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The "delicate, beautiful, tiny" fascism of Kristi Noem
The right thinks Noem is the victim of Sen. Padilla's assault. But what about Rep. McIver?
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Kristi Noem is seen as a "delicate, beautiful, tiny woman" while leading DHS, yet Rep. McIver was arrested for protesting it, and Sen. Padilla was tackled for even questioning it.
It's clear who gets to be “delicate, beautiful, and tiny,” and who is seen as a violent threat to law enforcement.
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Sen. Alex Padilla blocked GOP efforts to pass the SAVE Act, calling it an attack on voter access. He’s pushing new legislation to expand registration, fight Trump’s anti-voter order and defend free elections.
www.democracydocket.com/n….
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Padilla: “Democracy Is Not A Spectator Sport”
Read more here.
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The suggestion that Kristi Noem, a white woman, is the "delicate, beautiful, tiny" victim after a Latino man is physically dragged out of a room fits into the admin's pretext of criminality it attaches to people who are not white.
Like Rep. LaMonica McIver.
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The "delicate, beautiful, tiny" fascism of Kristi Noem
The right thinks Noem is the victim of Sen. Padilla's assault. But what about Rep. McIver?
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U.S. agents suspected Bukele and some in his inner circle of diverting USAID funds to MS-13 leaders.
Agents sought to review any U.S. bank accounts held by 15 Salvadoran political figures including Bukele, other senior officials and their relatives.
www.propublica.org
“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a…
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Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoY
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Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
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SCOOP: Details about Saturday’s “No Kings” protest are under watch by domestic intelligence centers, where analysts regularly distribute speculative threat assessments among federal, state, and local agencies, according to an internal alert obtained by WIRED.
UNPAYWALLED:
www.wired.com
'No Kings' Protests, Citizen-Run ICE Trackers Trigger Intelligence Warnings
Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.
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Breaking news: Four people have escaped from an immigration detention facility in Newark.
They escaped from Delaney Hall, a privately run New Jersey detention facility that local elected officials have sought to close, Department of Homeland Security officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
Four escape migrant detention center in Newark, authorities say
The Department of Homeland Security said the detainees escaped from immigration detention facility Delaney Hall, where protesters faced off with law enforcement Thursday.
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"In a previously unreported development, federal agents came to suspect that Bukele and members of his inner circle had diverted US aid funds to the gang."
Read the whole investigation, republished from @propublica.org ⬇️
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How El Salvador's government impeded a probe of MS-13
ProPublica uncovered a previously unreported request where federal agents spelled out their suspicions that Bukele might have diverted USAID funds to MS-13 as part of the secret deal.
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Workers are "terrified" as immigration agents sweep farms, the president of United Farm Workers says, adding that Americans should think about the "human loss" as well as "crops rotting" in the fields.
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Americans will feel impact of immigration enforcement on farms, union president warns
Workers are "terrified" as immigration agents sweep farms, the president of United Farm Workers says, adding that Americans should think about the "human loss" as well as "crops rotting" in the fields
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🚨 BREAKING: Trump admin refuses to release Mahmoud Khalil, despite judge's order
www.axios.com
Trump admin refuses to release Mahmoud Khalil, despite judge's order
The Trump admin argued that the judge's injunction "does not interfere" with authority to detain Khalil on other grounds.
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A federal judge reversed President Trump’s firings of the three Democratic members of the five-member Consumer Product Safety Commission, which monitors the safety of products like toys, cribs and electronics. trib.al/MlgVmOK
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Judge Reinstates Product Safety Regulators Fired by Trump
It’s the latest setback for President Trump in his effort to purge perceived political opponents from independent agencies.
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The National Weather Service issued its first-ever heat advisory in Alaska on Friday.
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Alaska Weather Office Issues Its First Heat Warning
Forecasters said it might hit 85 degrees in Fairbanks this weekend. The Weather Service has changed how it issues warnings there.
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In this administration, who gets to be the victim?
On the right, it seems to be the white woman who leads a government agency ruthlessly deporting immigrants, while a Latino senator is dragged out for approaching her, and a Black congresswoman is indicted for protesting ICE.
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The "delicate, beautiful, tiny" fascism of Kristi Noem
The right thinks Noem is the victim of Sen. Padilla's assault. But what about Rep. McIver?
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NEW: The CBP confirmed to @404media.co that it has been flying Predator drones over LA amid the protests. These Predator B drones are military-caliber UAVs used for aerial reconnaissance that can be armed.
It further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters. More here:
www.wired.com
The High-Flying Escalation of CBP's Predator Drone Flights Over LA
Custom and Border Protection flying powerful Predator B drones over Los Angeles further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters typically handled by state or local authorities.
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Americans say Trump ‘has gone too far’ with immigrant roundups and sending Marines and National Guard to LA
www.independent.co.uk
Americans say Trump ‘has gone too far’ with immigrant raids and using military in LA
A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Americans disapproving of Trump’s stepped-up immigration raids by a nine-point margin
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President Donald Trump has made millions from his family’s cryptocurrency venture, private golf clubs and hawking everything from bibles to watches – as he’s capitalized on his political prominence to expand his business empire, according to financial documents released Friday afternoon.
www.cnn.com
With bibles, tokens and watches, Trump made millions, new disclosures show | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has made millions from his family’s cryptocurrency venture, private golf clubs and hawking everything from bibles to watches – as he’s capitalized on his political prominence to...
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#ICYMI: In April, we reported that at least a dozen members of Congress wrote to the Trump administration with questions about citizens detained, questioned and even held at gunpoint by ICE agents.
None of them received an answer.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
www.propublica.org
Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.
Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions.…
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The people who post on official government accounts are now amplifying a vision of America that is forever dominated by whites, at almost any cost.
Here's how DHS and the White House are now using an image apparently created by an unapologetic white nationalist.
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Trumpism proceeds by the successive breaking of taboos. Each time a new one is broken, the previous one is normalized, made to look not so bad by comparison. The cuffing of Padilla was a red-line moment. trib.al/soZ0D2H
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The Manhandling of Alex Padilla Was a Red-Line Moment for America
This is the essence of Trumpism: Go intentionally overboard, and then lie about it and try to reverse reality.
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NY appeals court rejects bid to overturn Trump’s convictions in E. Jean Carroll case
www.independent.co.uk
NY appeals court rejects bid to overturn Trump’s convictions in E. Jean Carroll case
Trump’s final chance to overturn the verdict is with the Supreme Court
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NEW: Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon
The administration has canceled a deal, signed under President Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.
With @opb.org
www.propublica.org
Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon
The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmo...
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NEW: Millions will rally nationwide tomorrow for "No Kings Day" to protest Trump’s extreme agenda. The ACLU told Democracy Docket that the demonstrations are about "sending a strong message that we are going to have a free and fair democracy." www.democracydocket.com/n….
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US judge orders Trump to reinstate fired product safety commissioners reut.rs/3ZZdFvV
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US judge orders Trump to reinstate fired product safety commissioners
A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully removed three Democratic members of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and ordered the agency to reinstate them.
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A group of roughly 60 individuals were arrested outside the US Capitol after breaching a police line of bike racks and moving toward steps leading to the Capitol Rotunda, according to the Capitol Police.
www.cnn.com
Police arrest roughly 60 protesters outside US Capitol | CNN Politics
A group of roughly 60 individuals were arrested outside the US Capitol on Friday after breaching a police line of bike racks and moving toward steps leading to the Capitol Rotunda, according to the Ca...
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