J Klingensmith

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Leaving twitter Rebuilding I follow back Resisters Still in shock for America... We warned them. The Resistance should have prevailed. How they could choose to bring the POS back just doesn't make sense. Always #VoteBlue Climate Change is real!

For the last seven months straight, the U.S. government has refused to process immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries around the world; including visas for spouses of U.S. citizens. Today, a federal judge ruled the policy flagrantly illegal.

Map of the world, with the 75 countries impacted highlighted in yellow. They include countries in South America like Brazil and Venezuela, about half of all African countries, and most Middle Eastern countries.
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The State Department’s sweeping suspension of immigrant visas to nationals from 75 countries violated federal immigration law and exceeded Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s statutory authority, a district court ruled Friday.

Mike Rogers holds millions of dollars of stock in AI-related companies. He’d let them build a new data center in your backyard tomorrow if the price is right. Now he’s backtracking because he thinks he can trick us into believing otherwise.

Wow! Trump slaps tariffs on damn near everything, then gives imported beef a tariff-free boost. I can’t imagine even farmers who voted for Trump are OK with this. They’re already struggling, and now they’re going to have to compete with 300K metric tons of imported beef.

Here's some good news to round out the week: progressive Aisha Wahab just won a special Congressional election in California, defeating a centrist backed by millions in AIPAC spending. More proof that organized people can beat organized money.

'Organized People Won': Aisha Wahab Defeats Millions in AIPAC Spending to Win US House Race | Common Dreams

"This victory belongs to the voters who made clear that our district cannot be bought," said Wahab, who will serve out t

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MYSTERY MEAT: Trump says he struck a deal to flood the U.S. with cheaper foreign beef. There’s just one problem: He refuses to tell Americans which countries the beef is coming from. And U.S. ranchers are furious.

Mystery Meat: Trump Refuses to Say Where His New Flood of Foreign Beef Is Coming From

Trump says he has struck a deal to bring 300,000 metric tons of cheaper foreign beef into the United States. There’s one detail he won’t reveal: who the deal is actually with.

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2 dead in Michigan from Taylor Farms lettuce. 1.7M+ contaminated eggs at Kroger. 3 dogs sick from Oma's Pride dog food. E. coli berries in 8 states. This is what happens when the FDA can't act before the harm — and victims can't sue after. All thanks to The Roberts Court.

NEW: A federal appeals court on Friday said the top federal prosecutor in the Northern District of New York was unlawfully serving in his role when he subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of two investigations into her last year www.cbsnews.com/news/appeals...

Appeals court says federal prosecutor who subpoenaed Letitia James was unlawfully appointed

A federal appeals court said the top federal prosecutor in the Northern District of New York was unlawfully serving when he subpoenaed state Attorney General Letitia James.

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