Source: MARK FELIX / Getty Across the country, people are watching ICE operations surge through workplaces, neighborhoods and courthouses again. Masked agents are appearing in public with greater force. Detention has expanded. Fatal encounters have again become more frequent. The Trump administration calls this immigration enforcement. That description is both technically accurate and politically and […]
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Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tom Homan has had his work cut out for him when it comes to explaining away the behavior of his agents, particularly as it relates to the extrajudicial killings they have been involved in over the last year. On Sunday, Homan was questioned by reporters […]
Read More Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tom Homan has had his work cut out for him when it comes to explaining away the behavior of his agents, particularly as it relates to the extrajudicial killings they have been involved in over the last year. On Sunday, Homan was questioned by reporters […]
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Source: Ryan Murphy / Getty This week, Trump administration officials reportedly directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two people were shot and killed by ICE agents within one week. In both cases, ICE agents were attempting to stop a fleeing vehicle using deadly force, then justifying it later by claiming the […]
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Kennedy has also failed to lead during times of crisis. After two children died of measles in Texas in early 2025, Demetre Daskalakis, the head of HHS’s response team, requested a meeting with Kennedy. Daskalakis said he was turned down; he has since left the agency. Kennedy, meanwhile, went on to recommend measles patients up […]
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It’s difficult to ascertain where the Houston-based Cogdell falls on the political spectrum. He criticized Trump frequently in recent years but gave $6,500 to the hard-right Paxton’s campaign in 2025, according to campaign finance reports. He then gave Talarico’s campaign $1,000 in March. Talarico appeared thrilled with his new ally, using the defection to petition […]
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The study estimated it will take until at least 2030 to replace the more than 1,000 Tomahawk cruise missiles the U.S. fired deep into enemy territory. While Raytheon aims to produce more than 1,000 missiles a year, the current production rate is less than 200. It will also take until at least 2029 to restore […]
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Source: Win McNamee / Getty Between President Donald Trump’s glaring cognitive decline, his imbecilic war in Iran, his economy crippling businesses and hiking up the price of gas and groceries, the DHS funding disputes that led to a partial government shut down, and the Republican Party’s abysmal midterm election prospects prompting actions such as the […]
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A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, or IPS, takes a deep dive into the battery of corporations they call the “Low Wage 20”: 20 firms that currently employ 6.7 million people across the United States. The names are familiar—Amazon, Starbucks, FedEx, Walmart, and Tyson Foods are habitual malefactors—but their sins are growing […]
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Source: The Dallas Morning News/Hearst Newspapers / Getty Since the Trump administration began deploying ICE agents to U.S. airports to assist TSA, which is short-staffed because its agents are not getting paid, many people have been nervous about the deployment being a “test run” for normalizing ICE presence in places where they don’t belong, such […]
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Source: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / Getty The Trump administration seems to keep doubling and tripling down on everything that makes it unpopular with everyone outside of President Donald Trump’s cult-like MAGA base. That’s really the only explanation possible for why Trump and his Cabinet of reverse-DEI imbeciles thought it was a grand idea to send Immigration […]
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That ICE agents undertook this fakery seemed to have been confirmed by Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who tweeted that agents had “impersonated NYPD with fake badges” before backtracking with an update that called this “unconfirmed.” In a separate press release, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also referenced ICE agents “impersonating NYPD officers.” The whole […]
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