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Texas House of Representative James Talarico on Texas Republicans passing bill mandating Ten Commandments in every classroom, breaking 4th Commandment

These men were building us homes. The violence is being committed by ICE — masked men, no ID, no warrants. Don’t believe the rhetoric being pushed by violent criminals about ‘violent criminals’ cause it’s all BS. Call your Reps and demand they hold hearings, sanctioned or not. This needs to stop.

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Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2 Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1 Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7

"'If they attempt to deport the Afghans, you’re going to see actual physical conflict between U.S. veterans and ICE,' he predicted..." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Who is controlling the autopen for him? He is obviously not calling the shots

Texas Republicans are tightening their grip on the state’s university systems amid a nationwide conservative drive to remake higher education. The GOP-dominated legislature passed bills limiting protests and expanding state control over academic content, degree programs and administrative decisions

A 2-year-old American girl has been left stateless after the Trump administration deported her alongside her family. She has an American passport and a Social Security card. Nevertheless, she was shipped to Brazil with her parents, who are both undocumented, in February

ICE accuses Harvard of - Not sufficiently reporting on their students to ICE - "pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment" - Cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party and other foreign entities storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Paramount Has Offered $15 Million to Settle CBS Lawsuit. Trump Wants More. Trump’s team threatened another lawsuit amid settlement talks www.wsj.com/business/med...

Donald Trump’s mental decline is no longer just noticeable—it’s alarming. He rambles, repeats himself, speaks in circles, and veers into total incoherence. Republicans and the media need to stop the coverup and demand a full examination and public disclosure of his mental status.

A coal plant was set to close in Michigan to transition to cleaner energy. Trump just ordered it to stay open Michigan Public Service Commission, argued that the executive order was "unnecessary" and would "increase the cost of power for homes and businesses in Michigan and across the Midwest."

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell: Trump, the stupidest and most cowardly president in American history, backed down again www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

NEW: The US government has collected DNA samples from 133,000+ migrant children and teenagers and uploaded them into CODIS, a national criminal database originally built for convicted sex offenders and violent criminals, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.

New lawsuit overnight says White House is violating law by no longer providing sign language interpreters for press briefings. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump administration has joined with two white-owned construction companies looking to end a $37 billion program designed to help minority-owned businesses, saying it is “unconstitutional.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The family of a 4-year-old girl who is receiving life-saving treatment in the United States are fighting against deportation, as her medical team warns she will likely die “within days” if forced to return to Mexico. Trump admin terminated the family’s legal status

Trump Always Chickens Out

RFK Jr’s Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.

NEWS: A federal court just invalidated Trump’s ”Liberation Day" tariffs, ruling he exceeded his authority under IEEPA. The court said Trump can’t bypass Congress to set trade policy and that these tariffs are unconstitutional and void.

Marco Rubio said he will “aggressively” revoke visas for students from China, which is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India.

Federal trade court on blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law. The ruling came after several lawsuits arguing Trump has exceeded his authority, left U.S. trade policy dependent on his whims and unleashed economic chaos.

Update: reports today that multiple legal observers were arrested today in New York at two separate immigration courts, for allegedly “obstructing” ICE. Not only that, apparently some immigration courts are barring the public from attending hearings. This mess is escalating fast.

State Department orders embassies to pause new student visa appointments as it moves to expand social media vetting www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/p...

ICYMI: 2 Million secret documents were leaked, exposing Russia's nuclear bases locations, capabilities, and fully detailed layouts making them vulnerable for attack. danwatch.dk/alvorlig-sik...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to Trump. He points out how Trump is trying to dye his campaign with African blood. Even as Trump fabricated lies he quietly registered three mineral exploration companies in South Africa. It’s a mic drop 🎤moment if there ever was one!