Not a shocker: ICE rushed hiring spree swept in a bunch of undesirable dregs of society.
"[ICE's rapid-fire recruitment & hiring has] led to new employees with questionable qualifications"
Keep reminding your MoCs, this is who they're paying to terrorize the country.
202-224-3121
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Do not stop talking about the #EpsteinFiles.
Do not stop talking about the #EpsteinFiles.
Do not stop talking about the #EpsteinFiles.
Do not stop talking about the #EpsteinFiles.
Do not stop.
While 🤡 is destroying social safety nets etc, the GOP led Congress is methodically looting & damaging our outdoor treasures. The Boundary Waters fiasco is their FOURTIETH one in 15 mths to do so
"Fifty senators betrayed the public trust this week. We will not forget their names. Neither should you"
Kash Patel has responded to The Atlantic re a story about him being MIA. According to "more than two dozen people" interviewed by The Atlantic, Patel was "erratic, suspicious of others, and prone to jumping to conclusions before he has necessary evidence." Bad investigatory behavior, if true.
Magyar looks to repair relations with the EU. Hungarian Magyar may be sworn in on 9 May, celebrated by the EU as “Europe Day." The partnership between Hungary and Poland could play a pivotal role in bringing Budapest back to the main fold of European politics.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(SOUND)
DAY 18 APRIL 2026
TODAY JOY
PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA MET WITH MAYOR ZOHRAN KWAME MANDAMI FOR THE FIRST TIME
Diversity is America
How wonderful singing with the chicken in the BRONX
We need more of this
More like the two of them
To turn the wheels
Twin Cities Saturday Protest
Tesla Takedown Golden Valley, MN
700 Ottawa Ave N
Sat, April 18
11 AM - Noon
Join us for good music, good people, & good vibes.
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@indivisiblewmetro.bsky.social
The Minnetonka Wednesday Weekly Protest series hosted by @indivisiblemn03.org is fifty weeks old this week. Come join us to celebrate restoration of democracy in Hungary—which will come to the U.S.A. too. #NoKingsMinnetonkaMN
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblem...
Former Secretary of State John Kerry says Netanyahu asked other presidents to join Israel in a war with Iran. Trump is the only one to say ‘yes.’ www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/0...
Trump spent billions on this illegal war, and what has it gotten us
Gas prices are soaring, Iran holds the Strait of Hormuz, America hasn’t captured any uranium and the US economy is teetering on an edge
We could’ve used the money to insure millions of Americans instead
#HealthcareNotTrumpsWar
World’s top 100 oil & gas companies banked more than $30m every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the Iran war in Iran. The excess profits come from the pockets of ordinary people as they pay high prices to fill up their vehicles and power their homes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Graphic with text titled “Key fact” 0% What ultra wealthy elites effectively pay on gains in wealth—while working Americans are fully taxed on their wages. Source: Americans for Tax Fairness Policy Agneda #TaxTheRich #TaxDay2026”
Tax Day 2026
How much wealthier did the richest men in America get last year?
Musk ⬆️$305 billion
Page ⬆️$101 billion
Ellison ⬆️$36 billion
Bezos ⬆️$8.5 billion
Brin ⬆️$88.1 billion
(Trump ⬆️ $1.4B)
The 98% struggled to afford healthcare, groceries, & rent.
Trickle down economics is a lie.
#TaxTheRich
#ETTD
They bask in their corruption; it’s their warming sun 🌞
It's not just about coffee and banana prices.
We can't afford to buy homes. Student debt & healthcare bills are crushing us. We're told we're "middle class" but we're living paycheck-to-paycheck.
Egg prices going ⬇️ can't fix what decades of trickle-down economics broke. #TrumpRiggedYourTaxReturn
The graphic uses several company logos in this graphic and says: “YOU PAID A HIGHER TAX RATE LAST YEAR THAN: Google, Meta, ExxonMobil, Hershey’s, Etsy, Coca-Cola, Airbnb.” Source: Institute on Taxation & Economy Policy
A teacher, a nurse, and a firefighter walk into a tax office. They all pay a higher tax rate than a billionaire.
That's not a joke. That's America's tax code. Tax the rich!
#TrumpRiggedYourTaxReturn
My plan to close billionaire tax loopholes The system is rigged but it doesn't have to be. Team Talarico
Today I'm proposing a plan to close the billionaire tax loopholes. Together, we can: • Ban write-offs on luxury purchases like private jets • Close the carried interest loophole • End the "buy, borrow, die" loophole • Crack down on offshore tax havens • Target billionaire tax cheats
Billionaires shouldn’t be able to buy politicians that bend the rules in their favor — and middle-class Americans shouldn’t feel like they’re drowning when they file their taxes.
James’ plan will help fix our corrupt tax system by closing billionaire loopholes.
open.substack.com/pub/jamestal...
There are now 935 U.S. billionaires: 121 more than just a year ago. While you struggle with groceries, rent, and healthcare, billionaire wealth exploded.
The tax code didn’t fail by accident. It was rigged on purpose. #TrumpRiggedYourTaxReturn
Viktor Orban accomplished so much of what the Trump movement wants to accomplish here
he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor
and still, they threw him out
and you know what? they did it by voting
don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter
In a new short documentary, Zeteo returned to the Twin Cities to see how Operation Metro Surge is still affecting Minnesotans.
Watch the full film: zeteo.com/p/donald-tru...
All you fascists bound to lose.
I'm attending @indivisiblewmetro.bsky.social's event, “RECLAIM DEMOCRACY - Maple Grove” - sign up now to join me! Congratulations to my friends in Maple Grove for getting another regular weekly protest going here in Minnesota. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblew...
Sen. Tina Smith: Republicans just found $200 billion for a war in Iran but are cutting healthcare for 300,000 Americans to pay for it.
Families shouldn’t have to choose between rent and insulin so Republicans can fund a forever war.
We need healthcare—NOT WAR!
#HealthcareNotTrumpsWar
Republicans keep promising they have their own healthcare plan, but they don't. Where is it?
They've done nothing but chip away at the Affordable Care Act to the degree that people can no longer afford insurance again.
Millions of Americans rely on Medicaid to survive, including children, seniors, people with disabilities, and yes, working families.
Stop pretending this only affects “other people.”
It affects all of us.
#HealthCareNotTrumpsWar
Illness is not a moral failure. Medical debt is not a sign of poor character. But choosing war over healthcare — cutting Medicaid while Americans go broke getting sick? That IS a failure. A moral one. #HealthcareNotTrumpsWar
A shipping crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is not just an oil story. It could become a prescription access story too.
Generic drugs make up over 90% of U.S. prescriptions, & recent reporting warns prolonged disruption could raise costs & trigger delays.
#HealthcareNotTrumpsWar
Trump's continual, all night SM diatribes last night are not indicative of someone who is in charge of his mental health faculties. I have been asking this for years now: where are his medical records, MRI's and psychological workup reports?! Impeach. Convict. Remove.
X post Ben Rhodes • @brhodes • 2h In the best case scenario, Trump struck a deal to reopen a Strait that was open before the pointless war he started, with the IRGC demonstrating its control over the Strait and potentially extracting fees plus sanctions relief. Thousands of innocents - including hundreds of children - dead in Lebanon and Iran for no reason. U.S. troops killed and wounded. U.S. embassies and bases in the Middle East badly damaged. U.S. standing in the world obliterated. U.S. munitions badly depleted. Hundreds of billions spent. Prices up everywhere. More global economic fallout to come. Putin strengthened and enriched. Just a catastrophic situation even in the best of circumstances. A profoundly shameful episode in American history no matter what happens next.
Very bad at the very best.
