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ICE agents can't make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there's a risk of escape, US judge rules A judge says U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless they are likely to escape. U.S.

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"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years

can’t not hear and see:

The Digital Media Oligarchy: Who Owns Online News? More than half of US visits to major online news sites from Dec. 2024 through Nov. 2025 went to outlets controlled by just seven families or corporate entities.

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Some children being released evokes a hostage situation. ICE truly has kidnapped all these people, for what.

‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...

Columbia Heights has now connected the located child and her family with legal counsel. But TX lawyers told MPR they have spoken to MN families at Dilley who were not provided required legal counsel before being shipped out of state. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.

Snapshot from a random day in December 2024. Not sure how complete.

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For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.

Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.

This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.

Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

I'm good at predicting dreadful things but doxxbots had escaped me.

Trump withdraws 700 immigration agents from Minnesota deportation surge, thousands remain The Trump administration is withdrawing some 700 federal immigration enforcement agents from Minnesota, although about 2,000 agents will stay in place, White House border czar Tom Homan announced on W...

Trump quietly pulls 700 immigration agents out of Minnesota after weeks of backlash, but keeps roughly 2,000 on the ground — a partial retreat that changes the optics, not the policy.

"What drives these well-educated, relatively affluent wives and mothers to defend even the worst..."

Oh, it me. I'll bite. I'm not defending criminals. I'm defending due process, which actual criminals also deserve.

And the first person I protested for was a Fulbright Scholar, not "the worst."

I'm not sure what to make of it, but every Somali I represent in immigration court currently (8 of them) have today had their hearings cancelled and their judges reassigned. They're now all assigned to a video judge from Louisiana and scheduled for court hearing in one month. 🧵

Marissa J. Lang @Marissa Jae X.com I was laid off today by The Washington Post. I'm proud of the work I have done at this place — not just the award-winning work, but the stories that spurred change, that were steeped in this beautiful local community. Job tips welcome. DMs open. Or: marissalang(@)gmail(dot)com 9:15 AM • 2/4/26 • 76K Views

The Washington Post Sign in Marissa J. Lang Washington, D.C. Enterprise reporter Marissa J. Lang is an enterprise reporter for The Washington Post focused on high-impact stories in the D.C.region. She previously covered housing and gentrification, zeroing in on the affordable housing crisis, homelessness and the transformation of cities. She joined The Post in 2018 as its lead protest reporter. Her coverage of domestic extremism and the violence that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol culminated in her on-the-ground reporting of the insurrection and its aftermath. Marissa was part of the team of journalists recognized with a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

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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"And I know that from when they attacked a group of moms/8 year old girls/war veterans/indigenous people with drums with it."

They're moving closer and closer to treating us the way the United States treats people of color with land it wants.

I don't think the average person in America ought to have to become an expert in IDing military weaponry, ordinances & vehicles on the spot as they're used against us & our neighbors but here we are 🫠 having to learn what most of the rest of the world has to learn when the US shows up in the streets

I was confused that they'd broken an apartment window around the corner from where they attack people. This thing sure would explain it.

Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican Homecoming The Latin-trap performer is probably the most important pop musician of our time. Key to his success is that the bigger he gets, the more local he seems.

Such an incredible write up on Bad Bunny.

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Swarm of Righteous Teens Huge swarm of Tiny humanoids, chaotic good Skills Intimidation +8, Perception +7 Damage Resistances poison, psychic Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, incapacitated Senses passive Perception 17 Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space. Upon doing so, the creature must succeed on a DC 10 Strength Saving Throw or become Grappled and Prone. The creature can attempt to escape the grapple using an action on its turn. Actions Pummel. Melee Weapon Attack: +1 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d8 - 1) bludgeoning damage.

i decided they needed a statblock

I will just continue to say, opsec does matter, now more than ever.

Please do not look to Johnny-come-lately "all the anarchists I don't like are feds, actually" adventurists for opsec advice.

Especially when they've spent the past 48 hours saying it's good and virtuous to snitch-record protesters

I am totes terrifying

If they can't find enough corrupt prosecutors, all those cases should be dismissed, I guess.

"For having masked secret police hold down their caring son and shoot him in the back" would have been a valid answer from the Daily Mail as well.

Don't hurt the Nazis' feelings. Luv, a white man

I think everyone defines their own line. This video last year of a Fulbright Scholar getting grabbed off the street by masked secret police was it for me.

What should happen to anyone affiliated with ICE should be so extreme that abolition *is* the compromise

One could quit one's job with the various federal departments of violent racism.