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Albert Burneko

People stand at the scene of an ICE shooting that killed a man on July 13, 2026.

Politics

ICE Brings The Occupation Home

Sohini Desai

Unlike The Defendants, One Of The Prairieland Judges Is Part Of An Organized Cell Of Extremists

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E.Y. Zhao

Two Nights Outside ICE’s New Jersey Concentration Camp


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Hallie Lieberman

An ICE patch and badge are seen on a Department of Homeland Security agent while US Vice President JD Vance speaks at Royalston Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 22, 2026. The Pentagon has ordered 1,500 US soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, a state roiled by unrest over an immigration crackdown, US media reported on January 18, 2026. The reported preparations come days after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, which enables use of the military to suppress "armed rebellion" or "domestic violence" -- although a day later he said there was no immediate need for it, following the January 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent. (Photo by Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Life As An Undocumented Trans Sex Worker In The Age Of ICE

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense hearing to examine the 2027 budget for the Department of Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 12, 2026.

The U.S. Is Still Killing People In Illegal Boat Strikes

Detainees gesture at windows from inside Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center

Prisoners At Private ICE Jail In New Jersey Collectively Refuse Conditions Of Death

Luis Paez-Pumar

U.S. President Donald Trump receives the FIFA Peace Prize from Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on December 05, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Soccer

Report: FIFA Plans To Ask Peace Prize Winner If He Would Maybe Consider Pausing Domestic Terrorism Program For One Month

Barry Petchesky

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MARCH 23: Travelers stand in long lines at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on March 23, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.The travel disruptions continue as hundreds of TSA agents quit or work without pay during a partial government shutdown. U.S. President Donald Trump said ICE agents will be deployed to U.S. airports on Monday, with border czar Tom Homan in charge of the effort.(Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

ICE Agents Deployed To Nation’s Swamped Airports To Stand Around And Do Nothing

Patrick Redford

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 15: Kevin Durant #7 of the Houston Rockets and Team USA Stripes walks onto the court before the 75th NBA All-Star Game at Intuit Dome on February 15, 2026 in Inglewood, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Podcasts

Peeking Into The Durant Files, With Eamon Whalen

Lauren Theisen

Pro Wrestling

Why The Hottest New Pro Wrestling Chant Is “Fuck ICE”

Israel Daramola

Photos of Nicole Good (L) and Alex Pretti are placed among flowers at a makeshift memorial in the area where Pretti was shot and killed by Federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota

How Much Longer Can The Politics Of Grievance Sustain Itself?

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Drew Magary

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Sam Darnold #14 of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates after defeating the Los Angeles Rams an NFC Championship NFL football game at Lumen Field on January 25, 2026 in Seattle, Washington.

This Season Belongs To Sam Darnold

Tom Ley

Women's Basketball

“Disgusted” Breanna Stewart Holds Up “Abolish ICE” Sign Before Unrivaled Game

Alex Pareene

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Gregory Bovino with his security team while a group of citizens opposed to the country's immigration policies protested him in Minnesota on January 21, 2026.

I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents

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Chris Thompson

Vikings play-by-play guy Paul Allen talks into a microphone.

Media Meltdowns

Oops! Vikings Play-By-Play Moron Chooses Yesterday’s Right-Wing Lie For Wisecrack About Minneapolis Protesters

Protesters take cover behind overturned trash containers as a line of federal agents forms a barricade across a downtown street during clashes following the fatal shooting of a demonstrator earlier in the day, on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Federal Agents Kill Again; Gunmen Still At Large

Justin Ellis

How Do You Justify Abducting A Child?

TV crews set up microphones at the House Tringale before the start of the press conference with comedian Jon Stewart on Monday, March 5, 2018, to call on OMB Director Mick Mulvaney to withdraw his proposal to separate the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) from National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) direction.

Funbag

Who Wants To Be A Hero?

David Roth

Masked ICE agents and demonstrators face off as protests broke out following the shooting of a Venezuelan man by a Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 14, 2026.

What It’s Like When ICE Invades Your City, With Arif Hasan

A single bullet hole can be seen on the driver’s side of the windshield of a vehicle that a woman was shot and killed in by federal officers on Portland Ave. in Minneapolis, Minn. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.

Journalismism

CBS News Is The Trump Administration’s New Laundromat

Federal Agents arrest a man during an Immigration Enforcement Operation in Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, U.S., January 13, 2026.

Fascists Are Pathetic

Giri Nathan

US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on January 8, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

JD Vance Is A Hog That’ll Eat Any Slop

Sports Highlight Of The Day

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This ICE Goon Eating Shit

Protestors stare down federal officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside a federal building near Minneapolis following the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.

When Everyday Life Becomes Domestic Terrorism

Samer Kalaf

ICE agents stand at the scene where ICE agents fatally shot a woman earlier in the day in Minneapolis.

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