DHS is hiring private investigators—bounty hunters—to track down deported immigrants who are now living in other countries, to press them into paying fines they issued against immigrants DHS accused of failing to depart the US, at $998 a day for up to 5 years. Some have reached up to $1.8 million

DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad

Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.

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After years of providing an uncritical platform for russian propaganda narratives disguised as journalism, one Western news journal is finally receiving some backlash for legitimising an internationally indicted war criminal who disseminates pro-russian talking points. Essential reading!

An Open Letter to Arkady Ostrovsky of The Economist, by Victor Rud - https://eutoday.net

I don't suggest The Economist consciously promoted what it knew to be Kremlin narratives. But Melnichenko’s essay reflects one of the most refined Russian

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A DC judge who blocked termination of TPS for Haitians said Wednesday that order is no longer in effect after a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Trump administration.

DC Judge Confirms Order Blocking Haiti TPS Termination Now Void

A Washington, DC judge who blocked the removal of deportation protections for some 350,000 Haitians said that order is no longer in effect following a June US Supreme Court ruling.

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The govt has fired *all* the immigration attorneys representing detained children and given a $150 million contract to a 26-employee law firm in Texas with ONE immigration attorney. @theyoungcenter.bsky.social's Child Advocates are now the last line of defense for kids in deportation hearings.

Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins@ajcousins.bsky.social · 5h ago

Wanna help? Become a Waymaker! We're running, walking, cycling 20,000 miles in September to raise money to get immigrant kids out of detention and back with family. Someone who kayaks to work is dedicating his miles to Waymakers! A salsa dance class is counting steps! It all counts! #BeAWaymaker

Sure you know nothing about me and my policy positions or my voting behavior... but hey, if it makes you happy, go ahead and say that I "support a genocidal state" 🙄 youtube.com/watch?v=dyih...

Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by SherylCrowVEVO

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Cassandra in the 305@cassandrasaidso.bsky.social · 8h ago

Yeah I'm Jewish. And I'm a US citizen. At the same time.😮 And ??

Yeah I'm Jewish. And I'm a US citizen. At the same time.😮 And ??

RFKJr claims Lyme disease was created by scientists,which is the closest he’s come to admitting that science exists. Meanwhile, Ötzi the Iceman, who died more than 5.3K years ago, had Lyme disease. Apparently prehistoric humans are part of the conspiracy. Get me off this timeline

Look, they crossed over to the maga side and chose trump, and that's what they EXPECTED from RFK: Antiscience and Eugenics. Meanwhile AOC sits down with these MAHA fascists when there's literally MILLIONS of the non-voting MAJORITY to engage. WTF?!

I've been counting instances of "AIPAC AIPAC AIPAC" on here today. Incredible. Sad.

Sigh. Antisemitism eats people's brains like TERFiness does.

Raven Onthill@ravenonthill.bsky.social · 6d ago

The claim that AIPAC is a hugely powerful lobby which controls US Israeli policy through its vast wealth is an ancient antisemitic slur in new language. AIPAC is not that influential. More at the link.

The treatment of people being held at Delaney Hall is appalling: denial of basic medical care, rancid food, and retaliation against those who dare to speak up about these abuses. This is unacceptable. Detention shouldn't be a death sentence. Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo should still be alive.

Second detainee dies after being held at Delaney Hall ICE detention center

The family alleges Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo was denied needed medication while detained. ICE says he received appropriate medical care and prescribed medication.

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In TX: Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare just CLEARED the meeting room, kicking out public speakers who are opposed to the GOP plan to cut half of the battleground county's Election Day voting locations for November:

Meanwhile, a lobby devoted to funding Democrats running for the House received laudatory coverage in The New York Times—and in the headline: "to Fight AIPAC".... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/n...

Group Pledges $2 Million to Fight AIPAC in House Races

A super PAC created to counter spending from powerful pro-Israel groups will try to help Democrats critical of Israel’s wars and military actions.

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Rather than accept this trend—coming from BOTH the leftwing of me and the right—as merely a function of worries about the influence of “dark money” in a corrupt system of campaign financing, it’s time to call out the obsession with (((AIPAC))) for what it is.

Dislike AIPAC? Fine. Pressure candidates to not take $$ from AIPAC? Also fine. Thinking AIPAC dictates policy, runs Washington, should be outlawed...No, no, and no.

The claim that AIPAC is a hugely powerful lobby which controls US Israeli policy through its vast wealth is an ancient antisemitic slur in new language. AIPAC is not that influential. More at the link.

People weaponizing antisemitism accusations doesn’t mean it’s OK to just stop GAF and call everything AIPAC AIPAC AIPAC

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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What started with Mearsheimer & Walt has become an article of faith among many Democrats who now compete with each other to proclaim their refusal to take any funds from AIPAC. Even in races in which no candidates are backed by AIPAC or anyone in the pro-Israel community, AIPAC is the problem....

Why are they really boycotting AIPAC? Bigotry

The point of the political campaigns aimed at countering the pro-Israel group is to silence and isolate Jews, not opposition to a mythical all-powerful lobby.

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I thought Reagan was worm food. Why is he posting op eds.

Using government resources to help people who might not be me?! What’s next, funding roads and highways I don’t drive on?

Nah, I don't think they really think we're stupid. They think we're impotent to end their corruption. And we're not.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d ago

Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche is on track to get confirmed by the Senate as US Attorney General after two key Republican holdouts flip: John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.

"Holdouts"🙄 A CON from the beginning.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d ago

Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche is on track to get confirmed by the Senate as US Attorney General after two key Republican holdouts flip: John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.

The benefits of living in a society may sound appealing, but have you considered the obligations?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

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🌈 Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ➖ 'Over The Rainbow' & 'What A Wonderful World' Medley ➖ 1993 🌈

YouTube video by Mario Nicola Misino

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With @elhopkins.bsky.social ✨🫵 #WhatsOn 🎁🎶🎶 youtu.be/6H9XkqlBQ0c?...

Corruption runs deep. counterdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/special-re...

Special Report: How the UK media embraced anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists

Mapping HART's media network, GB News, talkRADIO, Telegraph, Spectator, Daily Express, BBC etc

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They are also the same people who won’t #CleantheAir and told us to accept Covid infections. It’s an antiscience movement. They don’t want to spend, that’s the truth. They are prioritising profits over our children’s futures.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d ago

The same people who have been telling us "we can't stop climate change, instead we must adapt" have been hammering our capacity to adapt, through their promotion of austerity. What they're really saying is "keep burning fossil fuels for the sake of our donors". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Flint is still broken. www.michiganpublic.org/environment-...

Former EPA adviser claims agency violated whistleblower protections after petition criticism

The EPA is being sued this week by Elin Warn Betanzo, a water safety engineer who was also instrumental in the Flint water crisis investigation.

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They never needed a "slush fund" to pay out claims from J6 rioters. A fraudulent guise of "compromise" to ensure Blanche's confirmation, the slush fund ran a convenient cover to protect the IRS immunity deal. He will publicly mourn its end while claiming how unfairly the J6 rioters were treated.

Trump and Blanche keep the president’s corrupt IRS immunity deal — and throw January 6 rioters to the curb

ANALYSIS: Trump never needed the slush fund for taxpayer-funded payouts. But the fight over ‘Anti-Weaponization’ claims gave convenient cover for DOJ’s shield against tax investigations, Alex Woodward...

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