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Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.

New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
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Heidi Klum dresses up as Medusa for Halloween.

A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes

Trump’s victims are now washing up in Trinidad:
“The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.“

Exclusive: US set to transfer Caribbean strike survivors overseas instead of POW-style detention President Donald Trump's administration is moving to send the two survivors of a Thursday strike in the Caribbean to a different country rather than seek long-term military detention for them, four U.S. officials told Reuters on Saturday.

Exclusive: US set to transfer Caribbean strike survivors overseas instead of POW-style detention reut.rs/4ngaR6L

Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 68,000, as search efforts continue amid ceasefire Israel said the remains of another hostage that Hamas handed over the day before were identified as Eliyahu Margalit, as the Palestinian death toll surpassed 68,000 people amid searching beneath th…

Hamas is accusing Israel of continuing its attacks and violating the ceasefire agreement after nine people were killed, including women and children, when their vehicle was hit by Israeli fire in Gaza City, according to the Civil Defense.

Garbage band

Garbage <3

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents ‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

5/ El congreso, de espaldas al país para variar. Fuerza Popular (Fujimorismo) queda en la presidencia del congreso. Nuevo co-gobierno

4/ Peruvian congress president José Jeri is the new Peruvian President . How long would he last??? It would depend on how long the congress wants him there / the concession he makes to the powers that appointed him / *Average day in Peruvian politics 🫠 😔

3/ The congress is now voting whether they would dissolve the congress board. If they vote in favor, this would remove the direct succession to the presidency from former president Boluarte to congress President (Jeri). If they vote in favor, another congress person would be the next president #Peru

2/ Dina Boluarte's successor is Peruvian congress president Jose Jeri, who has been accused of alleged rape. It's unclear how long he will last in power or how the streets would react. The congress failed to impeach her after the deadly crackdown on protesters Boluarte conducted in 2023

1/Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has been impeached.With a 2% approval rate, her allies in congress turned their back in less than 24 hours using as excuse the very real security crisis in the country.Congress members are likely focused in the 2026 general elections instead of the immediate chaos

Jesus Christ. DHS has held this guy in the hospital handcuffed to a bed and under constant guard for over a MONTH without ANY warrant or even ANY steps taken towards putting him into the removal system!

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

One resident of the apartment building ICE raided told Reuters that agents broke down her door, then "told them to go back to their country and made a sexualized remark about Venezuelan women, she said. One of the agents hit a man in front of her son."

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DHS says an operation last week in which agents raided a Chicago apartment building, rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors and detained numerous residents, resulted in the arrest of two suspected gang members.
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Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID?

It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.

This @washingtonpost.com editorial doesn’t make it past the second paragraph without a glaring (and telling) factual error.

President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:

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The airline lobby wanted it. ✈️
The airline lobby got it. 💰

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Here’s what appears to be a little girl shackled at the wrists and ankles boarding an ICE flight on Avelo Airlines yesterday. Seattle (Boeing Field) to Mesa, AZ, an ICE detention hub.

Not one of those men helped her up the stairs.

Courtesy @lalabote.bsky.social

Pentagon Asks Its Civilian Employees If They Want to Work for ICE The Department of Defense asks its civilian workers to apply for a "volunteer force" to support ICE that may involve working under "austere conditions.

NEW: The Department of Defense has asked its civilian employees if they want to work for ICE:

www.404media.co/pentagon-ask...

The Deportation Business: How Mass Deportation Became a $45 Billion Industry Trump’s Project 2025 has turned mass deportation into a $45 billion industry built on human suffering. Private corporations run overcrowded, neglect-filled detention centers, reaping billions in feder...

Migrants are being jailed in freezing, overcrowded cells, denied medical care, and forced to eat off chairs like animals—all while private companies collect billions. Under Trump’s Project 2025, mass deportation isn’t just policy. It’s profit. And cruelty is part of the business plan.

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🚨Bondi’s new order now expressly orders DC police to assist with immigration enforcement.

This order is more clear on the intent of the Trump operation. It’s unfortunately also more likely to withstand court challenge, if today’s hearing was any hint.

IRS begins sharing sensitive taxpayer data with immigration authorities to find undocumented migrants | CNN Politics The Internal Revenue Service began sharing sensitive taxpayer data this week with immigration authorities searching for undocumented migrants, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The Internal Revenue Service began sharing sensitive taxpayer data this week with immigration authorities searching for undocumented migrants, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Exclusive: US Air Force denies early retirement for group of transgender service members The U.S. Air Force is denying early retirement to all transgender service members with between 15 and 18 years of military service, opting instead to force them out with no retirement benefits, according to a memo seen by Reuters.

Air Force service members with 15-18 years of service can be eligible for early retirement. The Trump admin just blocked early retirement for all trans folks in the Air Force leaving them without the lifelong pensions or healthcare they're owed for their service.

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Academics Warn Columbia University Deal Sets Dangerous Precedent Columbia University's $200 million agreement with President Donald Trump's administration marks the end of a months-long showdown, but academics warn it is just the first round of a government "assaul...

"Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard, said that 'in terms of academic freedom and in terms of democracy, the (Columbia) precedent is devastating.'"

www.barrons.com/news/academi...

Wow. A group of top scholars at Harvard just sent a letter to its president, Alan Garber, warning against surrendering to Trump.

Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt.

Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:

Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

A leaked DHS memo obtained by TNR lays out the need to persuade top Pentagon officials to get much more serious about using the military to combat illegal immigration—and not just at the border. https://trib.al/Dm2KGJr