Just wow
Just wow
Materials released over the weekend by the Texas DPS regarding a homeland security officerโs killing of 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez last March in Texas appeared to provide the latest evidence that federal agents have misled the public about the circumstances surrounding fatal shootings.
#SheShed
Itโs insane that this would need to go to court- but thatโs where we are now
Schatz: We donโt know for sure, but the likely bombing of an elementary school with one of our Tomahawk missiles is not a one-off mistake. It is the result of a change in policy so that the United States has way looser rules of engagement โ way more tolerance for civilian harm.
Carl withdrew from the nomination process today.
This is clearly fine with the GOP.
This is an escalation by DHS.
Six US Citizens and permanent residents are now home after being held over 30 hours at OโHare, transferred to Broadview, and moved across state lines.
Community pressure got them home. So many more do not have that support.
โTwo months after Biagio Kauvil was shot and killed during a well-being check, the Berkshire District Attorneyโs Office has confirmed the shooter was a Hinsdale police officer but has refused to identify them. The Eagle has learned through its reporting that the officer was Jeffrey Spratt.โ
How dare her!! ๐ง๐คจ
"When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."
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Breaking NYT:
Two teenage brothers and mariachi stars who visited the White House last summer were just released with their family from ICE detention centers in South Texas โ immediately following the visit of a delegation of Democratic lawmakers who pressed for them to be freed.
Why would they ever think that?
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.
Cuz Mondays
They are so beautiful!!
CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.
DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."
But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. Sheโs married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
Theyโve already sent her to Louisiana.
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the โMiddle East."
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Cat wins every time
So smart!!
Huge slap in the face to democracy. Democratic Colorado governor, @colorado.gov, just publicly signaled clemency to Tina peters, convicted of election interference. If election crimes have no consequences, why would the next denier stop?
Full breakdown: youtube.com/watch?v=lTSCC_9-FpY
Kristi Noem testified under oath yesterday that detainees receive medical attention within 12 hours. Yet another shameless lie.
Karoline Leavitt told us the US State Department was helping Americans stranded in the Middle East.
She lied.
One Texas woman in Dubai called the State Department hotline, was scolded for being scared and then hung up on.
This administration is *full* of incompetent, rude people.
It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist.
He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.
LIEU: Did Amalia commit a crime?
NOEM: She did not. She's with her family
LIEU: The reason she's with her family is because she almost died in ICE detention until folks brought a lawsuit forcing her release
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.
Another necessary article by @austinkocher.com on yet another death in ICE custody.
Last year was the deadliest year since ICE's creation (2023).
This year is on track to break that record.
open.substack.com/pub/austinko...