I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...

Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say

Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.

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Leaked audio of Ken Paxton: Q: Do you think Trump is a bit of a drag? Paxton: To be honest with you, when we did that midterm convention, it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Yeah. Not good.

Hisham Awartani, one of three Palestinian-American students injured in 2023 by a loan gunman in Vermont, is grateful that his shooter has been convicted of attempted murder for his crime. Yet, Hisham and his mother, Elizabeth Price, express frustration that the case wasn't prosecuted as a hate crime

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Post 🧊✈️ HEADS UP HOUSTON ‼️ ⚠️ Removal flight to El Salvador 🇸🇻 ICE Air inbound to IAH Tail: N570TA – ETA 9:40am 👀

Make a band bigger: Peter, Paul & Mary...and Tom, Dick & Harry.

This is Natalie Harp, the close aide to President Trump. These clips are from 2021 when she worked at OAN. She ended her program with a daily Bible quote. Sometimes she swapped out the Bible for a quote from Trump leading with "And remember what Trump said..."

Movies with ‘fart’ in the title; The Fart is a Lonely Hunter Rosemary's Fart To Live and Fart in L.A. Faster Pussycat! Fart! Fart!

Deep analysis of the 20+ videos we collected showing the events around ICE chasing and then killing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. From a whole bunch of people on the byline & me. 🎁 Free Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/w...

Videos Shed Light on Pursuit Before ICE Killing in Houston (Gift Article)

Surveillance footage obtained by The Times shows ICE agents driving aggressively in unmarked vehicles, but the moment of the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo remains murky.

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This truly is quite excellent. Gift link below. Link: buff.ly/tYBY5jl

Talarico: Today, our state is being taken over by a new kind of tyrant — billionaire mega donors. They divide us so we don't notice that they're picking our pockets. It is the oldest strategy in the world, divide and conquer. But Texas will not be conquered.

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Politics can be a team sport on behalf of the city we love. (I’ll leave the no-look passes to the Knicks for the rest of the series).

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only Dr Who Monty Python's Flying Circus Star Trek (TOS) I, Claudius Twilight Zone Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) The Wire Breaking Bad Twin Peaks Simpsons Colbert Report Daily Show (Jon Stewart) Red Dwarf The X Files Mary Tyler Moore Show

Donald Trump is challenging the Constitutional guarantee that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. Trump vs Barbara (2025) Fuck Donald Trump. youtu.be/aNe4E-uynfg

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Diabetics rationing insulin. Jaundiced babies missing appointments. Appendicitis festering untreated for days. Expectant mothers laboring in hiding. Minnesota doctors say the immigration crackdown is forcing patients to hide, endangering lives. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/20/m...

Minnesota doctors say immigration crackdown is forcing patients to hide, endangering lives • Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota doctors say the immigration crackdown is forcing patients to hide, endangering lives.  Diabetics rationing insulin. Jaundiced babies missing appointments. Appendicitis festering untreated fo...

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"i've been detained for 45 days and I have never felt so much fear.. everytime I remind myself that once I go back to Honduras a lot of dangerous things could happen to my mom and my younger siblings" Read the letters @propublica.org got from kids held in the Dilley, TX, ICE facility:

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

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I’m in the preamble this morning explaining that there’s no “protest” exception to the constitution, despite what the Trump admin is doing in and to Minnesota. True of not just the first amendment but also … all the other parts too! thepreamble.com/p/the-right-...

The Right to Protest is More Protected than You Think

It’s more than just the First Amendment

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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

Alex Pretti and Renee Good were murdered by agents of the United States Federal Government in Minnesota.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital

The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.

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The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors