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What Did the U.S. Get for $2 Trillion in Afghanistan? (Published 2019) An assessment of spending on the war in Afghanistan finds there is little to show for it.

And the bottom line is, in addition to the loss of life, these violent interventions don’t seem to work.

Gregory Bovino is now under criminal investigation Video shows the Border Patrol's former "commander-at-large" throwing a gas canister at protesters and observers in Minneapolis in January.

About damn time. prosecutors started eyeing CBP bosses like Greg Bovino for potential crimes instead of handing them medals for killing U.S. citizens. Minneapolis is finally saying “maybe shooting Americans and gassing crowds isn’t just a Tuesday night hobby.

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This Iranian can see the USA's 'freedom' for what it is.

Mass Murder.

Very funny to me, also, that "The Arsenal of Freedom" is the name of an episode in Star Trek TNG where autonomous AI weapons killed an entire civilization and there's a sales hologram still on the planet trying to sell them. it was originally a commentary in the sale of F-14 Tomcats to Iran(!)

“We’re still not talking enough about how Elon Musk’s Super PAC committed election fraud in Georgia and how the only consequence that they received was a harsh letter.”
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BREAKING: 300+ Google & OpenAI employees just did something WILD.

In 8 hours, the Pentagon's ultimatum expires.

Instead of their companies giving in, employees just made it impossible to comply.
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

Dozens of Epstein files are missing, including ones containing serious allegations by a survivor against Donald Trump. What is DOJ hiding and who are they protecting?

The survivors of Epstein’s horrific crimes deserve transparency now – just like the bipartisan law we passed in Congress requires.

Thune buries Trump’s SAVE Act, refusing to sabotage the filibuster. Republicans let the election‑rigging bill die. Trump screams conspiracy, but even his own party won’t dirty the rules to save his face.

#ProudBlue #DV1

BREAKING: Protests have erupted at Columbia University after the school says DHS agents detained a student after making "misrepresentations to gain entry" to building.

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

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US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show Shooting death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, in Texas was not publicly disclosed by Department of Homeland Security

An ICE agent shot and killed 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas almost an entire year ago and hid the shooting from the public.

It’s only now coming to light, 11 months later, due to Freedom of Information Act requests.

What else is the regime hiding from us?

Is he talking about the concentration camps?

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

In MN, field trips to the Hinckley Fire Museum teach us that wildfires don't truly end when flames die... roots smolder underground for months. ICE is "withdrawing", but we’re now doing the slow work of dousing the spot fires.

Today is February 22, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Trump plans to send $10 billion in funds that Congress hasn’t appropriated from the US Treasury to an organization that he will continue to chair personally even after he is out of office.

This is looting.

A man claims his grandmother in Colombia—a former housekeeper at Epstein’s Manhattan home—kept hidden memory cards, photos, and tapes when she was fired. He says it includes child abuse evidence, and both ABC and Fox refused to release it. If true, she may be holding what investigators searched for.

“Powell is about 25 percent full, and Mead is at about 34 percent. If Powell’s water level drops another 40 or so feet, which it could this year, there won’t be enough water to generate hydroelectric power at Glen Canyon Dam.”

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

ProPublica obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs.

Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.

That he is. He was Epstein's pilot

Michael Flynn’s brother works for Palantir

THERE ARE NO WORDS‼️

I just love a happy ending.

#PamBondi

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.

Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.

Our priorities are so fucked.

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Trump’s Director of Election Security Is an Election Denier

A Trump ally who helped spread lies about the 2020 election in hopes of overturning the verdict of the voters is now Trump's "director of election security and integrity." @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social @alexandraberzon.bsky.social @nytnickc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

Hanne Engan was deprived of insulin in ICE detention.

She has Type 1 diabetes & needs insulin to survive.

They deprived her of urgent medical attention & she almost died.

This isn't a one off. This administration is torturing immigrants to get them to sign away their rights.🧵

#ICELawlessness

HASSAN: DHS officers have killed two American citizens in Minnesota this year. What were their names?

LYONS: Renee Good and Alex Pretti

HASSAN: I'm glad to hear you say their names. Because so far this morning, as well as in 3 hours of testimony Tuesday, you failed to say their names a single time

Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.

They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

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