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#Via Drew Harwell
@drewharwell
10:15 AM · Feb 3, 2026

"A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.

A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/02/03/homeland-security-administrative-subpoena/

"Unconscionable," Jon thought as he found an email address online for the lead prosecutor, Joseph Dernbach, who was named in the story. Peering through metal-rimmed glasses, Jon opened Gmail on his computer monitor.

"Mr. Dernbach, don't play Russian roulette with H's life," he wrote. "Err on the side of caution. There's a reason the US government along with many other governments don't recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency."

That was it. In five minutes, Jon said, he finished the note, signed his first and last name, pressed send and hoped his plea would make a difference.

Five hours and one minute later, Jon was watching TV with his wife when an email popped up in his inbox. He noticed it on his phone.

"Google," the message read, "has received legal process from a Law Enforcement authority compelling the release of information related to your Google Account." — "Unconscionable," Jon thought as he found an email address online for the lead prosecutor, Joseph Dernbach, who was named in the story. Peering through metal-rimmed glasses, Jon opened Gmail on his computer monitor. "Mr. Dernbach, don't play Russian roulette with H's life," he wrote. "Err on the side of caution. There's a reason the US government along with many other governments don't recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency." That was it. In five minutes, Jon said, he finished the note, signed his first and last name, pressed send and hoped his plea would make a difference. Five hours and one minute later, Jon was watching TV with his wife when an email popped up in his inbox. He noticed it on his phone. "Google," the message read, "has received legal process from a Law Enforcement authority compelling the release of information related to your Google Account."

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Drew Harwell
@drewharwell
10:15 AM · Feb 3, 2026

"A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.

A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/02/03/homeland-security-administrative-subpoena/

Alex Akselrod boosted

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Jacqueline Antonovich
@jackiantonovich
10:09 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"I hope he gets his pilot wings and gets to see the cockpit, if he wants to."

12:51 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"You guys! He did!!!"

Screenshot from John Quiñones, showing Liam Ramos getting to sit in the plane cockpit and try out the controls.

Text:
John Quiñones

Some very kind pilots on the delta flight from San Antonio - Minneapolis today. 5 year old, Liam Conejo Ramos was in Heaven. What a difference 24 hours make. From DHS detention in Texas - to this. Being a kid again. And now, Liam is home again. — Screenshot from John Quiñones, showing Liam Ramos getting to sit in the plane cockpit and try out the controls. Text: John Quiñones Some very kind pilots on the delta flight from San Antonio - Minneapolis today. 5 year old, Liam Conejo Ramos was in Heaven. What a difference 24 hours make. From DHS detention in Texas - to this. Being a kid again. And now, Liam is home again.

Alex Akselrod boosted

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Elizabeth Shockman / eshockmanwrites
11:19 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"We know that four more children from Liam's school are still in ICE custody in TX. But we still do not know how many children from MN in total have been detained by ICE."

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/01/liam-conejo-ramos-5-returned-to-minnesota-following-judges-order

Alex Akselrod boosted

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Joaquin Castro
@Joaquincastrotx
10:49 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack."

4 media

Liam and his father posed sitting on the stairs, Liam is wearing his blue bunny hat and activating the ears. Dad has a little smile but both look emotionally spent.

Liam is standing on the same stairs by himself squeezing the puffs that make the ears on his hat go up.

Liam sitting on his couch with some of his belongings including a plush Pikachu. He has a little smile. Congressman Castro stands behind the couch looking at him with a smile.

A really long hand-written letter to Liam on Congressman Castro's letterhead saying he shouldn't have had to go through that and how many Americans were rooting for him and that immigrants make the US stronger.

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via ashley fairbanks
@ziibiing
11:36 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"liam and his dad are home!

and someone please get rep. castro a coat!

also how did i miss that his name is liam *conejo* ramos? 😭"

[From Rep. Omar's IG]

Liam Ramos and his dad outdoors with Ilhan Omar (holding the Spiderman backpack) and Joaquin Castro

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Jacqueline Antonovich
@jackiantonovich
10:09 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"I hope he gets his pilot wings and gets to see the cockpit, if he wants to."

12:51 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"You guys! He did!!!"

Alex Akselrod boosted

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Phil Lewis
@phil_lewis_
11:23 PM · Jan 31, 2026

"Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election, narrowing Republicans’ already-slim majority."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrat-christian-menefee-wins-election-for-us-house-narrowing-gops-slim-majority_n_697ed0a1e4b0c862d1f51138

HuffPost

Democrat Christian Menefee Wins Election For U.S. House, Narrowing GOP's Slim Majority

The seat representing the heavily Democratic Houston-based district has been vacant for nearly a year.

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Robert Downen
@RobertDownen
11:54 PM · Jan 31, 2026

"Leigh Wambsganss raised nearly $2.3 million for the SD9 district, much of it coming from three billionaire-funded PACs.

Taylor Rehmet raised $346,000, most of it coming from donations of $100 or less. His biggest donor gave him $12K, and a bunch of local unions also cut him larger checks."

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/tarrant-county-senate-race-taylor-rehmet-seeks-upset/

Texas Monthly

In Tarrant County, a Hub for the Far Right, a Democrat Seeks a Major Upset

In a runoff election for Texas Senate District 9, which has not elected a Democrat since 1991, Taylor Rehmet is betting his pro-labor message can flip disillusioned voters.

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Phil Lewis
@phil_lewis_
11:23 PM · Jan 31, 2026

"Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election, narrowing Republicans’ already-slim majority."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrat-christian-menefee-wins-election-for-us-house-narrowing-gops-slim-majority_n_697ed0a1e4b0c862d1f51138

HuffPost

Democrat Christian Menefee Wins Election For U.S. House, Narrowing GOP's Slim Majority

The seat representing the heavily Democratic Houston-based district has been vacant for nearly a year.

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Taniel
@taniel
12:05 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.

Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.

With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.

Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/politics/texas-state-senate-special-election-taylor-rehmet

CNN

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips a Texas state Senate seat Trump won by 17 points | CNN Politics

Democrats notched another victory Saturday in special elections during President Donald Trump’s second term, flipping a seat in the Texas Senate that Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Robert Downen
@RobertDownen
11:54 PM · Jan 31, 2026

"Leigh Wambsganss raised nearly $2.3 million for the SD9 district, much of it coming from three billionaire-funded PACs.

Taylor Rehmet raised $346,000, most of it coming from donations of $100 or less. His biggest donor gave him $12K, and a bunch of local unions also cut him larger checks."

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/tarrant-county-senate-race-taylor-rehmet-seeks-upset/

Texas Monthly

In Tarrant County, a Hub for the Far Right, a Democrat Seeks a Major Upset

In a runoff election for Texas Senate District 9, which has not elected a Democrat since 1991, Taylor Rehmet is betting his pro-labor message can flip disillusioned voters.

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

Okay the other good news from Texas I saw last night but was trying to get to bed before 2am for once.

But I think not one but TWO special elections flipped Dem by a shockingly wide margin. Let me go dig up the specifics.

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Taniel
@taniel
12:05 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.

Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.

With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.

Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/politics/texas-state-senate-special-election-taylor-rehmet

CNN

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips a Texas state Senate seat Trump won by 17 points | CNN Politics

Democrats notched another victory Saturday in special elections during President Donald Trump’s second term, flipping a seat in the Texas Senate that Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

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Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via ashley fairbanks
@ziibiing
11:36 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"liam and his dad are home!

and someone please get rep. castro a coat!

also how did i miss that his name is liam *conejo* ramos? 😭"

[From Rep. Omar's IG]

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Joaquin Castro
@Joaquincastrotx
10:49 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack."

4 media

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via ashley fairbanks
@ziibiing
11:36 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"liam and his dad are home!

and someone please get rep. castro a coat!

also how did i miss that his name is liam *conejo* ramos? 😭"

[From Rep. Omar's IG]

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Joaquin Castro
@Joaquincastrotx
10:49 AM · Feb 1, 2026

"Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack."

4 media

Fox Trenton 🎱 boosted

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Zach Malm
@Muzach
12:29 AM · Jan 31, 2026

"So, let's get this straight. Christopher 'Moot' Poole created 4chan as a gathering place for hentai and CSAM enthusiasts, started /pol/ the day he met with Jeffrey Epstein, then /pol/ memed Trump to the presidency and birthed Qanon, a conspiracy theory in which Trump is a good person who hates CSAM."

Mastodon Migration boosted

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Patrick Nunnally / landh2oplaceumn
1:31 PM · Jan 31, 2026

"More than 34,000 Minnesotans have signed up to be trained as U.S. ICE observers with various activist groups in recent weeks..." That's about 12% of the city's population. Deduct for children and those endangered by ICE & it's a hell of a big percentage of the city's ppl."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/31/ice-watchers-minneapolis-renee-good-alex-pretti/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY5ODM1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzcxMjE3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3Njk4MzU2MDAsImp0aSI6ImFjMzNmODRlLTAwMDktNDAzNS1iZjc0LTgxNjBlY2FkZjAwZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb24vMjAyNi8wMS8zMS9pY2Utd2F0Y2hlcnMtbWlubmVhcG9saXMtcmVuZWUtZ29vZC1hbGV4LXByZXR0aS8ifQ.nspST9wNu5suDyRv7_5RYKeaV-KOhWIZswWgOg66hGo&itid=gfta

Jeremy Kahn and 1 other boosted

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Doghouse Reilly
@chadstanton
7:27 AM · Jan 31, 2026

"So what I’m gathering is a pedophilic billionaire successfully worked to destigmatize race science among the academic, political, and business elite partly by sex trafficking girls. Is that the shape of it so far?"

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Patrick Nunnally / landh2oplaceumn
1:31 PM · Jan 31, 2026

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 boosted

Mother Bones

@_L1vY_@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

#Via Bo Bolander / bbolander
10:22 PM · Jan 30, 2026

"moot is in the epstein files" is the completely true sentence that has finally convinced me this is all an extremely stupid simulation and that we're all being used to power a robot overlord's game gear or something."

[pdf link]

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA02024168.pdf