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"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
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The SAVE Act failed to pass last year because of nationwide public opposition. Now it’s back, and Congress should reject it again. Here’s why. bit.ly/4rA2p4R
New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting
The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.
www.brennancenter.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The SAVE Act failed to pass last year because of nationwide public opposition. Now it’s back, and Congress should reject it again. Here’s why. bit.ly/4rA2p4R
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I don't know if I can adequately express my glee at this exquisite wording. I hope Judge Reyes always has a green wave when she drives, a cool pillow at night, and the most comfortable chair.
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I don't know if I can adequately express my glee at this exquisite wording. I hope Judge Reyes always has a green wave when she drives, a cool pillow at night, and the most comfortable chair.
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Liam Ramos’ classmates miss him, so they decided to write letters to the ICE agents who took him. “Dear ICE,” one student wrote, “You are scaring schools, people and the world.”
Opinion | ICE Took Their Classmate. They Started Writing Letters.
Letters from students living in fear.
nyti.ms
January 31, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Liam Ramos’ classmates miss him, so they decided to write letters to the ICE agents who took him. “Dear ICE,” one student wrote, “You are scaring schools, people and the world.”
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At the very heart of the conflict raging in the United States is a conflict about human nature, a deep moral and philosophical conflict. I believe the isolationists will lose in the long run because they are not only out of step with the majority but they are out of step with reality....
When Love Thy Neighbor Is a Cry of Resistance
Today marks one full year for this newsletter, and here's the 77th post (I thought once a week was going to be a lot, but there's so much going on I wrote almost 1.5 times a week over the past year). ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 PM
At the very heart of the conflict raging in the United States is a conflict about human nature, a deep moral and philosophical conflict. I believe the isolationists will lose in the long run because they are not only out of step with the majority but they are out of step with reality....
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The cost of Alternatives to Detention programs is far less than the cost of detention. A news release from ICE in 2022, now archived, stated that the “daily cost per ATD participant is less than $8 per day versus the cost of detention, which is approximately $150 per day.”
February 2, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The cost of Alternatives to Detention programs is far less than the cost of detention. A news release from ICE in 2022, now archived, stated that the “daily cost per ATD participant is less than $8 per day versus the cost of detention, which is approximately $150 per day.”
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All of these children and their parents were detained despite being eligible for release, as they are not flight risks, and were seeking asylum and other humanitarian protections in the United States. None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world.
February 2, 2026 at 2:38 AM
All of these children and their parents were detained despite being eligible for release, as they are not flight risks, and were seeking asylum and other humanitarian protections in the United States. None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world.
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"Since March 2025, many hundreds of families with children who are minors have been detained in federal immigration custody, with more than 1,700 children in custody since family detention centers reopened. Many have been detained for long periods of time, some for nearly half a year."
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A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm.
A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm.
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
"Since March 2025, many hundreds of families with children who are minors have been detained in federal immigration custody, with more than 1,700 children in custody since family detention centers reopened. Many have been detained for long periods of time, some for nearly half a year."
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Some are cowards, some are corrupt, some are fascists at heart.
I can’t get over how increasingly desperate and worried district judges are — they are doing all the right things — and how they’re being betrayed by appellate judges and a Supreme Court, both too cowardly to stand behind their decisions.
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
February 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Some are cowards, some are corrupt, some are fascists at heart.
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Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest:
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest:
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
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I haven't been online much due to ongoing health issues & work deadlines - but I want to send my love and solidarity to friends & publishing colleagues in Minnesota, and their communities.
Below is a useful "How to Help" list compiled by sff writer Naomi Kritzer.
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
Below is a useful "How to Help" list compiled by sff writer Naomi Kritzer.
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…
naomikritzer.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I haven't been online much due to ongoing health issues & work deadlines - but I want to send my love and solidarity to friends & publishing colleagues in Minnesota, and their communities.
Below is a useful "How to Help" list compiled by sff writer Naomi Kritzer.
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
Below is a useful "How to Help" list compiled by sff writer Naomi Kritzer.
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
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So....is there going to an agreement between political factions that people who rape children are very bad and should not be president or the richest men alive?
If you are one of those folks maybe we take all your things away and send you to an uninhabited island to be eaten alive by feral crabs?
If you are one of those folks maybe we take all your things away and send you to an uninhabited island to be eaten alive by feral crabs?
January 30, 2026 at 6:32 PM
So....is there going to an agreement between political factions that people who rape children are very bad and should not be president or the richest men alive?
If you are one of those folks maybe we take all your things away and send you to an uninhabited island to be eaten alive by feral crabs?
If you are one of those folks maybe we take all your things away and send you to an uninhabited island to be eaten alive by feral crabs?
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Everyone—regardless of immigration status—has rights in this country. As ICE raids escalate, with increasing violent detentions & human rights violations, it’s more important than ever to learn your rights. #AoCChecklist Action 6: Learn your rights and protect yourself and your neighbors from ICE.
In the meantime, know your rights and protect yourselves against unconstitutional search ⚖️🛡️⚔️
ilrc.org/protect
#AbolishICE
ilrc.org/protect
#AbolishICE
Know Your Rights | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
ilrc.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Everyone—regardless of immigration status—has rights in this country. As ICE raids escalate, with increasing violent detentions & human rights violations, it’s more important than ever to learn your rights. #AoCChecklist Action 6: Learn your rights and protect yourself and your neighbors from ICE.
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Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and Haitians was unlawful, a Ninth Circuit panel found.
It’s the first time an appellate court has ruled on the substance of Trump efforts to dismantle the TPS program.
It’s the first time an appellate court has ruled on the substance of Trump efforts to dismantle the TPS program.
DHS Unlawfully Ended Venezuelan Migrant Status, Ninth Cir. Says
The Trump administration’s termination of humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants violated the Immigration and Nationality Act, a federal appeals court ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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I’m tired of people saying that the US cannot come back from this, because that’s just not true. And I’m especially tired of people already saying that the US is going to do the wrong thing when we are still in the middle of this.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I’m tired of people saying that the US cannot come back from this, because that’s just not true. And I’m especially tired of people already saying that the US is going to do the wrong thing when we are still in the middle of this.
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NEW: Trump is floating a $1.5 trillion war budget.
$1.5 trillion could fund Medicaid, the child tax credit, SNAP, the Department of Education, national highway repair, the NIH, school breakfast & lunch, FEMA, the FAA, the EPA, and federal overdose prevention COMBINED.
War costs us a better world.
$1.5 trillion could fund Medicaid, the child tax credit, SNAP, the Department of Education, national highway repair, the NIH, school breakfast & lunch, FEMA, the FAA, the EPA, and federal overdose prevention COMBINED.
War costs us a better world.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: Trump is floating a $1.5 trillion war budget.
$1.5 trillion could fund Medicaid, the child tax credit, SNAP, the Department of Education, national highway repair, the NIH, school breakfast & lunch, FEMA, the FAA, the EPA, and federal overdose prevention COMBINED.
War costs us a better world.
$1.5 trillion could fund Medicaid, the child tax credit, SNAP, the Department of Education, national highway repair, the NIH, school breakfast & lunch, FEMA, the FAA, the EPA, and federal overdose prevention COMBINED.
War costs us a better world.
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We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
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"The Bill of Wrongs: A Cult Constitution" (A Satire)
"1. Congress shall make no law denying the Cult of all-wise Trump, or limiting the exercise thereof; or abridging His sole Freedom to define Truth"
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"1. Congress shall make no law denying the Cult of all-wise Trump, or limiting the exercise thereof; or abridging His sole Freedom to define Truth"
snyder.substack.com/p/the-bill-o...
The Bill of Wrongs
A Cult Constitution
snyder.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:35 PM
"The Bill of Wrongs: A Cult Constitution" (A Satire)
"1. Congress shall make no law denying the Cult of all-wise Trump, or limiting the exercise thereof; or abridging His sole Freedom to define Truth"
snyder.substack.com/p/the-bill-o...
"1. Congress shall make no law denying the Cult of all-wise Trump, or limiting the exercise thereof; or abridging His sole Freedom to define Truth"
snyder.substack.com/p/the-bill-o...
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Ready for more action? Demand that Congress conduct a full investigation of ICE agents’ use of deadly force. Hold ICE agents accountable and refuse to allow US taxpayer $ to fund abuse. #action2/#action2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://americansofconscience.com/01-23-2026/#action2
January 27, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Ready for more action? Demand that Congress conduct a full investigation of ICE agents’ use of deadly force. Hold ICE agents accountable and refuse to allow US taxpayer $ to fund abuse. #action2/#action2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://americansofconscience.com/01-23-2026/#action2
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People who think we should wait until we win everything think we should win forever. Celebrate interim victories, partial victories, imperfect victories, small victories, because celebrating strengthens the resolve to keep on, reminds us of our power, and also is fun.
January 27, 2026 at 3:39 AM
People who think we should wait until we win everything think we should win forever. Celebrate interim victories, partial victories, imperfect victories, small victories, because celebrating strengthens the resolve to keep on, reminds us of our power, and also is fun.
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Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.