‘Private cabin’: New scrutiny on Noem, Lewandowski’s ‘close relationship’ amid DHS chaos

 

 

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 2-14-2026

An anecdote a participant of LGBT Youth Scotlands hared yesterday during a workshop. It was a delight to meet this awesome bunch of teenagers! More to come soon! Sophie Labelle

I just cannot understand why they hate so.  They refuse to understand or accept that some kids are born LGBTQ+ just as some kids are born cis and straight.  They seem to think that children see LGBTQ+ people in society, in public, and in books / TV / movies then become LGBTQ+.  It doesn’t work that way.  They reallyhope all LGBTQ+ stay hidden either in fake loveless opposite gender marriages or stay single and celibate for life.   They are not happy or content to live their lives as they wish, they demand the right to force everyone else must live as they do or by their church doctrines.   Hugs

 

 

 

 

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The progressive comic about pam bondi on crack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The video below shows a tRump administration nominee spews white supremacy crap, claiming the white people suffer the most discrimination in the US.  Claims the white culture is being erased.  But he can’t explain what white culture is except to claim that white Christians worship differently than black christians.  Food and music are different and white churches  and white food are being erased.  Hugs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Agents involved in Chicago woman’s shooting were lying, lawyer says

The video from the scene showed that the ICE gang thugs lied and made false claims about the shooting of the woman.  However the woman still had hospital bills and a damaged car she had to pay.  These gang thugs wanted to kill a Hispanic person, wanted to remove a brown person from society.  They faked a story, clearly they narrated a story that was not happening at the time so they would have an excuse to attack a person. Hugs

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 2-13-2026

 

 

“Help! Everything in my life is turning GAY”
I hope you relate. This is the cover of a special Halloween comic I’m preparing for next month (You can pre-order it here : https://goo.gl/a1tzML).

Yesterday, I facilitated a comic making workshop at the University of Edinburgh with the people from BLOGS - Edinburgh University LGBT+ Society and the Scottish Transgender Alliance and here’s what we came up with.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have to ask why the republicans are against counting every vote of people entitled to vote by law.  Why do they work so hard to restrict voter options and confine voting to a time and place where only their majority supporters tend to vote?  Because they are not interested in representing the will of the people, they demand the right to rule over the public.  The country better wake up because think of the right wing head explosions if the left was trying to restrict right wing voting areas.   The right wants a single party rule like in China onely with them in charge.  Hugs

If this goes through I will not be able to vote.  I was adopted and my birth certificate has my adoptive parents names on it.   In 2015 when the state of Florida allowed same sex marriages to become law Ron and I were the first ones in our county to get married.  It was a wonderful event.  But then I went to the Social Security office and had my last name legally changed to Ron’s, I am proudly Scottie Miller.   I think everyone here can understand why I hated the last name I had which was the name of my abusers.  So I was so happy to be able to change that and the forms that I was handed showing that came with a handwritten note of support and a heart emoji. Hugs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Understand none of these kids in that car did anything wrong… Other than being black.  This is blatant racism being allowed to terrorize the nonwhite communities / people in the hopes of racially purifying and cementing the white people as the dominitate race while everyone else is a less than.  This is an attempt by white supremacists in the US government / employed by the US government to create and inforce an US Apartide system. Horrific. Hugs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#politics from Cartoon Politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 2-12-2026

Image from Assigned Male

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#evolution from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

 

 

 

 

Two people sit on the couch watching an Olympic skiing event on television.

“Time to celebrate their monumental athletic achievements by pointing out all their minor mistakes.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chip Bok for 2/11/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The meme below was during the Covid shutdown of 2020. Hugs

#white people twitter from White People Twitter

 

 

 

 

#white people twitter from White People Twitter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joey Weatherford for 2/10/2026

 

Lisa Benson 2/10/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kirk Walters for 2/10/2026

 

 

Mike Smith for 2/10/2026

 

 

#Qasim Rashid from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Deering for 2/11/2026

 

Kirk Walters for 2/3/2026

 

 

Mike Luckovich for 2/11/2026

 

 

Bill Bramhall for 2/10/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Ramirez for 2/11/2026

Andy Marlette for 2/10/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Epstein files prove that #Pizzagate was absolutely right, only they got *all* of the places and people wrong.

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-02-03T19:27:32.366Z

 

 

 

Image from WIL WHEATON dot TUMBLR dot COM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICE Worker Leaks Concentration Camp Ghoulish Conditions

The conditions are on purpose to make people so miserable they give up their rights to asylum or any cases they have going.  The ICE people / US government are already violating the rights of the people they kidnap off the streets.  These are as bad as any concentration camp and the US government denies it all.  When Democrats take power / authority back we need to investigate and punish all involved.  The government flat out lies and gaslights the public as if they think nothing will ever be found out. Hugs

Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 2-11-2026

 

 

 

Image from Assigned Male

 

 

#book from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

#book from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

#book from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

#book from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

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Image from black is honest and beautiful.

 

 

 

#billionaires are parasites from Social Justice In America

 

 

 

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#white people twitter from White People Twitter

 

 

 

 

 

 

#Marjorie Taylor Greene from What Are You Really Afraid Of?

 

Image from Saywhat Politics

 

 

 

 

Image from Saywhat Politics

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Smith for 2/9/2026

 

#politics girl from Republicans Are Domestic Terrorists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#donald trump from Saywhat Politics

 

 

 

Bill Bramhall for 2/9/2026

 

Image from sparklight

Image from sparklight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#Instagram from One Active Guy

 

Lee Judge for 2/9/2026

Jimmy Margulies for 2/9/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tweet from Elmo reading: That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny!

 

A man holding a rake chases a bunny through his garden.

#bad bunny from Gravedigger

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John Deering for 2/10/2026

 

Joel Pett for 2/9/2026

 

 

 

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#justice from Durnesque-Esque

#justice from Durnesque-Esque

 

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#politics from Cartoon Politics

 

#democracy from Untitled

 

 

 

 

Michael Ramirez for 2/9/2026

 

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Three MS Now clips on the culture wars the economy, and racism.

The video below does include some information about the Epstein files redactions that clearly protect tRump.  Hugs

 

 

Texas man arrested after getting into fight with high schoolers who walked out of class to protest ICE

I have put the videos I found below.  Notice that the governor and the attorney general blame the kids and claim the schools have taught them radical left wing extremism.  The kids see the news media about what ICE is doing and have friends who are not white. They  are angry and they are future voters.  That is what scares the republican leadership in Texas so much they are demanding schools push a hard right Republican bigoted racist agenda onto schoolchildren in the hopes of raising a new bunch of maga.  They don’t blame te adult man who got out of his truck and walked into a group of minors with the intention to force his angry racist maga views on them.  Note he shoved a girl.  In his mind how dare she talk back to a male?  That is who maga thugs have degenerated into. Hugs


https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/texas-man-fight-student-ice-protest-b2913866.html?test_group=lighteradlayout

Law enforcement say the 45-year-old man was the ‘primary aggressor’ in the fight that went viral

 
A 45-year-old Texas man was arrested Tuesday on assault charges after getting into a physical altercation with a student who participated in an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement walkout protest, police said.

Earlier this week, students at Moe and Gene Johnson High School, located in Buda, Texas, walked out of classes in protest of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement.

While the protest was largely peaceful,a verbal altercation between an adult man in a vehicle and a female juvenile on the sidewalk escalated into physical violence, according to video of the incident posted online, shared by CBS Austin.

The man, Chad Michael Watts, allegedly got out of his vehicle and confronted the female juvenile, resulting in an exchange of punches. After Watts pushed the girl to the ground, other students began attacking him, the video shows.

Watts was arrested nearly a day after the incident and charged with two counts of assault causing bodily injury, the Buda Police Department said. The Hays County District Attorney said it was investigating the matter as well.

Chad Michael Watts is accused of assaulting a student after a verbal confrontation turned physically violent during a student-led anti-ICE protest

Chad Michael Watts is accused of assaulting a student after a verbal confrontation turned physically violent during a student-led anti-ICE protest (Hays County Jail)

“No matter one’s political views, an adult bears a clear responsibility to exercise restraint, especially in the presence of children,” the Hays County DA said. “Violence or intimidation directed at a minor – particularly during a lawful, peaceful demonstration – has no place in a constitutional republic that depends on the rule of law rather than force.

Multiple videos of the interaction, posted online, show Watts, holding what appears to be a red hat, challenging students, some of whom were holding “ICE out” signs.

After Watts pushed the girl to the ground, several students physically confronted him. One jumped on Watt’s back and pulled him to the ground while others began hitting him, punching him and pulling his hair, the video shows.

Buda police said that after a thorough investigation, “it was determined that Watts was the primary aggressor in the physical altercation.”

Both Watts and the juvenile girl sustained minor injuries but did not need EMS attention on the scene.

Law enforcement is conducting an ongoing investigation into the fight and said other charges against Watts could be filed.

College students in Texas to protest immigration enforcement action during a nationwide student walkout

College students in Texas to protest immigration enforcement action during a nationwide student walkout (Getty Images)

Students across the country have planned walkouts in protest of President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement operations.

The walkout protests have sparked anger from some Texas officials, including Attorney General Ken Paxton, who accused officials in the Austin Independent School District of imposing a “radical political agenda” on students who planned the walkout.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott also condemned the student protests while sharing an article that stated two juveniles in Hays County were arrested for possession of alcohol and resisting arrest. Law enforcement officials said those arrests had nothing to do with the protests.

But Abbott used the article to call the protests “disruptive” and assert that school staff should be treated as “co-conspirators” in “criminal behavior.”

“We are also looking into stripping the funding of schools that abandon their duty to teach our kids the curriculum required by law,” Abbott said.

 

Yes, investigation claimed at least 1,200 detainees ‘dropped off the grid’ from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/yes-investigation-claimed-least-1-110000366.html

Taija PerryCook
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  • Investigations by the Miami Herald found that the whereabouts of two-thirds of over 1,800 men detained at “Alligator Alcatraz” during July 2025 were unknown, contradicting claims that 1,200 detainees were missing from the facility.
  • The Herald used two detainee rosters obtained in July and August to determine that 800 detainees had no record in ICE’s online database, while over 450 had no location listed, raising concerns about the accuracy of detainee tracking at the Florida migrant detention center.
  • Despite claims of missing detainees, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security denied that anyone was unaccounted for at “Alligator Alcatraz” in ICE’s online detention locator system, highlighting discrepancies between public reports and official statements regarding the facility.

 

In January 2026, a claim resurfaced online that approximately 1,200 detainees were “missing” from the so-called Alligator Alcatraz, the Florida migrant detention center touted by Trump as the “new standard” for immigration facilities.

“BREAKING NEWS 1200 detainees at alligator alcatraz are missing and their records have been wiped,” read one Instagram post (archived) on Jan. 28.

While it is true that according to a series of investigations by the Miami Herald, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at “Alligator Alcatraz” during July 2025 were unknown, January 2026 posts claiming these findings were “breaking news” were misleading. The Herald published its findings in a series of investigations in summer 2025.

We first broke down the Herald’s investigations on Sept. 25, 2025, when a number of social media posts (archivedarchivedarchived) circulated the claim. The Jan. 28 Instagram post above was a repost of a video (archived) originally shared by TikTok account @rark.muffalo on Sept. 23, 2025:

The Herald did not claim to independently verify whether family members could not locate the 1,200 detainees, as the posts above claimed, but rather used two detainee rosters the outlet obtained to inform its reporting. It was unclear whether any significant developments took place since we first published our assessment of the investigations, but we reached out to the Herald reporters who reported the stories seeking any relevant information, and will update this story if we receive a response.

On July 14, the Herald first published the names of more than 700 detainees housed at “Alligator Alcatraz.” The story noted:

The list — made public for the first time here — was shared with the Department of Homeland Security and the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversees the site. Neither disputed its accuracy.

On Aug. 19, the Herald published another story based on a second list the outlet obtained of 1,400 detainees’ names. The reporters did not list each name on the roster as they did with the July 14 story. In the second story, reporters compared the two datasets and searched names on the detainee locator system for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and found that two out of five immigrants on the list of detainees from the outlet’s July 14 story were moved elsewhere. The Aug. 19 story read:

More than 40% of the 750 detainees in the initial list were sent not out of the country but to other ICE facilities, the Herald found. Another 40% were still at the detention center.

Alligator Alcatraz detainees often did not appear in ICE’s locator system, the Herald found, and the fate of the rest ⁠— around 150 detainees ⁠— is unclear. Some of them were likely still at Alligator Alcatraz but others may have been deported.

The numbers in both data sets are snapshots in time, and fluctuate as detainees enter and leave the facility.

By Sept. 16, reporters Ben Wieder and Shirsho Dasgupta used the two detainee lists the Herald obtained in July and August to determine that, “As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.”

They then broke the numbers down. According to their findings, 800 detainees showed no record in the online database for ICE, while more than 450 listed no location and only instructed the user to “Call ICE for details.”

We wrote to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — which oversees ICE — as well as the Florida Division of Emergency Management  — which oversees operations at “Alligator Alcatraz” — seeking information on detainees reportedly not accounted for. DHS responded: “FALSE. No one is unaccounted — including at Alligator Alcatraz — in ICE’s online detention locator system. This is yet another hoax about the facility.”

While the Herald did not reveal where it had obtained the two lists of detainees, the news site did use public records to reportedly verify the accuracy of the lists. In an email to Snopes, Wieder wrote:

To inform our reporting in this story and our prior stories, we compared information on the lists we’ve obtained with information from ICE’s online detainee locator system. We’ve also verified information from the lists with the EOIR immigration courts database and with other public records. Our comparison of the data we’ve obtained with these other external records and numerous interviews has confirmed the accuracy of the data.

Broadly speaking, the detention center — which is technically run by the state of Florida — has reportedly made it difficult for attorneys to reach their detained clients, therefore allegedly violating detainees’ First and Fifth amendment rights, according to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The Sept. 16 story, while dependent on these two detainee rosters for evidence, also presented testimony from family members of two detainees who had reportedly gone missing.

One man, a 53-year-old Guatemalan detained at “Alligator Alcatraz” whose family asked that his name not be included for fear of retribution, didn’t show up for a hearing, according to his attorney. A government attorney told the man’s attorney that he’d accidentally been sent to Guatemala instead of being transferred to a different detention center ahead of the hearing, as planned.

Communication from another man, Cuban national Michael Borrego Fernandez, went silent after ICE transferred him to another facility in California. His family described the situation as “psychological torture,” as they were worried about his health, given a recent surgery. They then found him in Mexico, where ICE had deported him without notice.

In sum, while Snopes had not independently verified that each name on the purported lists the Miami Herald used to determine that two-thirds of the detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz” during July 2025 were missing from ICE’s locator system, evidence exists from real cases that detainees apparently have gone missing for stretches of time, or are not where ICE said they were. Therefore, the possibility exists that other detainees reportedly missing from the ICE system were also deported or sent to other unknown facilities without their family’s or attorney’s knowledge. 

Sources:

Camacho, Pedro. ‘Lawyers Report Disappearance of Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz Detainees From ICE Database: “It’s a Black Hole”‘. Latin Times, 18 Sep. 2025, https://www.latintimes.com/lawyers-report-disappearance-hundreds-alligator-alcatraz-detainees-ice-database-its-black-589703.

Ceballos, Ana, et al. ‘Is Your Family Member or Client at Alligator Alcatraz? We Obtained a List’. The Miami Herald, 14 Jul. 2025, https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article310541770.html.

Fernández, Abel. ‘The Mysterious Disappearance of Hundreds of Immigrants Detained at Alligator Alcatraz’. EL PAÍS English, 18 Sep. 2025, https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-18/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-hundreds-of-immigrants-detained-at-alligator-alcatraz.html.

Loe, Megan. ‘”Alligator Alcatraz” Is Real. Here’s What to Know about the Florida Detention Center’. Snopes, 2 Jul. 2025, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/alligator-alcatraz-fl-detention/.

Ndonwie, Churchill. ‘Alligator Alcatraz Revival: Appeals Court Pauses Order Shuttering Detention Camp’. The Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025, https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article311976400.html.

Wieder, Ben, and Shirsho Dasgupta. ‘Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Drop off the Grid after Leaving Site’. The Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025, https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article312042943.html.

Wieder, Ben, et al. ‘”Psychological Warfare”: Internal Data Shows True Nature of Alligator Alcatraz’. The Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025, https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article311718011.html.

Updates:

Feb. 3, 2026: This story was updated to clarify that an Instagram video from Jan. 28, 2026, was a repost of a video originally posted on Sept. 23, 2025.