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Rodney Taylor: double amputee, came to US at age 2, 473 days in ICE over a pardoned teen charge. Speaks today. NBER: every 6 ICE arrests = 1 US-born man loses work. FL man called 911 for sick daughter → ICE detained him. 53 SC lawmakers: none explained their ICE bill. 💀
#ICE #RodneyTaylor
#ICE #RodneyTaylor
May 11, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Rodney Taylor: double amputee, came to US at age 2, 473 days in ICE over a pardoned teen charge. Speaks today. NBER: every 6 ICE arrests = 1 US-born man loses work. FL man called 911 for sick daughter → ICE detained him. 53 SC lawmakers: none explained their ICE bill. 💀
#ICE #RodneyTaylor
#ICE #RodneyTaylor
Vatican published gay men's testimonies for the first time — calls conversion therapy "devastating." Weeks after SCOTUS struck down conversion therapy bans. Gay immigrant freed after 150 ICE days. Smith College probed for trans admissions. 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ candidates got death threats. 🏳️🌈💀
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTQIA
May 10, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Vatican published gay men's testimonies for the first time — calls conversion therapy "devastating." Weeks after SCOTUS struck down conversion therapy bans. Gay immigrant freed after 150 ICE days. Smith College probed for trans admissions. 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ candidates got death threats. 🏳️🌈💀
#LGBTQIA
#LGBTQIA
ICE today: wrong Bronx teen tackled and left bleeding; Ohio man deported after 45 years; detainee attempted suicide after solitary for requesting care; courts rejected no-bond policy; 33 DC warrantless violations; CoreCivic profits +25%; 287(g) up 13x. 💀
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
May 10, 2026 at 2:22 AM
ICE today: wrong Bronx teen tackled and left bleeding; Ohio man deported after 45 years; detainee attempted suicide after solitary for requesting care; courts rejected no-bond policy; 33 DC warrantless violations; CoreCivic profits +25%; 287(g) up 13x. 💀
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
Gas up 52% since Iran war started — $4.54/gallon from $2.98. USDA food forecast: 3.1% rise in 2026, nearly double January estimate. Beef already up 12.1%. Purdue: war adds 3-6% to grocery inflation over 18 months. Shelf pain still coming. 💀
#GasPrices #Groceries #IranWar #TheWashingtonPretzel
#GasPrices #Groceries #IranWar #TheWashingtonPretzel
May 8, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Gas up 52% since Iran war started — $4.54/gallon from $2.98. USDA food forecast: 3.1% rise in 2026, nearly double January estimate. Beef already up 12.1%. Purdue: war adds 3-6% to grocery inflation over 18 months. Shelf pain still coming. 💀
#GasPrices #Groceries #IranWar #TheWashingtonPretzel
#GasPrices #Groceries #IranWar #TheWashingtonPretzel
Trevor Project: 1 in 10 LGBTQ+ youth attempted suicide in 2025. Anti-LGBTQ+ politics are a primary driver. Affirming communities cut the attempt rate by 2/3. Botswana repealed its colonial anti-gay law. Denver launched Prism IOP. Affirming spaces save lives. 🏳️🌈
#LGBTQIA #TrevorProject
#LGBTQIA #TrevorProject
May 8, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Trevor Project: 1 in 10 LGBTQ+ youth attempted suicide in 2025. Anti-LGBTQ+ politics are a primary driver. Affirming communities cut the attempt rate by 2/3. Botswana repealed its colonial anti-gay law. Denver launched Prism IOP. Affirming spaces save lives. 🏳️🌈
#LGBTQIA #TrevorProject
#LGBTQIA #TrevorProject
3 ICE stories: Olivia Andre, 19, ordered released after 6 months — "no lawful basis." Silverio Villegas-González shot dead by ICE in Sept; FBI silent 8 months; Illinois now investigating. DHS: "political stunt." Youngstown Ohio: secret deportation hub, 1K+ flights. 💀
#ICE #AAPIHeritageMonth
#ICE #AAPIHeritageMonth
May 8, 2026 at 3:12 AM
3 ICE stories: Olivia Andre, 19, ordered released after 6 months — "no lawful basis." Silverio Villegas-González shot dead by ICE in Sept; FBI silent 8 months; Illinois now investigating. DHS: "political stunt." Youngstown Ohio: secret deportation hub, 1K+ flights. 💀
#ICE #AAPIHeritageMonth
#ICE #AAPIHeritageMonth
ICE secretly gagged Florida police: consult us before answering any public records request about immigration. Miami-Dade: 100 → 971 ICE officers in 4 months. Records request: $48,394 fee. Blocked. Former ICE chief: no reason for this secrecy. 🚨
#ICE #Florida #FOIA #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #Florida #FOIA #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
May 6, 2026 at 11:57 AM
ICE secretly gagged Florida police: consult us before answering any public records request about immigration. Miami-Dade: 100 → 971 ICE officers in 4 months. Records request: $48,394 fee. Blocked. Former ICE chief: no reason for this secrecy. 🚨
#ICE #Florida #FOIA #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #Florida #FOIA #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
ICE detained the Gámez-Cuéllar mariachi brothers — ages 12, 14, and 18 — at a routine check-in. They fled cartel violence, entered through asylum, followed the rules. Kacey Musgraves invited them to open her sold-out Texas shows. Last one: Cinco de Mayo. 🎺
#KaceyMusgraves #ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel
#KaceyMusgraves #ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel
May 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
ICE detained the Gámez-Cuéllar mariachi brothers — ages 12, 14, and 18 — at a routine check-in. They fled cartel violence, entered through asylum, followed the rules. Kacey Musgraves invited them to open her sold-out Texas shows. Last one: Cinco de Mayo. 🎺
#KaceyMusgraves #ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel
#KaceyMusgraves #ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel
Denny Adan Gonzalez, 33, died in ICE custody at Georgia's Stewart Detention Center on April 28. Suspected suicide. Found unresponsive by CoreCivic staff. ICE custody deaths in 2026: 47 — a 20-year high. 💀
#ICE #CoreCivic #ICEDeaths #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #CoreCivic #ICEDeaths #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
May 4, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Denny Adan Gonzalez, 33, died in ICE custody at Georgia's Stewart Detention Center on April 28. Suspected suicide. Found unresponsive by CoreCivic staff. ICE custody deaths in 2026: 47 — a 20-year high. 💀
#ICE #CoreCivic #ICEDeaths #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #CoreCivic #ICEDeaths #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
Economic roundup: Consumer sentiment 49.8 — all-time low, worse than 2008 and COVID. Meta/Microsoft/Oracle cutting tens of thousands for AI. 43% of young grads underemployed. Legal immigration gutted. 272K federal jobs gone. Half of workers cope with substances. 💀
#Economy #AI #TheWashingtonPretzel
#Economy #AI #TheWashingtonPretzel
April 27, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Economic roundup: Consumer sentiment 49.8 — all-time low, worse than 2008 and COVID. Meta/Microsoft/Oracle cutting tens of thousands for AI. 43% of young grads underemployed. Legal immigration gutted. 272K federal jobs gone. Half of workers cope with substances. 💀
#Economy #AI #TheWashingtonPretzel
#Economy #AI #TheWashingtonPretzel
LGBTQ roundup: Anti-gay pastor who ranted about "grooming" pleaded guilty to child sex crimes. EU court struck Hungary's LGBTQ ban. 2,000 re-raised the Stonewall flag. Trans golfer Davidson suing USGA. UK LGBTQ club arson arrest. 🏳️🌈
#LGBTQ #Stonewall #Hungary #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#LGBTQ #Stonewall #Hungary #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 26, 2026 at 8:38 PM
LGBTQ roundup: Anti-gay pastor who ranted about "grooming" pleaded guilty to child sex crimes. EU court struck Hungary's LGBTQ ban. 2,000 re-raised the Stonewall flag. Trans golfer Davidson suing USGA. UK LGBTQ club arson arrest. 🏳️🌈
#LGBTQ #Stonewall #Hungary #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#LGBTQ #Stonewall #Hungary #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
11 ICE stories: Agent pointed gun at drivers on highway — CHARGED. Arizona suing over ICE jail next to chemical plant. Camp East Montana: 1 death ruled homicide, 49 violations, new contractor has 112. AI tracking 1M+ immigrants. PA ICE partnerships up 70%. 46 dead this year — 20-yr high. 🚨
April 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
11 ICE stories: Agent pointed gun at drivers on highway — CHARGED. Arizona suing over ICE jail next to chemical plant. Camp East Montana: 1 death ruled homicide, 49 violations, new contractor has 112. AI tracking 1M+ immigrants. PA ICE partnerships up 70%. 46 dead this year — 20-yr high. 🚨
BREAKING: Shots fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Shooter dead in lobby. Trump, Melania, Vance evacuated safely. Still developing. Stay tuned. 🚨
#WHCD #BreakingNews #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #Trump #SecretService #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#WHCD #BreakingNews #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #Trump #SecretService #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 26, 2026 at 2:49 AM
BREAKING: Shots fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Shooter dead in lobby. Trump, Melania, Vance evacuated safely. Still developing. Stay tuned. 🚨
#WHCD #BreakingNews #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #Trump #SecretService #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#WHCD #BreakingNews #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #Trump #SecretService #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
LGBTQ roundup: SCOTUS struck conversion therapy bans in 20+ states. Trump used "gay" to taunt Iran (Harris beat him 86-12 with gay voters). ACLU: LGBTQ World Cup fans beware. Canadian model detained 8 hrs, banned 10 yrs, no crime. Trans congresswoman won't enter the US. Bulls cut Ivey. 🏳️🌈
April 26, 2026 at 1:34 AM
LGBTQ roundup: SCOTUS struck conversion therapy bans in 20+ states. Trump used "gay" to taunt Iran (Harris beat him 86-12 with gay voters). ACLU: LGBTQ World Cup fans beware. Canadian model detained 8 hrs, banned 10 yrs, no crime. Trans congresswoman won't enter the US. Bulls cut Ivey. 🏳️🌈
8 ICE stories: Judge freed Boulder suspect's family — FBI cleared them. Seven sick detainees, ICE shut the door. Pregnant teens in Texas can't get abortions. Tire blowout = 5 months detained. Noem still squatting. ICE deputy seduction scandal. 🚨
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 24, 2026 at 11:32 AM
8 ICE stories: Judge freed Boulder suspect's family — FBI cleared them. Seven sick detainees, ICE shut the door. Pregnant teens in Texas can't get abortions. Tire blowout = 5 months detained. Noem still squatting. ICE deputy seduction scandal. 🚨
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
8 stories: Musk gutted CFPB, now launches X Money. Trump's Fed pick wants softer inflation math — BofA warns backfire. Warren sees AI bubble. Goldman filed Bitcoin ETF. Draper: $250K BTC in 18 months. Musk: AI = penthouses for all. 🚨
#ElizabethWarren #Bitcoin #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ElizabethWarren #Bitcoin #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 23, 2026 at 11:52 AM
8 stories: Musk gutted CFPB, now launches X Money. Trump's Fed pick wants softer inflation math — BofA warns backfire. Warren sees AI bubble. Goldman filed Bitcoin ETF. Draper: $250K BTC in 18 months. Musk: AI = penthouses for all. 🚨
#ElizabethWarren #Bitcoin #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ElizabethWarren #Bitcoin #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
Trump claims TrumpRx cuts prices 600% — mathematically impossible. Warren proved it charges MORE than Costco. RFK Jr. didn't know the price of a heart drug. 💊 Receipts.
#TrumpRx #ElizabethWarren #RFKJr #PrescriptionDrugPrices #Healthcare #MAHA #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#TrumpRx #ElizabethWarren #RFKJr #PrescriptionDrugPrices #Healthcare #MAHA #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 23, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Trump claims TrumpRx cuts prices 600% — mathematically impossible. Warren proved it charges MORE than Costco. RFK Jr. didn't know the price of a heart drug. 💊 Receipts.
#TrumpRx #ElizabethWarren #RFKJr #PrescriptionDrugPrices #Healthcare #MAHA #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#TrumpRx #ElizabethWarren #RFKJr #PrescriptionDrugPrices #Healthcare #MAHA #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
BREAKING: Virginia judge blocked redistricting certification. Hurley: expanding a budget special session needed 2/3 vote. Dems had simple majority. VA Supreme Court had reserved judgment. AG Jones appealing now. Fight continues. 🚨
#VirginiaRedistricting #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#VirginiaRedistricting #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 22, 2026 at 11:57 PM
BREAKING: Virginia judge blocked redistricting certification. Hurley: expanding a budget special session needed 2/3 vote. Dems had simple majority. VA Supreme Court had reserved judgment. AG Jones appealing now. Fight continues. 🚨
#VirginiaRedistricting #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#VirginiaRedistricting #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
8 ICE stories: 200 on hunger strike in Michigan. ICE using Meta glasses in 6 states without authorization. Houston gutting ICE ordinance today. Senate 52-46 blank check. Meenu Batra posed for social media. 17 dead - 2026. Wyoming: speeding gets you deported 🚨
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
8 ICE stories: 200 on hunger strike in Michigan. ICE using Meta glasses in 6 states without authorization. Houston gutting ICE ordinance today. Senate 52-46 blank check. Meenu Batra posed for social media. 17 dead - 2026. Wyoming: speeding gets you deported 🚨
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
🚨 BREAKING: Virginia said YES. Democrats redraw the map. Up to 4 new House seats. National tally: Dems 10 new seats, GOP 9. VA Supreme Court reserved right to rule on legality. Florida GOP draws more next week.
#VirginiaYES #Redistricting #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#VirginiaYES #Redistricting #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 22, 2026 at 1:24 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Virginia said YES. Democrats redraw the map. Up to 4 new House seats. National tally: Dems 10 new seats, GOP 9. VA Supreme Court reserved right to rule on legality. Florida GOP draws more next week.
#VirginiaYES #Redistricting #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#VirginiaYES #Redistricting #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
9 ICE stories: ICE killed US citizen Ruben Martinez and hid it a year. Court interpreter arrested — Army son: "I thought she was included." France mobilizing for Marie-Thérèse. Afghan honor student detained on spring break. 🚨
#ICE #RubenMartinez #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #RubenMartinez #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 16, 2026 at 5:16 AM
9 ICE stories: ICE killed US citizen Ruben Martinez and hid it a year. Court interpreter arrested — Army son: "I thought she was included." France mobilizing for Marie-Thérèse. Afghan honor student detained on spring break. 🚨
#ICE #RubenMartinez #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #RubenMartinez #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
9 stories: SAVE Act blocks driver's licenses to vote. DOJ sued New Haven. Trump attacked Pope Leo at midnight. Vance: half-empty arena. Iran war "nearly over," 13 US dead. Orban out. FISA expiring. IMF cut growth to 2.5%. 🚨
#SAVEAct #Iran #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#SAVEAct #Iran #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 15, 2026 at 8:05 AM
9 stories: SAVE Act blocks driver's licenses to vote. DOJ sued New Haven. Trump attacked Pope Leo at midnight. Vance: half-empty arena. Iran war "nearly over," 13 US dead. Orban out. FISA expiring. IMF cut growth to 2.5%. 🚨
#SAVEAct #Iran #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#SAVEAct #Iran #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
8 ICE stories: Doctor arrested at her appointment. Legal engineer's window smashed by crowbar. CT voted to sue ICE. 442K deported, only 38% had records. Thomson Reuters sold ICE 20B license plate scans. Arizona ICE jail: sardines. 🚨
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 15, 2026 at 2:03 AM
8 ICE stories: Doctor arrested at her appointment. Legal engineer's window smashed by crowbar. CT voted to sue ICE. 442K deported, only 38% had records. Thomson Reuters sold ICE 20B license plate scans. Arizona ICE jail: sardines. 🚨
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
7 ICE stories: 86-yr-old French grandma shackled. Migrant dead in custody. Man shot in face, DHS lied. Mankato extended anti-ICE law. ICE funded to 2029 — GOP wants a decade. 70% of detainees have no record. 🚨
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
April 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
7 ICE stories: 86-yr-old French grandma shackled. Migrant dead in custody. Man shot in face, DHS lied. Mankato extended anti-ICE law. ICE funded to 2029 — GOP wants a decade. 70% of detainees have no record. 🚨
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
IRAN PEACE Talks held today led to yet another Groundhog's Day! #IranWar #IranCeasefire #IranPeaceTalks #dejavumoments #DejavuVibes #groundhogday
April 12, 2026 at 3:42 AM
IRAN PEACE Talks held today led to yet another Groundhog's Day! #IranWar #IranCeasefire #IranPeaceTalks #dejavumoments #DejavuVibes #groundhogday