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Brenna Pérez @perezbrenna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Frame-by-Frame (2): The Austin ICE Shooting
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Word that there are folks out there uttering the words "gas tax holiday." I'm here to explain the economics. Don't make me keep showing this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vADp...
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Why This Leading Economist Calls a Gas Tax Holiday “Bipartisan Stupidity”
YouTube video by Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Clara Pratte is running to protect #Arizona ratepayers, not utility companies. With deep experience in energy policy and a commitment to affordability for rural and tribal communities, she's exactly who Arizonans need on the Corporation Commission right now. Local elections matter! #ProudBlue #Pinks
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I've seen like 50 republicans now agree to fund the ballroom… But, not even one bill to address: - 32,000 homeless veterans - 400,000 kids in foster care - Rural hospital closure - 68,000 deaths due to no insurance - 64% living paycheck to paycheck Not even one bill. The GOP sucks! 😎✨
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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Gift 🎁 Link Access to a rare glimpse of ICE on patrol, reviewing 50 hours of body camera footage from a single night in Nashville. Footage reveals a pattern of overt racial profiling that’s been approved by an unusual source: the Supreme Court. #FuckICE www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...
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Opinion | White Drivers Got a Warning. Latino Drivers Got Detained.
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A grandmother was on trial for wearing an oversized p*nis costume to a No Kings protest—& the state called it a crime. Did Free Speech win or was it silenced? See the new Intercept article for the details. theintercept.com/2026/04/22/r... #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #CivilLiberties #ProtestRights
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The Short and Ridiculous Trial of a Protester Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume
An Alabama cop who confronted the No Kings protester claimed she posed a risk to public safety. The judge was unconvinced.
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"Abortion medication access barriers prevent me from providing evidence-based care." "As an emergency physician, I have lost count of the patients under my care with early pregnancy loss who needed misoprostol & mifepristone & couldn't get them." www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
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Opinion | Overly Strict Drug Regulations Are Causing Me Moral Injury
Abortion medication access barriers prevent me from providing evidence-based care
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 01/04/2026
The Pentagon has sent outdated statements on the number of U.S. troops killed or wounded during the Iran war, resulting in undercounts.
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“Casualty Cover-Up”: The Pentagon Is Hiding U.S. Losses Under Trump in the Middle East
The Pentagon has sent outdated statements on the number of U.S. troops killed or wounded during the Iran War, resulting in undercounts.
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Whistleblower Aid @wbaidlaw.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We represent public-interest whistleblowers--who often risk everything to expose waste, fraud, and abuse--at no charge. But we cannot do it alone. Please support the brave whistleblowers holding powerful people to account: ow.ly/RKGn50YxJKF David Kligerman
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Think Democrats in the Republican-led Senate are blocking TSA funding? Think again! It was Trump who canceled a bipartisan deal w Leader Thune, choosing chaos over compromise—risking safety by unleashing inexperienced ICE agents into airports. Stay informed & hold them accountable! #TSA #Politics
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Andrew @fakefootballs.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Pete is actually on TV with a straight face complaining that Iran has been spending its money on weapons/war instead of helping its people 💀💀💀💀💀 That’s enough irony for me for one day.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Follow the money Trump sought $5B from Middle East nations while holding their futures in his hands He promised lower prices & then delivered Kushner a fundraising pipeline Americans aren't fooled — the polls prove it I explain on @ms.now 👇 - TN
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Trump sued Dem-led states to try to force them to use the new DOGE-created voter purge system (called “SAVE”), but the courts said NO. The so-called “SAVE America Act” aims to enact this same requirement. Remember Florida’s bogus voter purge in 2000? Now multiply that times all 50 states.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
“Why The Trump-Backed SAVE America Act Threatens Election Security Nationwide *** Buried in the Act is a mandate requiring every state to funnel voter data into a centralized voter-purge system plagued by security & accuracy concerns and controlled by the Trump administration.” By Jennifer Cohn 1/
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Why the Trump-Backed SAVE America Act Threatens Election Security Nationwide - Bucks County Beacon
Buried in the legislation is a mandate requiring every state to funnel voter data into a centralized voter-purge system plagued by security and accuracy concerns and controlled by the Trump administra...
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
. "And if you tolerate this (f*scism), then your children will be next…" 1985, Manic Street Preachers youtu.be/cHNzQlufkQE?...
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If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next (Live from Cardiff Milennium Stadium, 1999)
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
“A foundational rule of computer security is to never create a ‘single point of failure,’ meaning a centralized system or node whose compromise wld cause widespread damage.” The Trump administration’s “SAVE” voter purge system—an underreported key part of the “Save America Act”—violates this rule.
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Why the Trump-Backed SAVE America Act Threatens Election Security Nationwide - Bucks County Beacon
Buried in the legislation is a mandate requiring every state to funnel voter data into a centralized voter-purge system plagued by security and accuracy concerns and controlled by the Trump administra...
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Everlast2 @everlast2.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"The latest employment report just came out... and this is my worried face."
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This is some f'd up twisting of Civil Rights Act. 'US Ed Dept said The PhD Project (non-profit that helps racial minorities earn doctorate degrees) “unlawfully limits eligibility based on race,” violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, often excluding white & Asian Amer students.'
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White House pressure leads universities to cut ties with nonprofit that helps racial minorities
The Trump administration said Thursday its campaign to end diversity programs in higher education has led dozens of universities to cut ties with an organization known as The PhD Project, which helps ...
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Call your Senators to vote NO on the SAVE Act. They are well aware that undocumented immigrants do not vote & study after study has confirmed this. This is not a voter ID law. This will disenfranchise a large swath of voters, esp married women, older folks & disabled ppl, adoptees…
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Higher tariffs, labor and health-insurance costs have pushed many businesses to raise prices. SCOTUS needs to rule against trump on tarriffs soon or 2026 is going to be a really bad year for the majority of us who aren't mega wealthy. www.wsj.com/business/pri...
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The Break Is Over. Companies Are Jacking Up Prices Again.
Higher tariffs, labor and health-insurance costs have pushed many businesses to raise prices for consumers.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Tell your Senators to vote NO on the so-called Save America Act: 202-224-3121. The bill is blatantly dangerous. Thanks. #NoOnSave #ProtectOurVotes
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
“This Court has all it needs to conclude Defendants have trampled on Sen Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms & threatened constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees.” www.yahoo.com/news/articles/federal-court-blocks-hegseth-effort-175426116.html
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Federal court blocks Hegseth effort to punish Democratic senator
The judge said the Pentagon had “trampled” on Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms.
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IndivisibleTX24❌👑 @indivisibletx-24.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ
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Contact Your MOC
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
⚠️ This is alarming. Potential Social Security breach by DOGE early last year exposed by a whisteblower in August, made public last month in court filings by SSA. Every citizen's most sensitive data is at risk. www.marketwatch.com/story/the-so...
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The Social Security data breach is a national-security disaster that could hurt Americans for the rest of their lives: whistleblower
Every American’s personal data is at risk of fraud after DOGE’s alleged mismanagement, Social Security’s former chief data officer tells MarketWatch.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
What's morale like at CBP & ICE right now? New survey data are damning. *21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity. *Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Imagine your sweet, little 9-year-old girl was abducted and taken to a torture mill. This is happening in our name on our dime. Children are being abducted, detained, deprived of medical care & given moldy or worm infested food & foul water. #FundHealthcareOverICE Congress: 202-224-3121
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"These mother f*ckers are gonna Make me buy a g*n Sore losers re-started a fight That we’d already won If their sin is hate And my sin is love Guess we’ll see when it’s all said and done If they’re drawing lines then I know on which side I belong"
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
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‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Just stumbled upon the anthem of our current timeline… spread it far & wide. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VEVk...
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"Make Me Buy A Gun" live from Friends of Friends Recording in Chicago
YouTube video by The Devil Said Jump
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Judge's scathing ruling rips administration's "ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence" & orders release of 5 yr old Liam & his father from TX detention center by Tues. www.expressnews.com/news/article...
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Judge orders 5-year-old boy, his dad be released from Texas immigrant center
Federal Judge Fred Biery's ruling criticizes the Trump administration, orders Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias and his son be released while case proceeds.
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Springsteen is p!ssed off like most Americans about the tërror being unleashed on Minneapolis population by this admin & the inexcusable deaths of Good & Pretti. Yesterday he released an anthem for this moment. 🇺🇸👊
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I don't know if this story is true or not. Remember, JD admitted that he'll make up stories for media attention - eating cats & dogs was what he was referring to at the time. Present video or it didn't happen. #lies #JDLies #trumplies #NoemLies #Bovinolies #GOPlies
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Dr. who worked with Alex Pettri, the ICU nurse executed by ice today, writes about his colleague.
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Another angle of Alex Pretti shooting. Again, he didn't go after agent. He was pushed & pepper sprayed as he went to aid a woman who was pushed down by agent. He was thrown to the ground. He was on his hands & knees being hit & sprayed in the face. Hands visible in front of him the entire time.
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Sharing this again as trump's DOJ "investigates" Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Other countries have seen this movie before when their authoritarian leaders have taken over their Central Banks to control monetary policy. #Fed #DOJ #inflation
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
@anacabrera.bsky.social and I put together this explainer on the economics of central bank independence. Unfortunately it seems more relevant than ever. I hope you find it useful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBVu...
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Central Bank Independence. What's the argument for it, against it, and what does the evidence show?
This week on "The Professor Is In," economist Justin Wolfers breaks down one of the most important—but least understood—institutions in American economic life: the Federal Reserve. 🇺🇸 What is the…
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
It follows that Trump leaked the most market-moving economic numbers that exist. I have no idea how illegal this is, or if the law even matters any more. But I do know this: It's unprecedented. No White House has ever before leaked such important market-moving numbers. No serious country does this
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
"We’ve joined the league of ordinary nations–a league in which we’re acting as a bully, in circumstances which no principle of self-defense, human rights or humantarianism writ large justifies our bellicosity. We can only wonder the price we’ll pay in the long run." open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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200. Five Questions About the Maduro Arrest Operation
Friday night's U.S. military operation in Venezuela was a textbook violation of international law. It's also entirely unauthorized by U.S. law, which ought to (but probably won't) matter.
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Chevrolet has me all up in my feels today. #Holidays, #family, #dogs… heartwarming memories. Me, emotional 😭 youtu.be/NB-DXIGGoqc?...
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Memory Lane | Chevrolet Holiday Commercial 2025
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Only in #Texas 🤠 🔥 can you be swimming before indulging in a delicious #Christmas roast for lunch! Merry Christmas, y'all, 🏖️☀️ from Houston!
Chilled with friends by the pool on Christmas day in Houston. Photo is of my friend (legs only bcuz she's shy) sunbathing yesterday. Towels hanging on chairs. Swimming on Christmas day - only in Texas 🤠
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
HD video, if you haven't seen it. www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
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BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Talk about conflict of interest. I know, this admin is very conflicted. Here's another: "Anti-vaccine org founded by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is urging the FDA that HE now oversees to pull the licenses of Pfizer's & Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines." www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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RFK Jr.’s Former Group Urges FDA to Revoke COVID Vax Licenses
Children's Health Defense claims FDA violated federal law by approving 'misbranded' shots
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
This is why the President should never use the R slur. It emboldened his base. I’ve seen a dramatic surge in people calling me that word (and worse). Walz’s kids shouldn’t have to deal with this. No one should. It’s vile ableism & it’s dangerous. Walz has a disabled son. MAGA has no bottom.
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Signs point to US war in Venezuela. Install right wing regime? How has that turned out in the past? History shows US has track record of propping up corrupt dictators, revolts & civil wars, & poverty leading to northward migration after these coups in LA countries. theintercept.com/2025/11/25/t...
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U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028
As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social is this from 2021/22 when the entire GOP pressured Biden admin to bring all Afghan people to US who were left behind & who had worked w & helped our military during the forever war in Afghanistan?
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
"Look, the Fed can do a lot of things, but what it can't do is lower the price of imports. It can't make it so there are more workers for California farmers to help pick the crops." These are self-inflicted supply shocks, and the Fed can't magically undo them. (The White House can.)
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Connie @texblonde89.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
"What the ProPublica investigation reveals is not simply a rogue agency but 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚—𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚—𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚." by @harrylitman.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2026...
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Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
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