New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who died in the cold streets of Buffalo days after Border Patrol dumped him without coordinating with his family or lawyers.
NEW: ICE tackled + arrested Juanita Avila, an Oregon shop owner who is a legal permanent resident and had her green card in her pocket.
When she asked through sobs why they didn't believe her, one masked agent replied: “Because they lie all the time.”
Video + interview with her and her daughter:
Ben Rhodes: If the war grinds on—either through sustained US attacks, civil conflict, or a widening regional war, Russia could be the beneficiary. From the continued diminution of US munitions, decreased attention on Ukraine, Gulf states hedging, a potential refugee crisis that could bolster
"Most people with drug convictions would never get their ICE detainer removed just because the conviction was pardoned."
Grammar are woke
NEW: Here's the story of a woman deported by Kristi Noem. Legally in the United States (as a DACA recipient), she is the mother of a U.S. citizen and was working to help the homeless—but when she went for an appointment to get a green card, she was deported.
www.thebulwark.com/p/kristi-noe...
❗️ Russians tortured Ukrainian Defenders in captivity until the very last moment.
Their eyes&hands were tightly taped, they were not allowed to fall asleep during the journey, which lasted more than a day, Petro Yatsenko, spokesperson for the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of POWs,said.
Mullin is the guy who tried to fight a witness at a Senate hearing. www.axios.com/2023/11/14/m...
“.. , the facts cannot remain hidden,” said state Rep. Ray Lopez .. “A young Texan lost his life, and the public was left without full clarity for nearly a year. That is not about politics. It is about trust.”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
4 years of war against the Russian aggressors including the invaluable experience as well as technology Ukraine has accumulated, and it is now the nations of the world in dire situation which ask Ukraine for help. The best part, Ukraine gives them the help.
Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, a city russia could not forgive for breaking free from its occupation, so they consequently razed it to ruins and dust.
Texans in two counties struggled to find their polling locations for primary voting Tuesday after a GOP-driven change. The secretary of state’s office failed to provide accurate information. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
That’s a lot.
Four people, with their hands up, standing behind 2 people sitting. The four people standing are US citizens who were detained, the two people are families whose family members were killed by migrants.
Jayapal is now introducing 4 US citizens who were detained for at least 6 hours merely for observing ICE.
Kristi Noem sent a much-delayed list of USCit detained by ICE yesterday. None of these four were on the list.
NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities
McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.
Three women of color, standing in hearing room.
Lucy McBath telling story of GA man, present in GA since he was 2. He is a double amputee, who can't use a wheelchair. He is not permitted a shower chair. He is required to crawl thru feces to shower.
These are his wife & daughters, all citizens.
Noem is trying to filibuster describing med care.
The value of Russia's promises:
Just two months ago, Lavrov promised that if there is a war against Iran, Russia will always support and side with Tehran.
Ukrainian ombudsman: 337 Ukrainian POWs are known to have been executed in Russian captivity, as of late 2025.
95% of Ukrainian POWs are subjected to systematic torture.
The view from Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle Herald
Trump's dad was in fact born in New York City
So far, we’ve gotten into:
1. The oil-tanker escort business
2. The shipping-insurance business
3. The militia-arms and finance business
And it’s only Tuesday.
NEWS: Americans were told to evacuate the Middle East — but the State Dept is not helping them do it.
We called the State hotline. First thing you hear is an automated message: "Do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation."
white house releases objectives for operation epic fury. regime change not (any longer) a specific goal
I'm embarrassed whenever I think of folks outside the US seeing how Trump has made the Oval Office so God awful ugly and tacky.
'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.
"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
So billions will be spent and lives will be lost for nothing?
“The hospital couldn’t deny her care, but we understood the tightrope you walk when you don’t have money. All she could afford to be was grateful.”
Jenisha Watts on the predicament of the millions of Americans without health insurance—including her aunt:
FT's summary of Hegseth's presser. Note that he was unable to articulate the US strategic objectives in the war, but he spent a great deal of time ridiculing journalists. Also note he would not allow his JCS chair take questions.
