This is obscene, and the more you learn about it, the worse it is.
Politico@politico.com · yesterday26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
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This is an impossible task with 26 employees and seems really corrupt. Consider the math: $5,769,000 per employee, each of whom will represent 923 children.
Politico@politico.com · yesterday26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
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Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · yesterdayIn addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/
Run that on a loop in the TikTok feeds.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoTrump: "I think we should be given an A+ on the economy"
Trump: "Everybody saw the vandalism. All you have to do is look at the tape." (There is no tape. Trump is nuts.)
He feels badly for a guy who broke his daughter’s collarbone
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h agoQ: Any comment on Rep. Max Miller? TRUMP: I hope he's able to work it out. I feel badly for him.
I guess Max Miller figures that some Ohio voters keep reelecting Jim Jordan so he might as well stay in.
Never forget: republicans not only sold their souls, they sold out the country, the rule of law and your freedom. It’s their job to rein him in. They chose not to.
If you thought John Mitchell or Bill Barr were bad… just you wait.
New Jersey father Edwin Jovanny Lopez-Cornejo was found dead Monday inside the Delaney Hall concentration camp. His family believes he was denied medication since June 18 when he was taken by federal agents on his way to work.
According to the news, it is “still unclear” how Jean died, and witness reports are concerning. A volunteer who was outside Delaney Hall that day told ACLU NJ that “GEO Group employees waited almost five life-saving minutes to open the gate for the ambulances.”
Following Delaney Hall's First Death Since Reopening, Immigrant Advocates Demand Answers and Investigation - ACLU of New Jersey
Advocates, activists, and community leaders demand immediate independent inquiry and answers related to the death of Jean Wilson Brutus, a community member detained at Delaney Hall earlier this month ...
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More than 50 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office January 20, 2025, and those are just the ones we know of.
Worth remembering that the U.S. helped take down Iran’s democracy in the 1950s.
In first, CIA acknowledges 1953 coup it backed to overthrow leader of Iran was undemocratic
While other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, the acknowledgment by the CIA in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup still rema...
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More than 70 years after the kidnapping, torture and lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi, a major new photography exhibit asks how the world would be different “If Emmett Till Lived.” If Till had lived, he would be just over 85 years old today.
New Exhibit Imagines Emmett Till’s Life If He Had Come Home Alive
The exhibit comes as the Trump administration escalates attacks on DEI and censors how history is publicly presented.
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ok how many GOP members of congress are secretly dying/dead? this is getting out of hand
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday😳 Rep. Pete Stauber indicates there's something gravely wrong with Tom Emmer's health: "You have no idea what Congressman Emmer is dealing with right now. If you did, you would've never made that comment. He's fighting for his damn life today!"
NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away. Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it.
Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth
For nearly two decades, Jeffrey Epstein moved more than a billion dollars through some of the biggest banks in America. He withdrew millions in unexplained
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Electing a corrupt fascist (is that redundant? Probably) is one thing. REelecting a corrupt fascist? That’s a whole nother level of commitment to white supremacy.
In any other timeline, this would be a BFD.
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · yesterday“Bank accounts held by President Donald Trump were closed by Capital One in 2021 after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of money laundering, the bank disclosed in a court filing over the weekend.” apnews.com/article/trum...
BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.
Whitehouse on Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell: "It was to get exculpatory information about Donald Trump and then reward her ... How often does a prisoner allegedly facing threats or danger get moved to a less secure facility? Think about it. It doesn't pass the test of common sense."
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
it’s actually crazy how every Republican who claims they will stand up to Trump is just a total cuck with a humiliation fetish
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"
The SEC bought access to worldwide airline ticketing records. Airlines including Delta, United, and American sold the data.
The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide
The SEC bought access to worldwide airline ticketing records. Airlines including Delta, United, and American sold the data.
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“‘Let me tell you something: My name is Eric Adams,’ he continues, as the boos begin to rain down.” hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-i...
Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now
The former mayor had a wild weekend, and other links to start your day.
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Today, the Senate is expected to confirm Todd Blanche to formally lead the DOJ after he ordered the cancellation of a $1.8 billion slush fund aimed at compensating Trump’s allies. But the new deal left in place protections that would give Trump and his family broad immunity from IRS audits.
GOP senators sign off on corrupt immunity deal from IRS audits for Trump and sons
Todd Blanche appears to be on track to lead the DOJ after Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) agreed to the plan.
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On this day in 1964, the bodies of three missing civil rights workers—James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner—were found in Longdale, Mississippi, shot and buried in a shallow grave.
Aug. 4, 1964 | Missing Civil Rights Workers Found Dead in Mississippi
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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