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~Hold your breath, jump with me and we’ll survive~

[Mary 🌹⚡️✌️ @GypsyRows]

'Mistakes are the exhaust from the dream machine'
- @JohnMayer https://t.co/Pmuv2SWOzU

[Trunk Nation on SXM Faction Talk Channel 103 @TrunkNationSXM]

Do you care if an artist makes a mistake on stage? Hear what happened when @JohnMayer messed up in front of a crowd of @GratefulDead fans!

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: In Columbus, Ohio, ICE agents hit a U.S. citizen’s vehicle, and then admitted, on camera, that they “do this all the time”… before driving away.

A 17-year-old U.S. citizen was reportedly on his way to church, when multiple officials surrounded his car, backed into his front bumper, and jumped out of their vehicles.

When he rolled down his window, they told him…

“We got the wrong person.”

And walked back toward their cars.

The 17-year-old got out to document what happened, and told an officer they had hit his vehicle…

And the response was:

“You can take a picture if you want. We do this all the time. You’re okay.”

And then they drove off.

The Fourth Amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures. And courts have made clear that a “seizure” isn’t just being arrested, or put in handcuffs.

It also includes situations where law enforcement use their authority in a way that blocks your freedom to leave… or creates an intimidating, forced encounter.

So, when officers surround a car, hit it while backing up, and pull a teenager into a sudden law enforcement interaction, with no valid reason…

At minimum, it’s a reckless stop. At worst, it’s an unlawful seizure, with property damage, and no accountability.

And then there’s the part when she casually said…

“We do this all the time.”

Because that turns an “oops” moment into a pattern.

And when that pattern violates your constitutional rights and due process, it starts to feel a lot like the government is using the Constitution like they use the Bible…

Quoted when it’s useful, ignored when it isn’t.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

DEAN: You're under oath. When will you comply with the law and release all the Epstein files?

BLANCHE: We have complied with the law

DEAN: There are 3 million more documents. And you know what you said to me? 'They include another guy named Epstein.' Nobody is buying it

*the time of the gentlelady has expired*

DEAN: I beg your pardon? How do I get cut off 2 minutes into this? What is true is that the president has lied about being on Epstein's plane, and the unredacted files prove that. There's a lot in here. It's all covered up.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized".

That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis.

[Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @RepKamlagerDove]

My constituent, Carlitos, was brutally shot by ICE. Now, his wound is infected. His hand is purple. He's in excruciating pain. And ICE is denying him care.

I visited him last week, and I was horrified. I will keep fighting to get him the care he desperately needs.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

Watch this absolutely insane back-and-forth in which @SecMullinDHS tells @ChrisMurphyCT that he has no obligation to follow court orders and defends ICE's noncompliance with "more court orders than some agencies violated in their entire history."

[John Haltiwanger @jchaltiwanger]

This is wild if true. The Trump administration's entire public justification for these strikes, which many legal experts say violate domestic/international law, has been that they are targeting dangerous "narcoterrorists" transporting illicit, deadly drugs to the United States.

[Mark D. Levine @MarkLevineNYC]

I was in the City Council in 2016 when we approved a major rezoning of East New York to create more housing, led courageously by then local councilmember @RLEspinal.

It was by far the most bitterly opposed housing creation plan of the past decade in NYC. Protesters tried to shut down the City Council chamber.

A decade later almost all of the proposed 6,500 homes have been built, two-thirds affordable. There has been new infrastructure and upgraded parks. The African American and Latino populations of the neighborhood have increased.

Remember all this the next time there is fierce opposition to creating housing in NYC.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents drove a New York activist around for 20 minutes… then dropped him in a random dark alley at midnight.

And his case seems to fit a disturbing pattern…

Jonni Qwest, a New York activist detained by ICE at Delaney Hall, over Memorial Day weekend, says he was held for about four and a half hours, with no processing, no fingerprints, and no paperwork.

Then, around midnight, he says agents told him get up, claimed he was being charged for assaulting an officer, put him in a vehicle, with two other detainees, drove them around for roughly 20 minutes… and dropped them in a dark alley.

He also said they presumed his phone was dead, so there would be no evidence.

But this isn’t the only case like this to happen… and the pattern is getting hard to ignore.

One widely reported case involved Daphy Michel, a Haitian asylum seeker under Temporary Protected Status. After her criminal charges were dismissed, ICE took her into custody, processed her, and enrolled her in electronic monitoring.

And instead of returning her to her home, in Washington County… she was released alone, in Pittsburgh, at a bus stop, in an unfamiliar area, and without coordination with her family.

Days later, she was found unresponsive, and later died.

Another widely reported case involved Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee, who was released at night and dropped off in freezing conditions in Buffalo… miles from his destination.

He was later found dead after wandering alone in extreme weather conditions.

These are just a few examples of different cases, different cities, but it’s the same pattern…

Night releases, unfamiliar drop-off spots, vulnerable people left without support… and it starts to look like there are no real safeguards in place during an ICE release, and no accountability.

And with no accountability, ICE agents will continue to put people’s lives at risk, including U.S. citizens.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Stephen Miller’s pathological hatred of immigrants made stupidity and cruelty official policy across every part of the federal government.

“Only American citizens and green card holders can be airport janitors” is ridiculous. This woman legally worked there for almost 30 years!

[Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem]

Is she always this obtuse? The planes are not going to red states since the blue city airports in red states are already at capacity. The planes will be cancelled. And it will become apparent real fast that crashing the economy of blue states will hurt the taker red states more.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Again, this would be deliberately stabbing the U.S. economy in the back. It would cause enormous economic damage and disrupt air travel nationwide, as airlines would be forced to cancel flights en masse.

That he’s even contemplating this publicly is a sign of madness.

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE detain wife of disabled U.S. Marine veteran—mother of Purple Heart Marine.

She has been a legal permanent resident for 55 years.

"They’re trying to kill me, I’m telling you—ask anybody in here!" she cries.

Husband is "100% disabled" since Gulf War—she's been his caregiver for the past 32 years.

Her son is a decorated U.S. Marine veteran who served two tours in Iraq and was awarded 2 Purple Hearts.

Rosalba "Rose" Chiaromonte is diabetic and not getting the medication she needs—causing her to vomit every day.

"They’re messing with my health," she explains over video call.

ICE claims she was arrested due to criminal charges from over 10 years ago—even though the first Trump administration renewed her green card in 2017.

She is currently locked up 300 miles from her husband and 4 children in Charleston, South Carolina.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Bari Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News, replaced the top producer of “60 Minutes” with Nick Bilton, a tech journalist and documentarian who has never worked in traditional broadcast news. https://t.co/R9qOq8uqOw

[Mary 🌹⚡️✌️ @GypsyRows]

So Much Trump Family Corruption

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

https://t.co/qYm1NhYZTn

[Mary 🌹⚡️✌️ @GypsyRows]

@BarakRavid @TVietor08 Ridiculous. RTing Jennings saying “huge win” with no context injects you into politics and confirms your role as stenographer - not as independent reporter. Plenty of other ways to confirm info - and btw, are you saying Jennings is a reliable source?!?

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it.

Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago.

IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued.

The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk.

The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit.

Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.” 

Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million.

The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out.

This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president.

Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues?

https://t.co/La0nlLuz1r

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE refuse to let mother see daughter in detention center—unless she stops protesting.

Daughter is a legal resident in U.S. with valid DACA status.

Agents barge in front door—injure her during arrest.

No warrant shown to enter home—man's name they had didn't even live there.

Karla Toledo is a DACA recipient in good standing—brought to the country at only 1 year old.

Around 40 people gathered outside with the family—peacefully protesting outside the ICE detention center.

Agents told people at the protest that they would not let family see her "until a crowd outside the facility where she’s being held disperses."

Incident occurred in the Flowing Wells suburb northwest of Tucson, Arizona.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Wow. Just wow.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

I describe how far DHS has strayed from the Worst of the Worst: arresting legal immigrants when DHS refuses to do its job. You gotta see Rep. Nadler's reaction: "Unreal."

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE raid home of U.S. citizen—at 3:00am with her children sleeping.

"They bust down my door in the middle of the night traumatizing my children."

Agents destroyed every room in her home breaking furniture—despite warrant listing only "electronic devices."

Alexi is a well known community volunteer with VC Defensa—and has repeatedly been a target of harassment by agents.

The Department of Homeland Security also enlisted the help of the FBI to storm her house to further intimidate her.

Incident occurred in Ventura County, California.