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Trump Threatens to Prosecute CNN for Reporting on ICEBlock as App Hits No. 1

Gizmodo · Matt Novak · last updated

ICEBlock, a new app that allows users to submit information about the location of ICE officers spotted in their community, has shot to the number one spot on the Apple App Store. And it’s largely thanks to publicity from the White House and President Donald Trump’s angry band of fascists.

The ICEBlock app was created by developer Joshua Aaron, who told CNN that he wanted to create something to fight back against the deportations he saw happening in Los Angeles. The city has been terrorized by masked thugs in recent weeks who are abducting people off the streets as part of Trump’s plan to purge the country of anyone deemed insufficiently white.