The judge in question: Judge Royce Lamberth.

Let's see how this goes.

www.lawdork.com/p/trans-inma...

Minnesotan Aliyah Rahman arrested and injured at Trump's State of the Union Aliyah Rahman said she was escorted out after standing during the speech. She said she was injured in the process and taken to the emergency room.

Aliyah Ramen - Rep. Ilhan Omar’s guest at SOTU - was arrested and injured AGAIN. At SOTU:
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Who's boycotting State of the Union? Over 80 Dems say they won't attend As President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union on Feb. 24, more than 80 Democrats have announced they will be boycotting tonights speech.

Who's boycotting State of the Union? Over 80 Dems say they won't attend www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

BREAKING: Amanda Roberts, sister-in-law to Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, delivered a powerful message to President Trump:
“Mr. President, today we are saying we will not move on and the world is not moving on.”

The #BlueCrew stands with survivors... We won’t look away. We won’t be silent.✊

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

"The woman who directly named Trump in her abuse allegation claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13 yrs old, Epstein introduced her to Trump who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out."