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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on Today at 01:23:34 PM »

US EPA puts 139 employees on leave after they criticized Trump's policies - https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-environmental-agency-puts-139-employees-leave-after-they-criticized-trumps-2025-07-04/

Shows the mole, throttling Ukraine - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/hegseth-halted-weapons-ukraine-military-analysis-aid-wouldnt-jeopardiz-rcna216790

BBB gives the oil industry everything it wants & ends support for solar and wind  - https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/trump-megabill-gives-oil-industry-everything-wants-ends-key-support-so-rcna216777

Court OKs deportation of men detained in shipping container for 6 weeks to South Sudan - https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/03/supreme-court-third-country-deportations-south-sudan-00439701?utm_content=other&utm_source=flipboard

A man and his pregnant wife were ICED in Simi Valley. “There were three guys pinning down a pregnant woman....”  -  https://ktla.com/news/local-news/couple-arrested-by-federal-immigration-agents-in-simi-valley/

Happy Fourth of July.
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on Today at 12:34:10 AM »
Ward Sakeik was released from ICE detention on Tuesday.  She was detained for five months for being stateless. It gets worse. https://abcnews.go.com/US/newlywed-released-ice-detention-lost-5-months-life/story?id=123455920
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on Yesterday at 03:36:20 PM »
This pretty much sums it up =  https://bsky.app/profile/georgetakei.bsky.social/post/3lt2ixqkojr2x

[The SNAP referenced is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a federal program that provides financial assistance to low-income individuals and families to help them purchase food.]
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Visas & Citizenship / Re: Citizenship
« Last post by mdamiani on Yesterday at 01:17:22 PM »
How much of my passport am I scanning as I’ve scanned both my passports old and new all pages but it exceeds the limit when uploading to TLS contact.


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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on Yesterday at 01:08:37 PM »
Back to the ICE abductions -

https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/07/la-immigration-raids-lawsuit/

https://deportationtracker.live/

https://hias.org/news/ice-raids-what-you-need-know/
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on Yesterday at 01:04:24 PM »
Pardoned Jan 6 rioter who urged mob to kill Capitol police has been appointed to a position in the Justice Department. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-by-trump-scores-job-on-justice-department-task-force/ar-AA1HQB5s
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on Yesterday at 12:47:04 PM »
It's been reported by several sources (online and one TV news that I've seen) that Trump seems to have been unaware in a briefing that Medicaid and nutrition support (food stamps) cuts were a massive part of his BBB.


Background - https://www.al.com/opinion/2025/07/tom-moran-the-mother-of-all-trump-lies-medicaid-wont-be-touched.html

And if the shoe fits - https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22840-sundown-syndrome [Reference all those long, rambling, bizarre tweets made late at night.]
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Visas & Citizenship / Re: Citizenship
« Last post by mdamiani on Yesterday at 12:45:22 PM »
Curious about this as I’ve done my life in uk test a few years ago now but only have a number through email that I passed for it and I see not on my check list asking for a qualification. I did apply it on my application. Are we suppose to have received it on paperwork ?


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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on Yesterday at 12:42:20 PM »
Update on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the guy who was "accidentally" sent to the gulag overseas.  He's still in jail, because if the judge releases him ICE says they will immediately grab him and deport him.  So pretty much he's now in protective custody. I hope they at least have him in decent conditions.

He's able to be interviewed now.  https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/02/kilmar-abrego-garcia-salvadoran-prison-account-00438153

[Yeah, and about that new concentration camp they are building in Florida?  Apparently there's a prison and already a detention center nearby that have capacity. Unless one is talking about thousands of new prisoners. With five times the ICE agents funded if the BBB goes through, is that scenario really out of the question?]

And on Kilmar, there's this https://apnews.com/article/jose-ramon-hernandez-reyes-kilmar-abrego-garcia-immigration-trump-7e54840d58c071ddd5fe3e507bdc6ca7   Can we say "manufactured charges" and "bought a witness"? Sure, I knew we could.
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on Yesterday at 12:37:31 PM »
So, about the riot-control fences they've put back in place in DC.... Why now?  Some announcement forthcoming?  It's not like they put these up for every 4th of July.

[Lifted from X, but the info is generally available]:

Barricades Rise Around White House, Treasury Amid Speculation   Last updated  Jun 28  Overnight, construction crews in Washington, D.C. have been observed erecting large anti-scale barricades around the White House and the U.S. Treasury. This unusual activity has sparked widespread speculation among social media users about potential major announcements or events. The Secret Service has not provided an official reason for these enhanced security measures, leading to a mix of concern and curiosity. This story is a summary of posts on X and may evolve over time. Grok can make mistakes, verify its outputs.

And - https://nriglobe.com/news/global-nri-news/massive-anti-scale-barricades-erected-around-white-house-and-treasury-in-washington-d-c/

[I also saw video this week of the fences taken by a guy who was doing a bike ride through DC. He commented that some of them look as if they'd been installed backwards from what he thought they should have been, which is why I remember the video.]

 
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