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It's the deadliest year for people in ICE custody in decades; next year could be worse There have been at least 20 deaths in ICE custody in 2025, the deadliest year since 2004. As the agency is ramping up hiring and increasing detentions, concerns remain about how to stop the trend.

At least 20 people have died in ICE custody in 2025, making this year the deadliest in decades. With increases to ICE’s funding, workforce, and detention space, the system riddled with abuse and neglect will undoubtedly be more life-threatening in 2026.

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Texas Republicans said Democratic legislators wouldn't be allowed to leave the state Capitol unless they agreed to have a police escort with them to make sure they did not flee the state again.

So Rep. Nicole Collier Collier spent the night in the chamber in protest. https://wapo.st/4lAX4GT

Former Jan. 6 defendant gets 17 years for wrong-way crash that killed Skokie woman A jury in April rejected a first-degree murder charge leveled against Shane Jason Woods but found him guilty of aggravated driving under the influence and other crimes.

Former Jan. 6 defendant was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Tuesday for the wrong-way crash that killed a Skokie woman. A jury found him guilty of aggravated driving under the influence and other crimes.

US court skeptical of ruling that reinstated thousands of federal workers Judges on a U.S. appeals court panel on Tuesday said a lower court judge who ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to reinstate 17,000 fired federal workers likely lacked the ability to hear the case at all.

US court skeptical of ruling that reinstated thousands of federal workers reut.rs/4oXX7j4

Texas Democrat forced to sleep in Capitol after refusing 24-hour police escort Rep. Nicole Collier has sued the state legislature for unlawful imprisonment.

On Monday, Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows ordered that the returning lawmakers could only leave the House floor with written permission and a 24-hour police escort until the House reconvened on Wednesday.

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier stood her ground.

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Dr. Luis Marquez shares how Baumgartener promised not to cut Medicaid, but now he's voted for the OBB, which passed with one vote. "Baumgartener is fully responsible for what's to come."

It's pretty hard to hear the speakers, but one speaker from WSU med school is listing a bunch of rural WA hospitals that are under threat of shutting down bc of the cuts to healthcare.

One speaker said that Baumgartener knew that voting Yes for the Big BB was a vote against his constituents. There's slips of paper where ppl can write a note to him.

A lot of the protesters are nurses and doctors who are angry about the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill". Signs say things like "Baumgartener, you work for us, not Trump"

We're outside the Grand Hotel, where Spokane Congressman Michael Baumgartener is holding a fundraiser with Rep. Jim Jordan and where healthcare workers are protesting the reps' votes cutting healthcare access.

Screenshot of article excerpt. Text: How Long They Waited. The amount of time between a disaster declaration and the appropriation of long-term relief dollars varies wildly. Here is a sampling of those time frames: -Hurricane Harvey (2017): 15 days -Hurricane Ida (2021): 32 days -Hurricane Sandy (2012): 93 days -Houston ice storm (2021): 223 days -Hurricane Sally (2020): 375 days -Hurricane Laura (2020): 398 days -California wildfires (2020: 404 days

The process of getting long-term aid after a natural disaster is wildly unpredictable.

Congress takes anywhere from a few weeks to more than a year to approve the money.

Actually distributing the funds to communities can take even longer: propub.li/4lrL9uV

California Suing Trump Over Federalizing National Guard Read more here.

TODAY: Trial begins in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit challenging Trump’s federalization of the state’s National Guard in Los Angeles to combat ICE protests.

Background: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Judge blasts Trump as he refuses to release Epstein grand jury files U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, appointed by former President Barack Obama, denied an effort by President Donald Trump's Justice Department to release secret grand jury materials related to Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The move to release the grand jury materials cam...

U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, appointed by former President Barack Obama, denied an effort by President Donald Trump's Justice Department to release secret grand jury materials related to Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

This is the simple act that will cripple Trump Many of you responded to my “What You Can Do Now” post last Thursday with additional initiatives and ideas.Here’s a particularly important one.As you’re painfully aware, Trump’s ICE is rapidly morphing into a national police-state — targeting legal immigrants as well as the undocumented, some of the...

Many of you responded to my "What You Can Do Now" post last Thursday with additional initiatives and ideas.

European Leaders, Zelenskiy to Hold Call With Trump on Wednesday European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will hold a call with Donald Trump on Wednesday ahead of the US president’s meeting Friday in Alaska with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, according to the German government.

European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will hold a call with Donald Trump on Wednesday

D.C. mayor defends capital's crime rates after Trump threatens to take over police Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said President Trump has the power to deploy the National Guard, but "none of the conditions exist" for the president to take over the city's police.

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said President Trump has the power to deploy the National Guard, but "none of the conditions exist" for the president to take over the city's police.

Poll: Republican voters want focus on economic issues, not culture wars

Nearly 59 percent of Republican primary voters say economic issues should come before cultural fights, despite Legislature’s recent priorities.

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WA’s ‘longest and most intense’ marine heatwave killed coral across 1,500km stretch Scientists shocked by bleaching event that hit reefs from the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo to the remote Ashmore Reef * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The “longest, largest and most intense” marine heatwave ever recorded in Western Australia has killed coral throughout an area that stretches 1,500km, according to state and federal scientists. More than 100 scientists and marine managers will gather in Perth on Tuesday for a special meeting to discuss the devastating event that bleached and killed corals on remote reefs earlier this year. The marine heatwave that hit reefs from the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo to the remote Ashmore Reef left many scientists shocked. Continue reading...

WA’s ‘longest and most intense’ marine heatwave killed coral across 1,500km stretch

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First it was “I barely knew him,” now it’s “we were best friends until he started stealing the barely legals out from under me.”

The new Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, John Barron, has revised the jobs numbers for the last three months up from 106,000 jobs to "seventy trillion billion jobs."

Me three months ago:

In critiquing Trump's Desecration of the Rose Garden Part II, "the drainage gates are in the shapes [sic] of American flags" metaphor went right over johnny maga's little head.

Submit Online Public Comments on TX Congressional Redistricting · MOVE Texas Texas already redrew its congressional maps in 2021, but now Donald Trump and national Republicans are demanding a second redraw, not because of new Census data, but to protect their grip on power as ...

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Bove misled lawmakers about his actions in NYC mayor case, evidence suggests The details from a whistleblower complaint emerged hours before a final vote on Bove’s nomination to a federal judgeship.

Emil Bove misled lawmakers in his confirmation hearings for a federal judgeship when he denied targeting prosecutors who refused to go along with his dismissal of corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

RAPID RESPONSE TX REDISTRICTING UPDATE CALL · MOVE Texas Governor Abbott has put mid-decade redistricting front and center during the special session following pressure from the Trump administration in a blatant attempt to increase Republican representation...

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Probably the best decision tRump has ever made.

Maxwell will lie about how democrats were the real pedos, trump is innocemt, trump will pardon her. It will work, magats will be comvinced. They will arrest democrats. And Americams will do nothing.