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Fun fact- if you take AIPAC money you can’t get an Indivisible endorsement in your primary.

Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats' ICE demands Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”

Here's what Dems should do:
1) Double down on the demands.
2) Make clear there will be no additional funding.

If the GOP wants to shut down DHS, that's on them.

Don't surrender to pushback from these goons. Take inspiration from the people of Minneapolis.
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They knew what they were doing.

Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...

i think people should consider the extent to which bannon, a known bullshit artist, knows that you will see this and panic. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Exactly 💯

I'm starting to see more and more comments like the original poster. Wondering if some are bots in preparation of midterms.

The world has had enough.

He doesn't want the Washington Post to survive any more than Trump wants the Kennedy Center to thrive or Musk wanted Twitter to serve as a genuine global town square.

They want to co-opt these venerable institutions, and when they can't, they destroy them. Deliberately. And that's what's happening.

Screenshot of tweet by @DHSgov dated Feb. 2. The text reads: Homesick? Take advantage of the historic CBP Home deal we are offering TODAY: a $2,600 exit bonus and a FREE flight to your home country. Illegal immigrants can leave safely and travel normally if they self-deport now. The post image shows a custom DHS plane ticket that says "$2,600 Exit Bonus," "Free Flight," and "CBP Home."

DHS keeps touting a program that offers free plane tickets and “exit bonuses” to immigrants who self-deport.

But last fall, we spoke to a dozen immigrants who said they followed Trump's instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

➡️ Read their stories: https://propub.li/3Zeb4xF

State vaccine requirements for school entry are absolutely essential if we have any hope of maintaining herd immunity.

It is madness for states to repeal these requirements. And vaccine exemptions should not be permitted unless for a documented medical contraindication.

GARCIA: If you're on public benefits, how do you afford a $500k house?

BESSENT: Let me clarify your confusion

GARCIA: I'm not confused, sir. Don't be demeaning to me. Because I'm going to object and make you answer questions

SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, "The system sucks, this job sucks" to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep. @FOX9

This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.

Whew.

DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”

@newrepublic.com
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The most basic gun rule is don't point your weapon at something you don't intend to shoot and don't shoot something you don't intend to kill.

So there are only two possibilities here: EITHER the agents were willing to murder observers OR they have never received any firearms training. 🧵

“Imagine if we had to follow the law”

it's grim, but the reality is that Trump wants more innocent people to die here in the Twin Cities and the GOP majorities in both chambers of Congress are either ambivalent about more lives being taken or outright support it

Again, this is FALSE. Administrative warrants are NOT signed by an immigration judge (or any judge at all). They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves with no external oversight whatsoever.

Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."

Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live The raid is linked to a year-long investigation into alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X

France getting serious with Musk.

Joe Manchin is in the Epstein files.

Here is a collection of sworn testimonies from detainees being held in ICE custody. Until reading these testimonies, I wasn't fully aware of what is happening. Please read them yourself. We need to know this. We need to understand the consequences of ICE/CBP arrests. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...

They're desparate to stop Senate Democrats from defunding ICE. Keep calling. Keep pushing.

A community is devastated after ICE raids an LA church and arrests a congregant during a church event.

“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release

Neither Trump nor the GOP in congress have this power, & the only way they do this is if we decline to stand up for our rights. He's had a string of electoral defeats & rightfully fears the midterms. His outbursts are real threats, but they come from weakness. Tough shit, he's going down. No Kings.

Springfield (eating the dogs / cats) Ohio desperately needs your help with ICE.

Ohio Gov Mike DeWine said it will be “the next Minneapolis” as 15,000 Haitians (1/4th of the entire city) will have their TPS status prematurely revoked Weds Feb 4th.

Here are links to donate and volunteer directly: 1/

WTF? 😭

BREAKING:

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler held a town hall tonight in Rockland County…and proceeded to have VETERANS thrown out of the venue.

#NY17

Holy shit. GO SHERYL.

Sheryl has just sued the State's Attorney in Chicago for refusing to prosecute ICE, and demanded a special prosecutor be appointed to do it.

Folks, if you are in the vicinity of an ICE raid or kidnapping, and you see a truck with a satellite dish on top of it, (aka a "Stingray"), please know that this DHS technology mimics a cell tower, pulls in cell phones in radius on a signal, and can seize data off your phone without your knowledge.