Homeland Security admits ICE agent lied. Token sacrifice coming up.
Dropped Case
Homeland security charged an innocent man with assault. The prosecutor requested dismissal with prejudice, meaning it cannot bring the charges up again.
Homeland Security admits two ICE agents lied. They are now in serious trouble. It’s your token sacrifice to show improvement.
Rand Paul Hammers Homeland Security in Congressional Testimony
Noem Fires Helicopter Pilot for Forgetting Her Blanket
But the DOW, the DOW
Credible Reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss.
Correct Thought of the Day
Hello Goldman Sachs
Damning Quote of the Day
“Even with over 100,000 employees you acted with some mixture of staggering incompetence, cold indifference, and jaded cruelty.”
That comment was for redacting names of the guilty but failing to redact names of many victims.
Purposeful Delays
Steven Pinker, Alan Dershowitz, Larry Summers
Billions for a Pardon, the New High Price
Hello Silicon Valley
More Lutnick Lies
Perhaps the Stupidest Lie
That moment when Kash Patel,the director of the FBI, said: “I’ve never heard of Stew Peters” Meanwhile Kash Patel made eight on-air appearances on Stew Peters’ podcast.
Did You Learn This in Law School?
A Bit About Trump
Retaliation for Observing
MAGA
Trump 0-43
Select Your Spiritual Advisor Carefully
Don’t Forget Your Turn Signal
ICE set to deport U.S. Army Veteran “at any moment”—detained 5 months for failure to use turn signal. “I shed my blood for this country,” he said on the phone. “You’re not from this country, but you serve. You’re willing to die for this country. That should matter,” his wife
Hard to Keep the Lies Straight
Unredacted on Purpose?
Comment of the Day
Just Imagine if You Had to Follow the Constitution
A Change In Tone?
I will concede there is a legitimate change in tone if and when Trump announces
1) No illegal searches
2) No racist profiling
3) Prosecution of ICE Murders
4) A change in plan to only look for those with criminal records
5) Three months from now points 1, 2,and 4 are still working
Top Administration Priorities
The three top administration priorities are protection of pedophiles, deportations at all costs, and an illegal crackdown on anyone who disagree with Trump (on anything).
Support for Trump has cratered. It’s no wonder. The public did not vote for the Gestapo, although racists and economic illiterates did.
Related Posts
February 8, 2026: Nine Creeps Who Remained Friends with Epstein After His Conviction
Noam Chomsky, Richard Branson and Steve Bannon commiserated with Epstein about his legal troubles and bad press. ‘Ignore It.’
February 12, 2026: Senator Thune Calls for Full Release of Epstein Files, Bondi Humiliates Herself
Bondi had a very bad day in Congressional testimony on Epstein.
February 12, 2026: Operation Metro Surge Immigration Crackdown in Minnesota Ends, Why?
Color me skeptical of the reasons given.
Not What People Voted For
Let’s start with the obvious lie.
People did not vote for Gestapo goons to wreak havoc. Polls undoubtedly show that.
Some stuff here I didn’t know. Good.
“…to look only for those with criminal records”
The only thing the US government wants is a certified translation (which the translator himself certifies and has any notary verify the signature), and they never inspect the source document. That’s what they asked from me and everyone else. That’s part of my work as a translator too. The DHS never contacts foreign governments to check for authenticity.
Plus, foreign records are issued with different standards. You can get caught DUI in most European countries (let alone African countries) and they’ll let you go with a fine or a misdemeanor offense which was never finalized by slow-moving courts, and never recorded in your criminal record (Greek and Italian criminal record summaries, which the DHS wants, only contain final court judgments of felonies).
That is of course assuming that the immigrant carries his real identity papers, if at all. The DHS never checks with foreign governments if the papers are real.
And then, if we assume everything is fine, now that AI and other automations have eradicated entry-level jobs, what are you going to do with all those people? Having them compete with minimum salary workers? Having them take minimum salary jobs which used to be an income cushion for knowledge workers who lost their jobs?
The Trump authoritarian apologists are out in large numbers today. I think Mish struck a nerve and MAGA folks no longer like what they see when they look in the mirror.
Oh, really Mish?
“4. A change in plan to look only for those with criminal records.”
For kicks, why don’t you try to defend something as stupid as that position? Faults I can see:
Usually my criticism of your site, which I’ve been reading with respect for years, is that too many of the people offering comments are noisy asses. On this issue I think you’re worthy of your readers.
Brilliant
At the end many people will think that Obama, FBI and CIA did the right thing when tying Trump’s hands behind his back in his first term using fake Russiagate story so that he couldn’t do much damage. Trump II has some good ideas but the way he works and treats public is beyond all red lines and that will backfire one day.
Epstein’s death … my guess …
… Three people went up the stair case to strangle and murder Epstein … two went up the stair case at the same time and one, holding the excessive orange linen and the two unused orange nooses found in the cell, was on the outside of the stair case creating the orange blur seen on the one working camera at 1039 PM. Two of the three overpowered Epstein holding him face down and holding down both of his wrists with resulting contusions to both wrists and an abrasion to one forearm, while one put a knee into his shoulder causing a shoulder deep muscle hemorrhage and forcefully garroted him with a rope/cord across the midneck with a postmortum deep groove in that anterior midneck area and contusion on the back of his neck (rather than ligature grooves in the neck immediately under the mandible as is seen in suicidal hanging)and causing petechial hemorrhages of the faces, lids, and conjunctiva, and bilateral fractures of the thyroid bone and unilateral fracture of the hyoid bone as seen in homicidal strangulations … After the murder, the three turned the body to its back to confirm the kill. The three then left the cell, taking the garrote device(no blood or tissue was found on the unused nooses or the copious orange cloth material in the cell), and stayed close to the inner wall of the stairwell out of the single camera’s view and/or during the missing camera footage. The guards’ story is that they were asleep … The post-mortum lividity was on the posterior surfaces of the body, the dependent portion of the body as the murders left the body face-up … (rather than the lower legs as it should have been if Epstein was actually found hanging from the bed … ) No specific details were provided in the autopsy on the stomach contents which could have provided an approximation of actual time of death …
SIMPLE WHAT HAPPENED. Trump ordered Barr to have him killed. pederast orders a pederast to kill a pederast who had the goods on trump…….. btw, i have a friend who was in the same lockup as Epstein for 5 of the ten years he “served” in prison. i love the term served, like they are waitresses…….. it’s the worst shithole for the dudes they want to punish. el chapo and mujahadeen…….. only guantanamo is worse. my buddy was not violent. just an extremely wealthy smuggler who owned a bank in cyprus…….he did it the old fashioned way. using actual teams of mules to walk over the southern border onto his ranch in AZ with thousands of pounds of weed for decades. his ranch he bought was literally on the border. he’s been out for a long time and doing weed in the legal business. a great guy, as is his lawyer………we go to dinner a few times per year………..
Epstein Files say too much. Imagine how much Jeffrey Epstein would have sung
Collapse is here now and navigating or surviving it will be difficuly
This administration is starting to go sideways and its unwinding over the next couple of years is going to be very disorderly and dangerous. the vast majority are not prepared and a full fair mindedness requires me to admit neither am I. Take care.
The Five Stages of Collapse: Survivors’ Toolkit by Dmitry Orlov is a 2013 book that outlines a framework for understanding societal collapse, proposing five stages: financial, commercial, political, social, and cultural. Orlov argues that by understanding these stages and taking appropriate actions, individuals and communities can navigate the breakdown of systems, avoid the worst outcomes, and build resilient post-collapse societies, drawing on examples from post-Soviet Russia and other resilient communities.
Key Concepts
Thanks for the recommendation, it sounds good. I will have to check it out.
the experience i have had with viewing 2 collapses in my lifetime, checks out.
Here’s one that just broke….fascists just can’t help themselves.
“President Donald Trump said Friday there will be voter ID requirements for the midterm elections “whether approved by Congress or not,” vowing to issue an executive order if legislation fails.”
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-issue-executive-order-voter-id-legislation-fails/story?
id=130157607
States run elections not the Federal government and certainly not dictator Trump.
HA HA HA. love to see it. one more nail in the coffin of this crumbling evil empire. last one who gives a damn about anything coming out of DC, turn out the lights.
That won’t stop the majority of MAGAts from supporting Trump in his campaign for non-democratic elections.
Apparently no one taught Patel the lie qualifier “As I recall” or something similar. Congress is a cesspool filled with leakers so 4 computer terminal sufficient for unredacted files going to be accidentally leaked. Madeleine Westerhout aka “My Beauty”.
2 women driveway recorded by neighbors video clip out of context as it appeared two people arrested and escorted away into custody perhaps for deliberately choosing to fail to provide ID or before returning home from harassing ICE agents elsewhere. Video lacks context. It does not show ICE agents going house to house just a specific house. The couple recording avows it was only for honking horn. Time and again drumming up public outrage more information over time not a snapshot show vehicles & or occupants have been harassing & impeding ICE agents for hours.
Godfrey Wade is not an immigrant. He had over half a century to acquire citizenship and chose not to. No mention refused citizenship. Flew under the radar until swept up during driving violation. Ga uses real ID so no drivers license or outstanding warrant?
Here’s a piece for your next social compendium Mish! [lol]
Even if you are someone who feels that you are fully within your legal rights, once the government drags you into the legal system, effectively requiring you to spend money hiring a lawyer, wastes many hours of your time, possibly causing you to get fired from work (whether you are innocent or not), maybe initiates a divorce, etc., etc., the cost you incur may be a lot higher than you originally anticipated.
Point being, anyone considering actions such as doxxing ICE agents or actively impeding their activities while believing that they are safely hidden behind physical masks or internet anonymity, might want to reconsider.
“social media accounts that track or criticize the agency”
So much for free speech. This is just the beginning of the crackdown on dissent. ‘They’ sense pitchforks will be coming out soon and they are working to thwart any challenges to their corrupt hold on power.
A story as old as time, or at least back to when Lincoln imprisoned newspaper publishers.
Oh yeah, totally the same thing going on here, totally relevant /s
I think what you are saying is,
“THE PROCESS IS THE PUNISHMENT.”
I would agree. Been through that process myself. And unlike most Americans, I had the funds to hire a lawyer to defend myself. In the end it nominally “only” cost me $4300 (which was a significant chunk of change to me at the time). The bigger cost was to my and my family’s peace. When someone sues you, especially for bogus reasons, they are stealing your peace.
Thanks for a meaningful reply.
The media does not cover the back end of what happens when someone has to deal with the legal system (and then possibly jail), even if proven innocent.
Were there more publication of the gory details of what people go through in the whole process, I submit that this might be more of a deterrent for people doing crimes or even just pushing the envelope, thinking nothing much will happen.
Hopefully we can now start planning our impeachment parties to coincide with Thanksgiving. Going to be a wild one Elon.
Hilarious cartoon of Bondi scolding the Epstein victims for not appreciating Trump for the record stock market.
The best excuse MAGA came up with to defend Bondi is that the ‘Democrats didn’t go after Epstein abusers when Biden was in office’. So that makes Bondi’s inaction perfectly excusable. Problem solved.
The MAGA snowflakes will do anything to remain in their safe spaces and avoid the discomfort of cognitive dissonance.
As a follower of current events I have noticed an overload of news lately that goes in all different directions as if to bewilder and overwhelm the senses. If you’re noticing the same, it’s not your imagination.
Yet the biggest news story lurking on the horizon is war with Iran. That’s when all this whirlwind of news is going to evaporate and everyone’s focus is going to be on the reality of war. It’s the perfect distraction for everything going on right now.
I don’t think Anything will happen in Iran. They just wanted to scare them into behaving, and it worked, it appears. Iran doesn’t want to get demolished, and we don’t want to upend the Peace wins we have received in that region of late. All stays status quo, as it stands today imo.
Yeah and when something DOES happen first you will be confused and then you will start parroting whatever bullshit you hear on Fox news. You’re like a robot in your predictability.
What could possibly be gained by War with Iran? It’s not necessary, war is a Net Negative Always so nothing would be achieved, but pissing off a whole lot of Families, who would be the losers along the way. Let’s not forget all the effort to squelch that idea, unless absolutely necessary, which this is not, Cuba is not, Greenland is not, which is also why we are not involved in wars in those places either. We have been actively pursuing Peace wherever and whenever possible. Not that it’s working all the time, like Ukraine for example, but we are trying nonetheless…
“What could possibly be gained by War with Iran?”
Trump would be able to pay back his debt to Israeli donors, starting with the $100 million Miriam Adelson contributed to his campaign.Trump would be able to deflect news stories about the Epstein files.Trump would be able to deflect news stories about ICE murders, abuse, torture, lying under oath, etc.Trump would be able to pay back his debt to the military industrial complex, and maybe prevent them from coming after him.Trump would be able to rid the world of more brown people, like the bombs he sent to Gaza have done.Trump would be able to show the world how tough he is, and remind them that he is really powerful and the world should bow down before him.Trump would continue his case for the Nobel Peace Prize; he would claim the Iranians were preparing to kill billions of people with WMD, and that he saved the world.
The better question is: why wouldn’t Trump want to go to war with Iran?
“We have been actively pursuing Peace wherever and whenever possible”
You should do a standup comedy routine!
Yes, Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. TDS morons disagree, using as a convenient excuse the hundreds of Trump bombings in the last year of Yemen, Somalia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Iran, Syria, Iraq, as well as international waters, and the hundreds of bombs Trump delivered to Ukraine and Israel which were also used to kill thousands of people.
Donald Trump, Prince of Peace
I heard Iran has oil. Have you checked our list of nations we have had wars with against the list of top ten proven oil reserve nations?
It’s what is now known as a “deal”.
The “Art of the Deal”.
Fart of the meal is more accurate
Geraldo Lunas Campos Has been convicted of:
-Criminal possession of a weapon on June 8, 1998.
-Petit larceny on May 5, 1999.
-Unlawful possession of a weapon during a robbery on March 22, 2002.
-Sexual contact with a child under 11 on Jan. 17, 2003.
-Petit larceny on Oct. 14, 2005.
-Petit larceny on May 25, 2006.
-Reckless driving on June 8, 2006.
-Possession of a controlled substance on Feb. 26, 2007.
-Driving while intoxicated on Oct. 26, 2007.
-Sale of a controlled substance on Feb. 17, 2009.
Per ICE.gov
They’re not sending their best.
Well, if ICE.gov says it, you can take that to the bank and use it as collateral for loans to buy Trump Crypto Coins
I hate to break it to you Mish, but there is serious voter fraud in blue states. First they set it up to automatically register you to vote through getting a driver’s license. Then they allow illegals to get licensed. So an illegal is pretending to be anyone. Because they don’t have to.
How many of them voted?
About ZERO
But yes I seriously disagree with auto registration and in fact it should be illegal
I think autoregistration is great in principle – the more people that vote the better. However, that should be accompanies with freely available ID. Saves everyone hassle, fraud suspicions are not needed anymore and participation among valid voters will go up. What’s not to like?
You can ask Rs if they would agree to Voter ID _when_ they government has supplied or confirmed IDs of 99.5% of possible voters. They won’t agree.
The honest question should be: “How Many people illegal OR Legal we’re voted for”
IQ like room temperature here
I keep my house chilly in the wintertime, too
That is a bunch of BS. DMV systems require you to either answer yes to being a citizen or check the documents used when obtaining the license. Indeed, some states even issue *different* licenses for non-citizens.
You are correct. As a Canadian living in the US on a work VISA my Florida drivers license says ‘Temporary’ on it to indicate that fact.
Another victim of Fox News
It’s more about the census, leading to congressional seats and freebies.
There are more undocumented in TX & FL than just about anywhere else but they are not going after them. Shows real motives.
How does someone like Epstein get THAT connected?
By offering up young girls to rich men.
You’re not following the script CJW! These girls are supposed to be referred to as “survivors”, just as all first responder’s are “heroes” and before speaking to any military veteran, one is supposed to genuflect and say “thank you for your service”. Whew.
Were these girls unpaid, not fed adequately, not housed comfortably, chained in dark, dank basements, unable to leave any mistreatment they claimed to have suffered? If not, then they are not ”survivors” of anything! They made a choice that worked within their particular circumstances.
Were some taken advantage of? Psychologically manipulated? Probably. But this happens in all life contexts to many people of all ages all the time.
Point of fact, these girls/women learned useful life skills in how to handle men, what men want and learned how to be better at pleasuring men. Some probably also made future business connections and some may have gotten financial information that they or their families could invest in.
Given the prior pre-Epstein life skills and education of this cohort, looking back, they may have made a very good trade!
Expect the internet will do more research on the other survivors from Bondi’s hearing. Marina Lacerda recruits for Epstein for years.
https://abcnews.com/US/epstein-files-central-witness-epstein-case-speaks-publicly/story?id=125196336
https://www.newsweek.com/epstein-survivors-react-to-pam-bondi-hearing-dehumanized-11508640
One of the survivors Marina Lacerda, 37, was identified in Epstein’s 2019 indictment as “Minor-Victim 1” and provided key information that helped prosecutors put the sex offender behind bars.
According to the indictment, Lacerda first met Epstein when she was 14 years old in 2002 when she was recruited to come to his palatial New York home to provide a massage to Epstein — an interaction that ultimately led to years of sexual abuse.
A friend first introduced her to the financier, framing it as an opportunity to make money to support her family.
Lacerda said Epstein eventually paid her thousands of dollars, and she believed being associated with the financier would open doors for her as an immigrant from Brazil.
She is also a sex trafficker: But Lacerda said Epstein’s interest in her faded as she grew older, and she began recruiting other young women for him.
Wow, I have never heard anyone make such a strident defense of organized sex trafficking and pedophilia. The gaslighting is stunning—basically suggesting the victims should be forever grateful for the privilege of having being raped by such important and generous men.
You clearly have reading comprehension problems. Did you graduate from high school?
Good grief, what an offensive post – many of these Epstein-survivors were children at the time of their abuse, in case you’ve forgotten; and the fact that they all feel lasting pain from their abuse is indicative of their mistreatment & being taken advantage of by powerful individuals – why is that so hard for you to empathise with? Come out of the Stone Age mate!
In Afghanistan and other Islamic countries, girls are married off at 10 years of age for family gain and to relive the family of an extra mouth to feed. In other countries girls as young as 13-14 are married off to perform sexual and home keeping services for the men they are [sold]/married to. Have you complained about any of this?
What is truly offensive is how naïve and idiotic your post, and by extension you, are.
Ah, whataboutery – what a surprise.
But raw truth, which you can’t respond to.
? Good conversation
The New York Times [Mockingbird media] covering for Reid Hoffman concerning his multiplicity of Epstein connections is par for the course. Dishonestly serving the ruling class is their prime function.
Typed into Search ———–Signs of a failing Empire ?
Search Assist
Signs of a Failing Empire often include widening Wealth Inequality, Political Corruption, Declining Civic Participation, and Environmental Degradation.
Additionally, Overexpansion of Territory and Breakdown of Trade Networks can also indicate Instability and Decline.
Answer seems to sum up America now— And it showing on our screens each day.
Thomas Massie says that he is not suicidal. How did Trump and MAGA bring us to this point?
All roads lead to ‘Rome’.
meanwhile: United States Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) sits on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He will occasionally send a public letter that essentially says “hey, I can’t tell you what’s happening because it’s classified, but something really bad is going on and you should all be paying attention.” Another letter was sent out eight days ago…
https://www.cato.org/blog/senator-wyden-sends-ominous-mysterious-letter-cia-director
Trump will use Georgia by making up some nonsense that there was “fraud” and to prevent it from happening it again he needs to nationalize the elections or whatever dimwitted nonsense this group of idiots can attempt to feign.
No one will believe it because Tulsi was there and there was absolutely no need for her to be there other than to contaminate the “evidence” somehow.
The fact that repubs are losing elections in deep red states with huge point swings is already evidence enough that Americans don’t want repubs in power anymore. Any outcome other than what we’ve already seen in local elections will be indication of real fraud on the part of repubs.
Ultimately, it won’t matter who is in charge, all that will be left is a hollowed out country as the brain drain continues and the only thing left behind are geezers on social programs and people too dumb to leave.
Won’t matter to me either way, I’ll be out.
There will be civil war. Hopefully it’s brief.
That story about the non-lethal shooting in Minneapolis was bunk to begin with. The bullet hole in the front door was reported the next day, but was overlooked by news headlines. This account was published that night (Jan 14)
“…husband was being chased for about half an hour, and they were trying to hit him. He came home and when we closed the door, they shot him. They were far away from us.”
There was a funny meme on reddit about that “Dow 50,000!” it showed a series of disasters like the Titanic sinking but Bimbo yelling, “But the at Dow 50,000!” then another one of Jews in a concentration camp but Bimbo yelling, “But the Dow at 50,000!” on and on with every major catastrophe in the world the past 100+ years.
No matter your problem, the fix is “Dow at 50,000!”
2-star Mishelin award granted!
‘Dow at 50,000’ is bread and circuses at it’s finest.
“Are you not entertained!” -Gladiator
The shovel incident. Made news rallied the base. What actually happened made 7th page. Fox prob wont report it.
Ballots in atlanta. Report mass voter fraud. Addresses vacant lots and such. Yeah prob a few homeless having to use it as an address. The actual news wont see the light of day.
More propaganda about massive voter fraud. And yeah voter fraud only happens in areas that vote against me. Where do you idiots come from?
Yeah, OK. Just fascinating. Uh, 7mil/12mil/13mil guestimated illegals in under 4yrs. Meanwhile, China making industrial hay (over 1mil chinese kids now liv in China who have US citizenship on account of our stupid ‘Born in the USA’ act). and ICE is expected to politely arrest some, what?, 7mil/12mil/13mil illegals scattered throughout the good ole USofA???? What is going on w/the thinking of our citizens? We have here Pharma PBMs or PMBs, whatever, earning (get this) 50,000,000 bucks PER EMPLOYEE of each of the 3 PBMs owned by CVS, Walgreens and the third outfit left after all these M&A’s leading to efficiency?? My God, corruption in the US I now believe far outdoes that of Honduras!!!
Another propaganda repeating idiot. Yeah it was a mistake to let so many asylum seekers into the U.S. But calling them illegals is a lie. They are documented and have to follow the legal process for asylum.
Correct. This is called “keeping your word”. Non-pigs do it all the time.
thanks for the idiot call. Oh, and I looked up the number of illegals/unauthorized/undocumented what-evers…now 14,000,000 by all counts!! I guess they’s all, by your account, documented/authorized/legals/thankfullasylumseekers…so, no problemo, right???? My insincere thanks for the correction. I might also note that the 4,000 asylum seekers picked up by the vicious ICE cops in Minehaha included 76% with criminal records. How in hell does ICE know? Sheesh, Jackula, I guess they are all documented!!
The Epstein case is a test whether US society can still live up to the values preached from every podium every day across the country. So far, US society has failed the test miserably. Those feckless, freeloading Europeans are actually showing us for once how such a case needs to be handled.
The United States abrogated its values when it forced the southern states back into the Union. Since then it has been an empire. Unlike most countries in our soft modern world, it is not dominated by the values of its priesthood (teachers, journalists, people who live by deceit) but by the values of its soldiers (men who live by force and the threat of force). Those are the only two options, because honest people don’t get involved in politics: they get corrupted if they do.
Rascist much? More like when JFK was assassinated
I was twelve years old when that happened. Like a lot of people, I can remember what I was doing when I heard about it. I think the fact that a lot of things about it didn’t ring true, made people much more aware than we had been, that things may not be exactly as we are told by the conspirators in authority.
We were still largely under the control of people who had come through World War Two in those days. As I recall it, there was an air of great sobriety about public life. It was only in the next few years, as the anti-war movement of young people over Viet Nam developed, that politics turned more frivolous.
I think we should realize that there were lots of past times when politics has been largely under the control of frivolous and corrupt people. You Americans should know about King George III of Great Britain. He was more or less mentally retarded, and surrounded himself with fools and crooks. They managed to lose his American holdings for him.
As I recall it, it was under Lyndon Johnson that this “racism” device for expanding corruption really got going, with his “Great Society” social welfare schemes. Since then, you have been going downhill faster.
Your last paragraph is way out of line.
Offensive.
Are you trying to intimidate me? Or don’t you know that in genuine discussion, aesthetic considerations are utterly irrelevant?
LBJ “.. a hundred years of something or other…”
Recall the wrinkled flag on Poppy’s coffin.
masked men with body armor and face masks breaking car windows with M4s and arresting women who did nothing . . . this is MAGA masculinity.
Well, damn. That was quite a cavalcade of nauseating piggery. I don’t think I want dinner anymore.
Blondie needs to be in prison as an accessory after the fact cover-up.