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Among the many things that are obviously pernicious and rasily fixable in our current immigration governance, the overlapping jurisdictions and roles of ICE and CBP are an obvious accelerant for abuses of power.

🚨 Adams v. Fulton County Learn more.

NEW: In a win for Georgia voters, a three-judge appellate panel affirmed that county election officials must certify results by legal deadline, rejecting a Republican Fulton County Board of Election member’s argument that individual board members should be able to vote on certification.

A wildlife photographer joked that his wife managed to capture an extraordinary photo that outdid him: a European eagle owl, one of the world's largest, perched on his camera lens.

Ted Cruz Was Vacationing in Europe as Emergency Crews Desperately Searched for Texas Flood Survivors The Texas senator was visiting the Parthenon in Athens while a massive rescue mission was under way to find flood victims, our must-read newsletter, The Swamp, reveals.

TED CRUZ CAUGHT VACATIONING AS TRAGEDY STRIKES TEXAS...AGAIN

The Daily Beast reports that Ted Cruz was vacationing in Europe as floods ripped through Central Texas, killing at least 89 people, including 27 campers and counselors from a summer camp.

Link: www.thedailybeast.com/ted-cruz-was...

Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System

Texas knew the risks, but opted to not put in a warning system because of costs.

Guess they didn't mean "all lives matter" either.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...

FEMA will no longer go door-to-door to assist disaster victims The move, says one agency worker, will “severely hamper our ability to reach vulnerable people.”

A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims

[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]

We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Thank you to Mexico 🇲🇽 for stepping up and helping in Texas!

The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 called for dismantling the NOAA, which provides warnings of natural disasters, such as the deadly floods in Texas. The irony is that Heritage wanted these cuts because it’s angry that NOAA helps prove the reality of climate change--the thing causing floods.

There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.

Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?

Or just the brown people?

I think we need to get #AlligatorAuschwitz trending today. I will not accept this for OUR country.

MAGA-fueled group calls the feds on the Los Angeles Dodgers over DEI America First Legal, a right-wing activist group founded by White House policy director Stephen Miller, claims the Dodgers’ diversity programs amount to illegal discrimination.

This is the kind of malice that Stephen Miller practices. His lawsuits against other organizations before Dump took office is fueling this type of hate and racism.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

Texas flood tragedy is compounded by drastic cuts in FEMA relief.
This is only the beginning.
Climate episodes like this won’t stop & the money taken away from clean energy projects won’t help either.

You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.

Warnock: "We are engaged in Robin Hood in reverse ... this is socialism for the rich."

I sure as hell have noticed. How about you? 🤨

How We Build A Better Future By Coming Together Now A conversation with Pete Buttigieg about the potential of this moment in America

I’m not religious, but I do think Reverend William Barber is the embodiment of what a Christian is supposed to be, so I hope you can spend a little time listening to this important conversation with him and Pete Buttigieg.

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ICE Limiting Lawmaker Access to Facilities Amid Allegations of ‘Inhumane’ Conditions Read more here.

Amid allegations of inhumane and unsanitary conditions in ICE facilities, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking further steps to continue skirting congressional oversight. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood Decision could embolden red states in US to block clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid funds

Today, the Supreme Court once again ripped up healthcare rights. The MAGA justices just ruled that Medicaid patients can’t sue to enforce their right to choose their healthcare provider. This is a devastating decision.

Merkley had a pretty effective day.

Or will have, if you make this go viral.

NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR should confirm Emil Bove for the 3d Circuit Court of Appeals.

The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid

Per Curiam. Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in this state in 2007, and he has also been admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida and Illinois. In October 2023, respondent pleaded guilty to a single count of a multicount indictment charging him with the Georgia felony of conspiracy to commit filing false documents. Respondent's indictment had arisen in connection with his involvement, along with 16 codefendants and others, in a scheme to submit false election results to Congress concerning the 2020 presidential election. The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) thereafter moved to strike respondent's name from the roll of attorneys due to his felony conviction or, alternatively, to impose discipline upon respondent as a consequence of his commission of a "serious

ORDERED that respondent is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law of the State of New York, effective immediately; and it is further ORDERED that respondent is commanded to desist and refrain from the practice of law in any form in the State of New York, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another; and respondent is hereby forbidden to appear as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, judge, justice, board, commission or other public authority, or to give to another an opinion as to the law or its application, or any advice in -7- PM-143-25 relation thereto, or to hold himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in this State; and it is further ORDERED that respondent shall comply with the provisions of the Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters regulating the conduct of disbarred attornevs and shal duly certify to the same in his affidavit of compliance (see Rules for Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.15).

NEWS: Kenneth Chesebro, "architect" of the 2020 fake electors plot who pleaded to criminal charges in Georgia, has been disbarred from the practice of law in New York, per order issued today by New York appellate court.