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Dad. Gamecock. Lawyer.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Reposted by Andy Arnold
When he was president, Trump cut back this proposed expansion. During the 2024 campaign, his allies ran ads saying he supported overtime workers because he proposed tax cuts on overtime pay—and this meant he was pro-worker. No one paid much attention to this contradiction. I, though, wrote about it.
A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people.

It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/1886...
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned
Remember the right-wing frenzy over “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Well, this ruling exposes Trump-MAGA hypocrisy on the working class—and reveals a big media failure.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Hoping to leave Twitter/X behind. But seems like this could be a lonely place. I would leave X but its value for sports info is too much to give up until can find replacement. #Gamecocks ##CFB
November 15, 2024 at 6:35 PM