Tom Young, Author

Praying for those in harm’s way.

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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

While Trump is unleashing a war in the Middle East, do not lose sight of the cruelty being inflicted at home by this regime.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/at-largest-ice-detention-camp-staff-bet-on-detainee-suicides-ap-reports/

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens

A new low in chicken-hawk cowardice: They cheer for Trump’s war but they’re afraid to call it what it is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Commanders Accused of Framing Iran War as Biblical Mandate, Jesus' 'Return' More than 100 complaints were made by military officers between Monday and Tuesday, totaling over 200 in total across every installation.

I can’t believe this needs to be said—but we don’t do holy wars. American service members are defenders of the Constitution, not soldiers of religion. We have a commander-in-chief limited by equal branches of government—not a Supreme Leader, like in Iran.

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Federal Study to Probe Cancer Risk Among Military Aviators An independent federal study will assess whether military aviators are at higher risk of cancer than the general public under a new law.

PSA for military friends. MILITARY AVIATORS are 24 percent more likely to get cancer than the general population. I attended a discussion today on the ACES Act, passed last year. The act directs a study of the issue. Get your checkups. Watch your six.

www.airandspaceforces.com/federal-stud...

Lauren Boebert is asked to define “inflation.” It does not go well.

Honored to march with the American Legion in Washington DC’s Lunar New Year parade. The tradition goes back 70 years.

The supreme court’s tariffs ruling puts Trump on notice with a bloody nose The conservative-heavy court had largely given Trump everything he desired – until now, when two of his three nominees turned their back on him

Wait—does this mean I won’t get my $2000 #tariff income check? I was planning to spend it on a trip to Canada when Canada becomes our beloved 51st state!🤪
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Justice Department shuts down federal law enforcement misconduct tracker The database allowed federal law enforcement agencies to privately search for information on a new hire or officer within their ranks.

Of course.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jus...

British far right agitator Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson), previously barred from the US because of his long rap sheet, secured a visa and has met with Kari Lake, the self-proclaimed acting CEO of USAGM. inews.co.uk/news/tommy-robins...

Stephen Colbert Defies CBS, Says Network Banned Him From Interviewing James Talarico On ‘The Late Show’ The Late Night host explained FCC Chair Brendan Carr's new guidance on the "equal time" rule, which alters how some programs schedule interviews.

The Late Show host says CBS, heeding a warning from the FCC chairman, prohibited him from interviewing a Texas state representative who is running for the US Senate. deadline.com/2026/02/stephen-...

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

From 2017

Updates: Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 84

Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation's most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday at 84. Follow live.

Army reservist says he's spent weeks trying to free his wife from immigration detention Stephanie Kenny-Velasquez had an asylum case pending and no criminal record, her brother and husband said.

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Opinion | This Is Much Worse Than Mere Detention

This Is Much Worse Than Mere Detention www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/o...

ICE arrested me without cause. What I saw will haunt me forever. | Opinion One ICE agent, apparently referring to Renee Good, said, 'You guys gotta stop obstructing us — that's why that lesbian b---- is dead.'

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Trump threatens to block opening of US-Canada bridge The White House has reiterated its demands even after a 'positive' call between Trump and Mark Carney.

The idiocy continues.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.

Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers.

www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...

'War Came To My Home': RFE/RL Correspondent's Apartment Hit In Russian Strike RFE/RL frontline correspondent Maryan Kushnir recounts how his apartment building outside the Ukrainian capital was hit by a Russian Shahed drone on January 28. "I saw a flash and heard windows shatter," said Kushnir, who ran upstairs to his neighbors and rescued a child from the burning apartment.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy presents the Order "For Courage" to Maryan Kushnir, a Radio Liberty war reporter, who rescued a child from a burning apartment hit by a Russian drone. (Kari Lake has repeatedly tried to cut off the funds to RFE/RL authorized by Congress.) www.rferl.org/a/rferl-corresp..

Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of an investigation into child porn, deepfakes and more French prosecutors have launched a search at the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X. This is part of an investigation into alleged offenses, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

Trump says Kennedy Center will close for two years for renovations Several performers canceled after the center's board voted to add Trump's name to it last year.

Trump put his name on the Kennedy Center and people stopped going. I wonder if “renovation” means tearing it down.

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The arrest of Don Lemon is textbook fascism—a brazen attempt to silence reporting on a criminal regime. Stand up for Don, because our rights stand and fall with those of courageous journalists throughout this country.

Kari Lake promotes Trump on Voice of America. Does that break the law? Critics say U.S. Agency for Global Media's Kari Lake risks making Voice of America sound like a propaganda outlet in her remarks on the air praising President Trump.

NPR's David Folkenflik reports on how Kari Lake seized power at USAGM and burned down the firewall that insulated the news coverage of the few remaining language services of the Voice of America from political interference. www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-...

Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest Journalist Don Lemon and three other people have been arrested in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.

Journalism is not a crime.

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Trump Team’s Secret Meetings With Group Plotting to Break Up Canada Exposed Trump officials have met with activists from the Alberta Prosperity Project, a separatist group that wants independence for its province.

If Putin had an asset in the White House, what would that asset do differently?

www.thedailybeast.com/trump-teams-...

1/3 of ICE agents are veterans.

And after the murder of VA nurse Alex Pretti, I have an urgent message for them.

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