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David Rollins

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Construction worker, dog owner, homosexual, socialist, atheist. The dog's name is President Ike Eisenhowler.

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I'm used to having to convince coastal types that there are people out there who genuinely believe in libertarian and traditionalist principles (rather than as laundry for regular bigotry). rarely, however, do you see those types publicly confronted with how little company they actually have

02.02.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1981    πŸ” 356    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 16

I came upon them as the last of them were getting into the panel van, and driving away. I was unable to get photographic or video recording.

30.01.2026 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ice was spotted outside the home of a Hispanic family in my neighborhood this morning. Two masked, armored, armed individuals in an unmarked white panel van, as well as SUV and extended cab pickup with full tint windows, unknown# of individuals inside. Wilton neighborhood of New Castle, Delaware.

30.01.2026 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

About this: This practice of churches providing groceries/supplies to immigrant families who are afraid to leave their homes out of fear of ICE is widespread, and widely reported.

What's different here is the *scale* of operations this one church is overseeing, and how public they are about it.

16.01.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1248    πŸ” 337    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6

Enjoying simple domesticity today. Spent the bulk of the day with my husband. Running errands, walking the dog, doing chores, and cooking together. Tonight we're having chicken soup and dumplings from scratch.

It's important to take joy and satisfaction in the things you *can* control going well.

23.11.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out. Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.

NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.

All but about 200 pages are blacked out.

19.11.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1564    πŸ” 816    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 75
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The Trump administration’s mass deportation push has upended life in New England. Immigrants detained at work. Families dragged from cars by ICE. Teenagers arrested.

Our newsletter β€œImmigration Unmasked” examines how this is playing out in your community. globe.com/immigrationunmasked

14.11.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

"sir a second Nazi groupchat infodump has hit Politico"

20.10.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2158    πŸ” 577    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 8
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Israel kills 97 Palestinians in Gaza since start of ceasefire Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has breached the truce agreement 80 times, including 21 violations on Sunday.

Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has breached the truce agreement 80 times, including 21 violations on Sunday.

20.10.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 400    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 23
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Israeli army carries out its latest ground incursion in southern Syria Israel has repeatedly entered Syria since the fall of al-Assad and has carried out air raids across the country.

Israel has repeatedly entered Syria since the fall of al-Assad and has carried out air raids across the country.

14.09.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10
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Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda Google is in the middle of a six-month, $45 million contract to amplify propaganda with Netanyahu’s office. The contract describes Google as a β€œkey entity” supporting the prime minister’s messaging.

Google’s $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu's Office to Spread Israeli Propaganda "to explain that there is no hunger and present the data.” www.dropsitenews.com/p/google-you...

14.09.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio β€œThought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.

Grounded! "A bill introduced by the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is raising alarms among civil liberties advocates, who warn it would let Rubio revoke Americans’ passports on similar grounds." theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...

14.09.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 21

I judge people for watching the NFL regardless of what's between their legs.

08.09.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"We were kidnapped" On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.

β€œWe got a beating for breakfast. We got a beating for lunch. We got a beating for dinner.”

The horror stories are already emerging from the Venezuelan deportees' time in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

19.07.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7833    πŸ” 3782    πŸ’¬ 237    πŸ“Œ 181
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This is Gaza, now, I just watched an elderly man die, collapse, in a food queue, just as he was about to be served.

People are, literally, dropping dead of starvation. The world must not stand idly by. Gaza has not known what you call β€œfreedom” in, close to 80 years.

The world must act.

20.07.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

Every time a child is killed, a piece of our collective humanity disappears. How much do we have left now?

It’s late at night here, and dark. I’m worried about the emptiness inside our leaders, and inside their followers.

What can we do to stop this?

20.07.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hispanic journalist in Atlanta detained by ICE speaks out Mario Guevara tells the AJC about his month behind bars, and his once positive feelings toward Donald Trump.

β€œI’m plainly convinced that my situation in this ICE jail is direct retaliation for my coverage,” Mario Guevara told @ajc.com in an exclusive interview from the Folkston, Georgia ICE detention center where he is currently detained, despite a judge's bail order. β€œI haven’t committed any crimes.”

20.07.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2826    πŸ” 1341    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 43

🚨NEW: A horror story emerges from hacked flight logs of the March 15 flight to El Salvador: mass disappearances.

It's possible there are DOZENS of additional people the Trump admin sent to be imprisoned in El Salvador without trial who are imprisoned there whose names have never been disclosed.

17.07.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3365    πŸ” 1859    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 97
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2 men wearing 'ICE' vests rob motorist at gunpoint in Milton. What to know, plus safety tips If you are unsure if the person pulling you over is a law enforcement officer, call 911 to verify.

Lawlessness begets more lawlessness: "2 men wearing 'ICE' vests rob motorist at gunpoint in Milton." www.delawareonline.com/story/news/c...

12.07.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
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Harassing kids about where they're from in the new "papers, please" America (and threatening a coach with obstruction of justice for telling them they don't have to talk to ICE) www.westsiderag.com/2025/07/10/a...

10.07.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 657    πŸ” 230    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 12

Immigrants make America better. Period. It's not up for debate.

If I'm a Democratic politician, I'm out making this case every day, convincing voters. If it turns out that no matter what I say, my constituents still hate immigrants, I wouldn't pander. I'd lose the next election and move.

11.07.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1267    πŸ” 226    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 14
Two weeks have passed since a Florida Highway Patrol officer arrested the Honduran immigrant client of Magdalena Cuprys of Cuprys & Associates. β€œHe was stopped at a weigh station in Tampa because he owns a construction company, and he was required to stop for his truck to be weighed,” Cuprys told me. β€œThe client had a valid Florida driver’s license. The patrol officer called Customs and Border Protection on him. The client called me, and the officer took the phone from him and spoke with me.”

She asked why CBP was alerted. β€œI was advised that the client looked Hispanic, had a Hispanic name, and now they are collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP, and their orders are to call CBP any time they encounter anyone they suspect is an immigrant,” said Cuprys. β€œI asked if they would have followed the same process if it had been me driving, and the response was it depends if you look Hispanic.”

Two weeks have passed since a Florida Highway Patrol officer arrested the Honduran immigrant client of Magdalena Cuprys of Cuprys & Associates. β€œHe was stopped at a weigh station in Tampa because he owns a construction company, and he was required to stop for his truck to be weighed,” Cuprys told me. β€œThe client had a valid Florida driver’s license. The patrol officer called Customs and Border Protection on him. The client called me, and the officer took the phone from him and spoke with me.” She asked why CBP was alerted. β€œI was advised that the client looked Hispanic, had a Hispanic name, and now they are collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP, and their orders are to call CBP any time they encounter anyone they suspect is an immigrant,” said Cuprys. β€œI asked if they would have followed the same process if it had been me driving, and the response was it depends if you look Hispanic.”

β€œIt depends if you look Hispanic.”

From Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

10.07.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6870    πŸ” 3087    πŸ’¬ 259    πŸ“Œ 434
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The Trump administration isn't just claiming the power of a king, but a power so egregious that it was abolished in the Glorious Revolution long before the version of the monarchy the US rebelled against www.stevevladeck.com/p/165-tiktok...

07.07.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 420    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 7
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Notices
Temporary Protected Status:
Designation of Honduras; Termination
Filed on: 07/07/2025 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/08/2025
FR Document: 2025-12621
PDF 11 Pages (120 KB)
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Termination of the Designation of Nicaragua
Filed on: 07/07/2025 at 8:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/08/2025
FR Document: 2025-12688
PDE 10 Pages (114 KB)
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Notices Temporary Protected Status: Designation of Honduras; Termination Filed on: 07/07/2025 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/08/2025 FR Document: 2025-12621 PDF 11 Pages (120 KB) Permalink Termination of the Designation of Nicaragua Filed on: 07/07/2025 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 07/08/2025 FR Document: 2025-12688 PDE 10 Pages (114 KB) Permalink

NEW: the Trump admin has moved to terminate TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua, covering over 50,000 people

Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people here legally who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years.

07.07.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2828    πŸ” 1523    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 124

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01.07.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 487    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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This is what detainment for immigrants looks like in the Everglades, in the middle of the hot Florida summer, during hurricane season. This is depraved.

01.07.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 441    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 56
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It's a bit too heavy for the plastic trellis I had at the top of the fence though, and I will need to replace it with wood next year.

23.06.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it makes an excellent alternative to the Japanese Wisteria that I had planning on planting - using cuttings from the ones at my childhood home in north Wilmington. It has similar foliage, but Wisteria is invasive, and spreads horizontally, not just vertically.

23.06.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A climbing vine on a wooden fence with deep pink flowers.

A climbing vine on a wooden fence with deep pink flowers.

The out of control creeping vine - that we have allowed to grow on our fence to provide privacy to our hot tub - has bloomed. It turns out to be a Trumpet Vine, which has lots of beautiful large flowers, and is native to the area!

23.06.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mr President Ike Eisenhowler's new favorite toy. He wants to know why I stopped playing to take a picture.

01.06.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0