the department of homeland security released a statement claiming “over a hundred violent rioters surrounded” the broadview ice detention center this morning.

what actually happened was ice/cbp tactical teams aggressively threw, dragged, & tear-gassed protesters.

one agent literally drew his gun.

“The vision of politics—technocratic experts pulling just the right levers to secure just enough votes—is not just sterile and unappealing. It also has real consequences of its own, contributing to the prevailing sense that strategists and politicians don’t really care about what they are saying.”

With the awful news from the last couple hours, this post from the political optimism subreddit helped to break through a bit of the despair fog. Repubs know this is political suicide, ICE's support is crumbling despite the budget increase, and there's a myriad of ways to fight back. Keep strong.