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.
This blind man - a refugee from Burma - was dropped off by Border Patrol at a Tim Horton's in Buffalo, NY.
In the middle of February.
A mile from a home where he no longer lived.
While his relatives were searching for him.
Cops found his body 5 days later
www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
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He's going to stand there and berate the Democrats more and more explicitly and lewdly, my only hope is that they do walk out.
Sitting there and taking it is abused partner behavior. He is enjoying your attention. Leave. Just leave.
(Watching on TV is not the same. Ish.)
25.02.2026 03:18 β π 396 π 60 π¬ 17 π 3
Who?
25.02.2026 03:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Rubin: "There is at least one witness for whom 3 interviews with the FBI in in 2019 are missing [from the Epstein files]. What's the big deal? We can also confirm she is the same person who in a 2025 FBI presentation is identified as accusing Trump of a sexual assault when she was between 13 and 15"
24.02.2026 15:13 β π 6163 π 2643 π¬ 149 π 211
πThe federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics.
"It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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If you give the state the power & tools to go after one minority group, they wonβt stop there.
Donβt throw trans folks under the bus.
21.02.2026 19:21 β π 14 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
The level of anger normal Minnesota people have at their elected representatives is palpable. It's not about party, but the perceived failure of local/state electeds to do anything of substance to protect residents who pay their taxes and get left facing off alone against masked, armed men.
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Headline: Trans teens across New York City scramble after NYU Langone shutters care
This is yet another example of a private institution capitulating to the federal governmentβs assault on transgender rights. In the face of these attacks, New York City will continue to be a refuge for the LGBTQIA+ community.
19.02.2026 17:47 β π 2400 π 384 π¬ 197 π 114
Third American death linked to ice uncovered by Newsweek
While the 23-year-old's death was reported in March 2025, it was not made clear that a federal agent fired the fatal shot.
DHS successfullyβuntil nowβcovered up the murder of a third US citizen on Texas' Padre Island, the sort of thing that can only happen in GOP-ruled Texas. ICE agents shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, last year, but DHS covered up the whole incident, Newsweek reports.
19.02.2026 17:53 β π 944 π 628 π¬ 15 π 19
ICE killed a US citizen in Texas. The public was not told a federal agent fired the fatal shot until much later.
20.02.2026 04:18 β π 1594 π 594 π¬ 11 π 15
Whistleblower responds after DOJ confirms DOGE mishandled Social Security data
The Social Security Administration says members of Elon Muskβs DOGE team working at the agency accessed and shared sensitive data. The latest disclosure from the Trump administration seemed to confirm...
7/ Whistleblower alleges that an SSA βdatabase called the Numident, which is the master database of ur personal info, was uploaded to an AWS cloud environment.β [Numidentβs data is now allegedly linked to the Save System to facilitate voter purges. This is a centerpiece of the Save America Act]
16.02.2026 19:27 β π 313 π 224 π¬ 10 π 12
I received notification of yet another death at an ICE facility, meaning 38 people have died in custody since Trump returned to office.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
19.02.2026 17:07 β π 2942 π 1123 π¬ 213 π 101
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
βA bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating in Minnesota and around the world!
May this blessed month bring peace, hope, and renewal β€οΈ
18.02.2026 01:16 β π 1618 π 230 π¬ 16 π 3
As of 4:38pm on 16 Feb, 2026.
Yeah, they're not gone, they're not de-escalating, they're not withdrawing. Same shit, day after day.
Fuck them.
We will win.
16.02.2026 22:38 β π 19 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0
βThey didnβt tell me to stop, they didnβt tell me anything,β Lopez-Banegas said. βI was so scared.β
At this point, there were several unmarked cars surrounding Lopez-Banegas, he says.
βThere was a bunch of cars, right? So I started driving very slow because I didnβt want to hit anybody,β Lopez-Banegas told Patch.
Lopez-Banegas eventually stopped when an ICE agent removed him from the car, he says. At this point, his coworker had taken the keys out of the ignition, according to Lopez-Banegas.
Lopez-Banegas told Patch it wasnβt until after he was out of the car that an ICE agent began shooting.
βHe took me out in the road, and he put me on the floor,β he said. βHe went to (my) car and tried to break the window. Because he couldnβt break the window, he started shooting at the car, and he started shooting in the air too.β
It was after the shots were fired when Lopez-Banegasβ coworker, who wasn't arrested, exited the truck, he says.
They rammed this man's truck, surrounded him, and when he slowed down and pulled over, they fired their guns at him.
Abolish is the floor.
13.02.2026 19:35 β π 86 π 36 π¬ 0 π 0
Chicago teen whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer dies
The Torres family story came to public attention after the teenβs father was detained at a Home Depot in Niles.
βOfelia was heroic and brave in the face of ICEβs detention and threatened deportation of her father...We mourn Ofeliaβs passing, and we hope that she will serve as a model for us all for how to be courageous and to fight for whatβs right to our last breaths.β www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
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15.02.2026 14:00 β π 12008 π 2888 π¬ 89 π 335
Filings recount βout of controlβ ICE agents at height of surge
Minnesotans reported injuries, chemical burns and fear of returning to their homes after interactions with federal immigration agents.
The more than 80 declarations, which the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota included in an ongoing class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, offer the clearest account yet of observersβ treatment at the hands of the thousands of federal agents who flooded the state.
15.02.2026 15:39 β π 218 π 97 π¬ 7 π 7
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
14.02.2026 16:25 β π 4613 π 2079 π¬ 369 π 752
No comment on the pedo Nazis in charge though.
So brave....
14.02.2026 21:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
14.02.2026 18:19 β π 8013 π 1710 π¬ 153 π 69
2/12/2026 - Lindenwold, NJ
ICE agents chase children who were waiting at a bus stop for an elementary school
These are elementary school-age children running from adult federal agents attempting to kidnap them
14.02.2026 06:25 β π 853 π 526 π¬ 41 π 32
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