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A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.The killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
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ICE threatening to kill a guy following them through his neighborhood.
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1.4K views · 3K reactions | This just happened in front of the Sober House I Manage here in Shakopee, If you listen closely the ICE Agent tells the driver “We will kill you in front of your house”
I...
This just happened in front of the Sober House I Manage here in Shakopee, If you listen closely the ICE Agent tells the driver “We will kill you in front of your house”
I think they left cause my...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
ICE threatening to kill a guy following them through his neighborhood.
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www.facebook.com/reel/2542707...
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Brandon Siguenza, observer, abducted by ICE:
"At one point during my detention, I was offered money or legal protection for any undocumented family members or the, which I don't have, or, in exchange for the names of undocumented persons or in exchange for the names of protest organizers."
"At one point during my detention, I was offered money or legal protection for any undocumented family members or the, which I don't have, or, in exchange for the names of undocumented persons or in exchange for the names of protest organizers."
January 13, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Brandon Siguenza, observer, abducted by ICE:
"At one point during my detention, I was offered money or legal protection for any undocumented family members or the, which I don't have, or, in exchange for the names of undocumented persons or in exchange for the names of protest organizers."
"At one point during my detention, I was offered money or legal protection for any undocumented family members or the, which I don't have, or, in exchange for the names of undocumented persons or in exchange for the names of protest organizers."
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My representative should be on tv showing clips of this shit to everyone every fucking night until this bullshit ends. We are being fucking abandoned by our state and federal representatives.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
My representative should be on tv showing clips of this shit to everyone every fucking night until this bullshit ends. We are being fucking abandoned by our state and federal representatives.
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Wisconsin officials have filed felony murder charges in the 2012 killing of Corey Stingley, an unarmed Black teen asphyxiated by white customers at a convenience store after attempting to shoplift. / A @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/wisc...
A Father’s Quest for Justice Finds Resolution After 13 Years
Restrained by three white men for attempted shoplifting, a Black teen died from asphyxiation. His father refused to accept that no one would be held responsible. More than a decade later, his idea of ...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Wisconsin officials have filed felony murder charges in the 2012 killing of Corey Stingley, an unarmed Black teen asphyxiated by white customers at a convenience store after attempting to shoplift. / A @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/wisc...
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The federal government is seeking voters’ full names, dates of birth, addresses, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.
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Illinois voting rights groups file motion to protect voter data from Trump’s DOJ • The TRiiBE
Last week, voting rights groups and three Illinois residents filed a motion to intervene to block the Trump administration from forcing the state to provide highly sensitive voter data.
thetriibe.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The federal government is seeking voters’ full names, dates of birth, addresses, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.
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Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
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Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
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Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
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If you are a Dem that cannot commit to abolishing the goddamn American Gestapo, you are not on the side of the people, you are on the side of the billionaire pedophile sex trafficking ring currently rounding up our neighbors.
Resign.
Resign.
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
If you are a Dem that cannot commit to abolishing the goddamn American Gestapo, you are not on the side of the people, you are on the side of the billionaire pedophile sex trafficking ring currently rounding up our neighbors.
Resign.
Resign.
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That wasn’t the question, Rep. DeLauro. It’s “do you support abolishing ICE, or at the VERY least reducing its funding?” At least one of your primary challengers does.
By reiterating a straw-man argument rather than coming out in support to reduce ICE funding, you’re making it clear where you stand
By reiterating a straw-man argument rather than coming out in support to reduce ICE funding, you’re making it clear where you stand
January 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
That wasn’t the question, Rep. DeLauro. It’s “do you support abolishing ICE, or at the VERY least reducing its funding?” At least one of your primary challengers does.
By reiterating a straw-man argument rather than coming out in support to reduce ICE funding, you’re making it clear where you stand
By reiterating a straw-man argument rather than coming out in support to reduce ICE funding, you’re making it clear where you stand
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"mr. trump, first, let me salute you"
Dylan Byers reporting CBS Evening News' Tony Dokoupil has an interview with Trump that will air tonight
January 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
"mr. trump, first, let me salute you"
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/3 Add this to the Civil Rights Division resignations and many others that have been happening this year.
DoJ and the various U.S. Attorney Offices will be increasingly staffed by people for whom all of this is just fine, who are, with the greatest respect, disproportionately witless mooks.
DoJ and the various U.S. Attorney Offices will be increasingly staffed by people for whom all of this is just fine, who are, with the greatest respect, disproportionately witless mooks.
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
/3 Add this to the Civil Rights Division resignations and many others that have been happening this year.
DoJ and the various U.S. Attorney Offices will be increasingly staffed by people for whom all of this is just fine, who are, with the greatest respect, disproportionately witless mooks.
DoJ and the various U.S. Attorney Offices will be increasingly staffed by people for whom all of this is just fine, who are, with the greatest respect, disproportionately witless mooks.
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I worked with Joe Thompson at my first job out of law school at Jenner & Block.
Knowing Joe, this was an easy decision to resign: he would never do anything that wasn't ethical, moral, and proper as an attorney, and that's what they were ordering him to do. Brilliant guy, and a huge loss to DOJ.
Knowing Joe, this was an easy decision to resign: he would never do anything that wasn't ethical, moral, and proper as an attorney, and that's what they were ordering him to do. Brilliant guy, and a huge loss to DOJ.
January 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I worked with Joe Thompson at my first job out of law school at Jenner & Block.
Knowing Joe, this was an easy decision to resign: he would never do anything that wasn't ethical, moral, and proper as an attorney, and that's what they were ordering him to do. Brilliant guy, and a huge loss to DOJ.
Knowing Joe, this was an easy decision to resign: he would never do anything that wasn't ethical, moral, and proper as an attorney, and that's what they were ordering him to do. Brilliant guy, and a huge loss to DOJ.
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3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
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January 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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>"If Biden is elected, there's a good chance you will be dead within the year."
> trump elected
> dead within the year
> trump elected
> dead within the year
January 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
>"If Biden is elected, there's a good chance you will be dead within the year."
> trump elected
> dead within the year
> trump elected
> dead within the year
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Minneapolis City Council President @elliottpayne.org, while lawfully monitoring ICE operations on a public sidewalk, was shoved by a federal agent for no visible reason.
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Minneapolis City Council President @elliottpayne.org, while lawfully monitoring ICE operations on a public sidewalk, was shoved by a federal agent for no visible reason.
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People on the left actually care about journalism and - while they may not watch CBS - cherish the legacy of Cronkite, etc.
Right-wingers wouldn't watch CBS News if you paid them. How did she think this was going to play out?
Right-wingers wouldn't watch CBS News if you paid them. How did she think this was going to play out?
Sources: Bari Weiss has privately been deeply frustrated by the negative reaction to her CBS tenure and has blamed subordinates for not stanching the criticism (New York Times)
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January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
People on the left actually care about journalism and - while they may not watch CBS - cherish the legacy of Cronkite, etc.
Right-wingers wouldn't watch CBS News if you paid them. How did she think this was going to play out?
Right-wingers wouldn't watch CBS News if you paid them. How did she think this was going to play out?
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This is why ICE keeps walking up to people and pointing their phones at them instead of using body cams. Bodycams are there to record what's happening, but you don't look at bodycam footage while you're filming.
Phones are being used for facial recognition:
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
Phones are being used for facial recognition:
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...
www.404media.co
January 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This is why ICE keeps walking up to people and pointing their phones at them instead of using body cams. Bodycams are there to record what's happening, but you don't look at bodycam footage while you're filming.
Phones are being used for facial recognition:
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
Phones are being used for facial recognition:
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
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This should have been career ending, as it would be for most editors. This is almost surely at the top of list of editorial malpractice.
I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.
January 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
This should have been career ending, as it would be for most editors. This is almost surely at the top of list of editorial malpractice.
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In a couple of weeks, every senator and representative will vote on whether to empower Trump to send more secret police forces into our communities.
This means it’s extra important for Congress to hear from you right now.
Demand that your senators use their power to rein in ICE. #ICEOutForGood
This means it’s extra important for Congress to hear from you right now.
Demand that your senators use their power to rein in ICE. #ICEOutForGood
CALL NOW: Tell the Senate We Need ICE Out For Good
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January 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In a couple of weeks, every senator and representative will vote on whether to empower Trump to send more secret police forces into our communities.
This means it’s extra important for Congress to hear from you right now.
Demand that your senators use their power to rein in ICE. #ICEOutForGood
This means it’s extra important for Congress to hear from you right now.
Demand that your senators use their power to rein in ICE. #ICEOutForGood
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UPDATE: Judge Menendez makes it clear she intends to rule on the emergency motion by protesters — seeking to halt key police tactics by ICE in Minnesota — by Thursday afternoon.
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
UPDATE: Judge Menendez makes it clear she intends to rule on the emergency motion by protesters — seeking to halt key police tactics by ICE in Minnesota — by Thursday afternoon.
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I pulled up next to one at 10:17am yesterday an snapped a photo. By 10:27 the agents I photographed were in front of my house, along with another vehicle that met them there. It's a 10 minute drive from where I took the photo to my house - so they got the data *instantly*
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Guys I think they're instantly getting DVS data.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
January 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I pulled up next to one at 10:17am yesterday an snapped a photo. By 10:27 the agents I photographed were in front of my house, along with another vehicle that met them there. It's a 10 minute drive from where I took the photo to my house - so they got the data *instantly*
bsky.app/profile/mitc...
bsky.app/profile/mitc...
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Guys I think they're instantly getting DVS data.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Guys I think they're instantly getting DVS data.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.