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Headlines for February 09, 2026; Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis; As Black History Month Turns 100, Trump Refuses to Apologize for Video Depicting Obamas as Apes; JD Vance Is Booed at Olympics While Thousands Protest U.S. Sending ICE Agents to Games in Italy; “The War Hasn’t Ended”: Palestinians in Gaza Still Face Israeli Attacks, Disease, Medical Neglect

Headlines for February 06, 2026; Juan González on Lasting Impact of 9/11 Toxic Exposure as NYC Faces Calls to Release Suppressed Files; “Journalism Deserves Better”: Ex-Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper; Can U.S. & Iran Lower Tensions? Officials Begin New Talks Amid Trump Threats of Military Strikes; Right of Return: Omar Shakir & Ken Roth Debate “Blocked” Human Rights Watch Report on Palestine

Headlines for February 05, 2026; Rep. Khanna Slams DOJ for Not Launching New Probes of Jeffrey Epstein’s “Co-Conspirators”; “Tear Down ICE” & Probe Trump-UAE $500M Crypto Deal: Rep. Ro Khanna; Shot, Harassed & Threatened: U.S. Citizens Describe Surviving Violent Attacks by Immigration Agents; Elon Musk Under Fire for Epstein Links, Grok’s Sexualized AI Deepfakes & SpaceX-xAI Merger

Headlines for February 04, 2026; “No Means No”: AZ Secretary of State Calls for Resistance as Trump Pushes to “Nationalize” Voting; Why Was Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard at FBI Election Raid in Georgia? Ex-DOJ Attorney Speaks Out; A New Nuclear Arms Race Could “Spiral” as Last U.S.-Russia Treaty Expires: Dr. Ira Helfand; “Geopolitics of the Weak”: Colombian Senator Urges “Collective Action” Against U.S. Aggression

Headlines for February 03, 2026; Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Directs Local Police to Investigate “Rogue, Reckless” ICE Agents; Philly City Council Considers “ICE Out” Legislation, as DA Krasner Decries “Wannabe Nazi” ICE Agents; Immigrant Rights Leader in Maine Says ICE Raids Caused Panic & “Wave of Fear”; ProPublica Identifies CBP Agents Who Fatally Shot ICU Nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

Headlines for February 02, 2026; “Journalism Is Not a Crime”: Georgia Fort & Don Lemon Arrested for Covering St. Paul Church Protest; “Leave Our City Now”: Minneapolis Residents March as Part of National Strike Against ICE; “Billionaire Boys Club”: What the Latest Epstein Files Reveal About Elite Impunity; FBI Raid in Georgia Is Part of “Trump’s Scheme to Try to Rig the Midterms”: Ari Berman

Headlines for January 30, 2026; “Hostile Takeovers”: As U.S. Claims Venezuela’s Oil, Trump Seeks “Vassal States” Across the World; “Cold-Blooded Murder”: Families of Trinidadian Men Killed in U.S. Boat Strike Sue Trump Admin; 350,000 Haitians in U.S. “at Risk of Losing Everything” After Trump Revokes Legal TPS Status; “Prevent the Bloodshed”: Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi on Iran Protests & U.S. Threats of Military Strikes

Headlines for January 29, 2026; “Let Us Out”: ICE Detention of Children Sparks Protests at Immigration Jail in Dilley, TX; “Not Going to Bully Me”: Rep. LaMonica McIver Faces 17 Years in Prison over ICE Jail Inspection; ICE Agents Film Minnesota Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Massive Facial Recognition Push

Headlines for January 28, 2026; ICE “Wartime” Recruiting Effort Targets Gun & Military Lovers Using White Nationalist Messaging; Rep. Ilhan Omar Attacked by Man at Minneapolis Town Hall After She Called for Noem’s Impeachment; “The Border Is the Entire Country”: How Trump Brought Borderland Violence into U.S. Cities; Abolish ICE: Rep. Delia Ramirez Calls for Defunding DHS & Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar After Attack

Headlines for January 27, 2026; “Feels Like a Cover-Up”: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Slams Trump Admin over Deadly ICE Crackdown; Can ICE Forcibly Enter Homes Without a Warrant? Inside Trump’s Attack on the 4th Amendment; From George Floyd to Alex Pretti: “Copaganda” Author on Myths About Immigration, Crime & Policing

Headlines for January 26, 2026; “He Was Executed”: Minneapolis Residents Outraged, Defiant After Immigration Agents Kill Alex Pretti; RIP Alex Pretti: Colleague Remembers “Compassion,” “Deep Empathy” of ICU Nurse Killed by Feds; “Trumped-Up Charges”: Out of Jail, Nekima Levy Armstrong Faces Prosecution for Anti-ICE Church Protest; ”ICE Out”: Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids