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And those are the regime's numbers. I can only imagine the reality.

CNN: More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran since war began, rights group reports By Helen Regan More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children. More than 5,400 civilians, including 100 children, have been injured, HRANA reported. The group said its report is preliminary and is veritying hundreds more reported deaths.

At least 1,097 civilians had been killed in Iran so far, including 181 children.

Iran Says Dozens Are Killed in Strike on School

Whenever the White House or its surrogates claim that Trump's "Operation Epic Fury" is a "precise military campaign," journalists should be asking, "So you're saying the bombing of a girl's elementary school at 10 am local time was intentional?" #ShajarahTayyebeh

"Under your leadership, Miss Gnome, a disaster." Those subtitles are perfect.

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’

"If Mr. Epstein gave financial support, she said, there could be a naming opportunity: 'The Epstein Floor for Women, if so desired,' she suggested." #EvaDubin #MountSinai

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

A Columbia University student was illegally detained by Trump’s federal agents this morning.

Thanks to @mayor.nyc.gov, she’s been released.

That’s real leadership.

NEW YORK — “growing outrage” after a nearly blind refugee father dropped off by border patrol and left to find his way home in the cold was found dead

Feds Invade Columbia Campus Under False Pretenses, Arrest Student, Officials Say The school's president said the agents claimed to be looking for a missing person when they gained entry to the campus building.

BREAKING: "The federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building." #ICE #massdetention #massdeportation

USPS Postmark Rules Change: What You Need to Know Dates on mail now reflect when it’s processed, not when it’s dropped off

Write to your members of Congress to demand USPS restore real-time postmarks. #TaxReturns #MailInBallots

It's time to get rid of networked cameras Amazon did us all a service recently by airing a Super Bowl commercial showing how Ring doorbell cameras spy on everyone walking past. (I discussed this on...

New from me: It's time to get rid of networked cameras.
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(between images of a map showing the nearly 600 No Kings Day events planned for March 28) NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS. MARCH 28 NOKINGS.ORG

The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities).

Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if there’s currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

"A Trump administration official recently told WIRED that California and New York are 'next'." #ICE #massdeportation

Remembrance is not a Violation! (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Remembrance is not a Violation!
#VladyslavHeraskevych #OlenaSmaha #InternationalOlympicCommittee #KirstyCoventry

Unmasking The Masked Men ProPublica identifies the agents who killed Alex Pretti because there’s no place for secret police in America

Alex Pretti's killers are now known: Jesus Ochoa & Raymundo Gutierrez. This is thanks to ProPublica. It's a travesty and intolerable that Homeland Security & the Justice Dept have hidden these federal agents' identities. @markjacob.bsky.social & I discuss. www.americaamerica.news/p/unmasking-...

AI Chugs a Bottle of Water Every Time You Chat With It Artificial intelligence systems are thirsty, consuming as much as 500 milliliters of water – a single-serving water bottle – for each short conversation a user has with the GPT-3 version of OpenAI's C...

Before your next chatbot prompt, calculate the water cost.
#AI

Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants ICE agents dropped customized ace of spades playing cards, recalling a practice by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.

“These guys are not too subtle, to be honest.” #ICE #massdeportation #deathcards

For those keeping score at home:

She boasts about her “journey as an immigrant," but shows no solidarity with decent people down through history who've lied on their visa applications or done work not allowed by their visas. Maybe she just doesn't care, but it's good cause to recount her own immigration and naturalization history.

Trump’s Kennedy Center Shutdown Plan Jolts Workers and Performers

"The conductor, who just last week said he was trying to ignore the political turmoil around him and focus on his music, was described by associates as surprised by the announcement." This is what complicity gets you.
#GianandreaNoseda #NationalSymphonyOrchestra #KennedyCenter

6 Takeaways from ‘Melania,’ the Documentary About the First Lady

"She’s Open About Her Immigrant Roots"?? Sorry, @nytimes.com, but that's just plain disinformation. Radio silence on her actual immigration and naturalization history. #melania

'Melania' film poster

'Chimpanzee' movie poster.

While opening strong for a documentary, Amazon's 'Melania' failed to match Disney's 2012 nature film 'Chimpanzee'. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...

How to Film ICE Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.

“Video documentation has the power to expose abuses, to help call for accountability, and to challenge official narratives.” #ICE #massdeportation #citizenjournalism

After Minneapolis, Tech CEOs Are Struggling to Stay Silent Silicon Valley’s power brokers spent the past year currying favor with President Trump. Two deadly shootings in Minneapolis are now exposing the price of that bargain.

“Why did you go to that Melania thing the day Pretti was killed?” #timcook #MarkZuckerberg #AndyJassy #LisaSu #JeffBezos #SergeyBrin #SundarPichai #SatyaNadella #GregBrockman

How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.

In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:

They grabbed his father at McDonald’s — he tried to bring his dad his heart medication and they laughed at him

A heartless, lawless regime

Trump's immigration approval drops to record low, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds A majority of Americans said Trump's crackdown on immigration has gone too far.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows just 39% of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration while 53% disapprove. #massdeportation #ICE

Apple Workers Are Livid That Tim Cook Saw “Melania” Movie Hours After CBP Killed Pretti Internal Slack logs shared with The Intercept show outrage over Cook’s coziness with Trump and Apple's silence on Pretti's death.

“There has been a dramatic shift in the way Apple operates worldwide. Before they would focus on quality and design and doing the right thing, and now they’re just getting things out quickly and pandering to fascists.” #melania #timcook

These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.

A guide to the shoulder patches that ICE uses for unit identification, as well as insignias worn by US Customs and Border Protection personnel and unofficial patches conveying personal or political messages that federal agents have been spotted wearing.