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FEBRUARY 12, 2026
“Uptick in abductions”: ICE ramps up targeting of Minneapolis legal observers
Hard hats and dummy plates: Reports of ICE ruses add to fears in Minnesota
Excerpt: For days, Luis Ramirez had an uneasy feeling about the men dressed as utility workers he’d seen outside his family’s Mexican restaurant in suburban Minneapolis.
They wore high-visibility vests and spotless white hard hats, he noticed, even while parked in their vehicle. His search for the Wisconsin-based electrician advertised on the car’s doors returned no results.
On Tuesday, when their Nissan returned to the lot outside his restaurant, Ramirez, 31, filmed his confrontation with the two men, who hide their faces as he approaches and appear to be wearing heavy tactical gear beneath their yellow vests.
“This is what our taxpayer money goes to: renting these vehicles with fake tags to come sit here and watch my business,” Ramirez shouts in the video.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not respond to inquiries about whether the men were federal immigration officers. But encounters like Ramirez’s have become increasingly common…
Minnesota US Attorney who quit over immigration prosecutions, signs on as journalist Lemon’s lawyer
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago
Idaho: Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including US citizens
More than 400 people were “sorted” at gunpoint into racial and ethnic groups by ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children, and demanded their zip-tied parents not comfort them.
California: Judge throws out case against LA protester attacked by feds and jailed for six months
Judge orders US to provide California ICE detainees with medical care, attorneys and blankets
Human decency, but only under court order, and only if ICE chooses to comply.
Illinois: Bovino praised agent after shooting Marimar Martinez in Chicago, evidence shows
Oregon: For months, tear gas has entered their homes. Now they’re suing ICE.
Attorney on 9-year-old client in Dilley detention site: ‘She wishes she was no longer alive’
Illness is rampant among children trapped in ICE’s massive jail in Texas
Anne Frank wasn’t gassed, you know. She died when a typhus infection ran rampant through the overcrowded Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas
Excerpt: Around 3,500 detainees, more than half of them minors, have cycled through the center… There were children in Dilley who were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide… Moms told me that their kids had lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food…
IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS
Why does the Washington Post say ‘improperly’ instead of the truthful ‘illegally’?
Government loses hard drives it was supposed to put ICE detention center footage on
ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents
Excerpt: The roots of the website trace back to June, when Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, warned that Americans who identified ICE agents publicly would face arrest. “I reposted that and said, ‘well, we’re not in the US, so send them to us,’” said Skinner, 31. “By the evening I had private investigators messaging me, and by the next week we had a framework of how to work.”
The site currently operates as a sort of crowdsourced wiki, drawing on a pool of about 500 volunteers to comb through tips from the public. As tensions swirl over ICE’s presence on US streets, another 300 people have expressed interest in volunteering, he says.
It’s the darnedest thing, how Trump’s Secret Police claims about shootings keep unraveling in court
As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
ICE is expanding across the US at breakneck speed. Here’s where it’s going next:
Police departments across the US are quietly tapping school cameras to aid ICE
State officials say the Trump administration has been absent on election security
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
How TikTok 2.0 became a weapon for ICE
Justice Department won’t meet with Trump-Epstein survivors
Dr. Oz invited Epstein to a Valentine Day celebration
What the Trump team claimed vs. what the Trump-Epstein files show
DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Trump-Epstein files
Bondi goes bonkers in House hearings
I’m old school, read a lot of news but it’s almost entirely reading, no video, so this is honestly the first time I’ve heard Pamela Bondi speak — and she is completely start raving nuts.
FDA refuses to review mRNA-based flu vaccine
The federal government won’t consider an mRNA vaccine which could save countless lives, but they are researching whether horse dewormer can cure cancer.
RFK Jr’s nutrition chatbot recommends best foods to insert into your rectum
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent
Trump regime tries and fails to indict six Democrats in Congress
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro used 18 USC 2387, a law originally passed to clamp down on free speech during the Red Scare.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years
Without any evidence at all, yet, I’m 75% sure Gallup was coerced or bribed into this.
Trump’s prescription drug website exposed as a big fat scam
Trump threatens to bar new US-Canada bridge from opening, demands ‘respect’ from Ottawa
FAA halts all flights at El Paso Airport for 10 days, but says “just kidding” after one night
And it wasn’t even military personnel firing an anti-drone laser at cartel drones. It was US Customs and Border Protection officer using the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The incompetence never ends.
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
Homeland Security hires white nationalist
Florida subpoenas Jacksonville mayor for “impeding ICE”
Lex Luthor wants to build an AI satellite factory on the moon
Pardoned 1/6/21 rioter convicted of sexually abusing children
New York Democratic House candidate worked for Palantir partners pushing AI border surveillance
Portugal elects pinko president
Google experiments with locking YouTube Music lyrics behind paywall
Remember when YouTube was new and cool? Man, that was a long time ago.
Child internet safety campaign — backed by US tech firms — censored teenagers’ speeches
AMERICAN POLICE ARE OUT OF CONTROL
IGNORING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
MY BROWSER HISTORY, MINUS THE PORN
Nothing will meaningfully improve
until billionaires fear for their lives.
2/12/2026
Logo illustration by Jeff Meyer. Tip ‘o the hat to the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Daily Grail, Joe My God, jwz.org, Republican Crimes Tracker, Voenix Rising, What Not’s, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.
Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Joey Jo Jo & John the Basket emeritus, Jeff Meyer, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and proved that the world isn’t always shitty.
News always and only from reliable sources, and I decide what’s reliable — no right-wing bullshit, no Substack because fuck Nazis, and no RawStory, Newsweek, or other clickbait sites. Written news is preferred; video links will be rare, and never to videos where a camera is pointed at a reporter or podcaster — that’s show biz, not news. When necessary, links lead to secondary sites that strip away paywalls, aggressive ads, or the original site’s dumbass design.
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