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ICE Isn’t Delivering the Mass Deportation Trump Wants

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The opening salvo of President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign has made immigrants across the United States fear that simply going to work, school, or the supermarket might result in a life-altering arrest. Sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, real and imagined, are everywhere on social media. Teachers say students are panicked that ICE will take their parents while they’re in class. One Maryland doctor who treats patients with cancer and chronic pain from worksite injuries told me that many are skipping appointments. “They’re terrified,” he said. That much,…

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TUES, 8:15PM ET: MoveOn Announces “Calling BS” Livestream Rally with Sens. Murphy, Schatz, Alsobrooks, Markey Prebuttal of Trump Address

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More Details at MoveOn.org/TrumpBS WASHINGTON – As Donald Trump prepares to deliver a speech filled with misinformation and dangerous policies, MoveOn Civic Action is offering a refreshing alternative: “Calling BS” a live virtual event to organize and mobilize the opposition, while providing truth, community, and a touch of humor. The lineup includes Senators Chris Murphy, Brian Schatz, Ed Markey, Angela Alsobrooks, Governor Matt Meyer, host Akilah Hughes, commentator Wajahat Ali, and other soon-to-be announced elected officials, leaders, and advocates. Guests will offer a prebuttal to Trump’s address, followed by a…

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Trump says Ukraine peace deal will happen ‘fairly quickly or not at all’

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pressed President Trump for a stronger U.S. commitment to protecting Ukraine if the war ends and warned his U.S. counterpart not to reward Russian President Vladimir Putin in any peace deal. But in Oval Office talks and a later press conference, Mr. Trump publicly brushed aside those pleas insisting that it was now or never to negotiate an end to the brutal war. The Washington Times stories: White House

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Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI, moving to place him atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency despite doubts from Democrats about his qualifications and concerns he will do Donald Trump’s bidding and go after the Republican president’s adversaries. “I cannot imagine a worse choice,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told colleagues before the 51-49 vote by the GOP-controlled Senate. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the lone Republican holdouts. A Trump loyalist…

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