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  • Elizabeth Warren: If They Can Disappear Abrego Garcia, Then They Can Disappear You

    04/17/2025 11:17:39 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 101 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/17/2025 | Pam Key
    Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that if President Donald Trump’s administration can deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, they can “disappear” you. Warren said, “The point is, why are they doing this? And the answer is they want to have the American people say it’s OK to just disappear people. And somehow they think if they can make up lies about him, if they can do whatever they want, then the answer will be the American people will settle for this. We do not disappear people in the United States. Because here’s the thing. If they can...
  • James Carville Calls for Return of Deported MS-13 Member: ‘Top Agenda’ for Democrats

    04/17/2025 6:54:07 AM PDT · by Sam77 · 109 replies
    The Daily Fetched ^ | 17 April 2025 | Jason Walsh
    Democratic strategist James Carville said that the Democrat Party’s “top agenda” needs to be focused on retrieving deported El Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is accused of being an MS-13 gang member. “People say, ‘Well, should we really fight on this turf or should we fight more on ordinary people?’ This we should fight on. You can’t pivot to an economic issue. This is why we think we’re a country,” Carville said on his “Politics War Room” podcast. Watch
  • Blue state senator flies to El Salvador to visit deported migrant in prison, only to be denied

    04/17/2025 5:09:24 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 62 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | April 16, 2025 | Greg Wehner
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., was denied a visit with a Salvadoran migrant and accused MS-13 member who was deported to El Salvador, after flying to the country on Wednesday morning. Van Hollen intended to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, who was deported to the El Salvadoran mega prison "Terrorism Confinement Center" (CECOT) for being an alleged MS-13 gang member, though his attorneys maintain he does not have any gang ties. Van Hollen spoke to reporters from El Salvador on Wednesday afternoon, when he vowed to continue pressing for access to Abrego Garcia. He met with Vice President Félix Augusto...
  • David Hogg launches $20M effort to primary safe House Democrats

    04/17/2025 1:23:16 AM PDT · by Libloather · 56 replies
    The Hill ^ | 4/16/25 | Julia Manchester
    Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg’s group, Leaders We Deserve, launched a $20 million initiative on Monday aimed at launching primary challenges against House Democrats in safe seats in the hopes of electing a new generation of leaders. “We’re not only focused on targeting Democratic incumbents when necessary,” Hogg told The Hill in a Wednesday interview. “We are here to elect young people who are running in open seats. We’re here to elect young people that are running open, competitive seats as well, and support them when they align with our values.” Hogg noted that his group is...
  • AOC has made herself a legit White House contender — and a GOP threat

    04/16/2025 10:07:05 PM PDT · by Angelino97 · 164 replies
    New York Post ^ | April 16, 2025 | Isaac Schorr
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has come a long way since 2018. When she first arrived on the political scene by beating out not just an incumbent, but a member of her party’s leadership in a Democratic primary contest, she was a rebel — an avatar of insurgent impulses within her coalition. And, among Republicans, something of a joke. Now, she’s the Democratic Party’s most popular elected official. A Yale University poll released this week found that among Democrats, Ocasio-Cortez boasts the single highest net favorability rating of all the party’s many potential 2028 presidential candidates — a sky-high 62%. In addition, 41%...
  • IRS agreement with ICE to share immigrants' info could lead to billions less in tax revenue 10% fewer undocumented immigrants filing their taxes would mean a decrease of $9.5 billion a year in tax revenue, a tax policy organization found.

    04/16/2025 10:06:22 PM PDT · by xxqqzz · 94 replies
    nbc ^ | April 16, 2025 | Daniela Silva
    Like millions of American citizens and immigrants, Ivan filed his taxes last year. But Ivan, 54, a Massachusetts resident who hails from Colombia, is worried a recent agreement between the IRS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement means he is in danger of being deported for doing what he believed was the right thing. And if taxpayers like Ivan decide not to file taxes because the IRS has said it will share certain tax information filed by undocumented immigrants with ICE, it could cumulatively eliminate billions in tax revenue and create “a massive problem” for citizens and immigrants alike, experts said....
  • Donald Trump Scores Legal Win Over Judge Chutkan

    04/17/2025 7:54:01 AM PDT · by Ultra Sonic 007 · 23 replies
    Newsweek ^ | April 17, 2025 | Ewan Palmer
    Acourt has temporarily blocked a ruling from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan regarding the funding of former President Joe Biden's climate programs. The D.C. Court of Appeals halted the judge's Tuesday ruling that ordered Citibank to release billions of dollars in green bank grants as part of Biden's 2022 climate, tax and health care bill. Why It Matters The court's ruling is the latest development in an ongoing fight as President Donald Trump attempts to throw out Biden's climate and energy measures, and replace it with his cost-cutting and pro-coal agenda. Chutkan oversaw the president's now dismissed federal 2020 election...
  • IRS making plans to rescind Harvard’s tax-exempt status

    04/16/2025 2:53:24 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 59 replies
    CNN ^ | 4/16/25 | Evan Perez and Alayna Treene
    The Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, according to two sources familiar with the matter, which would be an extraordinary step of retaliation as the Trump administration seeks to turn up pressure on the university that has defied its demands to change its hiring and other practices. A final decision on rescinding the university’s tax exemption is expected soon, the sources said. The administration already has blocked more than $2 billion in funding from the nation’s oldest university, which is fighting the White House’s policy demands, citing the constitutional right of private...
  • Report: Canada’s Immigration Lawyers ‘Overwhelmed’ with Transgender Asylum Requests from U.S.

    04/16/2025 2:27:39 PM PDT · by packagingguy · 86 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 16 Apr 2025 | Frances Martel
    Canadian media reported this week that immigration attorneys and LGBTQQIAAP2S+ activists have noticed a significant spike in the number of requests for information from Americans identifying as transgender seeking to move to Canada, claiming persecution under the administration of President Donald Trump. The Globe and Mail quoted multiple Canadian lawyers on Tuesday who said they were “overwhelmed” by the number of calls from alarmed transgender Americans seeking a way to claim political asylum in Canada. Some calls are also from parents whose children are being subjected to medical procedures in response to alleged gender dysmorphia, which the Trump administration has...
  • Here’s What You Need to Know: Trump Did Not Ignore a Supreme Court Ruling in El Salvador Deportation Case

    04/16/2025 12:34:45 PM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 18 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | Apr. 16, 2025 9:00 am | Antonio Graceffo
    The media would have you believe that President Trump defied a Supreme Court ruling in the deportation case of Kilmar Abrego García, an MS-13 gang member recently returned to El Salvador.However, his gang affiliation was established by an immigration court back in 2019. The deportation itself is legal.The only legal question is whether he should have been sent to El Salvador, given that he had “withholding of removal” status due to a credible fear of gang violence.The Supreme Court has ordered the administration to facilitate his return from El Salvador—but President Nayib Bukele has refused to hand over one of...
  • Laurence Tribe: We Have an ‘Impending Police State’ Under Trump

    04/16/2025 10:35:07 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 64 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/16/2025 | Pam Key
    Left-wing commentator and Harvard Law professor emeritus Laurence Tribe claimed Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that President Donald Trump’s administration was causing “an impending police state.” Tribe said, “I been in school for 50 years studying the constitution, teaching about it. It doesn’t enforce itself. It takes human beings of character to take it seriously. And when for whatever combination of cultural and social reasons, the nation selects someone who clearly has no respect for the constitution, someone who is cruel, someone who is without moral principle this is what we see. We see a tinhorn dictator interacting with a wannabe...
  • Homan: Dem Senators Visiting El Salvador Prison ‘Disgusting’

    04/16/2025 10:31:33 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 47 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/16/2025 | Pam Key
    Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends” that Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and other Democrats’ plans to go to El Salvador to conduct a welfare check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant, was “disgusting.” Partial transcript as follows: LAWRENCE JONES: Truly incredible. This comes as House Democrats reportedly planning to send a delegation to the megaprison where he’s being held. Let’s bring in the man himself, border czar Tom Homan joins us now. Tom, I just want to focus on one portion when the senator said that he was abducted. As the...
  • Tom Homan Vows to Prosecute Anyone Harboring Illegal Immigrants 'To the Full Extent of the Law'

    04/16/2025 7:04:46 AM PDT · by george76 · 42 replies
    Townhall ^ | April 15, 2025 | Sarah Arnold
    President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, is sending a clear message to those who refuse to uphold the law and look the other way on illegal immigration. Homan is warning that those days are over. In a bold statement that has left Democrat mayors, governors, and lawmakers rattled, Homan declared that under the Trump administration, the U.S. would aggressively prosecute anyone caught harboring illegal immigrants—no exceptions. With Trump’s border policies taking effect and holding those illegally in the U.S. accountable, Homan’s hardline stance signals a return to law and order and a renewed commitment to protecting American sovereignty. “Will...
  • US judge blocks Trump's freeze on climate, infrastructure grants

    04/16/2025 4:40:21 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 67 replies
    Reuters | MSN ^ | April 16, 2025 | by Nate Raymond
    (Reuters) -A U.S. judge blocked President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday from freezing billions of dollars in grants Congress authorized under climate investment and infrastructure laws of his Democratic predecessor, former President Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Providence, Rhode Island, issued an injunction at the behest of environmental groups who argued the Trump administration was unlawfully freezing already-awarded funding for projects to combat climate change, reduce pollution and modernize U.S. infrastructure. The group that led the lawsuit, Democracy Forward, said in a statement that Trump's action was an abuse of executive power. The funding had been authorized...
  • Trump admin won’t be held in contempt over refusal to return wrongly deported alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia — as judge warns against ‘gamesmanship’

    04/16/2025 12:55:12 AM PDT · by Libloather · 38 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/15/25 | Priscilla DeGregory, Anna Young
    A federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to return an alleged MS-13 gang member wrongly deported to El Salvador last month ruled that she would not hold any government officials in contempt for violating her order — for now — but warned against further “gamesmanship.” US District Judge Paula Xinis said that the federal government failed to provide evidence detailing their efforts to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States by April 7 after he was shipped off to El Salvador’s hellhole lockup CECOT. “There will be no tolerance for gamesmanship or grandstanding,” she said at a...
  • ICE arrests over 1,000 illegal immigrants in worksite enforcement operations, fines businesses over $1 million for violations

    04/16/2025 3:29:14 AM PDT · by CFW · 58 replies
    The Post Millennial ^ | 4/15/25 | Katie Daviscourt
    US Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) has arrested more than 1,000 illegal aliens during worksite enforcement operations since January 20, resulting in Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) proposing nearly $1 million worth of fines against businesses for hiring illegal aliens, according to a press release. HSI acting Director Robert Hammer said worksite enforcement operations have increased over the past two months and warned businesses that knowingly hiring illegal alien labor is a federal crime. The operations are in line with President Donald Trump's executive order titled "Protecting the American People Against Invasion," ICE said. "This is the highest rate of arrest...
  • U.K. Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex [Landmark Ruling]

    04/16/2025 3:01:16 AM PDT · by RandFan · 41 replies
    BBC Live ^ | April 16 | BBC Live
    Summary - The UK Supreme Court rules that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex - Judges say the "concept of sex is binary" while cautioning that the landmark ruling should not be seen as victory of one side over another - Transgender people still have legal protection from discrimination, the court adds - Today's decision comes after a long-running legal battle between the Scottish government and a women's group - The Scottish government had argued that transgender people with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) are entitled to sex-based protections, while For Women Scotland argued they...
  • White House ends permanent ‘wires’ spot in press pool after AP court win, expands ‘print’ access

    04/15/2025 2:44:43 PM PDT · by deplorableindc · 28 replies
    NY Post ^ | April 15, 2025
    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will no longer give wire services a permanent spot in the White House press pool following The Associated Press’ victory last week in a lawsuit over its exclusion, The Post has learned. Instead, the White House is giving a second spot to “print” journalists — a term henceforth including wire reporters — who will get access to President Trump in small event spaces. ... DC US District Judge Trevor McFadden last week ordered the AP’s restoration to the press pool — after weeks of exclusion over editors’ refusal to update the AP Stylebook to refer...
  • Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to the national stage

    04/15/2025 7:28:32 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 84 replies
    AP via MSN ^ | April 15, 2025 | STEVE PEOPLES and FATIMA HUSSEIN
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden returns to the national stage Tuesday to elevate liberal concerns that President Donald Trump's agenda is threatening the health of Social Security. The 82-year-old Democrat has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House in January, which is typically the tradition for immediate past presidents. That's even as Trump frequently blames Biden for many of the nation's problems, often attacking his predecessor by name. Biden is expected to fight back in an early evening speech to the national conference of Advocates, Counselors and Representatives for the Disabled in Chicago. While Biden has...
  • China fumes ‘peasants in the US’ will suffer as country issues stark warning on Trump’s ‘shameless’ tariff war

    04/15/2025 7:01:15 AM PDT · by dennisw · 84 replies
    NY Post ^ | Published April 15, 2025, 8:32 a.m. ET | By Emily Crane
    “Let those peasants in the United States wail in front of the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization,” he added. The official went on to say that bullying tactics like the ensuing tariff war had never worked on Chinese people, including those from Hong Kong. “The Chinese people do not cause trouble, nor are they afraid of trouble. Pressure, threats and blackmail are not the right way to deal with China,” he said. A top Chinese official warned Tuesday that President Trump’s “extremely shameless” tariff war would backfire soon — leaving “those peasants in the US” wailing. Xia Baolong, a senior...