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Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts?
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Who's making big money off Border Patrol and ICE contracts?
In the wake of high-profile immigration operations in Louisiana and North Carolina, a Facing South/Institute analysis looks at more than 50 businesses in both states receiving money from U.S. Border P...
www.facingsouth.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts?
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
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Fox reports that that while many of the redactions to the Epstein Files were made to protect victims’ identities, “the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.”
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Fox reports that that while many of the redactions to the Epstein Files were made to protect victims’ identities, “the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.”
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
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There is literally no reason for the military to be in D.C.
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
There is literally no reason for the military to be in D.C.
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This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
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Trump, Musk, and the GOP killed hundreds of thousands of kids around the world.
That should be a major story and talking point.
They cut USAID to "save" from "waste," but gave 40 billion to Argentina and threw a Great Gatsby party and let Kash Patel burn our money for his honeypot GF.
That should be a major story and talking point.
They cut USAID to "save" from "waste," but gave 40 billion to Argentina and threw a Great Gatsby party and let Kash Patel burn our money for his honeypot GF.
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Trump, Musk, and the GOP killed hundreds of thousands of kids around the world.
That should be a major story and talking point.
They cut USAID to "save" from "waste," but gave 40 billion to Argentina and threw a Great Gatsby party and let Kash Patel burn our money for his honeypot GF.
That should be a major story and talking point.
They cut USAID to "save" from "waste," but gave 40 billion to Argentina and threw a Great Gatsby party and let Kash Patel burn our money for his honeypot GF.
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Ah, that explains MTG's odd resignation date; the Congressional pension vests after five years.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ah, that explains MTG's odd resignation date; the Congressional pension vests after five years.
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New in PN: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New in PN: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
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Articles of Impeachment need to be filed. Make Trump defend, in the media, his public tweets about hanging members of Congress by the neck until dead.
Let's see if he has the courage.
Let's see if he has the courage.
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Articles of Impeachment need to be filed. Make Trump defend, in the media, his public tweets about hanging members of Congress by the neck until dead.
Let's see if he has the courage.
Let's see if he has the courage.
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This Texas woman developed preeclampsia, leading to still-birth. She DIED, leaving her young son behind.
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
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This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This Texas woman developed preeclampsia, leading to still-birth. She DIED, leaving her young son behind.
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
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This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
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Am I missing something or are Johnson and Thune now just openly at war?
Fantastic news if true.
Fantastic news if true.
Breaking: The House voted unanimously, 426-0, to strip a provision in the funding bill that allowed senators to sue the government for $500K if their phone data was searched without their knowledge.
The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.
The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Am I missing something or are Johnson and Thune now just openly at war?
Fantastic news if true.
Fantastic news if true.
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But…those are state charges. They were never federally charged. Nor could they be even if we win in 2028 because the statute of limitations will have expired. But okay.
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
But…those are state charges. They were never federally charged. Nor could they be even if we win in 2028 because the statute of limitations will have expired. But okay.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Cave once, and history will make you pay twice.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Cave once, and history will make you pay twice.
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Call your senators. Let them know how you feel.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Call your senators. Let them know how you feel.
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if the mods are gonna walk the plank, they’re going to do it alone, and good riddance.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
if the mods are gonna walk the plank, they’re going to do it alone, and good riddance.
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Did you know: Congressmen and women have been paid twice (they’re paid monthly) since the govt shut down. $30,000 gross each. Meanwhile Trump trying to stop food stamp payments while he has parties. And @SpeakerJohnson still has everyone on vacay
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Did you know: Congressmen and women have been paid twice (they’re paid monthly) since the govt shut down. $30,000 gross each. Meanwhile Trump trying to stop food stamp payments while he has parties. And @SpeakerJohnson still has everyone on vacay
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CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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While we're waiting to hear the terms of a shitty deal, this needs to be said. Whatever reason Trump is claiming there'll be a $2K tariff dividend (remember the $5K DOGE dividend), there'll be no such thing.
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Suggests $2,000 Payouts to Americans as He Defends Tariffs
President praises benefits of the levies after Supreme Court appears skeptical of his justification for many of them.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
While we're waiting to hear the terms of a shitty deal, this needs to be said. Whatever reason Trump is claiming there'll be a $2K tariff dividend (remember the $5K DOGE dividend), there'll be no such thing.
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
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The tolerance for lies is killing our country. Trump just called Chicago “the most dangerous city in the world, by far.” But its homicide rate isn’t even in the U.S. Top 20.
Will major media call out the lie – and call it “a lie” – or will they talk about his “tenuous relationship with the truth”?
Will major media call out the lie – and call it “a lie” – or will they talk about his “tenuous relationship with the truth”?
September 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The tolerance for lies is killing our country. Trump just called Chicago “the most dangerous city in the world, by far.” But its homicide rate isn’t even in the U.S. Top 20.
Will major media call out the lie – and call it “a lie” – or will they talk about his “tenuous relationship with the truth”?
Will major media call out the lie – and call it “a lie” – or will they talk about his “tenuous relationship with the truth”?
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Too many women already have to travel hours just to get maternity care. Congressional Republicans’ Medicaid cuts will force even more hospitals to close their doors. We should be strengthening access to care, not making it harder for moms and babies.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Medicaid cuts threaten rural hospitals — and access to maternity care
Medicaid cuts in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill threaten rural hospitals, risking service cuts and closures that could severely limit access to maternity care.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Too many women already have to travel hours just to get maternity care. Congressional Republicans’ Medicaid cuts will force even more hospitals to close their doors. We should be strengthening access to care, not making it harder for moms and babies.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Rep. Nadler, you're a mensch. Thank you for your leadership, your selflessness, and your decades of service to New Yorkers.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/02/j...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/02/j...
Rep. Nadler won’t run for reelection, citing need for younger leaders
The powerful upper West Side liberal said the drama over former President Biden’s abrupt withdrawal from the 2024 race, convinced him it was important to pass the baton to a more dynamic succ…
www.nydailynews.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Rep. Nadler, you're a mensch. Thank you for your leadership, your selflessness, and your decades of service to New Yorkers.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/02/j...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/02/j...
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That about sums it up.
If you are fucking up democracy, Marc Elias is suing you.
We are already suing Ohio.
September 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
That about sums it up.