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Must be nice to have the kind of insurance that lets you get dizzy while exercising and go to the hospital out of an "abundance of caution" without having to think about what it might cost.

There are now 59,000 people in immigration detention. Almost half have no criminal record www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-rec...

What the fuuuuuuuuuck www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...

The U.S. government has collected DNA samples from upwards of 133,000 migrant children and teenagers—including at least one 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic data into a national criminal database used by local, state, and federal law enforcement, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.

Here's a fun thing that a top donor to Andrew Cuomo's super PAC just told me.

📌Trump's sitting in the White House raking in millions -- I mean, MILLIONS of taxpayer money and corporate bribes -- and it doesn't even get a mention anymore. So I'll ask: What if Joe Biden had done this?

And then this shit just came out. When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car. When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.

I'm seeing too many of these videos which make me sick to my stomach. I'd lay money on it that these mother fuckers are not real "ICE" but instead are hired goons from the J6ers / Proud Boys etc. When we get out of this nightmare, they are going to be sorry...karma is a bitch and I can't wait...

This is a slippery slope. To tyranny. It won’t happen overnight. And it could take years and years. But it starts one operation at a time. Until suddenly the military is operating to crush political dissent. The founders would be terrified of this.

it seems the Trump admin is going to turn the National Science Foundation headquarters into a personal mansion for HUD secretary Scott Turner talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/natio...

My heart is breaking in ways I didn’t know were possible—but I’m holding onto outrage. Two U.S. teens were dragged from their home in SoCal as federal agents shattered windows, hurled flashbangs, & took their parents. This is cruelty. This is terrorism. And it’s happening on our soil. F*ck ICE.

In his hearing today, Emil Bove: *refused to say Biden won the 2020 election *disputed or refused to discuss 1) his quid pro quo deal with Eric Adams 2) telling DOJ attys to violate court orders 3) firing DOJ prosecutors tied to J6 cases. *may have lied under oath www.huffpost.com/entry/emil-b...

Wired saw it subscription’s rise after removing the paywall for FOIA based reporting.

Just plain evil. Not at all what America should be. This alone is why every Republican should lose in 2026.👇

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign had a visual language like no other, drawing on hand-painted bodega signage and New York iconography in a completely fresh way.

Those rushing to get hired and work in this mass deportation are the worst of the worst. They like what they see, & that is vulnerable people being abused. Anyone who takes any jobs associated w/the mass camps & deportations is ICE. They are all ICE. You are the enemy of the Constitution.

This has to be illegal. www.yahoo.com/news/pregnan...

The Republican Big Horrible Murder Bill Is AGAINST YOU !! They'll Kill Your Grandparents Let Your Parents Suffer Let Poor Children Die You Can't Afford A Home or Daycare For Your Children Just So Billionaires Can Buy Venice For The Week, Buy A Bigger Yacht and Write-off Buying Jets For FREE !!

Chris Murphy gets it.

Republicans are rabidly attacking Zohran Mamdani for promising to implement universal child care, raising the minimum wage, freezing rents, and lowering food costs. They applaud the bill that will cut Medicaid for millions, and food assistance for millions more. WTF is wrong with these people?

very easy to see what is happening. trump will run for a third term, he’ll try to bring the dispute to federal courts, where his election denying judges will rewrite the 22nd amendment to mean it only refers to “consecutive” terms.

A federal judge in Tennessee just denied the government’s request to keep Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia locked up while it appeals his release. Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. upheld the magistrate’s order to free Abrego Garcia,

BREAKING: Cambodia Confirms 7th H5N1 Case of 2025 41-Year-Old Woman in Critical Condition After Handling Infected Poultry.

This won’t succeed but it is not normal. This is very dangerous. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

New York City, my god, well done There’s hope after all Fuck the rapists Fuck the rich Long live socialism Long live progress

New in PN: SCOTUS clears the path for Trump's network of global gulags "With one paragraph, the Court undercut lower court judges and consigned countless immigrants to be renditioned to a system of gulags. It will have lasting corrosive effects on American civil society and respect for the courts."

Important, devastating interview about the post-Roe revival of "maternity homes," where many women are forced to give their children up for adoption—denied choice over every aspect of their lives and bodies. slate.com/news-and-pol...

FEMA funds are now going to fund concentration camps in the everglades instead of helping people after a natural disaster. Seems all the rightwing conspiracy theories about FEMA building camps was projection all along.

There’s an active investigation into the access DOGE officials gained to federal IT systems. Fortunately, detailed documentation was kept by many along the way. More DOGE “resignations” are expected.

for those of you who weren’t in New York it’s really hard to understate just how awful Cuomo’s campaign was. He didn’t go to candidate forums. He was nowhere to be seen in the city. He said he had no regrets and refused to apologize for his countless scandals. He had it coming. Good riddance bozo

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

The Trump regime would like you to please hand over all your private information and communications to the dictatorship so they can vet your loyalty to the regime before you visit the US. If loyalty is not confirmed, you will be abducted on arrival and shipped off to El Salvador.

This is an essential event for this moment. Send it to every lawyer you know. Now is the time to act. Not sit on the sidelines.

RFKJr cutting 1.7 Billion from National Institutes of Aging... it will be pretty hard to end the epidemic of Alzheimer's without this money! #RFKJrLies #TruthMatters

If anyone is upset over his recent comments, remember what McConnell said to Obama about the enormous benefit healthcare for all would provide: "You must be under the mistaken impression that I care.”

So it tuns out that the polls weren't just a little off...Cuomo was never anywhere NEAR this. Mamdani gives me hope in a way I haven't felt in years. He feels like the future. America, get ready for this guy to be photoshopped in a communist hat on MSNBC and represented as Voldemort on CNN.

Well done!

live blog >>> Trump Lackey Emil Bove Up For Senate Grilling As Trump Tries To Make Him A Judge talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/tr...

www.agenzianova.com/en/news/usa-...

LONG BEACH: #NoSleepForICE at Long Beach Holiday Inn, 2640 Lakewood Blvd. Multiple DHS vehicles in parking lot, about 20 protesters onsite protesting already as of 10:30pm! Bring your megaphones 📣📣

OMG: The government in the Abrego case is actually arguing that the crappy, triple hearsay evidence THEY brought shouldn't be considered. AND they say that if he's freed, and ICE detains him, the DoJ will suffer injury. THEN DON'T DETAIN HIM. lol storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

CARTER: The Adolescent Trial Network for HIV intervention received a stop work order that shut down research at 14 sites where 7 studies were being conducted. Were you aware of that? RFK JR: As far as I know, we haven't cut any clinica-- CARTER: I'm telling you by your own records you are

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November. Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Weird how it doesn't happen at Drag Queen story hours.

Their corruption is endless. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

😞☮️💙✌🏼🌊

Meanwhile: www.msn.com/en-us/public...

We've got the border under control. Great. So why do we now need an additional $150b for a huge increase in the federal workforce and facilities. Get that money to VA and elderly patients, don't spend on it on new layers of unneeded government bureaucrats!

@whitehouse.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com @aoc.bsky.social These ICE agents must be prosecuted. They pepper sprayed that man 4 inches from his face. They dislocated his arm. Women have miscarriaged. They’ve made NO plans on how to take care of humans. Not even a concept of a plan.