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Congress Do Your Job! A fellow traveler. Ex-Xer. Pro-democracy. Wants elected officials to do their damn jobs for the people! Corporations are run by humans. Corporations are not people. Overturn Citizens United!

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A Citizen @acitizen.bsky.social · Jan 21

Stay informed, and know that just because he signs something doesn't mean it will not be fought.

Executing Project 2025:

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Presidential Actions – The White House

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 5h

Donald Trump has amassed the powers of a king, J. Michael Luttig writes. He won’t give them up easily:

President for Life

Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 22h

President Trump is reportedly demanding that the DOJ pay him $230 million in damages related to the criminal cases brought against him in 2023, a request that has no parallel in the history of our country.

This is an outrageous ethics issue—even for Trump.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23h

Utah has just approved a 1,300-person “mega camp” for homeless individuals,This camp lacks transportation, features locked units, and even imposes forced labor.

They refer to this facility as “work-conditioned housing,” but we simply call it what it is: modern-day internment.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 16h

More miserable lies won’t change the facts: federal law ALREADY prohibits any undocumented immigrant from receiving Medicaid, Medicare, or coverage under the ACA.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h

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The White House’s campaign against elections takes a radical turn with midterms on horizon

As Trump’s Justice Department intends to send election monitors to California and New Jersey, the developments are more unsettling in the broader context.

www.msnbc.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

🖕ICE CLOWNS 🤡

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 22h

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At Bay Area protest, a second pastor is shot by federal agents with a pepper round

OAKLAND, Calif. (RNS) — For the second time in six weeks, a pastor was struck in the head with a pepper round fired by a US immigration agent as faith leaders protested the arrival of more than 100 US...

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 6h

In the NY Times, historian Jill Lepore called Hillary Clinton’s 2016 DNC speech “depraved,” “cynical,” “the most reprehensible piece of political theater.” She said Clinton painted her enemies as “satanic.”
Unlike the Times, I checked the speech. Lepore is 100% wrong.
www.cnn.com/2016/07/28/p...

Hillary Clinton’s DNC speech: full text | CNN Politics

Full text of Hillary Clinton’s Democratic nomination acceptance speech on July 28, 2016. As prepared for delivery.

www.cnn.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Also, note that the person making all these decisions is not Secretary Noem; it's Corey Lewandowski, who is still a "special government employee" (and by many reports sleeping with Noem and running the agency while she does mostly TV), as well as Gregory Bovino himself.

The White House has signed off on a list of at least a dozen directors of ICE field officers who are set to be reassigned in coming days, the two DHS officials, the former DHS official and the federal law enforcement official said. They said that at least half of them would be replaced with Border Patrol officials. ICE has 25 field offices around the country, so the move could replace nearly half of the agency’s leaders.

The list was compiled by Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee at DHS who advises Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol sector chief overseeing the agency’s operations in Chicago and previously in Los Angeles, the law enforcement official said.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

NBC has a story on this as well already, and they've got an indicative quote as to how things will go:

"'The mentality is CBP does what they’re told, and the administration thinks ICE isn’t getting the job done,;' one of the DHS officials said. 'So CBP will do it." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Trump plans to install Border Patrol officials to lead a more aggressive migrant crackdown

The White House has approved a list of ICE leaders to be replaced by Border Patrol officials in coming days amid disappointment with arrest numbers.

www.nbcnews.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Other outlets are now reporting. First to report tonight was Anna Giaritelli at the Washington Examiner, whose story if anything missed how big the purge was. It's not just five cities; ICE Field Office Directors are being fired in at least a dozen cities, and will be replaced by CBP people instead.

Trump administration quietly purges ICE leaders in five cities: Sources

The Trump administration has replaced senior ICE personnel in five cities with Border Patrol officials.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.

Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 17h

A federal judge issues a GAG ORDER barring Trump's DOJ and Department of Homeland Security from violating Kilmar Abrego Garcia's right to a fair trial, citing a record of "troubling" statements that are "exaggerated if not simply inaccurate."

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

As discussed above, government employees have made extrajudicial statements that are troubling, especially where many of them are exaggerated if not simply inaccurate. (Doc. Nos. 118 at 2–8; 124). These statements made allegations regarding Abrego’s “character or reputation” and expressed government officials’ views on Abrego’s “guilt or innocence.” For example, the DHS Secretary stated that Abrego is a “MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15h

Houston, Texas ICE GOONS hospitalized a 16-year-old U.S. citizen on his way to school. The teen, a star football and soccer player, was violently detained alongside his father. Despite his cries for help, “I’m underage!” the agents tackled him, resulting in severe neck and back injuries.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 6h

The projections still fall short of the 60% reduction in emissions needed to prevent global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

UN Says Emissions Will Drop In The Next 10 Years But Not ‘Fast Enough’—Bill Gates Urges New Approach

The projections still fall short of the 60% reduction in emissions needed to prevent global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

www.forbes.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 9h

Brutal. True, but brutal.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Complete disregard for human life

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Joe Biden speaks for the first time after completing radiation therapy while receiving a lifetime achievement award in Boston.

Biden: "This is no give to give up. It's time to get up. Get up now. GET UP!"

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 21h

Judge to unseal more than 100 documents in Epstein-related civil suit against JPMorgan Chase @uebey.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/judge-to-uns...

Judge to unseal more than 100 documents in Epstein-related civil suit against JPMorgan Chase

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff agreed to release the documents at the request of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

www.courthousenews.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

This is another lie. Trump & Republicans find every conceivable way to plunder funds and redirect them to things they weren’t appropriated for, but money specifically set aside to feed people in a shutdown situation are now untouchable. DIDN’T JESUS SPEAK ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson: Snap benefits is a unique situation. I got a summary of the legal analysis…the contingency funds are not legally available to cover the benefits right now

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

Crockett: You have a president who consistently is obsessing over two women of color that are members of the house, I don't know what black woman hurt him in his past, honey, but it is really taking him through it.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

Our new health insurance premium is over $3,000 a month for a family of three. We’re healthy—and furious.

I know we’re not alone. Millions are facing this now, or soon will be.

I’ve got more to say. Vent with me over on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...

The New Healthcare Premium Shakedown

Our new health insurance premium feels less like coverage and more like extortion.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️

Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.

Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.

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A Citizen @acitizen.bsky.social · 10h

A sentiment held by many

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

To my new political party, my fellow Dems: Quit fucking complaining, quit making excuses, quit playing by some polite old rule book. My former political party is ruthlessly playing to win. They don’t give a damn about “norms.” So Dems, fuck the norms. It’s time to fight. It’s time to fucking fight.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

While Republicans continue their ruthless and unprecedented mid-decade radical gerrymander in multiple states to hang on to power, Democrats outside CA continue to wring their hands and dither, seeking excuses for inaction like Merrick Garland reading FBI reports about J6.

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