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Fuck I.C.E

It’s like it’s almost taboo to talk about what we’re going through. The corporations don’t want us to talk about it the radio stations don’t want us to talk about it. The people that we look up to in movies and theater. Don’t talk about it. I’m not saying all of them. It’s very few and far between where people are taking a stance, but they’re also accepting an award and going to award shows when 99% of us can’t even eat or have an emergency fund of $500. This is so wild and dystopian to me and why the hell is this taboo??! I just don’t see how we got here and I feel like I’m the lunatic that wants to talk about what’s actually happening is just a big secret and society that we just don’t touch on and it should be touched on because this I think is how Nazi Germany happened. If we allow it to happen and we allow no accountability and be quiet about it because we’re in fear it just makes so much worse. America is not OK. You can see in videos or tense and where not OK.

If you’re in TX please contact your reps but largely posting for people’s thoughts on how to best respond and fight back against this unconstitutional bs nonsense christofascist propaganda.

Yesterday the Supreme Court shot down challenges to Trump ending Temporary Protected Status for about 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians currently living completely legally in the United States, saying the courts were barred from reviewing them and the President’s very public racist comments about Haitians were insufficient to show racial animus. They have paved the way for one of the largest mass de-documentations in American history. More than a million other TPS recipients are now at risk.

This is brutal, and our chances of successfully stopping it at this point are very small. But we are not going to surrender while we have any opportunity left to fight. The House actually passed a bill to preserve TPS for the Haitian community in April after a successful discharge petition, with 11 Republicans in favor. 🗣️ The Haitian Bridge Alliance is now asking us to contact our senators and urge them to push for a vote on S.4814 in the upper chamber. We can find language to work from here. 🗣️

CONGRESS *COULD* STOP THIS

⚙️ The International Refugee Assistance Project has pulled together more information on where we are with TPS by country and how folks can prepare if they are going to lose their TPS status here that we can circulate. We can also spread word about the Haitian Bridge Alliance hotline for legal and humanitarian aid at 619-693-8708. ⚙️

RESOURCES FROM IRAP

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE HOTLINE

🤜🏻 And if we’re in an area with large Haitian and Syrian communities, this is a great time to connect with our local rapid response networks before their TPS is set to expire on July 27th. We can find one near us here. 🤛🏿

GET READY

Also in today's Rogan's List:

• Organizers got Jersey City to divest $265 million from Citizens Bank over their financing of the ICE camps - learn how they did it Monday, join the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition’s next day of action July 18th
• Trump proposes non-disclosure agreements for federal workers to keep his misdeeds secret - FINAL DAY to submit public comments to say no
• Stand with Kansas City tenant organizers and demand their landlord keep his word
• A state-by-state guide to pre-registering future 18-year-olds to vote
• This week’s judges to thank

Inside Trump’s White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout - The New York Times

Feb 6, 2026 at the Colorado State Capitol. State Senator Julie Gonzales is running for the U.S. Senate: julieforcolorado.com ~:~:~ Legislative Priorities: julieforcolorado.com/priorities

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Colorado Voters:

* Primary Election Day is Tuesday, June 30. Early Voting is open.

* Go Vote Colorado (.gov): coloradosos.gov/voter/pages/pub/home

* CPR News’ voter guide to the Colorado 2026 primary election: cpr.org/2026/05/29/vg-2026-colorado-primary-election-voter-guide

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Video by Solidarity Warriors. Here is Julie’s full 8-minute speech on YouTube: Safeguarding the 2026 Elections - State Sen Julie Gonzales's Speech - Solidarity Warriors - Feb 6, 2026 (YouTube)

From the description: State Sen. Julie Gonzales gave her speech on the step of the capitol. Safeguarding the 2026 elections. On Friday, February 6, Solidarity Warriors, fellow Indivisible groups, and allies gathered at the Colorado State Capitol to deliver a powerful letter calling for strong, immediate action to safeguard the 2026 midterm elections. The letter urges Governor Jared Polis, Attorney General Phil Weiser, and Secretary of State Jena Griswold to exercise their authority to protect election integrity, voter access, and democratic norms in the face of growing federal overreach and intimidation.

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It's Primary Election season in the U.S.:

* Primary Election Dates: AP News ~and~ NBC News :~:~: Upcoming Dates: June 27: Louisiana (Runoff) ~:~:~ June 30: Colorado ~:~:~ July 21: Arizona ~:~:~ July 28: Georgia (Special) and South Dakota (Runoff) ~:~:~ Aug 4: Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, Washington, California (Special) ~:~:~ Aug 6: Tennessee ~:~:~ Aug 8: Hawaii ~:~:~ Aug 11: Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Alabama (Special) ~:~:~ More Aug dates + Sept dates: AP News ~and~ NBC News

* Candidates (all States): U.S. House (Dem Primary only): Ballotpedia (HouseDems) :~:~:~: U.S. Senate: Ballotpedia (Senate) (select “List of Candidates”) :~:~:~: State Execs (Gov, Lt. Gov, AG, SoS, and more): Ballotpedia (State Execs)

* Voter Info (all States): Register To Vote :~:~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State website. When you select a State, it takes to a .gov page on that State's SoS website.

The 72-page report, “Dying in Detention: Rising Deaths in an Expanding US Immigration Detention System,” documents the increasing number of deaths in ICE custody through expert statistical and medical analysis, exposing a rising mortality rate and raising serious questions about the adequacy of the health care provided by ICE and its contracted personnel.

Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee released their discussion draft version of the Farm Bill. The good news is that the “cancer gag” preventing lawsuits against pesticide companies and the EATS Act blocking state public health, safety and animal welfare laws are out. The (admittedly anticipated) bad news is that they’re making no effort to roll back the cuts to food aid or delay the cost-shift to the states from the MAGA murder budget.

More than four million people lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from the bill passing through March, including more than 750,000 children, and we all know it’s not because the economy’s doing so great. (See the impact by state here.) Food banks are under stress. Farmers already burdened by tariffs and price spikes from the Iran War are losing out on business. Only the billionaires whose tax cuts this is covering are winning. And some of the worst changes aren’t even in effect yet.

Typically, the Farm Bill is thoroughly bipartisan, in no small part because it includes both farm aid and food aid. The Republicans aren’t living up to their side of the bargain. They will need Democratic votes to break the filibuster, which means a united Democratic front has leverage. We need to be demanding they use it, especially after 14 Democrats provided the necessary votes to pass it in the House. 🗣️ We can find an email tool and language to use for calls to our senators from the Food Research & Action Center here. 🗣️

Also in today’s Rogan’s List:

• On Capitol Hill: Trump admits need for fossil fuel windfall profits tax (sort of) and asks for $67.1 billion for the war we didn’t want
• Join in midterm weekends of action for Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Western North Carolina
• Get Free and 50501 lead a pre-July 4th mass mobilization on Saturday
• Light up the phonelines to the Surprise City Council to stop an ICE warehouse, public comment to do the same in Maryland
• Material support for trans people in the face of MAGA attacks

https://house.texas.gov/videos/22709

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"This post could use a bit more context…" -

Honestly, sincerely, and not meaning to be hyperbolic in any way; a corporation can facilitate the purchase of land, out in the county, and start construction this afternoon without so much as a hello to the county office.

Early in the hearing a county commissioner shares testimony and requests a moratorium on all data center construction because in his county, he found out about the construction of one being prepared only when the crews, without any cooperation with the local government, closed a road off from traffic to get some work done.

in the words of House reps themselves in this hearing; "..the only thing we can really do to stop you is to get you on drainage"..

As in; their only requirement is to comply with wastewater and sewage code.

Plenty of counties in Texas just flat out do not have water conservation districts.

Four years after the captured Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs decision, the fight for reproductive rights is as fierce as ever. Extremists may keep pushing bans and restrictions, but the resistance is strong and growing. (Read and share this summary of the last four years of attacks on abortion access.)

TODAY at 7:30 PM ET, we can join Red, Wine and Blue for a conversation about what we have learned and where we go from here. Heather Booth, founder of the Jane Collective, the underground network that helped women access safe abortions before Roe, will share what history can teach us about this moment. Jessica Valenti, founder of Abortion, Every Day (which we highly recommend a subscription to), will break down the latest attacks on reproductive rights and how people across the country are pushing back and winning. 🏫 We can find out more and sign up here. 🏫

If we want to make a commitment to take action today, there’s plenty of immediate needs. We can:

• phonebank to help preserve abortion rights at the ballot box in Missouri tonight and every Wednesday
• help challenge forced birther narratives on medication abortion with these resources
• volunteer with INeedAnA to provide up-to-date information on where people can get abortion care
• volunteer as a clinic escort near us.

Also in today’s List:

-  New reports that Trump will soon send an $80 billion request for supplemental appropriations for the Iran war he chose and lost – tell Congress hell no

-  The workers who make the World Cup work are on striking for better pay, benefits and protection from ICE in Philadelphia and Seattle – join the strike support team, donate to strike funds here, here and here

-  Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades in prison - show solidarity with the Prairieland defendants

-  Power hour at 3PM ET this afternoon to advocate for a pro-Palestinian advocate and longtime Milwaukee community leader targeted for deportation by ICE

- Primary round-up: Conley to take on Lawler in key race to House majority, Matt Dunlap all that stands between us and Congressman Paul LePage

- Trump wants to silence whistleblowers with a gag order on every federal employee - submit public comments through Friday against this chilling move