Networks Mostly OMIT Attempted Terror Attack on Idaho ICE Office

Jorge Bonilla
February 20th, 2026 12:02 AM

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With the Minneapolis unrest off the front pages, immigration enforcement has become an afterthought on the Elitist Media evening news. And yet efforts to obstruct ICE, often violently, persist- whether or not they make the evening news. Case in point, the grotesquely underreported attempted terror attack on ICE’s office in Boise, Idaho.

ABC World News Tonight was the only evening newscast to report on this latest instance of extreme leftist violence. Watch the report in its entirety as aired on Thursday, February 19th, 2026:

DAVID MUIR: To other news, there's an urgent manhunt at this hour. A suspect accused of stealing an ambulance and then ramming it into a Homeland Security office just outside Boise, Idaho. Here’s Pierre Thomas with what he’s learned tonight.

PIERRE THOMAS: Tonight, federal and state authorities in Idaho urgently trying to find the suspect they say stole an ambulance and rammed it into a building housing U.S. Department of Homeland Security offices before then trying to set the building on fire.

TRACY BASTERRECHEA: There is no doubt this building would have been burned, putting the lives of first responders and others at risk.

THOMAS: According to Meridian police, the suspect fled Wednesday night shortly after 11:00 P.M., after being scared off by first responders and before any fire could be ignited. But police say the evidence suggests a level of premeditation.

BASTERRECHEA: The suspect drove the ambulance north through the parking lot and retrieved gas cans that had been staged in nearby vegetation.

THOMAS: While motive is not yet clear, police claim that DHS leasing office space in the building has been the subject of controversy regarding the Trump administration's immigration policy. DHS has been warning about a surge in threats against immigration officials. And while no one was injured, police are emphasizing just how dangerous the situation was. David.

MUIR: All right. Pierre Thomas from Washington on this. Pierre, thank you.

CBS and NBC did not cover this story on their respective evening newscasts, but this doesn’t mean that they weren’t interested in stories featuring an ambulance. They both covered the naked Wisconsin man who stole an ambulance with a patient inside and took it for a joyride. 

This lack of interest in ongoing domestic terrorism tracks. Two weeks ago, NBC was the sole network to report on the deranged leftist who wanted to kill Russell Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

It bears noting that the CBS Evening News, which the media hall monitors call “MAGA-coded”, has whiffed on both these stories. Viewers tonight learned instead about the Massachusetts man that built a 20-foot-tall snowman.

While thankful that ABC covered the Idaho story, we take note of its light substantive touch. The ramming of the building and attempt to set it on fire are reported as separate items. But it turns out the stolen ambulance was full of propellant- gas cans strategically staged en route to the DHS offices. Per ABC’s Boise affiliate KIVI:  

Meridian Police confirmed that the ambulance, which had been parked in front of the St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center, was stolen by the suspect before being driven into the Portico North building.

Officials say the ambulance belonged to Canyon County Paramedics, and no other individuals were inside the ambulance at the time of the incident.

During a press conference on Thursday at 12 p.m., Meridian Police Chief Tracy Basterrechea said that the suspect tried to burn down the building using an "accelerant" but was unable to ignite the fire.

"Preliminary investigation indicates the suspect drove the ambulance north through the parking lot and retrieved gas cans that had been staged in nearby vegetation." - Tracy Basterrechea, Meridian Police Chief

Also not mentioned in the World News Tonight report: that the individual was masked, and that there may be a link to recent anti-ICE protests in the area.

As we've previously reported, the offices at Portico North have been leased out to the Department of Homeland Security, which has been met by swift protest from local advocacy groups. It is not yet known whether this incident is connected.

Perhaps this will be written off as mostly peaceful and not fiery, and therefore not warranting coverage. But this omission is yet another in a long trend of the Elitist Media looking the other way at violence committed by violent leftists. It wasn’t that long ago that this would’ve been covered as a violent insurrection against the United States. But things are (D)ifferent now.

I leave you with another “peaceful” protest not covered by the Elitist Media: the anti-Israel protests outside the Board of Peace meeting, featuring a dismembered and decapitated effigy of Donald Trump.

If it weren't for double standards, there would be none at all.

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