Ricky Weina
@rweina47.bsky.social
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Wisco -> Chi -> NY
Wisco -> Chi -> NY
Easy to forget what inspiring political messaging can do these days
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Easy to forget what inspiring political messaging can do these days
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a person is playing with red balls in a room
ALT: a person is playing with red balls in a room
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October 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Lawler is an embarrassment to NY
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries get into it outside a news conference at the Capitol
(video via Rachel Schilke)
(video via Rachel Schilke)
October 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Lawler is an embarrassment to NY
"They was terrified. The kids was crying... bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human?
One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"
One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"
“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"They was terrified. The kids was crying... bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human?
One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"
One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"
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"They put her in hand shackles & leg shackles...She had tears streaming down her face, & one of the ICE agents pulled out his cell phone, laughing, & took a selfie."
This is the sort of sadistic racism that Farage & Reform want for the UK.
www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
This is the sort of sadistic racism that Farage & Reform want for the UK.
www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
Los Angeles man demands answers after wife was detained at scheduled green card meeting
A man is speaking out and asking for help after his wife was detained by federal agents at the end of a scheduled green card hearing in downtown Los Angeles in early September.
www.cbsnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"They put her in hand shackles & leg shackles...She had tears streaming down her face, & one of the ICE agents pulled out his cell phone, laughing, & took a selfie."
This is the sort of sadistic racism that Farage & Reform want for the UK.
www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
This is the sort of sadistic racism that Farage & Reform want for the UK.
www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
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It’s funny, we never get those anguished “but how will I explain this to my child?” posts when it’s armed goons violently snatching people off the street.
They save that for the real horrors, like someone having two dads.
They save that for the real horrors, like someone having two dads.
August 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It’s funny, we never get those anguished “but how will I explain this to my child?” posts when it’s armed goons violently snatching people off the street.
They save that for the real horrors, like someone having two dads.
They save that for the real horrors, like someone having two dads.
Easy to forget when all the oxygen is taken up by big companies like Apple and Ford, but small businesses can't eat the cost of tariffs or stroke the president's ego with inflated investment numbers or gold trinkets the way big corporations can. Bleak times for main street. (via Bloomberg)
August 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Easy to forget when all the oxygen is taken up by big companies like Apple and Ford, but small businesses can't eat the cost of tariffs or stroke the president's ego with inflated investment numbers or gold trinkets the way big corporations can. Bleak times for main street. (via Bloomberg)
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At $600 million per year for 5,000 detainees, the Everglades detention facility would cost a whopping $328.77 per bed per day.
ICE's 2025 budget request read: "Average adult bed cost per day is $187.48 for FY 2023."
reason.com/2025/07/09/l...
ICE's 2025 budget request read: "Average adult bed cost per day is $187.48 for FY 2023."
reason.com/2025/07/09/l...
July 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
At $600 million per year for 5,000 detainees, the Everglades detention facility would cost a whopping $328.77 per bed per day.
ICE's 2025 budget request read: "Average adult bed cost per day is $187.48 for FY 2023."
reason.com/2025/07/09/l...
ICE's 2025 budget request read: "Average adult bed cost per day is $187.48 for FY 2023."
reason.com/2025/07/09/l...
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They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.
July 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.
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Further confirmation from ICE HSI officers that they have been told to stop investigating pedophiles, human traffickers, and drug smugglers.
Officers have been told NOT to take new criminal cases so they can instead go round up more random migrants. Morale is plummeting, especially at HSI.
Officers have been told NOT to take new criminal cases so they can instead go round up more random migrants. Morale is plummeting, especially at HSI.
July 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Further confirmation from ICE HSI officers that they have been told to stop investigating pedophiles, human traffickers, and drug smugglers.
Officers have been told NOT to take new criminal cases so they can instead go round up more random migrants. Morale is plummeting, especially at HSI.
Officers have been told NOT to take new criminal cases so they can instead go round up more random migrants. Morale is plummeting, especially at HSI.
Not sure why anyone should trust or give credit to Lawler given his rubber stamping of Trump's agenda and exponential ICE increases. He can say whatever he wants to their faces, but says nothing to Trump to advocate for them.
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
Lawler to Haitians: With no long-term immigration fix in sight, solidify your status now
Rep. Mike Lawler said immigrants can contact his office for help.
www.lohud.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Not sure why anyone should trust or give credit to Lawler given his rubber stamping of Trump's agenda and exponential ICE increases. He can say whatever he wants to their faces, but says nothing to Trump to advocate for them.
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
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Just so we’re clear, he wants us to pay more for goods we get from Brazil because he wants to save a foreign political crony on trial for corruption.
Not seeing the “America First” mentality here…
Not seeing the “America First” mentality here…
July 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Just so we’re clear, he wants us to pay more for goods we get from Brazil because he wants to save a foreign political crony on trial for corruption.
Not seeing the “America First” mentality here…
Not seeing the “America First” mentality here…
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When New Hampshire implemented worn requirements, 2/3rds of the Medicaid population was out of compliance.
They had to end the program because they didn't want to kick off so many people.
You need to LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF PROGRAMS.
They had to end the program because they didn't want to kick off so many people.
You need to LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF PROGRAMS.
FOX: What is your message to those legitimately on Medicaid who are worried about losing coverage?
KEVIN HASSETT: We just stopped waste, fraud, and abuse ... nobody will lose their health insurance because of this
(note how Fox lets Hassett get away with these blatant lies)
KEVIN HASSETT: We just stopped waste, fraud, and abuse ... nobody will lose their health insurance because of this
(note how Fox lets Hassett get away with these blatant lies)
July 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
When New Hampshire implemented worn requirements, 2/3rds of the Medicaid population was out of compliance.
They had to end the program because they didn't want to kick off so many people.
You need to LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF PROGRAMS.
They had to end the program because they didn't want to kick off so many people.
You need to LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF PROGRAMS.
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Nearly everything fake moderate Mike Lawler says below is a lie so I won’t go line by line.
Here are the facts: he will vote to blow a $4T hole in the deficit, kick 1M New Yorkers off insurance—including 32K of his voters—all while getting rolled on SALT.
We won't forget in '26.
Here are the facts: he will vote to blow a $4T hole in the deficit, kick 1M New Yorkers off insurance—including 32K of his voters—all while getting rolled on SALT.
We won't forget in '26.
July 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Nearly everything fake moderate Mike Lawler says below is a lie so I won’t go line by line.
Here are the facts: he will vote to blow a $4T hole in the deficit, kick 1M New Yorkers off insurance—including 32K of his voters—all while getting rolled on SALT.
We won't forget in '26.
Here are the facts: he will vote to blow a $4T hole in the deficit, kick 1M New Yorkers off insurance—including 32K of his voters—all while getting rolled on SALT.
We won't forget in '26.
President of the US taking his personal merger commission, from a company that has cut about 2,000 US jobs over the past year no less.
Not a settlement, a shakedown. Not negotiations, extortion. Not a business decision, bribery. If this were happening in any other country in the world, we would see it more clearly for what it is.
Our overnight headline: Paramount settles Trump’s dubious ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit with $16 million payout and no apology
July 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
President of the US taking his personal merger commission, from a company that has cut about 2,000 US jobs over the past year no less.
Giving him any benefit of the doubt when he has lied and destroyed at every turn is incomprehensible, and the best evidence Reed has is that RFK supports an on-going movement to remove food dyes? All framed in euphemistic, just asking questions tones.
July 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Giving him any benefit of the doubt when he has lied and destroyed at every turn is incomprehensible, and the best evidence Reed has is that RFK supports an on-going movement to remove food dyes? All framed in euphemistic, just asking questions tones.
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Rep. Ron Estes supports the evil bill that will takeaway healthcare from his own people. He also refuses to hold a Townhall and face them. His constituents had just one question..
July 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Rep. Ron Estes supports the evil bill that will takeaway healthcare from his own people. He also refuses to hold a Townhall and face them. His constituents had just one question..
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By the time a GOP official floated the idea of denaturalizing a rising member of the political opposition, the Trump administration were already looking into it.
July 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
By the time a GOP official floated the idea of denaturalizing a rising member of the political opposition, the Trump administration were already looking into it.
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I'm thankful DHS finally gave raw data on this assault claim, and wow, it shows why they've been hiding behind percent increases.
ICE went from 1.7 assaults per month to 13.2 assaults per month at a time when they have MASSIVELY changed their at-large arrest posture.
ICE went from 1.7 assaults per month to 13.2 assaults per month at a time when they have MASSIVELY changed their at-large arrest posture.
July 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'm thankful DHS finally gave raw data on this assault claim, and wow, it shows why they've been hiding behind percent increases.
ICE went from 1.7 assaults per month to 13.2 assaults per month at a time when they have MASSIVELY changed their at-large arrest posture.
ICE went from 1.7 assaults per month to 13.2 assaults per month at a time when they have MASSIVELY changed their at-large arrest posture.
They want assimilation, but hold back English-learning funding. They want people to get jobs, but hold back before/after school funding.
Migrant education ($375m)
Professional development ($2.2b)
English-learner services ($890m)
Academic enrichment ($1.3b)
Before- and after-school($1.4b)
Migrant education ($375m)
Professional development ($2.2b)
English-learner services ($890m)
Academic enrichment ($1.3b)
Before- and after-school($1.4b)
Of course he is--this is funding for groups that aren't "real Americans": English language learners, migrant children, and teachers.
Trump Tells States He's Holding Back $6.8 Billion for Schools
Schools nationwide won't see funding earmarked for English learners, migrant students, professional development, and more.
www.edweek.org
July 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
They want assimilation, but hold back English-learning funding. They want people to get jobs, but hold back before/after school funding.
Migrant education ($375m)
Professional development ($2.2b)
English-learner services ($890m)
Academic enrichment ($1.3b)
Before- and after-school($1.4b)
Migrant education ($375m)
Professional development ($2.2b)
English-learner services ($890m)
Academic enrichment ($1.3b)
Before- and after-school($1.4b)
The Senate Big Ugly Bill cooked up a choice for New Yorkers of increasing costs by $4.3B per year, about 15% increase on $27B current medicaid spending, or kick nearly 1.2MM off insurance. Via CBPP www.cbpp.org/research/med...
July 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The Senate Big Ugly Bill cooked up a choice for New Yorkers of increasing costs by $4.3B per year, about 15% increase on $27B current medicaid spending, or kick nearly 1.2MM off insurance. Via CBPP www.cbpp.org/research/med...
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Dismantling USAID will *cost* $6 billion according to internal Trump administration memos
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
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USAID Shutdown Costs Top $6 Billion, Internal Estimate Shows
The estimate, included in a seven-page memo prepared for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, raises questions about how much President Donald Trump will ultimately save taxpayers by closing USAID and othe...
news.bgov.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Dismantling USAID will *cost* $6 billion according to internal Trump administration memos
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
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“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.
Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
www.tpr.org
June 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.
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This is *extremely* dangerous. ICE detained people, including a family with 3 children, in an office building basement in California without enough food or water. Rampant human rights abuses daily.
Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
June 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is *extremely* dangerous. ICE detained people, including a family with 3 children, in an office building basement in California without enough food or water. Rampant human rights abuses daily.
Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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🚨THIS STORY IS INSANE. The Trump administration shipped a guy to be imprisoned in El Salvador without trial, in conditions worse than we treat even convicted serial killers, because he was in a picture standing next to someone with tattoos.
LITERALLY NO OTHER EVIDENCE.
LITERALLY NO OTHER EVIDENCE.
June 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚨THIS STORY IS INSANE. The Trump administration shipped a guy to be imprisoned in El Salvador without trial, in conditions worse than we treat even convicted serial killers, because he was in a picture standing next to someone with tattoos.
LITERALLY NO OTHER EVIDENCE.
LITERALLY NO OTHER EVIDENCE.