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I have two new reports coming out this week, one tomorrow about tracking the effects of ICE raids in LA on the regional detention system, and one on Friday that will clarify an important question about ICE arrest/book-in data. Don't miss the latest data! Sign up here: austinkocher.substack.com.
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August 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
NEW: "The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident."
Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack
The identities of confidential court informants are feared compromised in a series of breaches across multiple U.S. states.
www.politico.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
hearing lots of folks currently stuck on planes that already landed 🫠
United Airlines has issued ground stops in Chicago, Denver, Houston, San Francisco and Newark over technical issues.
August 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
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DAY 6 AUGUST 2025

60 YEARS AGO TODAY PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT

NOW TODAY

Texas Democrats fighting for ALL OF US
Not Only Texas

Stand With These Heroes

Listen to the amazing Rep. Jasmine Crockett

"Where is the fight "
"Well here it is "
August 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Today we learned Andrew Cuomo is directly coordinating with Donald Trump, even as this President sends masked agents to rip our neighbors off the streets and guts the social services so many New Yorkers rely on.

It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.
August 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
August 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Grocery stores that have been eating the cost of tariffs are about to pump the brakes. Some are looking to be more transparent about the coming price hikes.

Starting tomorrow, new tariffs of 15% to 50% hit a wide range of food items.

If you’ve got a household food budget, this is a must-watch.
August 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Breaking news: The Justice Department asked a federal court to release grand jury transcripts connected to Jeffrey Epstein, responding to a growing political outcry over the agency’s unfulfilled promise to release more details on the matter.
Justice Dept. asks court to release Epstein grand jury testimony
The attorney general said she would ask a court Friday to unseal pertinent grand jury records. That’s a portion of what would be included in the Justice Department’s broader investigative file.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL: ICE has detained hundreds of U.S. citizens by “mistake.”

And now they want 100,000 beds and more planes to scale up?

They’re not deporting “illegals”—they’re running a kidnapping ring with government contracts.
July 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Reports of masked ICE and Border Patrol agents approaching and arresting individuals in Sacramento are scary and disturbing. 🧵
July 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
ICE is about to get access to Medicaid records—a HIPAA violation.

Quick facts:
Undocumented immigrants don’t get full Medicaid. They only qualify for emergency care like childbirth or life-threatening treatment.

States like CA & NY offer limited coverage, but its’s state-funded, not federal.
July 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
July 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
As election officials in some states reportedly receive requests to provide access to voting equipment, many are rightly being cautious and careful. “Nobody gets access to my voting equipment, for security reasons,” Carly Koppes, a Republican clerk in Colorado, told @washingtonpost.com
DOJ hits states with broad requests for voter rolls, election data
Election clerks in both parties, who have been subject to harassment and lawsuits over Trump’s 2020 false election claims, worry about efforts to examine their voting machines.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility.

He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”

Thread 👇
July 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
6/ In March, Ramos and more than 230 other Venezuelan men were sent to the CECOT maximum security prison in El Salvador, one of the most notorious in the Western Hemisphere.

This image, taken in April, shows its conditions:
July 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Eliminating the Office of Research and Development is much more than belt-tightening. It’s a calculated assault on science, public health, and the very core of EPA’s mission. This move will leave American families breathing dirtier air, drinking contaminated water, + facing unchecked climate risks.
US EPA cutting workforce by 23%, closing research division
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it is cutting the size of its workforce by at least 23% and closing its scientific research office as part of President Donald Trump's broad effort to downsize the federal government.
www.reuters.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 18
At President Trump’s direction, DOGE is helping federal agencies create one centralized database with everything the government knows about every single one of us in this country.

Congress must step in to protect our privacy.
July 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
ICE detained a veteran and U.S. citizen for three days.

They didn’t let him contact his family or a lawyer. They didn’t let him change or shower. They didn’t give him a reason for his detention.

Under this regime, no one is safe. apnews.com/article/us-a...
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.
apnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The more you know about the history of the NYPD, the more things like this blur the past and the present. Is it 1895 or is it 2025? The more you read about it, the more you realize the history of policing is more a history of continuity and less a history of change.
WHOA. One of Eric Adams' former police commissioners just filed a lawsuit accusing him of running the NYPD like a "racketeering enterprise."
July 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Will. Move. On. To. The. Next. Group. He. Hates.
July 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The male loneliness epidemic & the term misandry are made up terms by men to further garner attention and sympathy for them. Neither exist. Men face no consequences to being disliked, women are massively affected by misogyny and lose their lives. Women fight for their lives, men fight for their ego.
July 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I just voted NO to advance Trump's DOGE cuts to PBS, rural radio, and lifesaving aid.

Republicans need to decide: Does Congress decide how to spend taxpayer dollars, or do they just take orders from Russ Vought?
July 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH.

These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures.

How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?
July 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM