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The number of convicted criminals in immigration detention is about 1.8x what it was when Trump took office.
The number of people with no criminal record whatsoever — who are detained solely for immigration reasons — has shot up **25.5x**

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Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.

Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.

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The GOP Women Are Humiliating Mike Johnson Move aside, Freedom Caucus. There’s a new House Republican insurgency in town.

Women belong in the House. And Mike Johnson might not be liking it.

Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes "Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.

For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.

If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.

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Remembering Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Honoring Her Service A soldier lost in Washington, and what her death means for those who served beside her.

Quiet virtue still exists. In the ranks of the citizen-soldiers whom civilian leaders ask to walk our streets and guard our institutions, there are young Americans who embody the best of us. lnk.thebulwark.com/3M8Bb5O

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Whelp, no inconvenient witnesses from the boat. Sounds like the operation was a resounding success. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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MAGA: what illegal orders were given?

One of the best investments I made this year. Once a month, I laugh really, really fucking hard.

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing

"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."

Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social

Have we ever heard anything ever again about Charlie Kirk’s shooter??

Bondi: “We'll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct.”

Pentagon says it might recall Sen. Mark Kelly to military service for court martial over ‘illegal orders’ video | CNN Politics The Pentagon said Monday that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired US Navy captain, in light of “serious allegations of misconduct” the department has received against him, and co...

Mark Kelly is a heroic public servant. Donald Trump is a treasonous criminal. Period.
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Just a heads up: He prosecuted two KKK members who committed the 16th Baptist Church (Birmingham) bombing

I’m done funding cruelty. Target cuts DEI, Amazon bankrolls this administration, and Home Depot lets ICE terrorize workers on their lots.
My money stays with small shops and people-first businesses. How about you? #WeAintBuyingIt

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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.

YouTube video by Katie Phang Trump’s NEW FATAL BOAT STRIKE Triggers MASSIVE LEGAL NIGHTMARE

ICYMI: The great @stevevladeck.bsky.social joined me to break down the ILLEGALITY of Trump’s blowing up of vessels in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Hey, foreign reporters, you better be as pathetically supine as the American ones or President Whiny McAddlepate will tattle to your leaders about what a big ol' meanie you were to him.

The point shouldn’t be he wasn’t an asshole so he shouldn’t have been shot, it should be we don’t condone extrajudicial killings of people just because we think that they’re assholes.

Memories of 9/11 A personal reflection on what was—and what could have been

“We are now 24 years past 9/11—and it’s inevitable that our memory of that shocking event…will grow fainter. Perhaps you’ll take a moment to reflect on your own experience and how the world seemed different—surely less fearful—before the terrible destruction.”
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I keep seeing people talk about the distance of the shot that killed him. Folks, 200 yards (180m) isn't a difficult shot to make. The average infantry soldier could make that with just iron sights. With a scope, it would be too easy. An operator wasn't needed for that shot. Just an average marksman.

WSJ just retracted its report that the shooter’s ammo was engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”

It smelled like bullshit from the beginning, and every conservative who ran with it should be shamed into obscurity.

hey the people that stormed the capitol and erected gallows to murder elected leaders want you to know that political violence is not ok

The president swapped the innards of one of the world’s premier investigative agencies with pinball machine parts, and now the designated crime solvers can’t solve crimes? Gee, imagine that.

I'm sick after seeing the video of Charlie Kirk being shot.

Violence against civilians is never okay. Political violence — no matter who is hurt — will always beget worse political violence. And it has no place in our country.

Please do not call the cops when someone is having a mental health crisis. They escalate the crisis and put people in more danger.

In Philly, you can call 988 to get in touch with non-police mobile crisis teams.

Thank you @leximcmenamin.com for reporting on this for @teenvogue.com.