A recent surge in Maryland ICE arrests targeted immigrants without criminal records Under President Donald Trump, ICE is arresting 76 immigrants per week in Maryland, up from 29 per week last year.

Excellent reporting from the Baltimore Banner.
Grateful they (and we) have access to the data compiled by Deportation Data Project.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

Andy Ogles: Zohran "little muhammad" Mamdani is an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York. He needs to be DEPORTED. Which is why I am calling for him to be subject to denaturalization proceedings. Attached is my letter to @AGPamBondi.

Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has sent a letter to Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported.

10. And voila’! Media, Dems, activists, are not talking about the President suggesting he gave the keys to the innermost rooms of our federal agencies budget to a violent drug-dependent oligarch, whose reckless actions imperil lives abroad & the livelihood & security of millions at home.

6. Stephen Miller demands more ICE arrests incl at Home Depots. Demands “Arrest everyone!,” regardless of lack of criminal history.
7. Community members in Los Angeles protest. Law enforcement escalates.
8. Mayor, Chief of Police & Governor say, “we got this.”
9. Trump: “Call in the Marines!”

More from Catalist's What Happened in 2024

More from Catalist report on 2024 election.

More from Catalist's What Happened in 2024 report.

Sexism among white men?

From the Catalist report on the 2024 election:

WHAT HAPPENED IN 2024 | Catalist AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Introduction Catalist’s What Happened reports offer a comprehensive voter-file based view of the electorate after every major presidential and midterm ele...

A lot of interesting data in the Catalist report on the 2024 election.

catalist.us/whathappened...

Food For Millions Rots in Storage After Trump’s USAID Cuts Over 60,000 tons of U.S. food is going to waste in warehouses while millions starve and children die.

"Internal proposals to release the food remain on hold, awaiting sign-off from the Office of Foreign Assistance, now headed by 28-year-old Elon Musk appointee, Jeremy Lewin."

Call your representatives.

aka ethnic cleansing

Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.

This is where we are.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

Why is a rich doctor making his South Baltimore marina go bust? A minority owner of Harborview is suing his business partner, accusing him of a scheme to seize complete control of the South Baltimore marina.

Another great story of a rich man trying to get richer and screwing people over in Baltimore.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/harb...

President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden The move infuriated Congressional Democrats who accused Trump of attempting to shut down 'history, progress and learning'

President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers Amazon will soon display how much of an item’s cost is derived from tariffs — right next to the product’s total listed price.

News: Amazon will soon display how much of an item’s cost is derived from President Trump's tariffs — right next to the product’s listed price.
punchbowl.news/article/tech...

Trump-aligned club for the ultra rich launches in Washington The launch of “Executive Branch” comes as Trump world looks to remake Washington.

The parched thirstiness of this crowd is bone dry. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Venezuelan Immigrant Deported by Trump Administration Has Disappeared The Venezuelan man does not appear on a list of people sent to a prison in El Salvador, and his family and friends have no idea of his whereabouts.

I'm running out of adjectives to describe this evil.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

At a minimum, they need to treat their constituents with respect.

Elected officials need to represent all of their constituents, not just the ones that voted for them or contributed money to them. We had that lovely social media message from Trump yesterday and now this video from Nancy Mace is circulating. I cry for our democracy.

x.com/NancyMace/st...

Over 1,000 student visas have been revoked. Harvard fighting back against MAGA is sooo important and necessary.

Trump confirms his plan to send incarcerated U.S. citizens to El Salvador. Can you hear me now?

www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar...

Reprehensible.

Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.

Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

A woman poses next to a brightly colored wall

Person of the Month: Kim Trueheart baltimorebeat.com/person-of-th...

The cover page for a discussion paper called "Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule" by Erica Chenoweth. In the image, peaceful protesters can be seen in front of the US Capitol building.

Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...

A map of the lower 48 states in the US, showing protests in each one (Hawaii and Alaska excluded from the image).

2/ In March 2025, we saw protests in all 50 states, including in deep red parts of the country.

ICMYI: reported protests in the US in 2025 are almost certainly outpacing protests during Trump 1.0. In March 2025, we recorded significant growth in the number of cumulative events, and also an uptick in the rate of events (# of protests/week).

The Senate’s Age of Irrelevance Elon Musk’s DOGE and Trump’s executive orders are pushing Congress’s upper chamber from ineffectiveness to obsolescence. Will John Thune, the new Majority Leader, let them?

Excellent read in the New Yorker about Thune and the state of the US Senate.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

BREAKING: Senators Chuck Grassley (R) and Maria Cantwell (D) introduce legislation to require all new tariffs to receive Congressional approval.