Mastodawn

The billions and billions of dollars this bill pumps into ICE far exceed any conceivable legitimate need the agency could have, even if you agree with its mission.

This bill takes the same masked, anonymous gunmen who have been kidnapping people off the streets and gives them a budget the size of a military.

This is not about honoring the law. This is not even about immigrants.

This is about creating a police state.

I see no other way to read these numbers.
https://mastodon.world/@MJmusicinears/114764606160963355

MJ Muse (@MJmusicinears@mastodon.world)

Attached: 1 image "If the Nazi death party reconciliation bill passes, Gestapo ICE gets funding through FY2029: - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation & removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring/retention - Billions more. Read what’s in the #BigUglyBill here. We try & have an updated analysis on Mon https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/house-reconciliation-bill-immigration-border-security Source: Aaron Reichlin Melnick, American Immigration Council

Mastodon

Rick Moen 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧9h ago

Sheridan Jun 6

Both DoorDash and UberEats are now including AI generated menu item descriptions. Probably something to be aware of if you have food allergies. 😐 #AI #UberEats #DoorDash #fuckAI

Rick Moen 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧9h ago

Fight the Right 2d ago

An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/28/village-dorset-eviction-private-money-power-rural-england

An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England

This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian

Rick Moen 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧Jun 22

Molly Cantrell-Kraig 🇺🇦Jun 21

I like this idea.

#ICE #immigrants

Rick Moen 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧Jun 22

Bob LeFridge

Jun 21

America has The Onion, Canada has The Beaverton. This is a helpful travel piece: "Canadians travelling to the US advised to not fucking do that".

“Canadians are welcome in California. It’s perfectly safe to visit,” said Governor Gavin Newsom. “Just so long as you take a few basic travel precautions, like travelling on a valid passport, teleporting over the border, moving undetected in the shadows in the dead of night, getting the telephone number of an immigration attorney tattooed to your upper thigh, saying a heartfelt goodbye to your pets and the people who love you, and appointing someone to water your plants just in case you disappear into a labyrinthian nightmare of an extrajudicial immigration enforcement system that no longer answers to judge nor common mercy.”

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/06/canadians-travelling-to-the-us-advised-to-not-fucking-do-that/

#Beaverton #Canada #Satire

Canadians travelling to the US advised to not fucking do that

OTTAWA - Canadians thinking of planning a trip to the United States are being advised by the Government of Canada to perhaps consider going anywhere else on the entire fucking planet for their summer vacations.

The Beaverton

Rick Moen 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧Jun 22

Legit_Spaghetti Jun 22

It's 1991, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

It's 2003, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

It's 2025, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

Rick Moen 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧Jun 22

Nathan Kalman-Lamb ("Marxist-Islamist")Jun 22

Oh boy…

Rick Moen 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧Jun 22

Steve Herman Jun 22

"I am gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United States against Iran today. This is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security," says UN Secretary General António Guterres. "There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of control – with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and the world."

Rick Moen 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧Jun 20

Meredith Whittaker Jun 19

'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'

Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

Rick Moen 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇬🇧Jun 19

Bad Popehat With Evil Intentions Jun 18

Don’s right. Trumpism not just permits, but demands, overt hostility to a wide array of American values, institutions, culture, and people. Trumpism hates much more of America than it loves.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv/post/3lrvy26kbyc2v

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