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AP publishes a good multi-state rundown on pushback all over the country against plans for huge Trump prison camps:

apnews.com/article/immigration-detention-warehouses-backlash-states-d2f4cfd885f013d51477b5926d4d2c3c
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“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears.

"She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.”

“'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..."

azmirror.com/2026/04/10/ice-overcrowding-like-sardines-congressional-oversight-arizona/
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"The Georgia Department of Community Affairs says more than 500 families statewide will lose the voucher on June 30. The federal funding cutoff could put hundreds of Georgia families at risk of eviction and homelessness..."

www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia/hundreds-of-georgia-families-face-eviction-as-housing-voucher-program-ends/93-8e483720-ff01-448c-b00c-bb6c66a64263
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For over 8 million Americans, Trump wants to collect:

"Medical and pharmaceutical claims, diagnoses, treatments, visit length, provider information, doctor’s notes or after-visit summaries..."

All "with identifying information, such as names and birth dates"

kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-opm-federal-workers-medical-records-privacy/
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"Mississippi started getting outbreaks of whooping cough last year. In all, it tracked 146 cases, the highest number in 16 years. Whooping cough can be particularly dangerous for young children. A baby died in September..."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/09/rfk-jr-mississippi-rollback-school-vaccine-rules
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"This pattern raises serious concerns that certain market participants may have had access to material nonpublic information regarding a market-moving geopolitical event..."

www.npr.org/2026/04/10/nx-s1-5780569/betting-polymarket-iran-investigation-lawmakers
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"ICE's account does not match the police report or timestamps and content of witness video..."

www.wbaltv.com/article/ever-alvarenga-rios-family-speaks-worry-health-crash-ice/70944434
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Vulnerable New Jersey Republican Congressman Tom Kean under pressure as his constituents oppose planned Trump prison camp in Roxbury

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/rep-tom-kean-asks-homeland-security-chief-give-deeper-look-roxbury-ice-jail-plan
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social
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Kerry: I was part of the any number of conversations with Netanyahu.

Psaki: Pitching the US strike Iran?

Kerry: Yes, he wanted us to strike. He came to President Obama. He made a presentation to ask to strike. President Obama refused. President Biden refused. President Bush refused.
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"The proceedings on Thursday against Memorial, the country’s oldest and most respected civil society group, took place in a closed courtroom, because it was classified as 'top secret.' No lawyer was allowed to participate..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/europe/russia-newspaper-rights-group-crackdown.html
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Citizens Bank annual shareholder meeting (April 23rd in Providence Rhode Island) to face protesters critical of the bank's financial ties to ICE:

www.mobilize.us/southcountyrisingri/event/929310/
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"What we have learned is that local resistance works when it is persistent, scrappy, and deeply informed. This... fight has been built on facts, records, legal pressure, public health evidence, and relentless visibility..."

blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/rachel-maddow-on-stopping-the-hagerstown-ice-detention-facility-this-is-the-moment-to-increase-pressure-not-reduce-it
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social
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Voters in Waukesha, Wisconsin — a Republican-leaning Milwaukee suburb — just elected a Democrat as mayor, according to The Associated Press.

Alicia Halvensleben, the Democratic president of the city's Common Council, defeated Scott Allen, a result that could signal a political shift in the suburbs.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social
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Mayor Mamdani chats with New Yorkers while walking the six miles from City Hall to Gracie Mansion, fulfilling the promise he made in his inauguration speech to “be outside” as Mayor — “because this is a government of New York, by New York, and for New York.”
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If you are at Paul Weiss and are wondering if we have forgotten your firm's betrayal of democracy, we haven't.

If you are wondering if we are judging you for remaining there, we are. www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/the-wall-street-dealmaker-charged-with-solving-paul-weisss-identity-crisis-c298e432?st=tN1yzW&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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abcnews.com/US/wireStory/3-year-immigrant-suffered-alleged-sexual-abuse-months-131738741
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-coup-attempt
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Camp East Montana in El Paso Texas represents Trump's first effort to stand up a massive immigrant prison to hold people without trial. It's a tent city handily located at the site of a Japanese Internment site from World War Two:

jacl.org/statements/new-ice-detention-center-at-fort-bliss-dishonors-japanese-american-history

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/ice-texas-camp-montana-east.html
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"Filing taxes should be really easy and completely free. It is in most other developed countries. In 2024, the Biden administration debuted a program called Direct File to make tax filing easy and free for most American taxpayers, too.

President Trump killed it."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/opinion/taxes-trump-direct-file-tax-day-april.html
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Saturday April 25

www.mobilize.us/disappearedinamerica/c/communities-not-cages/event/create/
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www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/03/fargo-forum-drops-liberal-columnists-sparking-protest
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"Four Catholic faith leaders washed feet and offered Communion to 14 DHS detainees at the ICE facility in Broadview IL on Holy Thursday..."

"Outside in rain and heavy winds, 50 Catholic faithful held a Holy Thursday liturgy, blessed the delegation and held their own Washing of the Feet ritual..."
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“It’s like a viewpoint discrimination festival,” Mr. Boutrous said...

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/business/media/trump-media-courts.html
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democracyforward.org/news/press-releases/skye-perryman-on-attorney-general-pam-bondis-firing-accountability-must-follow/
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"The latest Gallup survey found the number of Americans who identify as Republican voters fell to 39%, an 11-year low.

"Meanwhile, the number of Americans who identify as Democratic voters climbed to 49%, levels unseen since the aftermath of Jan. 6..."

news.gallup.com/poll/654560/quarterly-party-affiliation.aspx
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Your federal government on Trumpism:

"More than 10,000 veterans lost their homes to foreclosure since May 2025, when the Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the VA home loan program...

"Another 90,000 vets are heading toward foreclosure..."

www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5750814/veterans-mortgages-foreclosure-va-rescue
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www.wired.com/story/border-patrol-bortac-borstar-use-of-force-midway-blitz/
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"The warehouse currently has 4 toilets, 2 water fountains and an 800-gallon-per-day water allocation.

"A facility housing 1,500 people would require roughly 200,000 gallons of water per day, according to local utility estimates...

www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ice-approved-environmental-review
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"Homeland Security Department pauses warehouse purchases as internal revolt, legal challenges, and political infighting cloud the program's future..."

www.projectsaltbox.com/p/dhs-pauses-warehouse-purchases-as
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"The Warren-Raskin investigation is a legitimate and much-needed exercise of congressional oversight. The letters are pointed, the questions are the right ones, and the named companies should be made to answer them...."

www.projectsaltbox.com/p/ices-fast-moving-detention-strategy
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