#political-response

#political-response

Nobody can see those videos and say that that man was assaulting ICE agents. He was backpedaling the whole time, a woman was violently shoved to the ground. He was shoved, he was pepper sprayed, and then taken to the ground. If we're going to say that he was assaulting the police, I think that leads to more distrust of ICE, Paul said.

A few things are already clear from the best video angle out now: Pretti was directing traffic on a Minneapolis street. He was filming agents out in public, as is his undisputed right. An agent approached Pretti and then shoved a woman, hard, into a snowbank. Pretti put his hand up as he went to assist the woman. The masked agent who threw the woman to the ground draped himself over Pretti, then was joined by several of his colleagues.

"There's enormous issues for our economy and for our democracy that have got to be dealt with," Sanders said. "And I feel we're not ready to do that."

Let me first say that the killing of Renee Nicole Good was an abomination, a disgrace. Blood is clearly on the hands of those individuals within the administration who've been pushing an extreme policy that has nothing to do with immigration enforcement connected to removing violent felons from this country. We support the removal of violent felons from this country who are here illegally,

Our brave ICE agents put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities from dangerous criminals. May God bless and protect them in their efforts,

The firefighters, the policemen, the civil leaders, neighbors who come together, and let us celebrate that community,

Pritzker: I'm explaining to you that our murder rate has been cut in half, and very importantly, Bret, you gotta hear this, very importantly we've been doing the things that are necessary to bring crime down, right? We've invested in community violence interruption, we've invested in police. I've added more state police than any governor in quite a long time. It's very important that we do both of those things and more to invest in our communities so that we bring crime down.

Kirk's killing during a speaking event in Utah last week unleashed a wave of negative commentary about the activist online, ranging from criticism of his conservative views to morbid celebrations of his death. Graphic footage of Kirk's murder also ricocheted across platforms, exposing millions of people to gory images of his final moments. In the hours after the killing, Republican House Representative Anna Paulina Luna urged Meta, X and TikTok to take down videos of Kirk's death, warning that at some point, social media begins to desensitise humanity.

I love the smell of deportations in the morning Trump posted. Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR, in reference to Trump's rebranding of the Department of Defense. Behind an AI-generated image of Trump as the main character in the movie is a depiction of Chicago burning with helicopters hovering over the city.

I've been thinking about their friends and their teachers, about all of the parents, about all the grandparents out there navigating the return to school. And all they should be hoping to do is have someone to sit with at lunch or someone to play with on the playground. They should be waiting to hear an update when they get home. And that is not what these parents at the school experience today.

We cannot even make it through the first week of school without mass shootings. And the @GOP will continue to do absolutely nothing while our kids are being gunned down. This is sick.

ICE agents have transformed the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza into an arrest zone, capturing immigrants attending mandatory immigration court hearings under the Trump administration.

A county clerk in New York refused to file a civil judgment against Dr. Margaret Carpenter from Texas, protecting her under state shield laws for abortion providers.

Dozens of Israeli settlers set fires, vandalized military vehicles, sprayed graffiti and attacked soldiers at a military base just north of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday night.

Mitch McConnell told Senate Republicans that Americans concerned about losing Medicaid will 'get over it.' No one will 'get over' losing a loved one because Republicans in Congress failed them.

The feeble response from mainstream liberal parties is entirely dissonant with the gravity of the moment, creating an eerie calm amid the escalating chaos.

The first four months of the Trump administration have seen the largest destruction of our federal government's capacity in history, with the reckless and illegal dismantling of agencies, the arbitrary slashing of the workforce, and the elimination of countless programs and critical public services.

If [Newsom] was doing his job, then people wouldn't have gotten hurt the last couple of days... We wouldn't have officers with shattered wrists from bricks being thrown.

People will die if this bill passes in Ernst's chamber.

The three Western leaders criticized Israel's plans as "wholly inadequate," emphasizing that the denial of humanitarian assistance risks breaching International Humanitarian Law.

President Trump’s budget proposal represents a significant contraction in government spending, aiming to cut $163 billion and impacting various crucial programs, particularly for the poor.

"This is a hostile and political act by Amazon," Leavitt said, noting she had just spoken to President Trump about the e-tailer's alleged plans.

French lawmakers expressed their condolences for Aboubakar Cisse, emphasizing solidarity with the Muslim community following his tragic stabbing and calling for an end to political exploitation.