An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.
20.02.2026 23:46 β π 11757 π 5022 π¬ 157 π 94
βIs there a technology the left is excited about?β
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
18.02.2026 13:40 β π 12279 π 2850 π¬ 337 π 207
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
10.02.2026 15:41 β π 15412 π 5899 π¬ 240 π 162
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
10.02.2026 21:11 β π 5974 π 2758 π¬ 45 π 56
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
10.02.2026 20:18 β π 31262 π 13782 π¬ 971 π 1697
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, πΈ by @ScottStrazzante
09.02.2026 02:16 β π 11993 π 2662 π¬ 59 π 64
A good thread from a privacy hawk who's been raising awareness about Ring's surveillance and law enforcement connections for years.
09.02.2026 13:42 β π 55 π 20 π¬ 1 π 1
Federal Data Is Disappearing
The Trump administration has disrupted data collection on everything from homeland security, maternal mortality, hunger, drug use, education, disaster preparation and the economy.
The Trump administration has disrupted data collection on everything from homeland security, maternal mortality, hunger, drug use, education, disaster preparation and the economy.
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/federal-data-is-disappearing
07.02.2026 16:10 β π 10 π 6 π¬ 0 π 1
There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
30.01.2026 03:44 β π 5587 π 3137 π¬ 239 π 211
Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia
29.01.2026 02:22 β π 5414 π 1714 π¬ 239 π 183
remember what JD Vance said of the ICE agents that arrested this little boy: βwhat did you expect them to do?β
29.01.2026 02:29 β π 5433 π 1073 π¬ 61 π 19
This is what letting RFK jr go wild on health looks like
28.01.2026 13:14 β π 4779 π 1915 π¬ 211 π 73
βI want my momβ: Kindergartner left without her mother for several days as ICE detains parents in Maine - The Boston Globe
A growing number of children across Maine have been left without a parent as immigration enforcement surges in the state.
A kindergartener is one of a growing number of children in Maine who have been left without a parent as the Trump administration carries out a major immigration enforcement effort, according to local officials.
27.01.2026 21:30 β π 874 π 357 π¬ 18 π 11
Minnesota sees Maine. Help our Eastern cousins! No one should ever stand alone against bullies.
27.01.2026 00:15 β π 138 π 50 π¬ 2 π 1
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
24.01.2026 21:41 β π 33676 π 10458 π¬ 446 π 422
ICE OUT NOW. π―οΈπ―οΈπ―οΈ
25.01.2026 02:24 β π 444 π 133 π¬ 1 π 3
Nothing to see here folks, just a sitting president investing in two companies whose merger he claims sole authority to approve or reject. Totally normal! π
17.01.2026 10:57 β π 10315 π 4177 π¬ 599 π 333
DHS: It is horrific to see radical agitators bring children to their violent riots.
PLEASE STOP ENDANGERING YOUR CHILDREN.
ABC News β’ @ABCβ’ 7h
Two children, including a 6-month-old, were hospitalized last night after federal agents deployed tear gas during Wednesday night's protests, according to the Minneapolis Office of Community Safety....
7:32 AM β’ 1/16/26 β’ 145
The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the babyβs father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
16.01.2026 15:38 β π 7359 π 2518 π¬ 227 π 182
My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
15.01.2026 12:54 β π 4622 π 1511 π¬ 69 π 108
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you havenβt seen them yet, itβs incredible. My favorite so far is last weekβs. Legit got me emotional.
09.01.2026 01:50 β π 15493 π 3655 π¬ 234 π 737
Week 1. We invaded Venezuela. We killed the ACA subsidies. We destroyed the Kennedy Center. We murdered a woman in cold blood over deportations. We threatened Greenland, now we are offering them $100,000 per person to allow us to take over their country.
First 7 days. Can we survive a year of this?
09.01.2026 16:37 β π 11010 π 2769 π¬ 922 π 251
once again we are all tapping the sign
09.01.2026 23:45 β π 6465 π 1799 π¬ 2 π 0
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
05.01.2026 16:12 β π 28570 π 14061 π¬ 1513 π 1948
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies β before his *wife* β started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
19.11.2025 15:38 β π 8402 π 1780 π¬ 163 π 91
Imagine what this number will look like when health insurance premiums go through the roof and countless people will have no coverage.
15.11.2025 00:55 β π 357 π 152 π¬ 10 π 9
Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on
Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.
EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.
11.10.2025 23:16 β π 680 π 317 π¬ 41 π 27
George was just trying to get to work.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughterβs birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
10.10.2025 19:02 β π 14410 π 7219 π¬ 382 π 281
'It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures
Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.
βWhatβs happened to this part of western Wisconsin is part of a much larger crisis. Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.
President Trumpβs Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.β
09.10.2025 00:57 β π 401 π 199 π¬ 16 π 5
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