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House Oversight hearing on ICE opens with the rules:

"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."

Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.

"The officers told nurses Castañeda Mondragón 'purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall,' an account his caregivers immediately doubted" apnews.com/article/immi...

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Katherine Jacobsen of the Committee to Protect Journalists reacts to the arrest of Don Lemon: "As an international organization, we know that the treatment of journalists is an indicator of the condition of a country's democracy. The United States is doing poorly."

Statement from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press on the arrests of independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their coverage of a protest inside a Minneapolis church:

“It’s obviously concerning any time journalists are arrested in connection with their reporting….”
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Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students’ Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests

NEW: Docs unsealed tonight show the official reasoning DHS sent to the State Dept. recommending that Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, Mohsen Mahdawi, Badar Khan Suri and Yunseo Chung be deported.

Marco Rubio signed off, despite warnings by DHS that their findings looked like protected speech.

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks The Justice Department’s program to root out violent “Antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns.

Trump's DOJ has been ordered to embark on a sweeping crackdown on "left-wing domestic terrorism." Civil liberties experts warn it could lead to a level of politicized FBI surveillance of Americans not seen since the era of J. Edgar Hoover and COINTELPRO.

Our story today: wapo.st/3L9lpr4 (gift link)

This is a lie: www.propublica.org/article/immi...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here." Anna Bower Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Brassica oleracea has entered the chat.

The CoreCivic California City Immigration Processing Center in California City on Sep. 22, 2025. Photo by Miguel Vasconcellos for CalMatters HED: California gave counties power to inspect ICE detention centers. They’re not using it

Three of the four CA counties empowered to inspect federal immigration detention facilities have not done so, and the fourth has conducted only basic reviews of food this year. https://cal.news/4gQMN8J

📷 Miguel Vasconcellos

Kimmel’s suspension prompts free-speech Republicans to reconsider their boundaries One Republican said she no longer considers the First Amendment to “be sort of the ultimate right,” as she would “in normal circumstances.”

GOP Senator Cynthia Lummis: "Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right... I don't feel that way anymore." www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

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Man fatally shot by ICE in Franklin Park had just dropped off his child at school, Rep. Delia Ramirez says Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was formally identified Saturday by the Cook County medical examiner's office. Ramirez and others are demanding an investigation into what happened.

Man fatally shot by ICE in Franklin Park had just dropped off his child at school, Rep. Delia Ramirez says chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

California Democrats end legislative session with climate deal – and infighting The session stretched into Saturday, prolonged by last-minute backroom deals on climate and energy, sparking deep frustration among some lawmakers.

In busy end of session in #caleg, Dems frustrated with their leaders for piling up priorities with no chance for input/amendments

Includes climate deal, budget bills that steer tens of millions $ to outgoing Sen pro tem Mike McGuire's district

READ @calmatters.org:

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California Democrats end legislative session with climate deal – and infighting The session stretched into Saturday, prolonged by last-minute backroom deals on climate and energy, sparking deep frustration among some lawmakers.

I'm caught up on sleep now, you can catch up on the end of #caleg session in @calmatters.org
Dem leaders in a jam-packed week rushed big bills including:
-extend cap and trade
-boost oil drilling
-allow denser housing near transit
-ban ICE wearing masks
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Updated the story with a statement from the company that is developing the project that seems have been the subject of this legislation.

In rural California, a grave echoes another era of forced removal of immigrants After Del Norte County in Northern California kicked out its Chinese immigrants in the late 1800s, Dock Rigg stayed behind.

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Will officials finally address California's shocking prison cell temperatures? After years of complaints from inmates and advocates, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and there’s no indication the state will take broad action.

As climate change exacerbates the risks of extreme heat, California prison officials plan to start a $38 million pilot program to figure out how to keep prison cells cool. But it’s only a test, and it will only help a fraction of inmates. @jeannereporter.bsky.social calmatters.org/politics/202...

Will officials finally address California's shocking prison cell temperatures? After years of complaints from inmates and advocates, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and there’s no indication the state will take broad action.

Extreme heat is warping life for all Californians, but state prisoners will be hit especially hard, @jeannereporter.bsky.social writes. And mounting pressure from activists, lawmakers and judges to do more is running into cost concerns. calmatters.org/politics/202...

Will officials finally address California's shocking prison cell temperatures? After years of complaints from inmates and advocates, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and there’s no indication the state will take broad action.

@jeannereporter.bsky.social's story on soaring temperatures in California prisons and the new, tiny, step toward addressing them will make you exasperated and sad for the people affected.

Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others.

Journalists everywhere need to stand in solidarity on this killing spree and resulting news blackout. See below in this thread for some actions and stay tuned here https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-hits-gaza-hospital-killing-least-20-people-including-five-journalists-2025-08-25/

Kilmar Abrego Garcia free from Tennessee jail and returning home to Maryland, lawyer says Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been freed from Putnam County Jail and is on his way to reunite with his family in Maryland, his lawyer confirms to FOX 17 News.

Fox 17 Nashville reports that Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from criminal detention in Tennessee and is on his way home to Maryland.

“Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free,” his attorney, @sean-hecker.bsky.social, said in a statement.

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California lawmakers are voting on Gavin Newsom’s gerrymandering plan. Here’s the latest Gov. Gavin Newsom wants voters to approve congressional districts that would wipe out five Republican seats. He's trying to counter a GOP gerrymander in Texas.

Welp, it's happening. @mayacmiller.bsky.social @jeannereporter.bsky.social with a snapshot of the scene inside the California Capitol today as lawmakers approved Newsom's gerrymandering plan calmatters.org/politics/202...

Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown Donald Trump stopped all visas from Gaza, including for humanitarian and medical aid, after Laura Loomer freaked out about children getting care.

Trump cuts off medical visas from Gaza after Laura Loomer freaked out over a video showing several children being permitted to come to the U.S. for medical care www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Legislature has finally unveiled its proposed map of new California congressional lines.

Find your district in our searchable map and read how the plan changes the dynamics of 10 key races: calmatters.org/politics/202...

California has the greenest power grid in the U.S.
Now it’s about to plug into coal-burning states — just as Trump moves to tilt energy markets back to fossil fuels.
Here’s what’s happening 🧵

Could California prevent more blackouts by joining a Western power market? The state built a clean grid. Now lawmakers are eyeing opening its market to states that rely on coal. Critics say it’s a risky bet.

California cut coal from its energy supply. Why it might plug back into fossil fuels — with an expanded western energy market. Read my latest @calmatters.org with @jeannereporter.bsky.social. calmatters.org/politics/202...