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As they knew full well all along
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Israel accepts health authorities’ Gaza death toll is broadly accurate, saying 70,000 have died
Israeli military’s abrupt U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:33 PM
As they knew full well all along
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
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some good news buried among the horrible behavior listed:
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
I visited hotels all over Minneapolis, went into back rooms & talked to the staff.
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
They're afraid.
One told me she resents how her undocumented coworkers spend their days cleaning the rooms of agents who are “hunting down their family members.”
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
Minneapolis’ Hotel Workers Are on Edge
Staff across the city told NOTUS how their lives have changed since the start of the federal immigration operation. “It's frightening,” one said.
www.notus.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
some good news buried among the horrible behavior listed:
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
“The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”
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These look like tipline interview logs – notes on allegations that have been made, not investigated or verified. The material is horrifying, but of course such allegations may well be false. So I just wonder why DOJ has pulled them, if it’s not protecting Trump or any of the men named, as it claims?
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
These look like tipline interview logs – notes on allegations that have been made, not investigated or verified. The material is horrifying, but of course such allegations may well be false. So I just wonder why DOJ has pulled them, if it’s not protecting Trump or any of the men named, as it claims?
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BREAKING: New video emerges, allegedly from days before Pretti's killing that shows at least three of the same agents, including one of the main instigators of Pretti incident who pushed the woman, in another altercation --confirmed by his number NS-919.
Credit: JesusFreakingCongress on X. /
Credit: JesusFreakingCongress on X. /
January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
BREAKING: New video emerges, allegedly from days before Pretti's killing that shows at least three of the same agents, including one of the main instigators of Pretti incident who pushed the woman, in another altercation --confirmed by his number NS-919.
Credit: JesusFreakingCongress on X. /
Credit: JesusFreakingCongress on X. /
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Jesus Christ. The "pivot" lasted about 15 minutes.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
NEWS: The Trump regime has arrested Don Lemon in its latest crackdown on journalism after he reported from inside a church protest in Minnesota—despite a magistrate judge previously rejecting the case against him as unsupported by evidence.
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Jesus Christ. The "pivot" lasted about 15 minutes.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
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I really want people to check in with the organizations that have been pushing back on surveillance for 10+ years.
Just to be blunt, there are a lot of folks who realized yesterday that surveillance is bad and many are suggesting well-intentioned but misguided strategies for fighting it
talk to us
Just to be blunt, there are a lot of folks who realized yesterday that surveillance is bad and many are suggesting well-intentioned but misguided strategies for fighting it
talk to us
“Agents can identify people on the street through facial recognition, trace their movements through license-plate readers and, in some cases, use commercially available phone-location data to reconstruct daily routines and associations.” All surveillance tools people have pushed back on for ages…
DHS ramps up surveillance in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the government is using in its mass deportation campaign.
apnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I really want people to check in with the organizations that have been pushing back on surveillance for 10+ years.
Just to be blunt, there are a lot of folks who realized yesterday that surveillance is bad and many are suggesting well-intentioned but misguided strategies for fighting it
talk to us
Just to be blunt, there are a lot of folks who realized yesterday that surveillance is bad and many are suggesting well-intentioned but misguided strategies for fighting it
talk to us
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I understand it's hard for some to use the term concentration camp, even for those horrified by what's happening. And there are settings (e.g., court) where it may not be helpful today. The key thing to realize is that there's an arc of how detention regimes tend to go, and we're recognizably on it.
January 30, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I understand it's hard for some to use the term concentration camp, even for those horrified by what's happening. And there are settings (e.g., court) where it may not be helpful today. The key thing to realize is that there's an arc of how detention regimes tend to go, and we're recognizably on it.
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Moshe "Bogi" Ya'alon, former Defense Minister of the State of Israel and former Chief of Staff of the IDF, posted on X last night (in Hebrew) that "Prof. Yeshayahu Leibowitz was right and I was wrong" and compared the Israeli government's ideology of Jewish supremacy to Nazi racial theory.
January 30, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Moshe "Bogi" Ya'alon, former Defense Minister of the State of Israel and former Chief of Staff of the IDF, posted on X last night (in Hebrew) that "Prof. Yeshayahu Leibowitz was right and I was wrong" and compared the Israeli government's ideology of Jewish supremacy to Nazi racial theory.
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It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.
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Elon Musk, refusing: "Hey man, when can I come to Epstein Island"
January 30, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Elon Musk, refusing: "Hey man, when can I come to Epstein Island"
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One of, if not the most, important thing you can do in electoral politics is get involved in the primaries against these fools
Trump admitted on Thursday evening that his administration is “not at all” deescalating its immigration raids in Minneapolis, confirming that his administration’s pledges to do so were lies, just hours after Senate Democrats folded on negotiations to prevent a government shutdown.
Trump Admits He Is “Not at All” Deescalating ICE Raids After Democrats Fold on Government Shutdown
The statement came hours after Trump celebrated a deal with Schumer to avoid a shutdown.
buff.ly
January 30, 2026 at 10:36 PM
One of, if not the most, important thing you can do in electoral politics is get involved in the primaries against these fools
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Don Lemon makes his first remarks after being released from federal custody.
“I have spent my entire career covering the news…I will not stop now.”
“I have spent my entire career covering the news…I will not stop now.”
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Don Lemon makes his first remarks after being released from federal custody.
“I have spent my entire career covering the news…I will not stop now.”
“I have spent my entire career covering the news…I will not stop now.”
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Yes, this friendly 2019 Jeffrey Epstein email exchange is about the owner of the Patriots, Robert Kraft. But it's more important who it is WITH: Brad Karp, the chairman of Paul, Weiss. And Karp was still chairman when Paul, Weiss became the first law firm to cave to Trump's demands in 2025. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Yes, this friendly 2019 Jeffrey Epstein email exchange is about the owner of the Patriots, Robert Kraft. But it's more important who it is WITH: Brad Karp, the chairman of Paul, Weiss. And Karp was still chairman when Paul, Weiss became the first law firm to cave to Trump's demands in 2025. 1/
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Trump confirms he has nominated Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair.
Warsh is married to Jane Lauder, the billionaire heiress to the Estée Lauder cosmetics company.
His father-in-law is Ronald Lauder—a longtime friend of Trump and close ally of Netanyahu—who has reportedly pushed for annexation of Greenland.
Warsh is married to Jane Lauder, the billionaire heiress to the Estée Lauder cosmetics company.
His father-in-law is Ronald Lauder—a longtime friend of Trump and close ally of Netanyahu—who has reportedly pushed for annexation of Greenland.
January 30, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Trump confirms he has nominated Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair.
Warsh is married to Jane Lauder, the billionaire heiress to the Estée Lauder cosmetics company.
His father-in-law is Ronald Lauder—a longtime friend of Trump and close ally of Netanyahu—who has reportedly pushed for annexation of Greenland.
Warsh is married to Jane Lauder, the billionaire heiress to the Estée Lauder cosmetics company.
His father-in-law is Ronald Lauder—a longtime friend of Trump and close ally of Netanyahu—who has reportedly pushed for annexation of Greenland.
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Ernesto Padron, a Border Patrol Agent from Brownsville, TX, was arrested in 2010 for possession of CSAM. A case backlog meant the statute of limitations expired before he could be tried. In 2020 Padron was hired at a Texas migrant shelter where he worked directly with unaccompanied migrant children
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Ernesto Padron, a Border Patrol Agent from Brownsville, TX, was arrested in 2010 for possession of CSAM. A case backlog meant the statute of limitations expired before he could be tried. In 2020 Padron was hired at a Texas migrant shelter where he worked directly with unaccompanied migrant children
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Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
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Where do Minnesota Republicans stand on immigration and the Good and Pretti killings? Sahan asked all 112 Republicans in the Legislature, gubernatorial race and Congress.
Written by @bzosiad.bsky.social, Joey Peters, Cynthia Tu and Katelyn Vue
Written by @bzosiad.bsky.social, Joey Peters, Cynthia Tu and Katelyn Vue
Here’s where Minnesota Republicans stand on immigration, Good and Pretti killings
Here's where 112 Minnesota Republicans in the Legislature, governor’s race and Congress stand on immigration, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
sahanjournal.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Where do Minnesota Republicans stand on immigration and the Good and Pretti killings? Sahan asked all 112 Republicans in the Legislature, gubernatorial race and Congress.
Written by @bzosiad.bsky.social, Joey Peters, Cynthia Tu and Katelyn Vue
Written by @bzosiad.bsky.social, Joey Peters, Cynthia Tu and Katelyn Vue
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The government is using technology to identify protestors, and then using that information to track and intimidate them. The people using the devices are wearing masks, but we know the companies creating the technology.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The government is using technology to identify protestors, and then using that information to track and intimidate them. The people using the devices are wearing masks, but we know the companies creating the technology.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
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BREAKING: Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after a protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
Journalist Don Lemon arrested after protest that disrupted Minnesota church service
Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service.
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
BREAKING: Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after a protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
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Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
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Because from the beginning, the mission was based on cruelty.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/u...
A Texas man detained by ICE was his disabled son’s sole caregiver. His son will be laid to rest without him | CNN
Wael Tarabishi’s family had hoped his father and primary caretaker could be present as they say their final goodbyes to the 30-year-old at his funeral on Thursday.
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Because from the beginning, the mission was based on cruelty.
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www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/u...
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This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.
January 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.
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I'm late to this but what on earth were Question Time doing putting Konstantin Kisin on the show? These are not serious people. They're controversialists-for-cash. The whole business model is to say increasingly outrageous things for the coverage and clicks. Next week: Lucy White.
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 AM
I'm late to this but what on earth were Question Time doing putting Konstantin Kisin on the show? These are not serious people. They're controversialists-for-cash. The whole business model is to say increasingly outrageous things for the coverage and clicks. Next week: Lucy White.
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In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is...
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UK drops target for international student recruitment
Government to encourage education providers to open campuses overseas as it focuses on reducing migration
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...