BJ McGough

TN bill would allow death penalty for women who have an abortion SBC President Clint Pressley endorsed the effort saying it would “provide preborn children with equal protection of the laws.”

"Two Tennessee Republicans are seeking to impose the death penalty on women who have abortions..."

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Maryland Sues to Stop ICE Detention Center, Escalating Fight Over Secretive Federal Purchase The lawsuit follows an earlier challenge by a Washington County resident who found the government used the wrong address to quietly close a required historic preservation review.

"Maryland’s attorney general has filed a federal lawsuit to block construction of a large immigration detention center in Washington County, escalating the state’s battle against a Trump project critics say was deliberately hidden from public view..."

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Maryland -- suit filed today

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Health care firm: Job postings for proposed ICE warehouse in Merrimack, N.H., are ‘speculative’ - The Boston Globe Aspen Medical’s president said his company regularly conducts “viability exercises” to “map market conditions” for certain business opportunities.

Company advertising for workers for potential Trump prison camp in Merrimack New Hampshire faces questions in the local press and Boston Globe. Now says it, uh, well, maybe not...

“It is not looking likely that we will ever bid on any of these facilities...”

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Arkansans organize grassroots initiatives across state to support immigrant neighbors Rosita Lopez has been a community organizer for more than 15 years and said she’s never seen neighbors banding together to support immigrants like they have recently.

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/arka...

Believe the hype!

"We asked how she felt about the federal government paying almost $100 million more than the warehouse’s last appraised value. She didn’t know about that number, and said she was glad we were there to tell the story..."

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Plane with ICE detainees on tarmac at airport at Pease for more than 12 hours A plane with ICE detainees landed at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease around 1 a.m. Monday, and the nor'easter led it to remain on the tarmac for more than 12 hours.

""Had we been informed in advance of their intent to land here during the blizzard, we would have strongly advised against it..."

www.wmur.com/article/port...

BREAKING

Former ICE agent:

On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

Lol they're not your friends, Kash.

And you can't use federal resources—including the FBI's $62M private jet—to go on a taxpayer-funded Olympic getaway & locker room bender.

Adding it to the evidence file for our investigation, @raskin.house.gov.

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

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Plan for ICE detention center in Merrimack has been scrapped, governor says After two months of speculation, protests and public debate, the Department of Homeland Security is moving on from plans for an immigrant detention facility in Merrimack, WMUR was first to report on T...

After huge local pushback and protest, there will be NO massive trump prison camp in Merrimack New Hampshire:

www.wmur.com/article/ice-...

Plans for proposed ICE facility in Merrimack, N.H., won’t move forward, governor says - The Boston Globe “We can breathe easy again,” said the chair of the Merrimack Town Council, which had opposed the warehouse.

“Today, the people of Merrimack and all of New Hampshire proved that organized, local voices are more powerful than a federal agency’s ruthless expansion,” she said. “This is a victory for us and all of New England but it is not the end of the fight.”

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/24/m...

Update on ICE facility speculation

Helpful AP roundup on the state of play with Trump's effort to build himself huge new black-site prison camps all over the country...

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Points to another one apparently blocked in the town of Merrillville, Indiana:

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Trump reportedly isn’t sending a hospital ship to Greenland after all Too often, there is no meaningful connection between what the president says he’s going to do and what he actually does.

"The larger significance here is that yet again, there is no meaningful connection between what Trump says he’s going to do and what he actually does..."

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Why DHS suddenly reversed course on suspending TSA PreCheck The Department of Homeland Security has said Global Entry, a program run by Customs and Border Protection, will remain paused.

LOL what a surprise

"The Department of Homeland Security’s plans to temporarily suspend TSA PreCheck were conceived by DHS Secretary Kristi L. Noem and her top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, but then pulled back after the White House intervened..."

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Labor secretary’s spouse not charged but remains banned from agency The agency’s inspector general recommended that the Labor Department ban Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband from the building’s Washington headquarters, after three female political staffers comp...

"Three Labor Department staffers, all political appointees, accused the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer of touching them inappropriately...

"He remains banned from department headquarters amid an inquiry by the department’s inspector general

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Kash Patel’s use of jet delayed FBI team’s mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator Sen. Richard Durbin says FBI director’s “misplaced priorities” led to the delayed response to the Brown University shooting in December.

oh dear

Kash Patel was using the FBI's private jet to visit his mom...

"The evidence response team instead had to drive through the night amid a snowstorm..."

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Opinion | I fact-checked Trump's speeches for years. Here's what to expect from his State of the Union address. Glenn Kessler on what he learned about debunking this president from his years running The Washington Post Fact Checker.

If you have time to read only one news article about tonight's state of the union before the speech, I think this piece by Glenn Kessler should be it:

www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,,

Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

Incredible shot of Rep. Al Green holding up a "BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T APES!" sign with Trump in the foreground from photographer Kenny Holston (Getty)

Warnock: "We heard tonight the rumblings of a desperate man who's trying to present case he can for the midterms. It was half lies, half grievances. He knows he is quickly losing power."

After considerable local pushback from Tennesseans and officials of both parties, ICE confirms to us -- (with just one minor typo) -- that they have abandoned plans to build a new Trump prison camp in Lebanon, Tennessee:

“I think we all have the same values. And that’s to treat people as we would want to be treated.” Thank you Holly Neaton for joining me after the SOTU on @ms.now.

YouTube video by MS NOW Lawyer project preserves record of RADICAL DOJ corruption under Trump

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Judge Says U.S. Is Intentionally Violating the Law on Immigration

“On the merits, its detentions are illegal,” the judge wrote.

“[The government] knows this.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/n...

ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.

"It’s hard to know how much Stonepeak makes off this misery..."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

(between images of a map showing the nearly 2,000 No Kings Day events planned for March 28) NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.

There are nearly 2,000 events on the No Kings Day map in all 50 states (and 10 countries). March 28 will be the largest protest in American history. Find your local event or plan a protest in your area: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000

NEW! From the same clueless Republicans who brought you doubling premiums: $31,000 deductibles.

Only an out of touch billionaire would think that counts as affordable.