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This is cruel and inhumane. DHS doesn't care one little bit about children. DHS doesn't deserve one penny in funding from congress.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
This is cruel and inhumane. DHS doesn't care one little bit about children. DHS doesn't deserve one penny in funding from congress.
Trump quote: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat." Someone explain to me how a person of faith can vote for a racist, a liar, a misogynist, a pedophile, a narcissist, a fraudster, and a person who uses his office to make himself and other billionaires richer ...
February 7, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Trump quote: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat." Someone explain to me how a person of faith can vote for a racist, a liar, a misogynist, a pedophile, a narcissist, a fraudster, and a person who uses his office to make himself and other billionaires richer ...
ICE tried unsuccessfully to break up a peaceful interfaith protest in Eugene today. The crowd peacefully pushed them into retreat.
January 27, 2026 at 10:07 PM
ICE tried unsuccessfully to break up a peaceful interfaith protest in Eugene today. The crowd peacefully pushed them into retreat.
So how much did it cost to find one noncitizen who didn't vote?
A must read👇
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 PM
So how much did it cost to find one noncitizen who didn't vote?
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It’s insane how out of touch this administration is.
Folks can’t afford to buy one damn home, let alone 12.
Here’s an idea—let’s stop the foreign adventurism and end tax breaks for billionaires.
Folks can’t afford to buy one damn home, let alone 12.
Here’s an idea—let’s stop the foreign adventurism and end tax breaks for billionaires.
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
It’s insane how out of touch this administration is.
Folks can’t afford to buy one damn home, let alone 12.
Here’s an idea—let’s stop the foreign adventurism and end tax breaks for billionaires.
Folks can’t afford to buy one damn home, let alone 12.
Here’s an idea—let’s stop the foreign adventurism and end tax breaks for billionaires.
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They are canceling youth sports across the city in Minneapolis this weekend because lawless masked armed federal paramilitaries are targeting the children and families.
Minneapolis Parks and Recreation has canceled youth sports because ICE is terrorizing our community
January 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
They are canceling youth sports across the city in Minneapolis this weekend because lawless masked armed federal paramilitaries are targeting the children and families.
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It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home.
Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.
Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.
October 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It says a lot that Trump can find $20 billion to bail out Argentina, but won't help the millions of Americans who are in real need at home.
Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.
Thank you to former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for explaining.
We live in an idiocracy. (I stole that from Kristy Greenberg. Very apropos!)
July 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We live in an idiocracy. (I stole that from Kristy Greenberg. Very apropos!)
Thought-provoking and important article. This turns on its head the Israeli argument that Palestinians don't belong in Gaza or the West Bank. Palestinian Jews and Palestinian Christians were there first and ancestors of almost all Palestinians.
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
What Does It Mean To Say ‘Jesus Is Palestinian’?
Some Christians bristle at the assertion that Jesus is Palestinian. Why?
sojo.net
May 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Thought-provoking and important article. This turns on its head the Israeli argument that Palestinians don't belong in Gaza or the West Bank. Palestinian Jews and Palestinian Christians were there first and ancestors of almost all Palestinians.
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
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Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The world is laughing at us....
The Heard and McDonald Islands in the remote Antarctic, which together form another Australian territory — this one uninhabited — is on the Trump administration's list and subject to 10% tariffs. to.pbs.org/3FUqhxk
5 places Trump has targeted for tariffs even though they have few or no exports
The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs have touched rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic, tiny tropical islands and a former British penal colony whose leader is befuddled that it was...
to.pbs.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The world is laughing at us....
Important insights into the Signal scandal.
The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
Opinion | The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat
They may be even more serious than the one we’ve been focused on.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Important insights into the Signal scandal.
The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
The Many Overlapping Scandals of the Pete Hegseth Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
March 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
For the sake of argument only, let's assume 10% of the 2,600 DOE employees are less than fully productive. If you fire 50% of all DOE employees without plan or criteria, you'll still have 130 less-than-productive employees. This is but one result of lazy and indiscriminate budget reductions.
March 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
For the sake of argument only, let's assume 10% of the 2,600 DOE employees are less than fully productive. If you fire 50% of all DOE employees without plan or criteria, you'll still have 130 less-than-productive employees. This is but one result of lazy and indiscriminate budget reductions.
Not once has Musk provided evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse. Why he hasn't should be obvious: there is none, at least none he can prove. He would fail the most basic college course in economics.
March 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Not once has Musk provided evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse. Why he hasn't should be obvious: there is none, at least none he can prove. He would fail the most basic college course in economics.
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musk illegally seized control of the treasury and now wants to end social security and medicare and plunge tens of millions of americans into destitution so that we won’t go “bankrupt,” a thing that practically-speaking can’t happen
Musk: "The waste and fraud in entitlement spending -- that's the big one to eliminate. That's the half trillion, maybe 600 or 700 billion a year. That's also the mechanism by which Democrats attract & retain illegal immigrants by essentially paying them to come here & then turning them into voters."
March 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
musk illegally seized control of the treasury and now wants to end social security and medicare and plunge tens of millions of americans into destitution so that we won’t go “bankrupt,” a thing that practically-speaking can’t happen
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March 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Trump’s foreign aid demolition hits major Christian charities
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
So much for the Christian value of feeding the poor. J. D. Vance, how do you defend this??
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
So much for the Christian value of feeding the poor. J. D. Vance, how do you defend this??
Trump’s foreign aid demolition hits major Christian charities
In a closed-door meeting, U.S. officials touted their success in “zeroing out” foreign assistance, but the downsizing has clipped religious allies, too.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Trump’s foreign aid demolition hits major Christian charities
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
So much for the Christian value of feeding the poor. J. D. Vance, how do you defend this??
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
So much for the Christian value of feeding the poor. J. D. Vance, how do you defend this??
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I'm starting to think DEI may have been the only reason so many planes stayed in the sky...
February 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I'm starting to think DEI may have been the only reason so many planes stayed in the sky...
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Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad.
A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.
www.businessinsider.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
I retired from Lane Community College (2nd largest in Oregon) after 12 years as CFO & VP for administration. We would never have let Elon Musk into our data systems. It would have been a dangerous breach of privacy & security. Why should he have access to incredibly sensitive federal data?
February 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I retired from Lane Community College (2nd largest in Oregon) after 12 years as CFO & VP for administration. We would never have let Elon Musk into our data systems. It would have been a dangerous breach of privacy & security. Why should he have access to incredibly sensitive federal data?
This is DOGE transparency: so transparent it's invisible... This is the totality of their website; notice all the reports on their work.
February 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This is DOGE transparency: so transparent it's invisible... This is the totality of their website; notice all the reports on their work.