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Brooklyn Park man 'lured' outside his home by ICE agents deported to Mexico A Brooklyn Park man who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month has been deported to Mexico.

The man was detained last month after two women, who were ICE agents, knocked on the man’s door to ask for help with their car. The man, who is an auto mechanic, was surrounded by agents after he left his home to offer assistance.

On January I, Kentucky State Police said they'd arrested a 35-year-old woman for fetal homicide after she allegedly told workers at a primary care clinic she'd used abortion pills and buried fetal remains in her yard. (How did police get involved? Those workers then called the cops.) Although abortion is banned in Kentucky, such laws apply to licensed medical providers-that is, they only prohibit clinicians from providing abortion care, and they exempt pregnant people from charges. At the moment, only one state, Nevada, explicitly criminalizes people self-managing their abortions, and only after 24 weeks. But law enforcement finds other ways to arrest people for abortions. Police charged the woman with fetal homicide, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence. They pursued these charges even though Kentucky's fetal homicide law plainly forbids charging a pregnant person. The exceptions subchapter of this law, which is intended for use when someone harms a pregnant person who loses their pregnancy, states clear as day that "nothing in this chapter shall apply to any acts of a pregnant woman that caused the death of her unborn child." (Laws banning "abuse of a corpse" were meant to address grave robbing and necrophilia, not women burying their own fetal remains.)

In attempting to explain the wrongful charge, King said, unprompted, that she opposes abortion. "| sought this job with the intention of being a pro-life prosecutor but must do so within the boundaries allowed by the Kentucky State law I'm sworn to defend," King said in a January 7 statement. "I will prosecute the remaining lawful charges fully and fairly." But in a new interview with The Lexington Herald-Leader, King said the flub occurred because her office made a mistake. "When we looked at it for the grand jury, we took a more intense look at it, and we realized we were unable to prove it," she said. In her motion to dismiss, King wrote that the statute "unambiguously exempts" the woman from prosecution. If the law has what King now calls an unambiguous exception, that suggests that her office simply didn't read it before advising the cops on the case. King's office did not return my email or phone call requesting comment.

Kentucky prosecutor charges woman who had an abortion with a crime, even though the law makes clear that women who end their own pregnancies are exempt. Then, prosecutor hastily dismisses the charge and *all but admits* that they simply didn’t read the law first ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

“That’s what’s frustrating to me as a leader,” said Dalton George, the mayor of Boone, North Carolina. A community of conservatives and progressives, of Republicans and Democrats, “all come together and say we’d like to see the hellbender protected” — and yet nothing has happened.

For months, the Florida Division of Emergency Management had refused to hand over the documents in compliance with the state’s public records law, once considered a national model for open government but now routinely undermined by state agencies under the DeSantis administration.

Meta's AI display glasses reportedly share intimate videos with human moderators Users in Europe of Meta's AI smart glasses may be unknowingly sharing intimate video and sensitive financial information with moderators outside of the bloc.

“If a wearer wants to make use of that AI, though, they must agree to Meta's terms of service that allow any data captured to be reviewed by humans.”

Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.

Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime:

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Unfortunately, I live in New Jersey, which has decided to mandate that I have fucking plates and insurance on my E bike

End Child Detention Letter with signatures Feb 26 2026

Citing reporting by @propublica.org and others, nearly 4,000 doctors, nurses and health professionals sent a letter to DHS Sec Kristi Noem calling for the immediate release of all children currently in immigration detention. Full letter: tinyurl.com/yz2amueb 1/

Bar chart showing only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran’s leader according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday.

Only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran’s leader, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday. www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...

DHS admits it deported more than 80 DACA recipients “Dreamers” who came to the U.S. as children are protected under U.S. law, so deportations of them are unusual.

“The Department of Homeland Security admitted to Congress this month that it deported dozens of unauthorized immigrants who are protected under U.S. law because they were brought as children to the United States, according to a letter made public Thursday.” www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

Hegseth strikes deal with Scouts: Girls allowed for now, DEI is banned In announcing the Pentagon’s agreement with Scouting America, the defense secretary assailed the group for welcoming transgender children but stopped short of saying they would be denied entry.

At least we know in the hours before the attack Hegseth was laser focused on keeping Americans safe

Can't believe there are still journalists claiming Musk has an "absolutist stance on free speech" given his multitude of efforts to punish and silence his opponents for their speech.

Refugee released by Border Patrol found dead, sparking outrage Surveillance video obtained by The Post shows Border Patrol agents releasing the partially blind refugee, who went missing for days before being found dead.

We obtained footage showing a man who appeared to be refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam being dropped off by Border Patrol outside a Buffalo coffee shop after 8pm. The shop locks its door at 7pm. He never made it inside, and was found dead five days later:

There is a real argument that the Trump administration's ICE excesses are radicalizing judges of all political stripes against him and his admin. Decisions made by ICE (and the agency's general shrug at court orders) have dramatically brought down DOJ's reputation along with it.

Sen. Andy Kim proposes cutting public funding to stop migrant jails and abuses • New Jersey Monitor Sen. Andy Kim (D) introduced three bills he said would rein in "lawless" immigration enforcement agents by restricting their funding.

The Roxbury warehouse the feds bought to store humans is "larger than eight football fields, and it will be turned into this industrial-size detention facility of human misery,” said US Sen. Andy Kim of NJ. newjerseymonitor.com/2026/02/27/a...

Cover of The Lancet:

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On February 20, officials at the “Central Office” ordered FCI Butner’s medical director to terminate Ms. Pinson’s hormone treatment. Declaration of Grace Pinson ¶ 4 (Feb. 24, 2024) (hereinafter “Feb. 24 Pinson Decl.”). In the days that followed, prison officials made Ms. Pinson strip naked and subjected her to a demeaning visual cavity search in front of multiple male guards; they rifled through her personal and sensitive papers, including legal documents, and tossed them into a cell covered in feces, and extended her detention her in a segregation unit after she was supposed to return to general population. Id. ¶¶ 5-8. One of the officials who engaged in this conduct, Lt. Teague, told Ms. Pinson that if “you want to make it home alive, you need to stop sending stuff to that fucking judge.” Id. ¶ 6. Lt. Teague told Elmer Moreno, another incarcerated person who conferred with class counsel about this litigation, that Mr. Moreno was being held in solitary confinement because he had “been talking to [Ms. Pinson’s] lawyers.” Id. ¶ 9. Summarizing his management philosophy, Lt. Teague informed Ms. Pinson: “I’ve told you before, and I’ll tell you again, I don’t give a fuck what that judge says, I do what I want.” Id. ¶

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"Constructed in a record two months after a $1.2 billion contract was granted to a Virginia-based company w/no listed related experience, it is viewed as a model for more than two dozen ICE facilities the gov’t plans to convert into detention centers across the country, including several in Texas."

Golden age? Americans doubt Trump's claim of booming economy as midterms near, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds President Donald Trump says the U.S. economy is booming and that he has fixed inflation. But most Americans, including many in his Republican Party, do not see things that way, according to a Reuters/...

"Even as a two-income household, we are struggling," said Tennessee resident Marcus Tripp, who leans Republican. "I am worried more about how much my rent and everything is going up than I am about whether the guy down the street has citizenship documents or not."

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NYPD Still Illegally Stopping New Yorkers 12 Years After Court Ruling, Monitor Finds Illegal stops, missing paperwork and weak discipline remain widespread despite federal oversight.

“The report is the latest to document the NYPD’s lack of compliance with court-ordered reforms stemming from the landmark 2013 Floyd v. City of New York ruling, which found the department’s practices violated the constitutional rights of Black and Latino residents.”

www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/26/n...

Trump Iranian missile claim unsupported by U.S. intelligence, say sources President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran will soon have a missile that can hit the United States is not backed by U.S. intelligence reports, and appears to be exaggerated, according to three sources familiar with the reports.

President Trump's claim that Iran will soon have a missile that can hit the US is not backed by American intelligence reports and appears to be exaggerated, reports Reuters. www.reuters.com/business/aero...

Wow. Ellie Aghayeva — the Columbia student detained by ICE this morning — has been released and posted this on her Instagram.

Comes after NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed his concern on the arrest to Trump in a meeting just earlier.

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

ICE is struggling to keep pace with vetting new hires during its historic recruitment push, so it's hiring officers before completing standard checks.

The agency fired five people after belatedly finding that they had outstanding warrants for their arrest.

www.reuters.com/world/ice-st...

Exclusive: US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says The U.S. aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Donald Trump's stated refugee program cap, and is installing trailers on embassy property i...

As U.S. closes door to most immigrants and deploys masked militias to hunt the nation for those without documentation, it’s going the extra mile to get white South Africans into the country. Via Reuters.

10 hour study with me at Columbia showing lunch

Her in the library

DHS illegally arrested me please help Text against image of her knees

Columbia student detained today is a day-in-the-life influencer with 100K followers. Her stories right now go from her studying for a Genetics exam in a nicely edited "ten hour study with me at Columbia" video, to a photo of her knees with the caption "dhs illegally arrested me please help"

I can’t believe this is real

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

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