In immigration news;
• Cruel and Usual Punishment—without trial or conviction, just punishment
• Denying Refuge: sending Afghans to Congo
• ICE vs. U.S. Soldiers
• Blocking Legal Immigration
• New ICE Hiring
• Short Takes
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Pulitzer-worthy reporting here from Minnesota immigrant news @sahanjournal.bsky.social.
70+ children detained during Operation MetroSurge.
30 sent to Dilley. Two dozen held >20 days, a Flores violation.
7 still detained as of March 10. ~20 have been deported.
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Tired: the woke libs are trying to tell us that math is subjective
Wired: numbers are just vibes now. They mean whatever the president decrees.
Remember, these are the guys trying to control university curriculum to eliminate wokeness...like math
For some reason Trump blockading the straight of Hormuz to keep Iran from blockading the straight of Hormuz reminds me of in Blazing Saddles when the sheriff takes himself hostage.
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This cult-like behavior among people being considered for important positions should be disqualifying. Mullin got confirmed in spite of giving a similar non answer.
The Palantir manifesto said that we live in an era of religious intolerance, but of course they don't mean the government attacking the world's most visible religious figure, or punishing religious organizations providing help to the most vulnerable.
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In Immigration News:
• Death and Beatings in Immigration Prisons
• ICE Horror Stories
• Needed: Immigrant Workers
• Short Takes
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In Minnesota Immigration News:
• In the Courts
• Building Relationships After the Siege
• Short Takes
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DOGGETT: Were you shocked to see that 850 people who were suspended for fraud had been reinstated at all once?
RFK Jr: President Biden ...
DOGGETT: Reclaiming my time. Biden's administration suspended 850 suspected fraudsters. Yours let them go back to work
100% of copper mines have polluted water downstream. This mine will be no different.
And why? So Twin Metals' Chilean parent company can profit by shipping our copper ore to China to be smelted and sold on the global market.
It’s up to Congress to permanently protect the Boundary Waters.
This is lunacy.
Excellent and important reporting
𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝.
"$651.9 BILLION: The amount that immigrants overall paid through their tax contributions in 2023"
This #TaxDay, @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social came with the receipts ⤵️
In immigration news:
• Tax Day and Immigrants
• Immigration Prisons and Deaths
• Making Lives Miserable: SNAP cut-off; OK farmer; protesters
• Restricting Legal Immigration
• Shutting Down Whistle Blowers
• Short Takes
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For many years people have avoided fucking corpses. Jeffrey Dahmer is taking a different approach.
“He posted an image of him looking like Jesus… the Pope spoke out against the war and said I’m not afraid of Trump… What’s going on??”
🔥PELOSI: “You’d have to ask a psychiatrist.”
(H/T @calltoactivism.bsky.social )
Trump is touting the no tax on tips provision in his budget bill.
But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028.
The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent.
Funny how that works.
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
So the Trump administration’s two goals in peace talks with Iran are:
1. A commitment by Iran not to develop a nuke (This was part of the Obama deal that Trump canceled)
2. Opening the Strait of Hormuz. (Was open before war.)
Pontifex maximus is demanding a ceasefire in Lebanon.
The Trump Administration viciously defends “political” content from MAGA-affiliated evangelical pulpits, and political activism by church affiliates acting like all but Super PACs.
Just remember that when they attack Catholic priests for speaking out on the war or anything else.
We’ve gone from “I don’t care if they reopen the Strait” to “we’ll destroy your civilization if you don’t reopen the strait” to “well if THEY don’t reopen the strait then WE are going to blockade it ourselves.”
What an extraordinarily embarrassing moment for this country.
In Bruges scene where Colin Farrell is pointing a gun at his head and Brendon Gleeson is also pointing a gun at Colin Farrell's head
Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute
In immigration news:
• In Immigration Courts
• Abusive Arrests
• HIPAA? What HIPAA?
• Denying Medical Care in Detention
• Short Takes
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Melania Trump Slams Baseless Reports Linking Her To Wrong Wealthy Pedophile
Melania Trump Slams Baseless Reports Linking Her To Wrong Wealthy Pedophile theonion.com/melania-trump-slams-base...
Today 27 shackled detainees were flown from Minnesota to Louisiana.
Every ICE Air flight at MSP is observed by MN50501 volunteers - ICE hasn't stopped, neither have we.
Data: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp/data/
Protest sign at March 28 No Kings rally, with Minnesota loon and "Immigrants Make America Great"
In Minnesota immigration news:
• In Immigration Court: the latest immigration judge appointment is awful
• Denial of Citizenship: slashing oath ceremonies
• Short Takes
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Protest sign in front of MN Capitol, with rainbow colors, Statue of Liberty, and the word RESIST
In immigration news:
• Death in Detention
• Deporting Workers, Doctors, Witnesses, Asylum Seekers
• Deporting to the DRC
• Stealing from Immigrants
• Denying Asylum to Iranian Christians
• Short Takes
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