Steven Lemongello
@stevelemongello.bsky.social
Senior Editor at the Orlando Sentinel. Jersey native, Florida convert
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As rumors swirl about ICE surge in Orlando, jail numbers show it already might be happening
The Hope CommUnity Center said Friday about 300 people had been booked into the Orange County Jail on immigration holds in the previous 48 hours alone.
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As rumors swirl about an ICE surge in Orlando, jail numbers show it already might be happening
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A vision of America projected to the rest of the world
January 29, 2026 at 8:10 PM
A vision of America projected to the rest of the world
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cover of The Economist this week
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
cover of The Economist this week
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lol I just checked her replies on #that site and people are mostly not having it. Vibe shift…
Libs of TikTok has spent the days following Alex Pretti's murder doxxing teachers, nurses, and school board members — trying to get ordinary people fired for supporting Pretti or opposing ICE www.mediamatters.org/libs-tiktok/...
Libs of TikTok is doxxing teachers and nurses who support Alex Pretti or oppose ICE, trying to get them fired
www.mediamatters.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 PM
lol I just checked her replies on #that site and people are mostly not having it. Vibe shift…
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NEW: A man showed up to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn last night pretending to be an FBI agent in an attempt to spring Luigi Mangione, according to a law enforcement source.
January 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
NEW: A man showed up to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn last night pretending to be an FBI agent in an attempt to spring Luigi Mangione, according to a law enforcement source.
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It appears several clergy were just arrested as they staged an anti-ICE protest in the Russell Rotunda in the U.S. Senate office building.
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
It appears several clergy were just arrested as they staged an anti-ICE protest in the Russell Rotunda in the U.S. Senate office building.
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
A number of faith leaders, who were in town urging Senators to vote against additional ICE funding, were led away by police: www.facebook.com/FIAnational/...
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‼️This famous photo from the Minnesota Tribune on Jan. 21 is from this incident, involving at least three of the same agents from Alex Pretti's killing.
Thanks to the people replying who tipped me off to this.
Thanks to the people replying who tipped me off to this.
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
‼️This famous photo from the Minnesota Tribune on Jan. 21 is from this incident, involving at least three of the same agents from Alex Pretti's killing.
Thanks to the people replying who tipped me off to this.
Thanks to the people replying who tipped me off to this.
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Mexico’s Sheinbaum reiterates sovereignty in Trump call after Olympic snowboarder detained
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Mexico's Sheinbaum reiterates sovereignty in Trump call after Olympic snowboarder detained
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke over the phone on Thursday in the midst of a controversy over the arrest of a former Olympic snowboarder.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Mexico’s Sheinbaum reiterates sovereignty in Trump call after Olympic snowboarder detained
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For as long as ICE enjoys impunity, it will be a source of more violence. This is what Congress, the courts and Donald Trump should do next econ.st/4t6zF4Z
January 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
For as long as ICE enjoys impunity, it will be a source of more violence. This is what Congress, the courts and Donald Trump should do next econ.st/4t6zF4Z
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It’s not often Congress does something that genuinely surprises me.
The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
It’s not often Congress does something that genuinely surprises me.
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Backing up The Argument in NYT/Siena, Gen X still has an astonishing 49% approval for Trump (!), while Boomers have dipped to 42%.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Backing up The Argument in NYT/Siena, Gen X still has an astonishing 49% approval for Trump (!), while Boomers have dipped to 42%.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
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Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.
January 29, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.
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The Argument has abolishing ICE at net favorable and a shutdown for reforms at +10.
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
The Argument has abolishing ICE at net favorable and a shutdown for reforms at +10.
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A man claiming to be an ICE agent burst into a family's home and tried to rob them after demanding to see their papers:
Teen defends home after fake ICE agent breaks in to steal PlayStation gaming device: cops
He was taken to the Allegheny County Jail, where he is being held.
local12.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM
A man claiming to be an ICE agent burst into a family's home and tried to rob them after demanding to see their papers:
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They are building a formidable oppo file against Mamdani and there’s nothing you can do to stop them
January 29, 2026 at 1:55 AM
They are building a formidable oppo file against Mamdani and there’s nothing you can do to stop them
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CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
January 29, 2026 at 1:49 PM
CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
Affordability
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
January 29, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Affordability
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The irony-deafness is remarkable.
Gov. Landry: "I like to ask Democrats if they like their communities to be dangerous or safe. Do they want their children to be able to walk to school or do they want to worry if they send them on the sidewalks, that unfortunate violent things are going to happen to them?"
January 29, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The irony-deafness is remarkable.
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“The fear is turned up as high as it can go.”
Residents of Springfield, Ohio, are ramping up efforts to try to protect their community from the type of chaotic, violent assault by federal immigration agents that claimed two lives in Minneapolis in recent weeks.
19thnews.org/2026/01/ice-...
Residents of Springfield, Ohio, are ramping up efforts to try to protect their community from the type of chaotic, violent assault by federal immigration agents that claimed two lives in Minneapolis in recent weeks.
19thnews.org/2026/01/ice-...
Fear, faith and preparation as ICE closes in on an Ohio community
In Springfield, faith-based coalitions are creating emergency hubs to care for children — and churches are preparing for their sanctuaries to be breached.
19thnews.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“The fear is turned up as high as it can go.”
Residents of Springfield, Ohio, are ramping up efforts to try to protect their community from the type of chaotic, violent assault by federal immigration agents that claimed two lives in Minneapolis in recent weeks.
19thnews.org/2026/01/ice-...
Residents of Springfield, Ohio, are ramping up efforts to try to protect their community from the type of chaotic, violent assault by federal immigration agents that claimed two lives in Minneapolis in recent weeks.
19thnews.org/2026/01/ice-...
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I hate newsroom layoffs, but they did this to themselves
CBS News and Washington Post choose worst possible moment to lay off reporters, stress punditry - right as the streets of Minneapolis are showing how journalism can beat back government lies
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...
CBS News and Washington Post choose worst possible moment to lay off reporters, stress punditry - right as the streets of Minneapolis are showing how journalism can beat back government lies
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...
CBS, Post blind themselves when America needs eyes on the ground |Will Bunch
Two iconic U.S. newsrooms slash reporting and stress opinion writing even as Minnesota proves the need for factual journalism.
www.inquirer.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I hate newsroom layoffs, but they did this to themselves
CBS News and Washington Post choose worst possible moment to lay off reporters, stress punditry - right as the streets of Minneapolis are showing how journalism can beat back government lies
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...
CBS News and Washington Post choose worst possible moment to lay off reporters, stress punditry - right as the streets of Minneapolis are showing how journalism can beat back government lies
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...
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fox news: our poll has gone woke
Fox: 59% of voters believe that ICE has been too aggressive in its efforts to deport illegal immigrants. 44% say it's because they're using too much force, 23% say they're targeting the wrong people, and nearly 30% say both.
January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
fox news: our poll has gone woke
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The look of disgust that crossed my face reading this
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The look of disgust that crossed my face reading this
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ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
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"We're gonna keep those (home) prices up" would be absolute electoral poison in any other moment with any other politician. Alas.
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM
"We're gonna keep those (home) prices up" would be absolute electoral poison in any other moment with any other politician. Alas.