they're literally trained to torture

Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

"Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him.

His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father.

Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia"

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

my new response for everything

It'd be nice if "Trump Says Sometimes You Need a Dictator" was the headline that the US news organizations were running with right now, instead of "Trump won't use force in Greenland."

Yet here we are.

I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.

i wish her so much peace and deep rest because i can't imagine it's easy doing this every day

state-sponsored child trafficking

Newsom Says White House Barred Him From Davos Event California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was denied entry to an event at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos after pressure from the White House, escalating a fight between President Do...

i'm sorry but what “No one in Davos knows who third-rate governor Newscum is or why he is frolicking around Switzerland instead of fixing the many problems he created in California,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love."

Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’ On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

Rapid response chats says there were people taken by ICE on 45th in Sunset Park around 5pm. I am heading there now on bike from 27th.

“Please don't tear this world asunder
Please take back this fear we're under
Please make sure we get tomorrow
All this pain, all this sorrow
I demand a better future”

- David Bowie, who would have turned 79 today and is missed every day.

Current DOJ use of force policy states that even if the ICE officer did what Trump, Vance and others are claiming he did, that's still not allowed. From the policy here: www.justice.gov/archives/ag/...

Protesters in DC have shut down U Street

Names aren't classified, publishing a government higher-up's name is not "doxxing," and journalists are entitled to publish news, even if it is classified, as long as they don't break the law to get it.

It's not the press's job to keep the government's secrets.

To restore democracy in Iran, The USA must install a monarchy dictatorship,

By Bari Weiss

it's literally the plot of #extrapolations on #appletv www.thereviewgeek.com/extrapolatio...

US Border agents shoot, wound two people in Portland, city officials say U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the FBI, Portland police and city officials.Portland p

#ice shot two people in #portland today? katu.com/news/local/i... and the shooting in MN yesterday was on portland ave??

Disinformation Floods Social Media After Nicolás Maduro's Capture From seemingly AI-generated videos to the recirculation of old footage, TikTok, Instagram, and X did little to stop the onslaught of misleading posts in the wake of the US invasion of Venezuela.

Remember when tech companies vowed to do more to stop the flow of disinformation on their platforms?

Instead, courtesy of genAI and lax moderation, it's never been harder to discern what's real from what isn't -- especially during breaking news events like today. From @davidgilbert.bsky.social

Will Trump acquire Greenland before 2027? Predictions & O... | Polymarket Real-time odds on "Will Trump acquire Greenland before 2027?" as of January 3, 2026.

What as european i checked today.
polymarket.com/event/will-t...

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier

#alleyesonsudan

Forget Me Not - The Human Cost of War Visualizing global conflict casualties (1900-2025). A homage to the poppy field.

This is live data and the Sudan one in particular is rapidly growing

I’m so tired of all of this. These flowers are going to be a key measure of 2026 for me

and sufficient

is that efficient at this point?

is the world antiwar or prosport...only time will tell...i guess both are livestreamed now

If, being incredibly charitable, you didn’t intend to make a CSAM robot, not immediately turning off the CSAM robot when you find out you accidentally made a CSAM robot should still get you put in the magnetic boots prison from Face/Off