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1WorldHope

(2,155 posts)
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 01:56 PM Jun 2025

Tuscan Sentinel blocked me when I tried to open a story in Google about the border patrol raiding a photographer's home.

This is the message that popped up with a big red X.

"Sorry, you have been blocked
You are unable to access tucsonsentinel.com"
It went on to say that I was blocked because of an action that I took.

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peggysue2

(12,597 posts)
4. I was able to bring up the article
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 02:11 PM
Jun 2025

No problem. Interesting report bc this woman was never given an explanation as to the 'why' of the property raid.

Interesting tidbit within the article: Border Control has shifted to interior raids because apprehensions at border crossings have dramatically fallen.

My take? They can't keep up with Miller's quota, so they're grabbing anyone who fits the Hispanic/dark skin profile.

May their souls rot in Hell!

Also, only one man ID'd himself as an agent. The rest of the team? Nada.

1WorldHope

(2,155 posts)
7. That is interesting. My sister looked it up and was also blocked.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 02:15 PM
Jun 2025

You must have a clean record. ☺️

peggysue2

(12,597 posts)
12. Definitely strange
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 02:20 PM
Jun 2025

Peggysue, the Angel-in-Waiting. LOL

Thanks for the tip. Interesting article.

usonian

(26,593 posts)
5. I just went to their main page and clicked on the article.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 02:13 PM
Jun 2025
https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062425_bp_raids_home/border-patrol-agents-raid-tucson-photographers-home-tuesday-night/

No google involved. And I have ad-blockers galore that draw angry popups from many sites.

There's no info in your post to say if you got there from a Google link, or have a VPN, or any number of things.

Some "soft paywalls" record how many free articles you have read and stop you with a "pay me" notice. They store that info in browser "cookies", so clearing cookies ( and history?) will reset the count. But you're situation sounds different.

Do check for malware, as you might have unintentionally hit the site too often or with some janky browser request (the malware).

Good luck.

Attilatheblond

(9,236 posts)
9. Did same, article came up without a problem
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 02:18 PM
Jun 2025

I use Firefox browser and have an ad blocker.

Do they have a limit on articles one can open without a paid subscription?

usonian

(26,593 posts)
13. As with all computer problems, there is usually insufficient information to diagnose it.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 02:28 PM
Jun 2025

The internet is one tough town.

Attilatheblond

(9,236 posts)
14. My dear husband, who had to self teach re internet & computer trouble shooting due to no real tech support at his job,
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 02:44 PM
Jun 2025

used to tell me "The problem is you keep looking for logic when dealing with computers. They really aren't logical."

usonian

(26,593 posts)
15. There's logic. In the million components, software instructions, network routes and messages.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 03:05 PM
Jun 2025

Which one?
A gazillion variables.

demmiblue

(39,941 posts)
6. Probably an ad blocker, or something... I opened it just fine.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 02:14 PM
Jun 2025
Border Patrol agents raid Tucson photographer's home Tuesday night

U.S. Border Patrol agents raided a Tucson woman's Midtown home Tuesday night while searching for a man who fled from a traffic stop near Patagonia earlier that evening.

After a pursuit of about 70 miles, three men were in custody but the man sought in the home search was not located.

Norma Jean Gargasz, 73, said she she was looking at her phone and thinking about heading to bed for a 4 a.m. wake-up when the armed men began pounding at the security door on her front porch after dark Tuesday night.

A former photographer for the shuttered Tucson Citizen, Gargasz said agents banged on the metal security door, and she looked through a little window in her front door and could see people in uniforms. She said she went to a bigger window and could see the agents with rifles.

Gargasz said she doesn't recall if the agents identified themselves, but they repeatedly demanded she open her metal security door.

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062425_bp_raids_home/border-patrol-agents-raid-tucson-photographers-home-tuesday-night/

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