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    How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

    www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

    29,580 11,923
    Feb 17, 2026
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    “There is no reason why they’re being held,” the judge said.

    “If this was a criminal case. … I’d throw you out of my chambers.”

    www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

    43,854 11,491
    Mar 28, 2025
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    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.

    www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

    23,480 11,443
    Jan 24, 2026
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    "If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?"

    www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

    33,888 10,797
    Feb 6, 2025
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    "After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.

    "It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."

    www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...

    27,715 10,564
    Apr 15, 2025
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    Well this seems like a fantastic plan.

    www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...

    28,342 10,182
    Apr 7, 2025
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    Anyone, any entity, anywhere in the world can just pay him any amount (for anything he promises in return), and there's no disclosure of the payments, no oversight of any of it by anyone, and of course no potential bribery prosecution (of him) because... immune.
    www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...

    30,240 9,938
    Nov 25, 2024
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    do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?

    it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.

    i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:

    www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

    26,685 9,924
    Jan 27, 2025
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    "the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."

    www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

    26,433 9,884
    Mar 13, 2025
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    Pushback works, part gazillion:

    "Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
    popular.info/p/how-the-so...

    29,346 9,565
    Mar 31, 2025
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    "In a town with just over 1,000 residents, hundreds of people packed Belmont's Community Building Saturday for a town hall hosted by Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan.

    The building was filled to capacity with people even waiting outside and peeking through the windows..."

    www.wkow.com/news/politic...

    39,412 9,361
    Mar 10, 2025
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    he did this just *after* going to the funeral of an 8 year old girl.

    he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again.

    www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

    28,469 9,192
    Apr 7, 2025
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    "Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.'

    The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."

    www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...

    26,272 9,182
    May 11, 2025
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    "IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA"

    "in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."

    talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

    20,602 9,131
    Mar 24, 2025
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    This is going to be important:

    www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

    27,510 9,046
    Mar 14, 2025
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    Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.

    " Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."

    www.al.com/news/2026/01...

    17,199 8,964
    Jan 18, 2026
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    “This is private, confidential data including Social Security numbers and earnings of virtually all people in the country...”

    "Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..."

    www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

    21,300 8,710
    Mar 6, 2025
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    Breaking, per NBC News @garygrumbach.bsky.social --

    Judge Paula Xinis in the District of Maryland has ruled that the United States Government must return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by April 7 at 11:59p

    42,141 8,626
    Apr 4, 2025
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    "There was no access to a toilet, so guards told the women – whose accounts in some cases occurred on different days or different buses – to urinate or defecate on the floor... "

    www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

    16,971 8,271
    Mar 24, 2025
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    1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs:

    "Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."

    www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...

    17,798 7,933
    Feb 25, 2025
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    "A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."

    www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...

    14,374 7,829
    Jan 19, 2026
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    “'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.

    "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”

    “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."

    azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...

    16,338 7,767
    Apr 10, 2026