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They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Trump wants to make Greg Bovino the fall guy. He thinks we won’t remember that Vance, Noem, and Miller all called Pretti a terrorist and still refuse to hold his murderers accountable.
We can’t let them get away with it.
We can’t let them get away with it.
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Trump wants to make Greg Bovino the fall guy. He thinks we won’t remember that Vance, Noem, and Miller all called Pretti a terrorist and still refuse to hold his murderers accountable.
We can’t let them get away with it.
We can’t let them get away with it.
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Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.
January 24, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.
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I think what I’ve come to is that there’s no point in a shutdown, so it’s good to get the best bill possible passed, even if it’s still not great, and it’s also good if the senators who vote for it face primary challenges or lose because of it.
January 24, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I think what I’ve come to is that there’s no point in a shutdown, so it’s good to get the best bill possible passed, even if it’s still not great, and it’s also good if the senators who vote for it face primary challenges or lose because of it.
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Bipartisan negotiators released a DHS funding bill that does not significantly reduce ICE and CBP’s funding nor rein in the agencies’ abuses of power.
Make no mistake: Any Democrat who votes for this bill is complicit in Trump’s campaign of terror.
Grow a spine and vote no.
Make no mistake: Any Democrat who votes for this bill is complicit in Trump’s campaign of terror.
Grow a spine and vote no.
January 21, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Bipartisan negotiators released a DHS funding bill that does not significantly reduce ICE and CBP’s funding nor rein in the agencies’ abuses of power.
Make no mistake: Any Democrat who votes for this bill is complicit in Trump’s campaign of terror.
Grow a spine and vote no.
Make no mistake: Any Democrat who votes for this bill is complicit in Trump’s campaign of terror.
Grow a spine and vote no.
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ICE descended on New Jersey thinking they could operate quietly. They were wrong. People showed up in the streets, outside their Hyatt hotel base in Morristown, and made it public. No secrecy. No compliance. No fear. This is what resistance looks like.
Don’t F with New Jersey🔥
Don’t F with New Jersey🔥
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
ICE descended on New Jersey thinking they could operate quietly. They were wrong. People showed up in the streets, outside their Hyatt hotel base in Morristown, and made it public. No secrecy. No compliance. No fear. This is what resistance looks like.
Don’t F with New Jersey🔥
Don’t F with New Jersey🔥
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HEY SURVIVORS !!
HEY ATTENTION TO ME
beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize
You don’t owe nobody nothing
HEY ATTENTION TO ME
beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize
You don’t owe nobody nothing
December 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
HEY SURVIVORS !!
HEY ATTENTION TO ME
beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize
You don’t owe nobody nothing
HEY ATTENTION TO ME
beloveds you do not have to read or witness all of this . You do not have to re traumatize
You don’t owe nobody nothing
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no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good
March 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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Truth. Yet Schumer pledges: "We will keep fighting." No.
We fought and won battles for them on Tuesday, only to be betrayed on Sunday.
We the people (and some of us a lot more than others) are tired of being betrayed by corporations, media, and the representatives who don't represent us.
We fought and won battles for them on Tuesday, only to be betrayed on Sunday.
We the people (and some of us a lot more than others) are tired of being betrayed by corporations, media, and the representatives who don't represent us.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Truth. Yet Schumer pledges: "We will keep fighting." No.
We fought and won battles for them on Tuesday, only to be betrayed on Sunday.
We the people (and some of us a lot more than others) are tired of being betrayed by corporations, media, and the representatives who don't represent us.
We fought and won battles for them on Tuesday, only to be betrayed on Sunday.
We the people (and some of us a lot more than others) are tired of being betrayed by corporations, media, and the representatives who don't represent us.
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I'm real real close to feeling like we can't ever know who these 8 took the fall for, so maybe we should just throw them all out and start from scratch.
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I'm real real close to feeling like we can't ever know who these 8 took the fall for, so maybe we should just throw them all out and start from scratch.
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‘Calvin and Hobbes’ was prescient.
As usual, the hero business is up to me.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
‘Calvin and Hobbes’ was prescient.
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I'd like for someone in the dem caucus to tell us which senators were real no votes and which ones voted no because they were allowed to.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'd like for someone in the dem caucus to tell us which senators were real no votes and which ones voted no because they were allowed to.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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okay, so, with Dems successfully keeping anyone up in 2026 for voting for this turd let's take a look at who's up in 2026 anyway:
1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.
1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
okay, so, with Dems successfully keeping anyone up in 2026 for voting for this turd let's take a look at who's up in 2026 anyway:
1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.
1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.
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More Senate Dems than will vote yes tonight actually want to vote yes.
They’re letting colleagues who aren’t under threat of being primaried serve in the role of rotating villain and take the heat—and they’ll make statements claiming they’re against caving.
LOTS of disingenuous political theater.
They’re letting colleagues who aren’t under threat of being primaried serve in the role of rotating villain and take the heat—and they’ll make statements claiming they’re against caving.
LOTS of disingenuous political theater.
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
More Senate Dems than will vote yes tonight actually want to vote yes.
They’re letting colleagues who aren’t under threat of being primaried serve in the role of rotating villain and take the heat—and they’ll make statements claiming they’re against caving.
LOTS of disingenuous political theater.
They’re letting colleagues who aren’t under threat of being primaried serve in the role of rotating villain and take the heat—and they’ll make statements claiming they’re against caving.
LOTS of disingenuous political theater.
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"For procedural reasons Justice Jackson had to issue the stay, I'm sure her legal reasoning was sound...."
PEOPLE. ARE. STARVING. Can they eat the rules of procedure? No? THEN FEED THEM.
The purpose of a system is what it does. And if the rules of procedure allow people to starve, they're wrong.
PEOPLE. ARE. STARVING. Can they eat the rules of procedure? No? THEN FEED THEM.
The purpose of a system is what it does. And if the rules of procedure allow people to starve, they're wrong.
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"For procedural reasons Justice Jackson had to issue the stay, I'm sure her legal reasoning was sound...."
PEOPLE. ARE. STARVING. Can they eat the rules of procedure? No? THEN FEED THEM.
The purpose of a system is what it does. And if the rules of procedure allow people to starve, they're wrong.
PEOPLE. ARE. STARVING. Can they eat the rules of procedure? No? THEN FEED THEM.
The purpose of a system is what it does. And if the rules of procedure allow people to starve, they're wrong.
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Serious question: does there come a point where everyone admits that Constitutional originalism is just a made-up vibe-based philosophy that gives Republican judges a pretext for ruling however it is that Republicans want them to rule?
October 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Serious question: does there come a point where everyone admits that Constitutional originalism is just a made-up vibe-based philosophy that gives Republican judges a pretext for ruling however it is that Republicans want them to rule?
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Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?
October 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?
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It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
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🗳️ vote NJ please share
Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted military records were ILLEGALLY leaked in a vile smear campaign.
This is an attack on every veteran who served with honor.
Democrats are demanding a full investigation and accountability because NO ONE is above the law. #VoteNJ
Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted military records were ILLEGALLY leaked in a vile smear campaign.
This is an attack on every veteran who served with honor.
Democrats are demanding a full investigation and accountability because NO ONE is above the law. #VoteNJ
September 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🗳️ vote NJ please share
Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted military records were ILLEGALLY leaked in a vile smear campaign.
This is an attack on every veteran who served with honor.
Democrats are demanding a full investigation and accountability because NO ONE is above the law. #VoteNJ
Mikie Sherrill’s unredacted military records were ILLEGALLY leaked in a vile smear campaign.
This is an attack on every veteran who served with honor.
Democrats are demanding a full investigation and accountability because NO ONE is above the law. #VoteNJ
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Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are going to shut down the United States government so they do not have to release the Epstein files.
Shutting our government down, hurting Americans, to protect pedophiles.
How this isn’t the biggest scandal in American history is beyond me.
Shutting our government down, hurting Americans, to protect pedophiles.
How this isn’t the biggest scandal in American history is beyond me.
September 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are going to shut down the United States government so they do not have to release the Epstein files.
Shutting our government down, hurting Americans, to protect pedophiles.
How this isn’t the biggest scandal in American history is beyond me.
Shutting our government down, hurting Americans, to protect pedophiles.
How this isn’t the biggest scandal in American history is beyond me.