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ICE has now spent over $2.2 BILLION on purchasing 4 private prisons from CoreCivic, with the company banking half a billion dollars on the most recent sale. Of course, ICE will not actually operate these facilities; CoreCivic keeps the contracts to run these places for the foreseeable future.
Donald Trump is racing to stop the BBC from getting his financial records. After the network demanded access to his records to determine whether he actually suffered the billions in damages he claims, Trump’s lawyers are now trying to block that evidence from being turned over.
YOU COULD HAVE VOTED NOT TO CONFIRM HIS LAWYER AS AG! You literally had that power, you coward.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
There may well be active duty troops in the Middle East right now who have family members locked in ICE jails. Congress authorized Military Parole-in-Place specifically to avoid this situation. But the Trump admin has shown little care to families caught in this situation.
AILA@aila.org · 7h ago"President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda." https://bit.ly/4br4M4m
🧊✈️ MEXICO x 2 ⛓️😲 👉 Two GlobalX jets (N530FL & N289GX) depart San Diego, trafficking chained humans to San Luis Potosi & Villahermosa 🇲🇽
SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
I joined @nynurses.bsky.social and health care workers to stand in solidarity with Haitian New Yorkers after the Supreme Court’s decision to end TPS. New York stands with TPS holders, always. Together, we'll keep demanding the dignity, safety, and justice every family deserves.
A Wisconsin judge has ruled that absentee voting in the state discriminates against disabled voters — siding with groups that are seeking to force election officials to allow for electronic casting of ballots.
Wisconsin judge rules that paper absentee ballots violate rights of certain disabled people
A judge has ruled that absentee voting in Wisconsin discriminates against disabled voters, siding with groups that are seeking to force elections officials to allow for electronic ballots.
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Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
Eight shipping groups have written to the UN and IMO warning that Hormuz transit tolls would violate international law, set a global precedent, and inflate energy costs through supply chains already strained by restricted passage. #StraitOfHormuz #IMO #BIMCO #shipping #maritime #energy #freightrates
Eight Shipping Groups Warn Hormuz Toll Would Rewrite Maritime Law and Inflate Global Energy Costs
Eight shipping groups have written to the UN and IMO warning that Hormuz transit tolls would violate international law, set a global precedent, and inflate energy costs through supply chains already strained by restricted passage. #StraitOfHormuz #IMO #BIMCO #shipping #maritime #energy #freightrates
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"The Boss wants his money." This isn't the behavior of a president; it's the behavior of a mobster running an extortion racket. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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NEWS: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) just dropped out of his re-election race at 3:32 a.m.m. He said he’s done running but will finish out his term. This after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial reason to believe [he] violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”
Thank you to everyone who voted today. And a special thank you to everyone who volunteered and helped at the polls! 💚
So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 24h agoPhang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
Trump on Venezuela: "They had the tragedy the other day with the problem, as you know. That was a terrible problem. The uhhh, earthquake I guess you would call it." (The quake was in June)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wesley Bell wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Missouri's 1st Congressional District.
WASHINGTON (AP) — William Lawrence wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Michigan's 7th Congressional District.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jocelyn Benson wins Democratic nomination for governor in Michigan.
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
ICE out of Inwood. ICE out of every neighborhood. People are dying in ICE custody. Children separated from parents. Communities are shut out of vital services. We won't give up—and we know our rights: advocate.nyc.gov/blog/resources-to-protect-and-defend-immigrant-communities 📷 Cristobal Vivar
I'm so sick of Republican politicians referring to social security as an "entitlement." No, tax breaks for billionaires are entitlements.
As usual, Susan Collins does the tally, sees that Todd Blanche has the votes to win, and then announces...
Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Bessent on the justification for Trump's tariffs: "The emergency is stopping the emergency" (You can see why the Supreme Court ruled that these tariffs were illegal ... )
Bessent blames Dear Leader for lower than expected GDP growth: "I think we were growing at probably 4% before the president made the decision to go into Iran, and I think we can easily get back to 3% for the year"
