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My soundtrack for 2026 (subject to edit)
TOOL -- Ticks and Leeches
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes -- I Hate YOu
TOOL -- Ticks and Leeches
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes -- I Hate YOu
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Assuming Analilia Mejia’s lead holds, this is a massive victory for the WFP
It’s also an earth-shattering defeat of the already-bleeding NJ political machine, and an all-time blunder by AIPAC, whose preferred candidate couldn’t even clear 20%.
Welcome to the Dem Tea Party
It’s also an earth-shattering defeat of the already-bleeding NJ political machine, and an all-time blunder by AIPAC, whose preferred candidate couldn’t even clear 20%.
Welcome to the Dem Tea Party
a man in a suit is standing in front of mountains
ALT: a man in a suit is standing in front of mountains
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Assuming Analilia Mejia’s lead holds, this is a massive victory for the WFP
It’s also an earth-shattering defeat of the already-bleeding NJ political machine, and an all-time blunder by AIPAC, whose preferred candidate couldn’t even clear 20%.
Welcome to the Dem Tea Party
It’s also an earth-shattering defeat of the already-bleeding NJ political machine, and an all-time blunder by AIPAC, whose preferred candidate couldn’t even clear 20%.
Welcome to the Dem Tea Party
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Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto
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We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
…
32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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At this point, some leaked videos might help.
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
At this point, some leaked videos might help.
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You knew it was coming www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Steve Bannon calls for immigration agents at polling sites during midterms
Ex-Trump adviser adds to elections officials’ concern about potential interference from Trump administration in voting
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
You knew it was coming www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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No, Chuck, we want EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE of their organization prosecuted for their crimes against the American people.
And then the abolition of ICE and dismantling of DHS.
And then the abolition of ICE and dismantling of DHS.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 9:08 AM
No, Chuck, we want EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE of their organization prosecuted for their crimes against the American people.
And then the abolition of ICE and dismantling of DHS.
And then the abolition of ICE and dismantling of DHS.
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This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
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NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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ICE is no longer an immigration enforcement agency. It has become Trump’s domestic army.
If my “conservative” colleagues truly believe in small government, they should join us in demanding an end to masked federal agents terrorizing communities across this country.
If my “conservative” colleagues truly believe in small government, they should join us in demanding an end to masked federal agents terrorizing communities across this country.
February 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
ICE is no longer an immigration enforcement agency. It has become Trump’s domestic army.
If my “conservative” colleagues truly believe in small government, they should join us in demanding an end to masked federal agents terrorizing communities across this country.
If my “conservative” colleagues truly believe in small government, they should join us in demanding an end to masked federal agents terrorizing communities across this country.
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A 2016 civil lawsuit found in the Epstein files alleges that Trump raped a 13-year-old girl at parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein in NY. Epstein raped her too.
For anyone wondering why the victim dropped the case…
1/2
For anyone wondering why the victim dropped the case…
1/2
February 1, 2026 at 2:17 AM
A 2016 civil lawsuit found in the Epstein files alleges that Trump raped a 13-year-old girl at parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein in NY. Epstein raped her too.
For anyone wondering why the victim dropped the case…
1/2
For anyone wondering why the victim dropped the case…
1/2
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"In none of these communications, even when doing his best to disparage President Trump, did Epstein suggest President Trump had done anything criminal or had any inappropriate contact with any of his victims,” Todd Blanche said.
But the girls did. Many of them.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
But the girls did. Many of them.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Epstein files live updates: Trump Justice Department releases millions more pages of records
The Justice Department posted another trove of Epstein files more than two months after Trump signed a bill requiring their release.
www.nbcnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:38 PM
"In none of these communications, even when doing his best to disparage President Trump, did Epstein suggest President Trump had done anything criminal or had any inappropriate contact with any of his victims,” Todd Blanche said.
But the girls did. Many of them.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
But the girls did. Many of them.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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I love that we're told we should be happy with whatever scraps Dems get at the table and Lindsey Graham can hold up everything with a "I should be allowed to cash a multi-million dollar check from the taxpayers for my trouble"
NO SENATE VOTE TONIGHT
Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.
Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I love that we're told we should be happy with whatever scraps Dems get at the table and Lindsey Graham can hold up everything with a "I should be allowed to cash a multi-million dollar check from the taxpayers for my trouble"
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Trump’s First Year In Office https://theonion.com/trumps-first-year-in-office/
January 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Trump’s First Year In Office https://theonion.com/trumps-first-year-in-office/
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This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.
January 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.
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"At least 32 people died in ICE custody last year, the highest number since 2004. An autopsy... showed that Geraldo Lunas Campos, a Cuban migrant held at Fort Bliss in Texas, was killed by his jailers. ICE had previously said he had committed suicide." www.economist.com/briefing/202...
Immigration agents have become Donald Trump’s personal posse
That is a liability for America and, increasingly, for him
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
"At least 32 people died in ICE custody last year, the highest number since 2004. An autopsy... showed that Geraldo Lunas Campos, a Cuban migrant held at Fort Bliss in Texas, was killed by his jailers. ICE had previously said he had committed suicide." www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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I cannot stress how completely bizarre & unheard of it is for the DNI to be personally present for a search warrant execution, never mind this one.
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 AM
I cannot stress how completely bizarre & unheard of it is for the DNI to be personally present for a search warrant execution, never mind this one.
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The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
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Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
ICE and CBP are at the head of Trump's campaign to terrorize Minnesotans. But the Justice Department is not far behind.
ICE’s No. 1 Ally
The Department of Justice has rushed to shield federal agents from accountability and launched needless criminal investigations into Minnesota officials and residents.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
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Seems painfully obvious Trump will ignore all of these. #AbolishICE
Also— the murders of Renee Good & Alex Pretti were on camera. Yes body cameras are good but that has not stopped them.
Also— the murders of Renee Good & Alex Pretti were on camera. Yes body cameras are good but that has not stopped them.
January 28, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Seems painfully obvious Trump will ignore all of these. #AbolishICE
Also— the murders of Renee Good & Alex Pretti were on camera. Yes body cameras are good but that has not stopped them.
Also— the murders of Renee Good & Alex Pretti were on camera. Yes body cameras are good but that has not stopped them.
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All Senate Democrats (and independents) must vote tomorrow against the DHS appropriations bill.
Please call your senators today and say NO more funding for ICE: 202-224-3121.
Here's more about what you should know: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dems-must-stop-ice-funding-heres
Please call your senators today and say NO more funding for ICE: 202-224-3121.
Here's more about what you should know: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dems-must-stop-ice-funding-heres
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM
All Senate Democrats (and independents) must vote tomorrow against the DHS appropriations bill.
Please call your senators today and say NO more funding for ICE: 202-224-3121.
Here's more about what you should know: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dems-must-stop-ice-funding-heres
Please call your senators today and say NO more funding for ICE: 202-224-3121.
Here's more about what you should know: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dems-must-stop-ice-funding-heres
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The Senate is voting tomorrow (Thursday 1/29) on whether or not to give ICE a blank check to continue its abusive operations. Tell your Senator to vote no!
January 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The Senate is voting tomorrow (Thursday 1/29) on whether or not to give ICE a blank check to continue its abusive operations. Tell your Senator to vote no!
Perfect. I hope she says the same exact thing under oath at their trial.
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Perfect. I hope she says the same exact thing under oath at their trial.
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“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...