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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 14/01/2026
'“When you lose the leader responsible for making the fraud cases, it tells you this isn’t really about prosecuting fraud,” [Minneapolis police chief] Mr. O’Hara said.'
nytimes.com
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 04/01/2026
Land of the free, as long as you agree with the administration.
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League of Women Voters of Indianapolis @lwvindy.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
🚨 ACTION ALERT The America First Legal Foundation has petitioned the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to add documentary proof of citizenship requirements to the federal voter registration form. This would make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to register to vote.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 10/10/2025
The Trump administration is attempting to undermine elections. Efforts have included rewriting election rules to burden voters, threatening to prosecute election officials, and supporting election deniers. Keep track and learn more with our new interactive timeline:
brennancenter.org
Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Undermine Elections
Together, these actions form a concerted strategy to interfere with elections.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 10/10/2025
Connecting the dots, our new resource shows the scope and impact of the current administration’s unprecedented attempts to undermine the country’s elections — threatening the 2026 midterms. Learn more: bit.ly/4l1lUPP
brennancenter.org
The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election
The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 09/10/2025
'Black told The Guardian newspaper that ICE agents hit him in the head, face, torso, arms and legs with around seven or eight "pepper exploding pellets" while he was in a position of prayer.'
snopes.com
Real photo shows ICE agents spraying Chicago pastor with 'pepper pellets'
The image circulated as alleged evidence of a scene outside an ICE processing facility in a Chicago suburb.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 06/10/2025
Those who stand up for the integrity of our elections will be attacked by a DOJ increasingly becoming a political tool.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 05/10/2025
Killing people is wrong.
cnn.com
US strikes another boat off Venezuela coast killing four, Defense Secretary announces | CNN Politics
The US military carried out another strike on a boat operating in the Caribbean officials deemed to be a “narco-trafficking vessel” on Friday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced in a ...
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 04/10/2025
snopes.com
Democrats didn't shut down government to fund health care for 'illegal aliens.' Here's context
Immigrants in the country illegally are not eligible for federal health care insurance plans. The Democrats' proposal does not change that.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 03/10/2025
"Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours."
chicago.suntimes.com
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 02/10/2025
Guess who will be most impacted by more lack constrains on hazing.
abcnews.go.com
'No more walking on eggshells': Hegseth vows to lift guardrails on military hazing, harassment
ABC News obtained memos filed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that showed he is reviewing military policies on hazing and harrasment.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 02/10/2025
Are we great yet?
nbcnews.com
Federal agents grab and shove journalists outside NYC immigration court, sending one to hospital
A visual journalist hit his head on the floor after ICE agents pushed one journalist off a public elevator and shoved another to the floor, according to video and witnesses.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 20/09/2025
'Sen. Ted Cruz on his podcast Friday admonished Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr for demanding ABC suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show over comments regarding Charlie Kirk — calling Carr’s actions “dangerous as hell” and “right out of ‘Goodfellas.’”'
politico.com
'Dangerous as hell': Cruz blasts FCC's Jimmy Kimmel takedown
The Texas Republican called Brendan Carr's actions “right out of ‘Goodfellas.’”
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 19/09/2025
"Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives,"
snopes.com
DOJ removed study from website showing most domestic terrorism is right-wing
The study was still on the website as of Sept. 11, 2025, but was removed by the following day, two days after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 15/09/2025
nytimes.com
Republicans Block Senate Vote to Release Epstein Files
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15/09/2025
Fox News' Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed.
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Fox News' Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed
An advocate for homeless people said Kilmeade’s remark was “completely devoid of all humanity.”
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 13/09/2025
Political violence is wrong. Our POTUS not saying that when some are attacked and not others is like pardoning someone who does violence. It is an implied endorsement of of particular acts of violence. www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
snopes.com
Trump ordered flags flown at half-staff for Charlie Kirk, but not for Melissa Hortman
Hortman, a Democrat who had served as speaker of the Minnesota House, was assassinated in June 2025.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 13/09/2025
Signs of life from the House?
cbsnews.com
House votes to repeal Iraq war authorizations
It's unclear if the repeal will end up in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which still has to get through the Senate.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 10/09/2025
bbc.com
Trump is used to shaking off criticism. The Epstein saga is different
While there is no suggestion of criminal wrongdoing by Trump, the political consequences of the Epstein saga on the US president are very real
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 10/09/2025
Fascists do not stop themselves.
bbc.com
Poland says it shot down Russian drones after airspace violation
Nato jets were also deployed to respond to drones that entered Polish airspace during Russian strikes on Ukraine.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 08/09/2025
"Now nine months into the president's term as the tariffs take hold, the gulf between Trump's rhetoric, which boasts of investments pouring into the country, and the reality on the ground in places like Fall River, is starting to show." www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Donald Trump's tariffs put US manufacturing revival hopes to the test
The gulf between Trump's rhetoric and the reality on the ground is starting to show.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 04/09/2025
"Then they came for me..." - disagree with them and you will be a criminal too. www.snopes.com/news/2025/09...
snopes.com
Unpacking reports White House said Republicans signing Epstein files petition is a 'hostile act'
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky filed a petition that would force a vote on compelling the Justice Department to release more Epstein files.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 03/09/2025
While POTUS attacks his own people, the leadership of the U.S. erodes. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping begin talks in Beijing
The two leaders are seeking to promote "a more just and reasonable global governance system".
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 29/08/2025
"It is unusual for federal border agents to make arrests during the fighting of an active fire, especially in a remote area."
seattletimes.com
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 15/08/2025
"Wholesale prices rose far more than expected in July, providing a potential sign that inflation is still a threat to the U.S. economy, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Thursday showed."
cnbc.com
Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected
The producer price index was expected to show a 0.2% increase for July, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 14/08/2025
"The U.S. government's gross national debt has climbed past $37 trillion, a record-breaking milestone that underscores the rapid growth of America's fiscal obligations and the mounting cost pressures on taxpayers."
newsweek.com
US debt reaches $37 trillion years before expected
In January 2020, the CBO estimated that gross federal debt would not surpass $37 trillion until after fiscal year 2030.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 13/08/2025
"We found it to be likely true that the volume of violent crime reported to law enforcement was at or near a 50-year low in 2023-24."
snopes.com
Trump said DC police can 'do whatever the hell they want'
The president deployed the National Guard after declaring a crime emergency in Washington, D.C, in August 2025.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 12/08/2025
"Two of the nation's largest companies operating private jails are reporting spikes in revenue thanks to the Trump administration's surge of immigrant arrests."
wrtv.com
Immigrant arrests create 'unprecedented growth opportunities' for private jails
Two of the nation's largest companies operating private jails are reporting spikes in revenue thanks to the Trump administration's surge of immigrant arrests.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 09/08/2025
“although service members with 15 to 18 years of honorable service were permitted to apply for an exception to policy, none of the exceptions to policy were approved.”
apnews.com
US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service
The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 08/08/2025
"The unemployment rate among recent graduates has been increasing this year to an average of 5.3%, compared to around 4% for the labor force as a whole, making it one of the toughest job markets for recent graduates since 2015..."
nbcnews.com
'A black hole': New graduates discover a dismal job market
Recent college graduates searching for jobs are finding that practical degrees, work experience and even connections are no match for sluggish hiring.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 07/08/2025
The top image is the current (Aug 7) FBI Top 10 list. The bottom image is the list from January 20 2025. Four individuals have been removed. Two were captured in January and two were removed without being captured.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 07/08/2025
In case you think this is about criminals. Not one criminal who was on the FBI Top 10 list on January 20th 2025 has been captured since January. [Continued...]
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 07/08/2025
"Portions of Article 1, Section 8, as well as the entirety of Article 1, sections 9 and 10, were removed from the text of the Constitution on the Library of Congress' Constitution website as of Aug. 6, 2025."
snopes.com
Sections of Constitution were missing from government website. Here's context
One of the sections that was removed from the U.S. Constitution website referenced the writ of habeas corpus.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 06/08/2025
In case you thought this was actually about deportations instead of the private sector making money off of incarceration.
bloomingtonian.com
‘Speedway Slammer’ ICE Detention Facility Coming to Indiana Under New DHS Partnership - The Bloomingtonian
Written from press release Kokomo, Ind. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday a new partnership with the State of Indiana to expand immigration detention space by 1,000 bed...
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 05/08/2025
'About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a “major” source of stress in their life right now, while 33% say it’s a “minor” source of stress...'
apnews.com
The vast majority of US adults are stressed about grocery costs, an AP-NORC poll finds
A new poll finds the vast majority of U.S. adults are feeling some stress about the cost of groceries, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs rema...
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 05/08/2025
"This data shows that indeed, since 1981, the deficit deepened under Republican administrations and shrank under Democratic ones."
snopes.com
US deficit has grown under GOP presidents, shrunk under Democrats since Reagan?
A meme suggested the federal deficit deepened under Republicans while it receded under Democratic leaders.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 04/08/2025
"Roughly 200 Federal Air Marshals, traditionally charged with safeguarding commercial air travel, are now reportedly assigned to ICE deportation flights, according to a CNN report published Thursday."
avweb.com
Air Marshals Shift to Deportation Duty - AVweb
Marshals on ICE flights are performing a range of duties, including checking detainees for lice and cleaning aircraft, sometimes while unarmed.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 04/08/2025
"The new map significantly shakes that up in an attempt from state Republicans to take small parts of left-leaning Austin and include them in the same congressional district as large swaths of rural, right-leaning Texas."
kut.org
Republicans are redrawing Texas' congressional district map. Here’s what it means for Austin.
Under the proposed map, only one solidly-Democratic district will remain, and more people living in areas surrounding Austin will be represented by Republicans.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 03/08/2025
"...deportations are still lagging far behind what President Donald Trump has promised — and even behind those in the Obama administration, according to data obtained by NBC News."
nbcnews.com
Trump's immigration enforcement record so far: High arrests, low deportations
ICE last month arrested the most people in at least five years, but the number of deportations paled in comparison.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 03/08/2025
"They began with the pardon of the January 6 defendants who sought to overturn the 2020 results."
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 02/08/2025
"U.S. employment growth was weaker than expected in July while the nonfarm payrolls count for the prior two months was revised down by a massive 258,000 jobs, suggesting a sharp deterioration in labor market conditions[...]"
reuters.com
US labor market cracks widen as job growth hits stall speed
U.S. employment growth was weaker than expected in July while the nonfarm payrolls count for the prior two months was revised down by a massive 258,000 jobs, suggesting a sharp deterioration in labor market conditions that puts a September interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve back on the table.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 02/08/2025
"US President Donald Trump has fired the boss of one of America's most important economic institutions hours after weaker-than-expected jobs data stoked further alarm about his tariff policy."
bbc.com
Trump fires lead official on economic data as tariffs cause market drop
The move comes as a weaker-than-expected jobs report stoked fears about tariffs.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 29/07/2025
'The rumor that Langford posted a picture of himself in front of Auschwitz along with the caption "My 0% Unemployment Plan" is true.'
snopes.com
California gubernatorial candidate posted '0% unemployment plan' featuring image of Auschwitz
The aspiring politician, Kyle Langford, added, "My German Ancestors smile upon me."
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 29/07/2025
'"It's been an absolute nightmare," said Jared Hendricks, owner of the Utah-based Village Lighting Company, who took out a $1.5m (£1.1m) loan backed by his home earlier this year to cover the unexpected jump in his costs."
bbc.com
'Nightmare' tariff wall emerges for US companies
Businesses both small and large are already reckoning with Trump's tariffs, and new levies are set to start this week.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 29/07/2025
“Without housing, we are going to have people who are unhoused”
ipm.org
Local advocate says not enough beds available to meet Trump homeless policy
Mary Morgan, with the area Heading Home effort, is critical of the Trump administration’s recent executive order that pushes for removal from public places of people experiencing homelessness.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 28/07/2025
'Rohwer, 84, had always used a federal online system called E-Verify to check whether his employees were eligible to work, and Glenn Valley Foods itself had not been accused of any violations.'
nytimes.com
ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 26/07/2025
"The Trump administration has long insisted that America should not be a haven for criminals. Last week, it brought one home."
newsweek.com
Triple murderer among Americans repatriated from Venezuela in prisoner swap
Dahud Hanid Ortiz, a former U.S. Marine convicted of a triple homicide in Spain, was among 10 Americans repatriated in exchange for 250 Venezuelans held in El Salvador.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 26/07/2025
"Since President Trump's return to office, images of masked federal agents carrying out immigration arrests have become a familiar — and for many Americans, deeply disturbing — sight."
npr.org
Lawmakers seek to ban federal agents from wearing masks
ICE says its employees have good reasons to hide their faces from protesters who want to dox them online, but Democrats say masked federal agents evokes "secret police," and the practice should be ban...
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 26/07/2025
"The tariffs took the U.S. from 2.4% growth in the fourth quarter of 2024 to -0.5% in the first quarter this year. The economy continues contracting, which will reduce wage growth and maybe even reverse it. So, as prices go up, wages will decline for the average worker."
heraldtimesonline.com
OPINION | Hicks: It’s stagflation, not inflation
The average American family will pay about $2,500 more this year because of tariffs.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 25/07/2025
The federal government is cutting support for local election officials’ preparations for scenarios like cyberattacks and bomb threats. Now state governments need to step up. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
brennancenter.org
How States Can Fill Election Security Gaps Left by Federal Cuts
From cybersecurity assessments and training to coordination with law enforcement agencies, state governments need to provide wide-ranging support to ensure smooth and secure elections.
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