Teens and young adults nowadays don't realize that there used to be a time, before they came of age, when April Fools jokes didn't so easily blend into the absurdity of world events and real news

9-year-old who pleaded to go to spelling bee is released from ICE detention Deiver Henao Jimenez told children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel that he wanted to leave Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas to go to his state spelling bee.

9-year-old who pleaded to go to spelling bee is released from ICE detention at Dilley, Texas

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Congratulations to ALL who contributed to All the Empty Rooms, Oscar winner for best documentary! I hope everyone sees this important documentary on Netflix. #EndGunViolence

Email from Never Surrender group seeks donations for Pres. Trump from those who want access to "private national security briefings" from him.

“…make your own security plans.”

“Frio County 911. What is your emergency?”

“I’m calling from the Dilley immigration center … I’m calling for a little kid going through respiratory distress.”

At least 11 times since September, EMS crews have been called to a Texas detention center for children in crisis.

Listen to the audio:

Lauren Boebert is asked to define “inflation.” It does not go well.

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

The new American dream, for some of its citizens, is to no longer live there.

WSJ on record numbers leaving:

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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

Thank you to all for the kind notes. This week has been shattering. Somehow I’m still here. I’ll do my best for as long as I can.

Here’s how to help the ones we lost:

Hire them. They’re brilliant.

Donate:

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Immigrant deaths intensify scrutiny of detention camp as El Paso becomes deportation hub Three immigrants have died in two months at the largest detention camp in the country including a Cuban man whose death was ruled a homicide by the El Paso medical examiner. There are growing concerns...

What could go wrong with detention expansion?

Look at 3 deaths of immigrants at Camp East Montana in El Paso.

Fight grows in Dallas Co. to stop plans for mega-center plan. "We are horrified by the fact this is going to be in our backyard," said Rev. Eric Folkerth. www.keranews.org/news/2026-01...

ICE plans ‘mega’ Texas detention center in Hutchins to hold 9,500, agency doc shows An internal agency document reviewed by The Dallas Morning News identifies, for the first time, the address of the Hutchins warehouse and names three other...

Mega-detention center planned for Hutchins in Dallas County would be part of an expansion of 20,000 beds in Tx.

Already, 70,000 immigrants are in detention in U.S., a historic high.

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Live Updates: Trump's Border Chief Says He Is In Minnesota to 'Regain Law and Order' Tom Homan, now in charge of ICE’s immigration operation in the state, held a news conference outside Minneapolis as the agency faced growing pressure over its tactics.

Breaking News: President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said the immigration crackdown in Minnesota could ease if federal agents gained broader access to state jails.

Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents.

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AP: Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets

We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use

A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.

A 16-year-old citizen

DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"

w/ @mckenziefunk.com

Texas teen missing since Christmas Eve believed to be in 'imminent danger': Sheriff A Texas teen who went missing early Wednesday morning has not been since she left her home just before 7 a.m., according to officials.

You know you're in the bad place when a news story about a missing teenager includes this near the end:

"Salazar confirmed that Mendoza Olmos was not detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite her being a U.S. citizen."

Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season!

Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!

#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving

Pew: 71% said Trump is doing too much when it comes to deportations, up 15 points since March.

— More than half worry that they, a close friend or family member will be deported.

CNN Poll: Americans largely oppose Trump’s ramp-up of deportations | CNN Politics Americans largely oppose recent efforts by Donald Trump’s administration to scale up its deportation program, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a rising majority saying the president has go...

🚨In the latest CNN poll, 55% say the president has gone too far when it comes to deporting immigrants living in the US illegally, up 10 points since February. www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/p...

“It’s sort of a Catch-22,” said Nikolai Mischler, an organizer for Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, a NYC-based nonprofit that watches court proceedings.

“It’s completely understandable for people to be scared to go to court,” he said, though it puts them at even greater risk.

US Coast Guard aircrew awarded for heroism during flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas Four U.S. Coast Guard aircrew members received military medals for their heroism during catastrophic flash flooding at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas.

Four U.S. Coast Guard aircrew members received military medals for their heroism during catastrophic flash flooding at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas. www.stripes.com/branches/coa...

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors.

BREAKING: FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from their 100-year flood map in Texas in response to appeals.

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Moderates flee Congress as bipartisan dealmaking crumbles Exhausted lawmakers are choosing retirement over bipartisan dealmaking that their own parties clearly don't want.

Exhausted lawmakers are choosing retirement over bipartisan dealmaking that their own parties clearly don't want.

How Trump Blew Up Northwestern’s Business Model The federal government froze the university’s research funding. It hasn’t offered the school a way to get it back.

It’s not just Harvard they’re after

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Immigration raids disrupt businesses and migrant families in Los Angeles: ‘I haven’t seen it like this since Covid’ The increase in arrests in California is starting to hit the economy and the pockets of immigrant families, who no longer dare to go out or work

2/ Trump's tough immigration stance has been the top-polling issue.

Is it slipping? A poll released this week by Quinnipiac University showed Trump w 54% disapproval, 43% approval on immigration. It was conducted after days of protests, 6-5 thru 6-9.

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Immigration raids disrupt businesses and migrant families in Los Angeles: ‘I haven’t seen it like this since Covid’ The increase in arrests in California is starting to hit the economy and the pockets of immigrant families, who no longer dare to go out or work

As immigration agents make random arrests in Santa Ana, a mom tells 7-y/o:

“No, honey. We can’t go outside.”

“Why?”

“The police are taking people away. They are taking away people who were not born here.”

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A black card with white text that reads: "Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’ A person pretending to be a police officer assassinated Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, Gov. Tim Walz said, and killed her husband. The gunman also targeted a state senator and his wife in 
a separate shooting. June 14, 2025"

A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw

Shameful. The military is being politicized and taking sides. This is unprecedented in American history.

Journalists come under fire covering L.A. protests Reporters say they were struck with less-lethal rounds fired by law enforcement in Los Angeles. Advocates worry it will inhibit vital journalism.

"It was the most amount of less-lethals I’ve seen used in a single day protest," said @calmatters.org reporter @sergioolmos.bsky.social, struck in the chest with what he believes to be a 40mm sponge grenade. He's covered hundreds of days of protests in his career.