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ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.

Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.

13.07.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9101    πŸ” 5281    πŸ’¬ 1315    πŸ“Œ 935

pretty weird how there's always billion dollars just lying around whenever ICE needs concentration camps but there's never any money when children need healthcare or a simple school lunch. oh well just one of those things I guess

04.07.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 22726    πŸ” 5701    πŸ’¬ 504    πŸ“Œ 181

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.

03.07.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 97730    πŸ” 38035    πŸ’¬ 4486    πŸ“Œ 2677
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AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."

02.07.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 43710    πŸ” 13604    πŸ’¬ 765    πŸ“Œ 699
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McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."

01.07.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 20551    πŸ” 7251    πŸ’¬ 339    πŸ“Œ 242
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My statement on the unjustified arrest of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander by the Trump administration.

17.06.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1363    πŸ” 331    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 19

If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.

13.06.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 19303    πŸ” 3990    πŸ’¬ 373    πŸ“Œ 201
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Schiff: "One thing that got lost in the horrendous treatment of Alex Padilla today was what Kristi Noem said at that press conference in saying it was necessary to have these troops there to 'liberate the city from the socialists' ... the fact they would use the military that was is unconscionable."

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Hell of a photo

07.06.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 25104    πŸ” 6353    πŸ’¬ 393    πŸ“Œ 380
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MURPHY: Did you worry about what your decision would do to these kids where you've ripped away their counselors & social workers literally in the middle of the program?

McMAHON: I certainly worry about mental health

MURPHY: It's a really cruel thing to do

M: I can't evaluate every program

03.06.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3821    πŸ” 1133    πŸ’¬ 358    πŸ“Œ 109
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Merkley to McMahon: "I strongly encourage you to understand how the changes you're making are hurting ordinary kids across this country ... if you'd take the very effort to read the evaluation of the TRIO programs, you wouldn't be here making that argument today."

03.06.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6026    πŸ” 1501    πŸ’¬ 413    πŸ“Œ 105
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Homeland Security cops handcuff one of Rep. Nadler's aides in chaotic day at NY fed building Two dozen demonstrators were later arrested outside the building in Lower Manhattan.

trump's department of homeland security has thus far arrested:
a judge
a democratic mayor
a democratic congresswoman
now handcuffing a democratic congressional staffer

gothamist.com/news/homelan...

31.05.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4574    πŸ” 1991    πŸ’¬ 363    πŸ“Œ 130

Pure evil

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Rand Paul: "Somebody has to stand up and yell, 'the emperor has no clothes.' Everybody is falling in lockstep on this -- 'Pass the big beautiful bill. Don't question anything.' Well, conservatives do need to stand up ... if we don't stand up on it, I really fear the direction the country is going."

25.05.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6338    πŸ” 1506    πŸ’¬ 789    πŸ“Œ 325
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This budget is shameful and cruel. It takes from the most vulnerable to profit the most comfortable. It will make the rich even richer and the poor even poorer.

22.05.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 294    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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Angie Craig: "I have no idea why we think it's a good idea to repeal a tax on silencers when we are going to feed fewer children in our country as a result of this. It's a moral damn failure is what it is."

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AOC: If anyone is breaking the law in this situation, it’s not members of Congress β€” it’s DHS. It’s people like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem. You lay a finger on Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman or any of the Representatives that were there… we’re going to have a problem.

11.05.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 29038    πŸ” 7403    πŸ’¬ 675    πŸ“Œ 336
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Watson Coleman: "If they can do this to three federally elected officials with the authority to come and do their job, and they can then also lock up the mayor of the largest city in New Jersey who was on public property ... people just are afraid of this weaponization of law enforcement."

11.05.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7506    πŸ” 2255    πŸ’¬ 292    πŸ“Œ 85
Take Action | Save NSF

#NSF had a 11am meeting. By 11:07, I received a message from our program officer stating, "the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired."

This attack on science, research and academic freedom is unconscionable!
www.savensf.com/take-action

09.05.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jesus Christ…

07.05.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1622    πŸ” 674    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 72
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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.

06.05.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 11912    πŸ” 3667    πŸ’¬ 687    πŸ“Œ 521
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05.05.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 19372    πŸ” 6019    πŸ’¬ 535    πŸ“Œ 202
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Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

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stealing like meme from my hellsite replies because lmao

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As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.

The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.

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Registries for pregnant women and children with autism, but no registry for guns?

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