GovBrief Today #386

Feb 21, 2026 12:24 PM

GeorgeBounacos

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They're building it in secret because they know what it looks like.

Today we learned that DHS killed two people in Texas before Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota. A Homeland Security agent shot and killed a 23 year old U.S. citizen during a traffic detour on the Texas Gulf Coast last March. In January, a Cuban man died in an El Paso detention camp and DHS called it "medical distress." The medical examiner called it homicide by asphyxiation. DHS quietly changed the cause of death to "spontaneous use of force."

That's four people killed by DHS. And the mega detention centers they're building aren't the 1,500 they disclosed. Leaked documents show facilities designed to hold up to 10,000 people each, with a biometric search engine to fill them after first dismantling the privacy review process. Call your representative and demand oversight of every federal immigration jail before they get any bigger.

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Everything under that "Immigration" header is a fucking crime.

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Ok conspiracy theorist in me wonders if these "drug boats" they are sinking are actually deportees they shove onto a boat and then blow it up.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

They are so big!

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

#3 number 18. They are grifting huge$ from the sale of warehouses and subsequent maintenance of the facilities.

1 month ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

#8 Let me guess, they were about Russian influence. Don't say bad things about poppa Putin.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

#18 - I hope that young lady with the lighter has some time on her hands

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Thank you. Have a baby Indy.

1 month ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

A fine baby!

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

#19 the amount of casual racism is staggering

1 month ago | Likes 61 Dislikes 1

johnson is an arsehole.

1 month ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

They're way beyond casual racism. This is world-class competitive racism. And they intend to win.

1 month ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

This is infuriating

1 month ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

This feels like pro racism, not casual.

1 month ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

#5 artemis has been scuppered for march due to a helium presurisation issue found after the tests had completed - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c626v265zqlo.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yes, this was a bummer. I covered it tonight.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Your commenters are tomorrows news! Especially when we wake up 5 hours before you do :D

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

you're living like it's tomorrow sometimes!

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

"spontaneous use of force"

Phrasing there is along the lines of "bullet-intensive event" when police shoot an unarmed person 40 times.

1 month ago | Likes 33 Dislikes 0

"The detainee tripped & fell throat-first against the forearm of a federal agent..."

1 month ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

"Died while attempting suicide"

1 month ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

It was a happy day in our house yesterday when the tariff denial was announced. Still not the news I've been waiting for, but I'll take it. COME ON CHOLESTEROL, DO YOUR JOB

1 month ago | Likes 36 Dislikes 1

While I'm with you there, I fear the monsters will only be given room to be more competent with their evil once the malignant citrus is truly rotting. His narcissism delays at least a little of what they truly want.

1 month ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Timing is important, maybe during the State of the Union speech, in front of all the media

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

#3 As a Healthcare professional, I find this abhorrent.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Smacks so much of COVID. We learned nothing. And the ones who don't understand health or science only learned which levers to pull to make conservative politicians jump.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thank you, George. Keep up the good work!

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Thank you, will do!

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Sink cat says thank you for the update. Time to get to reading.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Awww, poor kit. Does she typically enjoy the sink or is the porcelain feeling nice? IDK, just ask her.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

She's absolutely a sink cat. Loves being a part of the morning routine, and the sink is always the perfect size/spot for observation.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If anyone needs to scream into the void, my inbox is open.

1 month ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 2

#18 I've said it before: "First come the sheds, then come the showers.".

1 month ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Should also deeply underline the "operational by November" part. If that doesn't give away the whole fucking game, I don't know what will.

1 month ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Yes, and I get accused of playing pundit too much so I didn't put a blinking neon sign there, but I made sure that it showed in the headline.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

#5 really hoping Artemis II goes well, it might not be enormous but at least it is something nice to look forward to

1 month ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 3

I grew up with the early Apollo missions. I remember my lunar rover toy for Christmas that year. I so want this to happen, and they're bringing it back to look at an issue. April is next best window.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I have my old Apollo bank on my dresser.

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Aye, not mad they take their time, getting it right is first priority

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