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Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
October 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
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NEW: As Linda McMahon guts the Dept. of Education, she’s operated in what she calls “a parallel universe” to radically shift how future kids will learn -- seeking to dismantle the public school system in favor of private and Christian schools or homeschooling.
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
NEW: As Linda McMahon guts the Dept. of Education, she’s operated in what she calls “a parallel universe” to radically shift how future kids will learn -- seeking to dismantle the public school system in favor of private and Christian schools or homeschooling.
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1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
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8/ If you have tips about new ICE enforcement tactics in courts, my colleagues and I want to hear from you. Reach out to me on Signal (tilleckert.90) or via
propublica.org/tips.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
8/ If you have tips about new ICE enforcement tactics in courts, my colleagues and I want to hear from you. Reach out to me on Signal (tilleckert.90) or via
propublica.org/tips.
propublica.org/tips.
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7/ ICE has previously said its officers “use only the level of force that is objectively reasonable.” But across America, what’s “reasonable” has changed.
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
7/ ICE has previously said its officers “use only the level of force that is objectively reasonable.” But across America, what’s “reasonable” has changed.
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6/ This isn’t the first time ProPublica has reported on ICE under Trump 2.0 acting in unprecedented ways. In July, my colleagues @mckenziefunk.com and @nicolefoy.bsky.social documented ~50 incidents of officers shattering car windows to make arrests.
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
6/ This isn’t the first time ProPublica has reported on ICE under Trump 2.0 acting in unprecedented ways. In July, my colleagues @mckenziefunk.com and @nicolefoy.bsky.social documented ~50 incidents of officers shattering car windows to make arrests.
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...
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5/ The Trump administration has continually escalated its immigration crackdown. And oversight groups that would typically keep them in check, such as the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, have been dismantled in DOGE’s sweep:
www.propublica.org/article/home...
www.propublica.org/article/home...
“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights
The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS i...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
5/ The Trump administration has continually escalated its immigration crackdown. And oversight groups that would typically keep them in check, such as the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, have been dismantled in DOGE’s sweep:
www.propublica.org/article/home...
www.propublica.org/article/home...
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4/ Congressman Dan Goldman promised to follow up on the incident, which he called another example of “secret police officers who are attacking our communities with excessive violence…and they just think that they can do it with impunity, because nobody is holding them accountable.”
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
4/ Congressman Dan Goldman promised to follow up on the incident, which he called another example of “secret police officers who are attacking our communities with excessive violence…and they just think that they can do it with impunity, because nobody is holding them accountable.”
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2/ I stayed by Monica Moreta-Galarza, who was seeking asylum with her family, until she was discharged from the hospital.
“Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too. I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me,” she said in Spanish.
“Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too. I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me,” she said in Spanish.
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
2/ I stayed by Monica Moreta-Galarza, who was seeking asylum with her family, until she was discharged from the hospital.
“Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too. I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me,” she said in Spanish.
“Over [in Ecuador], they beat us there too. I didn’t think I’d come here to the United States and the same thing would happen to me,” she said in Spanish.
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
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On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility.
He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
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He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
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July 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility.
He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
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He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
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American citizens keep getting rounded-up by ICE.
And it's gonna keep happening.
During the first Trump admin, 70 Americans were mistakenly **deported.**
From March, by @nicolefoy.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/more...
And it's gonna keep happening.
During the first Trump admin, 70 Americans were mistakenly **deported.**
From March, by @nicolefoy.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/more...
April 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
American citizens keep getting rounded-up by ICE.
And it's gonna keep happening.
During the first Trump admin, 70 Americans were mistakenly **deported.**
From March, by @nicolefoy.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/more...
And it's gonna keep happening.
During the first Trump admin, 70 Americans were mistakenly **deported.**
From March, by @nicolefoy.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/more...
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For weeks, Panama held hundreds of migrants removed from the U.S. against their will under pressure by the Trump administration, in what critics say was a breach of international law.
By Perla Trevizo, @lomikriel.bsky.social & @micarosenberg.bsky.social
By Perla Trevizo, @lomikriel.bsky.social & @micarosenberg.bsky.social
Trump’s Pressure on Countries and International Organizations Erodes Protections for Asylum-Seekers
The administration’s moves to expel asylum-seekers to third countries put the International Organization for Migration at the center of a policy critics have called illegal.
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March 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For weeks, Panama held hundreds of migrants removed from the U.S. against their will under pressure by the Trump administration, in what critics say was a breach of international law.
By Perla Trevizo, @lomikriel.bsky.social & @micarosenberg.bsky.social
By Perla Trevizo, @lomikriel.bsky.social & @micarosenberg.bsky.social
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ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.
No one knows why he was detained.
No one knows why he was detained.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.
No one knows why he was detained.
No one knows why he was detained.
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We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives @zey.bsky.social
Opinion | We Were Badly Misled About Covid
The same dangerous mistakes. The same lack of candor.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives @zey.bsky.social
As the Trump administration goes about expelling asylum seekers without due process and against federal court orders, international groups charged with upholding basic protections for migrants buckle under the pressure. From
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Pressure on Countries and International Organizations Erodes Protections for Asylum-Seekers
The administration’s moves to expel asylum-seekers to third countries put the International Organization for Migration at the center of a policy critics have called illegal.
www.propublica.org
March 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As the Trump administration goes about expelling asylum seekers without due process and against federal court orders, international groups charged with upholding basic protections for migrants buckle under the pressure. From
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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“I don’t want the system to collapse,” Social Security head Dudek said, according to a recording obtained by @propublica.org
He also said it “would be catastrophic for the people in our country” if DOGE were to hit SSA with changes like those made at USAID or Treasury.
He also said it “would be catastrophic for the people in our country” if DOGE were to hit SSA with changes like those made at USAID or Treasury.
“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump
In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.”
www.propublica.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“I don’t want the system to collapse,” Social Security head Dudek said, according to a recording obtained by @propublica.org
He also said it “would be catastrophic for the people in our country” if DOGE were to hit SSA with changes like those made at USAID or Treasury.
He also said it “would be catastrophic for the people in our country” if DOGE were to hit SSA with changes like those made at USAID or Treasury.
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NEW: Trump’s Pressure on Countries and International Organizations Erodes Protections for Asylum-Seekers, by @lomikriel.bsky.social @micarosenberg.bsky.social and Perla Trevizo
Trump’s Pressure on Countries and International Organizations Erodes Protections for Asylum-Seekers
The administration’s moves to expel asylum-seekers to third countries put the International Organization for Migration at the center of a policy critics have called illegal.
www.propublica.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW: Trump’s Pressure on Countries and International Organizations Erodes Protections for Asylum-Seekers, by @lomikriel.bsky.social @micarosenberg.bsky.social and Perla Trevizo
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📣 D.C., our truck is back.
Today at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, fired workers were given just 15 minutes to pack up their desks. As always, we're here to listen and meet people where they are.
👉 Reach out at propublica.org/tips or on Signal at 917-512-0201.
Today at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, fired workers were given just 15 minutes to pack up their desks. As always, we're here to listen and meet people where they are.
👉 Reach out at propublica.org/tips or on Signal at 917-512-0201.
March 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
📣 D.C., our truck is back.
Today at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, fired workers were given just 15 minutes to pack up their desks. As always, we're here to listen and meet people where they are.
👉 Reach out at propublica.org/tips or on Signal at 917-512-0201.
Today at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, fired workers were given just 15 minutes to pack up their desks. As always, we're here to listen and meet people where they are.
👉 Reach out at propublica.org/tips or on Signal at 917-512-0201.
Valere Public Schools Superintendent Makes Up to $870,000. His District Serves 1,000 Students.
March 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Valere Public Schools Superintendent Makes Up to $870,000. His District Serves 1,000 Students.
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“As a measles outbreak expands in West Texas, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, on Tuesday cheered several unconventional treatments, including cod liver oil, but again did not urge Americans to get vaccinated.”
As Measles Spreads, Kennedy Embraces Remedies Like Cod Liver Oil
In an interview, the H.H.S. secretary claimed that unconventional treatments were helping patients but did not mention vaccination.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“As a measles outbreak expands in West Texas, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, on Tuesday cheered several unconventional treatments, including cod liver oil, but again did not urge Americans to get vaccinated.”
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DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead
@fahrenthold.bsky.social @sangerkatz.bsky.social @jsvine.com
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DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead
Elon Musk’s group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead
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NASA Official Warns Staff About Publicly Displaying Their Badges Amid Reports of Harassment @heathervogell.bsky.social
NASA Official Warns Staff About Publicly Displaying Their Badges Amid Reports of Harassment
The Trump administration has used strong language to disparage the federal workforce. A NASA official urges staff to “please use caution” in public amid the increasing “negative rhetoric” toward gover...
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March 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
NASA Official Warns Staff About Publicly Displaying Their Badges Amid Reports of Harassment @heathervogell.bsky.social
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Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees.
Thankfully, @propublica.org has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names just added to the list today.
Thankfully, @propublica.org has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names just added to the list today.
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines th...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees.
Thankfully, @propublica.org has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names just added to the list today.
Thankfully, @propublica.org has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names just added to the list today.
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NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.