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Let’s figure out criminal statutes these shakedowns violates—blackmail, coercion, protection racket—and get impeachment articles on the house floor.
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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
www.propublica.org
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.
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BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat.
www.wired.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
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Which raises the question. Why again are we funding an agency that needs rampant reform and refuses congressional oversight? @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @vanhollen.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov @reptedlieu.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Which raises the question. Why again are we funding an agency that needs rampant reform and refuses congressional oversight? @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @vanhollen.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov @reptedlieu.bsky.social
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Historically, we've focused a lot on the brutal actions of authoritarian regimes, and today is no different.
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Historically, we've focused a lot on the brutal actions of authoritarian regimes, and today is no different.
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I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
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"State taxpayers continue to subsidize the struggling racing industry with $250 million annually, funding the prizes that the alleged cheaters collect, while politicians promote the sport rather than police it."
NEW: Federal prosecutors called it the largest horse drugging case in the history of the Department of Justice.
New York ignored the evidence for years.
nysfocus.com/2026/01/07/h...
New York ignored the evidence for years.
nysfocus.com/2026/01/07/h...
FBI Wiretaps, Illegal Drugs, and Dead Horses
The feds gave New York key evidence on horse racing’s largest doping ring. State regulators have done nothing with it for years.
nysfocus.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
"State taxpayers continue to subsidize the struggling racing industry with $250 million annually, funding the prizes that the alleged cheaters collect, while politicians promote the sport rather than police it."
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Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
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$PSKY
“60 Minutes” abruptly dropped a segment about Trump deportees sent to a megaprison in El Salvador Sunday — two hours before it was set to air
’60 Minutes’ Pulls Segment on Trump Deportees Sent to El Salvador Megaprison 2 Hours Before Airtime
"60 Minutes" abruptly dropped a segment about Trump deportees sent to a megaprison in El Salvador Sunday — two hours before it was set to air.
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
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November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Just reupping this big investigation @jamespwest.bsky.social did into Trump's modeling company: www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just reupping this big investigation @jamespwest.bsky.social did into Trump's modeling company: www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
I just added my voice to a growing movement of Americans calling for a Vote of No Confidence in our federal government. This isn't about left vs right—it's about demanding better leadership for all of us.
#VoteOfNoConfidence
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#VoteOfNoConfidence
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Join us in signing this symbolic vote calling out the abusers and enablers in all three branches of government.
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October 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I just added my voice to a growing movement of Americans calling for a Vote of No Confidence in our federal government. This isn't about left vs right—it's about demanding better leadership for all of us.
#VoteOfNoConfidence
#CitizensUnited voteofnoconfidence.info/dssb-sharer....
#VoteOfNoConfidence
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No child should ever be coerced to give up their rights, but that's exactly what the Trump administration is attempting to do, even amid the chaos of a government shutdown.
Read the story: 🔗Link in bio
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Read the story: 🔗Link in bio
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
No child should ever be coerced to give up their rights, but that's exactly what the Trump administration is attempting to do, even amid the chaos of a government shutdown.
Read the story: 🔗Link in bio
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Read the story: 🔗Link in bio
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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More than 100 writers, journalists, and scholars call for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, the only journalist detained in the U.S. today for doing his job—and now facing imminent deportation. Share the letter and join the call to #FreeMario: pen.org/press-releas...
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
More than 100 writers, journalists, and scholars call for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, the only journalist detained in the U.S. today for doing his job—and now facing imminent deportation. Share the letter and join the call to #FreeMario: pen.org/press-releas...
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Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
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No way.
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
No way.
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LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
August 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
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Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
He fled Boko Haram and helped build an award-winning restaurant. Now he’s facing deportation.
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.
www.motherjones.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
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“‘This is an unprecedented situation where hundreds of detainees are held incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts, under legal authority that has never been explained and may not exist,’ they argued.”
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Lawyers question legality of Alligator Alcatraz, ask federal judge to intervene
“This is an unprecedented situation where hundreds of detainees are held incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts, under legal authority that has never been explained and may not exist,” pl...
www.miamiherald.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“‘This is an unprecedented situation where hundreds of detainees are held incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts, under legal authority that has never been explained and may not exist,’ they argued.”
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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This poor man, having to endure kidnapping and disappearance by an authoritarian regime *twice* in his lifetime, in two hemispheres. I hope he lives to see justice for the criminals who did this to him.
July 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This poor man, having to endure kidnapping and disappearance by an authoritarian regime *twice* in his lifetime, in two hemispheres. I hope he lives to see justice for the criminals who did this to him.
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New bombshell from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.
This Democrat Won’t Let Go of the Jeffrey Epstein Case, Either
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New bombshell from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.
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ICE is out of control. Incident after incident, I'm both heartbroken and enraged.
This time, they caused a tamale vendor to have a heart attack and even arrested a U.S. citizen who was a bystander. There's a reason a court found their tactics illegal. Get ICE out of LA.
This time, they caused a tamale vendor to have a heart attack and even arrested a U.S. citizen who was a bystander. There's a reason a court found their tactics illegal. Get ICE out of LA.
Border Patrol arrested her selling tamales. Then she suffered a heart attack. 'I told them: I can't breathe'
Border Patrol arrested her selling tamales. Then she suffered a heart attack. 'I told them: I can’t breathe'
An immigration sweep on June 19, in which a woman had a heart attack, is one of many that have taken place in Southern California and encapsulates the chaotic methods employed to detain people over the last month.
www.latimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
ICE is out of control. Incident after incident, I'm both heartbroken and enraged.
This time, they caused a tamale vendor to have a heart attack and even arrested a U.S. citizen who was a bystander. There's a reason a court found their tactics illegal. Get ICE out of LA.
This time, they caused a tamale vendor to have a heart attack and even arrested a U.S. citizen who was a bystander. There's a reason a court found their tactics illegal. Get ICE out of LA.
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ICE detained a hospital chaplain/Imam worked primarily in the NICU, comforting families especially those whose babies were dying. His colleague speaks out www.tiktok.com/t/ZT68UAPXp/
Chaplain Ayman—Imam Ayman Soliman— has been my colleague for four years. ICE detained him at a routine check-in. Ayman is an asset to our community, and we are demanding his release. #aymansoliman ...
TikTok video by elizabethdiop8
www.tiktok.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
ICE detained a hospital chaplain/Imam worked primarily in the NICU, comforting families especially those whose babies were dying. His colleague speaks out www.tiktok.com/t/ZT68UAPXp/