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MOTHER JONES: “THEY WENT TO JARED… Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats and sell out America.” And the Hunter Biden hunters are silent. @MarshaBlackburn www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A federal agent shot Oscar Belgal in the neck as a 5-year-old was in the back seat. As for Mullin, Avila Chevalier said his comments, including the claim that officers did not know a child was in the car, had the “stupidest line of logic.” Abolish ICE. @nymag.com: nymag.com/intelligence...

QAnon terrorist Lauren Boebert is accused of having sexual affairs with 3 of her staffers, 2 women and one man and paying a former staffer $200K to keep them quiet. Another lifelong hateful homophobic bigot who promotes Christian family values proven to be a closeted fraudulent hypocrite.

“Our bill will force ICE to pay the price for the damage they’ve left in their wake and ensure that these devastating operations can never be repeated,” said the Minneapolis congresswoman. www.commondreams.org/news/omar-ma...

Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...

Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social

I wrote about what the pushback on ICE warehouse conversions and the data center revolt have in common—and how the latter needs to be seized on now, to keep it from being co-opted into the larger reactionary moment.

Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican. After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges. (Published May)

I think maybe Democrats should be trashing this guy and not a twitch streamer

To get an idea of what we're dealing with when we talk about Flock, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social breaks down how the company paid researchers for a bogus study that the researchers themselves disavowed. Read the story from 2024: www.404media.co/researcher-w...

TNR: "Over 1.2M people in Texas have had their voter registrations suspended—many might not even know about it." This isn't just happening in Texas, guys Check your voter reg status TODAY .. and stay on top of it There are going to be surprises at the polls this fall newrepublic.com/post/214832/...

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Amazon continues to bully sellers on its platform through exorbitant fees and exploitative practices. A federal lawsuit filed by Biden's FTC, which could hold Amazon accountable, heads to trial soon — unless Trump's FTC decides to settle. Is it any wonder why Bezos has been buttering up Donald?

Imagine if Republicans attacked hunger, pedophiles, racism, disease, genocide, poverty, and climate change the way they attack American voters.

A private prison company that stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars from Trump’s immigration crackdown just sent more than $1.4 million to his political operation.

Cartoon by Robert Ariail

(🚨) I can’t believe this hasn’t been major international news for weeks. Everything about this screams massive security breach—and worse still, the shape of this bizarre trip appears to mimic certain corrupt maneuvers Trump used during his 2016 preelection Russian collusion. Is new collusion coming?

Texans are rallying to halt destructive border construction in Big Bend National Park. Even if you're not in Texas, call your representatives and urge them to call for the halt of the destruction.

New: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:

The White House normally gets $2.5 million a year for maintenance. Trump’s team has allocated $875 million.   That’s 350 years’ worth of the usual budget spent by a single administration.

Every action, no matter how big or small, makes a difference. Take the first step today to be empowered and informed on how you can defend our democracy. democracyforward.org/act/100-days-of-action/

If you run into any problems at the polls—being turned away, intimidation, federal agents, or anything else—call or text the Election Protection Hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE. Save that number now, no matter where you live. You never know when you or someone you know might need it.

Indeed. The United States has been trending downhill for quite some time now. Especially during the last year and a half.

A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Wyden released a sweeping Senate report alleging several of the largest banks of having “been willing to turn a blind eye” to Epstein’s financial activity.

A major bank closing 300 Trump bank accounts because they were flagged for potential money laundering should be a far bigger story…

I said what I said! #Pinks #USDemocracy

Correct, sounds like ICE “detention” centers AKA US concentration camps

Republican senators are already stalling on Blanche over the IRS deal. Stalling senators are the ones who count mail. This is the window. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Perimeters, not parameters. An excursion, not an incursion. Six genders, not cisgender. Insane asylums, not asylum. Transgender mice, not transgenic mice. The IQ of a potato.

By politicizing the federal grant process, the OMB Grant Proposal will substantially weaken our scientific enterprise that has made the United States a global leader in innovation. Take action against the proposal the link: zurl.co/Au4wk Article: zurl.co/dGIrM

Sources • SOSi awards: www.usaspending.gov/search?hash=... • Sourcewell agreement: www.sourcewell-mn.gov/cooperative-... • WA L&I: www.lni.wa.gov/patient-care... • MA EHS: cthruspending.mass.gov#!/year/All%2...

Jeannie Pirro is now seeking to dismiss charges against ex olympian David Hearn for causing damage to the reflecting pool. The grand jury said he didn't do any damage to the pool, also the Dept. of Interior was forced to admit shoddy workmanship. Do taxpayers get a refund for trump's scam?

If you want to know more about how *legal* immigration for farm workers can actually make them *more* vulnerable to exploitation, abuse, & even trafficking, this linked article from cdmigrante.org is GREAT.

We identified a network of at least 10 political nonprofits that raised more than $33M on the promise of supporting admirable causes, but that spent little on activities that could be construed as having a political purpose. (Published June 2024)

25,235 Letters have been sent with this one tool. It’s not too late to speak up.

Trump says the $13 billion earned from Venezuela oil revenue belongs to the U.S. and is “running the country.” Only $300 million has been transferred to the Venezuelan government. As for the remaining $12.7 billion, there are no official reports where that money is or what it is being used for.

This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.

Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.

Hunting, kidnapping, and incarcerating vulnerable people to feed the for-profit prison system and the fragile egos of chauvinist bigots who have no shame.

🚨 "Protest is not illegal. Protest is now evidence." "This was never counterterrorism. It is the oldest authoritarian move there is: define opposition as terrorism, then let the definition do the arresting." www.linkedin.com/posts/paulsc...

Don Jr.’s firm jumping from $200M to $3B in assets since Trump retook office isn’t a sudden burst of business acumen The American people deserve answers I explain on @ms.now w/ @nicollewallace.bsky.social👇

Why does ICE waste resources targeting working families and parents instead of dismantling violent cartels and gangs? Because easy targets drive political fear-mongering, while real law enforcement takes actual work.

Trump made $1.4 billion in crypto last year while investors lost $3.8 billion on his memecoin alone The White House answer? "Ethics" language in the Clarity Act that would shield his ventures from oversight now & in the future Our full @democracydefendersaction.org statement 👇 -TN

Let me get this straight... Trump is blocking $1B in Medicaid payments to blue states over spurious accusations of mass fraud. Meanwhile, he's literally pardoned over 70 convicted fraudsters — including a nursing home owner who stole over $1.3B from Medicare and Medicaid. Hello?