Aaron 仁清 Zagory
@aaronzagory.bsky.social
Public defender, New Orleans
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Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
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For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 14, 2026 at 5:59 AM
For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
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Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans
Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.
www.eff.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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#TheLensNola🔍 In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps - not by ICE, but the Coast Guard. Critics say the Trump administration is undermining the Coast Guard’s other missions...
✍ Delaney Nolan
Full Story: buff.ly/c1yZGuQ
✍ Delaney Nolan
Full Story: buff.ly/c1yZGuQ
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
#TheLensNola🔍 In St. Bernard Parish, fishing deckhands fear death and detention amid regular immigration sweeps - not by ICE, but the Coast Guard. Critics say the Trump administration is undermining the Coast Guard’s other missions...
✍ Delaney Nolan
Full Story: buff.ly/c1yZGuQ
✍ Delaney Nolan
Full Story: buff.ly/c1yZGuQ
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I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
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"Surveys have found that nineteen percent of 18-to-24-year-olds qualify as problem gamblers, and thirty-seven percent of Gen Z gamblers self-report as having an addiction. A 2025 Siena poll found that forty-eight percent of all men aged 18-49 have an active online sports betting account."
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
"Surveys have found that nineteen percent of 18-to-24-year-olds qualify as problem gamblers, and thirty-seven percent of Gen Z gamblers self-report as having an addiction. A 2025 Siena poll found that forty-eight percent of all men aged 18-49 have an active online sports betting account."
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New from 404 Media: we've confirmed cops are buying access to GeoSpy, an AI that can geolocate photos in seconds. Doesn't use metadata, but clues in the photo like soil, architecture, to pinpoint where social media photos taken. Being used in investigations www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
Cops Are Buying ‘GeoSpy’, an AI That Geolocates Photos in Seconds
404 Media has obtained a cache of internal police emails showing at least two agencies have bought access to GeoSpy, an AI tool that analyzes architecture, soil, and other features to near instantly g...
www.404media.co
February 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
New from 404 Media: we've confirmed cops are buying access to GeoSpy, an AI that can geolocate photos in seconds. Doesn't use metadata, but clues in the photo like soil, architecture, to pinpoint where social media photos taken. Being used in investigations www.404media.co/cops-are-buy...
“They repeatedly said the policy has not changed. Obviously, the language shows otherwise. This is about a lack of transparency, a lack of trust and a lack of public accountability.”
NOPD changes immigration policy, opening the door to more coordination with ICE
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
NOPD changes immigration policy, opening the door to more coordination with ICE
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
February 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“They repeatedly said the policy has not changed. Obviously, the language shows otherwise. This is about a lack of transparency, a lack of trust and a lack of public accountability.”
NOPD changes immigration policy, opening the door to more coordination with ICE
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
NOPD changes immigration policy, opening the door to more coordination with ICE
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
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The city says NOPD
-will not prioritize immigration enforcement
-will follow the law
-will never ask immigration status
-will never sign a cooperation agreement
But these talking points don't change that NOPD's new policy is to jail people on immigration detainers
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
-will not prioritize immigration enforcement
-will follow the law
-will never ask immigration status
-will never sign a cooperation agreement
But these talking points don't change that NOPD's new policy is to jail people on immigration detainers
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Moreno: NOPD will not sign ICE cooperation agreement
New Orleans mayor says police 'will never' enter immigration enforcement agreement amid negotiations with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill.
www.wwltv.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The city says NOPD
-will not prioritize immigration enforcement
-will follow the law
-will never ask immigration status
-will never sign a cooperation agreement
But these talking points don't change that NOPD's new policy is to jail people on immigration detainers
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
-will not prioritize immigration enforcement
-will follow the law
-will never ask immigration status
-will never sign a cooperation agreement
But these talking points don't change that NOPD's new policy is to jail people on immigration detainers
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
The city says NOPD
-will not prioritize immigration enforcement
-will follow the law
-will never ask immigration status
-will never sign a cooperation agreement
But these talking points don't change that NOPD's new policy is to jail people on immigration detainers
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
-will not prioritize immigration enforcement
-will follow the law
-will never ask immigration status
-will never sign a cooperation agreement
But these talking points don't change that NOPD's new policy is to jail people on immigration detainers
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Moreno: NOPD will not sign ICE cooperation agreement
New Orleans mayor says police 'will never' enter immigration enforcement agreement amid negotiations with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill.
www.wwltv.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The city says NOPD
-will not prioritize immigration enforcement
-will follow the law
-will never ask immigration status
-will never sign a cooperation agreement
But these talking points don't change that NOPD's new policy is to jail people on immigration detainers
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
-will not prioritize immigration enforcement
-will follow the law
-will never ask immigration status
-will never sign a cooperation agreement
But these talking points don't change that NOPD's new policy is to jail people on immigration detainers
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
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Got my grocery bag searched by the national guard trying to walk home 🙃 I'm trying not to be salty about it but also: I cannot go anywhere without dealing with police, the guard, armored vehicles, street closures and barriers, and it's very very stressful to my brain
February 12, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Got my grocery bag searched by the national guard trying to walk home 🙃 I'm trying not to be salty about it but also: I cannot go anywhere without dealing with police, the guard, armored vehicles, street closures and barriers, and it's very very stressful to my brain
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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It's the same reason why Flock started selling to HOAs but always offered local PD's a free platform for requesting their ALPR data---police have deep pockets, they literally do not care of the technology is faulty or doesn't produce safety, and they become your best salespeople.
February 12, 2026 at 12:46 AM
It's the same reason why Flock started selling to HOAs but always offered local PD's a free platform for requesting their ALPR data---police have deep pockets, they literally do not care of the technology is faulty or doesn't produce safety, and they become your best salespeople.
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Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
February 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
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Excited to have my first piece out as a @techpolicypress.bsky.social Fellow:
Outlining the vast surveillance powers ICE can use to monitor protesters, and how you can fight back to change the law, build new safeguards, and protect your privacy
Outlining the vast surveillance powers ICE can use to monitor protesters, and how you can fight back to change the law, build new safeguards, and protect your privacy
How ICE Will Spy On Protesters, And How You Can Protect Your Privacy
Jake Laperruque explains how ICE’s expanding surveillance tools can track protesters through phones, faces, and vehicles.
www.techpolicy.press
February 11, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Excited to have my first piece out as a @techpolicypress.bsky.social Fellow:
Outlining the vast surveillance powers ICE can use to monitor protesters, and how you can fight back to change the law, build new safeguards, and protect your privacy
Outlining the vast surveillance powers ICE can use to monitor protesters, and how you can fight back to change the law, build new safeguards, and protect your privacy
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People are routinely subjected to sexual harm, yes, and other people perpetuate sexual harm. But it is a myth that serves the police to make "sex trafficking" a unique crime that is committed by shadowy others. All of the copaganda has not protected women and girls at all.
February 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
People are routinely subjected to sexual harm, yes, and other people perpetuate sexual harm. But it is a myth that serves the police to make "sex trafficking" a unique crime that is committed by shadowy others. All of the copaganda has not protected women and girls at all.
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I have written before that as a category (like all other police propaganda), the "data" on trafficking was unsubstantiated.
sheriffs.substack.com/p/the-unbear...
sheriffs.substack.com/p/the-unbear...
The Unbearable Vagueness of “Sex Trafficking”
Part 1: The Data?
sheriffs.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I have written before that as a category (like all other police propaganda), the "data" on trafficking was unsubstantiated.
sheriffs.substack.com/p/the-unbear...
sheriffs.substack.com/p/the-unbear...
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Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
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🚘 We are excited to announce we will be teaming up with Below Sea Level Aid and Unstoppable Kenner for our next free Brake Light Clinic!
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Join the New Orleans DSA at:
bit.ly/504DSA-JOIN 🔗 in bio
#neworleans #localevents #socialism #leftist #progressive
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Join the New Orleans DSA at:
bit.ly/504DSA-JOIN 🔗 in bio
#neworleans #localevents #socialism #leftist #progressive
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
🚘 We are excited to announce we will be teaming up with Below Sea Level Aid and Unstoppable Kenner for our next free Brake Light Clinic!
———
Join the New Orleans DSA at:
bit.ly/504DSA-JOIN 🔗 in bio
#neworleans #localevents #socialism #leftist #progressive
———
Join the New Orleans DSA at:
bit.ly/504DSA-JOIN 🔗 in bio
#neworleans #localevents #socialism #leftist #progressive
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"Hundreds of thousands of audit logs spanning a month show police are searching a national database of automated license plate reader data, including from school cameras, for immigration-related investigations."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"Hundreds of thousands of audit logs spanning a month show police are searching a national database of automated license plate reader data, including from school cameras, for immigration-related investigations."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICYMI: We @propublica.org set up a tracker for immigration-related habeas cases, which means it tracks the number of suits filed by immigrants claiming they are detained illegally. The number has hit historic highs. We'll update it regularly with new data. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...
Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
projects.propublica.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
ICYMI: We @propublica.org set up a tracker for immigration-related habeas cases, which means it tracks the number of suits filed by immigrants claiming they are detained illegally. The number has hit historic highs. We'll update it regularly with new data. projects.propublica.org/habeas-track...
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Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas - @justsecurity.org @rgoodlaw.bsky.social and Sophia Khoroushi
The Taken: Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents From Minnesota to Texas
We document these patterns through the use of sworn declarations and court filings.
www.justsecurity.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas - @justsecurity.org @rgoodlaw.bsky.social and Sophia Khoroushi
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