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it's wild how anything anyone said about what was happening in Chicago in the fall was ignored. it was so obvious that ICE/CBP was crushing small businesses and the impact was tantamount to the early days of Covid. In this thread I addressed JB not talking about this enough
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ICE is crushing Minneapolis economy. On the pod, Mayor Jacob Frey tallies up damage:
$203 million overall
$80 million small biz losses
$5 million hotel cancellations
75K people food insecurity
"Impact is staggering," Frey tells us. Bleeding city for being diverse:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
$203 million overall
$80 million small biz losses
$5 million hotel cancellations
75K people food insecurity
"Impact is staggering," Frey tells us. Bleeding city for being diverse:
newrepublic.com/article/2066...
Minneapolis Mayor’s Emotional Message to Trump: You Failed to Break Us
In an interview, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE’s attack came from the top—and shares new details about how badly it damaged his city, while explaining how the people there are emerging utterly...
newrepublic.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:48 PM
it's wild how anything anyone said about what was happening in Chicago in the fall was ignored. it was so obvious that ICE/CBP was crushing small businesses and the impact was tantamount to the early days of Covid. In this thread I addressed JB not talking about this enough
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bsky.app/profile/mere...
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
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Russia is trying to hide its war crimes in Mariupol.
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February 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Russia is trying to hide its war crimes in Mariupol.
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The US positioning a lot of military assets in the Middle East does not stand out as much as the US positioning military assets in the Caribbean.
And yet, as with the buildup that led to attacking Venezuela, this is a lot of military assets to position and then not use.
And yet, as with the buildup that led to attacking Venezuela, this is a lot of military assets to position and then not use.
Wow.
Watching 37 USAF aircraft - 23 tankers, 13 transports and an E-3 AWACS over CONUS and Europe over the last 4 hours.
Watching 37 USAF aircraft - 23 tankers, 13 transports and an E-3 AWACS over CONUS and Europe over the last 4 hours.
February 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The US positioning a lot of military assets in the Middle East does not stand out as much as the US positioning military assets in the Caribbean.
And yet, as with the buildup that led to attacking Venezuela, this is a lot of military assets to position and then not use.
And yet, as with the buildup that led to attacking Venezuela, this is a lot of military assets to position and then not use.
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Argentina, 1978:
“The armed men who roved the city were at once secretive — driving cars without license plates and obscuring their faces with women's stockings — and brazen, abducting people off the street in broad daylight… daring bystanders:
Acknowledge you've noticed us, see what happens.”
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“The armed men who roved the city were at once secretive — driving cars without license plates and obscuring their faces with women's stockings — and brazen, abducting people off the street in broad daylight… daring bystanders:
Acknowledge you've noticed us, see what happens.”
1/
February 18, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Argentina, 1978:
“The armed men who roved the city were at once secretive — driving cars without license plates and obscuring their faces with women's stockings — and brazen, abducting people off the street in broad daylight… daring bystanders:
Acknowledge you've noticed us, see what happens.”
1/
“The armed men who roved the city were at once secretive — driving cars without license plates and obscuring their faces with women's stockings — and brazen, abducting people off the street in broad daylight… daring bystanders:
Acknowledge you've noticed us, see what happens.”
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"That’s why it’s important that Minnesota be not just a shining example of what can be done. It needs to be a harbinger of what’s going to be done. It needs to be a model not just admired but emulated. We should all be Minnesotans now."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
We’re All Minnesotans Now
Let the North Star State give us direction.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
"That’s why it’s important that Minnesota be not just a shining example of what can be done. It needs to be a harbinger of what’s going to be done. It needs to be a model not just admired but emulated. We should all be Minnesotans now."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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I just learned that Dan Bongino and Greg Bovino are not the same person. Here's why I think that opposition to ICE will hurt Dems in the midterms....(1/23)
February 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I just learned that Dan Bongino and Greg Bovino are not the same person. Here's why I think that opposition to ICE will hurt Dems in the midterms....(1/23)
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Kremlin-linked figure helped host a Charli XCX film premiere afterparty.
Ukrainian activists warned the team of Charli XCX about DJ Anastasia Shevtsova’s ties to a state-funded foundation, but the event went ahead anyway.
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Ukrainian activists warned the team of Charli XCX about DJ Anastasia Shevtsova’s ties to a state-funded foundation, but the event went ahead anyway.
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February 18, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Kremlin-linked figure helped host a Charli XCX film premiere afterparty.
Ukrainian activists warned the team of Charli XCX about DJ Anastasia Shevtsova’s ties to a state-funded foundation, but the event went ahead anyway.
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Ukrainian activists warned the team of Charli XCX about DJ Anastasia Shevtsova’s ties to a state-funded foundation, but the event went ahead anyway.
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"The more the regime cultivates a vibe of strength and inevitability, the more room it has to operate. The more people think the regime is weak and failing, the more likely they are to say no, drag their feet, refuse demands, and resist."
Trump can't steal the midterms.
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
Trump Can’t Steal the Midterms
The case for being vigilant without panicking.
www.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
"The more the regime cultivates a vibe of strength and inevitability, the more room it has to operate. The more people think the regime is weak and failing, the more likely they are to say no, drag their feet, refuse demands, and resist."
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People are getting their news on TikTok from some random like we're back in the town crier days
February 18, 2026 at 2:43 AM
People are getting their news on TikTok from some random like we're back in the town crier days
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Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela.
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump's Caribbean Surge Nears $3 Billion Price Tag So Far
The operations around Venezuela that eventually led to the capture of its president pulled in nearly a fifth of the US Navy’s surface fleet at a cost of more than $20 million a day.
www.bloomberg.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela.
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Liberals say that concentration camps filled with children have no place in a democracy. They're wrong—concentration camps filled with children have no place in a republic.
February 18, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Liberals say that concentration camps filled with children have no place in a democracy. They're wrong—concentration camps filled with children have no place in a republic.
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There must be trials. Not as an emotive aspiration, rhetorical meme, or empty threat. A concrete plan. A dedicated special court for it. Structural legislation and prosecutors and funding and all the rest of it. Everything necessary for it can be done constitutionally. All it takes is the will.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 18, 2026 at 3:35 AM
There must be trials. Not as an emotive aspiration, rhetorical meme, or empty threat. A concrete plan. A dedicated special court for it. Structural legislation and prosecutors and funding and all the rest of it. Everything necessary for it can be done constitutionally. All it takes is the will.
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“This decision is an important step toward upholding what fear tried to destroy: the right to speak for peace and justice,” as Mohsen said today.
I’m honored to call Mohsen a friend, and I can’t wait to congratulate him on the day he becomes a U.S. citizen.
I’m honored to call Mohsen a friend, and I can’t wait to congratulate him on the day he becomes a U.S. citizen.
BREAKING: An immigration judge has *terminated* the Trump-Vance administration's efforts to deport Columbia pro-Palestine student protestor Mohsen Mahdawi.
Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.
Mohsen was first detained 10 months ago, when agents ambushed him at a citizenship interview.
February 18, 2026 at 2:02 AM
“This decision is an important step toward upholding what fear tried to destroy: the right to speak for peace and justice,” as Mohsen said today.
I’m honored to call Mohsen a friend, and I can’t wait to congratulate him on the day he becomes a U.S. citizen.
I’m honored to call Mohsen a friend, and I can’t wait to congratulate him on the day he becomes a U.S. citizen.
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I hate it here
I have an update on Juan Nicolás, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I hate it here
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AI is revolutionizing the world! A Playstation now costs $5,000 and this is the last phone you will ever own.
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM
AI is revolutionizing the world! A Playstation now costs $5,000 and this is the last phone you will ever own.
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RFK Jr has turned one of those impossible colors like greenish-yellow purple that none of us are supposed to be perceiving
October 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
RFK Jr has turned one of those impossible colors like greenish-yellow purple that none of us are supposed to be perceiving
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
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The most striking thing is Colbert saying that CBS executives told him not to even MENTION the ban on his show.
If that's the case, it raises the question whether that demand was the FCC's or CBS's.
I kinda doubt that Carr would ask for that. I don't doubt that CBS would.
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If that's the case, it raises the question whether that demand was the FCC's or CBS's.
I kinda doubt that Carr would ask for that. I don't doubt that CBS would.
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A further development:
CBS responds to "THE LATE SHOW." It says Colbert was not prohibited from broadcasting his interview with Rep. James Talarico. Rather the show was provided with legal guidance and... well, just read it. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social
CBS responds to "THE LATE SHOW." It says Colbert was not prohibited from broadcasting his interview with Rep. James Talarico. Rather the show was provided with legal guidance and... well, just read it. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The most striking thing is Colbert saying that CBS executives told him not to even MENTION the ban on his show.
If that's the case, it raises the question whether that demand was the FCC's or CBS's.
I kinda doubt that Carr would ask for that. I don't doubt that CBS would.
bsky.app/profile/jayr...
If that's the case, it raises the question whether that demand was the FCC's or CBS's.
I kinda doubt that Carr would ask for that. I don't doubt that CBS would.
bsky.app/profile/jayr...
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“You may have to be in the wilderness for a while—even a long while. Fine…
Be not afraid, to the extent possible. Swim against the current, if the current is going the wrong way, as far as you can.”
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/what-shoul...
Be not afraid, to the extent possible. Swim against the current, if the current is going the wrong way, as far as you can.”
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/what-shoul...
‘What Should I Do?’
Advice to young conservatives, and others
www.jaynordlinger.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:09 PM
“You may have to be in the wilderness for a while—even a long while. Fine…
Be not afraid, to the extent possible. Swim against the current, if the current is going the wrong way, as far as you can.”
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/what-shoul...
Be not afraid, to the extent possible. Swim against the current, if the current is going the wrong way, as far as you can.”
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/what-shoul...
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You should read this as though I'm shouting the entire time. www.thebulwark.com/p/george-w-b...
George W. Bush Can Suck It
He didn’t throw shade at Trump; he whitewashed authoritarianism.
www.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
You should read this as though I'm shouting the entire time. www.thebulwark.com/p/george-w-b...
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SCOOP: I have the first interview with the 36-year-old South Jersey man whose tearful protest against an ICE raid at a school bus stop has been watched more than 3 million times
How a non-political Eagles fan Everyman became the face of ICE resistance
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
How a non-political Eagles fan Everyman became the face of ICE resistance
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
South Jersey guy becomes the face of ICE resistance | Will Bunch Newsletter
Last Friday, Joseph Zobel, “an average Joe who grew up in Haddon Heights” saw a video that shocked him. First interview with the ICE protester whose viral video reaction has been seen 3 million times.
www.inquirer.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
SCOOP: I have the first interview with the 36-year-old South Jersey man whose tearful protest against an ICE raid at a school bus stop has been watched more than 3 million times
How a non-political Eagles fan Everyman became the face of ICE resistance
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
How a non-political Eagles fan Everyman became the face of ICE resistance
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Keep in mind
“At noon on January 3, 2027, the current Congress ends, and a new one takes office. Johnson will no longer be speaker, and will have no authority over seating new members.”
“At noon on January 3, 2027, the current Congress ends, and a new one takes office. Johnson will no longer be speaker, and will have no authority over seating new members.”
Trump can't steal the midterms.
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
Trump Can’t Steal the Midterms
The case for being vigilant without panicking.
www.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Keep in mind
“At noon on January 3, 2027, the current Congress ends, and a new one takes office. Johnson will no longer be speaker, and will have no authority over seating new members.”
“At noon on January 3, 2027, the current Congress ends, and a new one takes office. Johnson will no longer be speaker, and will have no authority over seating new members.”
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an in kind donation from Brendan Carr to @jamestalarico.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:23 PM
an in kind donation from Brendan Carr to @jamestalarico.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
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“We can’t be expected to follow the law every time.”
Rep. Buddy Carter: "Some of the demands that the Democrats have put forth, we're not gonna be able to obtain that. We can't have a warrant every time."
February 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
“We can’t be expected to follow the law every time.”