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A federal immigration judge ended the deportation case against Narciso Barranco, a Mexican father of three U.S. Marines.
Barranco's arrest on video, showing masked federal agents pinning him down and punching him outside an IHOP in Southern California, went viral last year.
Barranco's arrest on video, showing masked federal agents pinning him down and punching him outside an IHOP in Southern California, went viral last year.
Mexican father of 3 US Marines in California gets deportation reprieve
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February 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
A federal immigration judge ended the deportation case against Narciso Barranco, a Mexican father of three U.S. Marines.
Barranco's arrest on video, showing masked federal agents pinning him down and punching him outside an IHOP in Southern California, went viral last year.
Barranco's arrest on video, showing masked federal agents pinning him down and punching him outside an IHOP in Southern California, went viral last year.
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“The concept of an AI that predicts the future in terms of whether somebody is going to commit a crime is fundamentally problematic,” EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told @FedScoop.bsky.social. fedscoop.com/justice-dep...
DOJ ramps up AI for legal work, crime predictions, surveillance, inventory shows
The agency’s 31% year-over-year surge in AI use cases includes work with predictive models and surveillance technologies that sparked concern from privacy and technology safety advocates.
fedscoop.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
“The concept of an AI that predicts the future in terms of whether somebody is going to commit a crime is fundamentally problematic,” EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told @FedScoop.bsky.social. fedscoop.com/justice-dep...
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Already, immigrants’ rights activists in Pittsburgh say that they are seeing a major intensification of ICE efforts in the region.
“We would probably get maybe like 10 to 15 calls a week, and we got like 10 to 15 calls in a day,” says Casa San Jose Executive Director Monica Ruiz.
“We would probably get maybe like 10 to 15 calls a week, and we got like 10 to 15 calls in a day,” says Casa San Jose Executive Director Monica Ruiz.
ICE winds down Minneapolis, but takes their shitshow elsewhere paydayreport.com/ice-withdraw...
ICE "Withdrawing" from Minnesota, but Intensifying in Pittsburgh & Elsewhere
Immigrants’ rights activists are also concerned that the withdrawal of thousands of federal agents from Minneapolis could simply lead to a transfer of these agents to intensify ICE operations in other...
paydayreport.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Already, immigrants’ rights activists in Pittsburgh say that they are seeing a major intensification of ICE efforts in the region.
“We would probably get maybe like 10 to 15 calls a week, and we got like 10 to 15 calls in a day,” says Casa San Jose Executive Director Monica Ruiz.
“We would probably get maybe like 10 to 15 calls a week, and we got like 10 to 15 calls in a day,” says Casa San Jose Executive Director Monica Ruiz.
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The more you learn, the worse it gets.
Under the Orange Reich (which previously only checked for people on the Do Not Fly lists), TSA is providing ICE with the names and information of EVERY passenger, multiple times per week.
www.travelpulse.com/news/airline...
Under the Orange Reich (which previously only checked for people on the Do Not Fly lists), TSA is providing ICE with the names and information of EVERY passenger, multiple times per week.
www.travelpulse.com/news/airline...
Report Finds ICE is Using TSA Passenger Lists to Find and Deport People
A new report shed light on how the TSA is now aiding ICE.
www.travelpulse.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The more you learn, the worse it gets.
Under the Orange Reich (which previously only checked for people on the Do Not Fly lists), TSA is providing ICE with the names and information of EVERY passenger, multiple times per week.
www.travelpulse.com/news/airline...
Under the Orange Reich (which previously only checked for people on the Do Not Fly lists), TSA is providing ICE with the names and information of EVERY passenger, multiple times per week.
www.travelpulse.com/news/airline...
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Private prison company GEO Group’s net income rose 800 percent during fiscal year 2025, the company announced Thursday, thanks mainly to the Trump administration’s multibillion-dollar project to create a network of concentration camps across the country. buff.ly/AAzpAHM
ICE Boosts Income at Private Prison Company GEO Group by 800 Percent
The company’s year-end earnings call came just days after a lawsuit alleges guards in the company’s Washington state immigrant prison routinely sexually assaulted immigrants.
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Private prison company GEO Group’s net income rose 800 percent during fiscal year 2025, the company announced Thursday, thanks mainly to the Trump administration’s multibillion-dollar project to create a network of concentration camps across the country. buff.ly/AAzpAHM
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The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
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February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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From Flock cameras to fusion centers, “free” surveillance equipment funded by tech vendors, federal grants, and private donors locks cities into recurring costs and long-term data‑sharing, including with ICE. The end result is an erosion of our civil liberties. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
“Free” Surveillance Tech Still Comes at a High and Dangerous Cost
Surveillance technology vendors, federal agencies, and wealthy private donors have long helped provide local law enforcement “free” access to surveillance equipment that bypasses local oversight. The
www.eff.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:58 PM
From Flock cameras to fusion centers, “free” surveillance equipment funded by tech vendors, federal grants, and private donors locks cities into recurring costs and long-term data‑sharing, including with ICE. The end result is an erosion of our civil liberties. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
I'm feeling sick about who Trump would give a lifetime appointment to.....
I'm not into prediction markets... but this has all of the makings of a SCOTUS retirement. His book goes on sale on October 6, 2026--the day after OT2026 starts . . . and now a new hagiographic biography? Hmmmmmm.
February 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I'm feeling sick about who Trump would give a lifetime appointment to.....
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"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape, sources said."
The Trump administration is incarcerating migrant girls in, essentially, a forced pregnancy camp.
Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to South Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
www.kut.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape, sources said."
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Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
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A federal judge ruled in favor of Kelly Thursday, finding that Hegseth violated the senator’s constitutional rights by attempting to downgrade his rank and retirement benefits.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-r...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-r...
Judge Rules Against Hegseth, Finding That He ‘Trampled on Senator Kelly’s First Amendment Freedoms’
A federal judge ruled in favor of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) Thursday,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
A federal judge ruled in favor of Kelly Thursday, finding that Hegseth violated the senator’s constitutional rights by attempting to downgrade his rank and retirement benefits.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-r...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-r...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Sales dropped for houses under $250k....the ones first-time home buyers are supposed to be able to afford. But sure, the economy is "booming"....
Interestingly, sales “were down the most in the South and West” — where winter weather wasn’t as much of a factor.
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www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/j...
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Realtors report a 'new housing crisis' as January home sales tank more than 8%
Home sales in January fell more than expected as mortgage rates didn't move much and consumer confidence dropped.
www.cnbc.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Sales dropped for houses under $250k....the ones first-time home buyers are supposed to be able to afford. But sure, the economy is "booming"....
But sure, let's do even less regulation for the oil and gas industry.....
The family’s water was undrinkable: It corroded taps. It withered plants. Their ice maker expelled clumps of salt.
Why?
For 2 yrs, Oklahoma oil regulators delayed basic tests that could help them find out.
Read @nickbowlin.bsky.social latest for @propublica.org + @readfrontier.bsky.social!
Why?
For 2 yrs, Oklahoma oil regulators delayed basic tests that could help them find out.
Read @nickbowlin.bsky.social latest for @propublica.org + @readfrontier.bsky.social!
Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
But sure, let's do even less regulation for the oil and gas industry.....
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"We've had great success in this operation," says Tom Homan in Minneapolis.
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment.
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment.
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
"We've had great success in this operation," says Tom Homan in Minneapolis.
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment.
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment.
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I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at galluppanel@gallupmail.com to let them know what you think of this.
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at galluppanel@gallupmail.com to let them know what you think of this.
Read the whole thread...
So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Read the whole thread...
Stop paying to surveil yourself ( and your neighbors....).
“…this is something to keep in mind if you’re using a Google camera. Even if you aren’t paying for storage, every event recorded by the camera is going to Google’s servers, and it’s probably recoverable long past the deletion timeline stipulated in the company’s policy.”
Google recovers "deleted" Nest video in high-profile abduction case
Users only get three hours of free Nest video storage, but Google can retrieve videos much later.
arstechnica.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Stop paying to surveil yourself ( and your neighbors....).
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We've prepared a zine version of our text "Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities," describing the dynamic and resilient system that people in the Twin Cities have developed to keep the pressure on ICE.
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/rapid-...
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/rapid-...
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
We've prepared a zine version of our text "Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities," describing the dynamic and resilient system that people in the Twin Cities have developed to keep the pressure on ICE.
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/rapid-...
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/rapid-...
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“‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms ***
The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations.”
2/11/26 … 1/ www.commondreams.org/news/ai-supe...
The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations.”
2/11/26 … 1/ www.commondreams.org/news/ai-supe...
‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms | Common Dreams
Silicon Valley elites plan to spend big in 2026 to influence Congress for AI-friendly legislation. Leading the Future PAC pledges $100 million.
www.commondreams.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 AM
“‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms ***
The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations.”
2/11/26 … 1/ www.commondreams.org/news/ai-supe...
The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations.”
2/11/26 … 1/ www.commondreams.org/news/ai-supe...
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"Florida gave at least $558 million to private contractors last year to work on two immigrant detention centers."
Nine companies "are linked to individuals and groups that in total donated well over $2 million to DeSantis."
#Florida #USA #Incarceration #Lobbying #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Nine companies "are linked to individuals and groups that in total donated well over $2 million to DeSantis."
#Florida #USA #Incarceration #Lobbying #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
New Documents Reveal Florida Paid Over $573 Million to DeSantis-Connected Immigrant Detention Contractors in 2025
Some of these contractors have been directly linked to Republican Party lobbyists and billionaire businessmen who have donated heavily to Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' political campaigns.
unicornriot.ninja
February 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
"Florida gave at least $558 million to private contractors last year to work on two immigrant detention centers."
Nine companies "are linked to individuals and groups that in total donated well over $2 million to DeSantis."
#Florida #USA #Incarceration #Lobbying #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Nine companies "are linked to individuals and groups that in total donated well over $2 million to DeSantis."
#Florida #USA #Incarceration #Lobbying #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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On the other hand if each of these 5 year olds had liquid assets of six figures or more, I think there might be a much higher flight risk. In that they could afford to relocate or whatever.
5-year-old twins were denied bond because lack of assets and property.
Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me. 😡
Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me. 😡
February 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
On the other hand if each of these 5 year olds had liquid assets of six figures or more, I think there might be a much higher flight risk. In that they could afford to relocate or whatever.