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don’t mean to be legally normie but I think reading these court orders about ICE abuses to Kristi Noem’s face, while recording her empty responses in the Congressional record, is worth doing

‘Bridging the Divide’ on Firearms Laws A new project brought together people from opposing sides of the gun debate to craft model legislation for violence prevention.

Our staff writer @bychipbrownlee.com writes an excellent newsletter about potential solutions to gun violence. Today's installment covers a new effort to bring together opposing sides of the gun debate to draft model legislation:

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Headline: 6 Voters React to Attacks on Iran Ahead of the Texas Primaries Sub-head: President Trump has said the attacks were necessary for the security of the United States and to free the Iranian people from oppression. Do voters agree?

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1) Stories of this category have *entirely* outlived their usefulness. "Insights" are pre-determined by tiny group you choose. Could find any six people to say the exact opposite.
Could find any group to to make this case "smartly," or stupidly.
Then sold as "Do voters agree?"
But wait..

honestly, this goes in the war crimes prosecution file, a pretty clear declaration that the mission is not guided by rules rooted in the law of armed conflict

The attack resulted in more injuries than any mass shooting in Austin since 2021, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive. It was also the city’s deadliest public mass shooting since 2023. thetr.ac/rOKiM

The surgery was a success, ma’am, and also, your husband died.

I don’t see how this is isn’t ultimately prosecutable — agents have a duty of care for people in their custody and this clearly isn’t it.

NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2026 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED Design, Photography and Illustration Awards finalists also named; National Magazine Awards finalists and winners to be honored at ASME Editorial Conference in New York City on May 19

🏆️ The Trace is a finalist for the 61st annual National Magazine Awards! We've been nominated in the General Excellence, Special Interest category.

The Trace has fact-checked the president’s baseless claims about violent crime and immigrants during his State of the Union.

www.thetrace.org/2026/02/trum...

This one could make you cry. (For years international adoptees became U.S. citizens only when their adoptive parents took the needed steps to get them naturalized; a 2000 law automatically naturalizes legal adoptees on arrival, but that came too late for this woman).

One of the great problem with journalism prizes is that they are mostly awarded based on the year a piece is published and not once their true power has been recognized.

But if ever there were a case for a special award...it should go to Julie.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

This how you isolate and capture "the worst of the worst" of these dangerous immigrants. You show yourself to be in need of help, and the worst criminals reveal themselves and their criminality by doing whatever they can to provide you with help.

Masterful law enforcement.

Even a Decade of Unintentional Shootings Could Not Slow America’s Top Pistol Maker SIG Sauer’s P320 has prompted scores of lawsuits for alleged safety issues. Insiders say a push to make more guns led to shoddy manufacturing.

SIG Sauer is now the top pistol maker in the U.S. Its flagship product, the P320, has prompted scores of lawsuits for alleged safety issues. The company has denied there is a problem with the gun.

Our new investigation reveals that while business grew, so did claims of shoddy manufacturing.

ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership did not see it as a concern to be addressed.

EXCLUSIVE: ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before the Minneapolis shootings.

Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership didn't see it as a concern to be addressed.

And if you’re wondering “Why is there a blob in the back?” Well, that’s where the first woman president was supposed to go. More than a century later, it remains unsculpted.

Jesse Jackson Jr. also had an under appreciated sense of comedic timing. Watch his fake sermon on SNL.😂

Cops Who Shoot Civilians Are Rarely Punished. But One Verdict in Illinois Stands Out. Some hope the sentencing of Sean Grayson, who shot and killed Sonya Massey in 2024, might signal a shift.

Police officers who fatally shoot civilians are rarely convicted or sentenced to lengthy prison terms.

But the 20-year-sentence handed down in the killing of Sonya Massey stands out and raises questions about whether anything has really changed.

My latest for @thetrace.org

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

What a totally bizarre situation.

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whut?

Actually, the Washington Post Layoffs Were a Bigger Bloodbath Than You Thought - Washingtonian The layoffs announced last week at the Washington Post were disfiguring to the esteemed news organization, with whole sections and departments—sports, books, staff photography—wiped away, and…

The Washington Post layoffs were a bigger bloodbath than you thought. New figures reveal 44 to 47.5 percent of the paper's newsroom was eliminated during last week's cuts.

But dozens of former employees who worked at SIG as far back as the 1990s told me the most likely explanation for the alleged problems associated with the P320 predates the model altogether. According to more than 100 hours of interviews and to documents I obtained — internal email exchanges, meeting notes, and manufacturing process instructions — SIG has frequently cut corners in ways that affect quality, potentially jeopardizing the integrity of parts used to build millions of guns and hundreds of thousands of P320s. The former employees said that changes set in motion years ago have undermined the reliability of the brand’s products and that Cohen has fostered a culture prioritizing production numbers above all else.

Ron Cohen transformed SIG Sauer into America’s top pistol manufacturer. But while business grew under his tenure, so did claims of shoddy manufacturing — and scores of lawsuits against the company for alleged safety issues. SIG has denied the allegations. thetr.ac/fACj9

Even a Decade of Unintentional Shootings Could Not Slow America’s Top Pistol Maker SIG Sauer’s P320 has prompted scores of lawsuits for alleged safety issues. Insiders say a push to make more guns led to shoddy manufacturing.

SIG Sauer’s P320 has prompted scores of lawsuits for alleged safety issues. Insiders say a push to make more guns led to shoddy manufacturing. Investigation with @bloomberg.com:

I honestly hate people like you. I hope the absolute worst for you and your family. I hope some illegal does horrible things to your family and you have to sit and think about bs articles like this you write to cause outrage towards ICE and more importantly Trump. Thats the real issue to left wing little cuck boys like you is Trump. Of course instead of the article saying illegal immigrants risk their own childs life coming to America illegaly instead if taking proper steps to become a citizen sadly are not provided medical care......nope. You blame ICE? The people defending our country from an invasion. How fucking retarded can you get? Even if 1% of them are criminals guess what there are literally millions of them thats hundreds of thousands of convicted criminals loose in oyr country with mo documentation to just run back to Mexico without a trace when they do something really fucked up. Fuckin stupidty and spreading this disease for fuckin what? Clicks you pathetic fuckin worm!

When you write about a sick baby whose parents entered the country legally

Photo shows a smiling baby

This is Amalia.

She spiked a fever of 104 in ICE lock up, a lawsuit says. Her oxygen levels dropped to 50%

Officers stood watch during her 10-day emergency hospital stay.

When she was well enough to leave, doctors said Amalia should go home.

Instead, ICE put her and her mom back in detention.

Taking your own food when you’re going TO ITALY. truly the sign of a demented mind

The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.