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[Rep. James Walkinshaw @Rep_Walkinshaw]

The Trump administration erased Jackie Robinson, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the Navajo Code Talkers from government websites.

Now Trump and Republicans want to erase Black history from the Smithsonian.

[Gina Hinojosa @GinaHinojosaTX]

Greg Abbott waived all sales tax for data centers in Texas—creating the largest taxpayer giveaway in the country.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

MAGA rep. Max Miller allegedly assaulted his wife and put a gun to her head. Republicans don’t care. https://t.co/ej6jalStvD

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

Died for a country that won’t even acknowledge her.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: In a voting rights victory, the Kansas Court of Appeals Monday rejected Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) emergency bid to reinstate a rule that could have thrown out lawfully cast mail ballots. https://t.co/3V6lKJfQJV

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents surrounded a car, detained two U.S. citizens on their way to work, interrogated them about who they were and what they did for a living… and then walked away like nothing happened.

In Boyle Heights, California, multiple ICE agents surrounded a vehicle and began questioning the driver and passenger.

The passenger immediately pushed back, saying they were on their way to work and asking, “What the fuck do you want?” Saying he wasn’t go going to give his name or any personal information, telling the agents they might as well arrest him now.

The agents ignored what he said and instead asked what they did for work.

He responded, “Don’t worry about it.”

Once the agents realized they were U.S. citizens, they said, “Guys, have a good day,” turned around, and walked away as if nothing had happened.

If ICE had a lawful basis to stop and detain them, discovering they were U.S. citizens shouldn’t suddenly erase that justification.

And what is important to remember is, you generally do not have to answer questions about where you’re going, where you work, or other unrelated personal information because a law enforcement officer asks. Refusing to answer those questions, by itself, is not a crime.

This video is an example of what is becoming the new normal…

A free society is not one where armed federal agents can stop you, interrogate you, and then pretend nothing happened when they realize they picked the wrong people.

[Catherine Rampell @crampell]

Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations https://t.co/Lrn7JbXmEk

[Joaquin Castro @JoaquinCastrotx]

No child deserves to be locked up in a place like the Dilley Trailer Prison. Innocent kids are treated like criminals. The food is sometimes moldy or has worms. Lights are kept on through the night. Medical care is often delayed or denied.

The United States has allowed private companies like CoreCivic to make money off of child imprisonment. It's wrong. I led a group of 111 lawmakers who are calling for Dilley to be shut down. #FreeOurChildren

[Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule]

Secret Service agent Marquez Pinder, 29, was booked into a Miami jail for hazing, attempted manslaughter and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for paddling a new fraternity member so severely that the student suffered kidney damage and nearly died. https://t.co/ozPaLWX7VM

[Senator Scott Wiener @Scott_Wiener]

Iryna Gorb is a San Franciscan. Like hundreds of other people, ICE targeted her for arrest at the airport. Anyone with uncertain immigration status should know that the airport might not be safe for you right now.

The violence of these assaults is illegal and wrong. To stop them we need accountability. I’m authoring the No Kings Act to let people sue ICE and other federal officials when they violate your rights.

[Senator Alex Padilla @SenAlexPadilla]

Secretary Wright looked me in the eye—under oath—and called the Trump Administration’s cancellation of California's hydrogen hub "not political."

That was a lie.

California was awarded this hub fair and square, and I’m not backing down until the administration restores the funding.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Last month, SCOTUS told the Trump admin it could end temporary protected status immigration programs. Today 350,000 people, mostly Haitians lose status & elderly & disabled Americans they are caregivers for will suffer along with them. These people are part of our communities.
https://t.co/mEIkKVij79

[NWS Bay Area 🌉 @NWSBayArea]

🚨Beach Hazards Statement extended through Saturday evening, that combined w/ warmer temperatures creates the potential for increasing water rescues. Don't put yourself in a position that requires being rescued. Never turn your back on the water and swim near lifeguards #CAwx

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

With the mass shooting at Seattle Center, it might be good to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by nearly half - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths more than doubled - because it’s the fucking guns.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Todd Blanche spent more time listening to the self-serving falsehoods of Ghislaine Maxwell than he did speaking to Epstein’s victims.

Then she was moved to a minimum security facility not suitable for sex traffickers.

Someone who cares more about meeting with the perpetrators of sex trafficking than their victims shouldn’t be in charge of the Department of Justice.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Children do not simply “become pregnant.” They are raped.

Reports that girls as young as 13 are being held in immigration custody while pregnant.

We must demand transparency about what happened to them, where they are now, and whether they are receiving proper medical care.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

On Thursday, ICE needlessly detained Eduardo Aguirre Esparza, a local Seattle small business owner with no criminal history. This is a man who is married to an American citizen and with deep ties to our local community who was working hard to pursue a legal pathway to lawful permanent residence. For the federal government to waste its resources to forcefully detain and deport Eduardo and tear apart an American family is plain sick. Our immigration enforcement should be focused on violent criminals and keeping Americans safe—deporting hardworking people like Eduardo makes no one safer, it’s just cruel and wrong.

[Ruben Garcia @goRubenRuben]

🇺🇸 Breaking news: THE TESTIMONY OF TWO SONS AGAIN PRESSURES ICE

Ronaldo Salgado and Lorenzo Salgado Jr. told lawmakers in Texas how their father's death changed their entire family. Between tears, they demanded an independent investigation and accused the authorities of withholding information from the operation. The hearing reignited the debate on the use of force. Now the pressure falls on the lawmakers to demand evidence and determine what really happened.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

ICE deported a U.S. citizen.

Brian Morales had a Colorado birth certificate, Social Security card and hospital records proving he was born in Denver. He repeatedly told agents he was American. They refused to let him produce his documents, accused him of lying, threatened him with prison and pressured him into falsely claiming he entered illegally.

Citizens are not required to carry proof of citizenship, because this is not 1930s Germany.

Then they threw him out of his own country.

DHS still refuses to explain the evidence.

https://t.co/du9bv2U4pY explains: This is not law enforcement. It is a deportation machine that values quotas over facts, due process and citizenship. If it can erase Brian’s rights, it can erase yours. You think you’re safe when there’s no due process? You’re not.

PAXIS helps people prepare for ICE encounters and deal with the aftermath. Keep it free: https://t.co/Hi5Yo2N2N2