Newly Uncovered Document Reveals An 'Alarming And Disturbing' Trump Threat
The Trump administration is turning the screws on kids whoβve arrived in the United States without adults accompanying them.
π¨A newly uncovered document flagged last week in a federal court filing threatens undocumented immigrant children in government custody with βprolongedβ detention if they choose to exercise their legal rights rather than voluntarily depart the United States.
www.huffpost.com/entry/docume...
20.11.2025 14:02 β π 300 π 198 π¬ 12 π 13
Lower Courts Are Playing The Long Game Against Trump
There is a pointed purpose to the increasingly spicy rulings and dissents coming from across the judiciary.
NEW: In my report for @huffpost.com, I take a deep dive into the battle being waged for common sense and rule of law in our courts and what the hell the point any of it is.
I hope you will read:
www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...
11.11.2025 16:47 β π 111 π 52 π¬ 1 π 5
A yellow bridge in front of a city background with three banners reading "POST-GAZETTE STRIKERS WILL WIN".
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. Thatβs our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more weβve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
10.11.2025 17:48 β π 2872 π 729 π¬ 38 π 101
Arrested after a fatal stabbing, a Utah man told police he brought a gun to Capitol riot
βI was in the D.C. riots. You can look me up, OK?β John Emanuel Banuelos told police after he was arrested last July, according to newly obtained records.
1: shoots gun at Capitol on J6
2: slueths tell fbi his name
3: he kills a man, claims self defense
4: he tells police he was the j6 gunman
5: heβs finally arrested
6: trump pardons him for j6
7: he allegedly kidnaps and sexually assaults someone
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
08.11.2025 19:30 β π 492 π 243 π¬ 11 π 14
The DC βSandwich Guyβ Speaks In Exclusive HuffPost Interview
In an interview with HuffPost, Sean Dunn said the memes and artwork helped him through a frightening legal ordeal. Just donβt call him a βhero.β
I spoke with 'Sandwich Guy' Sean Dunn about his uncomfortable newfound celebrity, the militarized and 'frightening' raid to re-arrest him, and the boost he got from all your sandwich memes and street art.
Oh, and now we know what kind of sandwich it was.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
08.11.2025 18:56 β π 191 π 45 π¬ 4 π 5
Now leading HuffPost: βFootlong Fumbleβ headline with βHero Beats the Wrapβ beneath it
Now leading HuffPost: βHero Beats the Wrapβ
06.11.2025 21:16 β π 405 π 46 π¬ 5 π 6
Sean Dunn, aka DC Sandwich Guy, speaks outside court after his not guilty verdict:
βI am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everythingβ¦.
βThat night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrantsβ¦
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got hereβ¦β
06.11.2025 20:03 β π 2642 π 614 π¬ 61 π 125
π¨π¨π¨ The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
06.11.2025 19:25 β π 6743 π 1469 π¬ 138 π 968
π₯ͺ The jury still hasn't reached a verdict in the assault trial of the DC Sandwich Guy. We're getting close to seven hours of deliberation here at U.S. District Court.
The jury reached out to the judge earlier today for clarification on the term "bodily harm."
06.11.2025 18:49 β π 283 π 13 π¬ 8 π 3
The jury has not reached a verdict in the DC Sandwich Guy case and the judge is sending them home. We'll be back in court tomorrow!
05.11.2025 22:05 β π 339 π 28 π¬ 24 π 19
BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...
05.11.2025 21:00 β π 427 π 125 π¬ 2 π 9
Sandwich guy's team zeroes in on the gag gifts that Agent Lairmore accepted from other agents, including a sandwich plush toy and the "Felony Footlong" patch he put on his lunch box.
"If someone assaulted you, offended you, would you keep a memento of that assault? ... Of course not."
05.11.2025 19:06 β π 476 π 34 π¬ 4 π 6
Defense comes out blazing in closing argument, attacks agent Lairmore's credibility.
"This case is about a sandwich. A sandwich that, according to agent Lairmore, somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of onions and mustard, but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapping."
05.11.2025 18:59 β π 526 π 63 π¬ 5 π 15
We're back at the trial of Sean Dunn, aka DC Sandwich Guy. Prosecutors are making their closing argument that Dunn committed assault.
"This case is not about someone with strong opinions, itβs not about immigration, itβs not about the First Amendment. Itβs about an individual who crossed the line."
05.11.2025 18:19 β π 226 π 9 π¬ 5 π 3
The jury in the DC Sandwich Guy case is being released for the day. Trial expected to resume tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. Not clear if any more witnesses will testify. A verdict tomorrow looks likely. See you then!
04.11.2025 20:00 β π 1409 π 78 π¬ 52 π 13
Lairmore testifies that other agents gave him a plush sandwich toy, which he placed on the shelf in his office, and a patch that said "Felony Footlong," which he put on his lunch box.
Lairmore has chuckled with the rest of us at times. Defense really trying to underscore the unseriousness of it all
04.11.2025 16:45 β π 4730 π 379 π¬ 75 π 61
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
04.11.2025 16:37 β π 6838 π 1115 π¬ 261 π 684
Defense is now questioning Lairmore on cross-examination. They show a video still of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground, post-throw.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
04.11.2025 15:58 β π 5210 π 573 π¬ 178 π 379
Defense tells judge they want to question Lairmore about 'gag gifts' he received from fellow officers after the alleged assault, including a Subway sandwich plush toy and a patch that (unless I misheard) said 'Felony Footlong.'
Prosecutors object. Defense argues they reflect CBP 'state of mind.'
04.11.2025 15:50 β π 5273 π 504 π¬ 41 π 121
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
04.11.2025 15:32 β π 10691 π 2150 π¬ 1107 π 2635
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now heβs struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
04.11.2025 15:28 β π 8181 π 1560 π¬ 499 π 774
What Can Zohran Mamdani Do?
The Democratic nomineeβs big-ticket priorities are possible β with a little help from his friends.
How much of Zohran Mamdani's ambitious agenda can he get done if he's elected mayor on Tuesday?
A lot βΒ and here's what it might look like:
www.huffpost.com/entry/zohran...
31.10.2025 16:32 β π 140 π 34 π¬ 1 π 2
RFK Jr. Tackles His Fatherβs Legacy On Food Stamps
The Health and Human Services secretary is standing at the opposite end of his late fatherβs anti-poverty legacy.
RFK Sr traveled the country as a senator to expose malnutrition, drum up support for food stamps.
RFK Jr travels the country as HHS secretary, sees overweight children at airports, says food stamps "poisoning" today's children
New story w/ Senate library material
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
30.10.2025 11:21 β π 195 π 76 π¬ 2 π 2
Nebraskaβs βCornhusker Clinkβ for migrant detainees upends rural community
Nebraska residents and former inmates are frustrated by plans to turn a Work Ethic Camp into an immigrant detention center called the βCornhusker Clink.β
A perfect story for our times.
Nebraska is getting its own immigrant detention center like Florida's Alligator Alcatraz. But people are upset because the center is replacing a work camp that provides the local economy with cheap prison labor.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
27.10.2025 18:35 β π 148 π 61 π¬ 7 π 6
This is an excellent lede for a civil complaint. A+
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
23.10.2025 17:00 β π 498 π 63 π¬ 2 π 3
Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
16.10.2025 21:34 β π 7033 π 2542 π¬ 92 π 128
ICE boasted over the arrest of Sydney Reid, a DC woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent in an altercation with ICE officers near DC Jail.
Today a jury found Reid NOT GUILTY on a misdemeanor -- after grand juries no-billed the case 3 TIMES.
Folks, don't let ICE lecture you about rocket science.
16.10.2025 21:22 β π 130 π 32 π¬ 3 π 0
Trump Plans To Keep Paying Immigration Agents While Other Federal Workers Go Without Paychecks
The move amounts to special treatment for Trumpβs favorite constituency within the federal bureaucracy.
Internal DHS memo shows Trump plans to keep paying ICE agents and Border Patrol officers throughout the shutdown, while other feds go without pay.
Even the DHS administrative staff processing the paychecks won't get theirs, employee tells me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
16.10.2025 17:47 β π 289 π 211 π¬ 22 π 54
Yup the one in DC. He served me a few in his time there!
15.10.2025 13:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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