Odds and Ends — 12 February 2026

President Trump has increasingly tested how far political retribution can stretch into the justice system, but his efforts to prosecute his perceived political opponents during his second term have repeatedly fallen short.

https://twitter.com/DastDn/status/2021583407835119955
- DastDn

———— Minnesota Under Siege ————

Why Minnesotans Still Haven’t Backed Down From Fighting ICE

It’s freezing. It’s terrifying. And it’s potential deadly. But anti-ICE activists are not giving up.

https://twitter.com/dcpetterson/status/2021439316573159561
- dcpetterson

Walz says Minnesota needs to focus on recovery after ‘damage’ of ICE surge

White House border czar Tom Homan, who is overseeing Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, said the immigration enforcement operation will soon wind down.

I will believe it when I see it.

———— Smile. You’re on Candid Camera. ————

https://twitter.com/ingelramdecoucy/status/2021406943831785919
- ingelramdecoucy

https://twitter.com/SlowNewsDayShow/status/2021581310909731032
- SlowNewsDayShow

———— Pam Bondi ————

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2021615262886228300
- atrupar

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2021606834910671135
- Acyn

Pam Bondi Hearing Goes Nuclear

Attorney General Pam Bondi and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) literally screamed at each other during an oversight hearing after Raskin demanded she stop talking over his members.

https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/2021660521217314986
- KlasfeldReports

https://twitter.com/Furbeti/status/2021613588901752925
- Furbeti

https://twitter.com/Daractenus/status/2021619736212349020
- Daractenus

https://twitter.com/narceducator/status/2021629963234152896
- narceducator

https://twitter.com/bkaydw/status/2021626354803065032
- bkaydw

https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum/status/2021618127570866444
- NotHoodlum

https://twitter.com/benfowlkesMMA/status/2021626940952899763
- benfowlkesMMA

https://twitter.com/Logically_JC/status/2021649844541305030
- Logically_JC

———— The Epstein Coverup ————

https://twitter.com/davegreenidge57/status/2021544062139220188
- davegreenidge57

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2021697529264410716
- atrupar

https://twitter.com/Craftonia/status/2021790072098763234
- Craftonia

https://twitter.com/WilliamRamseyIn/status/2021462049633800666
- WilliamRamseyIn

———— El Paso ————

https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/2021594877239177247
- Max_Fisher

https://twitter.com/K8brannen/status/2021722159375430038
- K8brannen

https://twitter.com/covie_93/status/2021699725527793771
- covie_93

https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/2021594165683819002
- Max_Fisher

———— Autocracy R Us ————

Congress Showed ICE Leaders Images of ICE Brutality. The Response Was Telling.

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/2021413501810758077
- RonFilipkowski

No Grand Jurors Voted to Indict 6 Democratic Lawmakers

None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the military and intelligence communities to uphold their oaths believed the Justice Department had met the low threshold of probable cause, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
It’s exceedingly rare for a federal grand jury to reject prosecutors’ attempts to secure an indictment, since the process is stacked in the government’s favor. Federal grand juries need a minimum of 16 members to have a quorum, and they max out at 23 members. Just 12 grand jurors need to agree that the government had probable cause to indict, a threshold much lower than the unanimous ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ standard that a petit jury needs to convict.

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/2021518898252656716
- SethAbramson

IRS Improperly Disclosed Immigrant Tax Data

The Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.