@jbzirps.bsky.social
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Trump is spending over a billion dollars to tear down, build and/or remodel the WH, a ballroom, a triumphal arch, the Kennedy Center, and several DC golf courses, while spending most of his non-golfing time on interior decorating.
MAGA: This is what I voted for! He loves us!
MAGA: This is what I voted for! He loves us!
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Trump is spending over a billion dollars to tear down, build and/or remodel the WH, a ballroom, a triumphal arch, the Kennedy Center, and several DC golf courses, while spending most of his non-golfing time on interior decorating.
MAGA: This is what I voted for! He loves us!
MAGA: This is what I voted for! He loves us!
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ALERT: WE HAVE A REALITY LEAK. PLEASE EXIT FOX BUSINESS IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. CLEAN UP CREWS ARE ON THE WAY.
Fox Business: A new poll from the Pew Research Center shows 72% of Americans feel the economy is in poor or only fair condition.
February 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
ALERT: WE HAVE A REALITY LEAK. PLEASE EXIT FOX BUSINESS IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. CLEAN UP CREWS ARE ON THE WAY.
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The media blackout on ICE activity is partly due to national Dem leadership giving up the leverage and national attention they had a month ago.
It's partly due to Americans not being willing to stay engaged for more than a couple months when it's bad things happening only to Black and brown people.
It's partly due to Americans not being willing to stay engaged for more than a couple months when it's bad things happening only to Black and brown people.
February 6, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The media blackout on ICE activity is partly due to national Dem leadership giving up the leverage and national attention they had a month ago.
It's partly due to Americans not being willing to stay engaged for more than a couple months when it's bad things happening only to Black and brown people.
It's partly due to Americans not being willing to stay engaged for more than a couple months when it's bad things happening only to Black and brown people.
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Whoa. Cooked through. They clearly don't intend on covering the news. This isn't some opinion piece, this is from the media desk
Scoop w/ @nataliekorach.bsky.social: Washington Post leadership spiked a story that had been prepared by the newspaper's media desk, covering the historic layoffs at the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper. Details in @status.news: link.status.news/4ai6W4C
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Whoa. Cooked through. They clearly don't intend on covering the news. This isn't some opinion piece, this is from the media desk
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The Trump administration moves to strip 50,000 agency staff of civil service protections & give himself the power to fire them without just cause.
This...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
This...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Trump admin moves to finalize return of Schedule F
Officials estimate that around 50,000 federal workers will be stripped of their civil service protections beginning in around a month, as unions, employee associations and good government groups decry...
www.govexec.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The Trump administration moves to strip 50,000 agency staff of civil service protections & give himself the power to fire them without just cause.
This...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
This...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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Oh.
So, it’s bad bad.
Beyond the bad.*
And the other bad.**
* = The firings.
** = The opinion pages.
So, it’s bad bad.
Beyond the bad.*
And the other bad.**
* = The firings.
** = The opinion pages.
Scoop: As Washington Post leadership laid off hundreds of staffers this week, exec editor Matt Murray blocked the paper’s media desk from covering the cuts, spiking a pre-written story despite internal lobbying
www.status.news/p/ms-now-cro...
www.status.news/p/ms-now-cro...
MS NOW’s Crooked Play
MS NOW’s push into video podcasts is accelerating, with the progressive network now in advanced discussions to license popular digital shows for air from Crooked Media and others, Status has learned.
www.status.news
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Oh.
So, it’s bad bad.
Beyond the bad.*
And the other bad.**
* = The firings.
** = The opinion pages.
So, it’s bad bad.
Beyond the bad.*
And the other bad.**
* = The firings.
** = The opinion pages.
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Must-read from @emptywheel.bsky.social
"The problem here is not just that ICE is blowing off judicial orders ... there are so many orders because the detentions are illegal ... The crime is the unlawful detention of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people. They’re kidnapping people legally..."
"The problem here is not just that ICE is blowing off judicial orders ... there are so many orders because the detentions are illegal ... The crime is the unlawful detention of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people. They’re kidnapping people legally..."
The Minnesota Lawyer Backlog Arises from ICE Kidnappings - emptywheel
The reason -- at least one reason -- ICE is having such a difficult time following judicial instructions in Minnesota is because ICE is snatching so many people illegally.
emptywheel.net
February 5, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Must-read from @emptywheel.bsky.social
"The problem here is not just that ICE is blowing off judicial orders ... there are so many orders because the detentions are illegal ... The crime is the unlawful detention of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people. They’re kidnapping people legally..."
"The problem here is not just that ICE is blowing off judicial orders ... there are so many orders because the detentions are illegal ... The crime is the unlawful detention of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people. They’re kidnapping people legally..."
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Trump lied when he said he'd target “the worst of the worst.”
TPS protects those who would otherwise be in grave danger. They are legally residing here & contribute to our economy & communities.
Glad judges have halted Trump’s reckless termination of TPS for Haiti & Ethiopia.
TPS protects those who would otherwise be in grave danger. They are legally residing here & contribute to our economy & communities.
Glad judges have halted Trump’s reckless termination of TPS for Haiti & Ethiopia.
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Trump lied when he said he'd target “the worst of the worst.”
TPS protects those who would otherwise be in grave danger. They are legally residing here & contribute to our economy & communities.
Glad judges have halted Trump’s reckless termination of TPS for Haiti & Ethiopia.
TPS protects those who would otherwise be in grave danger. They are legally residing here & contribute to our economy & communities.
Glad judges have halted Trump’s reckless termination of TPS for Haiti & Ethiopia.
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
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No Republicans attended hearing with brothers of Renee Good and three US citizens shot and detained by federal agents
Congressional Democrats vow justice for US citizens harmed by immigration agents: ‘You deserve peace’
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:36 PM
No Republicans attended hearing with brothers of Renee Good and three US citizens shot and detained by federal agents
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How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons
How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons
No president has ever forgiven this much fraud—or stiffed this many victims.
www.motherjones.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
How to get away with anything: Trump's sordid year of pardons
Maybe it’s not just abolish ICE but abolish DHS.
People need to wake up.
We have a for-profit prison industry that needs prisoners to make money.
Find out if this is happening in your community and SHUT IT DOWN.
People need to wake up.
We have a for-profit prison industry that needs prisoners to make money.
Find out if this is happening in your community and SHUT IT DOWN.
23 warehouse sites are being considered by the DHS to imprison as many as 80,000 people if converted into immigration jails — or more if the administration fails to implement safe living standards. bit.ly/4c3dKFS
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Maybe it’s not just abolish ICE but abolish DHS.
People need to wake up.
We have a for-profit prison industry that needs prisoners to make money.
Find out if this is happening in your community and SHUT IT DOWN.
People need to wake up.
We have a for-profit prison industry that needs prisoners to make money.
Find out if this is happening in your community and SHUT IT DOWN.
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CNN: “Trump’s name is mentioned over 1000 times, why not make him testify?”
@RepJamesComer: “He gets asked about it in press gaggles… Bill Clinton…”
Deeply pathetic stuff. The pedophile protection ring continues.
@RepJamesComer: “He gets asked about it in press gaggles… Bill Clinton…”
Deeply pathetic stuff. The pedophile protection ring continues.
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
CNN: “Trump’s name is mentioned over 1000 times, why not make him testify?”
@RepJamesComer: “He gets asked about it in press gaggles… Bill Clinton…”
Deeply pathetic stuff. The pedophile protection ring continues.
@RepJamesComer: “He gets asked about it in press gaggles… Bill Clinton…”
Deeply pathetic stuff. The pedophile protection ring continues.
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“it takes 10 emails from me for a release condition to be corrected. It takes me threatening to walk out for something else to be corrected.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Government attorney who told judge in ICE case, 'This job sucks,' removed from detail
Julie Le made the remark while she was representing the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, where federal officers are conducting a massive immigration crackdown.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
“it takes 10 emails from me for a release condition to be corrected. It takes me threatening to walk out for something else to be corrected.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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[Miller] gushed about creating “vast holding facilities” built on “open land,” which would enable Trump to escalate the volume and speed of deportations to unprecedented heights. Trembling with excitement, Miller vowed: “President Trump will do whatever it takes.”
Vast camps are central to Trumpism. Stephen Miller has long been very excited about them. Backlash is another sign that opposition to Trump/Miller runs deeper than revulsion at ICE. There's real resistance to the whole ideological project of mass deportations. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 PM
[Miller] gushed about creating “vast holding facilities” built on “open land,” which would enable Trump to escalate the volume and speed of deportations to unprecedented heights. Trembling with excitement, Miller vowed: “President Trump will do whatever it takes.”
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It’s day 64 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
February 4, 2026 at 4:28 AM
It’s day 64 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
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Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
February 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
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DHS has a Fourth Amendment problem.
@hannahajames.bsky.social of the @brennancenter.org explains why the agency’s new policy allowing ICE to enter homes to conduct arrests is not only a break from past practice, it violates the Constitution.
www.justsecurity.org/130497/dhs-w...
@hannahajames.bsky.social of the @brennancenter.org explains why the agency’s new policy allowing ICE to enter homes to conduct arrests is not only a break from past practice, it violates the Constitution.
www.justsecurity.org/130497/dhs-w...
DHS Warrantless Home Entry Memo’s Fourth Amendment Problem
A leaked ICE memo authorizes warrantless home raids, defying DHS policy and raising grave Fourth Amendment concerns.
www.justsecurity.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
DHS has a Fourth Amendment problem.
@hannahajames.bsky.social of the @brennancenter.org explains why the agency’s new policy allowing ICE to enter homes to conduct arrests is not only a break from past practice, it violates the Constitution.
www.justsecurity.org/130497/dhs-w...
@hannahajames.bsky.social of the @brennancenter.org explains why the agency’s new policy allowing ICE to enter homes to conduct arrests is not only a break from past practice, it violates the Constitution.
www.justsecurity.org/130497/dhs-w...
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They want you not to care. They want you not to care that this is wrong and it is happening and it's happening all around us. Most of all, they want you not to care about these people. And we can't let them.
The number of people currently in ICE custody is now over 73,000, the most in history.
February 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
They want you not to care. They want you not to care that this is wrong and it is happening and it's happening all around us. Most of all, they want you not to care about these people. And we can't let them.
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They're literally running out of lawyers in a state where the district judges are practically at war with the administration.
BREAKING: 8 more U.S. Attorneys in MN resign from Trump’s DOJ in protest as backlash grows.
This isn’t normal; isn’t routine reshuffling. It’s a rebellion.
Last month, 6 veteran prosecutors quit in protest. Normal staffing for the MN DOJ’s office is around 50 attorneys. They’re down to just 9.
This isn’t normal; isn’t routine reshuffling. It’s a rebellion.
Last month, 6 veteran prosecutors quit in protest. Normal staffing for the MN DOJ’s office is around 50 attorneys. They’re down to just 9.
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 AM
They're literally running out of lawyers in a state where the district judges are practically at war with the administration.
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ICE Agents Whine That They Aren’t Getting Their Massive Bonuses newrepublic.com/post/206049/... via @newrepublic.com
ICE Agents Whine That They Aren’t Getting Their Massive Bonuses
Apparently it’s not all fun and games for newly hired ICE agents.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:28 AM
ICE Agents Whine That They Aren’t Getting Their Massive Bonuses newrepublic.com/post/206049/... via @newrepublic.com
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Cruelty is big business
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Cruelty is big business
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This is huge news. What is Tulsi hiding.
What "Grave damage" was done to our national security?
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
What "Grave damage" was done to our national security?
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This is huge news. What is Tulsi hiding.
What "Grave damage" was done to our national security?
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
What "Grave damage" was done to our national security?
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
More of this from EVERY member of Congress.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
For the record: I will not send another cent to Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller while the department they run is shredding the Constitution and murdering American citizens in the streets.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
More of this from EVERY member of Congress.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.