Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data.

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The US spends about $14,885 per person per year on healthcare. The average among other developed countries is about $5,967 (OECD). President Sheinbaum announced this week, Mexico will have comprehensive free national healthcare (includes meds) within 2 years.

Let us push our US Federal candidates!

Cartoon: Trump and a patient. Trump-sorry! No Medicare! Gotta fund my war! But of course I’ve got coverage that you pay for. And I’m rich!

The White House has a war-funding sales pitch the GOP might not buy The president’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for Republicans to use a partisan process for enacting billions for the Pentagon.

Raise NOISE to stop this !
MAGA wants more money for war and to pay for it by further cuts from federal programs outside the military including healthcare and renewable energy.
President Trump is proposing to eliminate programs that help families afford the basics.
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

We need a Billionaire Tax ! We should push this in our blue states !
It is common practice to tax assets based on their value: Middle-class Illinoisans pay taxes based on the value of our homes, billionaires should pay taxes based on the value of their equities and other investment assets.(IL IRA)

We are angry and worried about the cuts to healthcare programs and SNAP, wrought to give billionaires tax cuts, year. Now MAGA wants MORE cuts to programs that help our people in a 2026 reconciliation, to give more money to ICE, Border Control and for warfare to hurt and kill . We need to stop it!

❗️Trump wants *our money* to pay for *his wars* ... with nothing to programs for our lives

BENNY JOHNSON: I'm not a massive fan of the move in Iran. I really want to be focused domestically

REP. GREG STEUBE: I agree

News article headline from MS Now reads, "Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general." The article mentions dissatisfaction with Bondi's handling of the Epstein files release. Background shows a person with a thoughtful expression.

The thing about authoritarian politics: loyalty is never enough. The DOJ is not a personal revenge machine, and the American people should oppose any nominee chosen to further weaponize law enforcement against political opponents. No loyalist AG. No rubber stamp.

Thank you Nick Anderson for depicting what we know and will continue to act on.

So what’s next after today’s historic No Kings Day protests?

We’re glad you asked: nokings.org/whats-next #NoKings

Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings

Little known fact we need to broadcast-
The Social Security Administration does sensitivity analysis of factors affecting its projections, and consistently finds that higher immigration improves the system’s financial health, while lower immigration worsens it. (P Krugman)

Mike Johnson calls TSA funding “a joke” and fixing 4–5 hour airport lines “a gambit.” He’s ready to tank the DHS funding bill backed by Democrats and Senate Republicans.
If it collapses, that’s on Johnson and House Republicans.

Winds of Change
Starbucks workers have been on strike for months — Starbucks now agrees to negotiate. This is significant because the corporate pillar has and will be been one of the harder pillars ones to move.
Remember this as we march tomorrow #NOKINGS

Whatever work you do or did we can talk to our peers we in the USA rejected kings in 1776 and we do so again #NOKINGS

AllYouFascistsBoundtoLose 4k BetteMidler 2026 YouTube video by Bette Midler

All You Fascists Bound to Lose- Again Thanks Bette Midler.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5VX...

We are part of a LONG history and we need to keep pushing forward on more democracy both in voting and economic. Here is a trailer of a movie coming out soon. We need to carry the LIGHT on - vimeo.com/1157329040/c...

Some of the issues we care about, thanks for the visualiztion!

Trump says he'll sign order to pay TSA agents as Senate works into the night on funding deal President Donald Trump says he will sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration workers.

Let the record show: Trump could've signed the executive order to pay TSA day 1.
 
TSA and federal workers did not have to miss a single paycheck.

Demand Congress investigate insider trading on prediction markets now. CNN has reported that a single trader posting bets on Polymarket, the world's largest decentralized prediction market platform, has correctly predicted military actions against Iran 93% of the time, e...

Swamp Stinks
Polymarket and Kalshi have come under scrutiny after the war in Iran has generated more than $1 billion in wagers concerning strikes, who might be killed, what will be hit, and when.Trader "Magamyman" earned $553,000 alone from wagers related to Iran.
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I do not yet know Ric Wilson , but Melody is a fierce Angel! a great way for us to get our joy in pushing for more democracy!

We’re going to make history next weekend and welcome so many new people into organizing against the regime. #NoKings

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Good idea ! This is a new type of war profiteering, all forms of which are disgusting.

We want FEMA and TSA and Coast Guard workers to be paid now. And we want our Dem Reps to stay firm and clear no more money for ICE! We wish they could get all of ICE's money back for SNAP, Medicaid and other things the people really need.

Not sure whether you should show up on Saturday? @timothysnyder.bsky.social (an expert on authoritarianism) explains why historic protests like No Kings Day really matter.

Deaths and Health Care Issues in ICE Detention Centers Under the Second Trump Administration | KFF This brief provides an overview of deaths in ICE custody and detention centers under the Trump administration based on KFF analysis of ICE detainee death reporting and news releases and reviews recent...

People are dying in Trump's concentration camps where there are frequent reports of inadequate healthcare being provided, including to children and pregnant persons being detained.
www.kff.org/racial-equit...

My neighbor getting ready for No Kings- See you there on Sat. in Chicago Butler Field Grant Park 1:30 PM.

"America first" was bullshit.

With the $200 billion Trump wants for Iran, we could:

— Fund a decade of free, universal preschool
— Provide seniors with Medicare dental, vision and hearing coverage for 3 years
— Build 2+ million affordable homes

He promised to end wars.