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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
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WHOA. Lewandowski is accused of demanding fees from a private prison company to steer them ICE contracts, at a time when he was widely known to be running DHS on Kristi Noem's behalf, then punishing them when they didn't pay up. Congress should conduct a full and bipartisan investigation into this.
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Some DHS contractors told White House officials they were asked to pay Corey Lewandowski
Some companies complained to the Trump administration that Lewandowski has stood to personally profit from the DHS contracting process. Lewandowski denies the allegations.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dhs-contractors-told-white-house-officials-asked-pay-corey-lewandowski-rcna263744
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The Watchdog Coalition
5 days ago
Markwayne Mullin has defended fatal ICE shootings, pushed extreme anti-immigrant policies, denied the 2020 election, and shown reckless judgment unfit for leadership. Tell your Senators: Vote NO on confirming him as DHS Secretary!
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Contact Congress today!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-oppose-markwayne-mullin-for-dhs-secretary/
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Chris Murphy
10 days ago
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.
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dell cameron
14 days ago
Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.
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DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned âIllegalâ Orders
Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-privacy-threshold-analysis-foia/
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Lomi Kriel
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NEW: Renée Good. Alex Pretti. Before: Ruben Martinez. Friday TX DPS released body cam + docs for the 23yo who DHS agents killed while on vacation in South Padre. Videos shows him driving while brake lights on, before gunshots. w/
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Videos shows run-up to immigration officerâs fatal shooting of Texas man
The clips, from multiple angles, donât include everything, including key audio. But lawyers for the manâs family argue they refute the Trump administration's explanation that his killing was self-defe...
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/06/south-padre-immigration-officer-shooting/
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Laiken Jordahl
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ALERT: I'm seeing headlines like this claiming victory on the Big Bend border wall. THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE. All DHS did was change the color of a line on a map. DHS engineers have mapped out a course for the wall in Big Bend National Park. They showed their cards. (thread 1/6)
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Noem and Lewandowski had to sign off on every DHS contract over $100,000. The Big Beautiful Bill gave DHS $46 billion for border walls. Noem waived contracting laws. Multiple border wall contracts went out for up to $1.5 billion apiece. For example:
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Governor Tim Walz
19 days ago
Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and itâs good sheâs gone. But this doesnât change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.
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For 4,000 years communities moved through the land where the Pecos and Devils Rivers feed into the Rio Grande. When CBP updated border wall maps last month they added a stretch across the Pecos River and Seminole Canyon State Park. Art that has survived for thousands of years will be desecrated.
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Texas Observer
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Last week: The "One Big Beautiful Bill" did not include the provision that spared the La Lomita chapel, the Santa Ana refuge, or any other sensitive location, and a map posted by CBP indicates that Trumpâs barrier will tear through them.
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Trumpâs New Wall Will Destroy Irreplaceable Border TreasuresâUnless Congress Acts
The "One Big Beautiful Bill" did not include the provision that spared the La Lomita chapel, the Santa Ana refuge, or any other sensitive location, and a map posted by CBP indicates that TrumpâsâŠ
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-new-wall-rio-grande-valley-protected-sites/
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
about 1 month ago
Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."
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"If border walls destroy La Lomita, Santa Ana, Bentsen State Park, and the National Butterfly Center, they will not be magically resurrected when the White House has a less malignant occupant."
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
about 1 month ago
Hereâs last nightâs story about the Department of Homeland Security, how itâs emboldening ICE, and why it is â for some ungodly reason â allowing Kristi Noem to constantly cosplay as a law enforcement agent. We donât care what they say, she does not need coast guard fatigues!
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
about 1 month ago
Weâre back! And a lot has happened since weâve been away. This weekâs main story concerns unrest in Minnesota, murders committed by ICE and CBP agents, and the massive entity overseeing it all: the Department of Homeland Security. Plus, some stuff about Business Shrek â sorry, âTom Homan.â
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ProPublica
about 1 month ago
ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.
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âI Have Been Here Too Longâ: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICEâs Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1771207205&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
This is a breathtaking article about the complete clown show at DHS being overseen by Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski (gift link)
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A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noemâs Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/chaos-kristi-noem-homeland-security-f095ac95?st=6euUR2&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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ProPublica
about 1 month ago
The FAA urged aircraft operators to ensure they have enough fuel in case they are put in a holding pattern due to a rocket explosion. We found that several planes ran low on fuel after the Jan. 2025 Starship incident. At least one declared a mayday and crossed the no-fly zone to reach an airport.
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FAA Warns Airlines About Safety Risks From Rocket Launches, Urges âExtreme Cautionâ
The agencyâs official safety alert comes as SpaceX looks to ramp up Starship tests. A recent ProPublica investigation found that explosions during previous Starship launches disrupted air traffic and ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/faa-safety-warning-spacex-starship-explosions-airlines?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1770591612&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
about 2 months ago
DHS doesnât even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital heâd been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy âgot his sh*t rocked,â then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.
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George Takei
about 2 months ago
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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Acyn
about 2 months ago
AOC: They need 10 Democratic votes in the Senate to pass, continued unfettered ICE funding with no guardrails. Regardless of where you are in the Democratic party, this moment proves that the status quo cannot stand I would implore my Democratic colleagues in the senate to vote no
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Aaron Rupar
about 2 months ago
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian OâHara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
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Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
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Roxane Gay
about 2 months ago
I donât want to hear anything from an elected official unless itâs a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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Ken Klippenstein
about 2 months ago
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
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Everyone, R or D, who voted for this bill - but especially border Dems Cuellar and Gonzalez, whose constituents will be targeted by ICE abuses and border walls that this will pay for - should be voted out.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
2 months ago
The choice for replacing Rodney Scott, if pushed out, is seemingly Joseph Mazzara, a lawyer whoâs facing possible contempt charges in the CECOT case in front of Boasberg. He may have been the one who wrote the âraid homes without real warrantsâ memo. Noem named him Deputy Commissioner last month.
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Mueller, She Wrote
2 months ago
Stop what youâre doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they donât need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26499371-dhs-ice-memo-1-21-26/
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
2 months ago
đšHOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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The Watchdog Coalition
2 months ago
There are now at least 100 House members signed on to our effort to impeach Kristi Noem. Where the hell are the rest of them? Letâs ask:
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Contact Congress today!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-impeach-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem/
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Aaron Rupar
2 months ago
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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Sam Chambers
2 months ago
Under these restrictive policies, migrant deaths in Arizona rose by 48% compared to previous years. Of the known causes of death, heat exposure (heat stroke, dehydration, etc.) was the most common.
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This was posted by the head of the Border Patrol on MLK Day 2022. Trump and Miller have unleashed and encouraged the worst abuses by ICE and the Border Patrol, but they are nothing new. They are now just being experienced by the rest of the United States.
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Bob Libal
2 months ago
A man who praises Hitler, says all migrants are criminals, & that "all Black people are foreign" continues to be an ICE prosecutor. To say this system is rotten to the core is a dramatic understatement. As always great reporting by
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ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, identified by the Observer last year as the operator of an account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-racist-account-back-at-immigration-court/
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Melissa Gira Grant
2 months ago
New story from
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on ICE attempts to intimidate ICE Watch observers in Minneapolis, including ICE letting them know they know where they liveâby leading them to their homes
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Acyn
2 months ago
Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country â every single one of them.
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Agreed. Logically, this should also mean that Congress rescinds the Secretary of Homeland Security's power to waive laws to build border walls.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)
2 months ago
Just in case anyone has doubts about Trump's plans for the midterms, he now openly admits that he wishes he had order troops to seize all voting machines in 2020. With no one in the White House, Pentagon, or DOJ to stop him, he'll do it this time--unless Congress stops him first.
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Mueller, She Wrote
2 months ago
FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
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Kevin M. Kruse
2 months ago
This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation.
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ProPublica
2 months ago
Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean. Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone." Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)
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In addition to this ICE agent thinking that people who film ICE abusing people and communities should "learn from the past couple of days," presumably referring to the murder of Good and the shooting in Portland, he is wearing a hammer on his vest that is designed for smashing car windows.
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Senator Thune is standing in front of a levee-border wall that Obama built in 2009. Those of us who live near that wall would appreciate it if he and the rest of the Trump-toadie GOP would stop lying about our home and leave us the hell alone.
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Aaron Rupar
2 months ago
â'The guy, Iâm telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They donât care. Theyâre just animals. Iâve never seen people behave like this.'"
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Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/08/after-border-patrol-clash-at-roosevelt-minneapolis-schools-cancel-classes
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Stu Duncan
2 months ago
Video might be worse.
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Aram Shabanian
2 months ago
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
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Acyn
3 months ago
AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every Americanâs worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
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Jessica Pishko
3 months ago
While CBP and ICE are giving piss-poor training, more training really won't stop the problem. Greg Bovino is very well trained. The call to train better will just be pouring money into a violent organization that literally trains people to be violent.
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Border walls are going up in Starr county, TX, in the Rio Grande floodplain. Those walls will worsen flooding on both sides of the Rio Grande, putting lives and property at risk. The route of the wall hasn't changed since this was written in 2018.
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Trumpâs Border Wall Could Cause Deadly Flooding in Texas. Federal Officials Are Planning to Build It Anyway
Engineers have long concluded that a wall in flood-prone Starr County could be catastrophic.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/trumps-border-wall-cause-deadly-flooding-texas-federal-officials-planning-build-anyway/
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George Takei
3 months ago
Trumpâs pride and vanity isn't just a silly joke. It now carries serious and devastating international consequences.
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Liz Neeley
3 months ago
Over the holidays, every single national wildlife refuge, plus some fish hatcheries and marine monuments were directed to conduct a system-wide review. Outrageous deadline of Jan 5 functionally eliminates public input & tribal consultation.
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Interior to Spend Holidays Studying Refuges for Possible Closure
Congress will have to approve any Interior Department plans to abolish national wildlife refuges as staff members spend the next few weeks completing a review the US Fish and Wildlife Service has orde...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/interior-to-spend-holidays-studying-refuges-for-possible-closure
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