@nikifi.bsky.social
Exhausted American, but still driving. When you give up, they win.
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Might be a good idea for Dem controlled state and local governments to hold hearings now about what the big, ugly bill and cuts to FEMA, NOAA, HHS/NIH, etc are going to do to their communities.
Our electeds have a responsibility to inform the public about what is coming now. Particularly 👇
Our electeds have a responsibility to inform the public about what is coming now. Particularly 👇
July 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Might be a good idea for Dem controlled state and local governments to hold hearings now about what the big, ugly bill and cuts to FEMA, NOAA, HHS/NIH, etc are going to do to their communities.
Our electeds have a responsibility to inform the public about what is coming now. Particularly 👇
Our electeds have a responsibility to inform the public about what is coming now. Particularly 👇
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It seems Stephen Miller and Vought somehow amassed power, in the vacuum of zero checks and balances.
≈ $170 billion new #ice #immigration enforcement dollars.
cc @hcrichardson.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov
It seems Stephen Miller and Vought somehow amassed power, in the vacuum of zero checks and balances.
≈ $170 billion new #ice #immigration enforcement dollars.
cc @hcrichardson.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov
Trump got $170 billion for immigration. Now he has to enact it.
Even with new cash, ICE could face challenges to meet the White House’s goal of 1 million annual deportations.
www.politico.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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It seems Stephen Miller and Vought somehow amassed power, in the vacuum of zero checks and balances.
≈ $170 billion new #ice #immigration enforcement dollars.
cc @hcrichardson.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov
It seems Stephen Miller and Vought somehow amassed power, in the vacuum of zero checks and balances.
≈ $170 billion new #ice #immigration enforcement dollars.
cc @hcrichardson.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov
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🔥🔥🔥 Trump’s America, immigration court yesterday. People arriving for their scheduled court dates, to do the right thing, randomly grabbed out of the courtroom ripped from their families and children and violently arrested by masked men, and disappeared. #July4th
July 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🔥🔥🔥 Trump’s America, immigration court yesterday. People arriving for their scheduled court dates, to do the right thing, randomly grabbed out of the courtroom ripped from their families and children and violently arrested by masked men, and disappeared. #July4th
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“By deploying the Civil Rights Act against the very people it was created to protect, conservatives hope to get as close to their ultimate goal as possible: repealing it.” @nhannahjones.bsky.social — indispensable as always — in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“By deploying the Civil Rights Act against the very people it was created to protect, conservatives hope to get as close to their ultimate goal as possible: repealing it.” @nhannahjones.bsky.social — indispensable as always — in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
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The illegitimate Supreme Court has just granted the Trump regime approval to banish people to war-torn South Sudan where they could face imprisonment, torture and even death.
This entire government is run by billionaire-owned white supremacists hellbent on replacing democracy with a fascist regime.
This entire government is run by billionaire-owned white supremacists hellbent on replacing democracy with a fascist regime.
Supreme Court clears way for deportation to South Sudan of several immigrants with no ties there
The Supreme Court is clearing the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have no ties.
apnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The illegitimate Supreme Court has just granted the Trump regime approval to banish people to war-torn South Sudan where they could face imprisonment, torture and even death.
This entire government is run by billionaire-owned white supremacists hellbent on replacing democracy with a fascist regime.
This entire government is run by billionaire-owned white supremacists hellbent on replacing democracy with a fascist regime.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia was tortured at CECOT.
He was subjected to severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture; forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM; and threatened with transfer to the cells with gang members who would "tear" him apart.
He was subjected to severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture; forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM; and threatened with transfer to the cells with gang members who would "tear" him apart.
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland.
Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”
Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”
July 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was tortured at CECOT.
He was subjected to severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture; forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM; and threatened with transfer to the cells with gang members who would "tear" him apart.
He was subjected to severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture; forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM; and threatened with transfer to the cells with gang members who would "tear" him apart.
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White House Shares Meme of Trump with Alligators Wearing ICE Hats
Trump administration celebrates threatening migrants with death by alligator
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
Trump administration celebrates threatening migrants with death by alligator
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
White House Shares Meme of Trump with Alligators Wearing ICE Hats
Trump administration celebrates threatening migrants with death by alligator
meidasnews.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
White House Shares Meme of Trump with Alligators Wearing ICE Hats
Trump administration celebrates threatening migrants with death by alligator
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
Trump administration celebrates threatening migrants with death by alligator
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
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If voters are horrified, they cannot forget that Rs are solely responsible for the cruelest, most destructive, and most inhumane bill in decades. ..The bill now moves to the House, where every Republican who votes for this cruel compact will soon face the wrath of voters.
Republicans refuse to admit that they are hurting ordinary, hard-working Americans... To do otherwise would be confession of their inhumanity. ..MAGA politicians convince themselves those who rely on vital benefits are unfit and undeserving. Republicans dub them “rats” or “vermin” or “murderers.”
their greatest moral failure is arguably not lack of courage but rather lack of empathy. They simply do not care about the pain they are inflicting on others.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
July 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
If voters are horrified, they cannot forget that Rs are solely responsible for the cruelest, most destructive, and most inhumane bill in decades. ..The bill now moves to the House, where every Republican who votes for this cruel compact will soon face the wrath of voters.
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Given how much money is in this bill for ICE, we have created the secret police force necessary for him to do this.
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Given how much money is in this bill for ICE, we have created the secret police force necessary for him to do this.
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I can tell you that NONE of my Florida neighbors are happy about this.
June 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I can tell you that NONE of my Florida neighbors are happy about this.
Just call them what they are: concentration camps. Despicable.
July 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Just call them what they are: concentration camps. Despicable.
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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How was Joe Biden forced out of a presidential race for a disastrous debate and for looking frail and for confusing names, but this man, one of the most ignorant men to ever be elected to any office, allowed to continue on as president and treated as a normal, serious leader??
Trump: "Enrichment doesn't mean, like, air conditioning, and it doesn't mean to jack up your car. Enrichment is a bad word."
June 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How was Joe Biden forced out of a presidential race for a disastrous debate and for looking frail and for confusing names, but this man, one of the most ignorant men to ever be elected to any office, allowed to continue on as president and treated as a normal, serious leader??
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ICE “bounty hunters” dressed like they’re in a war zone to detain day laborers and a lady selling tacos at a Home Depot in Cypress Park this morning.
I’m so sick of these punks!
I’m so sick of these punks!
July 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
ICE “bounty hunters” dressed like they’re in a war zone to detain day laborers and a lady selling tacos at a Home Depot in Cypress Park this morning.
I’m so sick of these punks!
I’m so sick of these punks!
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Corruption is the brand
NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Corruption is the brand
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The Trump regime has created a system to search national citizenship data. Tools like this are used by authoritarian regimes to surveil people, suppress voters, and punish dissenters. This is another alarming and likely illegal development.
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
www.npr.org
June 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Trump regime has created a system to search national citizenship data. Tools like this are used by authoritarian regimes to surveil people, suppress voters, and punish dissenters. This is another alarming and likely illegal development.
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And the NIH budget gets cut by approx 40%…hope that GOP voters are happy with less cancer & Alzheimer’s research & more kidnappings 😤
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
And the NIH budget gets cut by approx 40%…hope that GOP voters are happy with less cancer & Alzheimer’s research & more kidnappings 😤
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I urge my Republican colleagues to listen to what they would be voting for: drastic cuts to Medicaid, increased costs for working Americans, and skyrocketing deficits.
Senate Dems Force EVERY WORD in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill to be Read on the Floor Before Vote
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I urge my Republican colleagues to listen to what they would be voting for: drastic cuts to Medicaid, increased costs for working Americans, and skyrocketing deficits.