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Once again Mehdi is spot on:
August 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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August 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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🚨BREAKING: A CEO says he offered Trump IRS pick Billy Long an inauguration ticket & was promised an IRS "private letter ruling" by Long, according to recordings reviewed by The Lever.

The Lever recently exposed donors enriching Long after his nomination. www.levernews.com/ceo-says-tru...
CEO Says Trump’s IRS Pick Promised Big Benefits
Recordings reveal a finance executive claiming he offered Trump’s IRS nominee Billy Long an inauguration ticket — and was promised tax benefits if confirmed.
www.levernews.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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"He's been her primary parent since she was born-doing all the diaper changes. Every single doctor's appointment, every cry, every nap, every meal. He takes care of her during the day and then works at night and on weekends. He does it all. He's everything for us."
abc7.com/post/vietnam...
Vietnamese father, an Orange County resident, held for more than a month after being detained by ICE
After her husband was unexpectedly detained by ICE during a routine check-in, a Fountain Valley woman became a single mother overnight.
abc7.com
May 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The Trump administration sent Frengel Reyes Mota to a concentration camp in El Salvador with no due process. He has no criminal record. No gang affiliations. He doesn't even have tattoos. He has a meritorious asylum petition pending in the courts. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
U.S. sent Venezuelan man with pending political asylum case to El Salvador mega prison
Frengel Reyes Mota was supposed to be dealing with his ongoing asylum case as he fought for his chance to stay in the United States. Suddenly, he instead found himself locked up in a mega prison thous...
www.miamiherald.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the US Department of State (DOS) asking them to self-deport owing to campus activism. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism - The Times of India
US News: Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the US Department of State (DOS) asking them to self-deport owing to campus act.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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“There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said.

“If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.”

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Judge releases detained Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status
The judge said the detention of the couple was baseless and unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Like any aspiring autocrat, Trump is working to suppress any opposition. Central to that effort is quashing oversight and transparency.

I'm joining @blumenthal.senate.gov on a bill that will expand whistleblower protections – especially for public servants in our intelligence community and the FBI.
March 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
March 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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February 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM