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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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I know it isn't fun to find out that lots of people in this country can't wait to cash in on concentration and death camps but it's true and you can't ignore it. Same goes for our reps in Congress. You can't claim you didn't know. The bar is now at "don't sell your warehouse to become a death camp"
Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News
Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I know it isn't fun to find out that lots of people in this country can't wait to cash in on concentration and death camps but it's true and you can't ignore it. Same goes for our reps in Congress. You can't claim you didn't know. The bar is now at "don't sell your warehouse to become a death camp"
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statement from anika bowie, st. paul city council member, on the arrest of her husband jamael lundy this morning by federal agents for the protest at a church in st. paul led by an ICE agent. she calls his arrest “militarized and traumatic”
January 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
statement from anika bowie, st. paul city council member, on the arrest of her husband jamael lundy this morning by federal agents for the protest at a church in st. paul led by an ICE agent. she calls his arrest “militarized and traumatic”
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Breaking on MS NOW:
@lawofruby.bsky.social reports that, in the latest release of Epstein files, the Trump DOJ produced documents revealing the names and other identifying details of known Epstein survivors.
In at least one case, MS NOW found a driver's license with an unredacted photo.
@lawofruby.bsky.social reports that, in the latest release of Epstein files, the Trump DOJ produced documents revealing the names and other identifying details of known Epstein survivors.
In at least one case, MS NOW found a driver's license with an unredacted photo.
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Breaking on MS NOW:
@lawofruby.bsky.social reports that, in the latest release of Epstein files, the Trump DOJ produced documents revealing the names and other identifying details of known Epstein survivors.
In at least one case, MS NOW found a driver's license with an unredacted photo.
@lawofruby.bsky.social reports that, in the latest release of Epstein files, the Trump DOJ produced documents revealing the names and other identifying details of known Epstein survivors.
In at least one case, MS NOW found a driver's license with an unredacted photo.
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"Journalists have not only the right, but the responsibility to observe and report events in the public interest. It is not illegal to document a protest against the federal government. The fact that the protest took place in a church does not negate journalists’ First Amendment rights to report."
The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns the wrongful arrests of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon for reporting on a church protest in St. Paul.
Read our full statement here: www.mnspj.org/2026/01/30/m...
Read our full statement here: www.mnspj.org/2026/01/30/m...
January 30, 2026 at 6:49 PM
"Journalists have not only the right, but the responsibility to observe and report events in the public interest. It is not illegal to document a protest against the federal government. The fact that the protest took place in a church does not negate journalists’ First Amendment rights to report."
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They’re targeting independent journalist because it’s easier for them since they’re not protected by big institutions
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
They’re targeting independent journalist because it’s easier for them since they’re not protected by big institutions
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“Gracias a Dios por traer a mi mama. I want to thank God for bringing back my mom.” Aaron, 8, said...
“Yo le quiero pedir a Dios que nunca se la lleven otra vez. I want to ask God that they never take her away again,” Sofia answered. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/m...
“Yo le quiero pedir a Dios que nunca se la lleven otra vez. I want to ask God that they never take her away again,” Sofia answered. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/m...
ICE releases Chicago-area mother after seven months. It failed to provide evidence justifying her detention.
While Marina Lopez was in ICE detention for seven months, parishioners in her church stepped up to help care for her family.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:23 PM
“Gracias a Dios por traer a mi mama. I want to thank God for bringing back my mom.” Aaron, 8, said...
“Yo le quiero pedir a Dios que nunca se la lleven otra vez. I want to ask God that they never take her away again,” Sofia answered. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/m...
“Yo le quiero pedir a Dios que nunca se la lleven otra vez. I want to ask God that they never take her away again,” Sofia answered. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/25/m...
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Warehouse archipelago wapo.st/49ZKA7W
ICE buys warehouses for mass detention network, rattling locals
ICE officials have quietly begun notifying warehouse owners and local officials of their interest in specific properties, prompting efforts to block the projects.
wapo.st
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Warehouse archipelago wapo.st/49ZKA7W
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"Bondi is a buffoon for sending this letter, but it represents nothing less than a complete fracturing of federalism. The administration is saying in no uncertain terms that it will rain violence, financial deprivation, and sham investigations on a state unless it does what Trump wants."
The protection racket regime
Bondi's letter puts the quiet part on paper.
www.publicnotice.co
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
"Bondi is a buffoon for sending this letter, but it represents nothing less than a complete fracturing of federalism. The administration is saying in no uncertain terms that it will rain violence, financial deprivation, and sham investigations on a state unless it does what Trump wants."
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There are roughly 165 million individual income tax filers in the United States, per the IRS, so this would be equivalent to every taxpayer writing a sixty-dollar check to Donald Trump. Obscene to even contemplate.
Trump Demands $10 Billion From Taxpayers For Leaked Tax Returns; His Own Lawyers Get To Decide What He Gets
Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the Trump era—and that's saying something: I think everybody - the…
Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the Trump era—and that's saying something: I think everybody - the…
Trump Demands $10 Billion From Taxpayers For Leaked Tax Returns; His Own Lawyers Get To Decide What He Gets
Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the Trump era—and that's saying something: I think everybody - the American public believe it's absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency. Anyway, in unrelated news, Donald Trump just filed a lawsuit against his own IRS…
www.techdirt.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM
There are roughly 165 million individual income tax filers in the United States, per the IRS, so this would be equivalent to every taxpayer writing a sixty-dollar check to Donald Trump. Obscene to even contemplate.
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It’s an affront to the idea of a written constitution that this case will reach oral argument.
A different kind of April fools
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
January 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
It’s an affront to the idea of a written constitution that this case will reach oral argument.
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The two children taken to the detention center go to the same school as 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was detained with his father earlier this month.
Detained asylum-seeking mother asks principal to bring her two young children to Whipple
The children go to the same school as 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was detained with his father earlier this month.
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The two children taken to the detention center go to the same school as 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was detained with his father earlier this month.
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, the deputy attorney general says. https://cnn.it/4q4mUFr
January 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, the deputy attorney general says. https://cnn.it/4q4mUFr
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Adding more new face shots of one of Alex Pretti's shooters, now that @jsweetli.bsky.social has confirmed him at a violent incident 3 days before. Agent 1 ("NS-919"), who started the confrontation with Pretti, then fired at his prone body, and his bal Agent 12 ("NS-909") were together both days. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Adding more new face shots of one of Alex Pretti's shooters, now that @jsweetli.bsky.social has confirmed him at a violent incident 3 days before. Agent 1 ("NS-919"), who started the confrontation with Pretti, then fired at his prone body, and his bal Agent 12 ("NS-909") were together both days. 1/
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It appears that — as with the FBI raid on the Fulton County elections office — we have another sealed affidavit here.
So, for now, the public has no understanding of the legal rationale for both the arrests and the raid.
So, for now, the public has no understanding of the legal rationale for both the arrests and the raid.
Breaking on MS NOW:
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.
The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
January 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
It appears that — as with the FBI raid on the Fulton County elections office — we have another sealed affidavit here.
So, for now, the public has no understanding of the legal rationale for both the arrests and the raid.
So, for now, the public has no understanding of the legal rationale for both the arrests and the raid.
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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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A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks 19thnews.org/2026/01/preg... via @19thnews.org
A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks
Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children.
19thnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM
A pregnant mother in ICE detention says she’s bleeding — and hasn’t seen a doctor in weeks 19thnews.org/2026/01/preg... via @19thnews.org
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
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The right-wing push against the average citizen masking was never just about COVID19.
Masking was banned in several jurisdictions because it hampers facial recognition.
Masking was banned in several jurisdictions because it hampers facial recognition.
ICE Agents Film Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Facial Recognition Push
ICE and CBP are using facial recognition technology to facilitate President Trump’s mass deportation campaign. With a smartphone app, immigration officers can scan faces of people they encounter and q...
www.democracynow.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The right-wing push against the average citizen masking was never just about COVID19.
Masking was banned in several jurisdictions because it hampers facial recognition.
Masking was banned in several jurisdictions because it hampers facial recognition.
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And there's no mistake that the the feds are going after Black journalists. Absolutely 0%.
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, plus the New York Times story about using facial recognition to take away PreCheck and Global Entry from observers, reveals how closely linked these two missions are. There is no separating ICE’s twin missions of ethnic cleansing and ideological terror.
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 PM
And there's no mistake that the the feds are going after Black journalists. Absolutely 0%.
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I wrote about how, as Hegel theorized, who we are is how we are seen, and this week exposed some awful truths about America. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
January 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I wrote about how, as Hegel theorized, who we are is how we are seen, and this week exposed some awful truths about America. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
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TO RECAP:
-A judge declined to approve a criminal complaint against @donlemonofficial.bsky.social
-An appeals court rejected the Trump DOJ again
-They arrested him anyway
A lawless regime trampling our rights. 🇺🇸
-A judge declined to approve a criminal complaint against @donlemonofficial.bsky.social
-An appeals court rejected the Trump DOJ again
-They arrested him anyway
A lawless regime trampling our rights. 🇺🇸
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
TO RECAP:
-A judge declined to approve a criminal complaint against @donlemonofficial.bsky.social
-An appeals court rejected the Trump DOJ again
-They arrested him anyway
A lawless regime trampling our rights. 🇺🇸
-A judge declined to approve a criminal complaint against @donlemonofficial.bsky.social
-An appeals court rejected the Trump DOJ again
-They arrested him anyway
A lawless regime trampling our rights. 🇺🇸
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Powerful piece in @nejm.org from physicians in Minnesota "When our patients go without medical care, the harm is not theoretical. It is measurable. Fear doesn’t just keep people away from clinics and EDs, it pushes patients into crisis." www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
We Do Care | NEJM
Physicians throughout Minnesota bear witness to the devastation that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is wreaking. They implore physicians everywhere to raise their voices.
www.nejm.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Powerful piece in @nejm.org from physicians in Minnesota "When our patients go without medical care, the harm is not theoretical. It is measurable. Fear doesn’t just keep people away from clinics and EDs, it pushes patients into crisis." www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Jesus Christ. The "pivot" lasted about 15 minutes.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
NEWS: The Trump regime has arrested Don Lemon in its latest crackdown on journalism after he reported from inside a church protest in Minnesota—despite a magistrate judge previously rejecting the case against him as unsupported by evidence.
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Jesus Christ. The "pivot" lasted about 15 minutes.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.
Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.