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[Laura Rodriguez @LibrariusLaura]

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[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

🚨 Every Republican present in the House Appropriations Committee last night voted to make THEMSELVES eligible to collect from Trump's $1.8 billion January 6th slush fund. I am not making this up.

I introduced an amendment to stop Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President from collecting a single dollar from Trump’s slush fund unless a court actually orders it.

Every single Republican who cast a vote was AGAINST my amendment, making themselves eligible for settlement funds.

Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President, have no business lining their own pockets by claiming they were victims of government weaponization. Trump set up this fund, now MAGA Republicans in Congress are ensuring they all can collect from it.

That is exactly the kind of self-dealing corruption the American people are sick of.

[Texas Border Business @TBBusiness]

The issue has drawn attention following a recent lawsuit filed by a family in Donna, Texas, against the U.S. https://t.co/0mjIexG5PP

[Laura Rodriguez @LibrariusLaura]

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[Laura Rodriguez @LibrariusLaura]

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[Be A King @BerniceKing]

On this day, I honor the courage of the young people of Birmingham who chose peaceful protest in the face of violence and hatred. Their witness helped expose the cruelty of segregation and stirred the conscience of a nation. The Birmingham Children’s Crusade began on May 2, 1963, and when the demonstrations continued the next day, Bull Connor ordered police and firefighters to attack young demonstrators with dogs and high pressure fire hoses.

May we never forget that young people have always helped lead the struggle for justice, and that nonviolent direct action remains a powerful force for change.

#MLK #BirminghamChildrensCrusade #Nonviolence365

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[Laura Rodriguez @LibrariusLaura]

More than 150 million people across the U.S. are exposed to polluted air. See where. - The Washington Post https://t.co/5IlyNBml9h

[Laura Rodriguez @LibrariusLaura]

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[Laura Rodriguez @LibrariusLaura]

Worth the read. Facing a mental health crisis, a New Jersey school pulled a beloved novel from English class - NPR https://t.co/ZaSmqUQfsL

[Libertarian Party of Texas @LPTexas]

The Newsweek article reports that an ICE agent fatally shot 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez, a U.S. citizen, in South Padre Island, Texas, in March 2025, but internal records show this detail was not publicly disclosed at the time. Local news initially covered Martinez’s death without clarifying that a federal immigration agent fired the fatal shots. According to ICE’s internal narrative, Martinez allegedly drove toward agents, injuring one, and an agent then fired through the driver-side window. Given past outright lies by the agency involving justification of force, we do not believe their account. This narrative also sounds familiar — ICE has used similar justifications before, and in multiple prior case camera footage later contradicted official statements, yet misleading claims were still made. Based on that history, we believe they will continue to lie when it protects the institution. The article highlights concerns about transparency in reporting federal law-enforcement shootings.

Available data indicate that, in 2025 alone, at least 32 people died while in ICE custody, the highest total in roughly two decades, and independent trackers document that at least 8 people have been killed in shootings involving ICE or related immigration agents since 2025. These figures represent known and documented deaths linked to ICE enforcement; however, ICE does not publish a centralized breakdown of deaths by citizenship status, and its publicly reported detainee death reports are widely considered incomplete — meaning the actual number of non-citizen deaths related to ICE actions is likely higher than the numbers available in public records.

Given these patterns, we believe ICE should be abolished outright and replaced with nothing. We reject the premise that a federal immigration enforcement body exercising this level of force and operating with limited transparency is necessary. We believe any ICE agents who have illegally used deadly force — regardless of whether the victim was a U.S. citizen or a non-citizen — should face independent investigation and, where warranted, criminal indictment. In our view, true accountability requires dismantling the institution entirely rather than reforming or restructuring it.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Thanks to the efforts of @JoaquinCastrotx and other advocates, the boy in the blue bunny hat—five-year-old Liam Ramos—is home from ICE detention.

But hundreds of kids remain in facilities that are no place for children.

Release them all.
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[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

For six months, we engaged Republicans on the Oversight Committee in good faith. We told them what we know, under oath.

They ignored all of it. They moved the goalposts and turned accountability into an exercise in distraction.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

So let’s stop the games.

If you want this fight, @RepJamesComer, let’s have it—in public.

You love to talk about transparency. There’s nothing more transparent than a public hearing, cameras on.

We will be there.

[Lisa’s ready for BASEBALL @Lisaaif2]

@Franklin_Graham @NFL @TPUSA

[Introvert Problems @IntrovertProbss]

Happy World Introvert Day! 😌