The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies. n.pr/4sig14N
High-ranking US military officers are tying the action attack on Iran to fulfilling a Christian prophecy. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Had you ever told me I'd be sitting in the White House basement writing a professional email with the subject "Comment on POTUS's rash" I ... well I'm not sure how I would have reacted.
Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved
Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
Breaking - US military prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump has yet to make a final call, sources say
www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/p...
Almost like we’re one big world with a lot in common.
NEW: A federal tool meant to find noncitizens on voter rolls is consistently marking citizens as noncitizens, especially if they were born outside the U.S., causing chaos as election clerks try not to disenfranchise voters, @zachdespart.bsky.social and I found. 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/save...
As the de facto leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake has done profound damage to America’s foreign broadcasters and squandered millions of taxpayer dollars, Anne Applebaum and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez report.
Affidavit includes NO new info to warrant the involvement of DNI Tulsi Gabbard in seizure of Fulton County ballots.
Mostly a rehash of old allegations that certain things "looked" suspicious. No evidence that what likely were disorganization/human errors were intentional efforts to manipulate vote.
“.. Its amazing how small they are,” he wrote, adding that they could record for 64 hours. “I’m installing them into Kleenex boxes now. I’ll bring them by later today.”
@nytimes.com
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"Some Republican campaign consultants have warned that [Trump's election interfering] effort could backfire on their own midterm efforts by decreasing turnout among the president’s base and increasing turnout among Democrats."
Yup.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Leprosy is one of the least contagious diseases around — and perhaps one of the most misunderstood. The colonies are relics of a not-too-distant past when those diagnosed with leprosy were exiled. n.pr/4r3LmYM
He was disinvited at the same time Trump posted racist meme depicting the Obamas as apes.
Believe it or not, there are still about 750 leprosy colonies in India, although hardly any colony residents have leprosy any more. The disease can be easily cured, but the centuries-old stigma persists.
"Roughly 20 percent of Buchanan County residents have no teeth at all."
Having to go to public gyms to get free dental work by volunteer doctors should not be happening in the richest country on earth. It's not a partisan issue, it's a matter of human dignity.
Did you know there are still 750 leprosy colonies in India today? The disease is easily cured, but the stigma persists. The “leprosy affected” are pushing back. My story here.
‘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.’
I can’t express how incredibly rare it for cabinet members to be impeached. We’ve only had two in our history. It’s also rare for doctors and scientists to call for HHS secretary to be impeached. But well deserved. 🩺⚕️💊 #rfkjr
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
Heads up.
Wrecks everything he touches.
Federal immigration officers across the country are newly equipped with an array of state-of-the-art surveillance technologies, thanks to a bill that transformed ICE into the country’s most highly funded law enforcement agency.
Here’s a look at their arsenal:
"In theater"
The journalist explicitly identifies himself and attempts to stay on public land, but is threatened with arrest to prevent them from using their first amendment rights. They are breaking absolutely no law. This isn't even a close case.
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.
Reminder: the "alleged voter fraud" is "alleged" by the FBI's boss.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
A headline reads: "How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History." An individual in a brown puffer coat stands with their back to the camera, taping notes onto a board on a brick wall. Each note says "learn all history." Photo by Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times.
National Park Service workers across the U.S. are removing materials about slavery, climate change and labor history to comply with an order from President Trump. In some of the first legal pushback, the city of Philadelphia sued the Trump administration on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...
Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ NEW: Since yesterday's deadly shooting in MN, I've talked to more than half a dozen federal sources involved immigration enforcement, including several in senior positions, who all tell me they have grown increasingly uneasy & frustrated w/ some of the claims & narratives DHS pushed in the aftermath of the shooting. Specifically, I'm told there is extreme frustration with DHS officials going on TV and putting out statements claiming that Alex Pretti was intending to conduct a "massacre" of federal agents or wanted to carry out "maximum damage", even after numerous videos appeared to show those claims were inaccurate. While they say it was a terrible decision to show up with a gun and inject himself into a federal law enforcement operation, there is no indication Pretti was there to murder law enforcement, as videos appear to show he never drew his holstered firearm. These sources say this messaging from DHS officials has been catastrophic from a PR and morale perspective, as it is eroding trust and credibility - comparing it to when Democrats falsely claimed the border was closed or that Haitians were being whipped at the border. Some of these sources have described DHS’ response to the shooting as “a case study on how not to do crisis PR”, one said they are so “fed up” that they wish they could retire, another said “DHS is making the situation worse”, and another added that “DHS is wrong” and “we are losing this war, we are losing the base and the narrative." These sources all believe this is going to end up being what they call a “bad shoot”, a “shitty” situation that happened in seconds where agents likely heard “gun!”, then the disarmed firearm may have had an accidental discharge that spooked the agents, and they shot. The agents do not have the luxury of multiple slow motion angles - and had to make split second decisions. All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda, but have serious hesitations about the way it is …
Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.
