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ICE now has over 70 billion dollars to build more concentration camps.

Just in time for Independence Day.

God damn you, America.

Amen. It is cruel, hideous & inhumane in conception & execution. An indelible moral stain on America. Immigration reform? Of course & we have the resources to do it well. But it should welcome immigrants & refugees (we need & should want more) & always treat them with decency, due process & dignity.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

Say what you will about Trump threatening to strip citizenship from his critics and have immigrants put into concentration camps in a swamp, but he never did anything truly power-mad like forgive student loans.

Cross the Courts Off the List We have enough information to conclude that the law won't save us.

The integrity of the midterm elections is the last big test of the system’s ability to restrain a dictator. Don’t ask what comes after that.

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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.

So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?

The answer is: you.

They are openly rooting for having innocent people being eaten by wild animals for paperwork crimes.

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“GOP Rep. Hal Rogers, who has represented most of eastern Kentucky for more than four decades, voted for the House bill and has not publicly addressed its SNAP cuts. In his district, 22% of households are receiving SNAP benefits.”

Rogers has been in Washington way too long & gotten way too comfy.

Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case

What? Wasn’t Sen Ted Cruz born abroad too? Should we deport him?

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Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/b... Gifting this obit of Bill Moyers. Met him in the mid-’80s at the JFK Library in Boston. He was very gracious to an awed young law student from Kentucky who was interested in politics. What an interesting & remarkable career he had with LBJ & PBS. Now may he RIP.

This is so sad, as Moyers was a part of public TV for years. Felt like an old friend, though I never knew him. Watched so much of his work on KET, a PBS affiliate. Rest in peace, Mr. Moyers. Thank you, Mr. Dyche, for this gift article.

To everyone downplaying the "procedural" nature of the birthright citizenship case, a quick reminder that the Dred Scott was also a procedural decision, also about citizenship.

this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?

This. Is. Insane.
Read this, please.

After reports of ICE at churches in Montclair and Highland, San Bernardino Bishop denounces raids “Cease these tactics immediately, in favor of an approach that respects human rights,” the immigrant bishop said.

After ICE agents entered two Diocesan churches, San Bernardino’s Bishop Rojas adamantly speaks out: “Cease these tactics immediately, in favor of an approach that respects human rights.”

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

Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance

The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers. He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

A future Vance-like-candidate will label this Vance a "warmonger" but still be angry at Democrats for bombing Iran. The world doesn't have enough Diet Mt. Dew for the Vances of the world to focus.

I hope the racist lie that immigrants eat pets, the lie that all the Wall Street Bros wanted to "legalize", was worth Trump arresting lawful immigrants,Trump exploding the deficit, Trump playing games with tariffs, and now Trump bombing Iran illegally. Good thing we "legalized" racism, huh?

Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:

A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.

Once more with feeling

Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.