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Shout out to Pennsylvania State Senator Amanda Cappelletti for introducing the bill “No Secret Police: Unmask ICE” into the Senate. The atrocities being committed by the Regime’s secret police continue to mount, but Senator Cappelletti is doing something about it.
www.palegis.us/legislation/...
www.palegis.us/legislation/...
www.palegis.us
November 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Shout out to Pennsylvania State Senator Amanda Cappelletti for introducing the bill “No Secret Police: Unmask ICE” into the Senate. The atrocities being committed by the Regime’s secret police continue to mount, but Senator Cappelletti is doing something about it.
www.palegis.us/legislation/...
www.palegis.us/legislation/...
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Nestled up against the steps of City Hall in LA is a large placard with missing posters for the recently disappeared in the city.
July 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Nestled up against the steps of City Hall in LA is a large placard with missing posters for the recently disappeared in the city.
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Vast spending plus effectively zero oversight is going to mean huge huge corruption boltsmag.org/how-the-gop-...
How the GOP Megabill Would Turbocharge Local Immigration Enforcement - Bolts
Congress is poised to pour tens of billions of dollars into more immigration detention, private jails, and border operations, plus new ICE partnerships with local police and sheriffs.
boltsmag.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Vast spending plus effectively zero oversight is going to mean huge huge corruption boltsmag.org/how-the-gop-...
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History rhyming 🧵
From July 26, 1933 edition of NY Times. These three stories run side by side.
1. National Socialists open new prison
From July 26, 1933 edition of NY Times. These three stories run side by side.
1. National Socialists open new prison
July 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
History rhyming 🧵
From July 26, 1933 edition of NY Times. These three stories run side by side.
1. National Socialists open new prison
From July 26, 1933 edition of NY Times. These three stories run side by side.
1. National Socialists open new prison
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The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech.
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory
The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
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The one (1) moderate who voted against the bill
July 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The one (1) moderate who voted against the bill
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If you say that America is poised to institutionalize a police state - that the reality of concentration camps and regularized disappearances will become an ongoing facet of life - you'll still receive eye-rolls and clucked tongues. But that is not a possibility of this budget, it is the purpose.
this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
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.
June 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you say that America is poised to institutionalize a police state - that the reality of concentration camps and regularized disappearances will become an ongoing facet of life - you'll still receive eye-rolls and clucked tongues. But that is not a possibility of this budget, it is the purpose.
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The “60 Minutes” team is aghast after Shari Redstone’s payout to Donald Trump—revealing how an autocratic-behaving president can wield the power of the office to make even America’s most iconic news broadcast bleed.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
‘60’s’ Hardest Hour
The “60 Minutes” team is aghast after Shari Redstone’s payout to Donald Trump—revealing how an autocratic-behaving president can wield the power of the office to make even America’s most iconic news b...
www.status.news
July 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The “60 Minutes” team is aghast after Shari Redstone’s payout to Donald Trump—revealing how an autocratic-behaving president can wield the power of the office to make even America’s most iconic news broadcast bleed.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
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“Palestinians arriving at the sites say they are caught between Israeli and American fire, said the contractor who shared videos with the AP.”
The U.S. essentially has boots on the ground in Gaza already committing war crimes. But they’re ostensibly there to deliver aid.
The U.S. essentially has boots on the ground in Gaza already committing war crimes. But they’re ostensibly there to deliver aid.
US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza
American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Asso...
apnews.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“Palestinians arriving at the sites say they are caught between Israeli and American fire, said the contractor who shared videos with the AP.”
The U.S. essentially has boots on the ground in Gaza already committing war crimes. But they’re ostensibly there to deliver aid.
The U.S. essentially has boots on the ground in Gaza already committing war crimes. But they’re ostensibly there to deliver aid.
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And for the life of me, I can't convince my mom, aunt & uncle and siblings of this 👇👇👇 no matter how hard I try.
July 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
And for the life of me, I can't convince my mom, aunt & uncle and siblings of this 👇👇👇 no matter how hard I try.
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“I was shocked to see one of the nurses...carrying my daughter… she was dead.”
Dr. Khaled Hamouda, a surgeon from Gaza, lost 12 members of his family in Israeli airstrikes intentionally meant to target his home.
Watch ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ at gazadoctors.film
Dr. Khaled Hamouda, a surgeon from Gaza, lost 12 members of his family in Israeli airstrikes intentionally meant to target his home.
Watch ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ at gazadoctors.film
July 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“I was shocked to see one of the nurses...carrying my daughter… she was dead.”
Dr. Khaled Hamouda, a surgeon from Gaza, lost 12 members of his family in Israeli airstrikes intentionally meant to target his home.
Watch ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ at gazadoctors.film
Dr. Khaled Hamouda, a surgeon from Gaza, lost 12 members of his family in Israeli airstrikes intentionally meant to target his home.
Watch ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ at gazadoctors.film
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This was today. Fitzpatrick is currently one of 4 voting against the rule. Pressure works. Don’t let up.
Here's the view of the DIE-IN in front of Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick's office building in PA-01, as seen from above.
We want him to VOTE NO on Trump's Billionaire Bailout Budget Bill!
Thank you to Ava Redmond for her drone work!
We want him to VOTE NO on Trump's Billionaire Bailout Budget Bill!
Thank you to Ava Redmond for her drone work!
July 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This was today. Fitzpatrick is currently one of 4 voting against the rule. Pressure works. Don’t let up.
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Are you crafty? Wanting to help the cause?
Consider helping our likeminded friends at The Disappeared. They're creating a quilting project designed to bring attention to immigrant rights in the U.S.
Consider helping our likeminded friends at The Disappeared. They're creating a quilting project designed to bring attention to immigrant rights in the U.S.
UPDATE,
We have extended the deadline for quilt squres to August 20, as per requests for extra time. That will include more people. Please join us. There are many ways to create a square, and you don't need to sew.
Contact
witnessmpp@gmail.com for details and submission info
We have extended the deadline for quilt squres to August 20, as per requests for extra time. That will include more people. Please join us. There are many ways to create a square, and you don't need to sew.
Contact
witnessmpp@gmail.com for details and submission info
July 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are you crafty? Wanting to help the cause?
Consider helping our likeminded friends at The Disappeared. They're creating a quilting project designed to bring attention to immigrant rights in the U.S.
Consider helping our likeminded friends at The Disappeared. They're creating a quilting project designed to bring attention to immigrant rights in the U.S.
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The people want trains. Folks should be able to take a high speed train from Binghamton to Bowling Green. From Mobile to Madison. From Pittsburgh to Portland. Don’t build detention camps. Build trains.
Build it
July 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The people want trains. Folks should be able to take a high speed train from Binghamton to Bowling Green. From Mobile to Madison. From Pittsburgh to Portland. Don’t build detention camps. Build trains.
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Rep. Dean: "The senators voted on this not knowing exactly what was in the bill. I bet they loved the part about no sales tax on silencers. Really, folks? We want to make silencers more plentiful in this country at the behest of the representative who owns gun stores? Conflicts of interest abound."
July 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Rep. Dean: "The senators voted on this not knowing exactly what was in the bill. I bet they loved the part about no sales tax on silencers. Really, folks? We want to make silencers more plentiful in this country at the behest of the representative who owns gun stores? Conflicts of interest abound."
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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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Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush deliver rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono held back tears as he recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell on Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
apnews.com/article/obam...
apnews.com/article/obam...
Bush, Obama and a tearful Bono fault Trump's gutting of USAID on agency's last day
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration in an emotional video farewell with staffers of the U.S.
apnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush deliver rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono held back tears as he recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell on Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
apnews.com/article/obam...
apnews.com/article/obam...
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Today, Karoline Leavitt stood and lied, again. She claimed Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” delivers the largest tax cuts in history.
But wait a damn minute. That’s a lie.
@katiephang.bsky.social breaks it down, plus what we can do to stop this bill!
Watch. Share. Take action.
#WePersist #voteno
But wait a damn minute. That’s a lie.
@katiephang.bsky.social breaks it down, plus what we can do to stop this bill!
Watch. Share. Take action.
#WePersist #voteno
July 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Today, Karoline Leavitt stood and lied, again. She claimed Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” delivers the largest tax cuts in history.
But wait a damn minute. That’s a lie.
@katiephang.bsky.social breaks it down, plus what we can do to stop this bill!
Watch. Share. Take action.
#WePersist #voteno
But wait a damn minute. That’s a lie.
@katiephang.bsky.social breaks it down, plus what we can do to stop this bill!
Watch. Share. Take action.
#WePersist #voteno
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Yeah it’s all fine
NEW: Tucked inside the GOP mega-bill is an excise tax for solar and wind.
And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why.
"I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why.
"I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators
"I don't know where it came from," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.
www.nbcnews.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Yeah it’s all fine
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The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
June 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
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No refuge for the persecuted.
ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution - Christianity Today
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.
www.christianitytoday.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
No refuge for the persecuted.
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Please share this. Friends of the Everglades are organizing a protest to stop Alligator Alcatraz. Join us we have coalition members traveling overnight to be there by morning.
Where: Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, 54575 Tamiami Trail
When: Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, 54575 Tamiami Trail
When: Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
June 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Please share this. Friends of the Everglades are organizing a protest to stop Alligator Alcatraz. Join us we have coalition members traveling overnight to be there by morning.
Where: Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, 54575 Tamiami Trail
When: Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, 54575 Tamiami Trail
When: Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Places where your newborn children are (for now) automatic citizens of the United States:
CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NV, NY, NC, RI, VT, WI, City of San Francisco
In every other state, the Republican Party has stolen birthright citizenship from your newborn children.
CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NV, NY, NC, RI, VT, WI, City of San Francisco
In every other state, the Republican Party has stolen birthright citizenship from your newborn children.
The upshot of this decision, for now, seems to be exactly the crazy patchwork scenario we were warned about:
- the lower-court injunctions continue to protect the parties (immigrant orgs, individuals and 22 states) from Trump's EO
- the EO can (and will) be enforced in the other 28 states
- the lower-court injunctions continue to protect the parties (immigrant orgs, individuals and 22 states) from Trump's EO
- the EO can (and will) be enforced in the other 28 states
June 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Places where your newborn children are (for now) automatic citizens of the United States:
CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NV, NY, NC, RI, VT, WI, City of San Francisco
In every other state, the Republican Party has stolen birthright citizenship from your newborn children.
CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NV, NY, NC, RI, VT, WI, City of San Francisco
In every other state, the Republican Party has stolen birthright citizenship from your newborn children.