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feet of clay. Daniel 2:33
Sic semper tyrannis
ICE is a pedophile ring.
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Trump launches a war on Christmas.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
ICE is a pedophile ring.
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring. They target babies for abuse.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring.
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Judge Ellis is going event by event, and for every one she has said that agents acted disproportionately or even instigated mayhem themselves, and/or they lied.
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is probably the first time in American history a sitting governor has used that particular -- and particularly apt -- phrase in a public speech
If I didn't live in California I'd move to Illinois.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring. Their goal is to endanger children.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Good morning to these future governors!
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
There was lots of inaccurate polling a week ago. None of these were close.
BREAKING: Mikie Sherrill (D) wins governor's race in New Jersey - DDHQ
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Oh — the situation has escalated.

Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.

"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.

Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.

can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A revealing change in mood from the Trump administration. bsky.app/profile/atru...
JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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‪*sigh* Now I have to read a 17 page memo since apparently others won't.
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring.
🚨 Arnoldo Bazan and his father were pulled over by unmarked immigration vehicles in Houston.
His dad was arrested. Arnoldo? Restrained, hurt, and hospitalized. 1/2
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
SNAP spends about $10 billion a month. Mutual aid is a woefully inadequate response.
October 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
ICE is a pedophile ring. Gassing elementary schools.
October 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Trump ran as a repudiation of the Bush GOP. But he has to honor Republican shibboleths in name, if not in word.
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
October 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Trump’s tearing down the East Wing to build himself a $350M ballroom while Americans struggle to afford health care.

Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM