Mark Regets

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Make each authorization specific to a particular time and place, be limited to a single day, to a limited list of agents, and require approval of the Secretary of DHS.

I believe secrecy was permitted during the Waco raid, for instance, though all names were later made public during investigations.

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Now "Streets of Minneapolis" with video

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I am a consistent colorblind conservative. I don't give a damn about the ethnicity of either the Federal thugs or their victims.

Let MAGA talk like we are in a race war—we don't need to encourage that BS.

Full statement from New Dem Chair @repschneider.bsky.social and @usprogressives.bsky.social Chair @repcasar.bsky.social on DHS reforms.

"🎵Blood and bones, and these whistles and phones against Miller's and Noem's dirty lies🎵"

George Will compared Minneapolis to Birmingham 1963. Both will be remember as ordinary Americans standing up for American liberty.

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

How Somalis Became the New ‘Welfare Queens’ Trump has reinvented Reagan’s old attack, with one key twist.

The attacks on Somalis, like the old "welfare queen" allegations, twisted some real facts and mainstream policy arguments into a fictional tale that leveraged ugly sentiments against a minority group in order to promote a more radical agenda.

Anyone remember what we once did to a President for covering up a burglary?

What should be done for 2 murders and multiple acts of violence?

Also, my father’s final words to me were to continue to fight the good fight. He would be honored in Alex’s sacrifice, and ashamed of this current administration.

In my dad’s words, I encourage you all to continue to “fight the good fight.”

A view from Germany:

"When they came for the children, I said nothing because they were not my children".

The entire world feels the awful parallels.

Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings.

Get them out of there.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is heartbreaking that this sounds so much like a researcher moving to a lab in China.

While many will still move to America for the research opportunities, we fool ourselves if we think we won't lose many.

Both the loss of talent and funding cuts mean there will be less reason to move here.

The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration Government data show the Trump administration’s policies reducing the number of foreign-born workers did not help U.S.-born workers in 2025.

Well…

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The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration Government data show the Trump administration’s policies reducing the number of foreign-born workers did not help U.S.-born workers in 2025.

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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Venezuelan Immigrants More Valuable For America Than Venezuela’s Oil Research shows America would gain more economically by allowing Venezuelans to remain in protected status than by sales of Venezuela’s oil.

Not deporting Venezuelans with TPS would “lower the deficit by $70.9 billion & raise GDP by $504.4 billion” in 10 years; 50 million barrels of oil are worth $2.8 billion. Economist Mark Regets: “People are more valuable than oil.” @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

The people we have received from Venezuela are far more valuable to the American economy than any oil we might seize.

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The people we have received from Venezuela are far more valuable to the American economy than any oil we might seize.

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🙃 Was Field-Wrigley even briefly considered?

A decline in the foreign-born labor force has not improved the fortunes of U.S.-born workers, contrary to the promises of Trump officials.

Too many Democrats still think of immigration as a humanitarian issue (I admit that I do too when DHS's inhumanity is so great).

But we also need more immigrants of all skill levels for economic reasons. Some Dems are uncomfortable with business profiting.

Agreed.

And as with most of these slurs, there is little factual basis. Migrants from ILLINOIS have higher arrest rates in Minnesota than migrants from Somalia.

Somalis have had more to overcome than some other refugee groups, but they ARE adapting well.

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The UK is 6% Muslim, many of whom are very secular in politics, yet MAGA fears Britain becoming a Jihadi state. Both domestic and national security policies focus on imaginary threats.

In the science fiction literary community there is something called "Sturgeon's Law", coined in 1957, that says "Ninety percent of everything is crap".

You have long been fighting the good fight against all 4!

Sounds like a great event. Definitely interested depending upon the date.

Immigrant Labor Declines As Trump Imposes New Immigration Restrictions Government data show a decline of 1.1 million foreign-born workers since January. New immigration restrictions will lead to a larger drop.

“The Trump administration’s policies on illegal and legal immigration would reduce the projected number of workers in the United States by 6.8 million by 2028 and by 15.7 million by 2035 and lower the annual rate of economic growth by almost one-third.”
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Immigrant Labor Declines As Trump Imposes New Immigration Restrictions Government data show a decline of 1.1 million foreign-born workers since January. New immigration restrictions will lead to a larger drop.

New research: The new proclamation blocking the Immediate Relatives of US Citizens from 39 countries & the low refugee ceiling mean legal immigration is now projected to decline by at least 600K during Donald Trump’s 2nd term. @mclem.org @douglasrivlin.bsky.social
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