Sara Mickelson

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Sen. Padilla's full Senate floor speech recounting his removal from Noem's LA briefing

Since they didn't criminally charge Senator @padilla.senate.gov it's clear his arrest was all for show, but Trump underestimated the fire it would light

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BREAKING: Gaza’s civil defence agency says Israeli troops shot and killed at least 20 hungry Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others while they waited for food at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid site.

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Free ebooks from @haymarketbooks.org, including Border and Rule by @harshawalia.bsky.social, which is one of the most important books I've ever read. Download and read, fam.

Meanwhile our senators voting to help big crypto and Trump

Tribal colleges face uncertain future amid federal funding cuts Tribal colleges and universities have endured decades of chronic underfunding, relying heavily on federal support to stay afloat. Now, the Trump administration’s broad cuts to federal programs are hit...

"800 miles away in Albuquerque, New Mexico...

Trump's wave of federal job cuts arrived on SIPI's campus without warning, wiping out nearly a ¼ of the staff...

cubicles were empty. People that I usually say good morning to, their offices were off, like, empty, lights off"

Done! I’ve been meaning to and this was a great push!

The woman on The Rehearsal is really onto something

Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.

The bottom 60% of U.S. households earn $38K/year on average.

To afford a "minimal standard of living," they'd need $67K.

"Americans are working harder than ever, but the benefits of that hard work are not being distributed in a way that supports upward mobility.”

FREE KILMAR ÁBREGO GARCÍA AND THOSE DETAINED IN EL SALVADOR The Trump administration has wrongfully deported countless people without due process to a prison in El Salvador notorious for torture. Now, despite court orders, President Trump is refusing to bring ...

No person should be deported to face torture or disappeared and denied the ability to contact their families or lawyer.

Tell Congress to bring home all of the immigrants Trump deported to a prison in El Salvador.

Albuquerque church gets letter from Homeland Security over El Paso shelter ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande is getting in caught up in the crosshairs of politics at the border. Bishop Michael Hunn of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio …

“We’d give them hot food and a hot shower and often, this was the first time where they really felt safe in months"

U.S. Dept of Homeland Security now says these are “illegal activities” at the migrant shelter run by the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande

Reporting by
@krqe.com

Mike Davis was born on this day in 1946.

“At the end of the day, the best measure of the humanity of any society is the life and happiness of its children. We live in a rich society with poor children, and that should be intolerable.”

Target Loses Web Traffic As Costco Gains On Feb. 28 Economic Blackout Day Target's website traffic dropped 9% on Feb. 28 in the People's Union online shopping boycott with its app usage down 14%, compared with mid-February Friday results.

Seeing what happens >> telling people nothing interesting will happen so don’t try
www.forbes.com/sites/pamdan...

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.

There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP

Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

I WISH your writing/ideas (when represented correctly, of course) embodied the values of the Democratic Party but suggesting that they do is also a falsehood.

“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

Trump administration fires 20 immigration judges, amid mass dismissals of federal workers • Source New Mexico Despite a backlog in U.S. immigration court, the Trump administration has fired 20 immigration judges, a federal workers union says

Despite a backlog of 3.7 million cases, the Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges, a federal workers' union says.

You’re welcome! He’s my Senator, too. We will keep keeping on the pressure!!!!

Musk or Us Recess Toolkit

Indivisible has a good toolkit for the recess period: indivisible.org/muskorus

NMDOH declares measles outbreak in Lea County • Source New Mexico New Mexico Department of Health declares measles outbreak in Lea County, as cases in nearby Texas county double in just a few days

Two more measles cases in Lea County and now we've got an outbreak:

Very excited to hear your announcement, future Governor!

Excellent reminder, as always! (And I was transported back to learning to read by having to sound out conciergification several times)

Elon Musk's war on Head Start exposes how "pro-natalists" are just anti-woman “You do not want to give money to women," declared one leader of the "make more babies" movement

New reporting shows that despite the supposed unfreezing of federal grants, many Head Start centers still can't access funds, forcing them to close and leaving kids without preschool and health services and families (esp moms) without the care they need to work for pay.
www.salon.com/2025/02/06/e...

I think about it all the time, too. The child care/early childhood education folks also did not embrace it largely despite this very real evidence

What does Trump's federal funding freeze mean for people who get aid? Many are unclear on how sweeping the federal funding freeze is intended to be. Here are programs it could affect.

The Trump administration's actions caused chaos and thrust families, elders, and kids in New Mexico and across the country into uncertainty. It's cruel. Though he reversed course, for now, the future is still uncertain, and the cruelty is still there. www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...

The Trump Administration’s Federal Funding Freeze Signals a Broader Attack on Economic Security - Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality In its first week, the Trump administration executed a chaotic and aggressive policy blitz, issuing more than 300 executive actions. These actions signal a stark shift in federal priorities—one that t...

"The message is loud and clear: The war against poverty is over, and Americans struggling to get by are on their own." Read the statement from @lelaineb.bsky.social and GCPI Faculty Director Peter Edelman.

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