At least 200 Afghan Americans in the U.S. military have relatives who applied for refugee status only to be blocked by Trump’s refugee ban.
“We serve this country because it protected us, but now it is abandoning my sister,” said one soldier.
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Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
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Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #ICE #Immigration #CivilRights #Violence #Protest #Chicago #LosAngeles #Oakland #Portland
https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-us-can-survive-without-almost #news #politics #trump #donaldtrump #elonmusk #musk #us #usa #eu #europe #america #china #russia #ukraine #canada #video #tech #uk #writing #ai #tv #fascism #france #democracy #germany #substack #cliffsedge #blueamp #cliffschecter #davidhuster #briankarem #cliffsnote
The NRA Wanted Her Silenced. Instead, She Built a Grassroots Army https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wanted-her-silenced-instead
"[Shannon] Watts details threats—sexualized, targeted, relentless—as the right tried to make her a cautionary tale. Instead, she became a symbol of what happens when you refuse to shut up and sit down"
#news #politics #terrorism #cliffsedge #cliffsnote #shannonwatts #blueamp #cliffschecter #davidshuster #interview #guns #guncontrol #women #firedup #video #podcast #streaming #usa #us #trump #musk #media #press #activism
Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals
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The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.
#News #Trump #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Carbon #Oil
Jens Spahn, christdemokratischer Experten-Experte hat sich in einem Gespräch mit der US-Website Semafor dafür ausgesprochen, dass die EU alle Zölle amerikanischer Produkte auf Null stellt. Null, Zero, 0. Wenn dann noch ein Handelsüberschuss besteht, sollte Deutschland das durch den Kauf von Flüssiggas und Waffen in den USA ausgleichen.
Schöner hätten es #Trump und Vance auch nicht sagen können.
Link: https://www.semafor.com/article/02/14/2025/high-ranking-german-conservative-eu-should-consider-0-tariffs-on-us
Mehr zur Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semafor_(website)
#legalEagle #politics #usa #trump #corruption #corrupt #dueprocess #america #notmypresident #nebula #abortion #ruleoflaw #press #executive #tariff #trumptariff #DOSE #musk #equalprotection #freedomofspeech #freedomofassembly #righttocouncel #murder
https://nebula.tv/videos/legaleagle-every-illegal-act-trump-committed-in-2025-so-far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hybL-GJov7M
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#Trump Suddenly Cares About 'Insurrectionists' & Protecting Cops
#Insurrectionists beat #cops w/flag poles, crushed them w/riot shields, tased them in the neck, & spat on them during the deadly attack on the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021. But when Trump claimed on Monday that he has no tolerance for "insurrectionists" who clash w/ #police officers, he wasn't talking about the 1,500 rioters he pardoned upon assuming office earlier this year;
#law #hypocrisy #propaganda
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-insurrectionists-protecting-cops-1235359943/
EPA scales back pollution enforcement under Trump. #Environment #EPA #Pollution #Trump
Use “Saudi henchmen” before #Musk and #Trump to indicate allegiance:
> 18F was part of USDS before Saudi henchmen Musk and Trump destroyed it: https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leaving-18f/
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How El Salvador’s Government Impeded a U.S. Probe of MS-13
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President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.
https://www.propublica.org/article/bukele-trump-el-salvador-ms13-gang-vulcan-corruption-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ElSalvador #Trump #Bukele #Crime #Government #Politics
The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
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A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do the Trump administration and elected officials keep relying on it?
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-employees-work-from-home-trump-myth?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
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Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-social-security-elon-musk-trump-closures-benefits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Keep 'em coming
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: The full bench of the NY-based 2nd Circuit Court of appeals has *denied* Donald #Trump's appeal of #EJeanCarroll's win against him in court.
Supreme Court would be next/last stop.
Since Trump took office, immigration officials have more than quadrupled the number of 287(g) agreements with law enforcement agencies across 40 states, giving local officers authority to function as deportation agents in jails and the streets.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-deportation-police-287g-program-expansion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
An EPA complaint filed under the Biden administration alleged that a harmful disinfectant was being used without proper protection at an ICE facility in California.
Last week, the case — filed against the GEO Group, a major Trump donor — was dropped without explanation.
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
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The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
https://projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-research-lost-trump/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NIH #Trump #Science #Research #Health #PublicHealth #Medicine
Great summary of Trump's parade.
#trump #militaryparade #nokings #june14th
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A gathering of pictures from the largest nationwide protest in history.
https://www.badchoices.us/p/no-kings-pictures-from-the-largest
Trump’s anti-green agenda could lead to 1.3 million more temperature-related deaths.
Most of the people expected to suffer live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-rollbacks-heat-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Trump #Data #Science #Politics
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-detentions-immigrant-kids-family-separations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Immigration #Children #Family #Trump #USPolitics
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling work to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death.
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-federal-workers-public-health-hhs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”
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Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Now he’s a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages the federal government’s property.