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ICE is gone but DC cops are still out at V and 14th, getting heckled by an angry crowd after one person was supposedly arrested by feds in a roadblock aimed at immigrants

Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car.

BIG crowd of people shouting at police.

"Fuck you!"

"What is wrong with you!"

"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"

I can see my old building in this photo

Twitter is not real life

A Way for People With Low Credit Scores to Raise Them A new study finds that tenants who pay their rent on time can see “significant increases” if the payments are reported to credit bureaus.

People who pay their rent on time can establish credit scores or significantly raise low scores if the payments are reported to credit bureaus, new research found.

NY lawmakers, take note.

Opinion | Brad Lander Doesn’t Belong in Jail. Does He Belong in City Hall?

Brad Lander gets the @ezraklein endorsement: "He has far more experience and far better relationships inside New York City government than Cuomo does. And he has a far deeper record at pushing progressive change through the machinery of the city than Mamdani does." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

'100 percent' haven't come to work due to ICE raids, Texas farmer says One farmer in rural Texas says none of his employees have wanted to come to work out of fear of being picked up during an ICE raid, “whether they are legal or illegal.”

“It could be to the point where we lose our planting and having the ground ready, and even then, why plan if we cannot even harvest? [...] the amount we need in order to cover that cost of growing, we have to have much broader personnel than just family hands-on.”

"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."

There’s always a tweet.

There's a debate about if Lander getting arrested was a stunt? Of course it was a stunt, and it was a good one. He's got the race's best photo op, he raised awareness that they will arrest anyone without a warrant, and most importantly he put his body on the line to do good. Nothing wrong there.

Padilla: I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this

For those outside NYC, Brad Lander isn’t just a mayor candidate, he’s also the NYC Comptroller—the chief financial officer and auditor of the biggest city in the country.

"You don't have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens," Lander tells ICE agents as they hustle him out

Holy shit. DHS just detained New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a candidate for NYC mayor, as he was observing ICE arrests in court.

The Trump Connection: White House Takeover Of Army Birthday Celebration Proves Boon To Hollywood Prop Houses The poignant display of US military might in DC today on Trump's birthday comes with a Hollywood connection

Here it is:
deadline.com/2025/06/trum...

This has been reported in the Hollywood trades, but not in politics pages:
Apparently the vintage Army uniforms that were used in Trump's big military parade were rented from Hollywood prop houses. They didn't support the parade but were happy to get the work during tough times for production.

WE HAVE QUESTIONS…

This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they?

ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants.

How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?

Russia was kicked out of the G8 in March 2014 exactly BECAUSE it launched its war in Ukraine by invading and forcibly annexing Crimea.

It does feel a bit like RCV is turning into an electorate-wide LSAT, complete with essential test-preparation courses.

New leadership at ICE following mass deportation setbacks The agency’s recent shuffle includes a new deputy director who led Louisiana’s Wildlife and Fisheries Department and is a former aide to the Homeland Security secretary.

I am embarrassed to admit that I did not know before now that ICE has not had a Senate-confirmed director since the Obama administration ended. Given ~everything~ that has happened since 2017, how is that not a scandal?

"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.

Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!

Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

ICE agents get green light to make unjustified warrantless arrests The agency announced an accountability policy has been rescinded.

My latest scoop: ICE has rescinded its accountability policy for warrantless arrests, giving agents “free license to make any arrest,” per one lawyer representing victims.

It follows @theguardian.com exclusive that the agency was told to “push the envelope” to meet Trump’s 3k arrest quota.

Trump 'Doesn't Speak With Precision,' Justice Department Tells Judge The Justice Department argued that Trump’s public statements about the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case didn’t reflect the government’s actual position.

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Law Enforcement Officers Respond to Reports of Unrest at Migrant Facility

NEW: Officials are responding to reports of a disturbance inside Delaney Hall, an immigration detention facility in Newark.

Masked officers seen carrying pepper spray inside amid complaints of meager meals and unsanitary conditions.

W/ @traceytully.bsky.social:

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/n...

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

Yeah that name led to a lot of questions (it was not the Musk Starlink, just had the same name): "Subaru STARLINK is now MySubaru Connected Services"

In my time in the Senate I've never seen a Senator treated this way. @padilla.senate.gov is carrying out his constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight and defend the people he represents. Absolutely shocking and disgusting way to handle a sitting member of Congress.

The Bullwark just posted this from Padilla's staff, that's Senator Padilla on the ground.

If I were an elected official I would not stay in DC this weekend with that much military hardware in town, and under control by these folks.