“Before I knew it, I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic, and so I approached her, and we were at that point chanting, ‘We are not afraid, we are not afraid.’” Callaghan then said he told ICE officers to take him instead of harassing her. An agent then “came, […]
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Mayors Warn You Can’t Trust Trump After ICE Shoots More People
“Before I knew it, I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic, and so I approached her, and we were at that point chanting, ‘We are not afraid, we are not afraid.’” Callaghan then said he told ICE officers to take him instead of harassing her. An agent then “came, […]
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“I Don’t Care”: ICE Detains High Schooler After He Says He’s a Citizen
The change would only happen by getting past the DNC’s rules and bylaws committee, then the majority of the committee’s 450 members, and then state Democratic parties. Some states would also have to change their election laws. Some localities already use it for local and state elections, including Alaska, Maine, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and most […]
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ICE Detains High School Citizen by Smashing Into His Car During Lunch
The change would only happen by getting past the DNC’s rules and bylaws committee, then the majority of the committee’s 450 members, and then state Democratic parties. Some states would also have to change their election laws. Some localities already use it for local and state elections, including Alaska, Maine, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and most […]
Read MoreFox News Exposed Faking Its Coverage of Portland’s “Riots”
“Issue the order to all levels of the public security forces’ intelligence to suspend the sending of communications and other dealings with U.S. security agencies. Such a measure will be maintained as long as the missile attack on boats in the Caribbean persists,” Petro wrote on X Tuesday. “The fight against drugs must be subordinated […]
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Portland Police Chief Reveals Troops Tear-Gassed Protest by Accident
“Yesterday I was with Mr. Toyoda in Japan, and he’s just announced he’s gonna spend, uh, they’re gonna spend $10 billion, and they’re gonna build new car plants,” Trump said Tuesday, referring to the company’s CEO, Akio Toyoda. “And they’re gonna build ’em in numerous states, about six or seven different states.” Trump: Yesterday I […]
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ICE Agents Drag Blind Man Across Pavement and Drop Him on His Head
“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War. President Trump is shredding our Constitution,” Merkley said to begin his remarks. The many topics Merkley has addressed so far in his more than 14-hour speech include […]
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Merkley Speaks for 14 Hours on Senate Floor About Dangers of Trump
“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War. President Trump is shredding our Constitution,” Merkley said to begin his remarks. The many topics Merkley has addressed so far in his more than 14-hour speech include […]
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Jeff Merkley Holds Marathon Speech on Senate Floor Warning About Trump
“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War. President Trump is shredding our Constitution,” Merkley said to begin his remarks. The many topics Merkley has addressed so far in his more than 14-hour speech include […]
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Appeals Court Ruling Allows Trump to Deploy National Guard Troops to Portland
The Trump administration can proceed with deploying National Guard troops to Portland, Ore., under a ruling Monday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that dismissed a lower court’s contention that protests in the city have been largely peaceful and under control. The appellate ruling lifted a temporary block on the deployment […]
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Trump Judges Rule He Can Deploy National Guard to Portland
Johnson chuckled. “The president uses social media to make a point. You can argue he’s probably the most effective person who’s ever used social media for that. He is using satire to make a point,” Johnson replied. “He is not calling for the murder of his political opponents, and that’s what these people are doing.” […]
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Woman Arrested While Playing “Ghostbusters” on Clarinet at ICE Protest
So, how many members of the Venezuelan gang did they catch in the controversial September raid? DHS says that, of the 37 individuals arrested that night, agents got ahold of “just one ‘verified’ Tren de Aragua member,” MSNBC reported this week. It was previously reported that two of the 37 arrested were members of TdA, […]
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ICE Barbie Accuses All Portland Officials of Bonkers Cover-Up
“If we see a lapse in pay come the 15th, my children do not get to get the medication that’s needed for them to live their life,” she said, her voice shaking. “As a Republican, I am disappointed in my party and I’m very disappointed in you because you do have the power to call […]
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ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”
“If we see a lapse in pay come the 15th, my children do not get to get the medication that’s needed for them to live their life,” she said, her voice shaking. “As a Republican, I am disappointed in my party and I’m very disappointed in you because you do have the power to call […]
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Stephen Miller Faces Blacklash After Citing Trump’s ‘Plenary Authority’ CNN Interview
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is facing backlash across social media after using the term “plenary authority” during a CNN interview with anchor Boris Sanchez on Oct. 6. Miller appeared on CNN News Central to defend President Donald Trump’s controversial move to deploy National Guard troops to […]
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Bondi Refuses to Answer One Easy Question on Trump Deploying Troops
“The government is shutdown, but the House refuses to go back in session. Why are we in recess? Because the day we go back into session, I have 218 votes for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files,” Massie wrote on X Sunday afternoon, adding that Johnson “doesn’t want that […]
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Republicans Caught Using Fake Image to Lie About Portland “Riots”
“The government is shutdown, but the House refuses to go back in session. Why are we in recess? Because the day we go back into session, I have 218 votes for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files,” Massie wrote on X Sunday afternoon, adding that Johnson “doesn’t want that […]
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Republicans Caught Using Fake Image to Lie for Trump About Portland
“The government is shutdown, but the House refuses to go back in session. Why are we in recess? Because the day we go back into session, I have 218 votes for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files,” Massie wrote on X Sunday afternoon, adding that Johnson “doesn’t want that […]
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Stephen Miller Must Have Amnesia if This Is Why He Hates ICE Protests
The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a lawsuit from President Donald Trump’s favorite far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer alleging a coordinated effort to knock her off of social media platforms. In her lawsuit, Loomer alleged that multiple social media platforms had engaged in an organized campaign to keep her off of social media, […]
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Leavitt Can’t Answer One Very Easy Question on Troops in Portland
The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a lawsuit from President Donald Trump’s favorite far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer alleging a coordinated effort to knock her off of social media platforms. In her lawsuit, Loomer alleged that multiple social media platforms had engaged in an organized campaign to keep her off of social media, […]
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A Federal Judge Shows How the Courts Should Deal With Trump’s Lies
The administration replied that the president had “determined” that Portland met §12406’s criteria and that courts must defer to that determination. This was not a new strategy. In Newsom v. Trump, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard, Judge Charles Breyer had considered the same issue and found Trump’s […]
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Stephen Miller Loses It After Judge Blocks Trump Troop Deployment
“Now, are they taking great pleasure in that? No. Is [Trump] trolling the Democrats? Yes. I mean, yes! Because that’s what President Trump does, and people are having fun with this,” Johnson said, likely referring to the trough of (often racist) AI slop the president has offered up to mock Democrats in the wake of […]
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Stephen Miller Loses It After Judge Blocks Portland Troop Deployment
“Now, are they taking great pleasure in that? No. Is [Trump] trolling the Democrats? Yes. I mean, yes! Because that’s what President Trump does, and people are having fun with this,” Johnson said, likely referring to the trough of (often racist) AI slop the president has offered up to mock Democrats in the wake of […]
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Trump Says Portland Is ‘War-Ravaged’ Based On False Reports About ICE Facilities ‘Under Siege.’ Here’ s the Truth
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Over the weekend, President Donald Trump completely jumped the shark in what was already a far-fetched, propaganda-reliant justification for his weaponization of the National Guard and other military personnel against Democrat-run cities. He claimed violent crime was on the rise when, in reality, it is on the decline. Now, white […]
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Trump Promises to Use American Cities as Military Training Ground
“I told them, ‘You didn’t get me elected. I do not work for you; I work for my district,’” Greene recalled to The New York Times. “We aren’t supposed to just be whipped on our votes because they’re telling us what to do … or saying, ‘We’ll primary you,’ or that we won’t get invited […]
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Trump Is Already Getting Sued Over His Latest Military Crackdown
“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said. “We never go to the front, see who’s driving the train, where is it going. And you could go up there in the engine room, find it’s an orangutan driving the […]
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Trump Hit With New Lawsuit Over Latest Fascist Military Crackdown
“It’s not some sort of talismanic deal where you can just say ‘stare decisis’ and not think, turn off the brain, right?” Thomas said. “We never go to the front, see who’s driving the train, where is it going. And you could go up there in the engine room, find it’s an orangutan driving the […]
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Democratic-Led States Unveil Plan to Avoid RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vax Nonsense
Trump’s attorney John D. Sauer submitted a request to stay the preliminary injunction Thursday, arguing that Cook was not entitled to due process and that Trump has a sweeping discretion to fire whomever he wanted as long as he claimed it was related to their job. “The Federal Reserve Act’s broad ‘for cause’ provision rules […]
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RFK Jr. Is So Off the Rails States Are Forming Alliances to Push Back
“That’s what set Donald Trump apart from the old conservatism and the old liberalism alike: He knows that America is not just an abstract ‘proposition,’ but a nation and a people, with its own distinct history and heritage and interests,” Schmitt said. The Continental Army soldiers at Valley Forge, Pilgrims at Plymouth, pioneers in Missouri, […]
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ICE Used So Much Tear Gas, a Public School Fled Its Campus
As Rolling Stone reported, in June, the fence of the school’s play area displayed a laminated message. Its reported content, which matches a statement Cottonwood posted to Facebook, denounced the “harm being inflicted on our neighbors, ecosystem, students and school” and called on ICE to cease using weapons such as tear gas, “‘green’ gas, pepper […]
Read MoreDemocratic Governors, Why Are You Turning Your Backs on Workers?
Another Democrat, Maine Governor Janet Mills, vetoed pro-worker bills three years in a row: a labor whistleblower bill in 2021, a bill to provide farmworkers with collective bargaining rights in 2022, and even a minimum wage for farmworkers in 2023, a move that state labor leaders called “embarrassing and shameful.” This year, she finally relented, […]
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