Rubio focuses on fonts, Duffy focuses on airport pull-ups, Hegseth focuses on paintings, Noem focuses on photo-ops, and Trump focuses on ballrooms and bathrooms ... Shouldn’t they have other things to do? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Bears honor Little Village grassroots leader Matt DeMateo with Inspire Change Changemaker Award

The Trump administration continues to insist that “nothing bad is happening” even as millions of Americans struggle with cost-of-living pressures.

It's been just over a year. But on occasion of Tony Dokoupil's selection as anchor of CBS Evening News, it *really* is worth watching these 5+ minutes of his exchange with Ta-Nehisi Coates. Especially for the quality of TNC's responses. Worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt...

MyPillow CEO and Trump Ally Mike Lindell Announces Campaign for Governor of Minnesota

A federal judge in Maryland ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention on Thursday while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. https://to.pbs.org/4q6BaOp

Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) pressed Secretary Kristi Noem over detaining and deporting a veteran’s wife.

Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly $1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.

Trump says 'I guess' U.S. could keep seized oil tanker — but a sale appears likely

‘You Lie and You Lie!’ House Democrat Reprimands Kristi Noem for ‘Smiling’ During Anti-ICE Tirade

Rep. Magaziner: “You promised America that you would go after the worst of the worst…You don’t seem to know how to tell the difference between the good guys and the bad guys. Go after the terrorists, do not go after veterans, marines, children, and U.S. citizens.”

Will it actually rain next week? Here’s what the weather models look like — and why the answer is complicated.

Two peace deals that Trump took credit for appear to be unraveling at the same time: Fighting has not abated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or between Cambodia and Thailand in the wake of Trump-backed "agreements". www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Goldman: “The problem that we are seeing around the country is that you are not following the law…If you don't like the asylum system, you change the asylum law. Bring it to us, we'll work with you. I think it needs to be changed, but you can't just decide that you're not going to follow the law.”

Democrats are looking to see Kristi Noem ousted, accusing her of “trampling the rights of all people and disregarding the rule of law.”

The Environmental Protection Agency has altered and removed information from its web site that connected climate change to the burning of fossil fuels. https://cnn.it/3KTVcwE

Goldman: DHS said the officer’s conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE…Three days later, you reinstated that officer…Why did you reinstate him?”

Pete Hegseth is burying his own misdeeds. www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...

Donald Trump has unloaded on GOP rebels in a rambling 414-word screed railing against Republican “SUCKERS” who continue to defy his redistricting power grab.

Mpls Mayor Jacob Frey: "What we are seeing again & again is discrimination only to the extent that it applies to certain groups. So they're discriminating only as it applies to Latinos and Somalis ... you can't do that. You can't do that in Minneapolis. You can't do there anywhere in this country."

Democrats are fighting to lower health care costs. President Trump is calling affordability a “hoax.” But Americans know the truth: They can read their bills and see their premium increases.

a lot of interesting tidbits in this story about rep. lauren underwood’s visit to the broadview ice jail. as always, take everything dhs says with a grain of salt. but it sounds like the feds’ terror in chicago is far from over. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

While you are expected to buy fewer dolls, ICE gets $170 billion. Merry Christmas! #ice #dhs #christmas #newmusic

$117 billion to the rich & Argentina gets $40 bill doesn't seem so much but if you add them together its $160 bill would go a long way to fixing the ACA & ad that $170 bill ICE money that is basically a waste = $330 bill how many things can that fix ? Education H/care FoodSubs S/Sec

Currently, 170 BILLION on ICE & Border Patrol: The Felon's private army. The Felon is Aligned with Putin! (We don't even know Who is behind those masks. Russians, perhaps?) We are currently budgeting 831.3 Billion on defense to increase to 1.01 Billion in '26. Are we being protected from Putin (?)

With $170 billion dollars to ICE, CBP, Homeland Security, and private prison camp companies, these Nazis are already ramping up their reign of terror and it is going to get a helluva lot worse unless Congress stops it. I don’t see them even twitching in the direction of doing anything, though.

"The scope of immigration enforcement is only set to increase under the Trump administration which has steered $170 billion to ICE and the Border Patrol as part of the Big Beautiful Bill" Only in America is rounding up minorities turned into a cashcow uk.news.yahoo.com/ice-arrested...

share.newsbreak.com/g85tdcwo "According to newly obtained data, of the 222,000 ICE Detentions, 75,000 HAD NO CRIMINAL HISTORY. The Trump Administration, which has steered💲170 billion to ICE & the Border Patrol as part of the Big, Beautiful Bill." The Independent 🛑ICE Masked Goons Raids

“The massive package sets aside about $170 billion to support the Trump's administration's border and immigration goals…” $45 billion for detention centers, $30 billion for more ICE. Budget reconciliation bill gives crazy amount of $ toward building police state. www.npr.org/2025/07/03/g...

🚨 SCOOP: DHS is buying its own fleet of passenger jets to conduct deportation operations without a contractor. ICE is spending $140 million to buy six planes. The money comes from Trump and GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which supersized DHS’s budget by $170 billion.

Trump’s big bill allocated $170 billion to ICE and Border Patrol. The United States Marine Corps budget is $54 billion. An armed paramilitary force operating inside the United States with a budget three times that of the Marines. It’s going to get worse. Together we will succeed. Resist!

🚨 BREAKING: New WaPo reporting confirms DHS just inked a nearly $140 million deal to buy six Boeing 737s so ICE can run its own deportation fleet—funded by Trump’s $170 billion immigration enforcement windfall. Subscribe ✊🇺🇸 — iamdonnyevans.substack.com

ICE got 170 billion dollars to blow on guns, concentration camps and their own airline. people can't get a lousy billion to sustain the healthcare system.

Gallego: "This administration, since they started striking these boats illegally, has been very happy to show their snuff films . Now suddenly they're willing to show the first hit but not the second. Why? ... they're afraid the public is going to see the military killed 2 men that had surrendered."

Trump-aligned comedian Andrew Schulz is pushing back on the president‘s “crazy” pardons.

Trump wanting immigrants from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark is funny, because the fact that they're white outweighs the fact that they're supposed to be kinda socialist

The Mississippi women y'all need to hear from.

BREAKING: Mexico approves wide-ranging tariffs of up to 50% on China and other Asian nations.

Fed says it will start technical buying of Treasury bills to manage market liquidity reut.rs/4ab7bQS

Scientists in Boulder are using existing NASA spacecraft to track a rare interstellar comet called 31/ATLAS as it travels through Earth’s solar system. 31/ATLAS sparked some now-debunked alien theories, including that the comet was actually an alien spacecraft.

A task force created by President Donald Trump plans to recommend the most sweeping overhaul of FEMA in decades, dramatically reducing the federal agency’s role in disaster response by cutting its workforce in half and rolling out a new block grant system. https://cnn.it/4puu4TQ

Tourists from 42 countries may soon need to also disclose email accounts, extensive family history and biometrics.

The U.S. is proposing sweeping new border rules that could require selfies, biometrics and expanded social media screening for foreign travelers.

If Congress is incapable of reforming the health care system, writes a Religion News Service columnist, we should take away their generous health insurance and let them try being covered under Medicaid.

A rate cut could make it slightly cheaper to borrow money to buy a car, expand a business or carry a balance on a credit card.

CNBC Daily Open: Investors find cheer amid Fed's hawkish cut

Trump’s ‘gold card’ program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person

Where is Trump’s concern for conditions in federal detention centers? (Letters) trib.al/jQi1t7h