One of my oldest (in duration) clients is going to become a US citizen next week (yay!). I was excited that her oath ceremony was scheduled for a day when I'll be in her city so I could attend. Lo and behold USCIS moved the ceremony one day earlier. Happy for her but sad I can't be there now!

I see long posts like this from Trump these days, and it's like the teacher from Charlie Brown. Wha, wha, wha. It's just boring gibberish, and I don't have to listen (or read).

I think they hate us. Feeling is mutual.

1. BREAKING The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions. The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.

Wow! A new low for Ken Paxton. His deranged press release claims that there cannot be any legitimate purpose for legal defense for people facing deportation — effectively saying that removal defense is not legitimate and only “radicals” would want people to have lawyers. Horrid stuff from him.

I'm ok with a shortage if they leave now.

This seems fine... thedispatch.com/article/home...

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) ended last Friday for more than 600,000 Venezuelans living in the United States. Many are shuttering their businesses, selling their homes, and boarding planes to leave the country, while others are still scrambling to find a new legal pathway to stay in the country.

Glad I'm not a man, I guess.

🚨 💰 WOW — @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck a provision into the spending bill that would let them sue the government for $500,000 because Jack Smith looked into their phone records around Trump’s insurrection. The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

Is this guy really this ignorant?

"mega detention centers" Sheesh - put away the thesaurus and just call them concentration camps already. They are concentrating people in one place to await further (mis/mal)treatment.

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

I feel like Oprah. You get a block. And you get a block. Blocks for everyone!

Great. Now I have the Schumer defense league in my mentions. Sheesh

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so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.

This makes me so angry. Healthcare costs will skyrocket. The bill Dems want won't pass. And no protections from Trump doing whatever he wants with funding they vote for. Those who vote for this are either ok supporting the lawless president or being promised something personal.

If Dems cave, Schumer might as well buy an elephant and a MAGA hat.

The Giants defense seems to be deliberately losing every game in the 4th quarter.

I mean, with all the gambling stuff going on... does someone need to look at this team? Defense gives up in 4th quarter of every game.

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.

I see the Giants are ready to blow a 4th quarter lead again.

He has a sickness

Husband is on a business trip. Flight home Mon night is canceled. Airline rebooked him for Tues but he has appts. So he thought about trying to get to the hub airport to get home Mon. Hertz wants $600(!!) to drop car at the hub airport instead of the city he's in. Insane. So I'll see him Tues. Grr

The White House keeps unilaterally taking entirely voluntary actions which it openly says are intended to inflict more pain and then they're I guess surprised - along with most of the DC media - about why they seem to be taking the blame for the shutdown.

He's always been a jerk.

Where are all the people who complained about Covid shutdowns freaking out about the government preventing us from flying?? They are talking about closing parts of US airspace!

Last year. This year. @cnbc.com

As the Administration continues its attack on birthright citizenship, @aila.org member Gunda Brost shares an important new piece on the legacy of birthright citizenship in the United States. It's a legacy worth protecting. url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___ht...

He is dripping with racism.

Did she have a brain transplant? I mean, I'm happy she's seen the light on civility, but I'm also wondering where this sudden reasonableness came from.

"Including access to clean toilets." How embarrassing

People really don’t like seeing grandmothers ripped out of cars by masked thugs and kids zip tied as part of video promotions for MAGA social media influencers.

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What was that about opposing regimes that persecute Christians?

New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field. In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront. By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

I'm sure a lot of furloughed employees would have come to work if a) they were allowed and b) they knew they wouldn't get back pay. This is unjust and cruel. The regime has no low.

Every person who follows this order is in contempt imo.

It's time that US immigration and credentialing policies acknowledged the vital role that Indian healthcare providers play in our system. The wellbeing of all Americans depends on their continued service. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/indian-d...

"The worst of the worst" was always a lie. Between this admission by Homan and Vance's railing against H-1Bs (legal immigration), it's obvious that the regime is and has always been opposed to nearly ALL immigration to the US (except for white South Africans, apparently).

Take this for what it is; an acknowledgment by the White House that they are not focusing on people with criminal records.

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

Every day on the local TV news, they report the number of arrests made by the task force. They provide no corroboration of the numbers or any info on who was arrested, when, where, the charged crimes, etc. It's driving me nuts.

Last year, the DOJ criticized Memphis police for using minor infractions as a pretext to search people for serious crimes. Under Trump’s crackdown, it’s happening again. @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social @mlk50.com

I'm looking to speak to people who rely on SNAP about what this past week has been like. If that's you, please reach out, or pass along to others. Can be anonymous. Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: [email protected]

OMG - We are scheduled to visit my son abroad (he is in Europe there this semester) over Thanksgiving. If this jerk messes with my trip or threatens my son's return to the US in December bc Trump's ego is bigger than his a$$, they will have an irate Jewish mother with NJ roots on their hands.

As we begin a new week, just a reminder to keep sending news tips my way. I'm marisakabas.04 on Signal and [email protected] via email. Be safe out there.

After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...