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- Reposted by meabellI stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers. Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now: bit.ly/4a2VtHw
- Reposted by meabellWhat about privately owned airplanes, @govwesmoore.bsky.social? Hundreds of shackled migrants in ICE custody sat on an Omni plane at BWI - a state-owned airport - for 6 1/2 hours on Oct. 23 and 11 hours on Dec. 15. Omni has a base with an office and aircraft parking lease right here in Maryland!
- I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers. Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now: bit.ly/4a2VtHw
- Reposted by meabell“It's a friendly wave to anybody passing by that's from the neighborhood,” said one resident named Jesse. “But if ICE arrives, it forces them to slow down. We can log their heading, we can log their plates and we can alert the neighborhood.” (2) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by meabellMinneapolis residents are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods. Called filter blockades, they’re pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets, and they’ve already earned the ire of Trump border czar Tom Homan (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by meabellTexas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are already black holes for detention. Now obtaining release will be more difficult than ever. As more and more people are locked up, ICE will increase the pressure on those who are detained to give up. The goal is an assembly line of coercion with no day in court.
- Reposted by meabellThe rare occasion you see legislators vote to *lower* the minimum wage. Obscene. www.1011now.com/2026/02/05/n...
- Reposted by meabell"Every democracy facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their corruption." Worth the wait www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
- Reposted by meabellThis is a very, very bad decision from one of the two Reagan judges left on the Fifth Circuit, joined by one of the two most extreme Trump appointees on the court. And, it is about the issue I walked through at Law Dork earlier this week, in the context of Minnesota: www.lawdork.com/i/186796727/...
- BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings It's a 2-1 ruling Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump) Minority: Douglas (Obama) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
- Reposted by meabelloh so like they’re literally ALL in those files
- (CBS News) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014. @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
- Reposted by meabellOnce again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
- Reposted by meabellDamn i remember some big lawsuits of broadcasters over editing of events showing WH figures
- NBC has some explaining to do www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by meabellMeanwhile this guy just does his job every day
- Reposted by meabellHere's what we're doing to keep all New Yorkers warm during this historic cold stretch. Please stay inside if you can and look out for your neighbors.
- Reposted by meabellPOLITICO: “As Europe’s political class moves to clean up its mess and address its shame concerning ties with Epstein , it’s inadvertently highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in 🇺🇸- No prominent politicians have taken a fall.” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
- Reposted by meabellBy the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
- Reposted by meabellCancun Ted over here argued that “partisanship is inherent and permissible in the districting process” in an amicus brief he filed with the Supreme Court in the Texas redistricting case last September. www.cornyn.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
- Reposted by meabellWATCH — @patryanforcongress : “DHS and ICE are attempting to build a national network of warehouses for mass detention… 80,000 at a time… tens of billions of dollars… Trump’s multi-billionaire donors will benefit…”
- Reposted by meabellFifth-grade math teacher Tianna Graham, whose car become encased in ice, received a bright blue Honda Civic from Carvana.
- Reposted by meabellDOJ released the names and pics of victims, and redacted and protected the perpetrators. It’s a deep sickness at DOJ that cannot be fixed until all of Team TACO is pushed out. The cruelty, immorality, incompetence, injustice…it’s incredibly hard for me to process. It’s gutting
- Reposted by meabellUPDATE: The court granted Ramos' family a continuance at today’s asylum hearing, per school officials in his district. "Today’s ruling provides additional time, and with that, continued uncertainty for a child and his family," says Zena Stenvik, superintendent of Columbia Heights public schools.
- Reposted by meabellJudge Dana Douglas's dissent sets up the unusual circumstances of this appeal, the stakes of this case, and the error of the majority very well from the start. "Straining at a gnat, the majority swallows a camel."
- Reposted by meabellAaron is right, and, what's more, the procedural irregularity Douglas details here shows that not only was that the Trump administration's goal here — but that Jones and Duncan helped them along (if it not directly being their goal as well).
- Reposted by meabellThe next possible steps, to be perfectly clear, are either to seek en banc review from the full Fifth Circuit (all 17 judges) or to go to the Supreme Court for further review. [These are always the next possible steps after a decision from a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court.]
- Reposted by meabellI wrote about all the men who flocked to Jeffrey Epstein's inbox to talk about sexual abuse allegations with an expert. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by meabellOur legal team is suing ICE and CPB for footage from their raids. Let's see how Kristi Noem's transparency claim holds up.
- Reposted by meabellGood Q @SarahKSilvermam
- Reposted by meabellOriginal birth certificate: James Donald Bowman Changed to: James David Hamel Birth certificate reissued (standard when there’s an adoption) Changed again to: James David Vance (Mother’s maiden name) Birth certificate NOT reissued ✅ Would be disinfranchised by the S.A.V.E. Act
- Reposted by meabellA new bill in Congress, the SAVE America Act, could silence millions of voters by creating new barriers to voter registration that make it harder for Americans to make their voices heard. campaignlegal.org/update/what-...
- Reposted by meabellOn tonight’s show: Dementia Don goes full, barking dog racist, and our star panel reacts, as does the Mayor of Chicago. Plus: Mayor Barbara Lee on how the Bay area is preparing to celebrate Bad Bunny Bowl. www.youtube.com/live/hEokTz3...
- Reposted by meabellWhen you hear of a billionaire losing money on a pricey hobby or side business — whether it's a race horse or a newspaper — remember that those losses can actually create huge write-offs that let the ultrarich get away with paying little or no income tax. (Published 2021)
- Reposted by meabellEpstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.
- Reposted by meabellTeam GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers including a message written in the snow
- Reposted by meabellNEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
- Reposted by meabellPamela Jo Bondi is protecting pedophiles. She is disgusting and needs to be investigated.
- Reposted by meabellVirginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
- Reposted by meabellThe Big Lie was always a racist project Trump's racist video had two parts: a Big Lie rehash and a Jim Crow cartoon. They’re not separate stories. www.allrisenews.com/p/big-lie-ra...
- Reposted by meabellNEW: lawmakers in new york rolled out a proposed data center moratorium bill today, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce legislation pausing data center development in the past few *weeks*:
- Reposted by meabellIf you are watching the opening ceremony on NBC, you won't hear the boos of JD Vance because NBC cut it. Corporations working to keep Americans in the dark about how unpopular their elected officials are. The White House reposted the censored clip. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by meabellA fundamental pillar that guides Indivisible Twin Cities (ITC) is electing people to office who understand the stakes our nation faces and are willing to fight hard for democracy and against authoritarianism.
- Reposted by meabellFive years too late, and after multiple deaths, the Texas Medical Board has issued guidance to doctors about when they can do abortions. Will it save some lives? Maybe. But we still have politics dictating when women can receive life-saving care, as only some scenarios are covered.
- Reposted by meabellStellantis said the massive write-off is the result of a costly reset away from its electrification plans enacted by its previous leadership.
- Reposted by meabellElections are run by the states and that’s not changing. Don’t give the regime power that it doesn’t have.
- Reposted by meabellI was blocked from entering Otay Mesa Detention Center today to conduct oversight after receiving concerning allegations about conditions there. We've heard reports that detainees are throwing notes over the fences asking for help. What are they trying to hide here? What are they doing?
- Reposted by meabellI was today years old when I learned that Jodie Foster majored in African-American Literature at Yale. She wrote her thesis on "Song of Solomon" and her thesis advisor was Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. He even helped her secure an interview with Toni Morrison!
- Reposted by meabellMy story on how Epstein worked with a former leader of Putin’s youth movement, who promised him racy pictures and introduced him to an emigre who helped build out Russia’s quantum computing initiative. His security company was banned from U.S. intelligence deals last year. Giftish. wapo.st/4ccTtxy
- Reposted by meabellThis may be my last story for the Post. Here is an archive version, free to all. archive.is/2026.02.06-2...
- My story on how Epstein worked with a former leader of Putin’s youth movement, who promised him racy pictures and introduced him to an emigre who helped build out Russia’s quantum computing initiative. His security company was banned from U.S. intelligence deals last year. Giftish. wapo.st/4ccTtxy
- Reposted by meabellUpdate: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...
- Reposted by meabellThe Pentagon said Friday it is cutting ties with "woke" Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with the Ivy League institution.
- Reposted by meabellSeriously? NBC couldn’t hire an intern or anyone to do a little research about each of the countries introduced in the Olympics opening ceremony so the audience would learn something? Instead, we just get Sean White talking about himself?
- Reposted by meabellI do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.
