Mandy
@flyingcape.bsky.social
📍 Co Springs | she/her | UT Austin alum + native Texan (Bee, Galveston, Tarrant, and Travis iykyk) | Interests: data, history, politics
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I voted on campus today - no line.
February 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I voted on campus today - no line.
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Attorney General Paxton launches investigations into three Texas school districts over students protesting ICE.
Texas AG probes three school districts over ICE protests
Paxton said his office is examining claims that administrators and faculty helped organize the demonstrations.
www.texastribune.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Attorney General Paxton launches investigations into three Texas school districts over students protesting ICE.
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The MMR shot really is the minimum for attending school at all levels. Parents can‘t expect their kids to be in social environments while they make deliberately antisocial decisions about the kid’s health.
February 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The MMR shot really is the minimum for attending school at all levels. Parents can‘t expect their kids to be in social environments while they make deliberately antisocial decisions about the kid’s health.
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The country is now seeing what El Paso County residents know to be true: Jeff Crank is failing our community, raising our costs, and neglecting to show up and listen to his constituents. The momentum of our campaign has helped put this district into play, and I know we can flip this seat together.
February 10, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The country is now seeing what El Paso County residents know to be true: Jeff Crank is failing our community, raising our costs, and neglecting to show up and listen to his constituents. The momentum of our campaign has helped put this district into play, and I know we can flip this seat together.
I got a letter response from Representative Jeff Crank. Sigh. It was as weak sauce as it gets. 🤨
February 15, 2026 at 3:07 AM
I got a letter response from Representative Jeff Crank. Sigh. It was as weak sauce as it gets. 🤨
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For more on how conditions at Dilley are affecting children, read my latest for @nbcnews.com
I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers who’ve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
For more on how conditions at Dilley are affecting children, read my latest for @nbcnews.com
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Brand new polling from Data for Progress, shared first with Strength In Numbers, shows voters back Dems in the DHS shutdown over ICE — and overwhelmingly favor key reforms such as preventing mask-wearing (+23) and requiring judicial warrants for arrests (+34): www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
February 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Brand new polling from Data for Progress, shared first with Strength In Numbers, shows voters back Dems in the DHS shutdown over ICE — and overwhelmingly favor key reforms such as preventing mask-wearing (+23) and requiring judicial warrants for arrests (+34): www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
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“Konstantin, 4, a sociable boy, is often frightened by loud noises and guards, his parents said. He once cried for hours after a small toy airplane was confiscated.”
This post is really taking off. I know the Thanksgiving detail is grabbing, but I would encourage everyone to also read the full article about this family’s struggle at Dilley.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
They’ve been locked up for 130+ days.
I spent hours with them on Zoom this week, and their story deserves to be heard.
'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
“Konstantin, 4, a sociable boy, is often frightened by loud noises and guards, his parents said. He once cried for hours after a small toy airplane was confiscated.”
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As Molly Ivins memorably said, Texas is the national laboratory for bad government
and we already have....if you birth certificate name doesn't match your present name you have to have a marriage certificate or other documents to prove the change when you get your license/ID. I always say watch Texas because we're the state where all the Rs nastiest ideas are tested.
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
As Molly Ivins memorably said, Texas is the national laboratory for bad government
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These men suffered torture in a Salvadoran prison because the Trump administration denied them due process.
This ruling is a critical victory and step in the right direction.
This ruling is a critical victory and step in the right direction.
Judge orders Trump administration to facilitate return of some Venezuelan migrants deported under Alien Enemies Act
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Venezuelan migrants who were deported to a Salvadoran prison last year and then released into other countries.
www.cbsnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
These men suffered torture in a Salvadoran prison because the Trump administration denied them due process.
This ruling is a critical victory and step in the right direction.
This ruling is a critical victory and step in the right direction.
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Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
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MS NOW: "A congressional official with knowledge of the matter is telling MS NOW the cause of the shutdown of El Paso airspace is a lack of communication between the Pentagon and FAA. The official told us the FAA and DOD are 'not in clear communications with each other.'"
February 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
MS NOW: "A congressional official with knowledge of the matter is telling MS NOW the cause of the shutdown of El Paso airspace is a lack of communication between the Pentagon and FAA. The official told us the FAA and DOD are 'not in clear communications with each other.'"
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The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
"Together, we are America."
That hit me in the heart.
That hit me in the heart.
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
"Together, we are America."
That hit me in the heart.
That hit me in the heart.
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
Sat in between my kids on the couch to keep the fighting in check and I fell asleep. Signed Exhausted Parent
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Sat in between my kids on the couch to keep the fighting in check and I fell asleep. Signed Exhausted Parent
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Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account. n.pr/4bHoZDU
Immigrant whose skull was broken in 8 places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account. n.pr/4bHoZDU
Not sure if I'll attend my precinct caucus, but I had to be affiliated to do so. 🙌🗳️
Updated my CO voter registration to be affiliated with a political party. Yeahh I got past my initial hesitation, lol
February 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Not sure if I'll attend my precinct caucus, but I had to be affiliated to do so. 🙌🗳️
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With the Olympics underway, I am looking forward to cheering on Team USA, and I applaud these athletes' commitment to excellence, team spirit, and fair competition.
Colorado is sending more athletes to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics than any other state
The skiingest state in the U.S. is sending 29 skiers and snowboarders, two figure skaters and a bobsledder to the 25th Winter Olympics
coloradosun.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
With the Olympics underway, I am looking forward to cheering on Team USA, and I applaud these athletes' commitment to excellence, team spirit, and fair competition.
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Updated my CO voter registration to be affiliated with a political party. Yeahh I got past my initial hesitation, lol
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Updated my CO voter registration to be affiliated with a political party. Yeahh I got past my initial hesitation, lol
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Dude is so close to getting it
February 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Dude is so close to getting it
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“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
www.stevevladeck.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”