Politics

with Meredith

by Meredith Rogers

on: ICE Terror in February

● Immigration agents abducted a student from Columbia University after lying about what they were there for in order to gain entry into a residential building. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani secured her release that day.

● Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old disabled refugee from Myanmar, was found dead in Buffalo, New York, just days after Immigration agents dropped him off at a coffee shop alone. Buffalo police are investigating his death.

● ICE agents in Newark, New Jersey, began a car chase during an immigration operation. The car being chased by ICE crashed into several vehicles, one of which carried three children. All three children were injured.

● Lorth Sim, a 59-year-old refugee from Cambodia (who became a lawful resident in the 80s), was found “unresponsive” in his cell in ICE custody.

● Jairo Garcia-Hernandez from Guatemala was found “unresponsive” in his cell in ICE custody. This marks the 7th death in ICE custody in 2026.

● The Trump Administration authorized ICE to arrest refugees who have not yet obtained a green card and detain them indefinitely for ‘rescreening.’

● After being held in ICE detention for 3 weeks, a 2-month-old baby suffering from bronchitis and his family were “abandoned across the border” in Mexico by ICE.

● Local police departments across the U.S. were discovered to have been using school security cameras to assist ICE.

● A federal court ruled that ICE can continue to imprison immigrants without access to bond, enabling mass immigration detention.

on: U.S.- Israel vs Iran

● On Saturday, February 28th, the United States and Israel launched what they are calling “Operation Epic Fury” - a wave of terror attacks across Iran, setting the stage for an imperial war to force regime change. These attacks included bombing a girl’s elementary school in Minab, Iran, killing over 50 students.

● President Trump released a video addressing the attacks on Iran, saying, “The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties. That often happens in war.”

● Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the U.S.-Israeli strikes.

● Iran has hit US military assets & bases across the region; they fired 137 missiles and 209 drones at the UAE (United Arab Emirates) on Saturday, with 1 person killed.

● Iran has hit Tel Aviv, a city in Israel, in retaliation. At least 40 buildings were damaged/destroyed.

● Protests have taken place in Pakistan near the U.S consulate; 9 people have been killed.

● Israel claims to have dropped 1,200 bombs on Iran in 1 day, and will continue.

● The IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) has said it has launched attacks on 27 U.S. troop bases.

● US-Israel has bombed Gandhi hospital in northern Tehran.

● France, Germany, and the United Kingdom say they’re ready to defend their interests and those of allies in the Gulf if necessary.

● Trump has told the Daily Mail that the Israeli-US war on Iran could continue for up to a month.

● Israel has closed all border crossings into Gaza.

Publicly available death toll:

Israel: 9 killed, 121 injured
Iraq: 2 killed, 5 injured
Kuwait: 1 killed, 32 injured
Qatar: 16 injured
Bahrain: 4 injured
UAE: 3 killed, 58 injured
Oman: 5 injured
Iran: 201 killed, 747 injured.

Bad Bunny and Super Bowl LX

Bad Bunny headlined the Super Bowl LX halftime show at Levi's Stadium, performing for nearly 13 minutes mostly in Spanish, highlighting Puerto Rican culture. To highlight immigration and Puerto Rican issues, Bad Bunny used the platform to showcase material from his Grammy-winning Spanish-language album, following the previous week's Grammy victories.

Behind Bad Bunny’s performance, “the only thing more powerful than hate is love” was displayed.

Conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA (TPUSA), founded by Charlie Kirk in 2012, announced in 2025 that it would host an “All-American halftime show” to celebrate faith, family, and freedom. The TPUSA halftime show drew 6.1 million viewers. The Super Bowl LX halftime show drew over 135 million global viewers, making it the most-watched halftime show.

Photo creds: Chase Cyb

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