He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

We previously found that the Trump administration knew the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes.

Our latest analysis reveals another jarring reality: that most of the men were already moving through the U.S. immigration system.

This Russian Dissident Won Political Asylum. ICE Refuses To Release Him. Two months ago, 25-year-old Ilia Chernov beat long odds and convinced an...

ICE is even paying off for Putin. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...

In East Boston, wives of men arrested by ICE tell their stories "ICE raids have robbed us of family members and our collective sense of security and belonging," U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley said at the event.  "We are here to say, 'hands off our neighbors. Stop teari...

Children should not live in fear of their parents disappearing.

Elders should not live in fear of going to the grocery store or their faith house.

Standing with our immigrant neighbors always.
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‘Time for some traffic problems on the bridge’ is a proven loser’s strategy.

MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen.

Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy.

She’s lived here 48 years.
They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her.

She. Is. A. Citizen.

As you contemplate that Donald Trump used pro-terrorism conduct as his baseless pretext to prohibit foreign students from attending Harvard, remember that on his first day on the job, Trump freed some adjudged terrorists from prison.

Killing the Signal Trump Silences Voice of America and Hands the Mic to Propaganda, because of course.

Trump is gutting Voice of America — the same tool that helped us win the Cold War — and replacing it with propaganda from OAN. He’s not defending America. He’s building his brand. And he’s making us vulnerable to real enemies.

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Excellebt insightful thread

Powell: "If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they are likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment."

Conspicuous consumption needs to be reined in says man sitting on a golden toilet.

Donald Trump's approval rating collapses with rural Americans Rural voters have long been a cornerstone of Trump's base, and any slippage in their support could have major implications for future Republican success.

Some expected. Some surprises.

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Star Wars Intro Scroll Episode IV It Was All So Stupid Seriously, you would not believe how stupid it was. Every day, unrelentingly, just the dumbest stuff by the absolute worst people. And what made it worse was knowing that we’d brought this on ourselves.

A Deadly Parasite’s Return Threatens US Ranchers Too Young to Remember It After being eradicated in the US in the 1980s, the screwworm could be back as soon as this summer.

The New World Screwworm, a fly whose larvae feed on living tissue & are capable of eating a full-grown steer alive in about a week, decimated wildlife & caused hundreds of millions of dollars a year in damages to ranchers from the 1930s to the 1980s. Now it’s back
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It’s too offensive for it not to be real - the great pretender.

love to make america great again by essentially expelling the people that enrich our children’s lives

Drew Sheneman, Newark Star-Ledger

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

“He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.”

That seems accurate!

America is… cooked.

Jury Rules Against Palin in Libel Case Against The New York Times After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin’s claim that she had been defamed in the newspaper’s 2017 editorial.

Breaking News: A federal jury ruled against Sarah Palin in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

April 22, 2025 BY EMAIL Todd Blanche Deputy Attorney General United States Department of Justice Dear Deputy Attorney General Blanche, The Department placed each of us on administrative leave ostensibly to review our, and the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney's Office's, handling of the Adams case. It is now clear that one of the preconditions you have placed on our returning to the Office is that we must express regret and admit some wrongdoing by the Office in connection with the refusal to move to dismiss the case. We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none. We have served under Presidents of both parties, advancing their priorities while pursuing justice without fear or favor. The role of a career prosecutor is not to set policy. But a prosecutor must abide by the oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States and the rules of professional ethics set by the bar and the courts. The Department has long understood that these duties can and should coexist with the need to follow Department policies and orders. This is to the benefit of all: the courts, defendants, and the public, who can have confidence in the good faith and judgment of line prosecutors; the Department, which retains credibility while still receiving zealous advocacy from its lawyers; and the prosecutors themselves, who can stand in court confident that they are ethically carrying out their duties. Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington. That is wrong. Serving in the Southern District of New York has been an honor. There is no greater privilege than to work for an institution whose mandate is to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons. We will not abandon this principle to keep our jobs. We resign. Sincerely, Celia V. Cohen Andrew Rohrbach Derek Wikstrom Assistant United States Attorneys

NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.

they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Trump tariffs: DHL suspends high value US deliveries The postal giant will stop shipping packages to American consumers after a rise in red tape at customs.

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I mean, it's not like we didn't point out that a loudmouth drunkard with poor impulse control and a history of abuse wouldn't make a great SECDEF...

MINUTE ORDER: Having reviewed Plaintiffs' 85 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and 90 Emergency Motion to Expedite, the Court ORDERS that the parties shall appear for a Zoom hearing on April 18, 2025, at 6:15 p.m. The hearing will proceed by videoconference for the parties and by telephone for members of the public. Toll free number: 833-990-9400. Meeting ID: 049550816. So ORDERED by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on April 18, 2025. (Icjeb2)

STARTING NOW: Judge Boasberg holds an emergency hearing on reportedly imminent Alien Enemies Act deportations. 🧵

Goldman: "Think about whether any of us want to vote a certain way but bc we fear for our personal safety, we decide to vote differently. We are no longer representing our constituents. We are representing something else more like the bully threatening us. That is more like Vladimir Putin operates"

Important.

Dem’s project 2029 part 4

Breitbart correspondent Kristina Wong being considered for chief Navy spokesperson role Kristina Wong, a correspondent for far-right leaning Breitbart News, is being considered to be chief spokesperson for Navy Secretary John Phelan, sources say.

Meanwhile, more unsurprising and unacceptable Pentagon news. www.cbsnews.com/news/kristin...