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Outrageous: ICE agents arrested a former U.S. Army interpreter who risked his life aiding American troops in Afghanistan, right after his asylum hearing in San Diego. The interpreter legally entered the U.S. after the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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The Trump regime is deliberately deploying ICE agents at immigration hearings so they can more easily detain migrants. Armed, masked men abducting people from courthouses —and arresting those who ask why — is the stuff fascism is made of.

submitted 4 days ago • 212 comments

In case you still had any doubts about those claims of racism.

submitted 4 days ago • 637 comments

How dare he criticize such a normal thing for a President to do!

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REUTERS: “Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence as desperate residents struggle for food.” www.democracynow.org/2025/6/17/he...

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NEW: Gov. Hochul announces that the state is dedicating $50 million for legal assistance for immigrants like those who may be targeted by ICE when leaving the federal courthouse

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Does anything in this picture say, "federal agents making a lawful arrest?" Perhaps they identified themselves. But when did it go out of fashion for law enforcement to look like law enforcement?

submitted 4 days ago • 303 comments

🏆 to whoever came up with and coordinated the No Kings protest at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. Don’t miss it…absolute fire.

submitted 7 days ago • 204 comments

About 123 million remain forcibly displaced as a result of conflict, violence, persecution and human rights violations.

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Families arrested in LA Ice raids held in basements with little food or water, lawyers say

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Reminder: DOGE was never about "efficiency."

submitted 23 days ago • 178 comments

WATCH: “What are you afraid of, Andy?!” Rep. Andy Ogles refuses to hold a town hall, is instead co-opting Memorial Day for a closed-door presser inside a CLOSED CAPITOL today with ICE, pushing his anti-immigrant agenda alongside Jack Johnson, Bulso + other Republicans 🇺🇸 Meanwhile, outside:

submitted 26 days ago • 17 comments

60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life. Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

submitted 26 days ago • 469 comments

A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035. Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.

submitted 26 days ago • 135 comments

Trump and Speaker Johnson say they’re not cutting Medicaid. David Sacks is the latest to admit they are. Because they are. By almost $1 Trillion. #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 26 days ago • 125 comments

Aside from cutting health care for the elderly & poor, the Republican budget steers $160 BILLION to enrich private prisons + quadruple the size of Trump’s American Gestapo ICE — while making them immune from prosecution. TLDR: You are not alarmed enough. www.wola.org/analysis/160...

submitted 28 days ago • 49 comments

The GOP was supposed to cut through the deficit. Instead they’re slashing our social safety net while ballooning our debt.

submitted 29 days ago • 212 comments

Notable that the same people behind Project 2025 -- namely a bunch of Christian nationalists from the Heritage Foundation -- are apparently plotting to shut down pro-Palestinian protests, DEI, and all other aspects of resistance that unite particularly young Blacks, Muslims, woke Whites & Jews...

submitted 34 days ago • 16 comments

Their goal is to leave America sicker, poorer, more desperate and less free. Easier to impose Christofascism on a broken people.

submitted 34 days ago • 42 comments

Hurricane season starts June 1 and if you live in a Gulf state, you need to watch this. It’s worse than you might think. The few employees still left at FEMA admit: they are not prepared. Not enough staff. Not enough supplies. Not enough leadership. Plan accordingly.

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Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.

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IOWA: “It is a complete pleasure to hear somebody speak in complete sentences.” Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall 👏🏽

submitted 38 days ago • 456 comments

"Right now there are a whole bunch of Republicans fearing Donald Trump more than they're fearing their constituencies." Sen. Cory Booker chews over what it'll take to make Republicans on the same page as their voters and not the president.

submitted 38 days ago • 9 comments

. @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: It takes "Trump-level stupidity" to beg for a $400M jet while advocating Medicaid cuts.

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A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind. “They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.” www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...

submitted 42 days ago • 1127 comments

ONE IF BY LAND TWO IF BY D.C. the north end church in boston it’s 250 years today @northendpage.bsky.social

submitted 64 days ago • 792 comments

What RFK Jr. said was reprehensible. He should be ashamed of himself and step down.

submitted 64 days ago • 810 comments

our country is run by immature, vicious bullies

submitted 64 days ago • 171 comments

⚡️Russian ballistic missile attack on Kharkiv kills 1, injures 54. A Russian missile strike on Kharkiv killed one person and injured at least 54 others, including a child, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on Telegram.

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A federal judge said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders last month to turn around planes carrying deportees to an El Salvador prison. www.thehindu.com/news/interna...

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An Indian was among four students at Michigan public universities who have filed a lawsuit against their possible deportation after their student immigration status was terminated "unlawfully". www.thehindu.com/news/interna...

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More than 1.4 million customers in Puerto Rico lost electricity on Wednesday when all of the island’s power plants were knocked out of service, the latest frustrating blackout for residents who have suffered years of them. nyti.ms/3Rn4dhp

submitted 66 days ago • 43 comments

A Florida teacher and an elementary school principal were charged late last month in connection with a house party where minors were drinking, including one who was so drunk they needed treatment, officials say.

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Republicans are praising President Trump's executive order that bypasses Congress to change election laws and restrict ballot access. The GOP had a completely different reaction to President Biden's 2021 order expanding voter registration. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...

submitted 66 days ago • 45 comments

Israeli blockade and attacks on medical facilities push health sector towards collapse

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