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Senators decry surge in deaths at ICE detention facilities, citing poor medical care Senate Democrats cited a rise in immigration detention deaths since the start of the Trump administration, questioning oversight, medical care and facility expansion.

Deaths in ICE custody tripled in 2025. "At least 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025, [the Senate Democrats] asserted. That’s triple the previous year’s total and more deaths than were recorded during the entire Biden administration." www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

I'm never 100% sure something is true until these people deny it.

Tennessee said yes to ICE—and turned into a deportation state How the feds worked with state troopers to terrorize Nashville’s immigrants.

“It felt like we were being hunted.”

The feds are working with Tennessee's troopers to terrorize Nashville’s immigrants.

We made news in Manila!
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ICE Issued Confident Announcements About Warehouse Purchases in Two States. Neither Was True. As the beleaguered agency rushes to open detention facilities across the country, it can't seem to get its own announcements right.

Much more here on ICE reversing course (and retracting their initial statements) on two proposed Trump prison camps, from the indispensible team at Project Salt Box:

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Bad Bunny Lands Lead Role In Film On Puerto Rican History After Super Bowl Performance Benito “Bad Bunny” Martínez Ocasio will lead a film on Puerto Rico’s colonial history directed and co-written by rapper Residente, announced weeks after he celebrated his heritage at the Super Bowl halftime show.

Benito “Bad Bunny” Martínez Ocasio will lead a film on Puerto Rico’s colonial history directed and co-written by rapper Residente, announced weeks after he celebrated his heritage at the Super Bowl halftime show.

Why Trump's remark about discussing Taiwan arms sales with China has raised concerns President Donald Trump's comment that he is discussing potential arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping is raising concerns in Taipei as the island democracy relies on U.S. backing in the face of China's territorial claims.

U.S. President Donald Trump's comment that he is discussing potential arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping is raising concerns in Taipei as the island democracy relies on U.S. backing in the face of China's territorial claims.
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Pro-Life Coalition Decries ICE Detention Practices: ‘Unborn Children Are Dying’ Dozens of anti-abortion groups are calling the Trump administration to enforce its own policies restricting detaining pregnant, postpartum, or nursing people.

When literally everyone is mad at you

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A heist in broad daylight

Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports

Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...

Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports

BREAKING NYT:

The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them, according to people familiar with the decision and a police report obtained by The Times.

Democrats Choose Spanberger to Deliver State of the Union Response to Trump

Democrats Choose Spanberger to Deliver State of the Union Response to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...

Your periodic reminder that the U.S. is not just killing people in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) speaks to reporters as he returns to his office at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Chris Murphy on Trump’s State of the Union address: “These aren’t normal times and showing up for this speech puts a veneer of legitimacy on the corruption and lawlessness that has defined his second term”

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

Yoon and Prince Andrew wishing they had a friend like John Roberts.

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.

The UK arresting Andrew.

South Korea tossing their wannabe dictator in jail for life.

John Roberts better be getting a really nice Edible Arrangement from the White House.

How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.

She lives with her grandmother in Colombia and travels frequently to the U.S. to visit her mother. Her visa made them targets for ICE.

A trip to Disneyland ended with a 9-year-old, who had broken no laws, detained at Dilley, Texas.

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Epstein Built Ties to U.S. Customs Officers, Prompting Criminal Investigation

Epstein Built Ties to U.S. Customs Officers, Prompting Criminal Investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/u...

U2 releases Renee Good tribute song 'American Obituary' "These songs were impatient to be out in the world," singer Bono said of the band's surprise new EP, "Days of Ash."

U2 releases Renee Good tribute song 'American Obituary' www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

What's scarier?

Having a president who sounds like this

or

That half the country isn't particularly alarmed by it

Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back.

“Illiberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...

Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis | Common Dreams "Tenants in Minnesota are in a crisis," said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. "The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home and devastated our local economy."

Twin Cities Unions Planning 'Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years' as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis
#ICEOUT #FDT #Rent #Eviction #MN #ICEOUTNOW
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Opinion | ‘Our Patients Are More Frightened and Sicker Than Ever’

‘Our Patients Are More Frightened and Sicker Than Ever’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/o...

Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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Underage Accuser Included Trump 'Rape' Allegations In Her Lawsuit Against Epstein The victim, represented by Lisa Bloom's firm, reportedly received a financial settlement from the Epstein Estate.

As promised, NEWS:

The woman who told the FBI that Trump sexually assaulted her as a child included a matching claim against a "prominent, wealthy man" from New York in the lawsuit she filed against Epstein's estate and was reportedly paid to settle.

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Tracking extremism through data: Decoherence Media fills a void in reporting on the far-right - Editor and Publisher As legacy newsrooms scale back specialized beats, a new nonprofit is stepping into one of journalism’s most dangerous and undercovered territories. In this report, Gretchen A. Peck examines how Decohe...

Tracking extremism through data: Decoherence Media fills a void in reporting on the far-right
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