11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.
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I was under the impression that presidents were not allowed to do stuff like that....
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.
Texas got hemp wrong because this law hurts local businesses without giving Texans more freedom. We should trust adults to make informed decisions, backed by strong testing and clear labels instead of unnecessary bans.
🚨 NEW: $36 million payment from ICE to GEO Group, for-profit prison company, on July 24 for detention services at Mesa Verde and Golden State ICE detention facility in California. ICE is a for-profit scheme paid for by taxpayers, using immigrants as commodities. www.quiverquant.com/news/Governm...
Government Contract Update: $36M payment to THE GEO GROUP, INC | GEO Stock News
We just received data on a $36M payment to THE GEO GROUP, INC. from the Department of Homeland Secur
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We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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“The measure doesn't specify who would perform the exams, who would pay for them, or how schools would carry them out…” And I trust it will crash & burn.
Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure
Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...
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For the first time in more than 70 years, women took the field in a professional baseball game. Dreams that generations fought for are finally becoming reality. Here’s to every girl who has ever been told, “Baseball isn’t for you.” Keep proving them wrong💪 #WomensSports #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
If the decent men would stand the fuck up and MAKE this behavior unacceptable by men, it will change. Fucking cowardly.
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Well, I think if that’s the case, he forgot the “ badass “ at the beginning of that statement 😎 Respect her more daily!
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MEMPHIS — state house candidate Jesse Huseth: “If we ABOLISH VOUCHERS tomorrow, we can fully fund pre-k education in the state of Tennessee.” www.jessefor97.com
France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼
Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
Graham compares the blob and Bibi to Roosevelt and Churchill — LOL
Mindcite💥@mindcite.bsky.social · 6d agoPREVIEW: Raw footage Alex Holder shot for "Lindsey's Game", an unreleased documentary that exposes Lindsey Graham, Trump and Netanyahu's shameless warmongering the way the Epstein Files exposes Trump and his cronies' shameless pedophilia.
Total F-wads 😡 Please find a couple friends who don’t usually vote and help them register! We need everyone 🌊🌊 #Blues 💙
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Y.O.L.O.0311@yolo0311.bsky.social · 6d agoTrump canceled 3.6 Billion dollars in Medicare part D coverage, which is your drug coverage starting in 2027. Your insurance and cost of drugs will sky rocket. Remember that when you Vote!
tRump just got a court win to force sick Medicaid patients to PROVE they're too frail to work or lose their coverage next year. Cancer, disability, chronic illness—jump through the red tape or get kicked off. This is deliberate cruelty aimed at the most vulnerable. www.newsweek.com/medicaid-upd...
What the latest ruling means for millions on Medicaid
A judge declined to block work requirements for Medicaid recipients implemented by the Trump administration.
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He's kept the World Club Cup which he didn't win. Chelsea did. And what's going on with all those model planes? Is he 9 years old? Don't answer that. Still, we get the last laugh: you can't take it with you.
Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7d agoDeputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
I assume this is correct. Maybe some of you know more about this.
😎🪴🌵 There are alternatives to coal, gas, and oil. And there are alternatives to data centers, but there are no alternatives to clean air and clean drinking water
Maine Just Told ICE to Get Out Hundreds of the state’s police departments, school districts, and libraries are now required to refuse cooperation with the agency. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Maine just told ICE to get out
Hundreds of the state's police departments, school districts, and libraries are now required to refuse cooperation with the agency.
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We only rate dogs. This is a bed bug. She's very cute, and we actually wouldn't mind an infestation of this particular bed bug. But please only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (TT: lekik25)
