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ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
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April 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Oh of course!
March 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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"IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA"

"in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."

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IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
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March 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Three updates:
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.
February 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Now, the USPS is preparing to push back as Trump moves to dissolve its leadership and bring the independent agency under his administration’s control. America, this cannot be allowed—protecting the USPS is essential.

Please share this and call Congress.
February 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@snowrebecca.bsky.social hey, chickie😘
January 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Everyone please make this your temporary profile or cover pic on January 6th. Share the hashtags
#Jan6th #insurrection
#NEVERFORGETJAN6TH
January 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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No one on the right side of History thinks he didn’t participate because we know he organized it
January 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I have now seen the Ann Telnaes cartoon of Jeff Bezos's supplication before Donald Trump more often today than I've seen any other cartoon during the entire rest of the year.

So, well played, Washington Post.
January 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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RFK Jr’s long history of conspiracy theories, reckless disregard for public health, and racist, crazy ideology make him among the most dangerous of Trump's cabinet picks. He is unfit to lead our HHS.
December 13, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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".. He has said the mission of Tesla, which is the largest maker of electric cars in the U.S., is to 'protect life on Earth.' Yet across his business empire, Musk’s companies show a pattern of breaking environmental rules again and again .."

@wsj.com $TSLA
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As Musk Assumes Deregulation Role, Tesla Racks Up Pollution Violations
The EV maker’s Texas Gigafactory ran afoul of environmental overseers, with a faulty furnace door and hazardous wastewater.
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November 25, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Good morning! Happy to be here.
November 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM