ICE in Phoenixville​

• Witnesses describe 'violent' arrests by federal agents in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - 6abc Philadelphia
• ICE in PXV 2/3/26 : r/Phoenixville

Cruelty is the Point​

• Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants

Wheels of Justice​

• DOJ Lawyer Says the ‘System Sucks’ at Immigration Hearing - WSJ
• US Justice Department removes lawyer who told judge in immigration case, 'This job sucks' | Reuters
• Judge seems skeptical of legal justification for Pentagon’s punishment of Sen. Mark Kelly

Epstein Files​

• JK Rowling Called Out After Inviting Jeffrey Epstein To A Children's Play — Years After His Child Sex Conviction | IBTimes UK
• Recreating uncensored Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments | The NeoSmart FilesThe NeoSmart Files

Pennsylvania Local​

• Commissioner: Tremont Twp. ICE Facility Will Be 7,500-person Detention Center - Coal Region Canary
• PRESS RELEASE: Norristown Officer Placed on Leave following Response Call • Norristown, PA
• Shapiro Proposes $53.3B Budget For FY27; Draws Battle Lines Heading Into 2026 Elections
• OPINION: Souderton Taxpayers Deserve Answers Before Another Tax Hike

Election 2026​

• Election officials draw on sobering 2020 lessons as Trump calls for nationalizing voting

Democrats Fight Back​

• Why This Shutdown Is Different - The Atlantic
• The moment of truth for congressional Democrats.

AI and Data Centers​

• Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro wants more data centers but they need to bring their own power
• AI makes Microsoft’s Q4 2025 numbers weird and bad

Economy and Education​

• Princeton’s president says university will tighten budget because of endowment outlook

Health Crisis​

• A decade later, measles returns to Disneyland

Resistance​

• The Power of Mocking Trump’s Pathetic Monsters
• Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• The Grammys Sounded Different This Year

Pennsylvania Local​

• Federal judge tours President’s House Site, confirms slavery exhibit panels were not damaged
• Towamencin: ‘Best case’ could see Welsh-Orvilla widening work in 2027
• ICE Activity in Pennsylvania & Delco Sparks Protests and Calls for Change
• Here's a summary of Gov. Josh Shapiro's $53.2 billion budget proposal h/t antifa super soldier gritty (@Notactuallyfromphilly@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘
• OPINION: Souderton Taxpayers Deserve Answers Before Another Tax Hike - Miniflux
• Berkheimer EIT paper filing instructions hidden now : r/Pennsylvania
• In a Safe Blue District, May Gay Scanlon's Caution Is a Choice
• Shapiro Proposes $53.3B Budget For FY27
• 'Let the building burn': Mercersburg Water Authority says firefighters cannot use hydrants
• Watch the Governor’s Budget Address
• GOP leaders must stop tying relief for childhood sexual abuse survivors to ‘pet projects,’ Shapiro says

Gun Boat Diplomacy​

• Rubio Dodges Accountability at Senate Hearing as Deadly Boat Strikes Continue | Truthout

Transgender Rights​

• Black Trans Trailblazers That You May Not Learn About in History Class

Murder of Alex Pretti​

• What a Former Undercover FBI Agent Sees in the Pretti Shooting Videos

Everybody vs. ICE​

• The Army Veteran Arrested for Protesting at a St. Paul Church Was Just Set Free
• Trump administration buys Berks County warehouse for potential use as ICE detention center
• Rep. Morrison details her oversight of the federal Whipple building - YouTube
• ICE tear gasses children in Portland | The Verge
• ICE Is Using AI to Find Targets. Do They Care If It Makes Mistakes?

Except Some Boot Lickers​

• Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps
• Judge Censored an ICE Agent’s Face Over “Threats.” His Info Was a Google Search Away.

Marginalized Native Americans​

• Great Falls woman says Target refused to accept her Tribal ID

Can't Spell CSAM without X​

• X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
• Elon Musk Under Investigation for Trafficking Child Sexual Abuse Material

Transgender Rights​

• 2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!

Election 2026​

• Half of Western U.S. counties have lost top election officials since 2020, report finds

ICE Accountability​

• Fetterman supports ICE agents’ mask use amid rising doxxing threats
• ICE buys $87M warehouse in Berks County • Spotlight PA
• New body camera footage shows aftermath of ICE officer allegedly attacking activist near Chicago - Chicago Sun-Times
• Where are ICE and Border Patrol agents coming from? – pbump
• They’re Losing the ICE Battle

Pennsylvania Local​

• Bucks County Treasurer Reminds Owners to License Their Dogs
• Shapiro expected to address housing costs, energy demand, and unfinished business in budget pitch
• With Waters Rising, Pennsylvania’s Historical Treasures Must ‘Adapt or Collapse’
• Two former employees accuse Pennsylvania Game Commission of toxic, retaliatory work culture
• Montgomery County launches new logo, seal for the first time in 25 years
• Tax that Yass: Advocates call for Pa. billionaires tax in this year’s budget

National Decline​

• Welcome to the Jade Helm Presidency

Murder of Alex Pretti​

• Trump Calls His Enemies Terrorists. Does That Mean He Can Just Kill Them?
• CBP Agents Jesus Ochoa, Raymundo Gutierrez ID’d in Alex Pretti Shooting — ProPublica
• Stephen Miller Paid Latino Thugs to Murder Alex Pretti

Election 2026​

• DraftKings and FanDuel spending millions on 2026 midterms, new filings reveal
• Trump Goes Public With Plan to “Take Over” Elections

Epstein Files​

• DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files

Too Many Satellites​

• Russian Spy Satellite Destroyed by Suspected Debris Strike in Graveyard Orbit

Federal Lack of Governance​

• Trump’s SNAP Rules Are About to Imperil Food Access for Millions
• In Scathing Ruling, Federal Judge Orders Release of Liam Ramos From Detention
• Mike Johnson warned by Jeffries not to count on Democrats' votes to end shutdown
• Accountability for ICE and CBP
• Car hits student during an anti-ICE protest outside a Nebraska high school | AP News
• Stephen Miller calls for a “labor class” excluded from citizenship and a voice in government

Everybody except Stacy Garrity vs. ICE​

• Stacy Garrity says Pennsylvanians, Minnesotans should cooperate with ICE
• Federal Prosecutors in Minnesota Are “Demoralized and Pissed”
• He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti’s Killing
• Get Out of Our Cities: Another Nationwide Uprising Against ICE

Election 2026​

• House Republicans propose voting changes as Trump administration eyes the midterms

Epstein Files​

• Justice Department says it’s releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files
• US Justice Dept Releases Documents, Images, Videos From Epstein Files
• Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’

Pennsylvania Local​

• Judge calls Justice Department’s statements on slavery exhibit display ‘dangerous’ and ‘horrifying’
• Federal Judge Calls DOJ’s Statements on Philadelphia Slavery Exhibit Removal ‘Dangerous’ and ‘Horrifying’

First Amendment​

• The Farcical Case Against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for Protest Reporting
• Federal Agents Just Arrested an Army Veteran—After He Protested ICE Outside a Church

Federal Reserve​

• Why Wall Street is unhappy with Trump's pick for Fed chair

Decline of the United States​

• January Was a Warning of Where Trump Will Go Next
• The Free World Pivots to China
• How Trumpism Is Trickling Down to Your Town
• RFK’s Overhauled Autism Committee Is Even Worse Than It Looks

Trans Rights​

• Kansas Legislature Passes Trans Bathroom Bounty, Drivers License Revocations

Surveillance​

• Controversial Warrantless Spying Law Expiring Soon and Trump Officials Are Silent On It
• Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE

AI Hype​

• The job losses are real — but the AI excuse is fake

Government Shutdown​

• Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue to avert a shutdown
• Democrats, White House strike spending deal that would avert government shutdown
• Senate leaders scramble to save bipartisan deal and avoid a partial shutdown

Murder of Alex Pretti​

• Even the Top Prosecutor in Minneapolis Doesn’t Know the Identity of the Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti

Pennsylvania Local​

• A court will hear Philadelphia’s lawsuit against the federal government over the President’s House Site exhibit. Here’s what to know

Health Crisis​

• RFK Jr. Was Raw Milk’s Biggest Fan. Now He Won’t Return Industry Calls.

Data Centers​

• Pennsylvania man turns down $15 million to turn farm into data center | ABC27
• OP-ED: Striking the Right Balance - Senator Pennycuick

Everybody vs. ICE​

• ICE Not Only Looks and Acts Like a Paramilitary Force – It Is One

Election 2026​

• Long-Time Bucks County Public Servant Eileen Hartnett Albillar Wants to Help Democrats Flip Pennsylvania’s State Senate
• Republicans introduce sweeping election legislation, but it’s unlikely to become law

Minnesota vs. ICE​

• Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis - The Atlantic
• The Disappearances in Minnesota

Everybody vs. ICE​

• ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested – pbump
• Woody Guthrie Sang Against Dehumanizing the Immigrants Killed in a Plane Crash. ICE Is Doing It All Over Again.
• Scoop: House Democrats told by leadership not to go to Minnesota
• ICE Force Meets an Immovable Object and Shoots to Kill
• The Immovable Object Is Us - by Sherrilyn Ifill
• Rep. Dean of Glenside petitions Senators to oppose DHS funding, Sen. Haywood criticizes Trump’s ‘New Gaza colonization plan’ as final Israeli hostages are returned
• Fetterman joins all US Senate Dems to block funding package amid ICE debate
• Josh Shapiro says he’s preparing for a potential deportation surge in Pennsylvania
• The corporate enablers of the ICE crackdown - by Judd Legum

Red Teams vs. Sheriffs​

• County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security - Ars Technica

AI Feedback Loops​

• The Enclosure feedback loop

Pennsylvania Local​

• Montco Activists Aim To Protect Residents From ICE: 'When In Doubt, Record' | Norristown, PA Patch
• Shapiro Accuses Vance of Giving ‘Comfort’ to Right-Wing Antisemitism
• ICE latest: What immigration agreements are in place in Philadelphia, its suburbs, New Jersey and Delaware?
• North Wales resident asks council to consider ‘welcoming ordinance’
• Human error behind Chester County, PA, election mistake • Spotlight PA

Murder of Alex Pretti​

• Alex Pretti Was a Hero. To These Workers, He Was a Colleague, Too.
• Life Under Occupation in Minneapolis: From the Murder of Renee Good to the 10 Shots That Killed Alex Pretti

Software Development​

• Who Takes Palantir’s Money? A New Tracker Finds Out.
• How Uber Scaled Data Replication to Move Petabytes Every Day
• my journey into data protection, part one

Election 2026​

• They’re Seizing the Ballots and Voter Rolls
• Garrity Endorses Jason Richey For Lieutenant Governor
• From Minnesota to Georgia, Trump’s Plans to Interfere in the Midterms Are Becoming More Dangerous
• Trump Is Still Posting About Arresting Obama and Prosecuting Election Workers
• State election officials project confidence after FBI search of Georgia elections office
• Social media post shared by Trump misinterprets the way Wisconsin manages its voter rolls

Trans Rights​

• Trump Pressures International Orgs To Disavow Trans Care, Social Transition Globally "At Any Age" With Funding Ban
• Criminal Charges Pressed Against Budapest Mayor After Hundreds of Thousands Defy Pride Ban

Murder of Alex Pretti​

• Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents
• New Jersey leaders demand accountability following Alex Pretti’s killing by federal immigration agents

Everybody vs. ICE​

• ‘Pivotal moment’: Delaware Senate Democrats to oppose additional ICE funding after deaths in Minneapolis
• Right-Wing Influencers Want Women to Love ICE
• DHS Says Critical ICE Surveillance Footage From Abuse Case Was Actually Never Recorded, Doesn't Matter
• 18 Pennsylvania State House Democrats Call on Congress to Withhold ICE Funding Unless It is Tied to Enforceable Reforms
• Minneapolis killings cut short America's post-election apathy
• He Helped Build the Religious Right. Now He’s Fighting ICE.
• Five Constitutional Amendments Trump Is Ignoring in Minnesota
• These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
• Is This a Police State?

Pennsylvania Local Issues​

• HD-193: Dems Select Crawley As Candidate for Special Election
• Souderton School Board to revisit policy revisions following Democrats’ transparency requests
• Harleysville Hank’s Groundhog Day Extravaganza set for February 2
• Lower Salford man admits to sexually assaulting underage girl

Pennsylvania and National Intersection​

• President Trump Endorses Stacy Garrity For Governor
• Shapiro Joins Lawsuit Over Removal of Slavery Exhibit
• Krasner Joins National Group of Prosecutors To Push Back Against Federal Overreach
• ‘FAFO’: Philadelphia’s Larry Krasner and Other Prosecutors From Across the Country Launch ‘Fight Against Federal Overreach’ Project
• Over $1B in disaster recovery funds is being held up by a Kristi Noem policy, including $2.6M for Pa.

Tech Bros Doing Tech Bro Things​

• Apple Workers Are Livid That Tim Cook Saw “Melania” Movie Hours After CBP Killed Pretti
• It's a feel-bad job market for high-earning professionals

Transgender Rights​

• In Huge Lawsuit, Six CHLA Families Successfully Prevented The Trump Admin From Obtaining Info Of 3,000 Trans Kids
• Kansas Advancing Anti-Trans Bill Allowing Bounty Hunters To Patrol Private Business Bathrooms

Data Centers and Power Crises​

• Major power grid operator for Pa., East Coast predicts energy shortfall by mid-2027
• People Hate Data Centers, so the Industry Is Spending Millions to Rebrand Them

Election 2026​

• Yup. Trump Suggested Ilhan Omar Staged Her Own Attack in Minneapolis.
• Why I’m Running for the US Senate
• January 27, 2026

National Health Crisis​

• HHS Wasn’t Worried About South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak. It’s Now Enormous.
• HHS Will Allow Pharmacies to Boycott Lifesaving Drugs Used in Medication Abortion

ICE vs. Everybody​

• Family of Upper Darby man who died in ICE custody pushes for answers - WHYY (h/t Nelson (@skyfaller@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘)
• U.S. Sen. John Fetterman says he will not vote to shut down government over ICE funding
• It’s Time for Concrete Action on ICE. Sadly, We Have the Democrats.
• Hundreds march in Philadelphia to protest ICE: ‘We’re not going to let this stand’
• Fetterman Calls On President Trump To Fire Noem
• Avelo pone fin a sus vuelos para ICE mientras los legisladores de Delaware exigen transparencia a las empresas que se lucran con las deportaciones.
• DOJ’s “Ransom” Letter to Minnesota Reveals How Trump Plans to Rig the Midterms
• Lawyer for Jonathan Ross Quits Minnesota Governor Race and Denounces ICE
• The dam is breaking on Republicans questioning Trump's DHS
• The hollow corporate response to the Minnesota killings

Pennsylvania Elections​

• RUN FOR OFFICE - Candidate Petition Filing Period is February 17 - March 10 (details inside) : r/Pennsylvania

Trump Administration​

• Army General Tapped to Lead NSA Said He Doesn’t Know Much About the Biggest NSA Controversy
• Letterboxd Users Are Pre-Swarming the “Melania” Doc with Amazingly Mean Reviews
• Trump’s Latest Visa “Pause” Targets 75 Countries He Thinks Are Lazy

Voting and Elections​

• Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers disputes Madison’s argument that absentee voting is a privilege
• Sen. Hawley's moves toward 2028 bid annoy White House

National Health​

• RFK Jr. Wants to End the “War” on Unproven Treatments Like Stem Cell Therapy
• Dozens of CDC Health Databases Have Gone Dark Under Trump: ‘The Consequences Will Be Dire’

AI Bubble​

• Insurers don’t want to cover AI
• ‘Among the worst we’ve seen’: report slams xAI’s Grok over child safety failures

Resistance​

• Albert Camus on How to Live Whole in a Broken World
• The gold rally is the new bet against Trump

Weather​

• The Tricky Science of Forecasting Extreme Winter Weather

Surveillace and Flock​

• Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock

Murder of Alex Pretti​

• The Narrative Machine vs. Your Own Eyes
• Trump Is Making an Enemy of the Gun Lobby
• Some Conservatives Veer Off Party Line After DHS Agents Kill Another US Citizen
• Filming law enforcement is a tool for accountability. It’s also under attack.

Minnesota vs. ICE​

• Combatting DHS Misinformation / Department of Corrections
• GOP fractures grow as Minnesota shootings erode immigration crackdown support
• ICE Demanded an ID, But She Held Her Ground

Data Centers in Pennsylvania​

• Data Center Developers Offered Farmer $60k Per Acre; He Preserved the Land Instead | Conservation and Renewable Energy News | lancasterfarming.com

Resistance​

• 5 Ways You Can Oppose the Trump Regime Right Now
• Why Trump can’t cancel the 2026 midterms — and why that fear distracts from the real risk

Disinformation​

• How Right Wing Influencers Used AI Slop to Turn Renee Good Into a Meme

Pennsylvania Local Issues​

• TriCounty Area Chamber updates members on regional economic development
• Chester County Pollbook Mishap That Omitted 75,000 Unaffiliated and Third-Party Voters Resulted From Human Error and Flawed Systems