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Chef Boyardee beef ravioli. I ate so many cans of that stuff between ages 10-22.

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending *** As of the end of January, there have been no convictions."

This did not happen. The judge issued a general warning about not recording with smart glasses, but she didn’t “upbraid” or call out Meta’s legal team

Bookers: Getting nuances like this right is why talking to reporters who actually witnessed something, not professional pontificators, is important

The Supreme Court ruling has helped the family of one man in particular: the architect of Trump’s tariffs himself.

A firm headed by Lutnick’s sons was allowing its traders to purchase the rights to hundreds of millions of dollars of refunds in the event tariffs were struck down. trib.al/JcwQ9MT

South Carolina Hospitals Aren’t Required to Disclose Measles-Related Admissions. That Leaves Doctors in the Dark. Physicians across South Carolina, home to the largest measles outbreak in decades, are advising patients without the benefit of real-time data on hospitalizations due to measles-related pneumonia, bra...

NEW: South Carolina Hospitals Aren’t Required to Disclose Measles-Related Admissions. That Leaves Doctors in the Dark. by @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social

‘This isn’t living, right?’: Minnesota immigrants share their stories while in hiding from ICE MPR News connected with five immigrants across Minnesota who have been scared to leave their homes over the last six weeks, due to fears of encountering ICE. Each person recorded voice memos or spoke ...

For more than two months, Minnesotans in immigrant communities have been in hiding – fearing arrest, detention or deportation.

MPR News connected with five immigrants who have been scared to leave their homes.

So, so good. 🥇

St. Louis settles federal lawsuit over poor conditions at Workhouse jail for $4M More than 16,000 people who were detained at the jail between 2012 and 2022 are eligible to receive payment after a federal court recently issued preliminary approval.

JUST IN: Thousands of people detained at the former Workhouse jail in St. Louis are now eligible to claim money after the city settled a yearslong federal lawsuit for $4 million that called out inhumane conditions at the facility.

St. Louis program to fix tornado-damaged homes is about to go broke Tornado recovery officials say that, without intervention, the city will need to slow down the repair of damaged homes in north St. Louis due to a lack of funding for the repair programs.

St. Louis officials in charge of tornado recovery say the city will run out of funds to repair homes in north St. Louis by April or May — unless it gets a lot more money.

Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days “I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

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St. Louis program to fix tornado-damaged homes is about to go broke Tornado recovery officials say, without intervention, St. Louis will need to slow down the repair of damaged homes in North City due to a lack of funding for the repair programs.

NEW: After announcing plans to ramp up repairs to 40-100 homes a month in North City, St. Louis officials in charge of tornado recovery say the city may run out of funds to repair those homes by April or May.

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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.

The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

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The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.

After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.

Job Growth Was Overstated, New Data Shows Annual revisions show that employers added far fewer jobs in 2024 and 2025 than previously estimated.

Job growth over the past two years was far weaker than previously believed. U.S. employers added just 181,000 jobs last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday. That was 69% fewer jobs than its initial estimate. The agency also lowered its estimate of job growth in 2024 by nearly 28%.

It's not unusual for witnesses to bring binders that prepare them for interactions with specific members of Congress. But the binders Bondi brings when she testifies seem to include precomposed personal insults tailored for each Dem committee member. And then there's this grossly inappropriate move:

I grew up in Iowa and will always love my home state, but this is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard.

GOP-Led House Rejects Trump’s Tariffs on Canada The vote in the chamber is a significant but largely symbolic repudiation of the president’s signature economic policy.

"The GOP-led House...voted 219–211 to approve a Democratic resolution that would invalidate the emergency declaration that underpins Trump’s tariffs on Canada. Six Republicans broke ranks with their party in voting for the measure."

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More Immigrants Are Challenging Their ICE Detention Than Ever Before Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court. This total is more than were filed under the last three administrations combined — including Tru...

NEW: Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.

The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.

ICE's Masks Are All a Lie Working for ICE is actually less dangerous than being an elementary school student in America.

If you can’t police in a free society without hiding your face, the problem is with the policing — not the public. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...

This rule just FAILED 214-217. Republican leaders delayed the vote by hours and held it open for an extended time — to no avail. Don Bacon, Kevin Kiley and Thomas Massie voted no, with all Democrats.

Measles is spreading across Florida. The state's updates lag more than a week Measles is highly contagious, and immunization rates in some counties are below the 95% recommended for herd immunity.

Measles is spreading across Florida. The state's updates lag more than a week www.wusf.org/health-news-...

ICE's Masks Are All a Lie Working for ICE is actually less dangerous than being an elementary school student in America.

Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record.

And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.

The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...

Fear, visa delays and costs are keeping international artists from the Midwest Performance venues and cultural organizations are seeing a spike in artists from abroad canceling performances and demonstrations — and rethinking U.S. tours.

Czech clarinetist Jaroslav Škuta was denied U.S. entry at Detroit airport last summer, forcing him to cancel concerts in Nebraska and Ohio.

Organizers say visa delays, rising fees, and fear are making U.S. performances harder for international artists.

NPR's Midwest Newsroom reports:

Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.

HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025

🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year

😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition

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‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

I had to double check, but the one in Champaign, IL also survives.

For some St. Louisans living on the street, frostbite can cause lasting harm People without a stable place to live are more likely to suffer from frostbite, a potentially debilitating condition for those in precarious housing situations.

Heartbreaking reporting on amputations and frostbite this winter in St. Louis by STLPR's Sarah Fentem:

“Sitting at these bus stops, waiting, I'm wearing two packs of warmers, three pairs of gloves, just trying to save my fingers...I think they’re unsavable now because I've lost the feeling.”