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[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It would be kinda funny that a famously orange man is persecuting a Mr. Lemon if not for the whole "there's a tyrant trying to stomp the last vestiges of the American free press out of existence and I don't know if anyone's gonna stop him" thing

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

If you pick someone from the Hoover Institution don't be too surprised when things going 1929 on everybody

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Fucking New York times, he was nominated and is subject to Senate confirmation for a job he couldn't even start until May but your headline makes it sound like a king's decree and I don't believe for a second you don't know what you're doing

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Writing a letter to this fuckin' guy is seriously their plan?

For four years, the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, appointed by former President Donald Trump, has criticized President Joe Biden’s administration for lax immigration enforcement. Now, a confidential watchdog report delivered to the White House on Wednesday is accusing the inspector general of abuse of authority and substantial misconduct — and it suggests the president fire him.

A panel of other inspectors general from across the federal government, after investigating DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari for years, has concluded that Biden should discipline him “up to and including removal.”

The panel’s conclusion and its suggestion that Cuffari be fired were described to POLITICO by a person granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the report.

Archived at https://archive.ph/ocwuh

 

The St. Paul City Council unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday urging Gov. Tim Walz to issue an eviction moratorium through Executive Order to “protect residents and businesses who have been harmed by the federal government’s unprecedented attack.”

Council members expressed concern that immigration enforcement operations are forcing people to stay home, and businesses are struggling to stay open.

“In order to keep our residents safe, they need the ability to shelter in place,” said City Council Vice President HwaJeong Kim. “Immigrant-owned businesses need to stay open and pay their workers. The impacts of an economic and housing crisis in this moment will extend beyond the current immigration operation.”

The ordinance has the support of Mayor Her’s office.

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Last week, the Minneapolis City Council passed a similar resolution.

Archived at https://archive.ph/vAQi3

 

“We keep our country safe. We’ll do whatever we can to keep our country safe,” Trump said ahead of the “Melania” film premiere at the Kennedy Center, responding to a reporter’s question about whether he would pull agents out of Minnesota.

“So, you’re not pulling back?” the reporter asked again.

“No, no. Not at all,” Trump replied.

The president’s remarks stand in stark contrast to Homan’s position outlined on Thursday, in which he stated that staff from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were crafting a “draw down plan.”

Archived at https://archive.ph/xOD74

 
 

Senate Democrats announced earlier Thursday they had struck an agreement with the White House to move forward with a plan that would see the Department of Homeland Security funding bill separated from a package of five other bills. Programs funded by the five-bill package would be funded until the end of September. DHS would be funded for two additional weeks to allow lawmakers to negotiate on other provisions in the package.

The Senate must get unanimous agreement to move forward with this plan if it wants to hold votes before Friday night's deadline. As it stood Thursday night, there seemed to be objections by senators on both sides of the aisle gumming up the works.

"Tomorrow's another day, and hopefully people will be in a spirit to try and get this done tomorrow," Majority Leader John Thune said as he was leaving the Capitol late Thursday.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20260130130716/https://abc13.com/post/government-funding-negotiations-hit-snag-democrats-announce-deal/18507356/

I thought this was a BBC adaptation of The Kilmar Abrego Garcia Story

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

It really is always projection

I think he means "I hope this extremely easy to move goalpost will allow me to justify the next atrocity the idiot assholes who work for me commit."

 

A 5-year-old boy from Minnesota has fallen ill while detained with his father at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas, with family members and school officials expressing alarm over his deteriorating condition, PEOPLE reports.

Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, are being held at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, following their detention earlier this month, according to PEOPLE. The boy’s mother, Erika Ramos, told Minnesota Public Radio on Monday that her son is experiencing stomach pain, vomiting, and fever.

“Liam is getting sick because the food they receive is not of good quality. He has stomach pain, he’s vomiting, he has a fever, and he no longer wants to eat,” Ramos said, describing the situation as “deeply concerning.”

Zena Stenvik, superintendent for Columbia Heights Public Schools District where Liam attends, characterized the mother as “incredibly distraught” in an interview with the Huffington Post.

“Unfortunately, Liam’s health is not doing great right now,” Stenvik said. “He’s been ill. I’ve been told he has a fever. So I’m very, very concerned about his well-being in that facility.”

Archived at https://archive.ph/U7TPb

 

Homan tacitly acknowledged the chaos, saying, “I’m not here because the federal government has carried out its mission perfectly.”

Despite agents’ frequent arrests of legal immigrants and those without criminal histories, Homan insisted that immigration operations in Minnesota are targeted on removing undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes.

Homan, who reportedly was investigated for receiving $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent in 2024 in an alleged bribery scheme, said state and local law enforcement agencies’ refusal to assist immigration agents is the reason for the prolonged federal presence in Minnesota.

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Other Trump administration officials have given different explanations for the ongoing “surge” — and made other demands of elected officials. Initial reports suggested the operation would target Somali Americans. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said when the operation began in December that it was intended to “eradicate FRAUD.” Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz last week demanding the state hand over troves of Medicaid, nutrition assistance and voter data.

Homan said he has met with Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and local law enforcement leaders, and that those meetings have been “productive,” though he urged those elected officials to tone down their rhetoric.

“I’ve begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March if the rhetoric doesn’t stop, there’s going to be bloodshed. And there has been,” he said.

(He did not address Trump’s rhetoric; the president has called Somali Americans “garbage” and his political enemies “vermin.”

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20260129211000/https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/29/homan-im-staying-til-the-problem-is-gone/

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Gotta disagree with this one, if a lawmaker or executive commits a crime they should be punished the same as everyone else. I absolutely think McIver is innocent of the bullshit charges against her here, but I also think there's a ton of Republicans currently holding office who need to be arrested and jailed until trials can sort them out.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm hearing that my summary won't be helpful, so I don't need to spend my time on this request, which certainly works for me. You are, of course, welcome to take any notes for yourself that you would find helpful, and I would be happy to review those if you would like.

Thanks for your time!

e; wait, in this scenario am I a supervisor giving you orders you have to follow or a coworker making a request for some information? I was assuming the second option, but yeah if I were your boss and had any ability to punish you for not following my orders I would absolutely put them in writing.

You can get fat eating healthy food too.

Hence why I said "eat healthy" not "eat healthy food"

It's calories in and calories out

Hence why I said "and get regular physical activity" to raise the second part of that equation

If you eat less than you consume you will lose weight. Eating less works for 100% of people.

Eating "less" could still be more than you're consuming if you don't have any physical activity, so, no, just eating less will not work for 100% of people

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"You will get down to your desired weight by your 92nd birthday" sounds like something that wouldn't work for a lot of people to me

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Actually, eating less won't work for a lot of people and you could easily end up doing more harm to your health than the obesity is doing if you push it far enough

What you need to do is eat healthy and get regular physical activity to coax your body into metabolizing things like it should. Of course, healthy food and the space to exercise both cost money, so yeah - poverty is to social problems what boiling water is to generating energy.

 
 

Selamawit Mehari, an Eritrean single mother of three, was starting her day when federal agents showed up at her apartment in St. Paul, Minn., on a recent morning. As her 13-year-old son wailed and her older daughter produced paperwork proving her mother was in the United States lawfully, the agents shackled Ms. Mehari and took her away.

“They didn’t explain anything,” recalled her daughter, Yosan, 21, who described the encounter to The New York Times. “We didn’t understand. We had done everything right.”

The next day, chained at the wrists, waist and ankles, Ms. Mehari, 38, was shuffling up the steps of a plane bound for Texas, tears streaming down her face in the frigid wind.

More than 100 refugees with no criminal record from about a dozen countries have been arrested in Minnesota by immigration agents in recent weeks and flown to detention centers in Texas for interviews, according to lawyers, family members and faith leaders. At least some, including Ms. Mehari, were eventually released in Texas, leaving them to find their own way home.

Archived at https://archive.ph/t725T

 

9 months after the prison guard strike, incarcerated people are being denied early release after not completing programming that they don’t have access to

Archived at https://archive.ph/TayYB

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