I just felt like education, healthcare, all the things I care about that equalize society, were not being paid attention to [in Florida],
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Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees-including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement-have allegedly been released by a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower following last week's fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good. The Jan. 7 killing of the mother by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked nationwide protests and worldwide outrage, including among some DHS employees.
The president of the United States said "F**k you" and gave the middle finger to a Ford F-150 automotive factory worker in Dearborn, Michigan, on Tuesday after the employee called him a "pedophile protector." Video clearly shows the exchange, and White House communications director Steven Cheung confirmed the video's authenticity, telling The Washington Post, "A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response."
An independent investigation found that San Leandro Councilmembers Victor Aguilar Jr. and Fred Simon retaliated against Councilmember Xouhoa Bowen and engaged in gender-biased and abusive conduct following her vote to censure them in November 2024. This finding should concern every San Leandro resident. Disagreements are inevitable in public service, but retaliation, harassment and gender-based abuse are wholly unacceptable - especially from elected officials entrusted with serving the public.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul used her annual State of the State address Tuesday to unveil a reelection year agenda aimed at bridging divides in the Democratic Party - moving to harness liberal anger at President Donald Trump and excitement over Mayor Zohran Mamdani, while also tending to moderates anxious about public safety and antisemitism. Speaking to a packed crowd at The Egg, a striking domed theater near the state's ornate Capitol building, Hochul announced a slate of affordability proposals, including a plan to expand pre-kindergarten programs statewide,
This script is based on a theory proposed by Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School. Ackerman's idea is laid out in his 1991 book We The People: Foundations, and is discussed in the second of his Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures of 2006. It's gained prominence since the 2024 election and the wholesale assault on our governmental system by Trump.
Yesterday, the Mercury reported a story revealing that as the Portland City Council was discussing entrenched racism in local politics at a meeting last week, a local real estate broker and a handful of connected political activists were texting racist messages to each other about progressive councilors of color. The Mercury obtained photos of the texts, which include racist, sexiest, and homophonic slurs used over the course of two hours.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home to local governments resisting his administration's immigration policies, expanding on previous threats to cut off resources to the so-called sanctuary cities themselves. Such an action could have far-reaching impacts across the U.S., potentially even in places that aren't particularly friendly to noncitizens.
The agent, identified as Tomas Escotto, believed he was on a date with woman while he was blabbing about Vance; the woman turned out to be a reporter for O'Keefe Media Group. Escotto talked about how the vice president is protected and the security measures agents take. He also told the woman he voted for ex-President Joe Biden and I hate that sh*t when talking about President Donald Trump's ICE raids.
The news comes after right-wing Youtuber Nick Shirley went viral for videos accusing Somali people in Minneapolis of deceptively collecting Medicaid grants to run fraudulent daycares. While some child care fraud has been uncovered in places like Minnesota, investigators have debunked most of Shirley's videos, noting that he visited many of the daycare centers during irregular hours before claiming they don't offer the services advertised.
And a ruling is very likely to break on predictable, ideological lines, 6-3, unless the case is handed back to a lower court. The Supreme Court gave a win to trans rights back in 2020, with the help of new conservative justice Neil Gorsuch, in the case which correlated employment discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identity with discrimiation "on the basis of sex," which is a violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The Trump administration placed new security requirements on Nividia's semiconductor sales to China, but essentially greenlighted the export of its powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to Chinese buyers. Nvidia must ensure that there is an adequate supply in the U.S., and the H200 chips must undergo a third-party review before being exported to China, according to new rules set by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security. But the new rules lower the bar for exports. China won't be allowed to use the chips for military purposes and is not allowed to import more than 50% of the chips sold to U.S. customers.
JIM ACOSTA: Trump does have, he's had propaganda outlets work on his behalf for some time, but we've seen even among the major networks, CBS for example, which has been taken over by some pretty far right individuals and the Ellisons and Barry Weiss and so on. I mean, they had their anchor on the other night, sort of both-sidesing what took place on January 6th. I wanna play this and just get your take on that.
The Trump administration has stated that a military takeover of Greenland is not off the table. At least 4% of Americans support the idea. That was the figure coming from a new Reuters/Ipsos poll published Wednesday morning. More than 1,200 adults were surveyed over the previous two days. According to the poll responses, Trump's interest in Greenland is largely unpopular.
Star Comes Out said the men were homeless and living under a bridge near the Little Earth housing complex in the East Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis. According to Star Comes Out, when the tribe demanded information about the detained tribal members, federal officials told the tribe it would release information only if the tribe entered into an agreement with ICE. The tribe declined, saying such an agreement would violate its treaties with the U.S. government.
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A new union representing Portland City Council aides and operations staff filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) complaint against the city for alleged anti-union conduct from Councilor Loretta Smith's office. The complaint, filed January 13, alleges Smith retaliated against and fired a former aide due to his role in organizing the Council staff union. The aide, Adam Murray, worked as a policy staffer in Smith's office for about nine months until he was fired last week.
