On at least 23 occasions, federal agents in Minnesota detained people solely on the basis of their race during Operation Metro Surge.
That's according to Federal Judge Eric Tostrud, who issued a ruling based on an ongoing lawsuit
FULL STORY: cbsloc.al/40pni7g
I thought only judicial warrants should be referred (like Dallas does)?
🚨New immigration policy effective immediately.
During a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Police Chief Noe Diaz and Houston Mayor John Whitmire outlined a new approach for local officers when coming across individuals with administrative immigration warrants.
Trump-Jeffrey Epstein Titanic statue appears on National Mall #TheHill
Seventeen Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over new race-based reporting requirements for universities targeting admissions, financial aid and student performance data.
Houston mayor, police chief issue new directive on immigration warrant stops
Share of election spending by billionaires before Citizens United: 0.3%
Share of election spending by billionaires in 2024: 19%
It is not a coincidence that we're about to get our first trillionaire while working people struggle to afford rent, groceries, and healthcare.
Just dropped new pod w/@ezralevin.bsky.social of @indivisible.org. It's a great conversation w/one of our most important leaders in this challenging moment.
Let's work to make #NoKings 3/28 a day of joy and celebration of our democracy and of America 👇
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There are hundreds of children and families at the Dilley detention center.
This week, House Democrats and community leaders held a press conference to call on DHS to release families detained at the Dilley ICE Detention Center.
"When we’re talking about the public schools where my children attend, where I manage the library ... I feel my jaw clench and my gut tighten and the words 'Don’t Tread on Me' pulsing through my veins." www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-...
A shift to Amentum is not going to magically solve anything, if that is what ICE is intimating. Removing the oversight of the prime contractor isn’t going to address the very real fact that these WEXMAC contractors are geared at military operations — not domestic internment.
Texas Senator Does Total Flip-Flop On Filibuster to Try and Win Trump’s Endorsement #Mediaite
ICE confirms that the infamous Camp East Montana will NOT be shut down. Instead, they're giving the contract wholly to Amentum, previously the subcontractor for Acquisition Logistics, the tiny VA military contractor which inexplicably got a $1.2 billion contract.
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TPUSA is teaming up with Google and NextEra in both municipal and statewide races in Arizona, in part to control the future of a gigantic, publicly owned water and power utility, the Salt River Project.
Note the coalition here. Masks are coming off at the utility and energy intersection.
Congrats to the most pro-pollution president in modern history.
Fuel and fertilizer price spikes leave Texas farmers under pressure #TheHill
Deaths while in ICE custody, & deaths that occur after ICE "releases" people still handcuffed to a hospital bed on the brink of death, are not accidents. That is a consequence of a system allowed to operate w/o meaningful oversight. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
School Vouchers for Whom?
Early look at new Texas program shows only 11% are low income or disabled
‘It raises more questions than it answers. There’s nothing controversial about helping Texans understand where $1B in taxpayer-funded money is going...’
#txed #txlege
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Read this and smile.
"I don’t know who is advising Rep. De La Cruz or wrote the script for her video, but any comms person who grew up in Texas would have known immediately to take out that line. You don’t mess with quinceañeras. You just don’t."
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DOGE said it was cutting government waste.
So they gutted USAID — the agency that feeds starving people around the world.
Meanwhile the Pentagon spent millions on lobster, ribeye, and even a $98,000 piano.
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NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.
Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)
Markwayne Mullen, Trump's new DHS Secretary pick, is one of Congress' most active stock traders.
He reportedly entered Congress with $12M & has reportedly grown his wealth to $65M.
He's already making shady deals - if he's confirmed, the conflicts of interest can only grow.
A good explanation of voter suppression in Texas thepreamble.com/p/voter-supp...
Also still happening
