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

———— 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

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. ————

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

———— Pam Bondi ————

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

https://twitter.com/akela_lacy/status/2021337845777240175

Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid

https://twitter.com/JonathanCohn/status/2021378576738811918