Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr.

Newport for governor challenge

University of Connecticut, looking to save $1.57M, removes trash cans from many of its offices The cost-cutting effort aims to save $1.57 million in trash disposal and custodial cleaning expenses, according a UConn official.

we are theatrically tightening the belt in the dumbest ways, what more does Ned want from us www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

Motion to inaugurate the term "Molotov Cocktail Mom."

Why won’t the mainstream media cover the most impactful product category of the last decade

US paid $32m to five countries to accept about 300 deportees, report shows Some of the world’s most corrupt countries have received huge payments in controversial third-country deportation scheme

Third country deportations are a way to nullify asylum protections. Lawless and inhumane.

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This Year's Oscar Nominees Have Real Fight In Them, Even If Hollywood Doesn't An introduction to The Work, a column about resistance in fiction

introducing my column about resistance in fiction for @aftermath.site. I’m calling it THE WORK

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UT-Austin to merge race, ethnic and gender study programs More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.

This is AWFUL. Univ of Texas is consolidating 4 depts into 1: African and African Diaspora Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, and Mexican American and Latino Studies will become "a Social and Cultural Analysis department." www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...

Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”

Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”

Live Updates: F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days

The total lack of explanation or comprehension from all sources contacted I this article is really unsettling - nobody has any idea why a major city was just suddenly grounded - with lethal force authorized against any aircraft that didn’t get the memo.

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

I am SCREAMING.

I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’ The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.

Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Notes on winter When the world turns whimsical

Wild fact from @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest newsletter:

"The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."

Ned Lamont gives the state police sweetheart wage raise deals while the other unions are left in the cold. makes u think! www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...

This whistle fights fascists I print whistles now. You can too.

In 1943, musician Woody Guthrie placed a message on his guitar: "This machine kills fascists."

I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.

This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."

My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.

- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide

-There's worms & mold in food

-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows

www.propublica.org/article/life...

DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE' The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.

This link has been updated to include our broadcast audio. Listen to hear some of the back and forth between DeLauro and the faith leaders, including DeLauro's simple declaration: "If the vote comes up, I will not vote to abolish ICE. I am telling you that."

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DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE' The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.

“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.

“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.

“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”

Strange, but TRUE!

I’m excited for what happens when we have more stable pay and more regular people. It feels nice to be able to build a site.

I know it’s annoying that I constantly ask people to sub, but subbing makes a huge difference. @aftermath.site has around 5,000 paying subs right now; most of us still work other jobs on the side. we have over 90k bluesky followers. if a fraction subscribed, it would literally change our lives

The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons

this looks like the headshot you would use if you were trying to do this as an Onion bit

ICE is afraid of children protesting “Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”

ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...

Lewis & Clark Migration & Asylum Lab - ACA and Third Country Removals Ecuador ACA Bulletin

Given the recent spate of "pretermissions" in immigration courts, the Lewis & Clark Migration & Asylum Lab has published five new bulletins on Asylum Cooperative Agreements and Third Country Deportations in Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and El Salvador.

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It's probably not a good "reform" if your opponents adopt it before you even pass the bill

Nicholas Christakis, sociologist. 9/

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