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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts talkingpointsmemo.com/news/firm-ti...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
This story first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Beatings. Sexual assault. Psychological abuse.
These are some of the horrors endured by the more than 250 men the US sent to El Salvador on flimsy evidence of gang membership, according to a new comprehensive report.
These are some of the horrors endured by the more than 250 men the US sent to El Salvador on flimsy evidence of gang membership, according to a new comprehensive report.
Trump sent men to torture in El Salvador, report confirms
Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
www.motherjones.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Beatings. Sexual assault. Psychological abuse.
These are some of the horrors endured by the more than 250 men the US sent to El Salvador on flimsy evidence of gang membership, according to a new comprehensive report.
These are some of the horrors endured by the more than 250 men the US sent to El Salvador on flimsy evidence of gang membership, according to a new comprehensive report.
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Are you paying attention? MAGA Republicans are stealing from you! The vote to reopen the government includes a multi-million dollar payoff a QUID PRO QUO to 8 senator conspirators who colluded with Trump during the January 6th insurrection.
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Are you paying attention? MAGA Republicans are stealing from you! The vote to reopen the government includes a multi-million dollar payoff a QUID PRO QUO to 8 senator conspirators who colluded with Trump during the January 6th insurrection.
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Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.
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Another horrifying consequence of Republican abortion bans that block women from getting the basic health care they need.
Every Republican should have to answer for this.
Every Republican should have to answer for this.
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Another horrifying consequence of Republican abortion bans that block women from getting the basic health care they need.
Every Republican should have to answer for this.
Every Republican should have to answer for this.
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When Damon Landor, a Rastafarian with dreadlocks, showed a prison guard a court ruling protecting his right to keep his hair, the guard threw it away. Despite his pleas, officers restrained him and cut his hair.
Now, he's going to the Supreme Court.
Now, he's going to the Supreme Court.
A Rastafarian goes to the Supreme Court after a prison shaved his dreadlocks
The question is not whether Damon Landor was mistreated but whether he can sue the individual prison officials and guards for damages.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
When Damon Landor, a Rastafarian with dreadlocks, showed a prison guard a court ruling protecting his right to keep his hair, the guard threw it away. Despite his pleas, officers restrained him and cut his hair.
Now, he's going to the Supreme Court.
Now, he's going to the Supreme Court.
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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The answer Sen, Shaheen is that since America elected the Black man to be president, the official position of the Republican Party is “not to work together with Democrats to address the problems that are facing this country.”
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The answer Sen, Shaheen is that since America elected the Black man to be president, the official position of the Republican Party is “not to work together with Democrats to address the problems that are facing this country.”
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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NYT - Dozens of Venezuelans sent by the US to a maximum security prison in El Salvador describe being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/wo...
Inside Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelans: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NYT - Dozens of Venezuelans sent by the US to a maximum security prison in El Salvador describe being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/wo...
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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One authoritarian defunds media critic of another authoritarian: “Mr. Orbán’s government had long accused Szabad Európa of bias. By halting its funding, the United States removed one of the few outlets that continued to scrutinize his administration.”
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US cuts funding for Hungary’s Szabad Európa, one of its last independent outlets, days before Orbán’s WH visit as Trump ally Kari Lake slashes Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, steps watchdogs call “a gift to autocrats.”
Kari Lake Cuts U.S.-Funded Hungarian Outlet, Handing Authoritarian Orbán Win Before Trump Meeting
Kari Lake’s decision to cut funding for Hungary’s U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe branch came just two days before Viktor Orbán’s White House visit,
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
One authoritarian defunds media critic of another authoritarian: “Mr. Orbán’s government had long accused Szabad Európa of bias. By halting its funding, the United States removed one of the few outlets that continued to scrutinize his administration.”
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
US no longer supports democracy overseas.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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The IRS is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program that the Biden administration started last year.
Free Tax-Filing Experiment Is Ended by Trump Administration
The IRS is halting Direct File, the Biden-era tax-preparation software pilot, and it pointed to other free services.
on.wsj.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The IRS is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program that the Biden administration started last year.
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Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a U.S. citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man’s toddler strapped into a car seat in the back
Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a U.S. citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man’s toddler strapped into a car seat in the back
Federal agents drive off with 1-year-old girl after arresting her father in Los Angeles
Federal immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen in Los Angeles and drove off with his car, which had his one-year-old daughter inside.
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a U.S. citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man’s toddler strapped into a car seat in the back
Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a U.S. citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man’s toddler strapped into a car seat in the back
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Dec 2024 - Costa Rican man crosses into U.S.
Feb. 2025 - ICE detains him.
He talks to his family daily.
June - He disappears.
Aug - His family finally finds him detained and in a vegetative state.
Sept. - He's air ambluenced home.
Oct. 26th - He dies.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Feb. 2025 - ICE detains him.
He talks to his family daily.
June - He disappears.
Aug - His family finally finds him detained and in a vegetative state.
Sept. - He's air ambluenced home.
Oct. 26th - He dies.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Dec 2024 - Costa Rican man crosses into U.S.
Feb. 2025 - ICE detains him.
He talks to his family daily.
June - He disappears.
Aug - His family finally finds him detained and in a vegetative state.
Sept. - He's air ambluenced home.
Oct. 26th - He dies.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Feb. 2025 - ICE detains him.
He talks to his family daily.
June - He disappears.
Aug - His family finally finds him detained and in a vegetative state.
Sept. - He's air ambluenced home.
Oct. 26th - He dies.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"School officials showed agents the teacher’s employment documents, including a work permit, but agents nonetheless detained her."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Armed ICE officers chase teacher into preschool in Chicago
The arrest appears to be one of the first in which immigration officers entered school grounds as part of an enforcement operation during Trump’s second administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"School officials showed agents the teacher’s employment documents, including a work permit, but agents nonetheless detained her."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
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Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
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What's happening is that these commentators adopt Republican talking points about the Democratic agenda. That's it, that's the whole story. Their source of information about Democrats and Democratic priorities is Republicans and Republican-aligned media
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These candidates actually existed.
The Democratic Party actually had a platform. Ezra Douthglesias could still go read it. They choose not to, or to pretend it didn't exist: www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/20....
Just have the courage of your convictions, please: bsky.app/profile/will...
These candidates actually existed.
The Democratic Party actually had a platform. Ezra Douthglesias could still go read it. They choose not to, or to pretend it didn't exist: www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/20....
Just have the courage of your convictions, please: bsky.app/profile/will...
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What's happening is that these commentators adopt Republican talking points about the Democratic agenda. That's it, that's the whole story. Their source of information about Democrats and Democratic priorities is Republicans and Republican-aligned media
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Witness testimony now beginning with Pablo Moreno González, a Mexican national and one of the class rep plaintiffs. He says he's lived in Chicago 35 years.
Gettleman comments that the alleged conditions in Broadview are "in [his] words, disgusting."
If they're true, he says, "Every day that goes by would be irreparably harming the putative class."
If they're true, he says, "Every day that goes by would be irreparably harming the putative class."
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Witness testimony now beginning with Pablo Moreno González, a Mexican national and one of the class rep plaintiffs. He says he's lived in Chicago 35 years.
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ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them.
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them.
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...
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A sweeping class-action lawsuit filed on Friday against immigration officials, alleged dirty and unsafe conditions at the federal holding facility in Broadview where they say arrestees are being warehoused for days on end.
Inhumane conditions and medical neglect alleged at Broadview ICE detention center
A sweeping class-action lawsuit filed on Friday against immigration officials, alleged dirty and unsafe conditions at the federal holding facility in Broadview where they say arrestees are being wa…
trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A sweeping class-action lawsuit filed on Friday against immigration officials, alleged dirty and unsafe conditions at the federal holding facility in Broadview where they say arrestees are being warehoused for days on end.
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BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
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Meanwhile…
“Swalwell said he has referred multiple people to the DOJ for threatening his life and the lives of his family members. He added that the DOJ sent him a letter saying they were not going to prosecute the cases.”
“Swalwell said he has referred multiple people to the DOJ for threatening his life and the lives of his family members. He added that the DOJ sent him a letter saying they were not going to prosecute the cases.”
DOJ accused of blowing off death threats against House lawmaker
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) accused President Donald Trump's Department of Justice of ignoring death threats against him, despite their pledge to actively pursue threats against elected officials, durin...
www.rawstory.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Meanwhile…
“Swalwell said he has referred multiple people to the DOJ for threatening his life and the lives of his family members. He added that the DOJ sent him a letter saying they were not going to prosecute the cases.”
“Swalwell said he has referred multiple people to the DOJ for threatening his life and the lives of his family members. He added that the DOJ sent him a letter saying they were not going to prosecute the cases.”