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Despite months of warnings that Trump has been “lawless,” “destructive, and ”authoritarian,“ 149 Democratic members of the House joined with 192 Republicans to pass a sweeping military spending bill — a vote that progressive critics say exposes the hypocrisy of what claims to be an opposition party.
149 House Democrats Join 192 Republicans to Pass Sweeping Military Spending Bill
Progressive critics say the vote exposes the fecklessness and hypocrisy of what claims to be an opposition party.
buff.ly
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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The Rochester-based grocery chain says it uses facial recognition surveillance in a handful of states, but wouldn't confirm whether its suburban Philadelphia stores are on the list.
Is Wegmans collecting shoppers’ biometric data at its Philly-area stores? The company won’t say.
www.inquirer.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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While communities are terrorized, real threats go unaddressed:

• 80% of ATF pulled from gun and bomb investigations
• 50% of DEA reassigned from drug trafficking
• FBI shifting time away from violent crime
• FEMA staff cut and diverted from disaster response
January 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

Palantir is helping ICE build a mass surveillance system to track, map, and target people for detention and deportation, using data pulled from other agencies like Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). #AbuseOfPowerWatch
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒, 𝐌𝐍:

Three children were hospitalized after ICE agents allegedly detonated flash-bang grenades and tear gas near their family van, with parents saying their infant couldn’t breathe and bystanders had to help get the kids out of the gas-filled vehicle. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
3 Children Hospitalized in Minneapolis After Family Van Hit With ICE Flash-Bangs | Common Dreams
"Officers threw flash-bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car," said the children's father. "My 6-month-old can't even breathe."
www.commondreams.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒, 𝐌𝐍:

An Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for about eight hours without letting him use his phone or contact his attorney during a Minneapolis enforcement operation, raising serious due-process and civil-rights concerns amid the ongoing ICE surge. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
www.kare11.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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📍 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐗, 𝐀𝐙:

ICE detained Norma Lopez-Acosta, a 53-year-old grandmother of 11 who spent nearly three decades working backbreaking jobs to support her family. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
ICE detains an Arizona grandmother of 11
Norma Lopez-Acosta cleaned hotels, houses, and dishes to afford a modest life in Phoenix, raising her six children mostly on her own. Now, she sits in ICE custody.
coppercourier.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

A new internal ICE memo authorizes agents to enter people’s homes without a judge-signed warrant, using only an “administrative warrant” to arrest someone with a final removal order. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
ICE Moves to Enter Homes Without Warrants Signed by a Judge
The agency has a new policy relying on what’s known as an administrative warrant, showing the government has probable cause to believe a person is in the country illegally.
www.wsj.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒, 𝐌𝐍:

Doctors say Minnesota’s aggressive ICE crackdown is driving patients to avoid hospitals and critical care — from diabetics rationing insulin to pregnant people skipping prenatal visits — because fear of enforcement now reaches into clinics and emergency rooms. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Minnesota doctors say immigration crackdown is forcing patients to hide, endangering lives • Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota doctors say the immigration crackdown is forcing patients to hide, endangering lives.  Diabetics rationing insulin. Jaundiced babies missing appointments. Appendicitis festering untreated fo...
minnesotareformer.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒, 𝐌𝐍:

ICE agents detained a 2-year-old girl and her father during a traffic stop as they were driving home from the grocery store — sparking local outrage amid massive enforcement operations in the Twin Cities. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
ICE detains 2-year-old and father, Minneapolis city council member says
The 2-year-old was reportedly detained one day after a 5-year-old was detained at school pickup.
www.kare11.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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When Elon Musk rolled back Grok safeguards, he enabled millions of people to be victimized. Shamefully, governments did little to protect their citizens.

The X deepfake scandal shows why we need far stricter social media regulation as a stepping stone to new platforms — not just higher age limits.
X shows why stricter tech regulation is necessary
We need comprehensive rules on social media far more than age limits
disconnect.blog
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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BREAKING: Now that TikTok is under US-based ownership, the social media app potentially collects more detailed information about its users, including precise location data.

My latest for @wired.com:

www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Today, thousands of demonstrators, dozens of nonprofits and unions, and hundreds of businesses will take part in a general strike in Minnesota, demanding that ICE agents leave the state after the agency has wreaked havoc on the Twin Cities.
Thousands of Minnesotans Are Taking Part in General Strike Against ICE
“It is time to suspend the normal order of business to demand immediate cessation of ICE actions,” organizers said.
truthout.org
January 23, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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These democrats voted yes
January 23, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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A Gestapo by any other name is still the Gestapo. #ICEout
January 23, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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RFK Jr. falsely claims that pills—not guns—are the source of the shootings epidemic.
No, antidepressants do not cause mass shootings
RFK Jr. falsely claims that pills—not guns—are the source of the shootings epidemic.
www.motherjones.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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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 5:32 PM
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Children should spend their days learning at school, playing on the playground, and just being kids.

No child belongs in ICE detention.
January 23, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.

"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.

Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.

Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Easily thousands roaring "ICE out!"
January 23, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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It's still freezing in Minneapolis, and crowds are streaming into downtown. Spontaneous anti-ICE chants breaking out on the sidewalk.
January 23, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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“Their threat was always was to come back for my family. If I didn't leave and go with them, they would come back for my family,” said Vaca. “… it made me think about my son and his innocence, that he didn't know what was happening while I was interacting with them."
“In cellphone footage taken by Vaca from inside his Biddeford home at the end of an interaction with immigration officers, an ICE agent puts his face against the window of the front door and says, ‘We're gonna come back for your whole family, OK?’” people.com/ice-agent-fi...
ICE Agent Filmed at Man's Front Door Warning 'We're Gonna Come Back for Your Whole Family' as Immigration Raids Reach Maine
Soon after ICE launched a new operation in Maine, Ecuadorian immigrant Cristian Vaca was faced with a harrowing warning from federal agents standing outside his front door
people.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:09 PM