HAPPENING NOW: New Yorkers are protesting against ICE’s illegal arrest of NYC comptroller Brad Lander.

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.

While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.

This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

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If you're in the DC area, make your way out to the Capitol steps! History in the making!

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This image is a tweet from former U.S. President Barack Obama, posted in tribute to Pope Francis. In the tweet, Obama describes Pope Francis as a rare leader whose humility and compassionate actions inspired people to be better. He highlights the Pope’s acts of kindness—embracing the sick, helping the homeless, and washing the feet of prisoners—as reminders of moral responsibility to one another and to God. Obama ends the tweet by expressing shared mourning with Michelle and people around the world, urging others to follow the Pope’s call to engage actively in the “march of living hope.”

Reading Obama’s tribute to Pope Francis is a stark reminder of how far presidential dignity has fallen. Where there was once eloquence, compassion, and moral clarity, we now endure a swaggering caricature—petty, reckless, and painfully unworthy of the office.

Cyber-Security Experts Warn Election Was Hacked 'Musk is guilty as fuck'

For all of us who can't understand how Trump won, here's how.

www.planetcritical.com/p/cyber-secu...

April 17, 2025 Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) posted a picture of himself with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whom the Trump administration says it sent to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador t...

April 17, 2025

The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.

THIS is un-American— and illegal. There’s no reason to believe these folks would be afforded due process before being deported to El Salvador anymore than undocumented immigrants have been.

📌 Trump just proposed deporting US citizens, who have been convicted of certain crimes.

I love this! 👇🏻

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A Bright Spot Is Emerging Amid All This Trump Chaos The point of mass protest is not to stage a perfectly organized, fully realized one-time event.

This is well worth reading:

"Whatever dam of despair that kept so many Americans quiet or despondent has now broken..."

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As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.

Exactly what part of Trump's past says anyone should trust him with our economy: His SIX bankruptcies? His felony convictions for cheating in 2016 election? The fact he is the only President since Herbert Hoover to end first term with less jobs than when he took office?!

We have a winner…🏆