Julie Tallard Johnson

Cecilia Vega, the first 60 Minutes Latina correspondent, was fired today, along with some of her colleagues, as Bari Weiss overhauls the news magazine.

She has released this statement:

Republicans are scheduling votes for their ICE & Border Patrol funding bill this week, with the final Senate vote coming as soon as Thursday and the House vote expected shortly after. Reminder: This bill would give ICE and Border Patrol more than $70 billion for their detention camps, militarized deployments, and lawless arrests. As the cherry on top, Republicans added $1 billion in the bill for Trump’s ballroom.

The vast majority of Americans don’t want more money shoveled into ICE, Border Patrol, and Trump’s ballroom while they struggle to afford housing, food, and healthcare. Republicans know this -- that’s why they’re trying to move quickly to pass the bill this week. The longer it takes, the more time public backlash can grow, and the harder it will be for GOP leaders to keep their caucus unified. In fact, the cracks are already showing:

Virginia VOTED to redraw its maps.

It was in response to red states FORCING new maps.

What happened next?

Trumps FBI raided the lawmakers who drew the maps. MAGA justices in the VA Supreme Court threw out the map.

The hypocrisy is outrageous. Republicans don't even pretend to have values. They are Zombie Confederates looking to impose white Christian Fascism by force.

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"I'm [NAME] from [PLACE, ZIP]. I'm calling to urge the Senator/Rep to contact Adm. Correll & remind him that he has the same legal obligation as any soldier to refuse an illegal order from this Commander in Chief."

She quoted Garrett M. Graff, who had posted:

In all seriousness, one thing that might be worth doing today:

Tell your Reps and Senators to call Adm. Richard Correll, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's nukes, and remind him of *his* unique responsibility to refuse an illegal order.

Homepage | house.gov Your member's website and contact form are available around the clock. Identify your member and let your opinion be heard.

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From Al Frankin: UPDATE ON MINNEAPOLIS:

It’s quieter now, and that makes it tempting to think the whole thing blew over. But talk to immigrant families, and you’ll hear a different story. The fear didn’t vanish. It just packed up and moved to the suburbs and small towns.

And ICE’s racist, heavy-handed agenda continues to ripple through entire communities. It affects our economy. It affects our schools. It affects people’s mental health and their sense of safety. The trauma is real and recovery will take a long time.

…the fact that they are committing so many of these crimes with what seems like complete impunity, as though there will never be a reckoning…there will never be any kind of accountability…there will never be any consequence. It gives them this projected air of inevitability and WHO ARE AGAINST ALL OF THAT?” - Beto O’Rourke

Well, Beto being Beto, he has the answer - TURNOUT! “I think that human to human, person to person, connection” is THE MOST PROFOUNDLY POWERFUL THING GOING RIGHT NOW, better than all of the social media platforms and TV ads and the billions that are spent on politics. It’s just people connecting with people which is what democracy is all about.”

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