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NEW: House Republicans unveiled a new version of their voter suppression bill that would erect unprecedented barriers for those hoping to register while imposing a nationwide photo ID requirement for voters.
The changes would gravely undermine the right to vote in the U.S. before the 2026 midterms.
The changes would gravely undermine the right to vote in the U.S. before the 2026 midterms.
New version of GOP suppression bill would impose nationwide proof of citizenship, photo ID requirements
The bill would undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterms.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
NEW: House Republicans unveiled a new version of their voter suppression bill that would erect unprecedented barriers for those hoping to register while imposing a nationwide photo ID requirement for voters.
The changes would gravely undermine the right to vote in the U.S. before the 2026 midterms.
The changes would gravely undermine the right to vote in the U.S. before the 2026 midterms.
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You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling.
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
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Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
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And why is no one legally authorized to inspect them allowed inside?
Why isn't news of Trump building vast concentration camps being treated as a national emergency?
February 7, 2026 at 2:36 AM
And why is no one legally authorized to inspect them allowed inside?
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A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
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MN small business owner: My co-founder and I filled to-go orders for a local restaurant because 50% of the staff is gone, afraid to come to work for fear of being taken by ICE, even with the right paperwork. If these go dark, it is a devastating blow to the future of Minnesota
February 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
MN small business owner: My co-founder and I filled to-go orders for a local restaurant because 50% of the staff is gone, afraid to come to work for fear of being taken by ICE, even with the right paperwork. If these go dark, it is a devastating blow to the future of Minnesota
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He's afraid of the truth from a woman who’s been right about Trump on everything.
February 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
He's afraid of the truth from a woman who’s been right about Trump on everything.
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I was at the massive #SaveThePost rally in front of the Washington Post to support @postguild.bsky.social and my laid off former colleagues.
The WaPo Guild is still fighting my unjust termination, on top of all the other horrors from WaPo’s leadership.
The WaPo Guild is still fighting my unjust termination, on top of all the other horrors from WaPo’s leadership.
February 6, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I was at the massive #SaveThePost rally in front of the Washington Post to support @postguild.bsky.social and my laid off former colleagues.
The WaPo Guild is still fighting my unjust termination, on top of all the other horrors from WaPo’s leadership.
The WaPo Guild is still fighting my unjust termination, on top of all the other horrors from WaPo’s leadership.
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Back at the start of the Trump II administration, it was disorienting to watch powerful law firms preemptively surrender and genuflect before the King
Turns out it was because the people in charge were close friends with Epstein and were worried about getting outed
www.ft.com/content/7001...
Turns out it was because the people in charge were close friends with Epstein and were worried about getting outed
www.ft.com/content/7001...
Brad Karp to step down as Paul Weiss chair after Epstein revelations
Files released by US justice department detailed relationship with child sex offender
www.ft.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Back at the start of the Trump II administration, it was disorienting to watch powerful law firms preemptively surrender and genuflect before the King
Turns out it was because the people in charge were close friends with Epstein and were worried about getting outed
www.ft.com/content/7001...
Turns out it was because the people in charge were close friends with Epstein and were worried about getting outed
www.ft.com/content/7001...
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Thousands of high school students rally against ICE in downtown Seattle 👏🏼
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Thousands of high school students rally against ICE in downtown Seattle 👏🏼
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“A staffer” made the post on the birther’s account you see
February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
“A staffer” made the post on the birther’s account you see
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“erroneously”? like he slipped and fell on a racist post?
New on MS NOW:
According to a White House official: "A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."
Just hours ago, Karoline Leavitt defended the racist post. Now it's been taken down.
According to a White House official: "A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down."
Just hours ago, Karoline Leavitt defended the racist post. Now it's been taken down.
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
“erroneously”? like he slipped and fell on a racist post?
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JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
February 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
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I can answer this one: no
(Boy, the New York Times' games section is really easy today)
(Boy, the New York Times' games section is really easy today)
February 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I can answer this one: no
(Boy, the New York Times' games section is really easy today)
(Boy, the New York Times' games section is really easy today)
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And it’s for nothing in the sense that it will make us the opposite of safer and more prosperous
We're traumatizing thousands of kids for life. The people behind this are monsters.
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
And it’s for nothing in the sense that it will make us the opposite of safer and more prosperous
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We're traumatizing thousands of kids for life. The people behind this are monsters.
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 8:54 PM
We're traumatizing thousands of kids for life. The people behind this are monsters.
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Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
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ICE is buying another warehouse, this time in GA
Can now confirm that the warehouse in Social Circle, GA is in escrow and nearing final sale. The transaction will remove an estimated $30K from the Georgia and Walton County tax stream. The sale also gives ICE another 8,500 beds. The selling owner is the PNK S1, LLC of Atlanta, GA.
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
ICE is buying another warehouse, this time in GA
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BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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(1/2 🧵)
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
(1/2 🧵)
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To all our international friends attending the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Milan tomorrow:
Please loudly boo JD Vance and his delegation. Make him feel like shit. We encourage it. We wish we could be there to boo him, too.
Signed,
the American people
Please loudly boo JD Vance and his delegation. Make him feel like shit. We encourage it. We wish we could be there to boo him, too.
Signed,
the American people
February 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
To all our international friends attending the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Milan tomorrow:
Please loudly boo JD Vance and his delegation. Make him feel like shit. We encourage it. We wish we could be there to boo him, too.
Signed,
the American people
Please loudly boo JD Vance and his delegation. Make him feel like shit. We encourage it. We wish we could be there to boo him, too.
Signed,
the American people
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February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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At this rate, there's a pretty good chance we get an American medalist wearing an "ICE OUT" pin on the stand, which could well be the thing that finally makes him kick it.
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
At this rate, there's a pretty good chance we get an American medalist wearing an "ICE OUT" pin on the stand, which could well be the thing that finally makes him kick it.
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The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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