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Whether it's a trade war with Canada or an actual war with Iran, the pattern is the same: Americans are paying the price for the President's choices.

Katie Kersh, an immigration lawyer who’s been in Springfield Ohio a lot in the past couple years, tells me just now: “ICE is absolutely everywhere in Springfield. It is very visible.” noticeable ramping up lately. It is going to likely get… worse

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'

ICYMI: Trump keeps losing in court

Susan Collins voted to give ICE and CBP $70 billion. She owns the consequences of that vote.

NEW: A 28-year-old man died Tuesday morning following an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents in St. Augustine, marking the third death involving ICE in a week.

ICE agent involved in deadly Maine shooting was a new recruit, report says

Hegseth blocks promotions of seven Navy officers, five of them women or people of color, a highly unusual move that means that for the first time in more than a decade no female active-duty naval officers are likely to be promoted to admiral. @gregjaffe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...

As the Supreme Court weighs the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, seniors are advocating for protections for their immigrant caregivers.

"But admitting, that we were all of English descent, what does it amount to? Nothing." - Tom Paine, Common Sense (1776)

"Ms. Ross-Mahé, age 86, was greeted at the airport by her three adult children. She was still dressed in her prison wear — orange shoes, sweatpants and a gray sweater — covered in stains and holes... "She was in a state of physical shock... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

Breaking News: The FCC approved the local TV giant Nexstar’s $6.2 billion acquisition of a rival company, Tegna, consolidating 265 stations.

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation said it chose to honor Twin Cities residents “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members from an unprecedented federal law enforcement operation."

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Here is what is going on in court: Active Voting Rights Cases: 165 Active Redistricting Cases: 50 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 91 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32 Track them all by signing up to Democracy Docket now! bit.ly/4qmEiFz

This is amazing news! The people of Minneapolis and St. Paul are being recognized with one of the most prestigious civic honors in America. The JFK Library Foundation announced today that the people of the Twin Cities will receive a 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their resistance!

Pete Hegseth is using the deaths of American servicemembers to push his own political agenda. A Gold Star father explicitly says he never told Hegseth to “finish the job” in Iran, despite Hegseth’s claims. Exploiting grieving families with lies is a disqualifying lack of integrity.

Ossoff: "The American people need to know that the president is fundraising for his political campaign and his PAC using images of American service members killed in action, and it's a disgrace"

In Stalin's Russia the rule was “Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding!" In Trump's cabinet, the rule is to wear the oversized, wrong-sized shoes Trump picked out for you. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/who-...

Heard this morning on @marketplace.org ’s Morning Report: Penn Wharton Budget Model — a nonpartisan initiative that analyzes the fiscal impact of federal policy — estimates the daily cost of Trump’s war at roughly $800 million. Yes, DAILY.

Every time the news pisses me off, I sign up for a new postcard-writing campaign for voter registration and turnout. This weekend I wrote 200 postcards to eligible voters in Wisconsin and Virginia about upcoming local elections. Defeating this regime means getting out the vote. 🗳️

Marco Rubio: "We went proactively in a defensive way"

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.

A former ICE lawyer is warning that the agency has scaled back training hours for recruits and is instructing them to violate the Constitution. https://to.pbs.org/4cPOW4s

Investigative Post obtained this video of Border Patrol abandoning Nurul Shah Alam, the nearly blind Burmese refugee who was found dead www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/t...

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Mamdani: I am in support of abolishing ICE… I'm tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.

We have been trying to analyze the Trump health “plan” but I worry that unless Congress puts something real together we are analyzing air. Big Q’s such as are pre-x protected are impossible to answer from their Fact Sheet. What we do know: it partly captured a news cycle.

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Yes, you can observe and record ICE activity. reason.com/2026/01/08/y...

PSA: Examples of a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant. ICE cannot enter your home with only an administrative warrant.

Witkoff discussing the. “Russia-Ukraine thing” as if it were just another business deal. This has nothing to do with brokering a meaningful peace. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Who Attended Trump’s Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 19 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing more than 75 people. https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj

Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.

On C-SPAN tonight, the host and a call-in listener had this exchange about next year’s midterms: Host: Do you want to see more Mamdanis, or more candidates like Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger? Voter: I want someone who cares. And all three of these people seem to care.