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An AP review of crimes committed by ICE agents shows how their powers can be abused:

One official admitted he repeatedly sexually abused a woman in his custody.

Another is charged with taking bribes to remove detention orders on people targeted for deportation.
As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody.
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Trump's IRS improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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*None* of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump admin's pitch on why they should indict the Democratic lawmakers who recorded that illegal orders video believed the Justice Department had met the low threshold of probable cause, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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1) Great WSJ piece about Noem's diva/clown/Cruella show at DHS.

2) We spent lots of time in SD during/after her time as gov. Little residual home-state love.

3) WSJ at least tiptoes around elephant-in-room: Kristi-and-Corey saga.

4) Pilot/blanket story is classic.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

xkcd.com/3204/
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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This is a breathtaking article about the complete clown show at DHS being overseen by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski (gift link)
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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The most corrupt pro-Putin president in US history endorses the most corrupt pro-Putin leader in Europe.
February 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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“If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country” - The New Yorker
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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This is very professional and very probably the correct choice of tact but also I cannot help but wish she had added a "and fuck Bari Weiss, that incompetent, disingenuous little shit, for burning the credibility of this institution in a fortnight."
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 AM