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I have an update on Juan Nicolás, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.
February 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I have an update on Juan Nicolás, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.
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the party of so called "law and order" simply has no regard for the U.S. Constitution.
Rep. Buddy Carter: "Some of the demands that the Democrats have put forth, we're not gonna be able to obtain that. We can't have a warrant every time."
February 17, 2026 at 8:15 PM
the party of so called "law and order" simply has no regard for the U.S. Constitution.
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Folkston D. Ray ICE Processing Center (GA) now holds an estimated 1,346 people. About six months ago, its population was near zero. Like California City, this is a rapid, large-scale expansion—another clear sign of accelerating detention growth.
Link: austinkocher.substack.com/p/behind-the...
Link: austinkocher.substack.com/p/behind-the...
February 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Folkston D. Ray ICE Processing Center (GA) now holds an estimated 1,346 people. About six months ago, its population was near zero. Like California City, this is a rapid, large-scale expansion—another clear sign of accelerating detention growth.
Link: austinkocher.substack.com/p/behind-the...
Link: austinkocher.substack.com/p/behind-the...
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FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
FWIW, I just emailed NYT's standards editor to ask about the paper's policy on this. Will update if I get a response.
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Depressingly common anecdotes about medical care at Dilley and an example of why so many of us have fought against family detention since 2014.
February 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Depressingly common anecdotes about medical care at Dilley and an example of why so many of us have fought against family detention since 2014.
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👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
My theory of the moment: The extraordinary courage of ordinary people in places like Minneapolis is reawakening us to our social and economic ties to immigrants. It's making "love thy neighbor" cool again. That's the ultimate antidote to MAGA hate.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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Louisiana has refused to reconsider the convictions of 1,000+ mostly Black men sentenced by split juries, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2020 that such convictions are unconstitutional and based on an inherently racist law.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana
Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in 1980s Louisiana, when nonunanimous juries were still legal, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life — even though the...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Louisiana has refused to reconsider the convictions of 1,000+ mostly Black men sentenced by split juries, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2020 that such convictions are unconstitutional and based on an inherently racist law.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
By @richardawebster.bsky.social
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Epstein survivors believe the Trump DoJ illegally released the names of survivors in an effort to intimidate them.
February 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Epstein survivors believe the Trump DoJ illegally released the names of survivors in an effort to intimidate them.
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From immigration to public lands, Trump's pattern is the same: ignore statutory limits, consolidate control, move fast
At East Potomac, @democracydefendersfund.org & partners @democracyforward.org & Lowell & Associates went to court to ensure federal law—& public access—come first
At East Potomac, @democracydefendersfund.org & partners @democracyforward.org & Lowell & Associates went to court to ensure federal law—& public access—come first
Golfers sue Trump administration over public course takeover in D.C.
Some area golfers say the president’s ambitions for East Potomac Golf Links could put low-cost entry points to the game out of reach.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
From immigration to public lands, Trump's pattern is the same: ignore statutory limits, consolidate control, move fast
At East Potomac, @democracydefendersfund.org & partners @democracyforward.org & Lowell & Associates went to court to ensure federal law—& public access—come first
At East Potomac, @democracydefendersfund.org & partners @democracyforward.org & Lowell & Associates went to court to ensure federal law—& public access—come first
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Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
February 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Calling the requirement for a judicial warrant before entering a person’s home one of the Democrats’ “new restrictions on federal immigration agents” crosses the line into outright falsehood. It’s in the Bill of Rights! A rule as old as the republic.
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Epstein class gets every benefit of every shadow of a doubt, the rest of us look at an ICE agent funny and we get pepper spray and a cracked skull
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Epstein class gets every benefit of every shadow of a doubt, the rest of us look at an ICE agent funny and we get pepper spray and a cracked skull
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Such treachery. Doesn’t our govt understand pandemic threats? Our vulnerability to zoonotic flu, next SARS-3 coronavirus; arboviruses and tick borne illness from climate change here on the Gulf Coast; bioweapons from our enemies: Russia, DPRK, Iran, what’s going on?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Such treachery. Doesn’t our govt understand pandemic threats? Our vulnerability to zoonotic flu, next SARS-3 coronavirus; arboviruses and tick borne illness from climate change here on the Gulf Coast; bioweapons from our enemies: Russia, DPRK, Iran, what’s going on?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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JUST IN: After Secretary Rubio declined a judge's suggestion to return illegally deported Any Lopez Belloza – a 20 year old Babson student who was sent to Honduras in defiance of a court order — Judge Stearns has orderd the admin to facilitate her return. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
JUST IN: After Secretary Rubio declined a judge's suggestion to return illegally deported Any Lopez Belloza – a 20 year old Babson student who was sent to Honduras in defiance of a court order — Judge Stearns has orderd the admin to facilitate her return. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
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It's one thing to get a "no true bill."
It's quite another to get *shut out* in the grand jury.
It's quite another to get *shut out* in the grand jury.
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
It's one thing to get a "no true bill."
It's quite another to get *shut out* in the grand jury.
It's quite another to get *shut out* in the grand jury.
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4/ Also, don’t forget about generics. A lot of the drugs on TrumpRx are already available much cheaper in generic form, but the site doesn’t clearly highlight this. In fact, 18 of 43 of the drugs on TrumpRx already have cheaper options.
February 11, 2026 at 10:21 PM
4/ Also, don’t forget about generics. A lot of the drugs on TrumpRx are already available much cheaper in generic form, but the site doesn’t clearly highlight this. In fact, 18 of 43 of the drugs on TrumpRx already have cheaper options.
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2/ First, let's talk about who benefits from this. TrumpRx only applies to people paying cash for prescriptions, which means the vast majority of Americans with insurance see no benefit.
February 11, 2026 at 10:21 PM
2/ First, let's talk about who benefits from this. TrumpRx only applies to people paying cash for prescriptions, which means the vast majority of Americans with insurance see no benefit.
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For anyone wondering what Greg Bovino has been up to lately…
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 AM
For anyone wondering what Greg Bovino has been up to lately…
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Boy sounds like a great time to fire tens of thousands of Haitians with TPS working in the healthcare sector, I’m sure that’s going to go well!
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Boy sounds like a great time to fire tens of thousands of Haitians with TPS working in the healthcare sector, I’m sure that’s going to go well!
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger endorsed a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison. State lawmakers passed the amendment and it will now appear on the state ballot.
“It’s Time”: Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They
boltsmag.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger endorsed a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison. State lawmakers passed the amendment and it will now appear on the state ballot.
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“If these deficiencies were the result of intentional action, the election records identified in Attachment B are evidence of violations of Title 52 U.S.C. §§ 20511 and 20701.”
IF???
It’s almost as IF the entire point of this warrant affidavit is to show probable cause of intentional violations!!
IF???
It’s almost as IF the entire point of this warrant affidavit is to show probable cause of intentional violations!!
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
“If these deficiencies were the result of intentional action, the election records identified in Attachment B are evidence of violations of Title 52 U.S.C. §§ 20511 and 20701.”
IF???
It’s almost as IF the entire point of this warrant affidavit is to show probable cause of intentional violations!!
IF???
It’s almost as IF the entire point of this warrant affidavit is to show probable cause of intentional violations!!
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Just talked to @simonwdc.bsky.social about this a few minutes ago (check it out on his feed when it goes up).
Detention fuels deportation. Not only does it make it substantially harder to win your case because you are away from your resources, but detained people are pressured hard to just give up.
Detention fuels deportation. Not only does it make it substantially harder to win your case because you are away from your resources, but detained people are pressured hard to just give up.
If the goal is deportation why so much warehouse space? We all know where this is headed.
February 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Just talked to @simonwdc.bsky.social about this a few minutes ago (check it out on his feed when it goes up).
Detention fuels deportation. Not only does it make it substantially harder to win your case because you are away from your resources, but detained people are pressured hard to just give up.
Detention fuels deportation. Not only does it make it substantially harder to win your case because you are away from your resources, but detained people are pressured hard to just give up.
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."