Cracking open a cold one.
My only solace is my EV.
The Kurds are not fully onboard with serving as the ground force in Iran. Trump is counting on Kurdish fighters to confront the IRGC on the ground, but the pool of available forces appears smaller than expected, particularly because the plan relies heavily on Iraqi Kurdish groups.
Kat Abughazaleh: "Democrats are still operating as if the only levers of power are legislation and votes and conversations behind closed doors. We need to talk seriously about general strikes about breaking quorum about exploiting parliamentary procedure."
Here is a thread of Kat highlights from the FOX32 IL-9 Democratic debate.
Kat Abughazaleh: "I do want to issue a little correction. As much as I respect the term of influencer, I'm a researcher and journalist."
Kat Abughazaleh: "We need to, first off abolish and prosecute ICE and DHS and we return DHS' responsibilities to Departments of Justice, State, of Treasury, of Transportation. All of these responsibilities that were taken from those departments... We need to repeal the Patriot Act."
ICE is stealing from the people they detain whether they are U.S. citizens, have legal status, or are undocumented... watches, jewelry, phones, money or anything they feel is of value.
Such an absolute banger mix they used. π€π₯ I get why Master of Puppets & Running Up That Hill got so much attention that season, but Separate Ways was absolutely top tier as well.
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
Screenshot of X/twitter post from Congressional reporter Igor Bobic: Tried asking Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, whether itβs appropriate for ICE to enter homes without a judicial warrant. βAsk a constitutional lawyer,β he said. βI'm a farmer.β
For your "You can't make this up" file.
When Bruce Braley said βa farmer from Iowa who never went to law school" would lead the Senate Judiciary Committee if Braley didn't win the race to succeed Tom Harkin, Republicans made the so-called insult to farmers the top issue of the 2014 #IASen campaign.
Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
These are the reported tentative Democratic demands for funding DHS:
- DHS required to cooperate with state probes
- CBP stays at border
- Warrants for arrests
- IDs, bodycams
- ICE out of churches, schools
NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS FIXES THE BEHAVIOR BELOW.
*Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round.*
The director of the FBI just reiterated the Trump uber-message: We can kill you.
Alex Pretti was not attacking the agents. If he was resisting as he was being assaulted by them, under no law enforcement protocol is that alone cause for a summary execution.
This is police-state tactics.
NBA star Tyrese Halliburton speaks out
Completely unoriginal thought but: it's frustrating that the actual experience of living in large cosmopolitan multicultural city (London Uk in my case) is actually pretty dope, but a lot of politics is organised around this being a nightmare scenario that must be apologised for and avoided.
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
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Iowa stands with our neighbors in Minnesota who are calling for an economic blackout on January 23rd! We say NO ICE in all states. Consider contacting nearby businesses and ask them to hang up the second flyer in this post! These are fourth amendment businesses.
This is very good. Depressing as shit but very good.
I know this isn't the point, but still...
"Many murders. Many many murderers."
Literally none of them even list murder?
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ICE illegally grab a city snow plow driver: "He was detained because of his country of origin. He had every federal authorization. We do a criminal background check of all federal documents."
Sent 1,000 miles to Texas with a serious medical condition. (From Fox 9)
Keep strong, resist, and continue to push back against everything this Administration does. Weβre in for the longest fight of our lives.
We have to take a SERIOUSLY LONG look at ALL of our institutions. States vs federal, the courts, separation of powers, even the Constitution itself. Everything that was supposed to be a guardrail just got ripped out of the ground like a weed. We cannot bury our heads back into the dirt again.