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- 2026-02-02 14:56 UTC [L..T] Greene: MAGA ‘was all a lie’ «Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said President Trump’s Make American* Great Again slogan was a “lie,” saying his first year back in office was focused on obliging wealthy supporters. [..] “I think people are realizing it was all a lie. It was a big lie for the people. What MAGA is really serving in this administration, who they’re serving, is their big donors,” Greene said in a Wednesday interview with radio personality Kim Iversen.» (*sic)
- 2026-02-02 12:01 UTC [L..T] ICE Employees Vent on Reddit, Saying They're Not Getting Paid and Still No Insurance Despite Promises «In raw, unfiltered Reddit posts now spreading beyond law-enforcement circles, ICE officers describe going a month or more without a paycheque, struggling to secure medical cover for sick children, and watching promised bonuses quietly stall.» Even the Great Grifter's own private army is not immune from The Great Grift.
- 2026-02-02 [L..T] Epstein’s “Nazi like” eugenicist horrors revealed in document release «A journal — written by a girl who was 16 years old at the time of some entries — reveals the sheer depravity of Jeffrey Epstein and the ruling class he lurked within. [..] The girl was subjected to horrifying sexual abuse, and despairs at being Epstein’s “property” and “incubator” for the now-deceased financier’s children. One deeply disturbing account reveals the loss of a child, likely due to incessant abuse by Epstein and his associates...»
- 2026-02-01 19:00 UTC [L..T] Mayor of Portland, Oregon, demands ICE leave the city after federal agents gas protesters «“To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave,” Wilson wrote in a statement Saturday night. “Through your use of violence and the trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame.”» .. «Federal agents in Eugene, Oregon, deployed tear gas on Friday when protesters broke windows and tried to get inside the Federal Building near downtown. City police declared a riot and ordered the crowd to disperse.»
- 2026-02-01 17:32 UTC [L..T] Selfish AI «All of this discussion, from Jeffrey's video to 99% of what shows up in forums or Mastodon discussions, is about how all of this will impact "me." Me, the developer. Me, the person writing code, who may not be writing code now. Me the person who just got laid off because some accountant thinks that Claude means they need only two engineers now instead of 10. Me the person who just had to lay off half my company. Me, me, me. [..] What I almost never see is the impact of AI code on our society.»
- 2026-02-01 16:10 UTC [L..T] 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 Raymundo Gutierrez.»
- 2026-02-01 13:37 UTC [L..T] From Elon Musk to the former Prince Andrew, a who’s who of powerful men are named in Epstein files «From tech titans to Wall Street power brokers and foreign dignitaries, a who’s who of powerful men make appearances in the huge trove of documents released Friday by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein.»
- 2026-02-01 [L..T] Wheee, more Epstein revelations «A couple more letters emerge out of the files, these all involve John Brockman. Brockman was the king of scientific publishing; I believe he was the agent for all of Richard Dawkins’ books, and he was the agent for my one book, he was Lawrence Krauss’s agent, etc.»
- 2026-01-30 11:08 UTC [L..T] Tri-State says "no thanks" to federal orders to keep Craig coal power plant open «Tri-State Generation and partner Platte River Power Authority had a “respectful” but emphatic response late Thursday to the Trump administration ordering them to keep Craig’s Unit 1 coal-fired plant open past the New Year: They don’t need it, they don’t want it, and their inflation-strapped consumers can’t afford the higher bills. Plus, the federal order is unconstitutional.»
- 2026-01-30 [L..T] Democrats Cave on Demands for DHS Reforms, Agree to Short-Term Spending Bill «“Until ICE is properly reined in and overhauled legislatively, the DHS funding bill doesn’t have the votes to pass,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said, vowing that his party would filibuster until a deal was reached.» – but then: «Critics have blasted Democrats’ list of demands as weak and ineffectual to begin with, pointing out that they don’t even include a call for federal immigration agents to leave Minneapolis. Notably, ICE is already ignoring dozens of judicial orders, and any reforms included in a new funding bill may be similarly disregarded.»
- 2026-01-29 [L..T] The Disappearances in Minnesota «Right now, all the focus is on competing videos of conflicts involving Alex Pretti and his murderers. [..] But the bulk of kidnapping that proves this is a paramilitary occupation remains disappeared.»
- 2026-01-28 12:03 UTC [L..T] Federal agents drive by and pepper-spray Arizona protesters on sidewalk «Protesters confront local police and federal agents at a Zipps Sports Grill at Miller and Camelback roads in Scottsdale on Jan. 26, 2026.» (video, 0:56)
- 2026-01-26 23:42 UTC [L..T] Minnesota targeted by federal government over trans girls in sports «On Monday, a joint announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education said the agencies had notified the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) that it had failed to comply with Title IX by allowing transgender girls to compete in sports aligning with their gender.»
- 2026-01-26 05:30 UTC [L..T] Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence «The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”» This is bonkers. Safety regulations are "written in blood", i.e. the lives lost through preventable situations. This is clearly a sop to the transportation industry so they can cut corners at the expense of their passengers' lives.
- 2026-01-24 01:38 UTC [L..T] US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’ «Federal immigration agents detained a two-year-old girl and her father in Minneapolis on Thursday and transported them to Texas, according to court records and the family’s lawyers.» ...«immigration officials had since flown both of them back to Minnesota and released the two-year-old into the custody of her mother. The father remains detained in Minnesota»... on what charges?
- 2026-01-23 23:27 UTC [L..T] Two women, detained by ICE, say they helped agent having seizure «Tippy Amundson, 39, and Heather Zemien, 55, were sitting handcuffed in the back seat of a three-row SUV on the afternoon of Jan. 22 in Brooklyn Park, detained by federal immigration agents»... «Amundson and Zemien were the only ones who recognized that the man was having a seizure. They spoke up immediately, telling the driver to pull over and telling the agents to call 911. When nothing happened, they repeated it, louder and more urgently.» After the agent was transferred to medical care: «“I asked if we could just go home,” Amundson said. “I said, ‘We just saved his life. Is that cool with you?’ And they said no.”»
- 2026-01-23 23:26 UTC [L..T] DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources The headline is a little unclear. It refers to the that Trump's DoJ was hoping to prosecute the victim for allegedly attacking her murderer. This is a classic authoritarian reality-inversion.
- 2026-01-23 23:12 UTC [L..T] (social post) «To call what's going on in Minnesota historic is an understatement. General strikes are extraordinarily rare in US history; there have only been a handful of general strikes, with individual states and even this is extraordinarily rare. This is a major step towards a national general strike, which has never happened in 250 years of this country's history.»
- 2026-01-23 20:52 UTC [L..T] ICE arrests 100 people three days into Maine immigration crackdown, DHS says «In a statement to the Guardian on Friday, the DHS assistant secretary of public affairs, Tricia McLaughlin, said some of those taken into custody were “the worst of the worst” and had been “charged and convicted of horrific crimes”, but cited the same four examples it released earlier in the week.» This statement is completely at odds with the facts.
- 2026-01-23 19:12 UTC [L..T] Don’t say ‘Watch out for ice’: FEMA warned storm announcements could invite memes Homeland Security has asked FEMA not to use the word "ice" in its public reports because apparently it's more important for the government to avoid mockery than it is to ensure that citizens receive accurate reports about dangerous weather. This is, of course, consistent with Immigration Enforcement's observed behavior of not actually caring about public safety.
- 2026-01-23 10:16 UTC [L..T] Tens of thousands gather in downtown Minneapolis for ‘ICE Out’ day «Tens of thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis Friday in a negative 30 degree windchill to protest the federal government’s continuing surge of immigration enforcement — demanding civil rights and a withdrawal of the 3,000 officers sent here by the administration of President Donald Trump.» .. «The demonstration took place on “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom,” a general strike supported by Minnesota unions, progressive faith leaders and community activists.»
- 2026-01-22 03:58 UTC [L..T] Renee Good shot in left temple, per independent autopsy «The preliminary findings of the autopsy, conducted by a “highly respected and credentialed medical pathologist,” per the press release, attests that Good suffered three clear gunshot wounds: one to the left forearm; one to the right breast; and one to the left temple, which exited the right side of her head.» ... «The shots to the arm and breast were “were not immediately life-threatening,” according to the autopsy results.»
- 2026-01-19 22:38 UTC [L..T] Revealed: Border Patrol generating AI resumes for applicants to rush them through process «A reporter for Creative Loafing Tampa went to a Border Patrol recruitment event in St. Petersburg, Florida, and says she was rapidly and forcefully corralled into applying, barely with her consent, and used an artificial intelligence tool to generate her resume to expedite the process.»
- 2026-01-17 19:51 UTC [L..T] Gov. Spanberger rescinds Gov. Youngkin’s order deputizing state police to work with ICE «In one of her first actions as governor, Spanberger rescinded Youngkin’s executive order that deputized state police and law enforcement agencies to assist ICE in capturing illegal immigrants with criminal records in Virginia.»
- 2026-01-16 17:39 UTC [L..T] Family of U.S. citizen detained by ICE in St. Paul seeks her release «Nasra Ahmed, 23, left her family’s apartment complex on Lower Afton Road in St. Paul around 11 a.m. Wednesday on the way to the pharmacy to pick up her medicine. A car occupied by at least two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulled into the parking lot and demanded to see her papers.» Despite being a US citizen born in Minnesota who had never even been to Somalia, the «ICE agents detained her anyway, leaving her family uncertain of her whereabouts for at least 24 hours. Her father, Mohamed Ahmed, called [state Rep. Samakab] Hussein in tears, pleading for any information, and the representative tracked her to the Sherburne County Jail, where she’s being held without bail pending possible felony charges.»
- 2026-01-16 08:33 UTC [L..T] Free Riders Undermine Climate Protection «The researchers observed two recurring types of behaviour. Some participants acted consistently cooperatively: they reliably paid their share – roughly what would be required if everyone behaved in the same way. Others, by contrast, contributed very little. They gambled on the fact that the rest, fearing a shared loss, would put in more.» ... «From the authors’ point of view, this highlights the need for binding rules and political tools that support collective action and limit free riding. Simply hoping that disasters will bring about insight is not enough.»
- 2026-01-15 [L..T] Federal panel reverses decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil from immigration jail «A federal appeals court has reversed a June court decision to release pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, marking a major win for the Trump administration amid its ongoing push to deport him. [..] In a two-to-one decision on Thursday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that the lower federal court did not have jurisdiction over the immigration matters in the case, and instructed it to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Khalil that freed him on a temporary basis.» He was originally detained on allegations that he put false information on his Green Card application (which he denies). As far as I know, these allegations remain unsubstantiated and there are no other charges against him.
- 2026-01-14 [L..T] London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionaires «Wikipedia has been subject to shady, paid-for edits ordered by partners at an elite London PR firm with links to Downing Street. And the clients who benefitted from this “wikilaundering” are some of the world’s richest and most powerful people. [..] The firm in question is Portland Communications, whose founder Tim Allan is now the director of communications for Keir Starmer. And it has been busted once already for this practice, which is in breach of the British PR professionals’ code of conduct.»
- 2026-01-14 [L..T] Ilhan Omar Effortlessly Drags Elon Musk After He Parrots Easily-Debunked Conspiracy About Her Elon Musk: «This has been happening for years. Ilhan Omar is the most obvious example. A large number of relatively recently arrived Somalis will elect only a Somali to Congress in that Minnesota district. This is much more subtle, but just as bad, in many other parts of America.» Ilhan Omar (replying on X-Twitter): «You are one of the dumbest people on earth, my district is literally a majority white district. Your conspiracy theories are laughable and should have no place in a society that cares about facts.»
- 2026-01-13 [L..T] A World Without Rules: The Consequences of Trump’s Assault on International Law «For the past eight decades, legitimate grounds for war have been much more narrowly defined. The current international system rests on the premise that the use of force by one state against another is prohibited, even criminal, unless undertaken in self-defense or with collective authorization by the UN Security Council.» .. «The Trump administration is no longer trying to work within this system. For the past year, it has been attacking and dismantling the legal infrastructure of the existing order.»... further results
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