mkbrooks
@mkbrooks.bsky.social
Product Designer in OffSec by day, cartoonist and writer by night. Humboldt Park, Chicago.
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Homan might want to read our story.
A few months ago, we counted at least 170 Americans detained.
They were *almost all Latino.*
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
A few months ago, we counted at least 170 Americans detained.
They were *almost all Latino.*
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
February 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Homan might want to read our story.
A few months ago, we counted at least 170 Americans detained.
They were *almost all Latino.*
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
A few months ago, we counted at least 170 Americans detained.
They were *almost all Latino.*
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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the predator using his little targeting beam to try and light his way down the hall to take a leak at 2am and tripping over a bunch of skulls
August 30, 2023 at 1:14 AM
the predator using his little targeting beam to try and light his way down the hall to take a leak at 2am and tripping over a bunch of skulls
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It’s really @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social who’s being unclear not @wajali.bsky.social tho
A simple ? from Wajahat Ali pushes Hakeem Jeffries into a crashout:
"Why not lead and abolish ICE? What you're telling us is you want our taxpayer dollars to pay for a lawless masked armed agency to continue terrorizing our cities."
Jeffries: "I don't understand anything you just said to me."
"Why not lead and abolish ICE? What you're telling us is you want our taxpayer dollars to pay for a lawless masked armed agency to continue terrorizing our cities."
Jeffries: "I don't understand anything you just said to me."
February 15, 2026 at 4:28 AM
It’s really @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social who’s being unclear not @wajali.bsky.social tho
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CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
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Harry Potter's midlife crisis.
Louis-Léopold Boilly, Self-Portrait, 1932, lithograph on wove paper
February 15, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Harry Potter's midlife crisis.
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ICE is still in my Minneapolis neighborhood today.
February 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
ICE is still in my Minneapolis neighborhood today.
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February 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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As an American Jew born at the luckiest time and place to be a Jew, perhaps ever, I feel a moral obligation to call a concentration camp a concentration camp.
What counts as a "concentration camp"?
Links to the podcast, along with some thoughts on and for Jake Tapper.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
As an American Jew born at the luckiest time and place to be a Jew, perhaps ever, I feel a moral obligation to call a concentration camp a concentration camp.
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The best part of this is that White Castle, based in Columbus, Ohio, has no plans to put one of these in the Columbus airport. Boston and Fort Myers get one, but White Castle execs don't want one anywhere near 'em. www.dispatch.com/story/entert...
February 14, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The best part of this is that White Castle, based in Columbus, Ohio, has no plans to put one of these in the Columbus airport. Boston and Fort Myers get one, but White Castle execs don't want one anywhere near 'em. www.dispatch.com/story/entert...
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That’s why I’m urging you, with all the gravity this moment demands, to add your name to a petition telling Congress: abolish ICE.
When enough of us raise our voices together, we remind our leaders — and ourselves — that compassion is our strength, not cruelty.
When enough of us raise our voices together, we remind our leaders — and ourselves — that compassion is our strength, not cruelty.
Sign Petition: End the Terror and Violence. Abolish ICE.
This is not law enforcement. It is terror. (36473 signatures on petition)
www.thepetitionsite.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
That’s why I’m urging you, with all the gravity this moment demands, to add your name to a petition telling Congress: abolish ICE.
When enough of us raise our voices together, we remind our leaders — and ourselves — that compassion is our strength, not cruelty.
When enough of us raise our voices together, we remind our leaders — and ourselves — that compassion is our strength, not cruelty.
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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This story is really something else!!! (gift link)
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 AM
This story is really something else!!! (gift link)
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Toni Preckwinkle and 10 Cook County Board members call on State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke to pursue "all available charges" against immigration agents in the killing of Silverio Villegas González, the shooting of Marimar Martinez & other uses of excessive force
www.linkedin.com/posts/cook-c...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cook-c...
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Toni Preckwinkle and 10 Cook County Board members call on State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke to pursue "all available charges" against immigration agents in the killing of Silverio Villegas González, the shooting of Marimar Martinez & other uses of excessive force
www.linkedin.com/posts/cook-c...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cook-c...
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
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I'm just not ready for 18 straight months of dumb pro-salary cap arguments. Uncle.
February 12, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I'm just not ready for 18 straight months of dumb pro-salary cap arguments. Uncle.
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TPUSA halftime performer Lee Brice took a heroic stand against country music's trans cartel
February 12, 2026 at 6:59 PM
TPUSA halftime performer Lee Brice took a heroic stand against country music's trans cartel
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Just take a look at this and remember, Pam Bondi's concern here was not with any of the victims of these crimes but with the nosy Democrats who actually gave a shit about them.
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Just take a look at this and remember, Pam Bondi's concern here was not with any of the victims of these crimes but with the nosy Democrats who actually gave a shit about them.
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Amongst the things I’m pissed about as a progressive: the fact that so many centrists bitched to me about “defund the police” tanking Dems when even socialists never ran on it, but they also thought it was ok to throw activists under the bus
February 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Amongst the things I’m pissed about as a progressive: the fact that so many centrists bitched to me about “defund the police” tanking Dems when even socialists never ran on it, but they also thought it was ok to throw activists under the bus
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One aspect of sociopathy is that sociopaths don’t recognize that they’re being sociopathic, and when they do know, they don’t care.
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 AM
One aspect of sociopathy is that sociopaths don’t recognize that they’re being sociopathic, and when they do know, they don’t care.
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This is some genuinely psycho shit...
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is some genuinely psycho shit...
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Tech sovereignty is becoming increasingly important to states who see what US-based companies are doing (and it's not just Palantir).
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
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#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
www.newscase.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Tech sovereignty is becoming increasingly important to states who see what US-based companies are doing (and it's not just Palantir).
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Really vital piece from @andreapitzer.bsky.social on the Trump admin's plans to build concentration camps around the country. And as she explains (again) that's what they are
Importantly has a great section on "What we can do" cause this is "something truly vile and something we have to stop"
Importantly has a great section on "What we can do" cause this is "something truly vile and something we have to stop"
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Really vital piece from @andreapitzer.bsky.social on the Trump admin's plans to build concentration camps around the country. And as she explains (again) that's what they are
Importantly has a great section on "What we can do" cause this is "something truly vile and something we have to stop"
Importantly has a great section on "What we can do" cause this is "something truly vile and something we have to stop"
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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We need as much video as possible. Like this story about a citizen protester being arrested by ICE for following their instructions.
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
We need as much video as possible. Like this story about a citizen protester being arrested by ICE for following their instructions.