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Kim Perales<p>As Trump’s deportation gangs continue snatching people after scheduled ct hearings, more are opting to stay home.</p><p>The scenes that played out in MN -repeated in fed bldgs nationwide for long enough that most <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>immigrants</span></a> now understand 🚨in danger whether they follow the law, or stay away *a judge will likely issue an order for removal -could show up to haul them away from their work or their home at any time.<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2025-07-22-no-safe-place-for-legal-immigrants-trumps-america/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/justice/2025-07-2</span><span class="invisible">2-no-safe-place-for-legal-immigrants-trumps-america/</span></a></p>
Alexander Diehl<p>&quot;Kanzler-Amtsvorgänger Gerd Schröder hätte so was nie und nimmer kombiniert mit<br />seinen italienischen Neureichen-Anzügen, darauf legen wir uns fest&quot; </p><p>taz.de/!6098875/</p>
Kim Perales<p>90 days:🚨~20M HHs get notices: their <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HealthInsurance</span></a> is going up by an aver of &gt;75%.</p><p>Even those w/o <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ACA</span></a> subsidies will see the raw cost of insur up ~15%.</p><p>The comb of the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BBB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BBB</span></a> cuts to MDCD &amp; the failure to extend enhanced ACA tax credits for exch parts will cause ~15M to lose their <a href="https://toad.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>health</span></a> insur. Those who hang on to pay the higher rates are disprop likely to really need insur due to med conds -tend to create sicker insur pools -more claims payouts by insurers.<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://prospect.org/health/2025-07-22-countdown-clock-begins-health-insurance-premium-increases/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/health/2025-07-22</span><span class="invisible">-countdown-clock-begins-health-insurance-premium-increases/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>More <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICE</span></a> atrocities, if confirmed:</p><p>Since mid-Feb, ICE🚨removal trips op by ATS have landed in 13 of the 58 Cs -reported as 3rd-C targets, suggesting the possibility: more 3rd-C nationals have been removed from the US than previously known.</p><p>Of the targeted Cs where ATS operated an ICE flight, only Nigeria has publicly rejected the idea.</p><p>In Apr, ATS op an ICE Air trip likely carrying an Iraqi man *being removed to Rwanda *for: $100K pymt, was reported.<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusive-ice-may-have-secretly-done-more-third-country-removals-than-previously-known/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hardghistory.ghost.io/exclusiv</span><span class="invisible">e-ice-may-have-secretly-done-more-third-country-removals-than-previously-known/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Garbarino, whose dist includes Long Isle, is a mem of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a grp equally split btw Rs &amp; Ds +R Main St Caucus, a 60+plus mem bloc of center-R lawmakers.</p><p>He&#39;s served on the DHS CMTE since his freshman term &amp; was almost immediately elevated to the top R slot on the Cybersecurity subCMTE -focused on cyber attacks in critical sectors...</p><p>The GOP conf will need to ratify his selection.</p><p>Good news: he&#39;s an R, but a moderate -for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DHS</span></a>, incls <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICE</span></a>. <br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://rollcall.com/2025/07/22/steering-committee-taps-garbarino-to-serve-as-homeland-security-chair/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rollcall.com/2025/07/22/steeri</span><span class="invisible">ng-committee-taps-garbarino-to-serve-as-homeland-security-chair/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>I have no opinion about whether our president is a pedophile. But I do have an opinion about whether we’re likely ever to find out. My opinion is: We won’t.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pedophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pedophiles</span></a><br />/12</p>
XboxDev<p>Supermassive Games kündigt bis zu 36 Stellenabbau an und verschiebt Directive 8020 auf erstes Halbjahr 2026<br />Supermassive Games hat angesichts anhaltender Herausforderungen <br /><a href="https://xboxdev.com/supermassive-games-kuendigt-bis-zu-36-stellenabbau-an-und-verschiebt-directive-8020-auf-erstes-halbjahr-2026/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xboxdev.com/supermassive-games</span><span class="invisible">-kuendigt-bis-zu-36-stellenabbau-an-und-verschiebt-directive-8020-auf-erstes-halbjahr-2026/</span></a><br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Wirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wirtschaft</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Directive8020" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Directive8020</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Entlassungen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Entlassungen</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Entwicklungszeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Entwicklungszeit</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Konsultationsverfahren" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Konsultationsverfahren</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LittleNightmaresIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LittleNightmaresIII</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Projektverschiebung" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Projektverschiebung</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Spieleindustrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Spieleindustrie</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Stellenabbau" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Stellenabbau</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupermassiveGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupermassiveGames</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Teamstruktur" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Teamstruktur</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;MAGA doesn’t quite grasp, even though it’s staring the rest of us in the face, that the reason to care about Trump’s reluctance to release information about Epstein is the possibility that Trump had sex with an underage girl. If Trump is indeed a pedophile, then that will be far worse than his failure to release evidence that might or might not (I’m guessing not) incriminate him.&quot;</p><p>~ Timothy Noah</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pedophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pedophiles</span></a><br />/11</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/198190/trump-epstein-scandal-cover-up" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/198190</span><span class="invisible">/trump-epstein-scandal-cover-up</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Clifton succeeded in convincing the USCA in SF to free him, on the theory: he “reasonably &amp; honestly” believed Dickenson was a dangerous drug dealer (he wasn’t). US Judge Conti: fed LE officials🚨could be prosecuted for state &amp; local crimes when “the official employs means which he can&#39;t honestly consider reasonable in discharging his duties or otherwise acts out of malice or w some criminal intent.”</p><p>A high bar, but Californians eager to pursue <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICE</span></a>: revisiting...<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/federal-agent-law-california-20774601.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo</span><span class="invisible">rum/article/federal-agent-law-california-20774601.php</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>“&#39;I think this is the referendum on [Mike Johnson’s] leadership,&#39; [Representative Thomas] Massie said on Monday, according to Punchbowl News. &#39;Who’s he gonna pick? Is he going to stand with the pedophiles and underage sex traffickers? Or is he gonna pick the American people and justice for the victims? This is the ultimate decision the speaker needs to make. And it’s irrespective of what the president wants.&#39;”</p><p>~ Malcolm Ferguson</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pedophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pedophiles</span></a><br />/10</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/198196/trump-attacks-republican-lawmaker-massie-exposing-party-epstein" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/198196/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-attacks-republican-lawmaker-massie-exposing-party-epstein</span></a></p>
XboxDev<p>Elgato Game Capture 4K S: 4K-Aufnahme mit 240 fps-Passthrough<br />Elgato hat mit der Game Capture 4K S ein kompaktes Aufzeichnungsgerät vorgestellt, das sich gezielt an Streamer, YouTuber und Influencer richtet.<br /><a href="https://xboxdev.com/elgato-game-capture-4k-s-4k-aufnahme-mit-240-fps-passthrough/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xboxdev.com/elgato-game-captur</span><span class="invisible">e-4k-s-4k-aufnahme-mit-240-fps-passthrough/</span></a><br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/240FpsPassthrough" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>240FpsPassthrough</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/4KAufnahme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>4KAufnahme</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElgatoGameCapture4KS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElgatoGameCapture4KS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ElgatoStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElgatoStudio</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HDR10" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HDR10</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PlugPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PlugPlay</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USBC32Gen1" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USBC32Gen1</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/UVCStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UVCStandard</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/VRR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VRR</span></a></p>
XboxDev<p>gamescom asia 2025: Marvel Games-Keynote mit Danny Koo beleuchtet Marvel Rivals-Entwicklung<br />Am 17. Oktober 2025 stellt Danny Koo, Executive Producer bei Marvel Games, im Rahmen der gamescom asia 20<br /><a href="https://xboxdev.com/gamescom-asia-2025-marvel-games-keynote-mit-danny-koo-beleuchtet-marvel-rivals-entwicklung/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xboxdev.com/gamescom-asia-2025</span><span class="invisible">-marvel-games-keynote-mit-danny-koo-beleuchtet-marvel-rivals-entwicklung/</span></a><br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/GamescomAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GamescomAsia</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Entwicklung" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Entwicklung</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Event" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Event</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DannyKoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DannyKoo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gamescom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gamescom</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GamescomAsia2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GamescomAsia2025</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/IPEntwicklung" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IPEntwicklung</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Koelnmesse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Koelnmesse</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Konzeptkunst" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Konzeptkunst</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LiveServiceSpiele" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiveServiceSpiele</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LunaSnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LunaSnow</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MarvelGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MarvelGames</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MarvelRivals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MarvelRivals</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Weltpremiere" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Weltpremiere</span></a></p>
tend2wobble<p>Trump accused of defying about a third of major court orders since taking office - The Washington Post</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/21/trump-court-orders-defy-noncompliance-marshals-judges/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/21/trump-court-orders-defy-noncompliance-marshals-judges/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;The artist, Maria Farmer, was among the first women to report Epstein and his partner Maxwell of sexual crimes back in 1996 when, according to a new interview with the Times, she also identified Trump among others close to Epstein as worthy of attention.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pedophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pedophiles</span></a><br />/9</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;An artist who first accused Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell of sexual assault almost three decades ago has told the New York Times that she had urged law enforcement officials back then to investigate powerful people in their orbit – including Donald Trump.&quot;</p><p>~ The Guardian </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/pedophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pedophiles</span></a><br />/8</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/jeffrey-epstein-maria-farmer-trump" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/21/jeffrey-epstein-maria-farmer-trump</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>The Guardian offers a grim visual examination of the militarized aid distribution centers in Gaza run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which are said to be &quot;death traps&quot; leading hungry people desperate for food to death at the hands of the Israeli army.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/hunger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hunger</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DeathTraps" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeathTraps</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/22/food-aid-gaza-deaths-visual-story-ghf-israel" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global-develop</span><span class="invisible">ment/2025/jul/22/food-aid-gaza-deaths-visual-story-ghf-israel</span></a></p>
Krystyna<p>Anders Åslund<br />‪@andersaslund.bsky.social‬</p><p>When Trump claims that something is a &quot;hoax&quot; it means that he know that it is both true and embarrassing for him.</p>
Kim Perales<p>Dozens of ppl have packed into locked rooms &amp; increasingly held for days inside a MN bldg the feds say isn’t a <a href="https://toad.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>detention</span></a> site.</p><p>“They🚨haven’t given us food -given us medicine. We’re cold. There&#39;re ppl who’ve been here for 10, 15 days inside. We’re just waiting.”</p><p>2 toilets in the same room, separated from where the men are sleeping on makeshift bedding by nothing but a waist-high wall.</p><p>Amplify the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> violations in holding rooms, detn...<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/video-26-federal-plaza-immigration-ice-dhs-cells/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/video-2</span><span class="invisible">6-federal-plaza-immigration-ice-dhs-cells/</span></a></p>
Krystyna<p>Ji mmy Fallon, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, and Jon Stewart are set to appear on tonight’s episode of ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ to show solidarity, LateNighter reports.</p>
Kim Perales<p>The Trump admin can assemble, org, &amp; release lg groups of govt files: MLK...</p><p>The failure🚨of the attempted coverup would show resistance to a govt based on lies on behalf of the strongman. Failure: in terms of the mat coming out or Trump paying a sig pol price for the coverup, would in turn encourage further resistance to authoritarianism.</p><p>The coverup: an unexpectedly crucial battle in that struggle, &amp; a test of our resolve in that fight.<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coverup" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Coverup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-epstein-coverup-matters-trump-bondi-patel-justice-fbi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/why-the-epste</span><span class="invisible">in-coverup-matters-trump-bondi-patel-justice-fbi</span></a></p>