PamRak
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Hours after ICE became the highest federal law enforcement agency in America history (and likely in world history), the Supreme Court lifts the last obstacle to ICE deporting people to any random country around the world, even in conflict zones or where migrants are enslaved.
Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor & Jackson (and a rare concurrence from Justice Kagan), #SCOTUS "clarifies" that its 6/23 ruling staying a district court's injunction against third-country removals *also* applies to the district court's later order requiring a remedy for those already removed:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hours after ICE became the highest federal law enforcement agency in America history (and likely in world history), the Supreme Court lifts the last obstacle to ICE deporting people to any random country around the world, even in conflict zones or where migrants are enslaved.
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Trump and Republicans in Congress are trying to pull off one of the biggest heists in U.S. history.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is robbery, plain and simple.
And it’s being committed by the billionaire class and the politicians they put into office.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is robbery, plain and simple.
And it’s being committed by the billionaire class and the politicians they put into office.
July 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Trump and Republicans in Congress are trying to pull off one of the biggest heists in U.S. history.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is robbery, plain and simple.
And it’s being committed by the billionaire class and the politicians they put into office.
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is robbery, plain and simple.
And it’s being committed by the billionaire class and the politicians they put into office.
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House and Senate Ds fought like hell. There was nothing else to do. They left it all on the field. They need more #'s. Sweep the R's who perpetrated this horror on America out in 2026. Nothing else in politics matters.
July 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
House and Senate Ds fought like hell. There was nothing else to do. They left it all on the field. They need more #'s. Sweep the R's who perpetrated this horror on America out in 2026. Nothing else in politics matters.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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I 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 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I 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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Jeffries: "You got some people in the town who go to church and pray on Sunday, and then they come to Congress and prey on the American people. I'm not down with that kind of faith. That's not the faith that comes out of the Gospel."
July 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Jeffries: "You got some people in the town who go to church and pray on Sunday, and then they come to Congress and prey on the American people. I'm not down with that kind of faith. That's not the faith that comes out of the Gospel."
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Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
July 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
They just lie.
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Jeffries says he "still has a lot to say" (it's pretty clear he's going for the record for longest Magic Minute speech)
July 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Jeffries says he "still has a lot to say" (it's pretty clear he's going for the record for longest Magic Minute speech)
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Mr. President, you love playing the schoolyard bully but, at age 79, it’s time to cut it out. It’s one thing to steal one kid’s lunch money, but your bill STEALS LUNCH MONEY FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS. Now, that’s real ugly.
July 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Mr. President, you love playing the schoolyard bully but, at age 79, it’s time to cut it out. It’s one thing to steal one kid’s lunch money, but your bill STEALS LUNCH MONEY FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS. Now, that’s real ugly.
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July 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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This decision that just came out explains in part why I said that the recent SCOTUS ruling ending lower-court nationwide injunctions would hurt many but might not achieve the ends Trump wants.
That we already have a court issuing a sweeping class protection shows that this issue is not over at all.
That we already have a court issuing a sweeping class protection shows that this issue is not over at all.
July 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This decision that just came out explains in part why I said that the recent SCOTUS ruling ending lower-court nationwide injunctions would hurt many but might not achieve the ends Trump wants.
That we already have a court issuing a sweeping class protection shows that this issue is not over at all.
That we already have a court issuing a sweeping class protection shows that this issue is not over at all.
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It’s a cult.
Mike Johnson: "All of us have to give up on our personal preferences."
July 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It’s a cult.
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McGovern: "So I say to my Republican colleagues -- what's wrong with you people? In this bill you provide a $2 billion tax break for gun silencers, but you cut SNAP benefits for vulnerable families. Jesus Christ!"
July 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
McGovern: "So I say to my Republican colleagues -- what's wrong with you people? In this bill you provide a $2 billion tax break for gun silencers, but you cut SNAP benefits for vulnerable families. Jesus Christ!"
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July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."
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Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.
July 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.
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My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
July 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
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McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet."
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
July 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet."
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
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US Senators sacrificing the health benefits and freedoms and wellness for millions around the fifty states in return for help for a few thousand in your own state is the height of corrupt leadership. no integrity.
July 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
US Senators sacrificing the health benefits and freedoms and wellness for millions around the fifty states in return for help for a few thousand in your own state is the height of corrupt leadership. no integrity.
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Says the awful senator who didn’t need to inflict pain on millions of Americans. At least have the decency to resign. Hoping the House undoes your own vote is the most pathetic, demented defense I have ever heard www.axios.com/2025/07/01/l...
Sen. Murkowski on big beautiful bill: "This has been an awful process"
The Alaska Republican isn't exactly thrilled with the current version of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
www.axios.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Says the awful senator who didn’t need to inflict pain on millions of Americans. At least have the decency to resign. Hoping the House undoes your own vote is the most pathetic, demented defense I have ever heard www.axios.com/2025/07/01/l...
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Senate Ds did fight every step of way, made the bill toxic, forced Tillis to retire, made them vote in broad daylight as bill got worse, nixed some truly awful parts. They need more members. In 2026, vote out every R. That is what the lesson is here.
July 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Senate Ds did fight every step of way, made the bill toxic, forced Tillis to retire, made them vote in broad daylight as bill got worse, nixed some truly awful parts. They need more members. In 2026, vote out every R. That is what the lesson is here.
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Fuck Lisa Murkowski.
July 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Fuck Lisa Murkowski.
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The votes are slowing down.
They don’t have a bill.
Still issues with Parl.
Still disagreeing in caucus.
Still fighting with House.
Still no final language.
They don’t have a bill.
Still issues with Parl.
Still disagreeing in caucus.
Still fighting with House.
Still no final language.
July 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The votes are slowing down.
They don’t have a bill.
Still issues with Parl.
Still disagreeing in caucus.
Still fighting with House.
Still no final language.
They don’t have a bill.
Still issues with Parl.
Still disagreeing in caucus.
Still fighting with House.
Still no final language.