ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
Similar rationale used when he sexually assaulted a drunk woman in in Monterrey, California in 2017 and then threw a hotel room towel at her and told her to “clean” herself up.
Then later paid her $50k
Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.
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My first thoughts, exactly, upon reading that quote.
Ohio to lose 33 billion to Medicaid cuts. It will get, at most, 1 billion in rural health funding.
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Reporting on the Iran war shows, unsurprisingly, how extremely one-sided it is. So far. Just remember that on May 1 23 years ago, when George W. Bush presented his “Mission Accomplished” speech, only 3% of the Americans who would be killed in the Iraq war had been.
Kurt ALME, US attorney for Montana, filed to run as a Republican for #MTSEN just 8 minutes before deadline closed And Daines withdrew 👀👀👀
And - no surprise here - Steve Daines announced his retirement in the shadiest way possible, pulling his re-election filing at the last minute and allowing another candidate (his chosen replacement I’m sure) to file *8 minutes* before the deadline, preventing a GOP primary.
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
I work with really, really, really smart people, and they are extra super genius level smart about Texas, so you should listen to this.
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[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone]
Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.
Greg Bovino “is under criminal investigation in Minneapolis for his conduct during Operation Metro Surge, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced in a Monday press conference.” talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...
Netanyahu to the U.S. Congress, 2002: "If you take out Saddam, Saddam's regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region."
you can have a dinner that celebrates the First Amendment or a dinner that features Donald Trump but you cannot have both
CNN: Three US fighter jets accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, military says By Haley Britzky , Helen Regan Helen Regan , Eyad Kourdi , Isaac Yee , Teele Rebane , Lucas Lilieholm Updated 13 hr ago
Reuters: Fire at US embassy complex in Riyadh after blast heard, sources say By Reuters March 2, 20266:23 PM CSTUpdated 13 mins ago
New York Times: U.S. military death toll rises to 6
CNN: State Dept urges US citizens to "DEPART NOW" from countries throughout Middle East
Two days into the war:
- three F-15s shot down
- U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia in flames
- six U.S. service members confirmed dead; more wounded
- State Department tells Americans to flee the entire Middle East
Maybe if Platner wins he goes Fetterman, but that really isn't the issue. I don't care if he gets up there and votes reliable party line. He's still a damned nazi and if you aren't willing to draw a hard moral line at that, if you make excuses and whataboutisms for it, you've fallen into the abyss.
If Platner wins the primary and s–– goes awry, you'll find me in a rocking chair with Blacksky (and others), muttering "we tried to tell y'all."
And the DFH in me says there should have been consequences then, as well. The 1980 bloodbath happened and Democrats were so freaked out they decided the best response was a "third way" instead of a fight. They were far too sanguine about the GOP's revenge fixation for taking Nixon down.
Idaho's proposal to essentially end home care is the first sign that last year's tax cut bill could be disastrous for people with disabilities in the U.S.
Terrific, worrisome story from @slooterman.bsky.social
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This dirty fucking hippie is damned tired of being right about just about everything since 2000. Especially the folly of "looking forward, not backward" in 2009.
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"No stupid rules of engagement" is how you shoot down three of your own F-15s in one day. Just a shocking display of martial ineptitude.
While operations are coordinated at a members-only, private beach club — in between fundraisers and parties.
The King is mad
70% of voters say the Dem Party is too weak
40% say it is too progressive
So why is the money & energy in Dem spaces so tilted 2 moderation? Why is every "smart" analysis about how the party has been taken over by "groups"?
How does that win over the 70%?
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