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Man impersonating ICE shoots at people on highway in Oregon.

A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
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February 3, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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February 4, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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UN special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese condemned Israel’s ban on Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from Gaza, saying “Israel has NO authority to block anyone from entering the Palestinian territory it illegally occupies.”
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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#DonLemonIsInnocent
Lemon's interview on Kimmel is brilliant and telling.
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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More deadly bullshit from our own government. ICE is the terrorist threat we face, not undocumented immigrants.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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The temporary restraining order blocked a 7-day notice requirement that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem established earlier this month.

The order allows congressional Democrats to access facilities that are central to the national debate over King Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Judge blocks DHS policy to keep House Dems from visiting detention facilities unannounced • Source New Mexico
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that prevented members of Congress from making unannounced oversight visits at facilities that hold immigrants....
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February 4, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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Parents are afraid to send their kids to school, classrooms sit half-empty, children are being taken to detention facilities. We’ve crossed a line.

I stood with education leaders to discuss the growing harm federal actions are causing to children, families, and our schools.
February 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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February 4, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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Despite fascist republicans trying to keep it behind closed doors, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton have agreed to testify under oath publicly on live television in front of Congress about the Epstein Files.

And that’s how it’s done.
February 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Eff ICE, eff Trump and eff EVERY Republican for this.

I am in tears. Such a wasteful, stupid death of an innocent American citizen.

Eff every single one of you insensitive bastards. And never speak to me of Jesus or Christianity again. Ever.
Disabled US citizen's family says ICE stopped his father from attending his funeral
Wael Tarabishi died three months after his caregiver father, Maher Tarabishi, was detained during a routine check-in with ICE in October.
abcnews.go.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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Cardiologist Dr. Helen Taussig founded the field of pediatric cardiology.

Co-developed the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt in 1944. This groundbreaking surgical procedure treated "blue baby syndrome" saving thousands of infants who previously had no treatment option.

#WomensPhysiciansDay #WomenInSTEM
February 4, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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I am so sad that Myra MacPherson has died. She was a trailblazing journalist in all the best ways. And I loved her I.F. Stone bio, appropriately titled "All Governments Lie! "
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Myra MacPherson, trailblazing Washington Post journalist, dies at 91
The longtime Style section reporter defied gender stereotypes, covering current affairs and writing books about the Vietnam War and power-couple marriages.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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A young prosecutor tells a judge what’s really going on joycevance.substack.com/p/today-in-c...
Today In Court
What a prosecutor in Minnesota said
joycevance.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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"For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States."
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Didn't this happen in My Cousin Vinny?
February 4, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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Maybe Epstein did kill himself. But imagine if he was still alive - who would be most concerned about him talking or even testifying? I suppose those would be the most likely suspects if he didn’t kill himself. But did any of those people have control over federal prisons in 2019?
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has called on Trump to immediately provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, stating that the pressure the United States is currently exerting on Russia is "obviously not working".
February 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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In 1977 NASA launched the Voyager spacecraft, including a CD with the song Johnny B. Goode, on a mission to study the solar system & beyond.

The extraterrestrials who open it will get another CD every month from Columbia House at full price and be hounded for life by intergalactic debt collectors.
February 3, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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February 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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You won't let independent journalists in so why would I believe this?
February 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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I dont believe anything the israeli’s or idf say
All they do is lie
February 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM