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Amy Acton‘s mom also killed kItties. She left them in a sweltering car with windows shut tight. www.mediaite.com/crime/amy-ac...
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"Ordinarily, moving historical items within the Pentagon is a deliberate process overseen by trained curators. Instead, Hegseth’s staff dispatched its own team." The curators "had been furloughed due to a partial government shutdown...." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The IDF says Brad Lander was arrested because he engaged in… “AN UNCOORDINATED OLIVE HARVEST.” Gift: wapo.st/3VOlhT5
Trump’s approval rating is even lower among registered voters: 34%. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
Remarkable: The percentage of Americans who say gas is unaffordable has gone from 28% before Iran war to 71% today, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Corporate profits are soaring. Nearly $5 *trillion* this year. Corporate tax revenue is plummeting. Down $70 billion, or 15%. Trump's cuts "have reduced corporate tax revenue even more sharply than analysts projected." Gift: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/b...
Children of Men sequel just dropped. x.com/MenchOsint/s...
Corporate profits are soaring. Nearly $5 *trillion* this year. Corporate tax revenue is plummeting. Down $70 billion, or 15%. Trump's cuts "have reduced corporate tax revenue even more sharply than analysts projected." Gift: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/b...
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“At the end of this second term, she’ll be remembered as one of the all-time greats. - White House communications directorSteven Cheung, www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
Last week: We revealed that Trump immigration agents have detained more than 500 citizens This week: House members introduced the Justice for Citizens Wrongfully Detained by ICE Act The bill's sponsor, @fernandez.house.gov, says our reporting was "the genesis" fernandez.house.gov/news/documen...
BTW, here's our story.... projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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Last week: We revealed that Trump immigration agents have detained more than 500 citizens This week: House members introduced the Justice for Citizens Wrongfully Detained by ICE Act The bill's sponsor, @fernandez.house.gov, says our reporting was "the genesis" fernandez.house.gov/news/documen...
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Courageous stuff here. Real leadership. www.ft.com/content/5862... US business leaders are waking up to the perils of plutopopulism
"I labeled myself lawyer" "I never came across as someone who was an attorney-at-law."
Zacharia: "A lot of the misinformation, miscommunication is around the fact that I labeled myself a lawyer. I consulted for a long time many people in the field -- 'Is it ok if I label myself a lawyer?' -- and they said, 'Absolutely. You can call yourself a lawyer. You have a JD'"
More about ICE's shooting of Oscar Belgal in Bronx: Agents didn't have proper warrant After they shot Belgal, his son began yelling that masked men killed his dad Belgal is now in solitary The left side of his face is numb He can't hear from one ear www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/14/i...
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Come for Paxton partying with a fugitive-campaign-donor. Stay for a younger Paxton not knowing what redirecting is.
More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d
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An important bit of immigration law which is relevant here; there is already a waiver process — Section 212(k) of the INA — by which immigrants who obtain status through fraud that they didn't know about can avoid consequences like losing a green card. So this is *even weaker* than it already seems.
Via Fox News, natch: A criminal raid, right before the election, based on some paperwork Omar’s dad filled out decades ago www.foxnews.com/politics/ilh...
The feds have raided Ilhan Omar’s home based on a “probe of the Somali-born lawmaker's immigration paperwork, Fox News Digital reported.” So a criminal raid of a sitting congresswoman , based on …..immigration paperwork. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Musk has funneled more than $276M to Republican groups over just the past few months. The money he's given to just one group is one of the biggest in history and more than all donors have given combined to the Dem's group. All this is .027% of Musk's wealth. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.
Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.
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DHS claims that agents in NYC only shot Oscar Belgal because he "weaponized his vehicle." We don't know the truth...yet But we do know that DHS keeps making that claim, and it keeps falling apart The Guardian tracked 26 cases Just one got ended in conviction www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
DHS claims that agents in NYC only shot Oscar Belgal because he "weaponized his vehicle." We don't know the truth...yet But we do know that DHS keeps making that claim, and it keeps falling apart The Guardian tracked 26 cases Just one got ended in conviction www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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And the five-year-old boy who was in the car? His mom says he's "traumatized" and hasn't spoken since the shooting. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/n...
What neighbors sat about Oscar Belgal, who agents shot. “Nice kid.” “Very nice-mannered.” "He was fine." “Not a menace — annoying. He did not deserve that.”” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/n...
What neighbors sat about Oscar Belgal, who agents shot. “Nice kid.” “Very nice-mannered.” "He was fine." “Not a menace — annoying. He did not deserve that.”” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/n...
DHS has called the NYC man agents shot, Oscar Belgal a "thug," a gang "associate," and a "criminal." Belgal has exactly one conviction, for 4th degree grand larceny, the least serious level. He was given probation. I know this all b/c *DHS says it.* www.dhs.gov/news/2026/10...
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For almost 2 years now, DHS has repeatedly told me they're not detaining U.S. citizens It's simply not true So @propublica.org published the receipts: a searchable database of the 500+ citizens detained by immigration agents during this Trump administration projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
Immig. agents shot & killed Silverio Villegas Gonzalez a year ago Then his wife was stripped of parental rights, & the children were placed in foster care Villegas had tried to drive away. Agents shot *6 secs* later No bodycams DHS won't say who shot him www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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New: A private equity executive took a top Pentagon role. Then a firm he has close ties to landed a $281 Million no-bid contract from the unit he runs. www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.