Great new stat from @senatebudget.bsky.social: of the $140 billion that Trump & Republicans gave ICE & CBP in the Big Beautiful Bill, $103 billion is still unobligated as of the end of March.
Now they’re asking for another $70 billion even though about 75% of the OBBBA money still remains unused.
The CDC blocked the publication of a report that showed COVID vaccines cut down the likelihood of hospitalizations by ~50% in winter 2026.
I’ve had my shot. Have you?
Truly remarkable reporting by Sarah Fitzpatrick in the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Voting on spy powers at 2am will definitely help with trust in the government!
We should be learning from other countries...
Yet another reason for 47 to withdraw us from NATO. As we’re all well aware he only takes orders from either Putin or Netanyahu.
Here's the article which includes the actual interview in question. Yes, he absolutely said this and yes, it's in context.
wordinblack.com/2025/02/rfk-...
Insufficiently thoughtful
Cartoon by @adamzyglis.bsky.social
This afternoon, the House will vote on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens.
Call your representative and tell them to vote NO on Section 702 to stop Trump from gobbling up mass surveillance data.
Earlier this evening: dozens of people gathered in Chicago's far north side Rogers (Phillip) Park in support of an 18-year-old Mather High School student and his mother, who, according to the student's older brother, were abducted from the Chicago immigration court at Ida B. Wells Drive in March.
Oh.
So; we sent US soldiers to fight a useless war, and now we can’t feed them? Do I have that right?
The president of the United States of America is completely delusional & demented. Please remove at once.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL!
Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater.
This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning.
Never doubt your power to change the system.
Treasury is holding thousands of Epstein‑related financial records — including overseas payments from Epstein routed through Russian banks
Treasury refuses to release them to Congress
Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
Barrera said her husband said the smell of human feces in the toilet caused a fellow detainee to vomit and, in turn, created a chain of people vomiting. She said her husband is asthmatic and has not received medication to treat his condition. The lack of medicine and the stress of the overcrowded holding cell has left him short of breath and teetering on the edge of an asthma attack, Barrera said. ICE did not immediately respond to questions on April 10 about the conditions of the Mesa or Phoenix facilities. After the publication of this article, Barrera told The Arizona Republic her husband was transferred to the ICE facility at San Luis Regional Detention Center at about midnight. The San Luis Regional Detention Center is in Southwestern Arizona and has the capacity to hold 700 people.
This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸
Just a reminder that IRS policy mandates that it audit the president and vice president's tax returns each year.
Trump can't be the exception, no matter how much he may try to intimidate or sabotage the agency by suing it for billions or cutting its staff.
Read more here
nationaltoday.com/us/la/winnfi...
ICE Concentration camps; though privately owned; are still under Congressional Oversight.
Now, after DOZENS of Deaths, Congressman are showing up unannounced to inspect.
One congressperson found conditions that he described as Squalid and Filthy.
Worse than MAX Prisons.
34… 4… what’s a little exaggeration of 30 ships amongst friends?
(4 ships transited yesterday)
EVERYONE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THIS:
Conflict of interest doesn’t even begin to cover it.
Chad Bianco really seized over 650,000 ballots based on conspiracy theories that don’t even hold up to basic scrutiny. No credible fraud. No real discrepancy.
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸
THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️
I know it’s crazy, but as an alternative, White House staffers could simply choose not to commit any crimes.
Eight Latino New Yorkers and a Syracuse workers' center say DHS agents are stopping and arresting people without warrants or probable cause — targeting brown skin, not criminal conduct. migrantinsider.com/p/arrests-tr...
Alarm as acting CDC director delays report showing Covid vaccine benefits #TheGuardian
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
