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ICE now has over 70 billion dollars to build more concentration camps.
Just in time for Independence Day.
God damn you, America.
Just in time for Independence Day.
God damn you, America.
July 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ICE now has over 70 billion dollars to build more concentration camps.
Just in time for Independence Day.
God damn you, America.
Just in time for Independence Day.
God damn you, America.
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Amen. It is cruel, hideous & inhumane in conception & execution. An indelible moral stain on America. Immigration reform? Of course & we have the resources to do it well. But it should welcome immigrants & refugees (we need & should want more) & always treat them with decency, due process & dignity.
Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
July 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Amen. It is cruel, hideous & inhumane in conception & execution. An indelible moral stain on America. Immigration reform? Of course & we have the resources to do it well. But it should welcome immigrants & refugees (we need & should want more) & always treat them with decency, due process & dignity.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
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Say what you will about Trump threatening to strip citizenship from his critics and have immigrants put into concentration camps in a swamp, but he never did anything truly power-mad like forgive student loans.
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Say what you will about Trump threatening to strip citizenship from his critics and have immigrants put into concentration camps in a swamp, but he never did anything truly power-mad like forgive student loans.
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The integrity of the midterm elections is the last big test of the system’s ability to restrain a dictator. Don’t ask what comes after that.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cross-the-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cross-the-...
Cross the Courts Off the List
We have enough information to conclude that the law won't save us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The integrity of the midterm elections is the last big test of the system’s ability to restrain a dictator. Don’t ask what comes after that.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cross-the-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cross-the-...
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
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They are openly rooting for having innocent people being eaten by wild animals for paperwork crimes.
June 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
They are openly rooting for having innocent people being eaten by wild animals for paperwork crimes.
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“GOP Rep. Hal Rogers, who has represented most of eastern Kentucky for more than four decades, voted for the House bill and has not publicly addressed its SNAP cuts. In his district, 22% of households are receiving SNAP benefits.”
Rogers has been in Washington way too long & gotten way too comfy.
Rogers has been in Washington way too long & gotten way too comfy.
NEW from me and @sylviaruthg.lpm.org: We went to food banks in Appalachian eastern Kentucky and heard about their fear over Congress considering major cuts to SNAP food assistance benefits in the reconciliation bill. It's a region where more than one in five rely on SNAP benefits.
Congress considers SNAP cuts as demand swells at Appalachian Kentucky food banks
Congress is considering major cuts to SNAP food assistance benefits. They could have an outsized impact in Appalachian Kentucky, where more than one in five rely on the benefits.
www.lpm.org
June 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“GOP Rep. Hal Rogers, who has represented most of eastern Kentucky for more than four decades, voted for the House bill and has not publicly addressed its SNAP cuts. In his district, 22% of households are receiving SNAP benefits.”
Rogers has been in Washington way too long & gotten way too comfy.
Rogers has been in Washington way too long & gotten way too comfy.
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What? Wasn’t Sen Ted Cruz born abroad too? Should we deport him?
www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2...
www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2...
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
www.austinchronicle.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
What? Wasn’t Sen Ted Cruz born abroad too? Should we deport him?
www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2...
www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2...
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Pack the Court. If we are serious about the defense of these rights, we pack the Court. Simple as that. They pack it back, we pack it again. We do it until we reach consensus on long-term reforms to the judiciary. I don't know what it's going to take for people to get it.
June 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Pack the Court. If we are serious about the defense of these rights, we pack the Court. Simple as that. They pack it back, we pack it again. We do it until we reach consensus on long-term reforms to the judiciary. I don't know what it's going to take for people to get it.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b... Gifting this obit of Bill Moyers. Met him in the mid-’80s at the JFK Library in Boston. He was very gracious to an awed young law student from Kentucky who was interested in politics. What an interesting & remarkable career he had with LBJ & PBS. Now may he RIP.
Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b... Gifting this obit of Bill Moyers. Met him in the mid-’80s at the JFK Library in Boston. He was very gracious to an awed young law student from Kentucky who was interested in politics. What an interesting & remarkable career he had with LBJ & PBS. Now may he RIP.
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To everyone downplaying the "procedural" nature of the birthright citizenship case, a quick reminder that the Dred Scott was also a procedural decision, also about citizenship.
June 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
To everyone downplaying the "procedural" nature of the birthright citizenship case, a quick reminder that the Dred Scott was also a procedural decision, also about citizenship.
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this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
June 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?
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This. Is. Insane.
Read this, please.
Read this, please.
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.
This man has no citizenship now.
This man has no citizenship now.
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
www.austinchronicle.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This. Is. Insane.
Read this, please.
Read this, please.
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After ICE agents entered two Diocesan churches, San Bernardino’s Bishop Rojas adamantly speaks out: “Cease these tactics immediately, in favor of an approach that respects human rights.”
After reports of ICE at churches in Montclair and Highland, San Bernardino Bishop denounces raids
“Cease these tactics immediately, in favor of an approach that respects human rights,” the immigrant bishop said.
www.sbsun.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
After ICE agents entered two Diocesan churches, San Bernardino’s Bishop Rojas adamantly speaks out: “Cease these tactics immediately, in favor of an approach that respects human rights.”
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The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
June 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
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Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
I hope the racist lie that immigrants eat pets, the lie that all the Wall Street Bros wanted to "legalize", was worth Trump arresting lawful immigrants,Trump exploding the deficit, Trump playing games with tariffs, and now Trump bombing Iran illegally. Good thing we "legalized" racism, huh?
June 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I hope the racist lie that immigrants eat pets, the lie that all the Wall Street Bros wanted to "legalize", was worth Trump arresting lawful immigrants,Trump exploding the deficit, Trump playing games with tariffs, and now Trump bombing Iran illegally. Good thing we "legalized" racism, huh?
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Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
June 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
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