jane robinette
@janerobinette.bsky.social
activist. creator. no caps.
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I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
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Vladeck’s analysis of the 5th Cir decision is really good. He suggests it may be appealed directly to SCOTUS, and who knows what will happen? Because it’s only binding in the 5th Cir for now, he predicts ICE will rush to transfer detainees to Texas. Last two paragraphs are very scary.
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 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Vladeck’s analysis of the 5th Cir decision is really good. He suggests it may be appealed directly to SCOTUS, and who knows what will happen? Because it’s only binding in the 5th Cir for now, he predicts ICE will rush to transfer detainees to Texas. Last two paragraphs are very scary.
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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If the remaining elements of the White Press Corps who aren't MAGA lapdogs have any credibility, they will push Leavitt to explain why staffers have access to the President's social media account in the middle of the night and have the ability to post to it.
Talk about a national security risk.
Talk about a national security risk.
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
If the remaining elements of the White Press Corps who aren't MAGA lapdogs have any credibility, they will push Leavitt to explain why staffers have access to the President's social media account in the middle of the night and have the ability to post to it.
Talk about a national security risk.
Talk about a national security risk.
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Here's what Dems should do:
1) Double down on the demands.
2) Make clear there will be no additional funding.
If the GOP wants to shut down DHS, that's on them.
Don't surrender to pushback from these goons. Take inspiration from the people of Minneapolis.
apnews.com/article/home...
1) Double down on the demands.
2) Make clear there will be no additional funding.
If the GOP wants to shut down DHS, that's on them.
Don't surrender to pushback from these goons. Take inspiration from the people of Minneapolis.
apnews.com/article/home...
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats' ICE demands
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Here's what Dems should do:
1) Double down on the demands.
2) Make clear there will be no additional funding.
If the GOP wants to shut down DHS, that's on them.
Don't surrender to pushback from these goons. Take inspiration from the people of Minneapolis.
apnews.com/article/home...
1) Double down on the demands.
2) Make clear there will be no additional funding.
If the GOP wants to shut down DHS, that's on them.
Don't surrender to pushback from these goons. Take inspiration from the people of Minneapolis.
apnews.com/article/home...
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They've adopted a strategy of claiming they're dialing it down while changing nothing on the ground. Minnesota is still under a violent, lawless reign of ICE terror. Children and families are still being abducted. Do not look away.
there's no such thing as "a softer touch" when you're trying to institute the largest mass deportation campaign in American history.
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
They've adopted a strategy of claiming they're dialing it down while changing nothing on the ground. Minnesota is still under a violent, lawless reign of ICE terror. Children and families are still being abducted. Do not look away.
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Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. n.pr/46d74S3
Trump posts racist meme of the Obamas - then deletes it
Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
n.pr
February 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. n.pr/46d74S3
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Students with disabilities and survivors of sexual misconduct can’t rely on the Department of Education — the target of budget cuts and staff reductions — to intervene for them, according to a new report.
90% of student discrimination and harassment complaints were dismissed last year. Here's why.
Students with disabilities and survivors of sexual misconduct can’t rely on the Department of Education — the target of budget cuts and staff reductions — to intervene for them, new reports find.
19thnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Students with disabilities and survivors of sexual misconduct can’t rely on the Department of Education — the target of budget cuts and staff reductions — to intervene for them, according to a new report.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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this is pretty wild. good argument for lockdown mode if your threat model is one where you might have your phone seized by the Feds: www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
this is pretty wild. good argument for lockdown mode if your threat model is one where you might have your phone seized by the Feds: www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
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My Senator is investigating people who bring donuts to protests instead of the men who r@pe and torture children
February 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
My Senator is investigating people who bring donuts to protests instead of the men who r@pe and torture children
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THOU SHALT NOT PROTECT PEDOS!!! WHY THE FUCK IS THIS SENDER’S NAME REDACTED?!?
February 4, 2026 at 1:59 AM
THOU SHALT NOT PROTECT PEDOS!!! WHY THE FUCK IS THIS SENDER’S NAME REDACTED?!?
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“The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted nude images on its website, showing young women or possibly teenagers whose photos were contained in files related to the wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 AM
“The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted nude images on its website, showing young women or possibly teenagers whose photos were contained in files related to the wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:04 AM
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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Now for the rest of the babies they’ve shoved into that detention center.
BREAKING... and Thank God...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release
A federal judge on Saturday ordered that the pair be released.
abcnews.go.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Now for the rest of the babies they’ve shoved into that detention center.
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
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The US President, on writing large checks to himself directly from the US Treasury: “Nobody would care.”
Suspending the rule of law, poisoning our institutions with vast corruption, will ultimately harm all Conservative and Liberal Americans. No ‘side’ wins.
Suspending the rule of law, poisoning our institutions with vast corruption, will ultimately harm all Conservative and Liberal Americans. No ‘side’ wins.
Trump on his multiple suits against the federal government: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to numerous, very good charities."
February 1, 2026 at 2:59 AM
The US President, on writing large checks to himself directly from the US Treasury: “Nobody would care.”
Suspending the rule of law, poisoning our institutions with vast corruption, will ultimately harm all Conservative and Liberal Americans. No ‘side’ wins.
Suspending the rule of law, poisoning our institutions with vast corruption, will ultimately harm all Conservative and Liberal Americans. No ‘side’ wins.
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Protect independent journalists at all costs.
January 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Protect independent journalists at all costs.
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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I wrote yesterday about Kevin Warsh, saying what everyone who really follows monetary debates knows: he's a bullshitter who uses big words to make incoherent arguments that always amount to stimulus for Republicans, austerity for Dems 1/
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A Bad Heir Day at the Fed
No, Kevin Warsh isn’t qualified
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I wrote yesterday about Kevin Warsh, saying what everyone who really follows monetary debates knows: he's a bullshitter who uses big words to make incoherent arguments that always amount to stimulus for Republicans, austerity for Dems 1/
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-bad-heir...
LOVE > ICE. Stay strong Minnesota!
January 31, 2026 at 1:16 AM
LOVE > ICE. Stay strong Minnesota!
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Then they said they'd use the law to target *pro-choicers*
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the “only violence” being committed is against the “rights of speech and prayer” of protesters outside of clinics and crisis pregnancy centers.
jessica.substack.com/p/the-doj-pl...
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the “only violence” being committed is against the “rights of speech and prayer” of protesters outside of clinics and crisis pregnancy centers.
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The DOJ Plans to Target Pro-Choice Activists
4.30.25
jessica.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Then they said they'd use the law to target *pro-choicers*
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the “only violence” being committed is against the “rights of speech and prayer” of protesters outside of clinics and crisis pregnancy centers.
jessica.substack.com/p/the-doj-pl...
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the “only violence” being committed is against the “rights of speech and prayer” of protesters outside of clinics and crisis pregnancy centers.
jessica.substack.com/p/the-doj-pl...