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“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said at a border security conference in April... The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
Or you might call them "camps" where people are to be "concentrated" until they are deported.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said at a border security conference in April... The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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Putin held a closed meeting for the Russian oligarchs where he stated that he demands the “entire Donbas region”, referring to the “Anchoridge agreements”.
Remember, I guesstimated we will find out what was actually said there months and years from now..?
Remember, I guesstimated we will find out what was actually said there months and years from now..?
December 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Putin held a closed meeting for the Russian oligarchs where he stated that he demands the “entire Donbas region”, referring to the “Anchoridge agreements”.
Remember, I guesstimated we will find out what was actually said there months and years from now..?
Remember, I guesstimated we will find out what was actually said there months and years from now..?
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The Trump regime & GOP are openly supporting European Nazis.
Enough of a red line for you, @albomp.bsky.social?
Or will you continue to tie Australia's foreign and defence policy even tighter to American fascism?
While shutting down any debate on #AUKUS and the US 'alliance'? #FarRight #auspol
Enough of a red line for you, @albomp.bsky.social?
Or will you continue to tie Australia's foreign and defence policy even tighter to American fascism?
While shutting down any debate on #AUKUS and the US 'alliance'? #FarRight #auspol
Expressing thanks for Trump's sanction measures against their critics in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, representatives of Germany's Nazi party, the AfD, are traveling to Washington for meetings with senior Republicans and Republican donors, Tagesschau reports. www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
AfD-Abgeordnete reisen zu Republikaner-Treffen nach Washington
Die neue US-Sicherheitsstrategie sucht die Nähe zu rechten Kräften in Europa. Nun reisen mehrere AfD-Abgeordnete zu einem wichtigen Netzwerk-Treffen der Republikaner.
www.tagesschau.de
December 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Trump regime & GOP are openly supporting European Nazis.
Enough of a red line for you, @albomp.bsky.social?
Or will you continue to tie Australia's foreign and defence policy even tighter to American fascism?
While shutting down any debate on #AUKUS and the US 'alliance'? #FarRight #auspol
Enough of a red line for you, @albomp.bsky.social?
Or will you continue to tie Australia's foreign and defence policy even tighter to American fascism?
While shutting down any debate on #AUKUS and the US 'alliance'? #FarRight #auspol
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EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
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Merry Christmas, Friends! Go spread some JOY! ✨🎅🏼🎄🤶🏻🎁🦌✨
December 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Merry Christmas, Friends! Go spread some JOY! ✨🎅🏼🎄🤶🏻🎁🦌✨
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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Not saying the people running State are foreign agents but also if you were a foreign agent running State this does feel like the kind of thing you’d do.
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Not saying the people running State are foreign agents but also if you were a foreign agent running State this does feel like the kind of thing you’d do.
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There is no mistaking the despairing rage Colbert expresses on behalf of viewers who feel battered by the corruption and cruelty of this administration and its enablers.
Yet the network that employs him contorts itself into satisfying Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Yet the network that employs him contorts itself into satisfying Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Opinion | Stephen Colbert Hits a High Note
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
There is no mistaking the despairing rage Colbert expresses on behalf of viewers who feel battered by the corruption and cruelty of this administration and its enablers.
Yet the network that employs him contorts itself into satisfying Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Yet the network that employs him contorts itself into satisfying Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
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Another reminder that FBI tasked 934 agents and other personnel to review & redact Epstein files between March & May & prepare the docs for public release. FBI paid $851K in OT/premium pay for a week's worth of work. Via my #FOIA
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Another reminder that FBI tasked 934 agents and other personnel to review & redact Epstein files between March & May & prepare the docs for public release. FBI paid $851K in OT/premium pay for a week's worth of work. Via my #FOIA
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined 19 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over its attempt at a near nationwide ban on gender-affirming care for patients under 19-years-old.
Illinois joins lawsuit against White House's attempted national ban on youth gender-affirming care
chicago.suntimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined 19 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over its attempt at a near nationwide ban on gender-affirming care for patients under 19-years-old.
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On Trump’s orders, the National Center for Atmospheric Research will be shut down after more than 50 years as a leader in global research on climate science and monitoring. This is what authoritarian science looks like.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth
Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth or the possibility of accountability.
www.thenation.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
On Trump’s orders, the National Center for Atmospheric Research will be shut down after more than 50 years as a leader in global research on climate science and monitoring. This is what authoritarian science looks like.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Merry Christmas, everyone.
Happy and safe holidays to all.
Be merry, enjoy, rest, regroup.
💚❤️💙✨
2026 is coming. 🎁
Happy and safe holidays to all.
Be merry, enjoy, rest, regroup.
💚❤️💙✨
2026 is coming. 🎁
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Happy and safe holidays to all.
Be merry, enjoy, rest, regroup.
💚❤️💙✨
2026 is coming. 🎁
Happy and safe holidays to all.
Be merry, enjoy, rest, regroup.
💚❤️💙✨
2026 is coming. 🎁
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The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.
theintercept.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
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We’re in the busiest time of the year for food pantries — and the combination of federal funding cuts and rising prices is making it difficult for many pantries to meet rising needs. Please consider supporting your local food pantry this holiday season.
Find Your Local Food Bank and Holiday Food Boxes | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and holiday food boxes in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
December 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We’re in the busiest time of the year for food pantries — and the combination of federal funding cuts and rising prices is making it difficult for many pantries to meet rising needs. Please consider supporting your local food pantry this holiday season.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Not surprising but important for Rep. McIver’s defense.
Holy shit!
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Not surprising but important for Rep. McIver’s defense.
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thinking of the fugitive slave act and people who profited from it
NEW: A variety of military and intelligence contractors have already signed on to help ICE's immigrant bounty hunter program. A review of procurement data shows 10 companies stand to make up to *ONE BILLION* dollars from the program by 2027. theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.
theintercept.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
thinking of the fugitive slave act and people who profited from it
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Holy shit!
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Holy shit!
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
On the morning of the Delaney Hall confrontation, an ICE thug who would shove @replamonica.bsky.social later in the day used a racial slur.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is quite the opening on justiciability: Judge Ali says the Trump admin's "position is premised on ignoring binding precedent that says [courts may review a decision to revoke security clearance], including simply omitting relevant caselaw from the motion to dismiss."
December 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This is quite the opening on justiciability: Judge Ali says the Trump admin's "position is premised on ignoring binding precedent that says [courts may review a decision to revoke security clearance], including simply omitting relevant caselaw from the motion to dismiss."
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A coalition of 19 states and DC have filed a lawsuit challenging the Kennedy declaration seeking to ban gender affirming care for trans youth by fiat by creating a federal "standard of care" based on pure pseudoscience.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Attorney General James Leads Lawsuit Challenging Federal Attack on Gender-Affirming Care
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 18 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit to stop the U.S
ag.ny.gov
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A coalition of 19 states and DC have filed a lawsuit challenging the Kennedy declaration seeking to ban gender affirming care for trans youth by fiat by creating a federal "standard of care" based on pure pseudoscience.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
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Donald Trump, Tuesday, December 23, 2025: "Anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman."
Words that will haunt any Trump Fed nominee.
Trump could not be more clear: he's going to install a puppet that serves his needs, not the American people.
Words that will haunt any Trump Fed nominee.
Trump could not be more clear: he's going to install a puppet that serves his needs, not the American people.
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Donald Trump, Tuesday, December 23, 2025: "Anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman."
Words that will haunt any Trump Fed nominee.
Trump could not be more clear: he's going to install a puppet that serves his needs, not the American people.
Words that will haunt any Trump Fed nominee.
Trump could not be more clear: he's going to install a puppet that serves his needs, not the American people.
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We won our case against DHS, restoring funding for lifesaving anti-terrorism and emergency response programs.
This is a major victory for our law enforcement and local leaders who depend on these funds to keep New Yorkers safe.
I'm suing the federal government for cutting FEMA funds that protect national security and emergency response programs from states that refuse to support its attacks on immigrants.
I won’t let this administration play political games with resources that help keep people safe.
I won’t let this administration play political games with resources that help keep people safe.
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We won our case against DHS, restoring funding for lifesaving anti-terrorism and emergency response programs.
This is a major victory for our law enforcement and local leaders who depend on these funds to keep New Yorkers safe.
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The American people deserve to know the truth—did Tom Homan accept a bribe from undercover FBI agents or not?
Despite what the government claims, his personal interests are not more important than the American people.
Despite what the government claims, his personal interests are not more important than the American people.
The Trump-Vance admin claims it closed its investigation into border czar Tom Homan allegedly accepting a $50k bribe – yet it refuses to confirm the existence of records related to the investigation.
Our case proves the government is continuing to stonewall, and we will keep fighting for the truth.
Our case proves the government is continuing to stonewall, and we will keep fighting for the truth.
No one is above the law. The public deserves transparency & accountability from government leaders. We'll be in court to get answers.
December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The American people deserve to know the truth—did Tom Homan accept a bribe from undercover FBI agents or not?
Despite what the government claims, his personal interests are not more important than the American people.
Despite what the government claims, his personal interests are not more important than the American people.
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The case Pam Bondi brought against Rep McIver in New Jersey isn't going well for DOJ. In discovery, a DHS employee gloats over having assaulted McIver, while other messages show DHS officers using racist slurs against the New Jersey congresswoman.
December 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The case Pam Bondi brought against Rep McIver in New Jersey isn't going well for DOJ. In discovery, a DHS employee gloats over having assaulted McIver, while other messages show DHS officers using racist slurs against the New Jersey congresswoman.