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“Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed new recruits into its training program before they have completed the agency’s vetting process, an unusual sequence of events as it rushes to hire federal immigration officers to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy.”
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed new recruits into its training program before they have completed the agency’s vetting process, an unusual sequence of events as it rushes to hire federal immigration officers to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy.”
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I know you all know what deranged, vile, propaganda nonsense this is. But for the record:
Leaders of the regime are declaring the opposition party and all forms of political dissent as illegitimate - and large swaths of the population to be dangerous terrorists. This is incredibly dangerous.
Leaders of the regime are declaring the opposition party and all forms of political dissent as illegitimate - and large swaths of the population to be dangerous terrorists. This is incredibly dangerous.
Mike Johnson on No Kings: "We refer to it by its more accurate description -- the Hate America Rally. You're gonna bring together the Marxists, the socialists, the antifa advocates, the anarchists, and the pro-Hamas wing of the far left Democrat Party. That is the modern Democratic Party."
October 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I know you all know what deranged, vile, propaganda nonsense this is. But for the record:
Leaders of the regime are declaring the opposition party and all forms of political dissent as illegitimate - and large swaths of the population to be dangerous terrorists. This is incredibly dangerous.
Leaders of the regime are declaring the opposition party and all forms of political dissent as illegitimate - and large swaths of the population to be dangerous terrorists. This is incredibly dangerous.
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Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.
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No member of Congress should vote for any appropriations if the whole exercise is a non-binding farce.
NEW: White House announces it's going to pause, and potentially cancel, $11 billion in infrastructure funding (via the Army Corps of Engineers), specifically citing cities, like New York, represented or led by Democrats. More to come.
October 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
No member of Congress should vote for any appropriations if the whole exercise is a non-binding farce.
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In our country, the power is with the people. Tomorrow, October 18, I encourage you to join your neighbors in peaceful protest at a No Kings event.
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
In our country, the power is with the people. Tomorrow, October 18, I encourage you to join your neighbors in peaceful protest at a No Kings event.
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@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Everybody has got to find their spine...At this #NoKings event on Saturday, average people are going to show up to register how upset they are with what Donald Trump is doing to the country. But America's elites have more or less rolled over."
October 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Everybody has got to find their spine...At this #NoKings event on Saturday, average people are going to show up to register how upset they are with what Donald Trump is doing to the country. But America's elites have more or less rolled over."
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Do not stay home tomorrow. We must stand up.
October 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Do not stay home tomorrow. We must stand up.
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I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort
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Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork
ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of
www.amny.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
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My piece in this morning’s @KCStar: How to keep young men from being radicalized online
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
Jason Kander: How to keep our young men from becoming radicalized online | Opinion
We all want to be part of something bigger than ourselves, something righteous and meaningful. Here’s a way to do it. | Opinion
www.kansascity.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My piece in this morning’s @KCStar: How to keep young men from being radicalized online
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...
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WSJ: The Trump administration is canceling the annual survey that tracks how many Americans struggle with food insecurity, data usually collected each December by the USDA.
If you hide the numbers, the hunger disappears.
If you hide the numbers, the hunger disappears.
September 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
WSJ: The Trump administration is canceling the annual survey that tracks how many Americans struggle with food insecurity, data usually collected each December by the USDA.
If you hide the numbers, the hunger disappears.
If you hide the numbers, the hunger disappears.
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Gupta: The impacts of this—H-1B visas—are going to show up once Trump is out of office.
If fewer people are able to take those jobs, what happens? We’re just not going to have enough people to meet the demand for medical services..
And the irony here is it’ll probably impact red states more
If fewer people are able to take those jobs, what happens? We’re just not going to have enough people to meet the demand for medical services..
And the irony here is it’ll probably impact red states more
September 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Gupta: The impacts of this—H-1B visas—are going to show up once Trump is out of office.
If fewer people are able to take those jobs, what happens? We’re just not going to have enough people to meet the demand for medical services..
And the irony here is it’ll probably impact red states more
If fewer people are able to take those jobs, what happens? We’re just not going to have enough people to meet the demand for medical services..
And the irony here is it’ll probably impact red states more
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ICE killed a Chicago area man last week. His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. He wasn't "the worst of the worst." He was a cook. ICE hopes we'll forget about him. We won't.
Pritzker slams feds' silence on fatal ICE shooting in Franklin Park
"This is the most unusual situation I've seen in my entire lifetime," the governor said Monday of what appears to be the first fatal shooting by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent this y...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ICE killed a Chicago area man last week. His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. He wasn't "the worst of the worst." He was a cook. ICE hopes we'll forget about him. We won't.
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We broke up the banks. We broke up the railroads.
We broke up the steel companies.
We can break up the media conglomerates. We can break up the tech conglomerates.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
We broke up the steel companies.
We can break up the media conglomerates. We can break up the tech conglomerates.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We broke up the banks. We broke up the railroads.
We broke up the steel companies.
We can break up the media conglomerates. We can break up the tech conglomerates.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
We broke up the steel companies.
We can break up the media conglomerates. We can break up the tech conglomerates.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
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We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.
September 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.
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This is Seiko. He was just adopted. Now that he finally has a human of his very own, he's never letting go. 14/10 (TT: seikotherescue)
September 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is Seiko. He was just adopted. Now that he finally has a human of his very own, he's never letting go. 14/10 (TT: seikotherescue)
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Thinking about Chicago right now.
youtube.com/shorts/vLM0W...
youtube.com/shorts/vLM0W...
STOP listening to these LIERS!
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtube.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Thinking about Chicago right now.
youtube.com/shorts/vLM0W...
youtube.com/shorts/vLM0W...
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NEW: The law is supposed to protect unaccompanied migrant children from being summarily whisked out of the country by ICE in the dead of night.
But that didn't seem to matter on Labor Day weekend, when the Trump administration tried to do just that.
My latest: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
But that didn't seem to matter on Labor Day weekend, when the Trump administration tried to do just that.
My latest: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
September 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NEW: The law is supposed to protect unaccompanied migrant children from being summarily whisked out of the country by ICE in the dead of night.
But that didn't seem to matter on Labor Day weekend, when the Trump administration tried to do just that.
My latest: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
But that didn't seem to matter on Labor Day weekend, when the Trump administration tried to do just that.
My latest: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Let’s be clear—this is bigger than Trump. The Epstein files show how banks, corporations, and even governments looked the other way while children were abused. Survivors deserve justice. We can’t let this cycle repeat.
September 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Let’s be clear—this is bigger than Trump. The Epstein files show how banks, corporations, and even governments looked the other way while children were abused. Survivors deserve justice. We can’t let this cycle repeat.
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Only the weak fear protest.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Historic peace vigil partially dismantled after Trump orders: ‘Take it down’
On Sunday, law enforcement officials removed parts of the Peace Vigil, which is widely considered to be the longest continuous act of political protest in U.S. history.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Only the weak fear protest.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Once Donald Trump gets the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law – what comes next?
September 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Once Donald Trump gets the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law – what comes next?
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The Rosegarden CLUB? He turned the People's House into a private CLUB?
He literally privatized a public good. He stole our house.
Do you understand? This is no different than if he seized the Grand Canyon & put it behind a velvet rope, for members only.
He's a fucking thief & a vandal to boot.
He literally privatized a public good. He stole our house.
Do you understand? This is no different than if he seized the Grand Canyon & put it behind a velvet rope, for members only.
He's a fucking thief & a vandal to boot.
I really resent my tax dollars being spent on this
September 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Rosegarden CLUB? He turned the People's House into a private CLUB?
He literally privatized a public good. He stole our house.
Do you understand? This is no different than if he seized the Grand Canyon & put it behind a velvet rope, for members only.
He's a fucking thief & a vandal to boot.
He literally privatized a public good. He stole our house.
Do you understand? This is no different than if he seized the Grand Canyon & put it behind a velvet rope, for members only.
He's a fucking thief & a vandal to boot.