Trump administration changes rules to exclude LGBTQ+ org workers from loan forgiveness program - LGBTQ Nation Advocates say the new policy is intended to "make life more difficult for those who Donald Trump dislikes."

The rule will deny access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to many Americans. Employees of government or non-profit organizations that support communities and initiatives that this administration dislikes are likely to be cut off from the program.

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There's a Right To Record ICE Raids--and There's No Blanket Immunity for Raiders Notwithstanding pronouncements from leading officials of the Trump administration, the consensus of federal courts is that the Constitution protects the right to record immigration raids, and federal ...

www.cato.org/blog/lawmake... Kristi Noem describes violence against DHS agents as “anything that threatens them and their safety, so it is doxing them. It is videotaping them where they’re at.”

White House issues new press restrictions: What we know New restrictions placed on journalists by the White House and Pentagon have sparked concerns from media organizations.

State run media. We are there.

The policy changes limit how and when reporters may access crucial government areas and information, drawing criticism that these measures threaten transparency and impede the ability of the media to hold officials accountable.

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Here’s How Much Obamacare Prices Are Rising Across the Country The new prices make it official: Americans will need to pay more for insurance next year if extra subsidies are allowed to expire.

Prices for next year’s Obamacare health insurance plans became public this week, with big increases in premiums across the U.S. We now have data that shows how much more people will pay. Read more: nyti.ms/4oiytJ3

As Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between."

The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between."

Every American needs to watch this. " Trump has laid out a whole lot of enemies that are American citizens, and if he's willing to use lethal force against enemies abroad, as we've been seeing, what's... TikTok video by LOLGOP

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YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook

Full speech:

I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.

And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

In Late, Obscure Notice, DHS Turbocharges Trump’s Voter Purge Database, Evading Privacy Protections Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security quietly formalized sweeping changes to a federal immigration database, turning it into a national “voter verification” tool that appears to sidestep federal privacy protections and will make it easier to remove large numbers of voters from the rolls.

League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court permanently BLOCKS the administration from implementing part of Executive Order requiring documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration application.

A BIG VICTORY for our clients--DNC, DGA, DSCC, DCCC, Sen Schumer and Leader Jeffries--and all voters!

There are F-35s at Puerto Rico, plus drones, the Iwo ARG has Harriers and there are helicopter units as well.

the tone deafness is beyond parody

Epstein survivor: Representative Grijalva could be sworn in during a pro forma session, and that hasn't happened. It is within their power to do that during the shutdown. This is not a political issue. We're talking about the crime of sex trafficking.

ACLU lawyers asked the judge to find that the FDA violated the law but didn’t seek an immediate elimination of the restrictions.

Otake’s ruling instructs the FDA to consider relevant evidence the agency allegedly disregarded. In the meantime, the restrictions remain in place.

Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using contingency funds during the government shutdown.

Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments

The judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island gave the administration leeway on whether to fund the program partially or in full for November ..

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If the Heritage Foundation is willing to stand with Nick Fuentes in public, there's no where further the American right needs to go to embrace fascism. It's not being "hijacked" anymore, they don't have a "fascist wing", it just is fascism.

DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.

NEW: DHS plans to collect driver’s license data from states.

It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.

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'A political hit job’: Marc Elias says Trump's targeting of activist groups is part of a much broader scheme Trump’s Justice Department is adding the Black Lives Matter movement to its ever-growing list of targets. Also, the Pentagon reportedly orders the National Guard to establish “quick reaction” forces i...

'A political hit job’:
Marc Elias says Trump's targeting of activist groups is part of a much broader scheme

Marc Elias joins The Weeknight to respond to Trump's escalating authoritarian threats against the American people ..

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Trump is giving a big gift to Big Oil opening 1.56million acres in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. For Big Mining, he approved a 211mile industrial corridor mining for copper, cobalt and other metals. Plus he greenlit a road through Alaska’s Izembek Wildlife Refuge.

why are all these damn hurricanes and whatnot getting so strong? crack reporter Bari Weiss is on the case

Graphic with Fred Rogers aka Mister Rogers that reads: "We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes." -Mister Rogers-

Let’s be there for our community. If you’re able, please make a donation to your area food banks. SNAP benefits will end 11-1-2025 thanks to TRUMP and MAGA REPUBLICANS.

No one should go without food, not in richest country in the world. TY 🙏🏼

we're now a hair away from it being "treason" to utter a single critical syllable about Dear Leader on any topic whatsoever

Satellite images taken before and after Hurricane Melissa show the destruction it wreaked on Jamaica Satellite images show how Hurricane Melissa decimated entire neighborhoods after it made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday.

Satellite images show how Hurricane Melissa decimated entire neighborhoods after it made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday.

Meat costs continue to surge While grocery inflation held steady in September, prices for beef and veal were up nearly 15%, building on a steady upward trend that began in May.

Trump: "Inflation is defeated"

Reality:

Coffee +19%
Uncooked beef roasts +18.4%
Raw beef steaks +16.6%
Beef and veal (overall) +14.9%
Uncooked ground beef +12.9%
Bananas +6.9%
Frozen fish and seafood + 6.6%
Apples +5.3%

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American citizen being “detained.”

Leaked document. Yikes, things are about to get much worse. It looks like we’re on the verge of becoming a military state across the country. Step out of line, and the man come and take you away.

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While accepting the award in a room of affluent figures — including Mark Zuckerberg, who has a net worth of more than $225 billion — Eilish wondered aloud about why people who have the resources to help others often fail to do so.

#BillieEilish 💕

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DHS Sued for Records on Trump-Appointed Election Conspiracy Theorist Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: A government watchdog group filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the department ignored records requests related to Heather Honey, an anti-voting activist who was appointed to a senior position in the department.

In other words, they're coming to gut the trucking industry. The goal appears to be to grind the economy to an absolute stop.