Brenda Connor
@bestbeege.bsky.social
Educated, works in service of others, believer in loving your neighbor, regardless
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don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Is your favorite taco truck slower than usual? ICE raids are sending street vendors into hiding
Is your favorite taco truck slower than usual? ICE raids are sending street vendors into hiding
With rampant ICE raids in Los Angeles, undocumented street vendors have to choose between physical safety and economic security.
www.latimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Is your favorite taco truck slower than usual? ICE raids are sending street vendors into hiding
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Forcing people to work for no pay is very on brand for the president.
The thousands of National Guardsmen President Trump sent to Los Angeles in an authoritarian power play are working for free.
https://trib.al/QeaTX40
The thousands of National Guardsmen President Trump sent to Los Angeles in an authoritarian power play are working for free.
https://trib.al/QeaTX40
Trump Is Stiffing the National Guard Soldiers He Sent to L.A.
As usual, Trump is refusing to foot the bill.
trib.al
June 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Forcing people to work for no pay is very on brand for the president.
The thousands of National Guardsmen President Trump sent to Los Angeles in an authoritarian power play are working for free.
https://trib.al/QeaTX40
The thousands of National Guardsmen President Trump sent to Los Angeles in an authoritarian power play are working for free.
https://trib.al/QeaTX40
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It was the latest anti-government protest since Orbán's party pushed through a law in March, and a constitutional amendment the following month, that effectively banned public LGBTQ+ events.
Hungarians declare resistance to Orbán's government with a large protest
It was the latest anti-government protest since Orbán's party pushed through a law in March, and a constitutional amendment the following month, that effectively banned public LGBTQ+ events.
n.pr
June 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It was the latest anti-government protest since Orbán's party pushed through a law in March, and a constitutional amendment the following month, that effectively banned public LGBTQ+ events.
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Newsom: I told the president, just get it over with. Arrest me. Move on. If you need someone’s head to scalp, then do it with me. But stop messing with these kids. Stop messing with four-year-olds. Kids in elementary school
June 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Newsom: I told the president, just get it over with. Arrest me. Move on. If you need someone’s head to scalp, then do it with me. But stop messing with these kids. Stop messing with four-year-olds. Kids in elementary school
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The relationship between President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a near-breaking point Monday, as Trump said that he thought Newsom should be arrested, a claim that Newsom described as an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism. wapo.st/4l1LVyZ
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Trump is stepping toward authoritarianism
President Trump threatened California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s arrest, prompting Newsom to accuse Trump of taking a step toward authoritarianism.
wapo.st
June 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The relationship between President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a near-breaking point Monday, as Trump said that he thought Newsom should be arrested, a claim that Newsom described as an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism. wapo.st/4l1LVyZ
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ICE agents with assault rifles toss flash-bangs in serene SoCal neighborhood. City officials outraged
ICE agents with assault rifles toss flash-bangs in serene SoCal neighborhood. City officials outraged
Tensions remain high in San Diego after last week's Immigration and Customs Enforcement work raids at two Italian restaurants that ended with federal agents using flash-bang grenades against residents protesting the operations.
www.latimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
ICE agents with assault rifles toss flash-bangs in serene SoCal neighborhood. City officials outraged
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We spoke with North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs after a state court ruling put 65k ballots in her race at risk.
Along with promising to appeal the ruling, Justice Riggs described how this is "a fight for the very soul of democracy."
Watch the full interview: youtu.be/8HfXI4d1byk
Along with promising to appeal the ruling, Justice Riggs described how this is "a fight for the very soul of democracy."
Watch the full interview: youtu.be/8HfXI4d1byk
April 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We spoke with North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs after a state court ruling put 65k ballots in her race at risk.
Along with promising to appeal the ruling, Justice Riggs described how this is "a fight for the very soul of democracy."
Watch the full interview: youtu.be/8HfXI4d1byk
Along with promising to appeal the ruling, Justice Riggs described how this is "a fight for the very soul of democracy."
Watch the full interview: youtu.be/8HfXI4d1byk
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President Trump’s sweeping tariffs announced today stretched across the globe, including the remote Heard and McDonald Islands, which are populated by zero humans but lots of seals and penguins. nbcnews.to/3QXPQ31
April 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
President Trump’s sweeping tariffs announced today stretched across the globe, including the remote Heard and McDonald Islands, which are populated by zero humans but lots of seals and penguins. nbcnews.to/3QXPQ31
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Trump's new tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia. The Trump administration noted that Russia could still face "additional strong sanctions."
April 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Trump's new tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia. The Trump administration noted that Russia could still face "additional strong sanctions."
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OPINION:
John Roberts has created a monster — and he knows it
Five or six years ago, I was in federal court on an evidence motion. I don’t remember the issue, the claim, or whether I was for or against the motion. What I do remember like it happened today is the...
www.rawstory.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
OPINION:
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Last night,Russia launched a very deliberate&demonstrative massive strike on Odesa: that's the ceasefire you get.
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
March 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Last night,Russia launched a very deliberate&demonstrative massive strike on Odesa: that's the ceasefire you get.
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively.
I will repeat the facts once more:
Russia is a terrorist state.
Putin is a war criminal
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Trump's State Department terminated a contract with a humanitarian group tracking the fate of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
The revelation suggests the U.S. may now be helping Russia bury a potential war crime
newrepublic.com/article/1929...
The revelation suggests the U.S. may now be helping Russia bury a potential war crime
newrepublic.com/article/1929...
Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker
Data vital to tracking these abducted Ukrainian children may have suddenly disappeared. A bipartisan group of House members wants to know: Who did this, and why?
newrepublic.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Trump's State Department terminated a contract with a humanitarian group tracking the fate of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
The revelation suggests the U.S. may now be helping Russia bury a potential war crime
newrepublic.com/article/1929...
The revelation suggests the U.S. may now be helping Russia bury a potential war crime
newrepublic.com/article/1929...
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KKKaroline at the next press conference.
March 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
KKKaroline at the next press conference.
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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Read the full story:
Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic pa...
propub.li
March 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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The D.C. attorney general’s office has dropped a lawsuit against the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying that the city was unlikely to recover enough money to justify continuing legal action against the far-right groups.
D.C. drops lawsuit against Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan. 6 attack
The District’s suit marked the first effort by a government agency to hold individuals and organizations civilly liable for the violence at the U.S. Capitol that day.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The D.C. attorney general’s office has dropped a lawsuit against the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying that the city was unlikely to recover enough money to justify continuing legal action against the far-right groups.
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Firings and buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Security Administration, just one outpost in a federal work force that President Trump and Elon Musk aim to drastically reduce. The agency lost a huge body of scientists, engineers, safety experts and more. nyti.ms/4iAEPQX
March 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Firings and buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Security Administration, just one outpost in a federal work force that President Trump and Elon Musk aim to drastically reduce. The agency lost a huge body of scientists, engineers, safety experts and more. nyti.ms/4iAEPQX
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Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted… And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted… And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
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KGB is gonna KGB.
March 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
KGB is gonna KGB.