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Trump administrationโ€™s third-country deportation policy unlawful, judge finds The ruling could make it more difficult for the government to send migrants to countries that are not their own.

Breaking news: A federal judge in Boston ruled that the Trump administrationโ€™s policy of deporting undocumented immigrants to countries where they are not citizens is unconstitutional.

25.02.2026 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 308    ๐Ÿ” 98    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just todayโ€™s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way.
www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

25.02.2026 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9652    ๐Ÿ” 4813    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 411    ๐Ÿ“Œ 304
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Ghostly. Remarkable. Silent.

At Berlinโ€™s Brandenburg Gate, thousands knelt to honor the tens of thousands of Ukrainians killed by Russiaโ€™s war.

Solidarity is refusing to look away.

25.02.2026 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 120    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

DHS is being more aggressive than ever targeting anonymous social media accounts that have spoken out against ICE, asking Big Tech to hand over information on users without signed judicial warrants

story w/ @sheeraf.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

14.02.2026 00:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 624    ๐Ÿ” 318    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 60
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ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.

Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.

13.02.2026 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 304    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 185    ๐Ÿ“Œ 347
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Three journalists among 11 Palestinians killed in Israel's attacks on Gaza The three journalists worked for a committee supervising Egyptian aid in Gaza and were documenting a newly set-up camp.

The three journalists worked for a committee supervising Egyptian aid in Gaza and were documenting a newly set-up camp.

21.01.2026 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 316    ๐Ÿ” 244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw

20.01.2026 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4869    ๐Ÿ” 1341    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 178    ๐Ÿ“Œ 117

The US seems very entitled when they beg other countries to save them from Trump... who is threatening those countries daily. This is your mess, it's up to you to clean it. The same goes for any tyrant, tyranny can't simply be removed is must be dismantled from the inside.

14.01.2026 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 696    ๐Ÿ” 143    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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How ICE Crackdowns Set Off a Resistance in American Cities In Minneapolis and other cities where federal agents have led immigration crackdowns, residents have formed loose networks to track and protest them.

In Minneapolis and other cities, residents have formed networks to track and protest ICE crackdowns. Participants say they have been propelled into action with two goals in mind: an urge to protect their neighbors and also to push back against a violent and overreaching federal government.

14.01.2026 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 173    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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No staff, no equipment, no medicine: a doctor on returning to Gaza after 665 days in an Israeli prison Dr Ahmed Muhanna, one of the countryโ€™s most senior emergency care consultants, says the scale of destruction he saw on his release brought him to tears

No staff, no equipment, no medicine: a doctor on returning to Gaza after 665 days in an Israeli prison

12.01.2026 06:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 163    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Somalis Fled Civil War and Built a Community. Now They Are a Target.

The majority of people with Somali heritage in the United States are US-born, and more than 92 percent are US citizens. But a fraud scandal has made the Somali community in Minnesota a focus of the Trump administrationโ€™s crackdown on immigrants. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

11.01.2026 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Sudan announces governmentโ€™s return to Khartoum from wartime capital

Sudan announces governmentโ€™s return to Khartoum from wartime capital

Sudan announces governmentโ€™s return to Khartoum from wartime capital https://aje.news/iblvso

11.01.2026 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars

DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars

DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars https://theonion.com/dhs-releases-watchlist-of-mothers-driving-cars/

09.01.2026 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8322    ๐Ÿ” 1894    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54

Thank God Latin America is Deltaโ€™s domain.

Otherwise weโ€™d already have fifteen new SEAL podcasts, sponsorship deals, newly launched protein powders, and a social media catfight about who it was that yoinked Maduro out of bed.

03.01.2026 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 354    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Tents supplied to displaced Palestinians โ€˜inadequate for Gaza winterโ€™ Thousands have blown down in storms and tents from China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia found to be not waterproof Thousands of tents supplied by China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to shelter displaced Palestinians in Gaza offer only limited protection against rain and wind, an assessment compiled by shelter specialists in the devastated territory has revealed. The assessment will undermine claims that Palestinians in Gaza are being supplied with adequate shelter. Fierce storms in recent weeks blew down or damaged thousands of tents, affecting at least 235,000 people, according to UN estimates. Continue reading...

Tents supplied to displaced Palestinians โ€˜inadequate for Gaza winterโ€™

03.01.2026 05:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Israel faces widespread condemnation as NGO ban comes into effect Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns.

Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns.

01.01.2026 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 145    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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โ€˜Year starts with despair' in Gaza as Israel's ban on aid groups kicks in Heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail is expected across Palestine, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department.

Heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail is expected across Palestine, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department.

01.01.2026 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 97    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Hundreds of thousands newly displaced as Islamic State insurgency expands in Mozambique Rising numbers of people flee jihadists, as violence against civilians increases and foreign aid dwindles More than 300,000 people have been displaced by an Islamic State insurgency in Mozambique since July, amid growing fears that authorities lack a workable plan to end the fighting. With wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan attracting more attention and foreign aid falling, the grinding conflict in Mozambique has been largely ignored or forgotten. More than 1 million people have been displaced, many of them two, three or even four times. Continue reading...

Hundreds of thousands newly displaced as Islamic State insurgency expands in Mozambique

25.12.2025 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.

The Trump administration is seeking to overhaul the countryโ€™s immigrant detention system in a plan that includes renovating industrial warehouses to hold more than 80,000 immigrant detainees at a time, according to documents reviewed by The Post.

24.12.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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Gaza patients facing death as Israel continues to block medical supplies More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.

More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.

23.12.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 96    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Text reading: ICE Detainee Dies After Being Held at a Troubled Jailhouse in Newark. Jean Wilson Brutus, 41, was one of four migrants to die in the past week after medical emergencies in detention centers in New Jersey, Michigan, Mississippi and Pennsylvania.

Text reading: ICE Detainee Dies After Being Held at a Troubled Jailhouse in Newark. Jean Wilson Brutus, 41, was one of four migrants to die in the past week after medical emergencies in detention centers in New Jersey, Michigan, Mississippi and Pennsylvania.

For an excellent study of medicalizing euphemisms please see Golfo Alexopolousโ€™s history of the Gulag, entitled "Illness and Inhumanity."

22.12.2025 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 889    ๐Ÿ” 365    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Hegseth reverses land mine policy to allow use of controversial weapon The Trump administration will reverse a Biden-era policy that prohibits the use of antipersonnel land mines, according to a Dec. 2 document reviewed by The Post.

The Trump administration reversed a Biden-era ban on antipersonnel land mines except on the Korean Peninsula.

The memo, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, says the reversal would give the U.S. military a โ€œforce multiplierโ€ against enemies.

19.12.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98    ๐Ÿ” 72    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56
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Trump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries In immigration courts, U.S. lawyers have filed thousands of requests to dismiss asylum cases and force people to pursue asylum elsewhere.

The Trump administration is intensifying efforts to deport people to countries where they have no connections. Last month, U.S. lawyers filed almost 5,000 motions to dismiss asylum cases and force applicants to seek protection elsewhere.

20.12.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Planning to visit the US? Take it from this American citizen โ€“ donโ€™t | Eleanor Limprecht I love many things about the land of my birth but Donald Trumpโ€™s America has become an unwelcoming country of deep divisions and waning trust

Planning to visit the US? Take it from this American citizen โ€“ donโ€™t | Eleanor Limprecht

12.12.2025 05:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 362    ๐Ÿ” 124    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Trumpโ€™s Immigration Forces Deploy โ€œLess Lethalโ€ Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agentsโ€™ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...

ProPublica found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someoneโ€™s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.

Read the full story: propub.li/44HU4Tp

02.12.2025 08:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 892    ๐Ÿ” 545    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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Aid cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core โ€“ and will mean millions more infections ahead Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030

โ€œWithout swift action to get services back on track, UNAIDS has predicted there will be 3.3 million more new HIV infections by 2030 than expected.โ€ ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ก

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

01.12.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Disobeying illegal orders cannot be sedition. The Uniform Code of Military Justice, article 92, requires service members to follow LAWFUL orders. If an order is illegal, they have a duty to DISOBEY. Obeying an illegal order can result in criminal liability.

20.11.2025 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2230    ๐Ÿ” 637    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedyโ€™s Vaccine Skepticism

CDC Website has been hacked!
Just kidding (sadly ๐Ÿ˜ฉ)

Call Senator Bill Cassidy (202- 224-5824) and tell him to DO something! As the man (and MD!) who was the deciding vote in confirming the ๐Ÿง  ๐Ÿชฑ that is destroying public health, he is also culpable!

20.11.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 156    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Thou shalt not call your political opponents โ€œviolentโ€ when YOU are the one openly threatening to execute your political opponents.

20.11.2025 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6170    ๐Ÿ” 1227    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."

20.11.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6951    ๐Ÿ” 1936    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 142    ๐Ÿ“Œ 93

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