Ian Litwin

ICE is killing, lying, and covering for itself.

We must abolish ICE—and we need to make sure that no federal officer can ever kill and hide behind a would-be badge, a mask, or a lawless President and DHS Secretary ever again. That's why I introduced the Deadly Force Independent Review Act.

Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...

NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.

We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.

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Self-crit time: last night I reported on this rally in Chicago, and like I was worried would happen, big liberal accounts have spread its aesthetics but ignored its context. But that's my fault as well

I should have made a few things clearer from the start:

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drawing their guns, aiming them at someone who hasn’t even committed a traffic offense, forcibly removing her from her vehicle at gunpoint and throwing her into their vehicle for transport were crimes committed before local police even made a phone call, and should be reported as such imo

Slightly graphic imagery on this one, but let's get it funded, ok?
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OPEN LETTER TO THE GUARDIAN Dear Editors, We write in reference to a recent article published in the UK online edition of The Guardian on Friday, 23 January 2026, which carried the following misleading headline: "British crown was world's largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals." The article in question, by Chris Osuh, showcases a new book by Dr. Brooke Newman, The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of Slavery and the British Monarchy (Harper Collins, 2026). But Newman's book is not the original source of that claim. That claim derives from earlier scholarship, the painstaking archival work of a Black historian of Caribbean heritage: the late Roger Norman Buckley. It is unfortunate that the silencing of his original scholarship appears in the profiling of a book advertised as uncovering silences. While it is great to see public attention brought to the history of the Crown's involvement in slavery through the new book and its profiling in The Guardian, the headline compromises The Guardian's efforts to address the legacies of slavery generally and its own institutional links when it extracts and reframes earlier work by a Black scholar as a revelation new to this book. The relevant passage in The Crown's Silence draws on original scholarship by Roger Norman Buckley in Slaves in Red Coats: The British West India Regiments, 1795-1815 (1979). Dr. Brooke Newman repeats Buckley's figures, which she cites (referencing page 55 of Buckley's book, see attached) while changing his "British government" to "Crown." She then converts his careful "perhaps the largest individual buyer" to a more conclusive claim, changing his "British government" to "king" but without citing Buckley for that claim which is on page 56 of his book (see attached) and which, uncited in Newman's book, is the Guardian headline. There is room for popular histories that rely largely on the secondary scholarship of other historians. But other historians have not been silent.

Page from Buckley’s 1979 book

2nd page from Buckley’s 1979 book

An open letter to @theguardian.com about their article last week about the Crown’s Silence, requesting that the Black scholar of Caribbean heritage who did the years of archival research behind this claim, and published it in 1979, Roger Norman Buckley, be acknowledged as the source of this reveal:

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February

"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March

"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.

There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity.

They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.

My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.

I mean, he tagged Elon Musk when he posted his nonsense about welfare programs being unconstitutional. He's certainly thirsty for a patron.

Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article) A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.

Here's a gift link to the New York's Times' timeline of Homeland Security's killing of Alex Pretti. It shows clearly what actually happened and makes it abundantly clear that the Trump regime is lying to cover up a murder.

People are dying in Trump’s squalid concentration camps | Will Bunch People are dying in ICE detention facilities at nearly 10 times the rate of the Biden years. It will likely get worse.

The ICE deaths we're not talking about

Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year

My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support.

PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-

Venmo @powwowgrounds

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Donate to Help ICE Protestor After being shot by Feds, organized by Sarah Gallimore Posting on behalf of my friend: On Friday, 1/9, hundreds protester… Sarah Gallimore needs your support for Help ICE Protestor After being shot by Feds

He survived the point-blank shot from a DHS agent but the doctors say a sneeze or a cough could shift the metal enough to kill him.

www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

Don't know that it matters for his legal conclusion, but he mistakenly thinks that the footage is bodycam footage, and so he believes that you hear the car hit the officer. That's not true. It's a cellphone, and the officer fumbles it when he stretches his hands towards the car.

So hey, while Frey is doing soundbytes and spouting off, Sheriff Dawanna Witt and Frey's Police Chief Brian O'Hara's people were at HCMC last night protecting ICE agents, refusing to trespass them from the ER waiting room there despite requests from the hospital, and elected officials.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all

ICE are kidnappers and murderers. I don't want well trained kidnappers and murderers hunting you or anyone else. I want them prosecuted for their crimes and then abolished.

I am at real risk of saying something I'm going to regret.

Every word of the post below is a lie, and its author deserves to burn in Hell for eternity.

Trump Can’t Cap Overhead Rate on NIH Grants to Research Universities, Appeals Court Rules The ruling is a victory for higher-education associations who challenged the proposed 15-percent cap, calling it illegal and claiming it would devastate the research enterprise.

After a going through a horrendous year, this is a relief. A 15% cap on overhead costs for university research is a death punch. It doesn't improve efficiency. Research would come to a stop. Recall that changes to #NIH funding DECREASED the number of grants funded in 2025.
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We disagree about whether MAGA knew they were voting for mass deportation. Deporting every single undocumented immigrant is still supported by a a majority of Republicans, and now they're coming after legal Somalians in my city because they're bored with demonizing Haitians, but what do I know?

You keep sidestepping the fact that progressives overwhelmingly voted for Biden, who was less than half of what they wanted. Contrary to your narrative, the numbers show they also did that for Clinton in 2016.

We agree Kamala was a bad candidate, but she tried your strategy. It failed.

Also, Biden literally won with a coalition of liberals and Leftists. Those cringe "No Kings" rallies are mostly liberals and leftists. But, ok, do exactly what lost in 2024 all over again because you can't trust the progressives who got Biden elected. Maybe Cheney and Cuban will do more rallies.

Oh, you're deranged.

Liberals are part of the center. But if you believe the debunked bullshit that Bernie Bros cost you 2016 and that you can steal votes from Trump by bleeding progressives and courting conservatives, ask President Harris how well that worked.

I mostly agree, but Kamala came close despite running a bad and short campaign, and despite the fact that Dem voters weren't thrilled with Biden over a variety of issues. A stronger candidate running after 4 years of Trump mismanagement could beat MAGA with a coalition of liberals and leftists.