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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026

ProPublica designed a reporting experiment to demonstrate how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. We succeeded in opening two schools. No credentials or background checks required.

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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours

The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Will anyone ask Trump or @MarshaBlackburn or @BrentTaylorTN about this today? Seems like a clarksville type Q 🤷🏼

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The right wing crash out over asian students celebrating at a UT football game reveals that all along the true goal of reactionary colorblindness was never “meritocracy” but resegregation. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Color-blind meritocracy was, for many years, a successful rhetorical strategy for undermining antidiscrimination law and excluding Black people from selective schools and prominent positions. That’s why so many former segregationists seemed to suddenly embrace the concept in the 1970s. For them, resegregation—not color-blindness—was always the goal. As long as the success of some immigrants could be used to paint Black students as undeserving, color-blind meritocracy was good. But now many on the right see a new problem: too many Asian Americans in elite spaces. Their success, therefore, must be portrayed as a sinister theft of real (white) Americans’ birthright.

The declining “social trust” that the administration warned against is, of course, not the fault of these students. The problem is bigots like Bo French who cannot accept into their community people who do not share their race and religion, and those who monetize or otherwise profit from that bigotry by spreading it through social media. Like the proverbial child who kills their parents and asks for mercy as an orphan, they are responsible for the problem they are decrying.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026

Collectively, the cases we’ve documented show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, it has run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens, too, and on a scale not seen in generations. Read our full story:

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump…

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026

The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies… ex British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide…Simon Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall St firm where Lutnick was CEO…” www.thebanker.com/content/0228...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026

For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA

“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Similarly, people keep asking me if immigration will get much better if Democrats retake Congress and the answer is "probably not." ICE is largely insulated from Congressional pushback (the 2026 budget reconciliation bill funded them through 2029) and hearings and subpoenas can only do so much.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🔥 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “I’m a capitalist. We don’t live in capitalism. We live in corporate socialism.”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m beginning to notice a pattern on Sundays.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Who could’ve foreseen that after the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from prosecution for committing crimes while in office he would commit lots of crimes while in office?

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 25/09/2026

Trump Spooked by Plane at Xi Meeting & Sen. Tuberville Rails Against Flying Furries youtu.be/DhNEcUGaVmI

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Trump Spooked by Plane at Xi Meeting & Sen. Tuberville Rails Against Flying Furries | The Daily Show

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. (Published Jan. 2025)

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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Literally zero

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.

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The Deportation Project Map

Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There are some workarounds that will still allow people to learn where their loved one or legal client is being held, such as third party commissary accounts. None of those are official, and none are as comprehensive as ICE's existing system, making this a serious obstacle.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ICE's new policy is unprecedented. People who have detained for months are suddenly disappearing from the locator system — even if they haven't been moved. And people newly arrested are not showing up at all, their location now hidden from view. This will severely interfere with legal access.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.

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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

They’re just… saying it

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Apparently it is of no concern to any Republicans that Trump and Bessent are taking in billions of dollars from plundered Venezuelan oil and nobody knows where the money is, where is has been going, if anyone is getting proceeds, with no accounting of any of it made available.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Kash Patel defended his new policy before the Senate Judiciary Committee which allows the FBI to hire agents who have engaged in bestiality and it barely gets noticed because there are 50 other things happening from these clowns each day that are worse.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A minor detail is missing from the headline.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026

Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2026

"i will shoot myself in the gut if you do not let me cut off my dick!!!"

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/09/2026

Trump met massive protests in Ireland. Roger Marshall faced chants of “Shame on you!” in Kansas. And Judge Luttig issued a chilling warning about what Republicans could do after losing the midterms. Catch up with Ron Filipkowski’s free Weekend Bulletin.👇

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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 458

… As Trump arrived in Ireland to watch the Irish Open on his golf course, protesters took to the streets in large numbers.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🎯 On Trump’s 9/11 lies — “Alert the media: THE TRUTH IS KNOWABLE… mainstream media is not covering itself in glory as it struggles to avoid saying either Trump’s brain has left the station or he’s a mendacious liar who knows no bounds, or both…” @washingtonpost 😕 www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-sept...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/09/2026

NEW: The chaos in Missouri shows that Republicans will undermine courts, defy voters, and do whatever it takes to gerrymander election districts or otherwise gain an electoral edge, Billy Corriher writes. It also demonstrates how state supreme courts can act as crucial defenses for democracy.

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GOP’s failed Missouri power grab offers a nationwide warning

In Missouri this week, Republicans tried to undermine the rule of law to do President Donald Trump’s bidding and get one more congressional seat for their party. But that was too far, even for the ant...

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Indiscreet Function @homotopic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There's a very good Anthony Weiner video (yes I know) where he shows a photo of Ground Zero workers and yells at a Republican to tell him which one is undocumented www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4mh...

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Weiner Defends 9/11 Health Bill Against GOP Attacks

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

every single time someone signs up to prosecute trump's enemies

arrested development but it might work for us meme

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The U.S. now has an asylum cooperative agreement & another third country national deportation agreement with Honduras. Same situation w/ Liberia & Paraguay. ACAs throw asylum cases out of immigration court and other agreements deport anyone— including Afghans and Somalis—to anywhere. CHAOS

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Reuters photographer @evanvucci captures Trump snapping at @ABC’s @rachelvscott tonight👇🏽 📸 Her crime? Asking why he has to bribe voters if his economic policies are working. 🤷🏼 Video of his tantrum (no other media defended her): www.threads.com/share/_rHmAx...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Actor Jeff Daniels on Donald Trump's second term: "We've lost morality. We've lost decency. We've lost respect for the rule of law. We've normalized verbal abuse. We've normalized bullying. Morality and integrity have gone out the window. We're supposed to elect our best, not our worst."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Trump called for a national boycott of a Canadian company that employs hundreds of Americans at plants in Kansas and Indiana, which pays their bills and feeds their families. Which would put them all out of work if successful. On Labor Day. Because he’s mad at Mark Carney.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Somewhat related: some on the left who are finding newfound respect for Tucker miss his record. He is a chameleon based on trends on the right. He was a neocon who worked for the Weekly standard in the 90s-2000s. Then a libertarian. He started the Daily Caller. He became a populist under Trump.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/09/2026

This video on the rise of Trump's "shadow president" is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Russ Vought, most of which had not been previously reported:

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Russell Vought: The Shadow President

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026

In November 2025, a nurse at Camp East Montana called 911 to get help for a detained woman with COVID-19. “We don’t have any oxygen for her,” the nurse said as the woman’s oxygen saturation dropped. “She just doesn’t look good.”

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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”

Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube

Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that it reached an “agreement” with Mount Sinai Health System in which it will “cease providing” gender-affirming medical care to minors and dedicate $2 million to providing care to those “suffering harmful consequences” of such care.

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Another result of the Department's nationwide investigation into hospitals performing sex-rejecting procedures on minors

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Under pressure, the DOD just released the text of its secret 10-year agreement with the NIH. Here are the biggest revelations from the document 🧵

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In response to this story, a DHS spokesperson who looks like a literal child (and whose sole prior experience is working for Republicans) provided a deeply offensive and bigoted statement claiming that ICE was providing "the best healthcare that many aliens have received in their entire lives"

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Chandler Rebel said in a statement that detainees still have access to a wide range of medical services, including on-site care, emergency transportation, emergency room treatment, hospital admissions and off-site specialty care.
“Specialist appointments are not immediate and may take time to secure,” Rebel said, adding it is “not uncommon” for some specialty appointments to be booked weeks or months out and that the timing was not under ICE’s control.
“If specialty medical care is required and there is no access to that care, the facility will notify ICE and request a transfer of the alien to a facility that can provide access to that care,” Rebel said.
“This is the best healthcare that many aliens have received in their entire lives,” he added.

The DHS spokesperson, who graduated from college in 2022 and is now the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at DHS.

The resume of the guy, showing how he graduated college in 2022 with a degree in journalism, worked on Herschel Walker's campaign that fall, then in 2023 joined Mike Collins' staff as a press assistant for a few months before being hired as deputy press secretary for Ron Johnson fora year, then a communications advisor for Senator Mullin, then after Mullin joined DHS, became Principal Deputy Press Secretary at DHS in March and in August became Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The consequences of ICE's failure to pay outside medical specialists has been especially dire for people with serious medical issues like cancer or seizure disorders. One man, who suffered seizures due to a brain tumor, was denied access to external specialists because of ICE's failure to pay.

When Daniel, a 44-year-old asylum seeker, felt a seizure coming on at the ICE detention center in California City, he told the Chronicle in Spanish, he would stuff a balled-up corner of his blanket into his mouth to keep from biting his tongue. Then the uncontrollable shaking would begin.
Before he was detained, he’d used medication to control the seizures, which were caused by brain cancer. He’d undergone surgery in 2012 after his doctor first discovered a brain tumor and had been seizure-free for more than seven years until he was detained.
Daniel, who asked to be identified only by his first name for fear of immigration repercussions, was arrested by ICE in January on his way to his job at a McDonald’s in New Jersey. Flown west to California City, he didn’t receive his anti-seizure medication for three days after he arrived on Jan. 31, his medical records show.
On two later occasions, staff conducted pill call — when detainees receive prescribed medications — at 3 a.m., when Daniel was asleep, and marked him as a “no show.” Pill calls are typically conducted during waking hours.

Without consistent access to his medication, Daniel suffered four seizures in a month from February to March.
The facility’s medical staff requested an off-site MRI for Daniel, scheduled for March, and an oncology appointment in April. But weeks passed without financial authorization from ICE, records show, and the appointments never happened.
Three doctors who reviewed Daniel’s medical records said these actions threatened his life and compounded the risk of permanent brain damage.
“It’s a cascade of failures,” said Dr. Sanjay Basu, an internal medicine physician at UCSF who has published extensive epidemiological research.
Daniel was ordered released on a habeas corpus petition in April by a judge who found ICE had illegally detained him. He said he rushed to see his regular doctor in New Jersey who discovered the tumor had grown aggressively. In June, Daniel underwent life-saving brain surgery. He is now undergoing radiation in hopes of eliminating the cancer and may have to undergo chemotherapy as well.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For many years, ICE didn't have its own medical claims processing for detainees, running 3rd party medical bills through the VA's system. Last year, right-wing influencers convinced the Trump admin to abruptly cancel this contract. With no replacement, ICE specialized medical care has gone unpaid.

ICE has not paid any of its providers for detainees’ care since Oct. 3, 2025, according to agency regulatory filings and the ICE website. In an internal directive issued shortly after, obtained by the Chronicle and not previously reported, ICE declared “emergency operations,” sharply limiting offsite medical care and access to medication.

Hospitals and ambulance services told the Chronicle they are owed millions of dollars, while many detainees have had appointments for lifesaving medical care delayed or canceled. Medical providers say they have continued to provide care out of moral obligation, although some observers worry that fear of nonpayment could deter them from offering services to detainees.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In other words, hundreds of federal agents are being diverted away from their normal jobs and instead told to find needles in a haystack — all to find evidence for Trump's predetermined conclusions. It's a great time to be a criminal in Trump's America.

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