Build child care centers.

Build health centers.

Build community centers.

Not data centers.

And not ICE detention centers.

Mike Johnson caves to John Thune in DHS standoff House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) put out a joint statement with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), effectively surrendering in the standoff on Department of Homeland Security funding and agree...

House Speaker Mike Johnson put out a joint statement with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, surrendering in the standoff on Department of Homeland Security funding and agreeing to pass the bipartisan Senate funding bill that reopens the agency without ICE or Border Patrol funding.

A headline from The New York Times reads: Senate and House Republicans Strike Deal to End Homeland Security Shutdown

NEWS: House Republicans caved.

They’ve agreed to pass the Senate bill to fund DHS except for ICE and CBP that unanimously passed a week ago.

'Don’t be a snitch': US postal workers side with communities over collaboration with ICE “As a union, we have it on the books. We do not collaborate… If ICE shows up, I don't know anything. If the cops show up, if you don't have a court order, I have no idea who you're talking about, I'm ...

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‘Don’t be a snitch’: US postal workers side with communities over collaboration with ICE

I speak with Connor Mauche, a letter carrier in New York and a shop steward for Branch 3 of the National Association of Letter Carriers

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BREAKING: Along with @lawyerscomm.bsky.social we sued DHS and ICE for refusing to disclose how they're using facial recognition apps to surveil the public.

The agencies ignored legal deadlines and produced zero records.

BREAKING: In a sharp turnaround, Trump and House Republicans, who condemned this same funding from the Senate last week, have agreed to the Democratic House plan to fund DHS through Sept. 30 while omitting money for Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown.

To catch you up: today Trump demanded a reconciliation bill on his desk by June 1st. Trump and Republicans will be pushing for 3 wars in this bill:
1. Iran war funding
2. A war on our communities through ICE funding
3. A war on our health, food, housing through service cuts to pay for the first two

ICE‑related chase spans 2 Mass. towns, ends with crash and suspects fleeing, police say Police say two people in a van struck an agent‑occupied vehicle during an attempted traffic stop, prompting a pursuit.

Great job by ICE, ignoring basic safety standards, going on a dangerous high-speed chase that resulted in a crash, and still failing to arrest the people they were after 👍

#Massachusetts

Republican leaders announce two-track plan to end the DHS shutdown The proposal still needs to pass Congress. It's unclear when votes will take place, while members are outside of Washington for a two-week Passover and Easter recess.

🚨🚨 Republican leaders announce two-track plan to end the DHS shutdown

Joint Johnson & Thune statement implies Congress will proceed on last week's Senate path: fund DHS minus ICE/CBP, then ICE/CBP in reconciliation

Timing TBD

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

This is why I’m leaving L.A. TACO for ICE.

My joint statement with @LeaderJohnThune on DHS funding: We appreciate and share the President’s determination to once and for all bring an end to the Democrat DHS shutdown. In the coming days, Republicans in the Senate and House will be following through on the President’s directive by fully funding the entire Department of Homeland Security on two parallel tracks: through the appropriations process and through the reconciliation process. We appreciate that Senator Graham and the Senate Budget Committee have already initiated the process of developing a budget resolution that will ensure border security and immigration enforcement will be funded for the balance of the Trump Administration and insulated from future attempts by the Democrats to defund those agencies.

We operated under a belief that while our country is in the midst of an international armed conflict, Democrats might finally come to their senses and understand that defunding our homeland security agencies is beyond reckless and very dangerous. While we hoped they would accept the 60-day CR to fund the Department entirely so that bipartisan negotiations could continue, it is now abundantly clear that Democrats place allegiance to their radical left-wing base above all else — including their own power of the purse — which means open borders and protecting criminal illegal aliens. That is not acceptable to Republicans in Congress, nor is it to the American people. We cannot allow Democrats to any longer put the safety of the American public at risk through their open border policies, so we are taking that off the table. In following this two-track approach, the Republican Congress will fully reopen the Department, make sure all federal workers are paid, and specifically fund immigration enforcement and border security for the next three years so that those law-enforcement activities can continue uninhibited. In return, Democrats will once again demonstrate to the American people their support for open borders and keeping criminal illegal immigrants in America.

🚨 Johnson backed down.
Read between the lines, they're going to pass the Senate bill and try to fund ICE and CBP in reconciliation, which is going to be a mess. If they fail, I wouldn't expect any ICE/CBP funding for the next 3 years.

Speaker Johnson submits on DHS funding. Senate will repass the funding bill that excluded ICE & CBP then send to House for a vote. Republicans will then attempt a reconciliation bill to dump even more billions into ICE & CBP. This is going to be another blow to Republicans in Nov

Entered the JFK Airport and walked right into two ICE agents and then got into the longest security line I’ve been in in a long time. It’s chaos here.

Thankfully, I allotted two hours for this security theater. I’m reminded of my graphic novel LaGuardia, which is more relevant than ever.

Jake Sherman @JakeSher... •28m NEW -- THUNE/JOHNSON STATEMENT. X House will pass the Senate bill -- remember, the bill that JOHNSON and House Republicans dumped all over for a week. Then they want *3 years* of ICE/CBP funding in reconciliation. "We appreciate and share the President's determination to once and for all bring an end to the Democrat DHS shutdown. "In the coming days, Republicans in the Senate and House will be following through on the President's directive by fully funding the entire Department of Homeland Security on two parallel tracks: through the appropriations process and through the reconciliation process. "We appreciate that Senator Graham and the Senate Budget Committee have already initiated the process of developing a budget resolution that will ensure border security and immigration enforcement will be funded for the balance of the Trump Administration and insulated from future attempts by the Democrats to defund those agencies. "We operated under a belief that while our country is in the midst of an international armed conflict, Democrats might finally come to their senses and understand that defunding our homeland security agencies is beyond reckless and very dangerous. While we hoped they would accept the 60-day CR to fund the Department entirely so that bipartisan negotiations could continue, it is now abundantly clear that Democrats place allegiance to their radical left-wing base above all else - including their own power of the purse - which means open borders and protecting criminal illegal aliens. That is not acceptable to Republicans in Congress, nor is it to the American people. We cannot allow Democrats to any longer put the safety of the American public at risk through their open border policies, so we are taking that off the table. "In following this two-track approach, the Republican Congress will fully reopen the Department, make sure all federal workers are paid, and specifically fund immigration enforcement and border secur…

ICE already has enough to run at double capacity through the end of the Trump admin even if it never gets another cent because of the funding from OBBBA (CBP would run out this year).

So “3 years of funding in reconciliation” means at least triple ICE capacity through the end of the Trump admin.

Thune and Johnson put out a joint statement saying they will fund DHS and reopen it and then later address the ICE/CBP funding in a reconciliation bill.

That’s basically what the plan was last Friday when House Republicans refused to get onboard and instead voted on a CR.

If Republicans succeed at getting a 3 year ICE/CBP budget reconciliation passed AFTER cutting ACA subsidies because they "needed the money" for ICE/CBP it will be a clear message about the priorities of the parties.

There's a big ol' chart to check out.
Maybe they'll want ICE to stick around?

HAPPY EASTER FROM ICE!

ICE pointed semi-automatic weapons at a retired couple—no judicial warrant, no rights. That’s not safety. That’s intimidation violating the Fourth Amendment.

www.PAXIS.app cuts through myths and lies.

FUCK ICE, FUCK TRUMP, FUCK FASCISM: www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS

Fuck yeah. I noted this seemed like an obvious crime at the time. I get that they’re not ICE but these bounty hunter chucklefucks need to be sent a message because they are in our community regularly.

Prosecute ICE Vote Frazier graphic

We deserve a Hennepin County Attorney with clear priorities and a real plan to prosecute ICE.

Here is how I will get it done: www.cedrickfrazier.org/accountability

The Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill to fund TSA, but House Republicans refused to hold a vote on it.

I'm glad TSA agents are finally being paid, but we need a permanent solution. It's time to fund TSA immediately so Congress can negotiate needed reforms to ICE + CBP.

ICE-Cold Cash: Private Prison Companies and Executives Have Donated Millions to Members of Congress Find out if your representatives have taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts.

Find out if your representatives have taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts.

At noon on April 11th, people across the country are going directly to ICE facilities, detention centers, and processing sites. Not nearby. Not symbolically adjacent. Directly in front of. Because direct confrontation at the actual site of the actual

The SC House of Representatives is debating H. 4764, which would force many local law enforcement agencies to enter collaboration agreement with ICE. This bill would increase racial profiling and decrease public trust in law enforcement.

Livestream: www.scstatehouse.gov/video/chambe...

Photo showing a piece of ice on a pebbly beach. The ice fragment is shaped exactly like a beluga whale - if you've never seen one and squint really hard. Or you have a lot of imagination, like the photographer. Watermark identifying said photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

Ice fragments sculptures, continued.
Ladies and gents, may I introduce you to the extremely elusive, rarely observed ice beluga! It can only be seen in these parts around the end of March and the beginning of April.
#Ice #Spring #SciArt #BeachFindings #Photography #PhotoHour