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74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
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Confused as to how Josh Shapiro thinks it is appropriate to compare student protestors to the KKK but inappropriate to compare ICE to the Gestapo
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Confused as to how Josh Shapiro thinks it is appropriate to compare student protestors to the KKK but inappropriate to compare ICE to the Gestapo
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Not defunded.
I know this from researching police salaries for a recent paper: many cities have a set of officers taking home more than $500k and they can’t really explain why
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
One Oakland police officer made $490,000 in overtime. The city can’t find records detailing much of what he did
One OPD officer logged 5,242 total working hours, racking up $490,000 in overtime pay. If he worked more than half of the time in a calendar year, why can't the city tell us what he did?
oaklandside.org
January 31, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Not defunded.
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Looking for stock images for YouTube thumbnails and the amount of AI slop is just wild. What on earth is this protester supposed to be protesting!?!?
January 31, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Looking for stock images for YouTube thumbnails and the amount of AI slop is just wild. What on earth is this protester supposed to be protesting!?!?
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Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago ordered city police on Saturday to formally document and report aggressive and potentially illegal federal immigration enforcement actions, looking to build cases for prosecution and push back against the Trump administration’s crackdown.
Chicago Orders Police to Document Potentially Illegal Federal Immigration Tactics
The order, signed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, instructs police officers to report allegations of unlawful conduct in an effort to prosecute the most aggressive federal immigration actions.
nyti.ms
January 31, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago ordered city police on Saturday to formally document and report aggressive and potentially illegal federal immigration enforcement actions, looking to build cases for prosecution and push back against the Trump administration’s crackdown.
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You could see it as a 1:1 relationship. Republicans clawed back 25% of the IRS funding in the the first showdown after Inflation Reduction Act passage. That could be the baseline: 25% of the ICE surge funding from OBBBA.
Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
You could see it as a 1:1 relationship. Republicans clawed back 25% of the IRS funding in the the first showdown after Inflation Reduction Act passage. That could be the baseline: 25% of the ICE surge funding from OBBBA.
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The Trump administration called for the accelerated disposal of a corridor inside the Social Security building that contains more than 1,800 square feet of art.
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Trump administration called for the accelerated disposal of a corridor inside the Social Security building that contains more than 1,800 square feet of art.
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Outside the obvious Trump joke, the people I've seen being "detained" were pedestrians literally jumped at random in the street, plus two crying 16-year old girls pulled out of their car and handcuffed by 20 armed, masked men as they tried to tell us their names
Vance: If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Outside the obvious Trump joke, the people I've seen being "detained" were pedestrians literally jumped at random in the street, plus two crying 16-year old girls pulled out of their car and handcuffed by 20 armed, masked men as they tried to tell us their names
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A BEAUT!!
January 22, 2026 at 9:10 PM
A BEAUT!!
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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this was also consensus opinion for center-right types after george floyd’s murder five years ago. the state media apparatus will be working overtime the next few weeks to reprogram them
Really worth watching this interview with a bystander who witnessed the ICE shooting in Minneapolis: "I'm pretty right-leaning. But seeing this, this is not how we're supposed to be doing things in America.”
January 8, 2026 at 12:17 AM
this was also consensus opinion for center-right types after george floyd’s murder five years ago. the state media apparatus will be working overtime the next few weeks to reprogram them
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
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I hear there's discourse about race and employment in the US
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I hear there's discourse about race and employment in the US
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LA needs a Blade Runner statue is all I’m saying.
The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in Eastern Market on Wednesday, nearly 15 years after someone proposed it in a viral social media post.
Detroit finally has a RoboCop statue - Detroit Metro Times
Nearly 15 years later, Detroit finally has its statue of RoboCop. The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in East...
www.metrotimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
LA needs a Blade Runner statue is all I’m saying.
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“These are tools. I mean, modern dentistry is great. But your dentist doesn’t insist you worship him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
“These are tools. I mean, modern dentistry is great. But your dentist doesn’t insist you worship him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
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Millie Billie Brown
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Millie Billie Brown
I'm running a 10k today then making the mac and cheese.
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I'm running a 10k today then making the mac and cheese.
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Jamelle has finally lost me. Solo was not good! And, Rogue One is unimpeachable!
Attack of the Clones take is correct.
Attack of the Clones take is correct.
i would push rogue one down and bring solo and the last jedi up. i’d also place attack of the clones at the bottom.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Jamelle has finally lost me. Solo was not good! And, Rogue One is unimpeachable!
Attack of the Clones take is correct.
Attack of the Clones take is correct.
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The Fugitive Slave App
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The Fugitive Slave App
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What a picture (via Big Boi)
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
What a picture (via Big Boi)