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November 10, 2025

They call themselves ICE because. . .

They call themselves Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) because Immigration, Naturalization, and Customs Enforcement Law Specialists (INCELS) was a little too on the nose.

October 31, 2025

Grady Judd's justice system: She Was Allegedly Made to Apologize to Her Rapist. Now She's Suing Police

NEED TO KNOW

*Taylor Cadle was raped by her adoptive father Henry Cadle for years, between the ages of 9 and 13, per court records and a lawsuit reviewed by PEOPLE
*Taylor alleges she was made to write letters to police as well as to her father, apologizing for making the claims
*Henry was eventually convicted after Taylor showed police photographic evidence of his sexual abuse

A Florida woman is suing a local sheriff's department years after she alleges law enforcement officials made her write an apology letter to a man who raped her as a child.

Taylor Cadle, 22, alleged in a lawsuit that Polk County Sheriff's Office personnel, including Sheriff Grady Judd and investigator Melissa Turnage, accused her of lying to investigators, forcing her to write apology notes to her adoptive father who had been raping her for years. According to suit, Taylor was the victim.

https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/she-allegedly-made-apologize-her-210000386.html

October 3, 2025

Leonard Peltier Is Finally (Mostly) Free And Has A Lot To Say

BELCOURT, N.D. — After living in a windowless, concrete box for nearly 50 years, Leonard Peltier is discovering the little joys that come with being in a two-bedroom house of his own.

He can see the sun. He has a refrigerator, and a TV with more channels than he can count. He has his now-cherished recliner, the fancy kind that lays you all the way back and, with some navigating on a remote control, pushes you up and right out of the seat. It’s where Peltier, who just turned 81, is content to spend most of his days, nestled in with a fleece blanket as a home health aide brings him rounds of coffee.

“Trying to look for another word, but I can’t find any, so I’ll go with the same one: awesome,” said Peltier, a term he used repeatedly to describe his life over the past seven months.



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/leonard-peltier-free-biden-trump_n_68db0eade4b0d196a63fde6d?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
September 27, 2025

ICE arrests superintendent of Iowa's largest school district

Source: CNN

The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools — Iowa’s largest school district – was detained Friday morning by immigration agents, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which said the educator was in the country illegally and had existing weapon possession charges.

Superintendent Ian Roberts – an educator with decades of experience who previously competed as an Olympic athlete for Guyana – was arrested as part of a “targeted enforcement operation” and fled after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers approached him, according to statements from DHS and the Iowa Department of Public Safety.

DHS said he was “in possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a fixed blade hunting knife” at the time of his arrest. It’s a violation of federal law to own a firearm and ammunition if an individual doesn’t have legal status in the US.

CNN is working to identify Roberts’ attorney.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/us/ian-roberts-des-moines-superintendent-arrested-ice?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us



No one is safe from the Freikorps.
September 26, 2025

Trump FUMES After Mount Rushmore Of DICTATORS Statue Revealed



Seacon Square????? I lived a mile from there for a year and shopped there all the time. I know exactly where they put it and NO ONE could avoid seeing it.
August 20, 2025

Trump didn't have anything to do with Russia. It was a complete hoax

“I have been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts. As with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed.”
-James Comey-2017

Despite the fact that a Kremlin propagandist has described Donald Trump's comment that Vladimir Putin was talking "bullshit about his full-scale invasion of Ukraine as "scandalous,” trump actually Brags About His Deep and Enduring Bond With Putin as Russia Rapes and Murders Ukrainians.

But, I don’t know – it’s hard for me to see any trump ties to Russia…except for the Flynn thing and the Manafort thing
and the Tillerson thing
and the Sessions thing
and the Kushner thing
and the Carter Page thing
and the Ivanka hanging with the oligarchs thing
and the Roger Stone thing
and the Felix Sater thing
and the Boris Ephsteyn thing
and the Rosneft thing
and the Gazprom thing
and the Sergey Gorkov banker thing
and the Azerbajain thing
and the “I love Putin” thing
and the Donald Trump, Jr. thing
and the Sergey Kislyak thing
and the Russian Affiliated Interests thing
and the Russian Business Interests thing
and the Emoluments Clause thing
and the Alex Schnaider thing
and the hack of the DNC thing
and the Guccifer 2.0 thing
and the Mike Pence “I don’t know anything” thing
and the Russians mysteriously dying thing
and the Trump’s public request to Russia to hack Hillary’s email thing
and the Trump house sale for $100 million at the bottom of the housing bust to the Russian fertilizer king thing
and the Russian fertilizer king’s plane showing up in Concord, NC during Trump rally campaign thing
and the Nunes sudden flight to the White House in the night thing
and the Nunes personal investments in the Russian winery thing
and the Cyprus bank thing
and Trump not releasing his tax returns thing
and the Republican Party’s rejection of an amendment to require Trump to show his taxes thing
and the election hacking thing
and the GOP platform change to the Ukraine thing
and the Steele Dossier thing
and the Leninist Bannon thing
and the Sally Yates can’t testify thing
and the intelligence community’s investigative reports thing
and the Trump reassurance that the Russian connection is all “fake news” thing
and the Spicer’s Russian Dressing “nothing’s wrong” thing
and the Chaffetz not willing to start an investigation thing
and the Chaffetz suddenly deciding to go back to private life in the middle of an investigation thing
and the The Lead DOJ Investigator Mary McCord SUDDENLY in the middle of the investigation decides to resign thing
and the appointment of Pam Bondi who was bribed by trump in the trump university scandal appointed to head the investigation thing
and the The White House going into full-on cover-up mode, refusing to turn over the documents related to the hiring and subsequent firing of Flynn thing
and the Chaffetz and White House blaming the poor vetting of Flynn on Obama thing
and the Poland and British intelligence gave information regarding the hacking back in 2015 to Paul Ryan and he didn't do anything thing
and the Agent M16 following the money thing
And now the trump team KNEW about Flynn's involvement but hired him anyway thing
and The Corey Lewendowski thing
and the Preet Bharara firing thing but before he left he transferred evidence against trump to a state level Schneiderman thing
And the Betsy Devos' Brother thing
And the Sebastian Gorka thing
And the Greg Gianforte from Montana thing
And the pence actually was warned about Flynn before he was hired thing
and the Pence and Manafort connection thing
And the 7 Allies coming forward with audio where trump was picked up in incidental wire tapping thing
and the carter Page defying the Senate's order to hand over his Russian contact list thing
and the Obama coming forward and sayin he warned trump directly thing
And the trump wants to VETO Sally Yates' testimony thing
and the trump tweets attacking Yates and defending Flynn thing
and the "no evidence of collusion" attributed to Clapper, who never said such a thing, thing.
and the amnesia epidemic that hit every member of the Inner circle when it comes to remembering meetings with Russians thing.
and the "18" days before Flynn was fired thing
and the witness intimidation through tweets thing
and the McGahn "Why does it matter to the DOJ if one White House official lies to another official?" thing
and firing Comey thing!
and the temporary FBI head, McCabe, being also under investigation thing
and the banning the US press but allowing the Russian press to the Russian ambassador Oval Office meeting thing!
and the Certified Letter thing!
and the threatening Comey thing!
and the firing of Comey thing!
and the I respect the investigation but it is a witch hunt and no president has been so persecuted thing!
and the Kushner back door thing!
and the appointing Christopher Wray, as head of the FBI, whos law firm represented the trump organization and has ties to Rosneft and Gasprom Russian organizations! Yea that thing.
and the blaming Obama for the Russian hacking that a week before he called a hoax and witch hunt!
and the Kushner/ trump jr meeting with Russia's top propagandist Natalia Veselnitskaya thing.
and Peter Smith who actually colluded with Flynn thing
And trump and Tillerson meeting privately with Putin thing.
And trump allowing VISAs to 150 known Russian spys thing.
And trump offering to work with Putin on a cyber security thing.
And the Natalia Veselnitskaya having dinner with a republican congressman after "the meeting" thing.

SO yeah, there’s probably nothing there,

June 19, 2025

She's through. CBP at JFK let her through with no problems.

No American should go through this.

This war on immigrants is destroying families.

June 19, 2025

She's on the ground at JFK. Now it's out of my hands. I can't sit still. They separated my wife from me once

and I will hate these people for the rest of my being. Each time I go through the border, I cannot conceal my deep rooted hatred and contempt for these assholes that "are just doing my job." That didn't work for the guards at Auschwitz.

I expect the worst as she goes through immigration but hope for the best.

June 19, 2025

You all know me and my wife's green card saga. In 2.5 hours my wife's flight from Shanghai lands at JFK

I am on pins and needles now.

I do not trust the immigration people at the border.
I do not trust ICE as she goes through the airport to get from international arrivals to domestic departures.
I do not trust the police to protect her from these kidnappers

I do not trust the government to honor her green card.

I was nervous to death the Chinese government wouldn't let her out due to their at-will enforcement of their social credit system.
I am terrified the American government will destroy my family and not let her back in, protecting the country from a green card holding kindergarten teacher and master's degree student.

All because she isn't white, christian, or come from a country Agent Orange doesn't denounce daily.

Profile Information

Name: Aram Katz
Gender: Male
Hometown: Sullivan County, NY
Home country: USA
Current location: Phuket, Thailand
Member since: Tue Mar 23, 2021, 10:44 AM
Number of posts: 6,720

About AZLD4Candidate

Demoralized, depressed, and destroyed by American immigration law written and pushed for in 1952 by two xenophobes determined to keep people out at the height of McCarthyism and the Cold War.
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