At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
Isiah Whitlock Jr., a character actor best known for his scene-stealing role as a smooth-talking, corrupt politician in the widely acclaimed HBO show “The Wire,” died on Tuesday. He was 71.
What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
Mind you, the president also said he didn't have a plan to strike Iran and would decide "within two weeks," only to then strike the country's nuclear facilities a few days later.
1. Republicans are attempting to get the FBI to label trans advocacy as domestic terrorism.
Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.
It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.
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2. Today, Washington Bureau Chief Eric Michael Garcia at The Independent uncovered provisions in the newly released HHS approps bill that would bar federal funding for gender-affirming care nationwide.
Our further analysis also shows a sports ban tied to funding and other provisions in the bill.
NEW figures show that 61,226 people are currently in ICE detention — the highest number ever in US history.
According to ICE data, 70% of these people have no criminal conviction.
“There’s no mention [in the media] of what we find in the desert, which is like bibles, and love notes, and keychains with pictures of little kids, and all these clothes."
Instead, what Americans hear is “all this ‘invasion’ bullshit."
NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com
A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.
NEW: Border patrol made false claims about Los Angeles protesters it jailed, misrepresenting basic facts of events that were filmed. I obtained records of officers acknowledging + "apologizing" for errors
The DOJ is now dismissing cases, an embarrassment for Trump-appointed US attorney Bill Essayli
It's much more reminiscent of a Romantic painting than a Renaissance one
NEW: On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
Data compiled by the @CHIRLA shows that Latino neighborhoods were overwhelmingly targeted in Immigration Enforcement actions across LA, again raising concerns about racial profiling.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
NEW: Detainees in Florida immigration detention centers are being subjected to inhuman conditions, including denial of medical care, overcrowding, and degrading treatment.
These are not isolated incidents, but the result of a fundamentally broken system.
New from 404 Media: hacked data we obtained reveal dozens of unknown people on deportation flights to El Salvador. No acknowledgement from DHS. "We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even they don’t know." We are publishing the names here: www.404media.co/flight-manif...
L.A. woman faked immigration 'kidnapping' in scheme for donations, feds charge
We found hacked data that revealed dozens of people on deportation flights to El Salvador are missing.
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The administration will incinerate enough food to feed 1.5 million children for a week. When it burns, its label will read: THIS PRODUCT IS A GIFT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 500 tons, from us, to no one.
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CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Court ORDERS as follows: 1. The Access/Detention Plaintiffs' Ex Parte Application for TRO (ECF No. 38) is GRANTED. a. Defendants Kristi Noem, Todd M. Lyons, and Ernesto Santacruz Jr. shall provide access to Room B-18 of the Federal Building located at 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 ("B-18") for legal visitation by current and prospective attorneys, legal representatives, and legal assistants. Legal visitation shall be permitted seven days per week, for a minimum of eight hours per day on business days (Monday through Friday), and a minimum of four hours per day on weekends and holidays. Should exigent circumstances require closure for the safety of human life or the protection of property, the Defendants must notify Access/Detention Plaintiffs as soon as practicable and certainly within four (4) hours to make alternative arrangements for legal visitation and/or notice to affected detainees and attorneys, legal representatives, and legal assistants. No such closure shall last any longer than reasonably necessary for the safety of human life or the protection of property. b. Defendants Kristi Noem, Todd M. Lyons, and Ernesto Santacruz Jr. shall provide individuals detained at B-18 with access to confidential telephone calls with attorneys, legal representatives, and legal assistants at no charge to the detainee. Such legal telephone calls shall not be screened, recorded, or otherwise monitored.
In addition, ICE must immediately provide people detained in the basement of the Los Angeles federal building access to lawyers and confidential legal calls.
Overcrowding has been so bad, people would disappear down into the basement for days before surfacing at other detention centers.
@latimes: Law enforcement violating rules on less-lethal weapons in ICE protests, critics say
Law enforcement violating rules on less-lethal weapons in ICE protests, critics say
From amputated fingers to jaws wired shut, activists, attorneys and journalists have argued that LA Law Enforcement are violating rules on use of less-lethals. Read more using the link below:
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As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)
