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startribune.com Screenshot from Star Tribune web site Donate button A Minnesota Star Tribune investigation has found new details about the law enforcement response to the shootings, including: • The initial 911 call, made at 2:05 a.m. by the Hoffmans' daughter, Hope, included the fact that the suspect was disguised as a police officer and wearing a mask. In a deviation from department policy, Brooklyn Park police waited more than an hour to enter the home of Melissa Hortman after watching Mark Hortman get shot in the doorway. • New Hope police didn't immediately communicate an officer's interaction with Boelter, which occurred after the Hoffmans were shot but before the Hortmans were killed. • Some police officers and legislators weren't made fully aware of the threat for several hours.
July 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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BURY CAPITALISM logo Hampton Institute @HamptonThink Capitalists believe people exist serve the market. If a person cannot serve the market in a profitable way, their life has no value. Socialists believe the market exists to serve people. If a market cannot serve the people in an equitable way, it has no value.
July 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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My match.com bio says have a corner office with great views of the city, drive a $500,000 vehicle and am paid to travel. So why do my dates get upset when tell them I'm a bus driver?
July 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Authoritarian systems are fundamentally unpredictable. The rules change based on the leader's mood, personal vendettas, or political needs. That's the opposite of the stable, predictable environment that innovation requires. When political favor matters more than legal precedent, no one can plan for the future.
July 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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(Seal of US Customs and Border Patrol of the United States) CBP @CBP Nice shirt! But it doesn't erase the fact that you entered the country illegally. CBP officers encountered this individual at the Peace Bridge in NY, he has multiple DUIs and a misdemeanor assault charge. Criminal illegal aliens have no place in the U.S. (image of man in navy blue shirt with waving flag of the United States with USA written below, he is in hand cuffss) 11:02 AM. 7/18/25 . 30K Views Comments 111 Reposts 371 Likes 2K Bookmarks 18
July 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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(picture of Two homes in area) Your Neighborhood is Being Rezoned - One by one, single-family homes will be boxed in or bulldozed CAECA URGENT If you live on or behind Georgla , Randoiph. University. Viers Mill, Connecticut Ave or Arcola, if you live on a corner lot, you shop or eat at the Kemp Mill Shopping Center, if you rent or own - youre being rezoned to allow multi-unit housing (duplex, triplex, small apts) to replace single- family houses No displacement protection No mandate for affordable housng Does not create home ownership Speaker: Councilmember& Co-sponsor More N.O.W. Natali Fani-Gonzales unflattering picture of Fani-Gonzales) Most of the housing built will be market-rate apts Eliminates parking requirements - more cars with no parking shrinking lanes from 3 to 2 lanes to discourege driving You've Got 2 chances to Ask Questions Before They Rezone Your community. If you Don't show up. Don't say You Didn't Know! WUDAC Meeting LIstening Sesslon University Boulevard Corridor plan Thursday. July 10 @7:00PM 2nd floor Mid-County Board Room 2425 Reedie Drive, Wheaton, MD 20902 Wednesday July 16 @6:30pm Odessa Shannon Middle School 11800 Monticello Ave. Silver spring. MD Spanish Translation Available There are 4 QRC codes along the bottom of this flyer.
July 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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LA Mayor Karen Bass "Let this sink in: I signed an Executive Directive today to help our city protect itself from the federal government." Black lettering on a bright yellow background with some pixelated icons in a color with a little more orange. Some icons are continued of tge edge of the image. I cannot figure out the point or theme of the icons, sorry.
July 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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I would add this: Trump's political mystique from 2015 onwards hasn't just been that he'11 take on elites. It's also that he himself is a card- carrying member of the elite class with deep inside knowledge of how elite self-dealing, globalist scheming, and criminal manipulation of the svstem really works. He is putting that knowledge to use to clean out the corrupt elites and avenge their victims, i.e., "the people,' narrowly defined. The Epstein saga really messes with that story. Though it very well may prove false in the specifics, the Journal report seems somewhat credible if only atmospherically. It captures that world of the global superrich's sex- and-drug-fueled parties, including the treatment of young women as sexual toys who are used and discarded as wantonly as one might throw away a rolled up piece of takeout menu after using it to snort coke. There is lots of evidence that Trump did travel in tandem with Epstein in that jet-setting, hard-partying world. This whole story threatens to expose Trump as a full and active participant in some of the most wretched elite perfidy imaginable. He's supposed to be a Traitor To That Class. Now he's helping that class hide its wickedness, Trump's only way out of this is to seek full release of the Epstein files. But he won't And he can't explain why he won't. The more he calls for meaningless "releases" that don't provide real transparency, the more he will stoke conspiracism-and the more he'll appear in on the elite coverup. I would add this: Trump's political mystique from 2015 onwards hasn't just been that he'11 take on elites. It's also that he himself is a card- carrying member of the elite class with deep inside knowledge of how elite self-dealing, globalist scheming, and criminal manipulation of the svstem really works. He is putting that knowledge to use to clean out the corrupt elites and avenge their victims, i.e., "the people,' narrowly defined. The Epstein saga really messes with that story. Though it very well may prove false in the specifics, the Journal report seems somewhat credible if only atmospherically. It captures that world of the global superrich's sex- and-drug-fueled parties, including the treatment of young women as sexual toys who are used and discarded as wantonly as one might throw away a rolled up piece of takeout menu after using it to snort coke. There is lots of evidence that Trump did travel in tandem with Epstein in that jet-setting, hard-partying world. This whole story threatens to expose Trump as a full and active participant in some of the most wretched elite perfidy imaginable. He's supposed to be a Traitor To That Class. Now he's helping that class hide its wickedness, Trump's only way out of this is to seek full release of the Epstein files. But he won't And he can't explain why he won't. The more he calls for meaningless "releases" that don't provide real transparency, the more he will stoke conspiracism-and the more he'll appear in on the elite coverup.
July 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Maze Love @MazeLove14 The GENIUS Act explicitly bars members of Congress and federal officials from profiting off stablecoins but EXEMPTS the president, vice president, and their families. This carve-out allows Trump to leverage his position for personal gain without conflict-of-interest barriers. abcNEWS Log In A provision in the GENIUS Act bans members of Congress and their families from profiting off stablecoins. But that prohibition does not extend to the president and his family, even as Trump builds a crypto empire from the White House. His family holds a significant stake in World Liberty Financial, a crypto project that launched its own stablecoin earlier this year and received an early boost from an investment fund in the United Arab Emirates.
July 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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July 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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BREAKING: Senator Dick Durbin drops a massive bombshell and reveals that Attorney General Pam Bondi "pressured" roughly 1,000 FBI personnel to sift through tens of thousands of Epstein documents to flag all mentions of Donald Trump. And it gets so much worse... In letters sent to Bondi, MAGA FBI Director Kash Patel, and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, Durbin revealed that his office has received "information" that Bondi has "pressured the FBI to put approximately 1,000 personnel in its Information Management Division" on 24-hour shifts to dig through 100,000 Epstein-related documents ahead of a possible document release. The personnel were "instructed to 'flag' any records in which President Trump was mentioned." No benign explanation has been provided for the frantic operation and it has supercharged allegations of a coverup. Durbin is demanding more information about the administration's deeply suspicious handling of the files and for an explanation as to why officials are flagging documents that mention Trump. In his letters, Durbin pointed to the now-infamous 2002 remarks in which Trump stated that he had known Epstein for 15 years and thought that he was a "terrific guy" who was "a lot of fun to be with." He also mentioned the "bawdy" letter that Trump sent to Ghislaine Maxwell for inclusion in a birthday album for Epstein. Durbin stated that the letter "contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker" in addition to Trump's signature. Durbin asked Bondi, Patel, and Bongino to explain if they have personally reviewed all of the Epstein files and if the FBI has Epstein-related documents that the DOJ has no reviewed. "Is there a log of the records mentioning President Trump? If yes, please transmit a copy of the committee and the OIG," Durbin wrote, meaning the Senate Judiciary panel and the Office of Inspector General. On top of that, Durbin is demanding clarification on Bondi's previous statement that the Epstein client list was sitting on her desk for review. More recently, a DOJ memo claimed that the list doesn't exist. Either Bondi was lying then, or the Justice Department is lying now. Senator Durbin wrote that the memo's claim about the list "contradicts public statements" that Bondi "repeatedly made." Not done there, Durbin also drew attention to problems with the "fully raw" footage that the administration released of the prison cell where Epstein allegedly committed suicide. "Public skepticism of the government's transparency in this matter has been needlessly increased due to your release of surveillance video from outside of Jeffrey Epstein's cell," wrote Durbin. "In fact, the footage was likely modified, according to the metadata embedded in the video.' He demanded an explanation for any modifications or edits made to the footage before its release. Images across bottom, from left to right: Dickinson Durbin, Pam Bondi, Donald Trump & Jeffrey Epstein together Durbin concluded by asked for answers by August 1st. "Prompt attention to this important matter is crucial to understanding the truth and preventing this administration's actions from causing greater harm," wrote the senator. The American people deserve the truth. Please like and share!
July 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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For far too many New Mexicans, including Navajo uranium miners and families, today's anniversary of the Trinity Test is a day marked by suffering, pain, and injustice. It serves as a solemn reminder o our government's failure, for eight long decades, to recognize and support the families who lived downwind of that first nuclear explosion and who ave borne its devastating consequences every day since For my entire time in Congress, I've been honored to fight alongside Trinity Downwinders and uranium workers to finally include all the New Mexicans exposed to radiation from the bomb's detonation in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. This year, we delivered Iong- overdue justice by expanding this legislation to cover downwinders across the entire state of New Mexico, increase benefits, and finally expand eligibility for uranium workers to include core drillers. MARTIN HEINRICH
July 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @R... 18h g .. The Trump admin sent an Irish tourist ir ICE custody to a federal prison that was easing beds to ICE, where he says "we were treated less than human Staff at the prison would throw his medicine on the ground rather thar deliver it to him in person 'We were treated less than human' rhomas said the conditions and treatment by BoP were worse than Ice detention: "They were not prepared for us whatsoever." He and other detainees were placed in an area with dirty mattresses, ockroaches and mice, where some bunkbeds lacked ladders, forcing people to climb to the top bed, he said. IoP didn`t seem to have enough clothes, said Thomas, who got a jumpsu but no shirt. The facility also gave him a pair of used, ripped underwear with rown stains. Some jumpsuits appeared to have bloodstains and holes, h added. Each detainee was given one toilet paper roll a week He shared a cell with another detainee, and he said they were only able to flush the toilet three times an hour. He was often freezing and was given only a thin blanket. The food was "disgusting slop", including some kind of mysterious meat that at imes appeared to have chunks of bones and other inedible items mixed in he said. He was frequently hungry "The staff didn't know why we were there and they were treating us exactl as they would treat BoP prisoners, and they told us that," Thomas said. "We were treated less than human." 1e and others requested medical visits, but were never seen by physicians re said: ""1 heard people crying for doctors, saying they couldn't breathe, an- taff would just say, 'Well, I'm not a doctor,' and walk away." He dic ventually receive the psychiatric medication he requested, but staff woulc throw his Dill .. dot his eolt door, and he'd sometimes have to search the floor to find it.
July 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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This isn't a warning about a distant future. It's a description of what's already underway. The infrastructure is operational. The legal framework is pliable. The political incentive to expand it grows with every manufactured crisis Daily life may feel untouched. Stores stay open. Screens glow. But the architecture of fear works quietly, adjusting the space in which people move, speak, and imagine what's possible. Its first targets are vulnerable. Its ultimate targets are anyone who resists Every new site, every court bypass, every data-sharing contract is more than a tool of immigration enforcement. It's a test of capacity and of consent. Once the system is in place, all it takes is a redefinition of who counts as a threat We must not accept this as necessary or normal, it's not Other countries offer a warning. In Turkey, Hungary, and India, detention infrastructure built for terrorists or border control now targets journalists, NGOs, and political opponents. The logic is consistent: first define an external threat, then redefine the internal enemy. The architecture stays the same. The categories shift Meanwhile, a growind share ot that architecture IS privately run Corporations like CoreCivic, GEO Group, and Palantir aren't just contractors. They're stakeholders in a detention economy that profits from expanded enforcement. Surveillance platforms, transport services, biometric databases, and mobile courts operate through public-private partnerships designed for scale and discretion. In this political economy, authoritarianism isn't just a threat to democracy. It's a business model The economic reality only sharpens the contradiction. The U.S. needs between one and two million new workers annually to replace retirees and meet labor demand. Yet legal immigration pathways cover barely half that. Instead of expanding them, the state pours money into walls and cells. The same system that depends on migrant labor criminalizes the people who provide it. That's not economic planning. It's narrative control And immigration law offers the perfect entry point. Unlike criminal law, it allows detention without trial, removal without a public hearing, and surveillance without probable cause. It operates in a legal gray zone, nominally administrative and functionally punitive, where due process is thinner and discretion broader. That flexibility makes it a powerful tool-not just for immigration enforcement, but for political containment. Recent purges of immigration judges under the Trump administration make this shift unmistakable. Dozens have been dismissed, forced into early retirement, or replaced with political loyalists. Some were let go without cause, including judges who had ruled independently or resisted pressure to accelerate deportations. The courts themselves are being hollowed out--less a venue for legal review than a formality. When adiudication is subordinated to executive preference, detention becomes not the outcome of law but its substitute. This isn't new. The U.S. has repeatedly used immigration law to police ideology and loyalty. Labor organizers, anarchists, and Japanese Americans were all detained or deported not for crimes, but for who they were and what they represented. The machinery doesn't need to change. It only needs to be turned inward. James Greenberg 10h. There's something fishy about the new detention centers being built that doesn't smell right. The numbers just don't add up, which leads me to suspect they aren't just about deportation. They're about building out the infrastructure of repression. They signal what the state can do and whom it can act upon. Trump has promised to deport millions. To make that seem plausible, he's ordering new facilities, converting military bases, and expanding enforcement budgets. But the numbers defy the narrative. With roughly 11 million undocumented residents in the U.S., even deporting a million people a year-a pace no administration has achieved-would take over a decade, assuming no new arrivals and no legal setbacks. This isn't policy. It's theater. But that theater leaves a real infrastructure behind Facilities built for mass deportation won't disappear if the plan falters. They'll| remain: beds, fences, biometric systems, mobile courts, transport fleets. These aren't temporary fixes. They're material investments in a model of governance built on threat classification and population control. Once in place, the system doesn't sit idle. It seeks new uses.
July 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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DWC DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CAUCUS of Inspector General conducted an investigation and found that the detention center violated and compromised the health, safety, and -ights of detainees." Richwood Correctional Center was found not to have a reliable system for detainees to file grievances and denied detainees the right to file medical grievances. How can women like lris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus seek justice and reconciliation il the facility refuses to permit a system of accountability In addition to the treatment of women in detention, we are deeply worried about the aggression ICE agents have shown when arresting people, particularly women. Earlier this month Cary Lopez a nine-months pregnant U.S. citizen was detained by agents in Harthorne while trying to protect her undocumented husband and co-worker on private property." Agents accused her of obstructing an arrest, despite her repeatedly stating she was pregnant and unable to resist. During the confrontation, she was shoved by an officer, falling to the ground . Following her release from ICE detention, Lopez was hospitalized for sharp pains and monitored due to concerns of her and her baby's well being, as her due date was only a week away. She was told agents would contact her regarding the obstruction allegations but received no documentation or citation related to the incident Over and over again, women are being mistreated by ICE, CBP, and contractors from detainment to detention. These horifying stories are the result of systemie neglect, crueity and policy failures that we must confront head-on. We demand answers, accountability, and action. Your administration cannot claim to `"protect women` when your agents are on vid eo ripping babies out of women 's arms and pushing them to the ground aggressively."" We request a response to the following questions within 60 days of rececipt: 1) What concrete and immediate steps will this administration take to protect the rights, health, and lives of women in dete… DWC DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CAUCUS procedures without proper informed consent." It was also reported that ICDC staff downplayed the health concerns from detainees. These reports were confirmed in an investigation in 2022. It is beyond our comprehension that women were unknowingly sterilized without their eonsent while in government custody. Although the facility was shut down, this was not an isolated case; rather, this is a consistent pattern perpetrated by this administration, We also know that this s an intentional action by the administration and not an unintended consequence to mass detention. In May, CBP quietly repealed protections for pregnant and postpartum women in custody, removing requirements for appropriate medical care, lactation accommodations and basic supplies likex diapers and baby formula. Your disregard for women's healch and safety is not just a one s6 time instance, the abuse and neglect are part of a larger, systemic failure to treat women with dignity, compassion, and basic medical care. In May 2025, Iris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus, a pregnant woman, was arrested in City, Tennessee and taken into ICE custody.? T hroughout her detainment, Monterroso-L_emus repeatedly requested medical care but was denied. Monterroso-Lemus reported experiencing pain and no fetal movement for three days, yet she was ignored. She told reporters on a phone cal, "They didn't give me medical attention- nowhere. Not in Louisiana, not in Alabama. I was in Alabama too, sleeping on the floorss After multiple transfers and too many pleas, she was finally admitted to a hospital on April 29th, where she delivered a stilborn baby. The doctors noted that her loss was a result of not receiving prenatal care the care she asked for repeatedly. In the same facility that Monterroso-Lemus was overlooked and neglected during her pregnancy pains multiple reports surfaced that highlighted Richwood's horific conditions. In 2020, the National Immigrant Justice Center alongside several ot… DWC DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CAUcUS DWNC DEMOCRATIC WOMENS CAUCUS July 16,2025 The Honorablc Kristi Nocm Secretary Department of Homeland Sccurity 2707 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE Washington, DC 20528-0525 The Honorable Joscph V. Cufari Inspector General Department of Homeland Security 245 Murray Lane SW Washington, DC 20528-0305 The Honorable Gene Dodaro U.S.Comptroller General Government Accountability Office 441 G St, NW Washington, DC 20548 Mr.Keith Deville Warden Richwood Correctional Center 180 Pine Bayou Circle Monroc, LA 71202 Dear Secretary Noem, Inspector Gencral Cuffari, Comptroller General Dodaro, and Mr, Deville: As members ofthe Democratic Women Caucus, we write with grave and urgent concern about the treatment of women in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. Too many disturbing storics bave emerged from women's interactions with IC E agents over the last few months- even elected officials have encountered aggressive, unprovoked, and unacceptable treatment." In addition to this aggression, we are deeply concemed about women's access to health care, especially maternal health care, in ICE detention The reported assaults, medical neglect, and overall mistreatment of women by ICE agents and contractors demands immediate and thorough oversight and accountability, and this abusc must stop immediately. We request an immediate and in-depth investigation into the violations against women while in ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. These accounts of abusc are horrifying but not new. In September 2020, during Trump's first term, a complaint was filed at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) regarding the unethical treatment of detainces at ICDC - medical neglect and a concerningly high rate of women undergoing gynecological ________________________________________ 'Catalini, M. (2025, Jume 25), New Jersey Democratic Rep. McIver released on recognance on federal assault charges.AP News. https://apnews.com/article/lamo… The Below text us large and superimposed one the first page of the letter. This effect is not reproduced below. "Disregard for women's health and safety is not just a one time instance, the abuse and neglect are part of a larger, systemic failure to treat women with dignity, compassion, and basic medical care."
July 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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St. Paul's Rock Creek 20h. **Urgent Help Needed for Babies and Children** St. Paul's is responding to an urgent request from *Justicia Alimentaria/Food Justice DMV*, a program serving thousands of immigrant families across the DC area. Right now, they're caring for **100 babies and young children** whose parents have been detained, deported, or abducted. **Here's how you can help:* We are collecting: **Similac Advance powdered infant formula** **Diapers (sizes 2-6)** Because these items are expensive and can't be reused, we're focusing our donations on **formula and diapers only**. """ **Deadline: Sunday, July 20** Drop off at **St. Paul's Episcopal Church**, 201 Allison St NW D Weekdays before 2:00 PM or during worship on Sunday ESD Can't shop? We'll shop for you! Make a donation and write "**Babies **" in the memo line of your check. or send funds through our online donation portal: https://onrealm.org/StPaulsRockCreek/-/form/give/ GLHOXNRDDI Select "special offering" and write "baby" in the memo.
July 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Kerr County did not opt for ARPA to fund flood warning systems despite commissioners discussing such projects nearly two dozen times since 2016. In fact, a survey sent to residents about ARPA spending showed that 42% of the 180 responses wanted to reject the $10 million bonus altogether, largely on political grounds. "I'm here to ask this court today to send this money back to the Biden administration, which I consider to be the most criminal treasonous communist government ever to hold the White House,' one resident told commissioners in April 2022, fearing strings were attached to the money. "We don't want to be bought by the federal government, thank you very much," another resident told commissioners. "We'd like the federal government to stay out of Kerr County and their money."
July 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie Some ofy'all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk SO it looked normal. Regulations don't exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
July 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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INTRODUCTION 2 3 1. This lawsuit seeks to enjoin Defendants' ongoing pattern and practice of flouting the Constitution and federal law in connection with ongoing immigration raids in the Los Angeles area. 4 E 2. inice carly June, this District has been under siege. Masked federal 6 agents, sometimes dressed in military-style clothing, have conducted indiscriminate 7 immigration operations, flooding street corners, bus stops, parking lots, agricultural 8 sites, day laborer corners, and other places, setting up checkpoints, and entering businesses, interrogating residents as they are working, looking for work, or otherwise trying to go about their daily lives, and taking people away. 10 12 3. The raids in this District follow a common, systematic pattern. Individuals with brown skin are approached or pulled aside by unidenti fied federal agents, suddenly and with a show of force, and made to answer questions about who they are and where they are from. If they hesitate, attempt to leave, or do not answer |the questions to the satisfaction of the agents, they are detained, sometimes tackled handcuffed, and/or taken into custody. In these interactions, agents typically have no prior information about the individual and no warrant of any kind. If agents make an arrest, contrary to fedcral law, they do not make any determination of whether a person poses a risk of flight before a warrant can be obtained. Also contrary to federal law, the agents do not identify themselves or explain why the individual is |being arrested 13 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4. rther, apparently to accommodate the sharp rise in arrests, the government has resorted to keeping individuals at what is supposed to be a short: term processing center and ICE basement holding area in downtown Los Angeles, known as ""B-18," often for days. In these dungeon-like facilities, conditions are |deplorable and unconstitutional. The government has also unlawfully deprived those arrested of …
July 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Cruz inserted language into the Republicans' "big beautiful" reconciliation bill, prior to its signing by Donald Trump on Friday, that eliminates a $150m fund to "accelerate advances and improvements in research, observation systems modeling, forecasting, assessments and dissemination ofinformation to the public" around weather forecasting.
July 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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"Of course, organizers make genuine mistakes that political hobbyists may react to, but the fact is, making mistakes is a consequence of trying. The more you take action, the more errors and missteps you will make along the way. A person who has attempted nothing can easily point to the fact that they have never failed, but what have they built? What have they healed?"  Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba. 
July 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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IMPORTANT USC law students have started a hotline for people to call when they have an immigration-related court hearing but don't want to show up in person for fear of being arrested/ detained by ICE outside the courthouse. The students will help people complete and submit a "Motion to Change Hearing Format," which can allow someone to have a remote/online hearing instead of in- person. hotline # is (888) 462-521 1 They can help in English or Spanish
July 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Twitter/X post Maura Healey 2h. On the same day Donald Trump signed his disastrous budget into law,I also signed mine. Here's what's in it. Maura Healey @maura_healey The budget I just signed into law: Makes regional transit free Continues to fund free school meals Keeps community college cost-free Increases financial aid at state schools Supports veterans services Lowers child care costs Funds early literacy programs Invests in roads, bridges, and public transportation Saves renters thousands of dollars by eliminating broker's fees We're continuing to protect what makes Massachusetts so special, while focusing on lowering costs and moving our economy forward.
July 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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"(g) REGULATIONS.-_The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary to prevent reclassification of income as qualified tips, includ- ing regulations or other guidance to prevent abuse of the deduction allowed by this section. Section (h) TERMINATION is highligted: (h) TERMINATION.--No_ deduction shall be allowed under this section for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2028." 1 (b) DEDUCTION ALLOWED TO NON-ITEMIZERS.---Sec- tion 63(b) is amended by strilking "and" at the end of para: graph (3), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting ", and", and by adding at the-end the following new paragraph: <(5) the deduction provided in section 224.", LTTT A govinfo.gov
July 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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MAGA lawmaker begs Wisconsin's Democratic governor to protect constituents from megabill Thus part is highlighted: [Rep. Derrick Van Orden urgently called on Wisconsin's Democratic governor to help protect rural hospitals from the GOP megabill - which Van Orden backed,] Jul. 3, 2025, 5:43 PM EDT by Ja'han Jones | MSNBC Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin wrote a letter urging his state's Democratic gov- ernor to take steps to protect rural hospitals from the fallout of Republicans' widely reviled budget bill - which Van Orden voted for. Van Orden's urgent letter, which was dated Wednesday ahead of the bill's Thursday pas- sage, added to the list of Republicans who have effectively acknowledged the legitimacy of wide- spread fears that Republicans' Trump-backed budget will harm some of the most vulnerable Americans - even as many Republicans have suggested it won't.
July 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM