Karoline Leavitt went to an expensive private high school, then worked in the White House immediately out of college, then married a billionaire her daddy's age. What kind of spoon is that?
Ten years ago today, J. D. Vance called Trump “cultural heroin” in The Atlantic: “To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution … He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t," Vance wrote of Trump.
Read the piece: https://t.co/RgEhVdJBZx
"Detainees who work inside ICE facilities are paid about a dollar a day, a rate set in 1950 and never raised. A detainee must work 58 days to earn what a worker on the federal minimum wage makes in one, according to Public Citizen. About 70 per cent of people in ICE custody have no criminal record, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, so most are held in civil custody without any conviction.
Detainees have sued GEO and CoreCivic for years under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the federal forced-labour statute, saying the companies made them work under threat of solitary confinement or the withholding of food, soap and sanitary pads. In February the Supreme Court refused to let GEO dismiss a class action brought by tens of thousands of detainees held at its Aurora facility in Colorado. Some of the suits allege what the plaintiffs call slavery. Dalila Yeend, a former detainee at a Buffalo facility, said the pay was "bordering on slavery".
Legal scholars and advocates argue the constitutional bar on slavery does not shield the companies. The 13th Amendment forbids involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime, and immigration detainees are held in civil custody and convicted of nothing, so that exception does not reach them, according to a March 2026 analysis by Freedom Network USA. The American Civil Liberties Union found some detainees worked in the kitchen only to be allowed more food, one of them losing 68 pounds."
Chuck Grassley voted last July to strip $1.1 billion -- with a B -- from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, dismantling locally owned and public radio stations nationwide https://t.co/tPK9BGVsJL
The political performance art online is so lame. Before criticizing New York, maybe check your own backyard.
Texas officials tell residents to set thermostats to 78° and conserve power when the grid is under strain. The state has a long history of grid failures, and when one of the worst hit, Ted Cruz flew to Cancún.
If you're going to attack another city's leadership, expect people to bring up your own record.
REP HUFFMAN: “The CEO of Trump’s Freedom 250 flew to Davos, stood in front of a room full of foreign governments and asked them ‘how they wanted to shape America’s birthday’. Then they stole hundreds of millions and committed wire fraud.”
Holy shit.
“Just because he was unarmed, doesn’t mean he wasn’t a threat.” Is the line y’all have been using for the last 20+ years.
Interesting switch up, once the demographic is reversed.
They're trying to give a guy 10 years in prison for ripping a piece of already-peeling sealant, after pardoning people who beat cops and stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn a democratic election. What a screwed-up administration.
my current favorite youtube food channel (SaucyMarco) I like his economical and simple straightforward approach. SaucyMarco demystifies a lot of Mexican food like Mexican red rice, beans, and various salsas. I’ve learned a lot and it’s a new channel with lots of great recipes.
DHS cut this quote off one sentence early. Here’s how Roosevelt actually finished the thought, same speech, 1915:
“But if he is heartily and singly loyal to this Republic, then no matter where he was born, he is just as good an American as any one else.”
He also said he wasn’t talking about naturalized citizens (“some of the very best Americans I have ever known”) and that “any discrimination against aliens is a wrong.”
Teddy Roosevelt’s descendants asked Congress to protect his legacy. Trump’s admin answered by perverting TR’s words to push their anti-immigrant agenda.
China added over 543 Gigawatts to their grid last year. 434 GW was renewables because they are faster to build. The U.S. added a paltry 53 GW. We are losing the “AI race” to China because these idiots hate green energy. This is suicide by stupid.