Aaron Besecker
Reporter, The Buffalo News - public safety and breaking news.
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- Border Patrol: Adult detained next to School 3 had been followed for miles buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerLast night, Trump posted a video to his social media platform that contained a racist clip showing Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. It's still up:
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- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerPresident Trump asked Chuck Schumer to support renaming Washington-Dulles and Penn Station after Trump, according to Punchbowl.
- At the hospital, medical personnel discovered bruises and scarring on his body, as well as ligature marks on his neck – a sign something was placed around his neck – and scratches from the boy "trying to claw it off," according to prosecutors. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
- Updated report with road closures and more details, as well as news of another 36"-main break on the East Side buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
- New today: Friend of 7-year-old's mother accused of participating in waterboarding of child buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerThe Washington-Baltimore News Guild strongly condemns the layoffs announced today at The Washington Post. These cuts represent yet another blow to a newsroom that has already been pushed to its limits and a disservice to the readers who rely on The Post for rigorous, independent journalism.
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- Without medical intervention after the latest of seven alleged incidents, the boy would have died, prosecutors said.
- The mother and stepfather were "literally waterboarding a child," the prosecutor said, and the boy was held underwater as he "fought for his life."
- The victim was a 7-year-old boy. Buffalo mother, stepfather accused of 'literally waterboarding a child' buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
- The victim was a 7-year-old boy. Buffalo mother, stepfather accused of 'literally waterboarding a child' buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
- Sean Jacobsen named publisher of The Buffalo News buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerYesterday: Deputy AG Todd Blanche denies that Trump played any role in the FBI's seizure of Georgia voting records or had been briefed on the case. Today: The NY Times reports that Trump talked by phone to the FBI agents who conducted the raid, asking them questions and getting answers. (Gift link)
- One bullet was fired at a group of young people who were running away. It killed 13-year-old Miracle Hunt. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerUniversity of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme. dailyillini.com/news-stories...
- Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
- Charles L. Jones stabbed his mother to death 6½ years ago as "revenge" for years of severe abuse, according to court documents filed in his appeal, a case that is scheduled to be argued before an appellate panel later this month. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerBillie Eilish used her acceptance speech to say: “No one is illegal on stolen land.” And CBS censored her when she said “Fuck ICE.”
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerNEW: The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted images of nude women (and possibly teens) as part of its Epstein release. The faces of those people were also left unredacted. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerBREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerThe co-author of "How Democracies Die" says the guys who own the media platforms — Musk, Zuckerberg, Ellison, Bezos, Cook — led the way. "Their capitulation empowered the Trump administration to do much more than it might have otherwise, to reach further and eventually overreach.” Via @status.news
- Wrong turns onto Peace Bridge ramp have two state lawmakers demanding changes buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
- 'We are ... taking back our power': First day of testimony from church abuse survivors is raw, emotional, graphic buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
- Reposted by Aaron Beseckerlaw enforcement driven by the algorithm, with an eye only toward what is good #content ... we might call it slop enforcement
- The Justice Department’s prosecution of the reporters Don Lemon and Georgia Fort is “best understood not as law enforcement but as propaganda,” Quinta Jurecic argues: theatln.tc/fcStyVnv
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- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerThe Buffalo Bills have agreed to terms with Jim Leonhard as their defensive coordinator, per source. @RapSheet first to report. The former Bills safety joins Joe Brady's staff
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- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerTom Morello welcomes Bruce Springsteen to the stage at the Defend Minnesota! benefit concert fundraising for the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at First Avenue in Minneapolis 🎸 🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerFor months, DOJ has been sandbagging the Epstein release claiming they were redacting sensitive information and using it as an excuse to delay other document productions, but they just released the files with apparently "thousands" of instances of victim's names and identifying details unredacted.
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerMinneapolis local independent journalist Georgia Fort was also reportedly arrested by the Feds:
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerJUST IN: The former CNN anchor has said he was not demonstrating, but reporting as a journalist, during the interruption of a service inside a St. Paul church earlier this month.
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerPatrick Kane has passed Mike Modano for the most NHL points by an American-born player (1,375) 🇺🇸
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerIn other news today: Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak - www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
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- Serial killer Richard Fox admits killing fourth woman buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerTrump tells ABC News Rep. Ilhan Omar "probably had herself sprayed, knowing her."
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerThis is what letting RFK jr go wild on health looks like
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- Joe Brady replaces Sean McDermott as the Bills' head coach via @buffalonews.com buffalonews.com/sports/bills...
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerThis does not sound good: "Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News." By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
- Time is running short for the group that wants to bring pro soccer to Buffalo next year buffalonews.com/news/local/b...
- What to expect in the next 36 hours: Lighter snow to come; bitter wind chills expected tonight buffalonews.com/news/local/w...
- Ryan administration, Council have questions about agreement with Buffalo police union over medical benefits via @justinsondel.bsky.social buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerQuite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerCBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today. This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
- Per New York State Office of Court Administration: “Due to the continuing inclement weather, all courthouses in the New York State Court System will be closed on Monday, January 26, 2026 – except for emergency applications.”
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- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerMultiple officials of the US federal government are spending their day rather blatantly obstructing Minnesota law enforcement and covering up a murder.
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerAlex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerDon't believe your lying eyes:
- Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerA DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun” in the Alex Pretti shooting incident. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired.
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- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerDonald Trump in his inauguration address a year ago: "The vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end…Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents."
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- Nate McMurray launches campaign for Assembly. (His former opponent is running for something else) buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
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- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerI wrote about Geese's upcoming SNL appearance, and the endless social-media outrage cycles the band attracts (and how it feels a little familiar), for @theringer.com.web.brid.gy. www.theringer.com/2026/01/23/m...
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- Reposted by Aaron BeseckerAnti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23. 📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
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