DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas Cold As ICE | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou
Feb 27, 2026
They unpack shocking ICE abuses including a campus abduction with fake badges and reports of lowered vetting and criminal hires. They cover cross‑border violence as Pakistan bombs Afghan cities and regional tensions with the Taliban. They discuss Anthropic refusing military use of its AI and the Pentagon’s pressure. They highlight a troubling surge in journalists killed and alarming moves to federalize U.S. midterms.
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ICE Shows Systemic Breakdown And Brutality
- ICE's tactics and staffing show systemic breakdown and brutality rather than isolated mistakes.
- Reuters reports hiring of career criminals and MS-13 members while agents used fake NYPD badges and forged posters in campus abduction cases, plus a blind Rohingya refugee was dumped and died.
Pakistan Escalation Turns Into Open Warfare
- Pakistan's cross-border bombing of Afghan cities signals escalation from tension to open warfare.
- Pakistan attacked Taliban positions in Kabul and Kandahar despite complex militant landscape and weak central Afghan control, risking wider carnage.
British Party System Is Fracturing
- British politics are fracturing beyond traditional Labour vs Tory lines, with Greens replacing Labour in historic seats.
- A 95-year Labour hold flipped to the Greens while Nigel Farage's Reform came second, showing center parties losing ground.