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ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

"'They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van,' she said..."

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NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds.

Then the harassment began.

Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.

Six credible threats to his life.

More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:

Here is one of ~50 cases we documented of federal agents--usually masked and unidentified--smashing car windows to grab the person inside.

“She is pregnant!” a man screamed, as his citizen wife sat, terrified

The agents break three windows and grab the man

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YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen We were denied entry into an ICE facility in Baltimore

Today we were denied entry to an ICE facility in Baltimore where were exercising our oversight role as Members of Congress. The law is clear: ICE is REQUIRED to let us into these facilities.

They just don't want the American people to see what's happening behind closed doors.

Didn't Trump cite Canadian fentanyl as the emergency to impose tariffs? Seems like someone suing to block his tariffs might want to include the fact that he's cancelling funds to fight fentanyl as a counterargument to it being an "emergency."

again the utter stupidity of all this is crushing. under Biden construction was booming, fat contracts for companies and good pay for workers, manufacturing coming back. and then most of the people who specifically benefited the most from that elected a fascist imbecile who is tearing it all up

What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don’t Ask.

Qatar's gift to Donald Trump of a luxury jet for his post-presidential use will cost taxpayers almost $1 billion in carefully concealed Pentagon funds. That's money straight from your taxes to Trump's personal benefit. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

Trump does not know how to make “deals”. He knows how to dictate terms. Not the same thing. That’s why I was annoyed when I saw this headline in the @nytimes.com on Thursday. It’s again adopting Trump’s misuse of language. When there’s a “deal,” both sides confirm. “Trump says” is not a deal.

Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.

Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.

The cruelty of the Trump administration will be its undoing.

“When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.“ — Thomas Jefferson

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest

This is the truth the rich don't want to hear! 👇🏼💙💙

Let the golden age begin. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, ADP says Economists polled by Dow Jones forecasted an increase of 100,000 for the month.

A large subset of the US working class hated low unemployment and rising real wages, and are getting the job losses they voted for. Though it impacts a lot of people who voted against it as well.

JOBS PLUMMET: The U.S. private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, payrolls processing firm ADP says.

How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.

Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.

(Published Dec. 2024)

If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to

And if it’s so frigging easy to start your own party and manage “the tent” they would have done it already.

I don’t want to relitigate it, but the whining about the party apparatus is so weak.
That was then, this is now. Bernie is an important part of our coalition.
The party has no god-like powers. It’s a structure that you have to work within.
No whining, insulting-just broaden your base until you win👇🏼

There’s something deeply wrong with a society that watches people get snatched by masked men in unmarked cars & looks the other way.

Rep @kamlager-dove.house.gov, describes an alarming system of relocating detainees, making it nearly impossible for their families to find them or get legal counsel.

Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this?

Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.

She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.

Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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Pam Bondi fires three Jan. 6 prosecutors, sending another chill through DOJ workforce The dismissals were the first time that prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases and were past their probationary period of federal employment had been fired by the Justice Department.

At least three federal prosecutors who worked on cases against Jan. 6 rioters were fired Friday by the Justice Department, according to more than half a dozen current and former officials familiar with the dismissals.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

So was Pence. I’m still shocked that he polled a couple ppl about whether to overturn an election, and he actually listened when they told him it was a no-no

This “big, ugly bill” is dangerous and will destroy rural health care. In Kentucky alone, 35 hospitals are under the threat of closing, stripping care from families, cutting jobs and crippling local economies. 1/2

Ruiz: Why did the report include citations that don’t exist?

RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate

Ruiz: How can they be accurate if they did not exist?

Trump canceled the briefing to Congress on the Iran bombings at the last minute and provided no explanation, but the leaked report saying the operation was not as successful as he claimed is definitely fake news because the two things can’t possibly be connected.

The Bove allegations should be treated as something akin to Watergate, or Iran Contra. The administration was attempting to do something they *knew* was illegal (anticipating the courts saying as much), and then trying to COVER IT UP. Only here instead of it being run out of the WH or NSC, it’s DOJ

This is coming from the same people that didn't want to take the COVID-19 vax because they thought they were implanting chips.

The same people that thought 5G wireless was for mind control and gives you cancer.

If they are legit, they need to identify!

You don’t have to put blinders on to have wanted him in the coalition to stop Trump. He put country before party and was reaching out to others like him.
I have not forgotten where we differ with Never Trumpers on policy but I appreciate them for the clear bright line on Constitutional order.