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Over 170 US citizens held by immigration agents — some for days without contact We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.by Nicole Foy, photography by Sarahbeth ManeyProPublica is a Pulitzer...

Although few will even read this...

At least 170+ American citizens detained by ICE agents so far that reporting can track.

Nearly all released, nearly zero criminals...

This is what our tax dollars support the current US gov't doing in the name of Americans.

www.rawstory.com/immigration-...

17.10.2025 14:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Will Republicans Ever Pass A Budget? I am not so sure.......

Despite the slant, this arti le raises a great starting point: can the Trump/Republican regime even pass an annual budget?

www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/will-repub...

15.10.2025 15:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Who are the real Americans? We are - Salon.com Never mind the ignorant fantasies coming from the White House. Chicago and Portland are showing us true patriotism

Too good not to share:

www.salon.com/2025/10/11/w...

11.10.2025 15:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

UN commission says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza | CNN An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what...

www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/m...

I am not sure what else the world truly needs to hear or see to finally act.

16.09.2025 14:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

'Just let me die': Couple turns to psychiatrist after insurance repeatedly denied claims ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.Reporting HighlightsPayments Denied: After a North Carolina ma...

Fascinating story...

www.rawstory.com/just-let-me-...

10.09.2025 14:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data Government agencies are contracting with Palantir to correlate disparate pieces of data, promising efficiency but raising civil liberties concerns.

Challenging-to-digest food for thought:

theconversation.com/when-the-gov...

30.08.2025 15:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Experts explain your rights – as an immigrant or a bystander – if you’re caught up in an ICE raid | CNN CNN asked immigration and legal experts and Trump administration officials to explain the rights of witnesses and immigrants during an ICE encounter. Here’s what we learned.

www.cnn.com/2025/08/23/u...

26.08.2025 16:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Interesting read, sobering, and gives pause for space to consider where things go from here.

16.08.2025 15:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Opinion | Americans Are Changing Their Views of Israel. That’s a Problem. Eventually Israel could find it has a lot in common with apartheid-era South Africa.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

16.08.2025 15:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Analysis: Trump’s 7 most authoritarian moves so far | CNN Politics The story of President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in office is the consolidation of power.

When it is put in simple black and white, factual terms, there can be little doubt where the US is headed...

www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/p...

14.08.2025 15:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gazans are starving. It’s a manmade catastrophe. On this week’s “More To The Story,” the Gaza Soup Kitchen’s Abe Ajrami on the challenges of feeding Palestinians at risk of famine.

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

06.08.2025 15:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Stunning report reveals multi-million dollar scheme to sell access to Trump Explosive new financial disclosures reveal how wealthy elites are literally buying face time with Donald Trump, according to a New York Times report Saturday.A figures, shared in filings by MAGA Inc.,...

Talk about pay-to-play and straight-up bribery...

...best government money can buy, but only for the rich and well-connected.

www.rawstory.com/trump-pay-to...

02.08.2025 22:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

'God, why am I here?' Flight attendants cried as Trump deportees beaten on planes Now that he’s free, Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison. He said guards stomped on his ha...

The current US administration is essentially complicit in human trafficking and crimes against humanity:

www.rawstory.com/venezuelan-m...

30.07.2025 14:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is US tariff policy reshaping the world trading system? The global economy needs a rules-based trading system. The minimum elements required are transparency, fixed and contractually bound tariffs, and a binding dispute settlement process. In addition, the...

www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

It's definitely a worthy read.

29.07.2025 15:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We've become a failed nation-state in 150 days From chaos and political violence to Israel and Iran, Trump's latest actions have sealed our fate

U.S. District Judge William Young of Massachusetts: “You are bearing down on people of color because of their color. The Constitution will not permit that…Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”

www.salon.com/2025/06/19/w...

21.06.2025 14:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0