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Goonch's JournalICE whistleblower shares insight into training at Georgia facility
"New Immigration and Customs Enforcement cadets are being instructed to violate the constitution, a former lawyer with the agency said before members of Congress this week.
The ICE whistleblower, identified as Ryan Schwank, a former attorney with the agency and someone who was assigned to teach cadets, spoke in front of lawmakers investigating possible DHS misconduct.
Schwank joined ICE in 2021, but resigned Feb. 13 after he was assigned to a training facility in Glynco, Georgia.
What did the ICE whistleblower say?
"The ICE academy is deficient, defective, and broken," Schwank told lawmakers on Feb. 23. "On my first day, I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant."
Schwank went on to reaffirm Homeland Security has cut down training time for new recruits and fully eliminated use of force trainings, while doubling down on agents not needing a warrant to enter someone's home, even as two U.S. citizens were shot and killed in Minneapolis, and a third was killed during a car chase in Savannah, Georgia.
"Never in my career had I ever received such a blatantly unlawful order, nor one conveyed in such a troubling manner," Schwank testified. "Incredibly, I was being shown this memo in secret by my supervisor, who made sure that I understood that disobedience could cost me my job."........
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/02/25/ice-whistleblower-shares-training-directive-from-inside-georgia-center/88861717007/
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Kristi Noem Exposed for Inventing Bonkers Cannibal Deportation Story
Surprise, surprise: Homeland Security Kristi Noem completely made up that far-fetched story about deporting a cannibal, multiple federal law enforcement officials told The Intercept.
Speaking to Fox News’s Jesse Watters in June, Noem recounted a terrible tale she claimed to have heard from a U.S. air marshal about a cannibal who tried to “eat his own arms” while being deported out of the country. Noem later repeated the story as she and Donald Trump toured “Alligator Alcatraz,” the president’s wetland-themed concentration camp in the Florida Everglades.
At the time, the Department of Homeland Security and ICE wouldn’t respond to requests to confirm Noem’s story. Now multiple federal law enforcement officials—including one from the DHS—are saying it’s a lie, The Intercept reported Monday.......
“That is completely made up,” a senior federal law enforcement official told The Intercept. “That never happened.”.......
https://newrepublic.com/post/206918/kristi-noem-made-up-ice-deport-cannibal
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Donald J. Trump International Airport? The President's Company Trademarked It.
The Trump organization said the move was necessary to protect the brand as Florida prepares to rename an airport after the president."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/trump-trademark-airport-name.html
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Legendary actor Robert Duvall dead at 95
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/robert-duvall-dead/507-602cd9af-40dd-4906-a671-b83bac86dd01WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor whose career across seven decades included memorable roles in "Tender Mercies," "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now," has died. He was 95 years old.
The death was confirmed by Duvall's wife, Luciana, on the actor's Facebook page. She said Robert passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by love and comfort.
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;-{) - AI Speaks For It Self : Questions by Goonch to Google AI:....
Question by Goonch to Google AI: Is AI currently dangerous? What is the frequency of misinformation or faulty answers/advice? What should people do when AI is a danger to them and how will they know the danger exists?
Answer by Google AI:
"AI currently poses several real-world dangers, primarily through the industrial-scale generation of misinformation, sophisticated deepfake scams, and potential for biased or dangerous advice in high-stakes fields like healthcare
While "sentient" AI remains a hypothetical long-term risk, immediate harms like identity theft and the erosion of digital trust are active threats as of early 2026.
Frequency of Misinformation and Faulty Advice:
The reliability of AI varies significantly by task, but inaccuracies are common:
Fact-Checking Failures: In August 2025, leading AI tools repeated false information about current news roughly 35% of the time, a significant increase from the previous year.
General Inaccuracy: Recent studies indicate that roughly 23% of all AI responses contain some form of inaccurate information, while 31% of automated decisions require human correction.
Hallucinations: Specialized models for grounded tasks like summarization have lower "hallucination" (fabrication) rates, ranging from 0.7% to 4.1% depending on the specific model and complexity of the query.
Medical & High-Stakes Errors: AI has been found susceptible to fabricated data in over 30% of medical prompts in some studies, often due to "hallucinating" citations or misapplying general logic to specific patient cases.
How to Identify AI Dangers
You can spot AI-generated risks by looking for technical and logical "tells":
Visual Glitches: Look for unnatural lighting, blurring around the edges of faces, or inconsistent shadows (e.g., shadows pointing in multiple directions despite a single light source).
Audio Anomalies: Listen for a flat, robotic tone, lack of natural breathing, or unnatural pacing and "slurred" words
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Logical Impossibilities: In breaking news, check for seasonal mismatches (e.g., leafless trees in a video supposedly from summer) or the presence of anachronistic technology.
Manufactured Urgency: Scammers often use AI to impersonate loved ones or authorities in "emergencies." Be skeptical of any request that demands immediate financial or personal information.
What to Do When AI is a Danger
If you suspect AI is providing dangerous advice or being used to target you:
Demand Context: For high-stakes advice, ask the AI: "Ask me 5 questions about my situation before you give me any advice". If it gives confident answers without needing your specific details, it is likely guessing.
Cross-Verify: Never rely on a single AI output for health, legal, or financial decisions. Use a second opinion from a human professional or trusted, non-AI sources.
Use Verification Tools: Upload suspicious media to platforms like TrueMedia.org to check for deepfake markers, or use tools like TinEye to see if an image is an old one being reused out of context.
Report Harm: If you encounter harmful content or impersonation scams, report it directly to the platform (e.g., social media or the AI provider) and, if it involves identity theft, local law enforcement. "
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