Updates from @wgntv.com's 4pm newscast:
-Brockman has been released by ICE
-She works in the creative services dept at the station, not the news dept
-WGN didn't name her in its story & blocked out her face per station policy of not naming people who have not been charged

Exclusive | Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don’t Join Registry Under existing rules, immigrants in the U.S. illegally are committing a civil offense and can be detained and deported on that basis, but aren’t considered to be committing a crime.

WSJ scoop: The Trump administration is planning a registry for immigrants in the country illegally, threatening prison time for those who refuse to comply www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump Could Start a New Pipeline Fight A tax credit for carbon capture has fans in the oil industry.

The Trump administration is fully engaged in a drive to eliminate virtually any government activity or mention related to climate change—with a few notable exceptions, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social reports:

NO. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality we should not be giving tax breaks to billionaires. We should demand that they start paying their fair share.

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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here

Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent.

SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Disability Community Briefing: What You Can Do to Stop the Attack on Section 504. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the... In September 2024, a group of 17 states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government called Texas v. Becerra. The lawsuit asks the court to get rid of Section 504 and its regulations. Section 504 is a ...

504 is on the chopping block. This is eugenics targeting the weakest and most vulnerable among us. Please join. We need you.

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This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.

$196 billion for three men in 99 days.

Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

How did we get Viagra? That will really get their attention.

The homepage of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s website was updated Friday night to display a “Page not found” error message. This change occurred just one day after members of Musk’s team gained access to the bureau’s headquarters and computer systems.

Gazans Don’t Need a Riviera. They Need Water. The desperate struggle by Palestinian engineers to repair a water system destroyed by war

“Engineers in Gaza have no time for bluster and fantasy about the place they know as home,” Claudine Ebeid writes. “They must deal every day with the damage already done, knowing that it cannot easily be undone.”

Republicans want to slash Medicaid — a death sentence for thousands of Americans. Medicaid provides health care to more than 37 million kids, funding for 2/3 of seniors in nursing homes & is 40% of the revenue for community health centers. 

We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.

USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.

BREAKING: Moments ago Justin Trudeau announced devastating tariffs against the United States—a 25% tariff on over $150 billion worth of American goods.

Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).

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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:

1. Create a new $15B science fund

2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada

3. Immediate permanent residency

4. Citizenship after 2 years

Overnight a science superpower

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.

Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”

We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

Trump firings at labor board threaten union win at Whole Foods – and beyond Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia voted to unionize early this week but may be stuck in limbo due to President Donald Trump firing leaders at a federal labor regulator.

When millions of struggling workers want to join unions, Trump's decision to neuter the NLRB is blatantly illegal. It is also a huge gift to Musk, Bezos & other billionaires who want to abolish the only federal agency that can stop their union busting.

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"The Gulf of Empathy," (11 x 15) watercolor, mixed media, pen and ink on paper.

The president can veto or support legislation. He can make recommendations to Congress. But he doesn't have the unilateral right to change laws.

Trump has very little respect for the rule of law & our Constitution. He is moving us toward authoritarianism.

We must stop him.

Birthright Citizenship Is a Sacred Guarantee The attack on it is a violation of the nation’s post–Civil War rebirth.

Birthright citizenship is “as close to a national self-definition as we have; it is our legal DNA,” David W. Blight writes. “One cannot overstate the gravity of Trump’s proposed action, nor the historical ignorance on which it stands.”

“No one GAF about Columbia. We can grow our own coffee beans. Problem solved”

You literally cannot grow coffee in most of America