Protesters barricade road to Vermont ICE facility with ‘community gardens’
(Boston Globe)
"In my 65 years of living, I've never seen the city in such an uproar..."
'March Will Not End Tomorrow': San Antonio Immigration Protest Resists New ICE Facility — Community organizers and local elected leaders join vigil outside 640,000-square-foot warehouse slated to house thousands amid growing ICE violence and deportation enforcement pushback.
(Deceleration)
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences.
"The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...":
(Rachel shares MS NOW)
Attorneys for David Hearn call for probe into Reflecting Pool vandalism case — In a letter to the inspectors general of the Justice and Interior departments, Hearns’ lawyers demand answers as to who is responsible for the “gross incompetence, negligence, and misconduct.”
(MS NOW)
"After Hernandez’s parking lot became a well-known hangout spot for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the lines that Hernandez grew accustomed to seeing each morning at his stores disappeared. The rebound in traffic Hernandez hoped to see after the end of the surge never materialized."
ICE came to town and left behind weakened economies
(CNBC)
ICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
(Democracy Docket)
Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
(Democracy Docket)
"Washington joins only Russia and Belarus in its decision to exclude OSCE observers."
(MS NOW)
"Trump’s club would continue to operate under the Trump family company and would probably benefit from more business if it becomes a site of long-lasting presidential importance."
Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf club into the new Camp David
(Washington Post)
Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government — James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.
(New York Times)
"President Donald Trump announced a $6.6 billion investment with AI defense company Anduril Industries on Tuesday -- the most recent government funding agreement into a company with investment ties to the president's sons."
Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
(ABC News)
"A third-country national recently freed from the African prison he was expelled to by the Trump administration got stuck in an international airport terminal for nearly 60 hours this week due to problems with his paperwork, his attorney told the Prospect. The 45-year-old man, who came to the United States as a child refugee, has just arrived at his new home in Laos after four days in transit from the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini."
(The American Prospect)
"A former prosecutor forced off a high-profile murder case for peeking at the defense team’s strategy documents.
A onetime gambling executive who promoted conspiracy theories about the Las Vegas massacre in 2017.
A Florida activist who once served 20 days in jail for hacking a local elections system.
They are among the 130 lawyers who have recently joined the Justice Department’s short-staffed civil rights division as the Trump administration has struggled to fill the depleted ranks of a unit that was once a magnet for legal talent."
Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
(New York Times)
