1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
Weβll let the childrenβs words speak for themselves. π§΅
09.02.2026 12:25 β π 7395 π 4917 π¬ 133 π 531
"They don't receive enough unearned wealth, why do you think you need to eat more than they need luxuries?"
08.02.2026 15:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
About 25 losers holding signs like Billionaires Build the Future an We Love You Jeff Bezos
Guys guys I saw a picture of the Pro Billionaire March
07.02.2026 23:33 β π 392 π 60 π¬ 85 π 98
A brand new Super PAC β Elect Chicago Women β just dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars into this race. Why?
Because itβs actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And theyβre doing everything they can to buy my race:
06.02.2026 00:52 β π 7414 π 2566 π¬ 162 π 96
People keep debating whether Epstein is more tied to Russia or Israel without understanding it's the same people: dual Russia/Israeli citizens involved in organized crime. The modern roots of this operation, going back to the 1980s, are detailed in the excerpt from HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT below.
05.02.2026 13:29 β π 798 π 423 π¬ 33 π 32
YouTube video by Mostly Simpsons
The Simpsons - Die Bart Die (English)
You do mean, "The Bitcoin, the", right?
youtu.be/gaXigSu72A4
05.02.2026 21:17 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Name them
shame them
05.02.2026 14:30 β π 40233 π 11545 π¬ 612 π 399
Kind of amazed she had it turned on? I only turn it on when I'm crossing borders or am visiting a country controlled by a repressive regime ahhh shit
04.02.2026 15:52 β π 3708 π 682 π¬ 31 π 11
FBI Couldnβt Get into WaPo Reporterβs iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
New from 404 Media: the FBI has been unable to get into the iPhone of raided Washington Post journalist because the phone had Lockdown Mode enabled. Apple markets Lockdown Mode mostly to stop spyware like NSO. Here, a real world example of it stopping access too www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
04.02.2026 14:07 β π 2042 π 654 π¬ 18 π 52
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04.02.2026 16:27 β π 4072 π 662 π¬ 83 π 36
Given the WaPo disaster, Iβm re-posting my starter pack of indie journalistsβit probably needs an update so give me a shout to add folks.
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04.02.2026 14:52 β π 141 π 73 π¬ 16 π 9
In light of the WaPo fuckery, re-sharing @gregpak.net's Local Journalists Starter Pack.
It's not all-encompassing, but a GREAT start!
04.02.2026 14:47 β π 36 π 17 π¬ 0 π 2
Does anyone remember Mean Streets?
That was fun.
A sort of Blade Runner take on a futuristic California with flying cars, robots, and a noir detective doing (largely repetitive) investigations and interrogations.
04.02.2026 13:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
BREAKING: βCan the PM tell us did the official security vetting he received mention Mandelsonβs ongoing relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein?β
βYes it didβ Keir Starmer
PM confirms he was aware of Mandelson's ongoing friendship with Epstein before he was appointed Ambassador
04.02.2026 12:47 β π 260 π 93 π¬ 48 π 56
The Mandelson affair: inside the scandal of a century
Mandelson's fall from grace reveals a very Labour weakness
Some interesting reporting in the New Statesman. There was a shortlist of four to be UK Ambassador to the US. Starmer favoured George Osborne. It was Morgan McSweeney who pushed for Mandelson.
04.02.2026 12:53 β π 531 π 226 π¬ 82 π 52
Epstein, Mossad, and the question we are not allowed to ask but must do
Epstein and Maxwell ran a βhoneytrapβ operation for Mossad, which survivor Maria Farmer described as a βJewish supremacistβ blackmail ring
Epstein, Mossad, and the question we are not allowed to ask but must do
Epstein and Maxwell ran a βhoneytrapβ operation for Mossad, which survivor Maria Farmer described as a βJewish supremacistβ blackmail ring. So, why aren't we talking about it?
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
03.02.2026 00:09 β π 41 π 21 π¬ 4 π 10
Epstein asks Barak to say he isnβt Mossadβ¦ and adds a smiley emoji
30.01.2026 22:34 β π 184 π 61 π¬ 4 π 10
as someone who pushes hard against conspiratorial thinking in my professional and political life, it is deeply irritating when, on top of the untold human harms Epstein caused, it turns out he was at the center of at least half a dozen actual conspiracies
03.02.2026 14:45 β π 8943 π 1675 π¬ 49 π 29
The Epstein rot goes deep
America must now ask itself if it can restore a culture of shame
"Americaβs deeper question is whether it can restore a culture of shame. Those who dealt with Epstein on money, tax or non-iniquitous connections are a far larger universe than his circle of alleged sexual abusers. Epsteinβs ordinary buddies/his enablers abandoned shame."
www.ft.com/content/3f82...
03.02.2026 17:13 β π 31 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0
I don't want to say much, just share my post so as many people as possible can see it.One dollar makes a difference in our livesππ»π
chuffed.org/project/1451...
02.02.2026 20:27 β π 98 π 196 π¬ 5 π 20
01.02.2026 23:18 β π 7661 π 2109 π¬ 25 π 31
Note from the editors:
ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed.
The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement.
The policy of shielding officersβ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.
A note from our editors:
01.02.2026 21:10 β π 16701 π 3736 π¬ 286 π 189
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
01.02.2026 21:10 β π 35216 π 17470 π¬ 2310 π 2264
02.02.2026 13:08 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
The Rafah crossing has reopened - but only barely.
Despite 20,000 sick Palestinians waiting to leave Gaza for medical treatment, only around 50 will be permitted to leave each day. No aid will be allowed through to Gaza. No foreign journalists will be allowed in either.
02.02.2026 09:26 β π 187 π 117 π¬ 18 π 6
Schumer:
"I have many jobs as leader.. and one is to fight for aid to Israel β all the aid that Israel needs. I will continue to fight for it.
Β«We delivered more security assistance to Israel, our ally, under my leadership than ever, ever before. We will keep doing that."
Doesn't seem like this should be his job
01.02.2026 23:19 β π 6454 π 1084 π¬ 250 π 377
Israel have always known the Gaza Health Ministry numbers are reliable. The claim that they aren't, that they're influenced by Khamas is just propaganda. BS.
Jan 2024. We knew before then, better media had already clarified, but our toxic ratty media did as they were told.
x.com/yuval_abraha...
01.02.2026 01:57 β π 22 π 10 π¬ 1 π 0
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