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True question: should we be assessing the increase of immigration detention in the light of the declining incarceration rate? Any reasonable private prison corporation must have adjusted its business plan accordingly. Can those two be linked at all?

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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...

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Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.

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More Americans are witnessing their first immigration raids www.byteseu.com/1125604/

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Iranian authorities intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass arrests, executions and military deployments, particularly in the restive Kurdish region (Guardian)

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The Trump administration must convince the Iranian regime that the United States will not attack if Tehran gives up its nuclear program, argue Jennifer Kavanagh and Rose Kelanic.

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More than 150,000 people traveled out of state to get an abortion last year, nearly one-fifth of whom coming from Texas alone — and new numbers paint a picture of how far they went to receive care. It’s been three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. wapo.st/3TCXhxF

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Not to rain on everyone’s ceasefire-not-ceasefire parade, but that wrecking ball of a big dumb bill is still working its way through the Senate and still launching an assault on women, wages, benefits, and the entire working class

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DIA has been long considered to be the conservatives and the right wingers and the intelligence community

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#60Minutes story on #VPHarris that caused #Trump to sue CBS for $20 billion? It's up for an #Emmy this week! #KamalasKarma #SheShed

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[email protected]: “McAllen, Texas, can be the birthplace of a new Democratic Party that puts working people first, kicks out the corrupt politicians regardless of party, and saves our country for everyday people.”

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Germany will dramatically increase defense spending — not to appease US President Donald Trump but to counter the threat from Moscow, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said today.

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🚨NEW: Erez Reuveni, the DOJ lawyer fired for his honesty in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, sends Congress a whistleblower letter detailing lawlessness at the DOJ around the CECOT deportations. He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."

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One wonders who.could.have.predicted.this #duhsadly

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CARTOON OF THE DAY… 🇺🇸

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The former vice chief of the National Guard is calling for an end to President Trump's dangerous deployment of troops in Los Angeles to carry out his political agenda. Military troops shouldn't police their own communities.

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“Title 42 did not help control cases of COVID-19 in the U.S.” but “Title 42 had a pronounced negative impact on the mental and physical well-being of migrants and asylum seekers and strained the healthcare systems meant to support them” jha.scholasticahq.com/article/1341...

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Wow. 48 hours later, news really seems to have normalized the whole extra-legal, on-a-whim-and-vibe, strategically short-sighted Iran attacks. Already being discusses as "how will it play" and "what's the risk for the Republicas."

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They are treating people worse than mere numbers, not even bothering to track them once they’re in the system. Unacceptable.

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KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.

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« the majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence » #🪦ruleoflaw

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L'explosion du #cancer du pancreas en France serait due au #cadmium dans nos céréales. Exception française due à la source de nos engrais. Et quand l'alarme est lancée en 2021, que fait le gouvernement ? Il refuse de prendre des mesures. => Mangez BIO. #agriculture www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

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There are way too many things to be upset about these days, but I believe the destruction of public lands should be near the top of the list: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Every single Constitution-loving American needs to do exactly this when confronted by racially profiling rogue government agents. "I will not answer your questions. I will not identify myself. I will leave now. BYE." If this gets you beat in America, it's not America anymore.

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"There’s a recurring pattern behind the fires and state violence. The objective is to clear the way for the handover of territories to real estate developers, extractive industries, and military forces." www.ojala.mx/en/ojala-en/...

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"Never before in human history has there been a digital environment where political speech can be filtered through an algorithm that incentivizes extra outrage and uses mounds of data to send that message directly to the people who will be the most outraged about it." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

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Un maire du Val-d’Oise et plusieurs de ses administrés seront jugés, lundi 23 juin, pour s’en être pris à des familles roms. L’occasion de rappeler la manière dont les pouvoirs publics ont contribué à fabriquer un « problème rom » en France. Par @carinefouteau.bsky.social

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#TwistingnarrativesGOPstyle

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new usa student visa requirement: must set their social media profiles to "public," saying additional screening part of the vetting process to exclude applicants who "pose a threat to us national security."

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number of executive orders signed by president trump , as of this week: 163 more signed in 147 days than biden’s entire term

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Painfully accurate. And clearly problematic

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Last night President Biden, who has Stage 4 cancer, flew on a commercial plane from DC to Texas for a Juneteenth celebrations. Meanwhile the current president, who has Stage 4 Bigotry, Posted on social media implying that Juneteenth shouldn’t be a holiday.

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Word

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"Whether bombing Iran was a good idea or a bad idea—and it could turn out to be either, or both—it is war by any definition of the term, and something Trump vowed he would avoid," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social:

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Remember that as usual there is no plan, and no real thought given about what comes next. #sinontoutvabien

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✋ Former US government War Power lawyer here. The War Powers Resolution does not/not provide any additional authority to use military force. The Article II arguments for using force against Iran are entirely bogus. As are any claims that either the 2001 or 2002 AUMFs authorize this attack.

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From @kitoconnell.com in the archives: “The reality is that gender-affirming medical care for trans youth is not controversial within mainstream medicine.” But that consensus hasn't stopped the New York Times from treating anti-trans organizations as experts on transgender health.

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55,654 People Now Detained by ICE, Possibly Highest in History Largest growth comes from people with no criminal histories, who now make up a third of ICE detention amid dangerous overcrowding and lucrative contracts for private contractors. austinkocher.substack.com/p/55654-peop...

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Words fail me. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...

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“Job Garcia, a doctoral student, was picking up an order at Home Depot. He texted his brother Elias Garcia: ‘Hey Elias me agarro ICE,’ it read. ICE got me. “Elias has not been able to talk to his brother to find out why he was arrested. “Job is a U.S. citizen.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Doing the Lord’s work when you see ICE 📢

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His lies know no bounds.

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Louder, for those at the back, please www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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This is a cover-up‼️ DHS is illegally trying to change the rules on congressional oversight visits to facilities to hide human rights abuses. “We know that they’re trying to hide all those abuses. That’s why it’s important that we can just get in at a moment’s notice.” – Rep. @gomez.house.gov

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You can’t deny 9k in a month and be giving due process. This is just a select all delete of justice. Alas, FRCP 23 doesn’t relate to actions in front of EOIR…

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Happy Juneteenth

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I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument. Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch

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