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Rally held to demand release of LAUSD student in ICE custody for nearly 3 months Community members and educators continue to push for the release of an LAUSD student who has been in ICE custody for nearly three months.

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City of Elgin considers “ICE-free zones” Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients may soon be eligible to be hired to work as firefighters for the City of Elgin, and “ICE free zones” may be established.  On Wednesday, October...

“At City Hall, all 150 seats were filled as people began to stand and gather along the back and side walls…”

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Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trump’s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda

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Trump approves disaster declarations for red states, as blue states go without “President Trump and his administration have politicized disaster relief,” one governor said, “and our communities are the ones who will pay the price.”

"The president’s statement announcing the relief funding emphasized the number of times he won Missouri’s electoral votes, as if there were some kind of connection between his political support in the state and his eagerness to provide disaster aid..."

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bulldozed by trump now.

designed by trump megadonor timothy mellon's stepmother.

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"Federal agents fired a pepper round that struck the pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ. The impact caked his face in orange powder...

“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”

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The Adam Schiff criminal probe has stalled, sources say After months of investigating, federal prosecutors in Maryland have not produced enough evidence to bring charges, according to four people familiar with the investigation.

The federal mortgage fraud investigation against Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, according to four people familiar with the investigation.

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ICE agent accused of drunken driving with kids in car in Florida Keys A federal immigration agent from Miami is facing DUI and child endangerment charges after deputies say he was driving drunk with his two children in the car.

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Gettysburg suffers damage as advocates ask public to be vigilant during shutdown | CNN Politics The site of one of the most iconic battlefields in American history suffered recent damage, prompting a law enforcement investigation.

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Trump's Ballroom Will 'Overwhelm' White House, National Trust Warns Preservationists fear for how Trump's planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom will sit alongside the White House itself, which is about 55,000 square feet.

"The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit created by Congress to help preserve historic buildings, said Tuesday that Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom would 'overwhelm the White House itself,' which is about 55,000 square feet..."

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Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

Monday's photo from the Washington Post

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Health insurance sticker shock begins as shutdown battle over subsidies rages Many states have shown rising premiums ahead of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act plans. The government shutdown is driven by Democrats and Republicans being far apart on the issue of extended s...

"A 60-year-old couple earning $85,000 may have to pay $31,000 for a health insurance plan in Kentucky...

$28,000 for a plan in Oregon...

$44,000 for a plan in Vermont..."

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christ almighty what is this guy doing

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Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance

"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians..."

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Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US interventions Currency gains sparked by estimated $400mn of US purchases melt away ahead of election for president Javier Milei

so that was money well spent then, hey? america firrrrst!

"The Argentine peso has fallen below the level it reached before the US Treasury began purchases this month, in a sign that the Trump administration’s financial support is failing to halt the currency’s slide..."

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White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

This is insane.

“It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of," Trump said in July. “It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”

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The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

one category of show prep material for TRMS staff is something we've always called "subway reading".

it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.

today's subway reading:

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As tensions rise in Chicago, volunteers patrol neighborhoods to oppose ICE and help migrants escape Several hundred volunteers are patrolling the streets of Chicago and its suburbs warning migrants of ICE's presence. This is part of a growing resistance to ICE's operations in Illinois.

"He's 17. He has taken on the unlikely role of protector, often patrolling his neighborhood daily starting around 5 a.m.

"I may not be no cop or none of that, but I be taking care of the community."

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"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..."

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Universities Are Standing Up to Trump

“At some point it becomes embarrassing, in a craven way, to make a deal for yourself and abandon those institutions that are standing up for academic freedom...”

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS - KFF Health News The idea that airplane vapors are toxic to people or that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate made the social media rounds. Now, it has found advocates at the Department of H...

“It’s unmoored to reality,” he said.

“I expected there were documents like this, but seeing it in print is nevertheless shocking. Our government is being driven by nonsensical dreck from dark corners of social media.”

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