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A high-ranking U.S. Treasury official said Washington is pushing Lebanese officials to crack down on the flow of funding to Hezbollah before next year’s parliamentary elections and to prosecute people involved in a quasi-bank affiliated with the group. https://to.pbs.org/43mcd8K
U.S. pushes Lebanon to crack down on Hezbollah funding ahead of elections
A U.S. Treasury official has urged Lebanon to crack down on funding for Hezbollah ahead of next year's parliamentary elections.
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A high-ranking U.S. Treasury official said Washington is pushing Lebanese officials to crack down on the flow of funding to Hezbollah before next year’s parliamentary elections and to prosecute people involved in a quasi-bank affiliated with the group. https://to.pbs.org/43mcd8K
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Bob Ross Inc. was founded in 1982 and is now run by company president, Joan Kowalski. Kowalski joined us at the PBS News Hour studio and spoke with Deema Zein about what made Ross so iconic.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Bob Ross Inc. was founded in 1982 and is now run by company president, Joan Kowalski. Kowalski joined us at the PBS News Hour studio and spoke with Deema Zein about what made Ross so iconic.
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Community volunteers set out to track potential
ICE activity and alert residents to possible raids in Los Angeles.
The patrols reflect growing tensions between immigration enforcement and neighbourhoods determined to protect their own.
RON GOCHEZ
Leading member Unión del Barrio
ICE activity and alert residents to possible raids in Los Angeles.
The patrols reflect growing tensions between immigration enforcement and neighbourhoods determined to protect their own.
RON GOCHEZ
Leading member Unión del Barrio
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Community volunteers set out to track potential
ICE activity and alert residents to possible raids in Los Angeles.
The patrols reflect growing tensions between immigration enforcement and neighbourhoods determined to protect their own.
RON GOCHEZ
Leading member Unión del Barrio
ICE activity and alert residents to possible raids in Los Angeles.
The patrols reflect growing tensions between immigration enforcement and neighbourhoods determined to protect their own.
RON GOCHEZ
Leading member Unión del Barrio
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"Prior to any physical, in-person surveillance, [...] the vendor should use all technology systems available to identify and validate the most recent addresses."
Sounds like these contractors will have access to ImmigrationOS, the case management system Palantir created for ICE, and a LOT of data.
Sounds like these contractors will have access to ImmigrationOS, the case management system Palantir created for ICE, and a LOT of data.
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Prior to any physical, in-person surveillance, [...] the vendor should use all technology systems available to identify and validate the most recent addresses."
Sounds like these contractors will have access to ImmigrationOS, the case management system Palantir created for ICE, and a LOT of data.
Sounds like these contractors will have access to ImmigrationOS, the case management system Palantir created for ICE, and a LOT of data.
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New details out on DHS's plans to use skip tracing services to track down immigrants.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
New details out on DHS's plans to use skip tracing services to track down immigrants.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
ICE seeks to give multiple contractors info on ~50k people per month, out of a docket of 1.5M. Contractors will conduct "enhanced location research" and surveillance, prioritizing identifying people's homes.
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Not to be pedantic, but ICE is seeking info on expanding its use of skip tracing services—not bounty hunting.
Skip tracing = finding people
Bounty hunting = finding people and apprehending them
The only outline of a plan we've seen offer incentives based on actually detaining people is through...
Skip tracing = finding people
Bounty hunting = finding people and apprehending them
The only outline of a plan we've seen offer incentives based on actually detaining people is through...
ICE is considering hiring private investigators to track down immigrants inside the United States. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has questions.
Lawmaker Challenges ICE Plan to Hire Bounty Hunters
ICE is considering hiring private investigators to track down immigrants inside the United States. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has questions.
interc.pt
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Not to be pedantic, but ICE is seeking info on expanding its use of skip tracing services—not bounty hunting.
Skip tracing = finding people
Bounty hunting = finding people and apprehending them
The only outline of a plan we've seen offer incentives based on actually detaining people is through...
Skip tracing = finding people
Bounty hunting = finding people and apprehending them
The only outline of a plan we've seen offer incentives based on actually detaining people is through...
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Greg Bovino has tried to justify use of force in Chicago and LA by citing assaults against federal agents.
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
Greg Bovino's Border Patrol Agents Use Disproportionate Force, Data...
Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector have reported using force on other people more than three times as many times as they have faced assaults – a ratio higher than anywhere else in the agency – according to federal data.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Greg Bovino has tried to justify use of force in Chicago and LA by citing assaults against federal agents.
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
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She operates on another level.
A phenomenal woman.
A phenomenal woman.
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
She operates on another level.
A phenomenal woman.
A phenomenal woman.
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President Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen while the government is shut down. https://to.pbs.org/43JfaR9
Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen
The request Monday is the latest in a legal fight over how the program that helps 42 million Americans buy groceries should proceed during the government shutdown.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
President Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen while the government is shut down. https://to.pbs.org/43JfaR9
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GEO Group's attorney suggested that its "voluntary" work program, in which detained immigrants were coerced into providing labor at ICE detention facilities, "reduces idleness, encourages cooperation, and reduces disciplinary incidents."
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
GEO Group's attorney suggested that its "voluntary" work program, in which detained immigrants were coerced into providing labor at ICE detention facilities, "reduces idleness, encourages cooperation, and reduces disciplinary incidents."
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
Where have I heard something like that before? Oh, yeah...
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Its opponents warn that if Geo Group wins at the Supreme Court, it could make it hard for anyone to sue government contractors, creating a category of companies that would effectively be above the law. newrepublic.com/article/2020...
The Case That Could Rein in Private Prison Abuses—or Turn Them Loose
One of the biggest firms in the industry wants the Roberts court to grant it sovereign immunity. Even the Trump administration is in opposition—to a point.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Its opponents warn that if Geo Group wins at the Supreme Court, it could make it hard for anyone to sue government contractors, creating a category of companies that would effectively be above the law. newrepublic.com/article/2020...
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The shift in the understanding of derivative sovereign immunity GEO is seeking could shield private companies from accountability in immigration detention, military contracting, surveillance, and more.
GEO could save tens of millions in awards and legal fees, and more in reduced labor costs.
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GEO could save tens of millions in awards and legal fees, and more in reduced labor costs.
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The Case That Could Rein in Private Prison Abuses—or Turn Them Loose
One of the biggest firms in the industry wants the Roberts court to grant it sovereign immunity. Even the Trump administration is in opposition—to a point.
www.yahoo.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The shift in the understanding of derivative sovereign immunity GEO is seeking could shield private companies from accountability in immigration detention, military contracting, surveillance, and more.
GEO could save tens of millions in awards and legal fees, and more in reduced labor costs.
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GEO could save tens of millions in awards and legal fees, and more in reduced labor costs.
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SCOTUS will hear arguments in The GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal shortly.
The official question here is narrow and procedural, but GEO is using it as a vehicle to ask for something much bigger. It effectively wants federal contractors to have the same degree of immunity as the government itself.
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The official question here is narrow and procedural, but GEO is using it as a vehicle to ask for something much bigger. It effectively wants federal contractors to have the same degree of immunity as the government itself.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
SCOTUS will hear arguments in The GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal shortly.
The official question here is narrow and procedural, but GEO is using it as a vehicle to ask for something much bigger. It effectively wants federal contractors to have the same degree of immunity as the government itself.
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The official question here is narrow and procedural, but GEO is using it as a vehicle to ask for something much bigger. It effectively wants federal contractors to have the same degree of immunity as the government itself.
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Via ProPublica, Fort Worth Report and The Texas Tribune, led by a reporter who was an @rns.org reporting fellow last year: “No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office fortworthreport.org/2025/11/10/f...
A Texas church’s online class trains Christians to run for office. Now it may go national
Fort Worth’s Mercy Culture Church aims to get more conservative Christians elected through its online Campaign University.
fortworthreport.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Via ProPublica, Fort Worth Report and The Texas Tribune, led by a reporter who was an @rns.org reporting fellow last year: “No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office fortworthreport.org/2025/11/10/f...
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"Some ICE officials I spoke with said they would welcome clearer identifiers because they resent being blamed for violent incidents involving U.S. Border Patrol agents," Miroff writes.
Sorry, you all look the same to us 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry, you all look the same to us 🤷🏻♀️
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Some ICE officials I spoke with said they would welcome clearer identifiers because they resent being blamed for violent incidents involving U.S. Border Patrol agents," Miroff writes.
Sorry, you all look the same to us 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry, you all look the same to us 🤷🏻♀️
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Transportation Secy Sean Duffy, the guy from MTV Road Rules, is considering getting some non-certified Air Traffic Controllers from former Fox News weekend morning host Pete Hegseth, now Secy of Defense. Let that sink in.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Transportation Secy Sean Duffy, the guy from MTV Road Rules, is considering getting some non-certified Air Traffic Controllers from former Fox News weekend morning host Pete Hegseth, now Secy of Defense. Let that sink in.
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I'm not sure what you're saying and even if I was I'm still gonna need your reasons, preferably said out loud
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm not sure what you're saying and even if I was I'm still gonna need your reasons, preferably said out loud
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somebody referenced that "Don't Speak" song which reminds me of one of the earliest moments where I clocked myself as weird. "don't speak I know just what you're saying, so please stop explaining" is essentially a horror film to me
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
somebody referenced that "Don't Speak" song which reminds me of one of the earliest moments where I clocked myself as weird. "don't speak I know just what you're saying, so please stop explaining" is essentially a horror film to me
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If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
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Question for everyone getting excited about a “$2,000 tariff dividend check”: what did you spend that $5,000 stimulus check you were promised from DOGE on?
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Question for everyone getting excited about a “$2,000 tariff dividend check”: what did you spend that $5,000 stimulus check you were promised from DOGE on?
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Private companies are as integral to the mass detention & deportation effort as the federal agents who are rejected everywhere they go.
Social boycott is a powerful tool of nonviolent resistance, but ICE contractors' executives fly under the radar, with few exceptions. That has to change.
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Social boycott is a powerful tool of nonviolent resistance, but ICE contractors' executives fly under the radar, with few exceptions. That has to change.
3/3
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Private companies are as integral to the mass detention & deportation effort as the federal agents who are rejected everywhere they go.
Social boycott is a powerful tool of nonviolent resistance, but ICE contractors' executives fly under the radar, with few exceptions. That has to change.
3/3
Social boycott is a powerful tool of nonviolent resistance, but ICE contractors' executives fly under the radar, with few exceptions. That has to change.
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Providing everything from consulting services to armed guards and detention facilities, these companies are the hidden engine powering the regime's anti-immigrant agenda.
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Who's Profiting from ICE? - Google My Maps
ICE depends on a web of private companies, local law enforcement, and elected officials around the country to support its work.
This map includes:
• Organizations receiving funding from ICE from FY...
www.google.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Providing everything from consulting services to armed guards and detention facilities, these companies are the hidden engine powering the regime's anti-immigrant agenda.
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