It's the middle of the night in Chicago. Reporters and electeds are trying to figure out why a US citizen was detained by CBP, why her phone was inside an ICE detention center tonight, and where she is now.
Also unclear what happened to the other five people she was detained with at O'Hare airport.
Proud to be a part of this pack!
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The White House seems to think Trump's war with Iran is a video game.
The White House shared a video online promoting its ongoing operations. In addition to using real footage from recent attacks, the video includes a killstreak animation from 2023's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Republican Senator Tim Sheehy lied, claiming he jumped in to help “deescalate the situation”
In reality, he ran in and grabbed the man’s legs-forcibly trying to drag him out
It looks like Sheehy helped break this Marine’s arm
Just because-like most MAGA-he wanted to silence an opponent’s voice
Some examples of inaccessibility:
1. Lack of Covid precautions in-person could lead immunocompromised people to stay home
2. People with mobility issues having problems getting to the place
3. Anyone with an energy limited condition trying to make it through an hours long even IRL is a challenge.
The White House has helped MAGA influencers escape the Middle East on a private jet while more than a million ordinary Americans are still trapped with no way out.
A jury in Georgia quickly convicted a man who gave his son a gun linked to the fatal shooting of two students and two teachers.
President Trump did not have the legal right to start this war.
The response shouldn't be "wait a week and vote on war powers he already doesn't have."
The response should be immediate removal.
6 years ago was our last normal week and nobody knew it
A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."
![A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreifsl2nf4xp4efqwydrwybswqhnsk2t2mykrbnk5yojrg2xmlb434u@jpeg)
A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."
A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.
A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a “health care provider” in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a child’s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."
Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.
Idaho's proposal to essentially end home care is the first sign that last year's tax cut bill could be disastrous for people with disabilities in the U.S.
Terrific, worrisome story from @slooterman.bsky.social
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unfortunate that in this moment our Defense Secretary is a fanatically-angry juvenile delinquent
no maturity, no self-control, no judgment
Stuck with this destructive human being as president because so many of our fellow citizens are stupid.
“Long Covid patients are being forgotten”
Thank you Dr Susannah Thompson for your continued advocacy work 🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anthropic responds to Hegseth. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...
ICE bad and also, around half of people killed by police have a disability. Their final moments are usually spent in frantic terror trying to "comply" with commands before cops shoot. Not opening a door or answering a question fast enough in this country can be a death sentence.
“USPS announced that this practice was now official policy: It would no longer postmark mail automatically on the date it is received.”
In 2018, the top FBI agent in Los Angeles held a single meeting of his senior staff during an MLB playoff game at Dodger Stadium. It was the end of his 25-year FBI career. www.politico.com/news/2020/08...
Bono lambasts ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more as U2 release first collection of new songs since 2017
ORAL MOTION by USA to dismiss as to Jacqueline Guataquira (exr, ) (Entered: 02/18/2026)
The UNITED STATES ATTORNEY charges: On or about October 3, 2025, at Broadview, in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, JACQUELINE GUATAQUIRA, defendant herein, did forcibly impede and interfere with a person designated in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1114, namely an employee of the United States, while he or she was engaged in the performance of his or her official duties; In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 111(a).
JUST IN: Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz.
Assuming its’s granted, Jacqueline Guataquira would become the 17th of 32 known defendants cleared.
None of the 32 has been convicted.
Docket entry and original charging doc below:
More on this story from ABC7:
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
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.
It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
NEW: U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez has granted the feds' motion to dismiss in the Operation Midway Blitz case against Erik Meier.
He's the 16th of 32 known Midway Blitz defendants cleared.
No known convictions.
