I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

Warrantless arrests by ICE in Chicago area ruled unlawful by federal judge A U.S. District Judge has ruled ICE agents violated a consent decree over warrantless arrests in the Chicago area and unlawfully detained more than two dozen people in the first months of Trump's seco...

Fucking finally

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Newsom, Pritzker threaten to pull out of National Governors Association over Trump’s troop deployments The governors accused the bipartisan group of going silent.

Tina where you at?

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No Troops in Portland In response to the White House

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Strategy Session Town Hall with Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and ECU President Tiffany Muller · End Citizens United// Let America Vote Action Fund Join House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, ECU President Tiffany Muller, Congressman Steven Horsford, Congressman Jamie Raskin, and other Members of Congress for a frank discussion regarding the Re...

End Citizens United// Let America Vote Action Fund's event, “Strategy Session Town Hall with Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries a www.mobilize.us/endcitizensu...

Oregon mayors unite to oppose federal militarization and protect civil rights in Portland YouTube video by KATU News

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From the oregon community on Reddit: What's the Guard Gonna Do? Portland Today 9.27.25 and new song. Explore this post and more from the oregon community

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Washington, Oregon and California will issue their own vaccine recommendations, separate from CDC Citing a lack of faith in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's CDC, Washington, Oregon and California will issue their own vaccine recommendations.

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"Republican-controlled states have higher murder rates"

Crimes per 1M trips
* NYC: 1.3
* Dallas: 38.0

"Texans 17% more likely to be murdered than Californians"

"being within California’s borders 40% less gun violence"

"Liberal policies, like California’s, keep blue-state residents living longer"

I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops.

I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops.

I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.

Life inside notorious 'Alligator Alcatraz' in its final days Family members of detainees say their loved ones disappeared into the notorious immigration detention facility.

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RFK Jr faces calls to quit as CDC chief fired and senior staff resign: ‘an embarrassment’ Susan Monarez’s ousting and four top resignations follow vaccine confusion, leaving US health agencies in turmoil

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Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime.

We don’t need or want you here, Donald.

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

Queen shit.

Tell Congress to stand down federal forces and respect DC — Free DC

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No new detainees can be brought to ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ which a federal judge is effectively shutting down | CNN A federal judge has ordered the remote detention camp in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” to stop taking detainees and remove infrastructure added to the original airport site.

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White House releases list of Smithsonian exhibits it objects to The White House has ordered a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian's museums and exhibitions.

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How Pete Hegseth’s zeal to bring religiosity to the Pentagon is dividing the military Former Fox and Friends host’s ultra-conservative Christian nationalism causing ‘frustration’ within ranks, say experts

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Inside the movement that freed gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero from a hellhole The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.

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BREAKING: Donald Trump orders authoritarian takeover of Washington, D.C. The president made the announcement from the White House press briefing room.

Godspeed, DC.

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A deadly shooting at the CDC shook its scientists. Now they want answers from RFK Jr. CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy’s rhetoric specifically.

Protect our public servants. Obviously.

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Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying More than 50 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday to prevent a quorum in the state House of Representatives to move forward on a bill that would set new congressional districts​.

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California, New York signal they’re moving forward with redistricting California and New York are signaling they will move forward with plans to redraw congressional lines as Democrats look to counter the Texas GOP.   California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) s…

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Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said on Sunday that the state would protect Texas Democrats who fled to the Prairie State over GOP efforts to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional maps. “T…

I kind of don’t mind this particular billionaire:

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How L.A. Police Broke Protocols and Injured Protesters | Visual Investigations YouTube video by The New York Times

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LA Grand Juries Are Refusing to Indict ICE Protestors A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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Gay makeup artist tearfully reunited with family after release from notorious El Salvador prison A gay makeup artist who was deported to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador under a wartime law by the Trump administration has been reunited with his family in Venezuela.

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House Panel Votes to Subpoena Justice Dept. for Epstein Files

Holy shit.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u... House Panel Votes to Subpoena Justice Dept. for Epstein Files - The New York Times