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Two stunning revelations this weekend.
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
February 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Two stunning revelations this weekend.
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
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there’s no way we get through a Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny and Green Day without a total crashout from the president
Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say, ICE out. We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.
February 2, 2026 at 3:15 AM
there’s no way we get through a Super Bowl halftime show with Bad Bunny and Green Day without a total crashout from the president
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"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:04 AM
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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Once again, being an undocumented entry is a civil misdemeanor. Being an undocumented overstay is a civil infraction, not even a misdemeanor.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said he was going to prioritize those with criminal records, but about 70% at least of those who have been detained don't have criminal records
BLANCHE: The fact they're here illegally is a crime
S: The lawyer for Liam Ramos and his dad says they were following legal process
BLANCHE: The fact they're here illegally is a crime
S: The lawyer for Liam Ramos and his dad says they were following legal process
February 2, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Once again, being an undocumented entry is a civil misdemeanor. Being an undocumented overstay is a civil infraction, not even a misdemeanor.
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"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
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Liam made people look. Now don’t look away.
We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Liam made people look. Now don’t look away.
We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
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If only we’d had a sign back in 2016 that Trump had authoritarian impulses that his supporters loved. Like, I don’t know, enthusiastic chants of “Lock her up” aimed at his opponent, or something hypothetical like that.
the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji
January 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
If only we’d had a sign back in 2016 that Trump had authoritarian impulses that his supporters loved. Like, I don’t know, enthusiastic chants of “Lock her up” aimed at his opponent, or something hypothetical like that.
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Eyewitness says she has not even been contacted by federal investigators
January 28, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Eyewitness says she has not even been contacted by federal investigators
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Also gave himself a lot of wiggle room on the numbers
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Also gave himself a lot of wiggle room on the numbers
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a quick doodle about two frogs
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 AM
a quick doodle about two frogs
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Here is the segment on Velshi that shows frame by frame the execution
It CLEARLY shows that an ICE official removed the gun before they shot him
6 (or more) guys beating and kicking an innocent man who spent his life caring for others
It CLEARLY shows that an ICE official removed the gun before they shot him
6 (or more) guys beating and kicking an innocent man who spent his life caring for others
We’ve analyzed the video frame-by-frame. Fmr. NYPD Lt. Darrin Porcher says Alex Pretti was “in no way, shape, or form” presenting a threat to officers when he was killed by federal agents #velshi
A frame-by-frame break down of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
Alex Pretti was described by the government as approaching federal agents with a handgun when he was shot dead. But the video released since the incident shows Pretti with his hands empty when interac...
www.ms.now
January 26, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Here is the segment on Velshi that shows frame by frame the execution
It CLEARLY shows that an ICE official removed the gun before they shot him
6 (or more) guys beating and kicking an innocent man who spent his life caring for others
It CLEARLY shows that an ICE official removed the gun before they shot him
6 (or more) guys beating and kicking an innocent man who spent his life caring for others
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We all saw the video.
The CBP agent assaulted a women by shoving her to the ground. Then assaulted Pretti twice by pepper spraying him as he helped her up. Then assaulted him again by throwing him to the ground.
Then assaulted him repeatedly on the ground.
And then they shot him.
The CBP agent assaulted a women by shoving her to the ground. Then assaulted Pretti twice by pepper spraying him as he helped her up. Then assaulted him again by throwing him to the ground.
Then assaulted him repeatedly on the ground.
And then they shot him.
BASH: It feels as though you're blaming the victim here
BOVINO: The victims are the Border Patrol agents. I'm not blaming the Border Patrol agents. The victims are the Border Patrol agents.
BOVINO: The victims are the Border Patrol agents. I'm not blaming the Border Patrol agents. The victims are the Border Patrol agents.
January 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
We all saw the video.
The CBP agent assaulted a women by shoving her to the ground. Then assaulted Pretti twice by pepper spraying him as he helped her up. Then assaulted him again by throwing him to the ground.
Then assaulted him repeatedly on the ground.
And then they shot him.
The CBP agent assaulted a women by shoving her to the ground. Then assaulted Pretti twice by pepper spraying him as he helped her up. Then assaulted him again by throwing him to the ground.
Then assaulted him repeatedly on the ground.
And then they shot him.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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By Saturday afternoon, some Trump admin. personnel had already begun scouring the internet and other resources trying to find information on Alex Pretti, including social media posts, that could tie him to what Team Trump call “extremists,” two sources familiar with the matter tell @zeteo.com …
New: Alex Pretti, the man killed by the Trump-Vance mob of agents was an outdoorsmen, a mountain biker, an ICU nurse who "would go out of his way to help," say Veterans Affairs colleagues.
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
zeteo.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
By Saturday afternoon, some Trump admin. personnel had already begun scouring the internet and other resources trying to find information on Alex Pretti, including social media posts, that could tie him to what Team Trump call “extremists,” two sources familiar with the matter tell @zeteo.com …
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Remembering how cops tossed Kyle Rittenhouse - who was open carrying a semiautomatic rifle - a bottle of water and told him, “We appreciate you… we really do”
January 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Remembering how cops tossed Kyle Rittenhouse - who was open carrying a semiautomatic rifle - a bottle of water and told him, “We appreciate you… we really do”
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What Miller is really saying is that we can kill whomever we want and then make up a bullshit story contradicted by evidence and get away with it.
January 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
What Miller is really saying is that we can kill whomever we want and then make up a bullshit story contradicted by evidence and get away with it.
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On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
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The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
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Okay sorry one more shot:
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Okay sorry one more shot:
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This is such an important point. That 5-year-old and his dad should never been detained in the first place! That's because they were already in the system and going through the legal process to seek asylum — and their arrest was seemingly just to juice ICE's numbers.
This kid and his father entered via CBP One app. It's just absurd and monumentally unfair for people who availed themselves of lawful channels when they existed by following government processes to suddenly get detained and deported to a third country.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This is such an important point. That 5-year-old and his dad should never been detained in the first place! That's because they were already in the system and going through the legal process to seek asylum — and their arrest was seemingly just to juice ICE's numbers.
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We are off the cliff, folks 🇺🇸
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 PM
We are off the cliff, folks 🇺🇸
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As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As clergy pray, arrests begin
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I don’t know if this has had any play in the US news, but Trump’s comments about Nato troops not fighting alongside the US have caused a pretty big backlash across Europe. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
Starmer calls Trump's remarks about Nato troops in Afghanistan 'insulting and frankly appalling'
Veterans and bereaved families call the comments
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I don’t know if this has had any play in the US news, but Trump’s comments about Nato troops not fighting alongside the US have caused a pretty big backlash across Europe. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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“The family’s lawyer, Marc Prokosch, told The Guardian that Liam and his father had been seeking asylum in the U.S. and had an active case.”
“’The family did everything they were supposed to in accordance with how the rules have been set out,’ he said, per the outlet.”
“’The family did everything they were supposed to in accordance with how the rules have been set out,’ he said, per the outlet.”
James David Vance “defended ICE's detainment of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos”: people.com/jd-vance-def...
JD Vance Defends ICE Detainment of 5-Year-Old Boy and His Father Returning Home from Preschool: 'What Are They Supposed to Do?'
Vice President JD Vance has defended ICE after agents detained a 5-year-old boy and his father who were returning home from preschool. The vice president said during a press conference, 'What are they...
people.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
“The family’s lawyer, Marc Prokosch, told The Guardian that Liam and his father had been seeking asylum in the U.S. and had an active case.”
“’The family did everything they were supposed to in accordance with how the rules have been set out,’ he said, per the outlet.”
“’The family did everything they were supposed to in accordance with how the rules have been set out,’ he said, per the outlet.”
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