ChrisKeepsTrack
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This photo snagged my attention. So I read the backstory. So heartbreaking.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This photo snagged my attention. So I read the backstory. So heartbreaking.
www.minnpost.com/public-safet...
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BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
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January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Let’s get into the weeds on one aspect of how these deportations are ripping apart families and complicating, delaying, or preventing reunification.
The world needs more people like Casey.
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The world needs more people like Casey.
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The Ohio grandma racing to help Haitian parents protect children as more deportations near • Ohio Capital Journal
Casey Rollings runs a Catholic charity in Springfield, Ohio, that helps children of immigrants who've been separated from their parents. As the Trump administration takes protected status from Haitian...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Let’s get into the weeds on one aspect of how these deportations are ripping apart families and complicating, delaying, or preventing reunification.
The world needs more people like Casey.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/14/t...
The world needs more people like Casey.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/14/t...
So, just to be clear. It’s never been about the fentanyl or actually helping people affected by addiction.
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Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
So, just to be clear. It’s never been about the fentanyl or actually helping people affected by addiction.
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House Democrats just DEFEATED a Republican bill to let employers deny overtime pay or minimum wage to workers if they classify time worked as "job training" or "education."
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
House Democrats just DEFEATED a Republican bill to let employers deny overtime pay or minimum wage to workers if they classify time worked as "job training" or "education."
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
6 Republicans joined us and the vote failed; GOP leaders then cancelled votes on two more anti-labor bills.
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International humanitarian law requires militaries to clearly distinguish themselves from civilians. When military aircraft are disguised as civilian ones, that distinction collapses, & real civilian planes & people become legitimate targets in the eyes of defenders.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
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January 14, 2026 at 2:14 PM
International humanitarian law requires militaries to clearly distinguish themselves from civilians. When military aircraft are disguised as civilian ones, that distinction collapses, & real civilian planes & people become legitimate targets in the eyes of defenders.
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The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter seeking classified state documents. Nothing she wrote about could be considered classified. They simply want to suppress dissent via intimidation. Don't let them. Here is what she wrote. Please share.
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I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter seeking classified state documents. Nothing she wrote about could be considered classified. They simply want to suppress dissent via intimidation. Don't let them. Here is what she wrote. Please share.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
DHS put Sioux tribal members in an ICE facility and won’t even talk to the tribe about their status unless “the tribe ‘entered into an immigration agreement with ICE.’”
They’re taking hostages now
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They’re taking hostages now
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Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for th...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
DHS put Sioux tribal members in an ICE facility and won’t even talk to the tribe about their status unless “the tribe ‘entered into an immigration agreement with ICE.’”
They’re taking hostages now
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
They’re taking hostages now
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
I don’t think I’ll ever understand this level of hatred.
“There are a lot of Americans who are very angry with us for helping immigrants,” says Rollins. “But I have to live with myself. I can’t answer to angry Americans. I’m going to answer to my maker.”
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“There are a lot of Americans who are very angry with us for helping immigrants,” says Rollins. “But I have to live with myself. I can’t answer to angry Americans. I’m going to answer to my maker.”
www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/chec...
Checking in on Springfield’s Haitian Community - Cincinnati Magazine
In a September 2024 presidential debate, Donald Trump falsely accused Haitian immigrants of eating Springfield, Ohio’s dogs and cats. Today, residents are focused on building a new normal.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I don’t think I’ll ever understand this level of hatred.
“There are a lot of Americans who are very angry with us for helping immigrants,” says Rollins. “But I have to live with myself. I can’t answer to angry Americans. I’m going to answer to my maker.”
www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/chec...
“There are a lot of Americans who are very angry with us for helping immigrants,” says Rollins. “But I have to live with myself. I can’t answer to angry Americans. I’m going to answer to my maker.”
www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/chec...
Even some of the most corrupt and violent dictatorships still allow Doctors Without Borders to operate. But for Israel, the cruelty is the point.
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Inside a Gaza medical clinic at risk of shutting down after an Israeli ban
A recent Israeli decision to bar Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups means international staff and aid can no longer enter Gaza or the West Bank. Local staff must rely on dwindling supplies a...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Even some of the most corrupt and violent dictatorships still allow Doctors Without Borders to operate. But for Israel, the cruelty is the point.
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Rep. Lieu: “Greg Bovino last night made a post that essentially called protesters, ‘cannon fodder.’ He needs to delete that post, or he needs to resign…If Greg Bovino and the administration doesn't turn down the rhetoric, it's going to cause more people to get killed.”
January 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Rep. Lieu: “Greg Bovino last night made a post that essentially called protesters, ‘cannon fodder.’ He needs to delete that post, or he needs to resign…If Greg Bovino and the administration doesn't turn down the rhetoric, it's going to cause more people to get killed.”
How about some good news? There is a bipartisan effort to end “orphan tax” where states take social security benefits from children in foster care. Thanks to increased awareness of the issue more and more officials are pushing to end the practice.
www.npr.org/2026/01/08/n...
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Trump administration tells states to end 'orphan tax' on foster kids
There's a growing move to end what some call "the orphan tax" and stop states from taking benefit checks from children and youth in foster care.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
How about some good news? There is a bipartisan effort to end “orphan tax” where states take social security benefits from children in foster care. Thanks to increased awareness of the issue more and more officials are pushing to end the practice.
www.npr.org/2026/01/08/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/08/n...
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There is no meaningful daylight between the white nationalist bloggers that led the charge of the "alt-right" circa 2015 and the current president of the United States. In any other context besides the Oval Office, few would dispute calling MAGA a hate movement.
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Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’
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January 12, 2026 at 2:42 AM
There is no meaningful daylight between the white nationalist bloggers that led the charge of the "alt-right" circa 2015 and the current president of the United States. In any other context besides the Oval Office, few would dispute calling MAGA a hate movement.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
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NOEM: “We can’t trust the government anymore.”
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
January 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
NOEM: “We can’t trust the government anymore.”
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
BASH: “You are the government.”
NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔
The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today
“He wants a big land mass that he probably thinks is a lot bigger than it actually is, because he looks at the wrong map projection.”
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
“He wants a big land mass that he probably thinks is a lot bigger than it actually is, because he looks at the wrong map projection.”
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This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
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Texas officials have turned over the state’s voter rolls to the Justice Department. This action violates the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), which strictly limits how completed voter registration data can be disclosed and used. Under 52 U.S.C. § 20507(i), voter information may be
January 10, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Texas officials have turned over the state’s voter rolls to the Justice Department. This action violates the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), which strictly limits how completed voter registration data can be disclosed and used. Under 52 U.S.C. § 20507(i), voter information may be
In a world with more headline news than we can hope to keep up with. Here’s the latest on Venezuela:
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US Senate with GOP support advances war powers resolution rebuking Trump on Venezuela • Ohio Capital Journal
In a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans joined Democrats in advancing a war powers resolution to halt U.S. military action in Venezuela without congressional authorization.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
In a world with more headline news than we can hope to keep up with. Here’s the latest on Venezuela:
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Fox: "Have you interviewed the ICE agent involved in the shooting?"
Rep. Seth Moulton: "No, but I've watched the video. Why are you so afraid to show the video to your viewers? You haven't shown it on your show. Why don't you just show it and let people use their own eyes?"
Rep. Seth Moulton: "No, but I've watched the video. Why are you so afraid to show the video to your viewers? You haven't shown it on your show. Why don't you just show it and let people use their own eyes?"
January 8, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Fox: "Have you interviewed the ICE agent involved in the shooting?"
Rep. Seth Moulton: "No, but I've watched the video. Why are you so afraid to show the video to your viewers? You haven't shown it on your show. Why don't you just show it and let people use their own eyes?"
Rep. Seth Moulton: "No, but I've watched the video. Why are you so afraid to show the video to your viewers? You haven't shown it on your show. Why don't you just show it and let people use their own eyes?"
