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CBS host Stephen Colbert says network barred airing interview with Texas US Senate candidate CBS late-night show host Stephen Colbert said on Monday that the network's lawyers barred him from airing an interview with Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico, who is running for his...

Late-night show host Stephen Colbert said that CBS lawyers barred him from airing an interview with Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico, who is running for his party's nomination for the US Senate reut.rs/4qCIJMB

ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say

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Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.

A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked. A judge ruled his arrest was unlawful.

I've thought of this song often over the past many months and especially since the killings of Alex Pretti and Reneee Good.

ICE demanded Maine sheriff’s employment records following his criticism of arrest The subpoena came a day after Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce blasted immigration agents for arresting one of his guards.

ICE is demanding the employment records at a Maine jail after a sheriff openly criticized immigration agents for arresting one of his guards

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

The Tech Arsenal That ICE Has Deployed in Minneapolis Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.

ICE agents in Minneapolis are using facial recognition and other tools to identify undocumented immigrants and track protesters, officials said. The agency is also using cellphone and social media tools to monitor people’s online activity and potentially hack into phones.

"Hamas and ICE also share one very visible trait that I never thought I’d see in the United States: Almost all of their foot soldiers wear masks."

Imagine having to defend your fatally shot son from Stephen Miller's slurs that he was a "domestic terrorist" trying to "assassinate" ICE officers. This is what Trump and Trumpism has brought to the United States.

“We cannot stand silent and stand aside as people are being attacked and separated from their families and disappeared,” she said. “They’re beloved children of God, and we are with them — that is our call.”

Agents detain and send 2-year-old girl and her father to Texas despite court order to release toddler Attorneys for the family say they were asylum-seekers who were pulled over without a warrant and did not have a final order for removal.

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“We have never seen this level of depravity with a 2-year-old.”

Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.

New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.

My story:

U.S. Border Patrol agent knees man in face in Minneapolis as other agents hold him down • Minnesota Reformer A U.S. Border Patrol agent kneed a man at least five times in the face while several other agents held him pinned facedown on the pavement in south Minneapolis on Friday, according to multiple witness...

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Two days ago we learned that Federal agents showed up at a Washington Post reporter’s home, searched it, seized her phone and two laptops. We also learned that the Post's owner, Jeff Bezos, remained silent that day. No words of support.

Well, Thursday came and went and still nothing from Bezos.

The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.

2 shot by federal immigration agents in Portland Mayor Keith Wilson decried the shooting, saying "Portland is not a 'training ground' for militarized agents."

Gift link for the Oregonian. Local news will have better info
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I have neighbors here in Lewiston who are still picking (green) tomatoes. I pulled my tomato plants in October but we still have blooming flowers.

Bighorn ram shot and left to waste along Big Salmon Road Idaho Fish and Game and Wild Sheep Foundation are offering reward for information on poacher

Idaho Fish and Game seeks information on bighorn ram poached and left to waste near Riggins.
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Opinion | Goodbye, Price Tags. Hello Dynamic Pricing. Shopping has always been a game. And now it’s being rigged against you.

Shopping has always been a game. And now it’s being rigged against you.

A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me

YouTube video by Lewiston Tribune Hard Times for the Iconic Snake River Sturgeon: Lewiston Tribune Podcast

Joe DuPont and I talk about Hells Canyon sturgeon in the Lewiston Tribune Podcast.
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Sturgeon in Hells Canyon are on the decline Regional fisheries managers are seeking ways to help the fish that have been vexed by dams and predation

Once thought stable, one of Hells Canyon's iconic species is in trouble.

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The plow, the steam engine, electricity — all replaced muscle. AI replaces cognition. If you spend your day “reading lots of stuff and turning it into straight English,” well… so does the machine. The goal now is to learn from history and cushion the blow better than last time.

Trump’s War on Carolina Christians

Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.

Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice

"If he was some kind of narcoterrorist,” she said, “then why are we living in misery instead of a mansion?”

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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email