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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

18.11.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7919    ๐Ÿ” 2956    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2274    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2617
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ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportation flights. The AP spoke to a number of people who said they were placed in the device after they had already been shackled.

14.10.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 196    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
September 18, 2025
The Honorable Kristi Noem
Secretary of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2707 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE
Washington, DC 20528
Secretary Noem:
We write to express grave concerns about the prevalence and treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. A recent Senate Judiciary Committee site visit and media reports point to the alarming detention of a significant number of pregnant women in ICE custody. We urgently request that ICE cease detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women absent exceptional circumstances and that the agency provide information about the number and treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women in its custody.
Medical research links ICE detention to high rates of pregnancy complications, with physicians finding serious risks to both fetal and maternal health. These already serious risks are
heightened by the deteriorating conditions inside detention facilities, including severe overcrowding, reports of inadequate food and water, and lack of emergency medical care.4
According to one media investigation, since January 2025, at least four 911 calls have been recorded from ICE detention facilities involving pregnant women in โ€œdistress, bleeding or suffering severe painโ€โ€“ including one involving a facility staff member.

September 18, 2025 The Honorable Kristi Noem Secretary of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2707 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE Washington, DC 20528 Secretary Noem: We write to express grave concerns about the prevalence and treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. A recent Senate Judiciary Committee site visit and media reports point to the alarming detention of a significant number of pregnant women in ICE custody. We urgently request that ICE cease detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women absent exceptional circumstances and that the agency provide information about the number and treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women in its custody. Medical research links ICE detention to high rates of pregnancy complications, with physicians finding serious risks to both fetal and maternal health. These already serious risks are heightened by the deteriorating conditions inside detention facilities, including severe overcrowding, reports of inadequate food and water, and lack of emergency medical care.4 According to one media investigation, since January 2025, at least four 911 calls have been recorded from ICE detention facilities involving pregnant women in โ€œdistress, bleeding or suffering severe painโ€โ€“ including one involving a facility staff member.

Our story about treatment delays and life-threatening incidents in ICE facilities is cited by ~30 US senators in a letter to Noem, urging her to "cease detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women absent exceptional circumstances."

www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

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US Attorney Habba & ยฉ
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The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.

US Attorney Habba & ยฉ @USAttyHabba Follow The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.

Alina Habba, Trumpโ€™s personal lawyer and now the interim U.S. attorney for NJ, announces that the Trump administration has arrested the mayor of Newark at an private prison that ICE had decently contracted as a detention center. His arrest is seemingly for trespass.

09.05.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1752    ๐Ÿ” 706    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 228    ๐Ÿ“Œ 289
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Two tasks today #NJ:
1. Call Senators Kim and Booker - NO on the R funding bill that gives trump the power of the purse.
2. Fill out the DOGE privacy request form and mail it. jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...

12.03.2025 10:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

29 republicans joining democrats in Montana to kill anti-trans legislation because of brilliant speeches by Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell is the way. Newsom brining Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk on his podcast to throw trans people under the bus is not.

12.03.2025 06:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9733    ๐Ÿ” 1611    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 198    ๐Ÿ“Œ 61
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โ€˜I never let a man carry my double bassโ€™: Oscar-hopeful Orin Oโ€™Brien on making music โ€“ and history She caused a sensation in 1966 when she joined the New York Phil and its 103 male musicians. Now the double bassist is the star of The Only Girl in the Orchestra, a documentary nominated for an Academy Award

โ€˜I never let a man carry my double bassโ€™: Oscar-hopeful Orin Oโ€™Brien on making music โ€“ and history

17.02.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE. gov Website

"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."

๐Ÿ”— www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

14.02.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 861    ๐Ÿ” 223    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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Demolition in DC/ Developments in the DNC Podcast Episode ยท Ralph Nader Radio Hour ยท 02/08/2025 ยท 2h 23m

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08.02.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Penelopeโ€™s signature move.

08.02.2025 02:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The US Government Is Not a Startup Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that canโ€™t afford to be broken.

www.wired.com/story/the-us...

07.02.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Katie Miller, 33
Spokesperson
In December, during the transition, Trump named Miller, who served in the first administration as a press secretary to Vice President Mike Pence, as one of the first members of DOGE. She is the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. After reports that DOGE personnel accessed internal USAID data, Katie Miller defended the group, saying that โ€œno classified material was accessed without proper security clearances.โ€

Katie Miller, 33 Spokesperson In December, during the transition, Trump named Miller, who served in the first administration as a press secretary to Vice President Mike Pence, as one of the first members of DOGE. She is the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. After reports that DOGE personnel accessed internal USAID data, Katie Miller defended the group, saying that โ€œno classified material was accessed without proper security clearances.โ€

Stephanie Holmes, 43
Human Resources
Holmes is running human resources at DOGE, according to government workers who have been in meetings with her. A former lawyer with Jones Day, a firm that frequently represents Trump, she was previously the chief people officer at Oklo, a nuclear energy company chaired by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. She also ran her own HR consulting firm, BrighterSideHR, which advised companies to pursue โ€œnon-wokeโ€ approaches to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Stephanie Holmes, 43 Human Resources Holmes is running human resources at DOGE, according to government workers who have been in meetings with her. A former lawyer with Jones Day, a firm that frequently represents Trump, she was previously the chief people officer at Oklo, a nuclear energy company chaired by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. She also ran her own HR consulting firm, BrighterSideHR, which advised companies to pursue โ€œnon-wokeโ€ approaches to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Brian Bjelde, 44
Senior Adviser
Connected to: Office of Personnel Management
Musk link: Vice president of people operations at SpaceX
Bjelde is a longtime SpaceX employee whoโ€™s spent more than 20 years at the company, according to his LinkedIn profile, where heโ€™s had a variety of jobs, including as managing director of the โ€œfood services group.โ€ He previously worked for NASAโ€™s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Heโ€™s been referred to in press reports as a โ€œtop DOGE Lieutenant,โ€ working at OPM to slash head count. CNN previously revealed that Bjelde had informed OPM staff of a plan to cut 70% of the agencyโ€™s workforce. The New York Times reported that Bjelde helped Musk cut staff at Twitter following its takeover.

Brian Bjelde, 44 Senior Adviser Connected to: Office of Personnel Management Musk link: Vice president of people operations at SpaceX Bjelde is a longtime SpaceX employee whoโ€™s spent more than 20 years at the company, according to his LinkedIn profile, where heโ€™s had a variety of jobs, including as managing director of the โ€œfood services group.โ€ He previously worked for NASAโ€™s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Heโ€™s been referred to in press reports as a โ€œtop DOGE Lieutenant,โ€ working at OPM to slash head count. CNN previously revealed that Bjelde had informed OPM staff of a plan to cut 70% of the agencyโ€™s workforce. The New York Times reported that Bjelde helped Musk cut staff at Twitter following its takeover.

Anthony Armstrong, 57
Senior Adviser to the Director
Connected to: Office of Personnel Management
Musk link: Worked on Muskโ€™s purchase of Twitter
Armstrong is a technology banker at Morgan Stanley who worked on Muskโ€™s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter โ€” since rebranded as X โ€” in 2022. He has been given an influential role at OPM, which handles personnel issues across the federal government. Since Trump took office, OPM has spearheaded the new administrationโ€™s efforts to dramatically reduce the federal workforce and roll back telework and remote work policies.

Anthony Armstrong, 57 Senior Adviser to the Director Connected to: Office of Personnel Management Musk link: Worked on Muskโ€™s purchase of Twitter Armstrong is a technology banker at Morgan Stanley who worked on Muskโ€™s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter โ€” since rebranded as X โ€” in 2022. He has been given an influential role at OPM, which handles personnel issues across the federal government. Since Trump took office, OPM has spearheaded the new administrationโ€™s efforts to dramatically reduce the federal workforce and roll back telework and remote work policies.

So much attention has been paid to Elon's college-age DOGE bros.

But @propublica.org's roundup of 20+ members of Musk's demolition crew shows that it's largely comprised of alleged adults, including Katie Miller (wife of Trump whisperer Stephen Miller)

projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

07.02.2025 05:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1965    ๐Ÿ” 802    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39
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Elon Muskโ€™s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi The chatbot is part of Elon Musk and President Donald Trumpโ€™s ambitions to use AI and other technologies to cut costs and modernize the US government.

NEW: Elon Muskโ€™s DOGE is working on a custom chatbot called GSAi.

The project is part of Elon Musk and President Donald Trumpโ€™s ambitions to use AI and other technologies to cut costs and modernize the US government.

07.02.2025 02:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 527    ๐Ÿ” 187    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 101    ๐Ÿ“Œ 90

Tired: NYT: Young Musk Fans Learn American Civics, Hands-On

Wired: Wired: Those Little Rat Fucks Are Still In The Walls

05.02.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10178    ๐Ÿ” 1993    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
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Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

05.02.2025 07:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35477    ๐Ÿ” 9181    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 904    ๐Ÿ“Œ 497
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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Wonโ€™t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Wonโ€™t

05.02.2025 01:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6303    ๐Ÿ” 852    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
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Opinion | Donโ€™t Believe Him (Gift Article) Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trumpโ€™s second term and youโ€™ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

02.02.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1632    ๐Ÿ” 741    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131    ๐Ÿ“Œ 252
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Elon Muskโ€™s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Elon Muskโ€™s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources ...

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

01.02.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

Exclusive: Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the US government human resources agency locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials reut.rs/3CuCEPs

31.01.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1038    ๐Ÿ” 605    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 145    ๐Ÿ“Œ 236

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and itโ€™s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They arenโ€™t firing for a reason.

30.01.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 135282    ๐Ÿ” 24474    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2782    ๐Ÿ“Œ 835

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