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Eric K Ward (Woke Since 1619)

@bulldogshadow

EVP, Race Forward; Senior Fellow, Southern Poverty Law Center; Co-Founder, States At The Core (STAC); Co-Founder, CultureGuard. Boards: Auburn Theological Seminary, National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy, Proteus Fund. Fellow, Moment Institute #SAFC

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Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews | CNN Three interviews related to a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her decades ago appear to be among the missing files in the DOJ release.

Dozens of FBI witness interviews from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein appear to be missing from the files released by the Department of Justice last month, according to a CNN review – including interviews related to a woman who accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her decades ago.

25.02.2026 02:57 👍 3170 🔁 1336 💬 100 📌 105
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More Memory. Less Vision. State of the Union, From the Cheap Seats.

While Tuesday’s State of the Union felt like 1929. I kept thinking about something from 1969.

Just one number.

I went back and looked at it. You should too.

open.substack.com/pub/erickwar...

26.02.2026 18:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ilhan Omar Condemns Arrest of State of the Union Guest

“As Mr. Trump was speaking, Ms. Rahman was seen being escorted from the gallery above the House floor by Capitol Police officers. She could be heard shouting for someone to call Ms. Omar, and that all she had done was stand up.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

26.02.2026 00:45 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

“Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.”

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

24.02.2026 14:37 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

23.02.2026 23:12 👍 13400 🔁 5898 💬 399 📌 440
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A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing

“A 23-year-old American was shot last March in South Padre Island, Texas. ICE’s involvement in the shooting was not disclosed until this week.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

21.02.2026 03:02 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Oregon Democrats approve measure they hope will make it harder for a president to deploy guard troops Oregon state representatives approved a measure Thursday that would prohibit a president from deploying another state’s National Guard to Oregon for law enforcement or immigration enforcement purposes without the Oregon governor’s permission.

Oregon state representatives approved a measure Thursday that would prohibit a president from deploying another state’s National Guard to Oregon for law enforcement or immigration enforcement purposes without the Oregon governor’s permission.

20.02.2026 03:56 👍 51 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
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We Carry What They Built From organized hate to organized hope

Tuesday night I watched a film about Mulugeta Seraw, murdered by white supremacists in 1988.

His death galvanized organizers across the Pacific Northwest and Mountain States.

Backlash organizes. It studies. It waits.

Some stories aren’t about the past.

open.substack.com/pub/erickwar...

19.02.2026 19:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Fixed The Headline NYT. You’re welcome:

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Companies to Build Hitlist for ICE Reprisals

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

14.02.2026 01:20 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart

Two federal agents have been suspended, and criminal charges against a man one of them shot have been dropped, after a prosecutor in Minnesota revealed that the story those agents told about the shooting was not true.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

14.02.2026 01:16 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.

Andrew Paul Johnson, convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children received a full pardon from President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...

13.02.2026 23:42 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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DHS Panics Over New Bodycam Footage of Marimar Martinez Shooting The Department of Homeland Security is pissed that newly released bodycam footage contradicts their story on the Border Patrol shooting.

“The Department of Homeland Security is on the defensive Thursday morning over new bodycam footage that contradicts its version of events in the Border Patrol’s shooting of Marimar Martinez in Chicago last year.”

newrepublic.com/post/206530/...

13.02.2026 02:28 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Federal employee who did background checks for ICE arrested in Bloomington sex sting Johnson’s arrest comes less than three months after an ICE agent was arrested in Bloomington on suspicion of soliciting sex from a minor.

“This is the most disturbing arrest that we’ve had here,” Hodges said of Johnson during a news conference on Tuesday. “He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security and federal agencies.”

www.kaaltv.com/news/federal...

11.02.2026 19:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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After arrest, teen refugee held overnight in hotel room by ICE agents A girl who entered the United States as a refugee alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with fe...

Under the shadows of the #EpsteinFiles this doesn’t feel like suspicious and absolutely inappropriate?

A girl in MN alleges immigration authorities separated her from family, detained her overnight in a hotel and was forced to share a room with federal agents.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

11.02.2026 18:22 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress

“The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

11.02.2026 05:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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British Woman shot by dad in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump' Lucy Harrison, 23, was alone in a bedroom at her father's home in Texas when she was shot dead.

“[She] had asked her father during the Trump row: ‘How would you feel if I was the girl in that situation and I'd been sexually assaulted?’

Kris Harrison had replied that he had two other daughters who lived with him so it would not upset him that much.”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

11.02.2026 01:04 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2
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Trump religious liberty panel’s first antisemitism hearing turns contentious over Israel Carrie Prejean Boller, a member of the commission and a former Miss California, said she opposes Israel and defended Candace Owens from allegations of antisemitism

“Carrie Prejean Boller, a member of the commission and a former Miss California, said she opposes Israel and defended Candace Owens from allegations of antisemitism”

jewishinsider.com/2026/02/reli...

10.02.2026 05:02 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‘White With Fear,’ Coming To PBS Next Month, Argues Conservative Politicians “Successfully Weaponized Racism And Fear For Decades” The PBS documentary 'White with Fear,' directed by Andrew Goldberg, argues conservatives have used racial division as a political tactic for decades.

“White with Fear will stream on all station-branded PBS platforms, including PBS.org. The documentary is written, produced and directed by Andrew Goldberg, produced and edited by Diana Robinson, co-produced by Eric Ward, with cinematography by Robert Hanna.”

deadline.com/2026/02/whit...

09.02.2026 22:24 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Imagine being Trump and spending your entire life trying to look powerful and then Green Day opens the #SuperBowl reminding everyone that three chords can still ruin a bully’s whole day

08.02.2026 23:18 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Watched the pre-game and one thought. This year’s #SuperBowl is turning into one big F-U to Donald Trump

08.02.2026 22:58 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Controversial Trump official tied to president's racist Obama video as outrage mounts After a member of Pastors for Trump said he personally demanded that President Donald Trump fire a staffer who the White House claimed was responsible for posting a racist video of Barack and Michelle...

“According to an investigative reporter with experience in the area, it's entirely possible that the staffer is the controversial White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.”

www.rawstory.com/stephen-mill...

08.02.2026 06:55 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

“When a prosecutor asked what the operation’s end goal was, several people familiar with the call recalled Mr. Bovino saying that he did not intend to 'calm it down,' but instead, he said, 'We’re going to put it down.'"

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

08.02.2026 05:24 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Reaction to Trump’s Racist Post Shows He Is Not Always Immune to Politics

Trump has made #Obama28 one of the fastest trending hashtags of all time and #BadBunny a friggin’ American icon. Hahahah. #KeepItGoing😂

Reaction to Trump’s Racist Post Shows He Is Not Always Immune to Politics www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

08.02.2026 04:29 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain.

He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again.

He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

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Independent probe sought in fatal shooting of Los Angeles man by off-duty ICE agent Lawyers for the family of a California man shot dead by an off-duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent outside his apartment on New Year’s Eve urged the state's attorney general on Tuesday...

Independent probe sought in fatal shooting of Los Angeles man by off-duty ICE agent

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

05.02.2026 07:30 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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WHITE WITH FEAR premieres PBS • Tue • March 24 • 10/9c (check local listings)

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Honored to share that WHITE WITH FEAR has received a Writers Guild of America Awards nomination for Documentary Screenplay.

04.02.2026 17:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Are they just asking people at the exact address? The block? Mile square radius? Not knowing must be confusing to people in “the area.”

04.02.2026 02:42 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
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DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’ Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims

DHS claimed they shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, OR, but Prosecution records obtained by The Guardian tell a quite different story

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

03.02.2026 02:43 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Live Updates: Video appears to show window broken from inside by federal agents as FBI seeks tips on protesters - Daily Emerald

Meanwhile in Eugene, Oregon: “Protesters alleged in social media posts that the Eugene Police Department broke windows in order to deploy tear gas and other munitions and then blamed the damage on protesters.”

dailyemerald.com/179296/featu...

03.02.2026 00:06 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0