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We were returning home and one of the flight attendants asked Bronx if he wanted to see the flight deck and meet Kath and Andrew.
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I got to sit in the driver's seat.
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I grew up in an aviation family and seeing Bronx kind of reminded me of myself when I was that age.
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That's Andrew, a real United pilot.
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These small interactions can shape a kid's future.
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It felt like I was the captain.
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Allowing my son to see the flight deck will stick with us forever.
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We kept yelling, she's pregnant, she's pregnant, she's pregnant. They put their knees in her and we kept telling them, she can't breathe, let her up, let her up.
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In the chaos, the woman who was handcuffed was suddenly being dragged by one arm as the angry crowd threw snowball.
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And screamed at the federal agents.
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And this is going on from coast to coast, right? So for example, in Buffalo, New York, you're seeing ICE attacking roofers, people who are working on construction projects. The lady who owns the home is like, what are you doing? Like, these people are working on my House. Why are you. We are pointing guns at them and you're pounding them to the floor and you're choking them to death. What the hell are you doing? Trump regime. Here, play this clip.
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We got a plate up front. What's going on? Relax. Now get down. Down, you.
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Now, Let me just show you another angle right here of what went down in Pittsburgh. Because after the ICE Gestapo, the border patrol gestapo took him around the car, they put their knee on the guy's neck, and they tried to choke him to death, basically. Play this cl.
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Okay.
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Yo, he called you. He cannot breathe.
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He can't breathe. He thought he can't breathe.
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Now, here's the sicko, here's the terrorist. Here's, in my opinion, the war criminal out there who's going around terrorizing people. He calls himself the commander at large. He's a cartoonish, villainous character who, if he wasn't causing so much pain, this guy would be a parody. What a pathetic individual this guy is. Dan Bovino. Here he is, show up in Forest park, and he's been in Evansville, Illinois as well. And here he is, like, making a mockery of it all. He's like, playing rock, paper, scissors over who goes next to torture human beings. They're doing rock, paper, scissor over torturing migrants or torturing anybody who they believe looks like migrants. These are sick terrorists that work for the Trump regime and that Trump regime enables and ratifies. Here, play this clip.
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Rock, paper, scissors.
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Rock, paper, scissors.
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You guys are fucking losers. And that's why your Christmas is gonna be piece of shit. Because you're a piece of shit. You're a piece of shit. Folks.
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Even Governor Pritzker of Illinois put out the following statement. In Illinois put out the following statement. This isn't enforcement. This is harassment. They're grabbing people off the street for how they look. They're separating families. They're scarring communities with MAS agents with guns. I encourage everyone to do as they have peacefully. Protect your neighbors and your neighborhoods. Here's Bavino again. Here's a terrorist here. Let's play this clip. What's it like being back in Chicago?
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I love Chicago. Chicago, ho, ho, ho.
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It's gonna be a merry Christmas in Chicago. So we always love Chicago. And what brings.
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Yeah, what's that?
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How many days are you? Unknown at this time.
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We never quit.
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You have a goal so far? The next few days are here. Title eight, Immigration enforcement. We're going to enforce immigration law, and that's what we're here doing.
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And where have you Been today, we've.
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Been in several locations. Cicero, Little Village, various other locations, all over Chicago. We got a lot of teams. And how many agents have you brought from New Orleans? Several hundred. Okay, so how many total? Board of Patrol agents in Chicago, Border and others as well.
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So good, guys.
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Now, here's how it's being reported on 11News in Pittsburgh about what went down with that individual and by the ice. And Border Patrol never got back to the network about why they were going after that guy. That's a common theme that we hear. Play this clip.
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Scary Neighbors described chaos and confusion as they watched federal agents take a man into custody on Norton street in Mount Washington.
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Yo, he told you he cannot breathe.
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Cell phone video taken Wednesday morning shows a struggle that continued for several minutes.
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You know, the ICE agent car was blocking the truck. He was going up. The truck was going up, and there was another car in front of him. So they must have blocked him in.
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Neighbors watched and listened from a distance, many of them taking videos and asking questions. One neighbor told us he heard a loud boom, which he believes was the man's truck window being broken. That truck was still parked along Norton when our Channel 11 crew arrived. A public information officer from the city of Pittsburgh told Channel 11. Police and EMS were called to evaluate all parties following the incident, which included federal agents from ICE and the man who was the target of the operation. Channel 11 asked about Pittsburgh Police's role in the incident. Police sent this statement reading in part. Pittsburgh Police is not apprised of ICE activity, such as Federal Administrative Warrant Service in the city of Pittsburgh and does not assist ICE agents with such operations. Pittsburgh police officers respond to emergency calls for service in their jurisdiction. I don't think anybody is against going after criminals, regardless of your legal status. I think we all want to live safely. The issue is that we don't know. So until we do know, like, that's where the issue is. That's where we need more transparency. Now, we reached out to Homeland Security investigators to ask exactly why the man was taken into custody and if there were any warrants. Lawrence out for his arrest. Those questions remain unanswered. Tonight. We're live in the south side, Lawrence. A lot of Channel 11 news.
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Next, we'll talk about ice detaining a pregnant woman. Different pregnant woman than we just talked about in that prior footage. This is a pregnant woman in Nashville, Tennessee. The prior footage was a pregnant woman in Minneapolis. This is in Tennessee right here. ICE detained her. She gave birth in custody. Then they took away her two and a half day old baby while they tortured her. They took away her baby and made her give birth in custody and then stole our baby. Here, play this clip.
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Esther Lopez Sanchez is in ICE custody while she says her baby, who is a U.S. citizen, is in DCS custody. Lopez Sanchez talks to Zineb Elmathkour from the detention center. This has destroyed her. Al Mathkur tells me Rutherford county deputies arrested Lopez Sanchez last year while pregnant. Once at the Rutherford county jail, Almath Kaur tells me Lopez Sanchez went into labor and gave birth at a hospital. Then she was sent to a detention center without her baby. Her whole focus is regaining custody of her daughter, whether that means fighting deportation here, going back to Mexico. Deputies arrested Lopez Sanchez along with her partner Roberto Nunez Gomez for drug and firearm charges. Lopez Sanchez's charges were dropped last month, but Nunez Gomez was convicted. Almath Kourt tells me Nunez Gomez is the baby's father. The mom is perfectly capable of caring for her child. Steve Gill is a conservative political analyst.
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The real focus has to be what's best for the child, whether it's being under foster care here in the US While the mother is back in Mexico, or whether it is dispatching the child.
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With the mother back to Mexico. Attorney Andrew Rankin agrees custody needs to be in the best interest of the child, but says first migrants should be heard in court.
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There is an argument that as a matter of due process, parents have the right to parent their child.
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Rankin tells me reliable family members should be next in line. Does it matter if that family member is undocumented?
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It could matter to dcs.
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He says it matters because a family member might be detained too, leaving the child in limbo. A DCS spokesperson tells me that they can't comment on Lopez Sanchez's case because that information is confidential. A nice spokesperson tells me they are working on a statement for us, but we haven't received that yet. When we do, we'll keep you updated. Reporting live in Nashville, Karen Aguilar, FOX 17 News, your code Red station.
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24 year old Vanessa Parazal had just finished dropping her daughter off at Pinehurst Elementary School when she was swarmed by Immigration Customs Enforcement agents wearing masks and vests. Her neighbor Beth, she was riding behind her, got out the car and videotaped everything that happened. Elizabeth Watkins captured this video. In it you can see at least six men trying to pull Vanessa out of her vehicle. When that didn't work, they smashed the driver's side window. Vanessa's sister in law, Sophia Livingston, alleges the father of Vanessa's child called ICE on her because of a custody dispute. She called me earlier. I could barely understand her from how upset she was. She said please protect my child. Please protect my family. Her daughter has not seen her dad in over a year. Her daughter does not want to go with her dad. Parents and community members organized a protest outside of of Pinehurst elementary during pickup time. Olivia Wackett says she had just attended an event at the school a week prior. It's so jarring to have gone from experiencing that and feeling like this true sense of belonging and community and loving and supporting one another, to look out my window and see this car just completely bashed in. She says Wednesday's events have shaken the entire community. This has a ripple effect. It's not just the person who is ripped from her car this morning that this is impacted and her family. It's our entire community. It's our children that are being impacted by this. Reporting in Salisbury, I'm Layla Weah, wmdt because local matters.
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The next clip I'm going to show you. ICE hit a man with their SUV at a high speed and then detained him without calling an ambulance to, in my opinion, try to kill him. Here, play this clip.
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It was caught on camera when a man running from a fast moving truck turned back to look and got hit by the side mirror. He somersaulted over the pavement and got back up to run again. That's when authorities in masks and tactical vests swarmed in and handcuffed him. If that was one of my family members, I'd be pissed off because you have to hit me and deport me.
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That is crazy.
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Hannah Sanchez says the men who arrested him were wearing ICE logos and that they almost hit her first on the other side of the building. You're a federal agent. Why are you not paying attention? When they chased the man out of the laundromat next door, the guy was doing his laundry with his family. I heard the wife crying. What are you bothering him for? There's bigger fish to fry. We reached out to Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security for clarification on who was going after this man and for what specific reason. Whether or not they believe he may have a criminal record, we have not yet heard back, but local authorities confirm it was not them. Rialto police say they were not notified before or after the incident, but now they're investigating and trying to identify the man who was driving this black pickup.
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We don't know if they were actually looking for this person or if they just racially profiled him.
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Javier Hernandez is the executive director of Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice. He says they're waiting to hear back from several consulates for any information about who was involved in this incident, they're demanding answers.
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It seems very clear that the intentions of these officers were to stop this gentleman at whatever cost necessary. That included, you know, hitting. Hitting him with. With their view. Next you have Mayor Biss of Evansville, Illinois confronts that terrorist, that despicable, vile piece of trash who goes by the name of Greg Bevino. Watch as the mayor confronts this little. This little piece of trash here. Play this clip. We got Mayor Biss right here. Mayor Biss of Evanston.
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Excuse me. I'm so sorry.
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I'm disappointed that you're used to. Violence. Yeah, it is. That's why we're here. That's why we're here. We are in your community because he.
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Refused to do what we are doing. Thank you. Violence, committed body.
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They shouldn't be here in your community.
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I'm unaware of that happening. Well, that's probably the problem you should be aware of. Hey, Ovino.
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We don't want you here, bro. We don't want you here. So a few minutes ago, a bunch of ICE and CBP agents were here. I stood face to face with Greg Bovino right here. And he threatened us. Said he's going to continue the enforcement. Of course, what he said was he's keeping us safe from violence.
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But what we know is that the.
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Violence is being perpetrated by federal agents.
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They had a conversation with our police chief.
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Sounds like they plan to be here throughout the rest of the day. I'm delighted to say there were tons of rapid responders. There were people pushing back. The tragedy is that I saw with my own eyes two people who they abducted. And I'm told there may be more. It's not clear yet, and I don't want to say anything unless I'm sure it's true. But what I would say is this. Stay alert, stay active, keep yourself safe. If you're trained in rapid response, be out and about. And always remember the ICIRR hotline. 855-435-7693. We need to keep each other safe and then finally give a hat tip to this woman. As many ASAN says, a hero who stands up to the fascist Gestapo and tapes what they're doing here. Play this clip.
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So I want to know what you're doing in the neighborhood. I can do whatever I need to do. No, you don't. You don't. You don't record this, guys. Find it.
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Let's find out. Understand it.
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Please do it. Be my guest. Please do it. This is an im. This is the ice. What is your. What is your Status? I'm not answering. Well, you need to. I don't. I have. You have what? Tell me what you have. Why don't you go ahead and tell me what your status is? I'm. I don't have to. Yeah, show me that I have. What are you doing here? No, no, no, no, no, no. Why do I have to? Why don't you tell me? Because I don't want to. Where is. Say that I have to tell the people inside that the ice is here. Go. Go and tell the people inside, please, sir. Go and tell the people inside that the ice is here. Outside, please. Go and tell the people inside that the ice is here. In the parking lot. Yeah, go ahead. Yeah. You should feel sorry for your job. Oh, should I? Yeah, of course. Of course. Of course I feel sorry for you.
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Including all the sex offenders that we've arrested.
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No. Excuse me. Show me one. Show me one. One of the people that you have arrest. Tell me one. One of them. I feel sorry for your job. And we are watching you.
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Episode: “All Hell Breaks Loose as Trump Goes Nuts with Failed Cover Up”
Date: December 22, 2025
Hosts: Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas
In this urgent and fiery episode, the Meiselas brothers tackle the Trump regime’s latest attempts to cover up the Epstein files and shift public attention with a wave of brutal, highly publicized ICE and Border Patrol raids across America. The hosts, as always, combine sharp legal and political analysis with unfiltered indignation and brotherly wit. They share eyewitness reports and news clips, calling out authoritarianism and advocating for democracy and transparency, while featuring the direct impact on migrants and communities from coast to coast.
Ben Meiselas on Trump and distraction tactics (03:00):
“Whenever Donald Trump is in this cover up mode, he ratchets up his attacks on people in the United States.”
On ICE/Border Patrol Abuse (07:23):
“Rock, paper, scissors… You guys are fucking losers. And that’s why your Christmas is gonna be a piece of shit. Because you’re a piece of shit.” — Antagonizing ICE, direct quote from clip.
Governor JB Pritzker (07:39):
“This isn’t enforcement. This is harassment. They’re grabbing people off the street for how they look. They’re separating families. They’re scarring communities…”
Olivia Wackett, Parent (16:43):
“It’s not just the person who is ripped from her car this morning that this is impacted and her family. It’s our entire community. It’s our children that are being impacted by this.”
Javier Hernandez (Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice) (19:29):
“It seems very clear that the intentions of these officers were to stop this gentleman at whatever cost necessary. That included, you know, hitting him with their view.”
Mayor Daniel Biss confronting ICE (20:17):
“I’m disappointed that you’re used to violence… The violence is being perpetrated by federal agents.”
This episode is a scathing, detail-rich condemnation of the Trump administration’s latest attacks on democracy and human rights through opaque cover-ups and unchecked ICE/Border Patrol brutality. The Meiselas brothers highlight specific cases from Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Nashville, drawing clear connections between government cover-ups and authoritarian crackdowns. With exclusive clips, grassroots voices, and pointed commentary, the hosts issue a call to action for transparency, community solidarity, and relentless resistance—for the protection of democracy and human dignity.
For further action:
Listeners are encouraged to report ICE activity, support rapid response networks, and stay vigilant against authoritarian abuses.
ICIRR rapid response hotline: 855-435-7693
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