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The Arkansas National Guard has asked the federal government for authority to make immigration arrests, data shows. ICE’s website noted the Arkansas National Guard’s application as “pending” as of Aug. 14.
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Arkansas National Guard requests immigration enforcement authority | Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas National Guard has asked the federal government for authority to make immigration arrests, data shows. According to ICE’s website, the Arkansas National Guard applied to receive…
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August 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Arkansas National Guard has asked the federal government for authority to make immigration arrests, data shows. ICE’s website noted the Arkansas National Guard’s application as “pending” as of Aug. 14.
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Why is it acceptable for the president to use taxpayer money to fly overseas and cut a ribbon at his own golf course?
Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.
Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.
July 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Why is it acceptable for the president to use taxpayer money to fly overseas and cut a ribbon at his own golf course?
Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.
Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.
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RFK Jr. plans to fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calling them too “woke”. The panel sets free coverage rules for cancer screenings & more. A key meeting was quietly canceled.
Kennedy to oust care task force, WSJ reports; HHS says no decision yet
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
RFK Jr. plans to fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calling them too “woke”. The panel sets free coverage rules for cancer screenings & more. A key meeting was quietly canceled.
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A new report by Human Rights Watch and partner nonprofits released today confirms that migrants at the downtown Miami ICE facility were indeed shackled with hands tied behind their backs, forced to kneel, and made to eat from styrofoam plates “like dogs.”
“You Feel Like Your Life is Over”
The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” documents that people detained at Krome North Service Proc...
www.hrw.org
July 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A new report by Human Rights Watch and partner nonprofits released today confirms that migrants at the downtown Miami ICE facility were indeed shackled with hands tied behind their backs, forced to kneel, and made to eat from styrofoam plates “like dogs.”
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“Now, I feel a little differently”
July 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“Now, I feel a little differently”
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📣JULY 12TH - LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
🪧STATEWIDE PROTEST
🗓️ Saturday, July 12
📍 RIVERMARKET - Under the I-30 Overpass (521 President Clinton Ave)
⏰ 12:30PM–3:00PM
🛑 One State. One Voice. One Big-Ass Protest.
Arkansas lawmakers sold us out....so we're calling them out.
#50501Arkansas #50501Movement
🪧STATEWIDE PROTEST
🗓️ Saturday, July 12
📍 RIVERMARKET - Under the I-30 Overpass (521 President Clinton Ave)
⏰ 12:30PM–3:00PM
🛑 One State. One Voice. One Big-Ass Protest.
Arkansas lawmakers sold us out....so we're calling them out.
#50501Arkansas #50501Movement
July 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
📣JULY 12TH - LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
🪧STATEWIDE PROTEST
🗓️ Saturday, July 12
📍 RIVERMARKET - Under the I-30 Overpass (521 President Clinton Ave)
⏰ 12:30PM–3:00PM
🛑 One State. One Voice. One Big-Ass Protest.
Arkansas lawmakers sold us out....so we're calling them out.
#50501Arkansas #50501Movement
🪧STATEWIDE PROTEST
🗓️ Saturday, July 12
📍 RIVERMARKET - Under the I-30 Overpass (521 President Clinton Ave)
⏰ 12:30PM–3:00PM
🛑 One State. One Voice. One Big-Ass Protest.
Arkansas lawmakers sold us out....so we're calling them out.
#50501Arkansas #50501Movement
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Ever wonder where the tomato on your July4th burger comes from? These Central Valley tomato harvesters spend hours bent over under the sun harvesting. On an average they lift around 170 buckets a day. Each bucket weighs 25 Ibs. It's exhausting, physical labor. WeFeedYou
July 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Ever wonder where the tomato on your July4th burger comes from? These Central Valley tomato harvesters spend hours bent over under the sun harvesting. On an average they lift around 170 buckets a day. Each bucket weighs 25 Ibs. It's exhausting, physical labor. WeFeedYou
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Speaker Johnson is apparently moving forward in an attempt to jam this bill through tonight.
You can watch live here.
You can watch live here.
WATCH LIVE: House votes on Trump's ‘big, beautiful’ tax and spending bill after Senate passage
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Speaker Johnson is apparently moving forward in an attempt to jam this bill through tonight.
You can watch live here.
You can watch live here.
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Mitch McConnell said people who lose their health care will get over it.
The loved ones of the people who will die unnecessarily from cuts in the big ugly bill won’t “get over it.”
Tell your representatives to say NO.
The loved ones of the people who will die unnecessarily from cuts in the big ugly bill won’t “get over it.”
Tell your representatives to say NO.
Look Up Your Representative's Number
Call your representative today and demand that they vote NO on this bill.
ewar.ren
July 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Mitch McConnell said people who lose their health care will get over it.
The loved ones of the people who will die unnecessarily from cuts in the big ugly bill won’t “get over it.”
Tell your representatives to say NO.
The loved ones of the people who will die unnecessarily from cuts in the big ugly bill won’t “get over it.”
Tell your representatives to say NO.
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#Louisiana #healthcare leaders warn of dire consequences of proposed #Medicaid cuts.
The open letter to the U.S. Senate says its version of the bill would hurt patients, communities and the economy. www.nola.com/news/healthc...
The open letter to the U.S. Senate says its version of the bill would hurt patients, communities and the economy. www.nola.com/news/healthc...
Louisiana healthcare leaders warn of dire consequences of proposed Medicaid cuts
In a letter, several Louisiana healthcare leaders say the cuts threaten rural communities in particular because their hospitals are already in a precarious financial state.
www.nola.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
#Louisiana #healthcare leaders warn of dire consequences of proposed #Medicaid cuts.
The open letter to the U.S. Senate says its version of the bill would hurt patients, communities and the economy. www.nola.com/news/healthc...
The open letter to the U.S. Senate says its version of the bill would hurt patients, communities and the economy. www.nola.com/news/healthc...
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G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
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It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
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“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
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Gift article: "'I want to go out on my feet fighting. I desperately want to serve.”The 10 service members The Post talked to, who have served a combined 133 years in uniform, said the same—all of them adding that expelling hundreds or even thousands of qualified troops could harm military readiness"
Transgender troops want to keep serving. Trump is forcing them out.
The Washington Post interviewed 10 transgender troops who have served a combined 133 years in uniform. As they face deadlines under a new ban, not one wants to leave the ranks.
wapo.st
June 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Gift article: "'I want to go out on my feet fighting. I desperately want to serve.”The 10 service members The Post talked to, who have served a combined 133 years in uniform, said the same—all of them adding that expelling hundreds or even thousands of qualified troops could harm military readiness"
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KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.
Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him
In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into…
ktla.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.
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“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
ktla.com/news/local-n...
ktla.com/news/local-n...
June 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
ktla.com/news/local-n...
ktla.com/news/local-n...
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This is outrageous
Grateful for journalists who keep their eyes on the things that most of us can’t/don’t.
Including this: HHS is proposing to stop NIH support for HIV clinical guidelines. Uh oh. 🫣🧪🛟
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Including this: HHS is proposing to stop NIH support for HIV clinical guidelines. Uh oh. 🫣🧪🛟
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Administration to phase out NIH support of HIV clinical guidelines
The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is outrageous
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The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
June 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
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June 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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🔥 ARKANSAS, IT'S ON. 🔥
We’re gearing up for the biggest protest yet.
📍 LITTLE ROCK — JULY 12 — ALL. OF. ARKANSAS.
One state. One voice. One massive stand.✊️
And heads up 👀
We're cookin’ something bold for July 4th too...let’s just say the river won’t be the only thing poppin’. 🎆
#50501Arkansas
We’re gearing up for the biggest protest yet.
📍 LITTLE ROCK — JULY 12 — ALL. OF. ARKANSAS.
One state. One voice. One massive stand.✊️
And heads up 👀
We're cookin’ something bold for July 4th too...let’s just say the river won’t be the only thing poppin’. 🎆
#50501Arkansas
June 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🔥 ARKANSAS, IT'S ON. 🔥
We’re gearing up for the biggest protest yet.
📍 LITTLE ROCK — JULY 12 — ALL. OF. ARKANSAS.
One state. One voice. One massive stand.✊️
And heads up 👀
We're cookin’ something bold for July 4th too...let’s just say the river won’t be the only thing poppin’. 🎆
#50501Arkansas
We’re gearing up for the biggest protest yet.
📍 LITTLE ROCK — JULY 12 — ALL. OF. ARKANSAS.
One state. One voice. One massive stand.✊️
And heads up 👀
We're cookin’ something bold for July 4th too...let’s just say the river won’t be the only thing poppin’. 🎆
#50501Arkansas
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 97 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 97 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
June 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 97 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 97 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
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Huh, I wonder what particular federal holiday set him off?
June 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Huh, I wonder what particular federal holiday set him off?
I sent letters to my Reps urging them to do their jobs and oppose war in Iran. Feel free to use these as templates for your letters!
Letter to My Representatives: Do Not Engage the US in the Iran/Israel Conflict
I am urging my representatives to stand up and protect our country from involvement in this conflict
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I sent letters to my Reps urging them to do their jobs and oppose war in Iran. Feel free to use these as templates for your letters!
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On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.
June 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.