Phenomenal investigative reporting from @emilybregel.bsky.social in the Arizona Daily Star:

Despite having no criminal record and a valid work permit, Cielo was arrested during a February immigration operation at his home and spent seven months in detention. He's one of the thousands of non-criminals swept up in Trump's expanding mass-detention net. @tucson.com tucson.com/news/local/s...

The Tucson Baseball Team’s official debut in its new home has been delayed indefinitely because of visa-related issues. The team, which relocated from Navajoa, Sonora ... was scheduled to play its first home series Oct. 16-19 at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium. @tucson.com

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Good news: fossil fuels have plateaued and solar is growing by leaps and bounds worldwide

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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

NEWS: Sinclair says its ending its pre-emption of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

I can’t begin to express how grateful I am to the families and communities who trusted me with the most tender and painful parts of their lives. Your voices are the heart of this work, and I only hope I honored them. azluminaria.org/2024/05/03/1...

When set out on this project to uncover data and stories about #MMIP
in Arizona, my goal was to lend my seat in this privileged space I hold as a journalist to Indigenous people who’ve long said they don’t feel heard or seen. azluminaria.org/mmip-arizona/

Congratulations on this recognition for your strong work in 2024, Chelsea! I'm honored to be included in this category with you and Jason 🏆 Hope we see each other around town soon!

✨Some personal news, as they say✨

While I’m still half expecting a correction any day now, I’m incredibly honored to be named a 2024 Virg Hill Arizona Journalist of the Year. Congrats to @emilybregel.bsky.social & Jason Wolf, who were also recognized for this award.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Border wall is now actively going up in the San Rafael Valley, a beautiful and remote area sandwiched between mountains on the AZ-Sonora border.

“Of all the places where a wall is unwarranted, this is one of the most unwarranted places."

By @emilybregel.bsky.social

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New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
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Some GOP lawmakers come out against the FCC’s role in Kimmel axing.

This is an archived government report that found that “Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists.”

It existed yesterday and is gone today.

NEW: AP reports all 14 men have now been deported to their home countries by Ghana, in direct violation of international law. A court in the US determined each person would be persecuted or tortured in their home countries. We sent them to Ghana, which quickly deported them to their home countries.

We spoke to @theintercept.com about a bonkers bill that would let Marco Rubio, who thinks pro-Palestine op-ed writers are terrorists, revoke passports for whoever he deems a supporter of terrorism.

It would also let a future Democratic administration target those it dislikes the same way.

The Trump administration is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. The Brennan Center is tracking the DOJ’s requests and how states respond. bit.ly/3JFbKaB

Remarkable statement from Gov. Spencer Cox on social media aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder: “There is a tremendous amount of disinformation.”

He says there are “bots from Russia, China—all over the world—that are trying to instill disinformation.”

“I would encourage you to ignore those.”

Grateful @davidgilbert.bsky.social covered this.

I NEVER celebrated anyone’s murder.

I said I was terrified the far-right would use this as an excuse to retaliate, and they’re proving me right with every post.

These guys are out for blood. They don’t care whose.

This is really bad.

You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?

David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.

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"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert addressed the shooting of Charlie Kirk before the show began on Wednesday evening. [Video: CBS]