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Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes.
As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes.
www.mprnews.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes.
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It's neat that the admin is trying to violate the Transparency Act in as many ways as possible I guess?
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
It's neat that the admin is trying to violate the Transparency Act in as many ways as possible I guess?
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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Blocking the new Detroit-Windsor bridge — as Trump is threatening — would be yet another act of economic self-sabotage
Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here
@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here
@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Trump Tirade Over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon
His corrupt threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge is about to become a big albatross around the necks of GOP candidates in pivotal Michigan.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Blocking the new Detroit-Windsor bridge — as Trump is threatening — would be yet another act of economic self-sabotage
Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here
@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Michigan has the most to lose, something Democrats will be reminding voters in key midterm races here
@gregsargent.bsky.social lays out the stakes newrepublic.com/article/2064...
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The SAVE Act would force many rural Americans to drive hours just to register to vote. This bill is voter suppression.
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The SAVE Act would force many rural Americans to drive hours just to register to vote. This bill is voter suppression.
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Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Internal Revenue Service improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
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A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
n.pr
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
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GOLDMAN: Will you commit to providing the unredacted version of this email so the American people can understand the extent of Trump's lies about his relationship w/ Epstein?
BONDI: You're about as good of a lawyer as you were when you tried to impeach President Trump. Have you apologized for that?
BONDI: You're about as good of a lawyer as you were when you tried to impeach President Trump. Have you apologized for that?
February 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
GOLDMAN: Will you commit to providing the unredacted version of this email so the American people can understand the extent of Trump's lies about his relationship w/ Epstein?
BONDI: You're about as good of a lawyer as you were when you tried to impeach President Trump. Have you apologized for that?
BONDI: You're about as good of a lawyer as you were when you tried to impeach President Trump. Have you apologized for that?
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The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
Native activists set up prayer camp outside Minneapolis ICE detention center • Minnesota Reformer
Tribal members and descendents set up tipis and a fire at a Fort Snelling Park for four days of prayer for those detained by ICE
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
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Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)
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The billionaire owner of a rival bridge called Lutnick, apparently to get Trump to block the Gordie Howe project. That's worse for Rs.
“We need a senator who is going to defend Michiganders, not be a rubber stamp for anything Trump wants,” Mallory McMorrow tells me.
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
“We need a senator who is going to defend Michiganders, not be a rubber stamp for anything Trump wants,” Mallory McMorrow tells me.
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The billionaire owner of a rival bridge called Lutnick, apparently to get Trump to block the Gordie Howe project. That's worse for Rs.
“We need a senator who is going to defend Michiganders, not be a rubber stamp for anything Trump wants,” Mallory McMorrow tells me.
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
“We need a senator who is going to defend Michiganders, not be a rubber stamp for anything Trump wants,” Mallory McMorrow tells me.
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
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Remarkable: Trump's deranged threat to block the bridge connecting Detroit to Canada is backfiring, giving Dems a big issue in 2026 races in Michigan, which could help decide control of Congress.
Michigan Dems tell me they'll use this against Republicans big time:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Michigan Dems tell me they'll use this against Republicans big time:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Trump Tirade over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon
His corrupt threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge is about to become a big albatross around the necks of GOP candidates in pivotal Michigan.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Remarkable: Trump's deranged threat to block the bridge connecting Detroit to Canada is backfiring, giving Dems a big issue in 2026 races in Michigan, which could help decide control of Congress.
Michigan Dems tell me they'll use this against Republicans big time:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
Michigan Dems tell me they'll use this against Republicans big time:
newrepublic.com/article/2064...
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Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
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BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
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one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
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Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
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As the de facto leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake has done profound damage to America’s foreign broadcasters and squandered millions of taxpayer dollars, Anne Applebaum and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez report.
What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve?
The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
As the de facto leader of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake has done profound damage to America’s foreign broadcasters and squandered millions of taxpayer dollars, Anne Applebaum and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez report.
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NEW: As JCPS makes cuts to address a $188 million budget shortfall, our new analysis shows the district is losing $186 million a year because state SEEK payments have not kept pace with inflation.
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
NEW: As JCPS makes cuts to address a $188 million budget shortfall, our new analysis shows the district is losing $186 million a year because state SEEK payments have not kept pace with inflation.
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cannot stress enough that this is happening *everywhere* here. but hey, some cool influencers told me things were no longer hot and sexy and happening in MN, so i guess this is nbd
Need to stress that, like the Pretti killing, this terrorism is happening in extremely mixed use residential neighborhoods. Cafes and restaurants just down the street. The St. Paul Curling Club that's put out so many Olympians competing *this week* is like two blocks away.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
cannot stress enough that this is happening *everywhere* here. but hey, some cool influencers told me things were no longer hot and sexy and happening in MN, so i guess this is nbd
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Given repeated opportunities, AG Bondi repeatedly refuses to apologize for exposing the identities, sensitive information, and photographs of Epstein victims, attacking lawmakers for asking the question.
February 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Given repeated opportunities, AG Bondi repeatedly refuses to apologize for exposing the identities, sensitive information, and photographs of Epstein victims, attacking lawmakers for asking the question.
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One of them has TDS, but it isn’t Massie
Massie: “this is bigger than watergate”
Massie: “this is bigger than watergate”
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
One of them has TDS, but it isn’t Massie
Massie: “this is bigger than watergate”
Massie: “this is bigger than watergate”
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This is another very important and revealing exchange. Rep. Scanlon is making a crucial point, one well worth listening to. And she does it calmly. But Trump has created a market for obnoxious, childish defiance of Congress. The Attorney General‘s response is outrageous, even impeachment-worthy.
SCANLON: Can we assume the DOJ has prepared that list of groups that are designated as 'domestic terrorist organizations'?
BONDI: I'm not going to answer it yes or no, but I know antifa is part of it
S: Will you commit to providing this committee with the list?
BONDI: I won't commit to anything
BONDI: I'm not going to answer it yes or no, but I know antifa is part of it
S: Will you commit to providing this committee with the list?
BONDI: I won't commit to anything
February 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
This is another very important and revealing exchange. Rep. Scanlon is making a crucial point, one well worth listening to. And she does it calmly. But Trump has created a market for obnoxious, childish defiance of Congress. The Attorney General‘s response is outrageous, even impeachment-worthy.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground