Lisa VLaan

Just as ICE and CBP have no legitimate role in "election security" neither does the head of DHS. The mere existence of this press conference should be a scandal, much less this tone-deaf comment.

NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.

Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.

And to my beautiful grandkids, i leave 34,000 pill containers with mismatched lids

Donald Trump had the racist, bigoted audacity to post an Al-generated video depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. Most of us already know who Donald Trump is. We already know there are no bounds to how low he's willing to go. We know that he has no moral compass. We know that he is a disgrace. So while his behavior is not shocking, it is certainly disgusting and disturbing. But when will it be enough for those who continue to stand beside him? When will Republicans in Congress condemn his behavior? Your silence is complicity - and it is very loud.

Alt text for Rep. Crockett‘s statement:

One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.

Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

Quote from Trump just minutes ago:

"The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places.... The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting."

In modern history, there's never been a bigger threat to our Constitution and our way of life than and his enablers.

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

Family of Arlington man detained by ICE calls for release to attend son's funeral Maher Tarabishi, a Jordanian national, was detained by ICE in October. His 30-year-old-son, Wael, died over the weekend from complications related to a rare genetic disorder. Family of Arlington man d...

Begging you not to let Wael’s Tarabishi’s story get lost amidst all the horrors.

He was a 30 year old disabled man. His dad was his full time caregiver.

ICE took his dad away.

Wael said it would kill him. He said the fear was “real & immediate”.

He died last week. ICE killed Wael.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie

Letter from tRump

The letter that Donald Trump sent to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway.
If this isn’t reason enough to impeach this asshole, I don’t know what it will take.

#ProudBlue #Pinks #FucktRump #Norway

Trump: ‘I should have’ seized ballots in 2020 election Read more here.

President Donald Trump said he “should have” ordered the National Guard to seize ballot boxes during the 2020 election, raising fears he will actually do so in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )

Never forget. 🇺🇸

inside every chronically ill person there is a healthy person wondering what the hell went wrong

Trump’s second term is pretty much the purge for rich people. All crime is legal as long as you can pay for the pardon

New Years can be hard when you’re chronically ill

People are setting goals for the upcoming year… and many of us can’t participate

Our goal is to survive & lessen suffering

If all you did in 2025 was survive, that’s ok

It’s ok if that’s your goal for 2026 too

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise

“You don’t look sick.” Thanks. That’s the goal. But here’s what you don’t see: I cancel plans I desperately want to attend. I rest for hours after a shower. I forget basic words mid-sentence. I grieve a version of myself I barely remember. I fight every day for a body that doesn’t cooperate. It’s not just tired. It’s chronic illness. Share this if you’ve ever been told you ‘don’t look sick.’ [Logo: CFS HEALTH]

MAHA Wins

How a new firm with DHS ties won a $915 million contract to help immigrants "self-deport" The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

We hope to continue covering waste and corruption in DHS contracting. Reupping this story we did back in October on a question "self-deportation" contract that went to a new company run by a guy with links to top DHS officials. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Three Shirts McGee’s entire MAGA schtick was about draining the swamp, exposing the deep state cabal blah blah…

Here he is palling around with Jeffrey Epstein.

They are the monsters they were warning us about.

>>Satire - Woman With Invisible Illness Accidentally Looks Too Happy in Public, Loses Credibility [pic of woman smiling with her tablet in her hand] mybodyistryingtokillme.com

OK I’ve put together the list. Shame on all of them:

Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
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Fentanyl. Drug Overdoses, including Fentanyl, are not even in the top 20 causes of death in the USA. Cancer, Diabetes, Covid, Heart Disease all in the top 10, and all have had their research funding cut. They aren't murdering just Venezuelans. However they are killing us much slower.

Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."

MEDICARE FOR ALL IS POPULAR: “A new poll finds 65% of voters support a Medicare for All system. That includes 78% of Democrats, 71% of independents, and 49% of Republicans.”

Making a broken system less bad is not enough. #MedicareForAllNow

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Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."

Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.

The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.

To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%

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