Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
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The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #KristiNoem #DHS #USPolitics #Law #Government #Senate

Somehow, I missed this story. The local news just reported on a follow-up today -- all charges against the woman were dropped! Cops lied! Imagined that!

Texts appear to show #Maine #BorderPatrol agent bragging about shooting a woman in #Chicago

By the Associated Press
Updated November 6, 2025

CHICAGO — "Text messages sent by a Border Patrol agent appear to show he bragged to colleagues about his shooting skills after wounding a woman charged with assaulting a federal officer in Chicago.

"Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez five times on Oct. 4 after authorities say she and another driver rammed vehicles into an SUV Exum was driving on the city’s Southwest Side.

"The messages were presented as evidence in federal court Wednesday. Martinez, a 30-year-old US citizen, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are charged with assault on a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon. [LIES!]

"In the text, agent Exum wrote that he had 'an amendment to add to' his story. 'I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,' the text read. [WTF!]

"The shooting occurred as President #Trump’s escalation of federal law enforcement continued in cities across the US.

" 'On Oct. 5, the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged the shooting, saying in a statement that agents 'were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars.' When agents exited their vehicle, 'a suspect tried to run them over, forcing the officers to fire defensively,' the statement continued. [Which was a lie!!! See related story below...]

"No officers were seriously injured."

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/nation/chicago-border-patrol-agent-shooting-texts-bragging/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/d5bA5

Related story:
Judge dismisses charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol
Prosecutors had accused Marimar Martinez and another defendant of ramming their cars into a federal vehicle in October. Her legal team argued it was federal agents who rammed her.

By Daniella Silva, November 20, 2025

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-woman-shot-border-patrol-marimar-martinez-charges-dismissed-rcna244979

#MaineBorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #CBP #ACAB #ResistICE #DHS #Resistance #USPol #Authoritarianism

“ #ICE arrested🚨💔military spouses at green-card interviews. Think about that: people married to U.S. service members, following the legal process, pulled into detention. If even military families aren’t safe, then no one is.”
-A Kocher

None of the military spouses who were cited in the article, had criminal records.
#Deportations #Immigrants #DHS #Fascism #Rights #Sadism #Evil #Protest #USPol
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/ice-arrests-military-spouses-during-green-card-interviews-families-shocked-101764295959544.html

“ #ICE arrested🚨💔military spouses at green-card interviews. Think about that: people married to U.S. service members, following the legal process, pulled into detention. If even military families aren’t safe, then no one is.”
-A Kocher

None of the military spouses who were cited in the article, had criminal records.
#Deportations #Immigrants #DHS #Fascism #Rights #Sadism #Evil #Protest #USPol
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/ice-arrests-military-spouses-during-green-card-interviews-families-shocked-101764295959544.html

In case you missed it:

No firm has closer ties to Noem’s political operation. It played a key role in her 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial campaign. Corey Lewandowski, her top adviser, has worked extensively with the firm. And its CEO is married to DHS' chief spokesperson.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #KristiNoem #DHS #Government #USPolitics #Law #Advertising

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
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Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
https://www.propublica.org/article/andrew-tate-investigation-dhs-paul-ingrassia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #AndrewTate #WhiteHouse #DHS #Law #USPolitics #Trump #Epstein

In case you missed it:

No firm has closer ties to Noem’s political operation. It played a key role in her 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial campaign. Corey Lewandowski, her top adviser, has worked extensively with the firm. And its CEO is married to DHS' chief spokesperson.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #KristiNoem #DHS #Government #USPolitics #Law #Advertising

Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
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The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #KristiNoem #DHS #USPolitics #Law #Government #Senate

A Chinese immigrant has died in ICE custody.

He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.

Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.

Chaofeng Ge did not deserve this

No one deserves this

His family are fighting for answers

One thing is clear… these camps must be shut down

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee-death-family-questions-hands-feet-tied-11066992

#uspol #abolishice #fascism #dhs

Okay, & apologies to the demure, but this deserves unbridled cursing;

Holy mother fucking shit are you fucking shitting me?!?!?!!!?

#US #CoastGuard will no longer classify #swastikas, #nooses, #ConfederateFlags as #hate symbols
The #military service, which falls under the #DHS, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

#law #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #antisemitism #HateCrimes #HateSpeech

#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/3Mbd9a6

BWAHAHA! #Charlotte kicked their asses!

Charlotte's resistance was incredibly fierce and organized. And guess what? The same will happen in every city in the US. They had more time to prepare the LA, DC and the others. But the end result is the same everywhere.

Whatever city they try to invade next will also beat their asses. ✊🏼

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/us/border-patrol-charlotte-gregory-bovino

#ICE #DHS #CBP #NorthCarolina

Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Andrew Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

https://www.propublica.org/article/andrew-tate-investigation-dhs-paul-ingrassia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #AndrewTate #WhiteHouse #Law #USPolitics #Trump #DHS

Somehow, I missed this story. The local news just reported on a follow-up today -- all charges against the woman were dropped! Cops lied! Imagined that!

Texts appear to show #Maine #BorderPatrol agent bragging about shooting a woman in #Chicago

By the Associated Press
Updated November 6, 2025

CHICAGO — "Text messages sent by a Border Patrol agent appear to show he bragged to colleagues about his shooting skills after wounding a woman charged with assaulting a federal officer in Chicago.

"Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez five times on Oct. 4 after authorities say she and another driver rammed vehicles into an SUV Exum was driving on the city’s Southwest Side.

"The messages were presented as evidence in federal court Wednesday. Martinez, a 30-year-old US citizen, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are charged with assault on a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon. [LIES!]

"In the text, agent Exum wrote that he had 'an amendment to add to' his story. 'I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,' the text read. [WTF!]

"The shooting occurred as President #Trump’s escalation of federal law enforcement continued in cities across the US.

" 'On Oct. 5, the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged the shooting, saying in a statement that agents 'were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars.' When agents exited their vehicle, 'a suspect tried to run them over, forcing the officers to fire defensively,' the statement continued. [Which was a lie!!! See related story below...]

"No officers were seriously injured."

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/nation/chicago-border-patrol-agent-shooting-texts-bragging/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/d5bA5

Related story:
Judge dismisses charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol
Prosecutors had accused Marimar Martinez and another defendant of ramming their cars into a federal vehicle in October. Her legal team argued it was federal agents who rammed her.

By Daniella Silva, November 20, 2025

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-woman-shot-border-patrol-marimar-martinez-charges-dismissed-rcna244979

#MaineBorderPatrol #MurderPatrol #CBP #ACAB #ResistICE #DHS #Resistance #USPol #Authoritarianism

BWAHAHA! #Charlotte kicked their asses!

Charlotte's resistance was incredibly fierce and organized. And guess what? The same will happen in every city in the US. They had more time to prepare the LA, DC and the others. But the end result is the same everywhere.

Whatever city they try to invade next will also beat their asses. ✊🏼

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/us/border-patrol-charlotte-gregory-bovino

#ICE #DHS #CBP #NorthCarolina

🚨"3 Salvadoran men sent to #CECOT by the Trump admin are still being held incommunicado there.

They haven't been able to talk to their families or attorneys since arriving in Mar."
-K Bush-Joseph

Inter-Am Comm on #HumanRights:🚨called on the govt of SLVr to protect three Salvadoran men deported by the US in a decision pub Tues that said they'd been held w/o the ability to communicate with their ATTYs or relatives since arriving.

#Deportations #DHS #DOJ #Torture #USPol
https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-bukele-us-deportees-gangs-8783a2e31a558c070aa0f423bf2ec5eb

Okay, & apologies to the demure, but this deserves unbridled cursing;

Holy mother fucking shit are you fucking shitting me?!?!?!!!?

#US #CoastGuard will no longer classify #swastikas, #nooses, #ConfederateFlags as #hate symbols
The #military service, which falls under the #DHS, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

#law #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #antisemitism #HateCrimes #HateSpeech

#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/3Mbd9a6