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AP: ICE entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and promise of $50,000 signing bonuses — Red Cedar Partners By: Rebecca Santana WASHINGTON (AP) — The agency responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations is launching a recruiting campaign to entice “brave and heroic Americans” to...

Throwing an epic sum of money at #ICE (in the form of signing bonuses for hires) won't fix America's #immigration system or the agency's staffing problems. This past week, I talked to AP's Rebecca Santana about how it's likely to create some new ones, though: www.rcpartnersllc.com/news/ap-ice-...

ICE is about to go on a hiring spree - Salon.com Former ICE officials think the Trump administration will have to lower standards and hire private contractors

Well, now that #ICE has a historically massive budget for its cruel #immigration #detention and #deportation plans, what can we expect? Lower standards, for starters. H/t to Russell Payne at @salonnewsroom.bsky.social for breaking down my predictions for where this goes next.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's caught red handed. He's in the files. We know it. Period. He's part of this cover up... You reap what you sow. He created this. He weaponized it. He's done it from the birth certificate on down... Too cute by half, and now he's caught."

Does your sheriff and local law enforcement work for your community—or Stephen Miller?

California farm worker dies from injuries sustained during ICE raid, union says California farm worker dies from injuries sustained during ICE raid, union says.

Stephen Miller’s control over law enforcement must stop. Vengeful people filled with hate can’t control law enforcement. It’s like entrusting a five year-old with a loaded shotgun. It’s horrific for our nation, and will dismantle any trust in law enforcement for the future. We need respect for all.

President Macron, "What is at stake in Europe is the different democratic models amid foreign interference"

"Information manipulation"

"Domination of minds by negative emotions and addictions to social media"

"Being vulnerable to algorithms designed in the US and China"

Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.

Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.

Literal cages — in sweltering, 100 degree temperatures. 🥵

Ron DeSantis should be brought up on criminal charges.

A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400. Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.

Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.

The cost of the shot? $1,400.

Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown is getting ICE agents hurt President Donald Trump says tougher immigration policies are necessary to protect the United States from an 'invasion' of migrants.

The #ICE tactics and #politicaltheatre on display are a dramatic departure from how cautiously ICE agents previously acted...and its hurting #immigrants, our communities, and ICE agents alike. @usatoday.com

Pause #ICE raids on hotels, farms and restaurants? But not in blue/sanctuary cities? Keep up on arbitrary deportation quotas? As the WH issues confusing orders and plays political theatre with #immigration, I do my best to break it down in this #NewsNation spot: www.newsnationnow.com/video/15m-un...

He was homeless as a child. He’s now fostered 47 children. Peter Mutabazi has adopted three children and is in the process of adopting three more.

At 10, he ran away from his parents’ home to escape a difficult childhood. He was homeless as a child.

Now, he’s a dad of six and has fostered 47 children since 2017, as a single father.

The most consequential Speaker in state history.

Under Pressure From the White House, ICE Seeks New Ways to Ramp Up Arrests (Gift Article) Former officials said the Trump administration’s push for the agency to detain record numbers of undocumented immigrants increases the chances of mistakes.

Today's spot in the @nytimes.com nails it: As #WhiteHouse bureaucrats continue to play political theatre--demanding, setting, and ramping up arbitrary #ICE arrest quotas--things will get sloppy. Communities and law enforcement alike will get hurt. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.

The very definition of evil is incarcerating for life in one of the worst hellholes on Earth men who did everything right.

But it’s beyond evil—beyond demonic—to then not try to do anything to save the men you consigned to Hell, *and* to in fact libel and slander them daily when they cannot reply.

Hells Librarians🔥 #LibrarySky #ReadToLive

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Episcopal Church says it won’t help Trump resettle White South Africans The church is ending its refugee resettlement deal with the government rather than resettle Afrikaners it feels were given ‘preferential treatment.’

The Episcopal Church is ending its refugee resettlement agreement with the government rather than comply with a federal directive to help resettle White South Africans arriving in the United States as refugees.

Judge orders restoration of jobs in health program for West Virginia coal miners Miners diagnosed with black lung are given the option to transfer to other positions to protect them from continued dust exposure.

A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a unit of a small U.S. health agency.

hear me out

what if we *neither* unconstitutionally accepted jets from a foreign nation *nor* kept throwing the jets we already have in the ocean?

Helping the U.S. gets you banned, being white gets you a welcome mat. Got it.

Fight for the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship | Opinion Denying citizenship to those born in the United States is “not only unjust,” writes immigration lawyer Vilerka Bilbao, “it is logistically and morally unworkable.”

"Birthright citizenship is not just about immigration law — it is about human dignity, equal protection and the future of a pluralistic America," writes AILA member Vilerka Bilbao for the Sun Sentinel.

Powerful piece from Alondra Nelson. I understand people’s desire to stay in positions where they’ve made a difference, and to try to find ways to do so. But I respect people like Dr. Nelson who refuse to be part of—and implicitly endorse—a regime working against the missions of its own agencies.

Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk ordered freed from immigration detention Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student, was ordered released by a federal judge in Vermont in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it ac...

Rümeysa Öztürk was ordered released by a federal judge in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it accuses of antisemitism.

George Mason University ranks #1 in Virginia for best value, internships, and upward mobility George Mason University is Virginia's leading university for value, upward mobility and internships, and ranked in the top 25 nationally for innovation according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Col...

🟩 #1 Best Value School in Virginia (@wsj.com)
🟨 #1 in Virginia for Upward Mobility (WSJ)
🟩 #1 in Virginia for Internships (U.S. News & World Report)
🟨 Top 50 Public University (WSJ)

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Hochul: "It tells you all you need to know about this presidency and this man that he doesn't give a damn about the US Constitution, and that is frightening in itself."

Trump admin. cuts funding for program that tracked Ukrainian children abducted by Russia NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Greg Landsman, a lawmaker who signed a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia had been deleted.

Trump admin. cuts funding for program that tracked Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. Basically it’s helping Putin cover up war crimes. 🔄 www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.