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As I wrote earlier today, waiting for Maduro to say that Venezuela conspired with Obama to swing the 2016 and 2020 elections. Followed by Maduro and his wife being transferred to the same cushy prison occupied by Ghislaine Maxwell.
I doubt it’s a coincidence that Tulsi Gabbard was at the Georgia election office raid and Maduro is in custody. Her presence signals they could fabricate a foreign election interference claim. But not against Russia, of course.
January 31, 2026 at 4:37 AM
As I wrote earlier today, waiting for Maduro to say that Venezuela conspired with Obama to swing the 2016 and 2020 elections. Followed by Maduro and his wife being transferred to the same cushy prison occupied by Ghislaine Maxwell.
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The First Amendment fully protects our right to record ICE agents, police, FBI, National Guard troops, and other government officials performing their duties in public.
Know your rights while filming, how to protect your digital privacy, and what to do if you're stopped or arrested for recording.
Know your rights while filming, how to protect your digital privacy, and what to do if you're stopped or arrested for recording.
Recording and Documenting Police and Federal Agents
The First Amendment protects your right to take photos and videos of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public. This applies to ICE agents, police, FBI, National Guard troops, and any other government officials. If you're not under arrest, a law enforcement officer needs a warrant to confiscate your device or to view its contents without your consent.
www.aclu.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 AM
The First Amendment fully protects our right to record ICE agents, police, FBI, National Guard troops, and other government officials performing their duties in public.
Know your rights while filming, how to protect your digital privacy, and what to do if you're stopped or arrested for recording.
Know your rights while filming, how to protect your digital privacy, and what to do if you're stopped or arrested for recording.
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Is there any member of the Trump administration who isn't a billionaire, sociopath, or someone who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein?
January 31, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Is there any member of the Trump administration who isn't a billionaire, sociopath, or someone who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein?
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In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, “Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?” Or “Mommy, we don’t want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.”
‘Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?’: Mother of Liam Conejo Ramos shares her story from hiding
Liam and his father are currently being held by federal authorities in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, an hour plus drive southwest of San Antonio.
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:07 AM
In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, “Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?” Or “Mommy, we don’t want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.”
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NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Perhaps not a huge surprise Elon Musk is in the Epstein files
January 30, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Perhaps not a huge surprise Elon Musk is in the Epstein files
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This new file released appears to show Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick discussing visiting Epstein's island in 2012.
Lutnick previously claimed that he cut off ties around 2005 with Epstein after being revolted by him.
Lutnick previously claimed that he cut off ties around 2005 with Epstein after being revolted by him.
January 30, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This new file released appears to show Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick discussing visiting Epstein's island in 2012.
Lutnick previously claimed that he cut off ties around 2005 with Epstein after being revolted by him.
Lutnick previously claimed that he cut off ties around 2005 with Epstein after being revolted by him.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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Minnesota stands up for immigrants even after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti-and the bogus arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort
A city under siege fights back against a lawless invasion not with violence-but a peaceful, resolute march
The power in their courage should inspire us all
A city under siege fights back against a lawless invasion not with violence-but a peaceful, resolute march
The power in their courage should inspire us all
CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
January 30, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Minnesota stands up for immigrants even after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti-and the bogus arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort
A city under siege fights back against a lawless invasion not with violence-but a peaceful, resolute march
The power in their courage should inspire us all
A city under siege fights back against a lawless invasion not with violence-but a peaceful, resolute march
The power in their courage should inspire us all
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They're seizing ballots.
Raiding homes without warrants.
Gunning down protestors in the streets.
And now, arresting journalists.
They’re coming for our freedoms. America, stand up while you still can.
Raiding homes without warrants.
Gunning down protestors in the streets.
And now, arresting journalists.
They’re coming for our freedoms. America, stand up while you still can.
January 30, 2026 at 10:17 PM
They're seizing ballots.
Raiding homes without warrants.
Gunning down protestors in the streets.
And now, arresting journalists.
They’re coming for our freedoms. America, stand up while you still can.
Raiding homes without warrants.
Gunning down protestors in the streets.
And now, arresting journalists.
They’re coming for our freedoms. America, stand up while you still can.
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Liam Conejo Ramos, the five year old ICE detained last week in Minnesota, is being held in Texas in a center owned by CoreCivic, a private prison company that donated heavily to Trump’s campaign. Liam is now reportedly sick because of conditions in the facility. 🧵
January 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Liam Conejo Ramos, the five year old ICE detained last week in Minnesota, is being held in Texas in a center owned by CoreCivic, a private prison company that donated heavily to Trump’s campaign. Liam is now reportedly sick because of conditions in the facility. 🧵
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ICE isn’t just brutal. It’s also big business. From 2008 to 2021 ICE spent *$1.2 billion* on geolocation tracking, $561M on data analysis, $252M on government databases, and $97M on data brokers. Most of that went to companies who will lobby for this system to stay in place.
January 28, 2026 at 9:17 PM
ICE isn’t just brutal. It’s also big business. From 2008 to 2021 ICE spent *$1.2 billion* on geolocation tracking, $561M on data analysis, $252M on government databases, and $97M on data brokers. Most of that went to companies who will lobby for this system to stay in place.
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Oracle founder and Trump ally Larry Ellison now controls the TikTok algorithm.
But that's not all.
He and his son have a media empire that controls CBS, Paramount, Warner, CNN, and more.
Trump friendly billionaires own a huge chunk of the media.
But that's not all.
He and his son have a media empire that controls CBS, Paramount, Warner, CNN, and more.
Trump friendly billionaires own a huge chunk of the media.
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Oracle founder and Trump ally Larry Ellison now controls the TikTok algorithm.
But that's not all.
He and his son have a media empire that controls CBS, Paramount, Warner, CNN, and more.
Trump friendly billionaires own a huge chunk of the media.
But that's not all.
He and his son have a media empire that controls CBS, Paramount, Warner, CNN, and more.
Trump friendly billionaires own a huge chunk of the media.
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there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
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LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT: Kevin Warsh—expected to be Trump's Fed chair pick—is the son-in-law of Trump donor Ronald Lauder (billionaire Estée Lauder heir), who convinced Trump in 2018 of the need to annex Greenland (and then invested heavily there), and who benefits from the Ukraine rare-earth deal?
Trump Administration Prepares for Warsh Fed Chair Nomination
The Trump administration is preparing for the president to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next Federal Reserve chair, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 AM
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT: Kevin Warsh—expected to be Trump's Fed chair pick—is the son-in-law of Trump donor Ronald Lauder (billionaire Estée Lauder heir), who convinced Trump in 2018 of the need to annex Greenland (and then invested heavily there), and who benefits from the Ukraine rare-earth deal?
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The Trump administration is invoking a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect Black people from the KKK to target Black journalists and activists.
Don Lemon's arrest escalates DOJ crackdown on Black journalists
The Trump administration is invoking a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect Black people from the KKK.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The Trump administration is invoking a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect Black people from the KKK to target Black journalists and activists.
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Looks like we have our first broad-based lawsuit challenging the ICE memo authorizing home invasions that violate the Fourth Amendment.
Filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston on behalf of two nonprofits serving Latino and immigrant communities. lawyersforcivilrights.org/wp-content/u...
Filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston on behalf of two nonprofits serving Latino and immigrant communities. lawyersforcivilrights.org/wp-content/u...
lawyersforcivilrights.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Looks like we have our first broad-based lawsuit challenging the ICE memo authorizing home invasions that violate the Fourth Amendment.
Filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston on behalf of two nonprofits serving Latino and immigrant communities. lawyersforcivilrights.org/wp-content/u...
Filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston on behalf of two nonprofits serving Latino and immigrant communities. lawyersforcivilrights.org/wp-content/u...
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Israeli military’s abrupt U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’
Israel accepts Gaza death toll compiled by health authorities is broadly accurate
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Israeli military’s abrupt U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’
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I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down
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This. They are turning the wealth the American people have created over generations into cash for their own dirty pockets. It’s obscene.
MAGA people lining up wanting the taxpayers to give them money. Trump wants $10 billion. Lindsey wants $1 million. J6ers want money. Farmers want money. Of course CEOs want their contracts,
subsidies & tariff waivers. It’s griftapalooza at taxpayer expense for the gangsters.
subsidies & tariff waivers. It’s griftapalooza at taxpayer expense for the gangsters.
January 30, 2026 at 5:23 PM
This. They are turning the wealth the American people have created over generations into cash for their own dirty pockets. It’s obscene.
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Part of this is so the White House can say in negotiations "See we're investigating that, we don't need independent investigations," knowing that investigations take a long time and after whatever deal is reached they can just quietly drop this probe.
The FBI is leading an investigation into whether federal agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis violated his civil rights, expanding what had been a more limited probe after public outcry.
FBI Takes the Lead in Pretti Shooting Investigation
The move comes after bipartisan criticism and public calls for an expanded probe.
on.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Part of this is so the White House can say in negotiations "See we're investigating that, we don't need independent investigations," knowing that investigations take a long time and after whatever deal is reached they can just quietly drop this probe.
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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
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“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link
Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link
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Our original article revealing Palantir's work on ELITE is here, with much more context on what ICE says it is using it for, a specific raid ELITE was connected to, more: www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘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 30, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Our original article revealing Palantir's work on ELITE is here, with much more context on what ICE says it is using it for, a specific raid ELITE was connected to, more: www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...