In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed.
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
One of Sen. Ernst's constituents points out that people are going to die if Republicans' cuts to Medicaid go through. Ernst's response?
"Well, we all are going to die."
Republicans know exactly what they are doing—all so billionaires can get another tax cut.
Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night.
When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠
BREAKING: Trumps Justice Department just reached a deal with Boeing, allowing the company to avoid any prosecution over their planes falling out of the sky.
Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.
The dangerous practice has become ubiquitous during 19 months of war, they said.
The ICE abductions continue. Late Friday night, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to bring back a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico, even after he reported the violence he faced there. He is gay and now living in hiding back in Guatemala, fearing for his life.
“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.
This isn’t a technical hiccup. Its unchecked AI use in government, especially by someone with financial and political stakes, puts democracy and privacy at risk.
Musk’s team was caught using a customized version of the Grok chatbot, without approval, to sift through sensitive government data inside the Department of Homeland Security. They used a modified version in an attempt to hide the fact that they were doing it.
FOX: If Japan isn't the next country to do a trade deal, who is?
BESSENT: We're far along with India. There are 18 important trading partners. With the exception of the EU, most are negotiating in very good faith
FOX: Who do you think goes first?
BESSENT: We're gonna have to see
KASS: “.. We Are Greece Now”
“.. the cost of U.S. credit default swaps (which pay off in the event of default) have astonishingly intersected with the price of Greece's credit default swaps.”
Just fyi… when the Democrats passed their healthcare bill in the middle of the night it sparked the tea party.
GOP is toast for this… IF the Dems can get their crap together
House Republicans passed a federal budget bill by a vote of 215 – 214 early Thursday morning that includes massive cuts for Medicare and Medicaid in order to extend tax breaks to billionaires. It now goes to the Senate.
“I don’t even recognize you, Secretary Rubio.” This is so well done. Respectfully calling out a colleague who so pathetically sold his soul. Take a moment, listen, and share.👇
Rosen to Rubio: "I'm not even mad anymore about your complicity in this administration's destruction of US global leadership. I'm simply disappointed. And I wonder if your proud of yourself in this moment when you go home to your family ... I know you know this in your heart."
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
I am trying very hard not to break things right now after seeing the Secretary of DHS indicate she doesn’t understand a legal concept so essential to the principles of a free society it dates as far back as the MAGNA CARTA.
Now is a great time to reach out to your member of Congress who promised not to cut Medicaid.
Or to your conservative friends who don't think we should be exploding the debt.
Because today, Donald Trump met with Republicans on Capitol Hill, trying to pass a bill that would do both.
Alex Lawson to Rep. Miller-Meeks: Last time you spoke with us you lied to our face and said you wouldn’t vote for Medicaid cuts, but you’ve voted for the largest cuts in the history of the country.
Do you have any comment on the health care that 67,000 people in your district are going to lose?
🚨NEW AD: As Republicans plow full-steam ahead this week to pass their Medicaid-slashing Billionaire Tax Scam, they'll have to answer to families like Amy’s:
“Look me in the eye and tell me that a billionaire’s yacht is more important than my health care.”
Republicans' scorched-earth budget sacrifices our public lands for billionaire tax cuts. Their efforts put at risk:
🏣 60,000+ good-paying clean energy jobs
🌳 13.5 million acres of public lands
🐆 Countless protections for endangered species
We MUST put a stop to this madness.
Late last night, Republicans on the House Budget Committee voted to advance Trump’s Tax Scam that would gut Medicaid and SNAP to give billionaires even more tax cuts.
Every Republican needs to hear from their constituents today. Call now if you’re in a GOP district: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Just off the phone with President Zelenskyy.
We are coordinating closely on the next steps.
Europe has adopted its 17th package of sanctions.
An 18th package is being prepared with further hard hitting sanctions.
It’s time to intensify the pressure on Russia to bring about the ceasefire.
The Rules Committee meets at 1 AM on Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning to ram through this disastrous bill. Why? Because they don't want you to see them ripping healthcare from millions of Americans.
You do not hold a hearing for a bill at 1 AM unless you're completely ashamed of it.