Abby
@ackcollins.bsky.social
Reproductive justice, poetry, gardening, and knitting: these are a few of my favorite things.
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Women are about to experience a world that insists they only exist to be oppressed if we don't start taking lessons from the past
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
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Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Women are about to experience a world that insists they only exist to be oppressed if we don't start taking lessons from the past
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As Homeland Security heads to shutdown, a reminder that thousands of the agents engaged in the administration's paramilitary efforts are *not even DHS*. They're DOJ, or even State or Treasury. Any effort to rein them in will have to contend with that
The Democratic Plan to “Reform” ICE Misses One Huge Thing
We are no longer talking about individual law enforcement agencies, but rather a giant, singular blob.
slate.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
As Homeland Security heads to shutdown, a reminder that thousands of the agents engaged in the administration's paramilitary efforts are *not even DHS*. They're DOJ, or even State or Treasury. Any effort to rein them in will have to contend with that
“I was thirsty, and you did not give me water to drink.”
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
“I was thirsty, and you did not give me water to drink.”
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Everyone talks about Stephen Miller, but I’ve always thought we’re not paying nearly enough attention to Vought. If Miller’s a rabid boar, he’s the snake.
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Everyone talks about Stephen Miller, but I’ve always thought we’re not paying nearly enough attention to Vought. If Miller’s a rabid boar, he’s the snake.
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Keep in mind that USAID had a lot of food and medicines in warehouses that only needed to be distributed to save countless lives.
But the Trump administration had it destroyed instead.
But the Trump administration had it destroyed instead.
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Keep in mind that USAID had a lot of food and medicines in warehouses that only needed to be distributed to save countless lives.
But the Trump administration had it destroyed instead.
But the Trump administration had it destroyed instead.
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I didn't hate him! He was highly impressed by the clinical notes, they saved SO MUCH TIME in going over everything and let him jump right to the neuro exam, he ordered the LP, noted the frequency with which EDS patients need a blood patch, and recommended they strongly consider prophylactic--
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I didn't hate him! He was highly impressed by the clinical notes, they saved SO MUCH TIME in going over everything and let him jump right to the neuro exam, he ordered the LP, noted the frequency with which EDS patients need a blood patch, and recommended they strongly consider prophylactic--
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A month ago, I knew almost zero about immigration law. I hadn’t dealt with it since clerking >10 years ago. I had no interest in immigration law.
I knew even before law school I didn’t want to go into criminal law. I didn’t want power or responsibility over someone’s freedom or their life.
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I knew even before law school I didn’t want to go into criminal law. I didn’t want power or responsibility over someone’s freedom or their life.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
A month ago, I knew almost zero about immigration law. I hadn’t dealt with it since clerking >10 years ago. I had no interest in immigration law.
I knew even before law school I didn’t want to go into criminal law. I didn’t want power or responsibility over someone’s freedom or their life.
2/
I knew even before law school I didn’t want to go into criminal law. I didn’t want power or responsibility over someone’s freedom or their life.
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Y'all, ICE thugs are still terrorizing people in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
They are counting on America looking away, and it's currently working. Please tell everyone you know, please reach out to people with huge followings, and ask them to help refocus our attention on the ongoing abuses.
They are counting on America looking away, and it's currently working. Please tell everyone you know, please reach out to people with huge followings, and ask them to help refocus our attention on the ongoing abuses.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Y'all, ICE thugs are still terrorizing people in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
They are counting on America looking away, and it's currently working. Please tell everyone you know, please reach out to people with huge followings, and ask them to help refocus our attention on the ongoing abuses.
They are counting on America looking away, and it's currently working. Please tell everyone you know, please reach out to people with huge followings, and ask them to help refocus our attention on the ongoing abuses.
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“Legal experts said the use of these indiscriminate weapons implicates not just Israel but also its Western suppliers.”
“This is a global genocide, not just an Israeli one.”
“Under intl law, the use of weapons that cannot distinguish between combatants and noncombatants constitutes a war crime.”
“This is a global genocide, not just an Israeli one.”
“Under intl law, the use of weapons that cannot distinguish between combatants and noncombatants constitutes a war crime.”
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 PM
“Legal experts said the use of these indiscriminate weapons implicates not just Israel but also its Western suppliers.”
“This is a global genocide, not just an Israeli one.”
“Under intl law, the use of weapons that cannot distinguish between combatants and noncombatants constitutes a war crime.”
“This is a global genocide, not just an Israeli one.”
“Under intl law, the use of weapons that cannot distinguish between combatants and noncombatants constitutes a war crime.”
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Really great piece of writing by @judedoyle.bsky.social that puts a finger on some of my discomfort with the way a lot of guys have been discussing the epstein stuff
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February 11, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Really great piece of writing by @judedoyle.bsky.social that puts a finger on some of my discomfort with the way a lot of guys have been discussing the epstein stuff
jude-doyle.ghost.io/y/
jude-doyle.ghost.io/y/
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
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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...
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Live Updates: F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
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I am inutterably. Speechless.
The January 23rd "March for Life" in Washington DC was a measles superspreader event.
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The January 23rd "March for Life" in Washington DC was a measles superspreader event.
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March for Life Attendees Are Getting Measles
It turns out the anti-abortion March for Life demonstration was a measles superspreader event.
newrepublic.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I am inutterably. Speechless.
The January 23rd "March for Life" in Washington DC was a measles superspreader event.
newrepublic.com/post/206352/...
The January 23rd "March for Life" in Washington DC was a measles superspreader event.
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HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
news.westernu.ca
February 10, 2026 at 1:04 AM
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
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The Israeli Knesset voted in favor of a death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners last year in its 1st reading.
The bill will likely pass 2 further readings before becoming a law that formalizes Israel's ongoing killing of Palestinian prisoners.
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The bill will likely pass 2 further readings before becoming a law that formalizes Israel's ongoing killing of Palestinian prisoners.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
Israeli prisons 'begin preparations to apply death penalty' for Palestinians
Channel 13 reports prison service building 'Green Mile' facility where executions set to take place
www.middleeasteye.net
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The Israeli Knesset voted in favor of a death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners last year in its 1st reading.
The bill will likely pass 2 further readings before becoming a law that formalizes Israel's ongoing killing of Palestinian prisoners.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
The bill will likely pass 2 further readings before becoming a law that formalizes Israel's ongoing killing of Palestinian prisoners.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
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the public health response to this has to be “close the camps and free them all” and nothing less
5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
the public health response to this has to be “close the camps and free them all” and nothing less
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This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
February 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
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Children trapped at a detention center in Texas report nightmares, inedible food and no school. It’s like Deja Vu all over again 🤷🏽♀️ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Children trapped at a detention center in Texas report nightmares, inedible food and no school. It’s like Deja Vu all over again 🤷🏽♀️ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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“From [tradwives] to [lies] about birth control, conservatives are pouring hundreds of millions..into convincing [women] that the rapid erosion of their rights isn’t a political & moral crisis—but a lifestyle upgrade.
Why bother with the horror of the professional world…when you can just opt out?”
Why bother with the horror of the professional world…when you can just opt out?”
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
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The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
“From [tradwives] to [lies] about birth control, conservatives are pouring hundreds of millions..into convincing [women] that the rapid erosion of their rights isn’t a political & moral crisis—but a lifestyle upgrade.
Why bother with the horror of the professional world…when you can just opt out?”
Why bother with the horror of the professional world…when you can just opt out?”
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ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today:
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
www.thecity.nyc
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today:
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
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I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
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Just asking again why starting off entire performance w black and brown people working in the fields means literally nothing to white people/media.
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Just asking again why starting off entire performance w black and brown people working in the fields means literally nothing to white people/media.
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Same in Los Angeles, though the media doesn’t care to report on that at all
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Same in Los Angeles, though the media doesn’t care to report on that at all
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.