"The story the White House expects Americans to believe is that Trump and his team are impervious to pressure. The president does what he wants when he wants.
The narrative, however, isn’t true. The Republican administration regularly reverses course under pressure..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ms.nowIn back-to-back reversals, the Trump administration folds under pressureOn ICE warehouses and an ocean monitoring system, the White House intended to stand its ground — right up until it changed its mind.
"After The New York Times repeatedly over four days asked the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security about Mr. Johnson’s case, federal prosecutors suddenly moved to dismiss the charges he faced of assaulting federal officers during the protest..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
nytimes.comICE Protester Says He Was Shackled in Hospital for Days After Agents’ Attack
In California's pro-Trump Shasta County, the Trump/GOP "Big Beautiful Bill" will cause 6,000 residents to lose their food assistance, and at least 17,200 to lose their health insurance.
Now the disastrous MAGA takeover of Shasta County politics is collapsing:
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
sfchronicle.comIn one of California’s Trumpiest counties, the MAGA backlash has begunAfter California’s June primary, Shasta County is again holding up a mirror to a fractious U.S.
Trump and Rubio announce they will entirely cut HIV/AIDS assistance to the country with the highest number of people living with HIV in the world:
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
politico.comTrump administration to phase out HIV funding for South AfricaThe State Department said the country had failed to address the president’s concerns about treatment of its white citizens.
also, some kind of alarm feature if two guests are intending to wear the same outfit
"Protests against the plans have continued in Romulus and the metro Detroit region for months.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called the decision a victory for Romulus and metro Detroit residents..."
bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...
bridgemi.comDana Nessel: ICE to offload Romulus warehouse eyed as future detention center - Bridge MichiganThe Trump administration is expected to offload a Romulus warehouse it had planned as the future site of an immigrant detention center, reversing a controversial plan at the center of an active lawsui...
This is what Marco Rubio decided to do with his life:
"AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
"We've built a rapid response network to stop ICE detention centers before they start. Receive immediate alerts if a facility is planned for your community and help lead the local fight to stop it..."
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gtfoice.orgGTFO ICE — Get The Facilities OutICE is rapidly expanding its network of detention centers. We have a playbook to fight back. Sign up to get alerts if a facility is planned near you.
all over the world, these guys are just exact xerox copies of each other.
in this case, "istvan" is pronounced "JAYR-id"
ft.comViktor Orbán’s son-in-law defends fortune as Hungary’s elite face backlashPrime minister has been accused of favouring family and friends, but István Tiborcz insists he does not benefit
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.
"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”
“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."
azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
www.masslive.com/westernmass/...
"The Justice Department is increasingly telling judges it can’t defend ICE’s actions..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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Portland, Maine
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...
Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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