US consumer confidence dives to a more than 11-1/2-year low U.S. consumer confidence slumped to the lowest level in more than 11-1/2 years in January amid mounting anxiety over a sluggish labor market and high prices, which could see households becoming more c...

Another take.... 👇

US consumer confidence dives to a more than 11-1/2-year low. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.

Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...

Jesus, the contrast is blinding.

Thank you, Mr Real President

A president who combines hostility with intellectual emptiness isn’t just controversial...he’s structurally dangerous. It’s hard to tell which is more alarming: the policies or the lack of comprehension behind them.

Oh boy, somebody

(cough known puppy killer/Rambette co-splayer)

is diving for cover.

“I was just following orders” said all Nazis

Imagine being under siege every fxcking day of your existence. And then need to apologize for defending yourself.

ICE doesn’t de-escalate, it escalates, then runs.

🚨ICE agent pepper-sprays woman after shoving her. Totally unnecessary. Santa Barbara police and paramedics showed up to clean up the mess. ICE already fled the scene.

the margins for republicans are so slim so when you see a poll saying they are getting their shit rocked minus eleven with male voters, even if you don’t believe it, they are not up fifteen, which is what they need.

i personally would be heading for the exits. gotta go. wife is calling.

Truly insane

Gov. Mills, Maine leaders blast ICE actions, demand transparency amid rising fear in communities Maine's governor, mayors, lawmakers, and attorney general say recent arrests are harming families, schools, and housing stability across Maine.

Gov. Mills, Maine leaders blast ICE actions, demand transparency amid rising fear in communities

Maine's governor, mayors, lawmakers, and attorney general say recent arrests are harming families, schools, and housing stability across Maine.

www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, Greg Bovino.

They must all resign and be held accountable.

DOJ Employee Resources - Justice Connection Justice Connection offers DOJ employees under attack pro bono legal representation, employment resources, mental health support, and media assistance.

At least a dozen career DOJ prosecutors left after the department failed to open a civil rights probe into the fatal shooting of Renee Good. DOJ repeated that failure with Alex Pretti.

If you’re a DOJ employee under pressure to compromise your ethics: Justice Connection is here to support you.

Walz: I think Kristi Noem probably should go back to South Dakota, not have any dogs, and just kind of ride things out

Does this mean Texas gets invaded now? Or is that only after intrepid reporter Nick Shirley gets a scoop?

www.fox4news.com/news/48-texa...

Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller

Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.

ALEX PRETTI’S PARENTS: “He was a VA nurse who cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening with ICE... kidnapping children, grabbing people off the street — he knew it was wrong. He loved this country."

(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )

While glad to see Bovino humbled, I really don’t have any higher opinion of Homan—a cruel, cold, corrupt, calculating bureaucrat who’s devoted more of his career to mass deportation than almost anyone. He’s the architect of child separation.

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It's pretty pressing, Chris.

I want those names.

Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.

Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.

Well, here’s a link:

georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Police chief defies ICE as agents try to block local cops from latest Minneapolis shooting ICE attempted to block local police officers from the scene of another Minneapolis shooting Saturday — but the city's police chief defied their orders.The federal agents attempted to demand the city's...

www.rawstory.com/ice-shooting...

New chant: “Show me who Whittier’s named for”/“This is who Whittier’s named for”

By: Nick Anderson

Andy is right…

we must be organized

we must be trained

we must be ready to face their opposition, in fact

we must act now to guarantee our safety, and

we must do everything it takes to win the midterms to save our selves, and our American democracy.

Your Vote Is Bigger Than Your Gun.

#GoDems

Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.

Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”

“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.