Private Jenkins
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I really hope it's dawning on the 2nd amendment crowd that a US citizen was just executed by his government for legally carrying a gun.
"When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come" Timothy Snyder, "On Tyranny"
Can't trust local LEO any longer to uphold due process!
"ICE’s advertising for the program promised to give law enforcement agencies $7,500 for equipment per trained officer; $100,000 for new vehicles and overtime pay of up to 25% of an officer’s salary."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
"ICE’s advertising for the program promised to give law enforcement agencies $7,500 for equipment per trained officer; $100,000 for new vehicles and overtime pay of up to 25% of an officer’s salary."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Agreements that allow local police to work with ICE skyrocket
There were 1,168 agencies with officers signed up to help ICE, up from 135 during the Biden administration and 150 at the end of Trump’s first term, according to an analysis of ICE data.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
"When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come" Timothy Snyder, "On Tyranny"
This commentary on 2nd A probably explains the increase in gun ownership amongst gay and trans folk
February 17, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This commentary on 2nd A probably explains the increase in gun ownership amongst gay and trans folk
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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
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This sounds exactly like lawmakers saying they’re not banning abortion, they’re just requiring a 48-hour waiting period and two trips to the clinic
Chip Roy on Fox News tries to explain why the SAVE America Act won't actually prevent women from voting
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
This sounds exactly like lawmakers saying they’re not banning abortion, they’re just requiring a 48-hour waiting period and two trips to the clinic
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
These people, my god
BORIS SANCHEZ: You had administration officials suggesting Pretti was brandishing a weapon, and we all saw that wasn't the case. Are you willing to just blindly trust the work of ICE without judicial oversight?
REP. MARK ALFORD: Look, I trust what Homan, DHS, Noem, and President Trump are doing
REP. MARK ALFORD: Look, I trust what Homan, DHS, Noem, and President Trump are doing
February 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
These people, my god
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February 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
No, but that doesn't mean you're right. Free speech has consequences.
Am I going to be the only one to suggest that firing a public school teacher for speaking out on a matter of public concern raises profound First Amendment issues, and we should pause before cheering on such actions when that power can be weaponized against progressive teachers in red places? 1/3
This “beloved” Chicago teacher, James Heidorn, believes he was pushed out of his job due to a two-word post on his Facebook account.
Oddly enough, the heavily Hispanic district didn’t appreciate him posting “GO ICE”.
#ProudBlue #FuckICE #Chicago
Oddly enough, the heavily Hispanic district didn’t appreciate him posting “GO ICE”.
#ProudBlue #FuckICE #Chicago
February 16, 2026 at 3:07 PM
No, but that doesn't mean you're right. Free speech has consequences.
Jesus it's leather
February 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Jesus it's leather
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Yeah, this is pretty much exactly what I thought about when I saw Musk's stupid racist tweet: Minnesotans have spent the last month and a half saying we will die to defend our multicultural community.
It's also part of a very direct negation of the latest stupid tweet by Musk: people have given so much, two of them their lives, to defend a multicultural city and the rights of people not exactly like them. And that multiculturalism is American culture.
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Yeah, this is pretty much exactly what I thought about when I saw Musk's stupid racist tweet: Minnesotans have spent the last month and a half saying we will die to defend our multicultural community.
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This flew under the radar, but it shouldn’t have.
When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.
When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.
February 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM
This flew under the radar, but it shouldn’t have.
When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.
When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.
Would be more honest if she had a lisp
...the "right people" voting...
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 15, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Would be more honest if she had a lisp
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Jonathan Cohn: "This was not a decision to reject the Moderna vaccine. It was a refusal even to think about approving it." That's right. Consideration would lead directly to approval. And RFKJr isn't having that.
This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like
A shocking move by RFK Jr.’s team has the industry spooked—for good reason.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Jonathan Cohn: "This was not a decision to reject the Moderna vaccine. It was a refusal even to think about approving it." That's right. Consideration would lead directly to approval. And RFKJr isn't having that.
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This is appallingly unsubtle. We have a fully white-supremacist foreign policy on main.
This message from the US State Department about "not wanting allies to be shackled by guilt and shame" is a pretty direct call-out to the German far-right argument that Germany has spent too long feeling guilty about the Holocaust, and needs to move on and stop doing remembrance.
February 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
This is appallingly unsubtle. We have a fully white-supremacist foreign policy on main.
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It *literally* does.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
February 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
It *literally* does.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
"Almost"?
Schumer: "Every other police department in America is unmasked. ICE can do the same. This is a rogue force. They are almost trained it looks like to be nasty and mean and cruel."
February 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
"Almost"?
My grandmother had an expression which I'm always reminded of with this administration: "he just opens his mouth and lets his belly rumble"
Tom Homan on Operation Metro Surge: "It was a great success but I don't expect any politician from Minnesota to say 'President Trump, congratulations, you did a good job ... Minnesota is less of a sanctuary state because of what we did there."
February 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
My grandmother had an expression which I'm always reminded of with this administration: "he just opens his mouth and lets his belly rumble"
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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I work in procurement and our vendors have been rolling out AI systems and... it has been a disaster. The AI gets everything wrong and I have to navigate a labyrinthian telephone menu to get to a human to fix it.
This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.
This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I work in procurement and our vendors have been rolling out AI systems and... it has been a disaster. The AI gets everything wrong and I have to navigate a labyrinthian telephone menu to get to a human to fix it.
This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.
This has big "We'll colonize the moon in 10 years!" Musk energy.
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All eyes on Los Angeles. #AbolishICE
February 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM
All eyes on Los Angeles. #AbolishICE
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Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
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There are far more voters than ICE agents. People should plan to stay at their polling place all day. Make it a party. Meet your neighbors. Talk politics. Gather food trucks. Make it a safe place for voters who are nervous. ICE agents always back off when they are outnumbered.
February 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
There are far more voters than ICE agents. People should plan to stay at their polling place all day. Make it a party. Meet your neighbors. Talk politics. Gather food trucks. Make it a safe place for voters who are nervous. ICE agents always back off when they are outnumbered.
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Love is an action. Immigrants deserve safety, dignity, and joy—today and always. Take action to ensure we protect and stand up for immigrants. #ToImmigrantsWithLove #IStandWithImmigrants
February 14, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Love is an action. Immigrants deserve safety, dignity, and joy—today and always. Take action to ensure we protect and stand up for immigrants. #ToImmigrantsWithLove #IStandWithImmigrants