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5 Lawmakers in California and New York Are Denied Access to Federal Detention Facilities

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It is completely unlawful for ICE to turn away members of Congress like this. The law could not be more clear; no member of Congress may be denied access to a facility where ICE is detaining someone, and they cannot be required to schedule in advance. Surprise inspections must be surprise.

Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.

It's ok, Rebecca! In retrospect, I can see that you were trying to get help with some other accounts!

Oh ok sorry, the post was confusing!

Thanks, Darlene 💙 😊

@pogglerebecca.bsky.social @moderation.bsky.app This is false targeting. 😤 I have been taking social media breaks and alt account breaks this summer, and this is overzealous and undeserved. 🧐

Uh, wait, WTH? I've been on my alt account for a few weeks!!

Call me old-fashioned, but I really liked the way Democrats dealt with MAGA-type ideology from 1942-1945.

Unbelievable the number of things happening under this administration

The madness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The depth of his extremism has not been fully conveyed to the public.

The madness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.

The State Dept. is buying 4000 new Cybertrucks, then tries to hide it:
Officials removed term 'armored Teslas' from its 2025 procurement list, and replaced it with 'armored electric vehicles' after scrutiny about the $400 million Tesla purchase.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks (Gift Article) The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.

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pro-USAID demonstrators are roughly escorted out of a House hearing

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In case you're wondering which states would bear this burden the most.

LGBTQ youth are calling crisis hotlines in record numbers

Fears have escalated with the Trump³⁴'s anti-LGBTQ actions and the release of his J6 goons onto our streets

Image below has hotline numbers that can help

We have to stick together. We must remain visible. We can not obey in advance

BREAKING: MAGA lawmaker introduces a bill to create a bounty hunting program to terrorize undocumented migrants.

State Rep. Justin Keen of Mississippi is pushing the “Mississippi Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program” that would pay $1,000 for every deportation a hunter helps facilitate.

Please pass this on…

Complaints of Bias, 'News Distortion' Against CBS, ABC and NBC Reinstated by Trump-Appointed FCC Chair Brendan Carr's predecessor Jessica Rosenworcel said the complaints were "seeking to weaponize" the agency.

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ALERT: The Trump FCC is being weaponized by newly-minted Chairman Brendon Carr. This is dangerous and should alarm Americans.

Carr has:
1) reinstated 3 partisan cases against ABC, CBS, NBC

2) helped Rupert Murdoch/Fox by not NOT reinstating *OUR* case

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www.thewrap.com/fcc-complain...

JUST IN: Judge MEHTA has barred Stewart Rhodes and other Oath Keepers whose sentences were *commuted* from going into Washinton or the U.S. Capitol without permission from the court.

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BBC not buying the gaslighting

Chef José Andrés announced today that he submitted his resignation as co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition last week because his two year term was up.

But Donald Trump is trying to say he fired him.

Pretty shameful Donald would even want to pretend fire him at all.

18 States Sue to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order (Gift Article) The lawsuit to block the president’s executive order is the first salvo in what is likely to be a long-running legal fight over immigration policy.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...