RealBS
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Progressive |Pro-Business | Hotelier | USMC | Polisci | Former Journalist
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No. The Medicaid portals were shut down because the OMB demanded they be. They’re only back up because of the outcry. I’d tell you to stop lying but we know that’s a feature of this administration.
January 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
No. The Medicaid portals were shut down because the OMB demanded they be. They’re only back up because of the outcry. I’d tell you to stop lying but we know that’s a feature of this administration.
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NYT reporting mass immigrant ICE raids have begun in Chicago.
I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.
No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...
I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.
No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...
Trump's Mass Anti-Immigrant Raids to Begin
Here are action items to protect your immigrant neighbors, answers to common FAQs, and insights to debunk anti-immigrant propaganda
www.qasimrashid.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NYT reporting mass immigrant ICE raids have begun in Chicago.
I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.
No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...
I'm an immigrant & Chicago based human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, actions to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate.
No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...
Oh good, more proof-of-grift for the MAGA folks to ignore.
January 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Oh good, more proof-of-grift for the MAGA folks to ignore.
That'll show em 🤣
ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do
January 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
That'll show em 🤣
The "coalition" bit had me 🤣💀
Take a moment and get your head around the fact that this person is an immigration lawyer with the phrase “protector of immigrants” in her bio, just now coming to terms with the anti-Indian racism of the Republican Party. Embarrassingly ignorant. 
December 28, 2024 at 9:01 PM
The "coalition" bit had me 🤣💀
I wouldn't go so far as to say causation, but it's not a coincidence either.
And it's been going on so long, good luck distinguishing the chicken from the egg.
And it's been going on so long, good luck distinguishing the chicken from the egg.
November 21, 2024 at 10:01 PM
I wouldn't go so far as to say causation, but it's not a coincidence either.
And it's been going on so long, good luck distinguishing the chicken from the egg.
And it's been going on so long, good luck distinguishing the chicken from the egg.
MAGA playbook in a nutshell...
This is big news for governance. Vought is a radical.
Russ Vought has been nominated as Trump's budget chief. The Office of Management and Budget is incredibly important, and I have been tracking Vought for years, so here is a primer.
1. If you have heard the term "weaponization" of govt, you can than Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...
1. If you have heard the term "weaponization" of govt, you can than Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...
November 21, 2024 at 9:40 PM
MAGA playbook in a nutshell...
Different verse, same as the first.
My God. Matt Gaetz nominated as Attorney General.
November 14, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Different verse, same as the first.
welp
November 14, 2024 at 5:54 PM
welp
Learned something new today:
1 in 15 US residents live in a household with at least one undocumented immigrant. If Trump gets his way, he'll be deporting 1 person per every 15 households. Let that sink in.
1 in 15 US residents live in a household with at least one undocumented immigrant. If Trump gets his way, he'll be deporting 1 person per every 15 households. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Learned something new today:
1 in 15 US residents live in a household with at least one undocumented immigrant. If Trump gets his way, he'll be deporting 1 person per every 15 households. Let that sink in.
1 in 15 US residents live in a household with at least one undocumented immigrant. If Trump gets his way, he'll be deporting 1 person per every 15 households. Let that sink in.
Someone quoted this Turkish proverb to me today in reference to Trump and his voters, and it's spot on.
But let's not act like we're not just choosing between axes.
But let's not act like we're not just choosing between axes.
November 13, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Someone quoted this Turkish proverb to me today in reference to Trump and his voters, and it's spot on.
But let's not act like we're not just choosing between axes.
But let's not act like we're not just choosing between axes.
Very telling that there's broad support for progressive policies, but not progressives. That's the penalty we get for caring about basic human rights and dignity, and not being afraid to speak on it.
November 12, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Very telling that there's broad support for progressive policies, but not progressives. That's the penalty we get for caring about basic human rights and dignity, and not being afraid to speak on it.
Just made the exodus from Twitter. What's good?
November 12, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Just made the exodus from Twitter. What's good?