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President Donald Trump’s authoritarian campaign to terrorize immigrants—designed and driven by Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller —has been defined by cruelty from the start. Families have been ripped apart without notice. Children have been detained , transported across state lines, and held without access to lawyers or parents. Masked agents have snatched people off the street in unmarked…

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin took time away from peddling fake medical science to speak to Newsmax about Tuesday night’s attack on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who was assaulted by a right-wing simp during a town hall. “Had that been a Republican member of Congress, had that been an illegal immigrant spraying something at a Republican member of Congress in Minneapolis, what would…

Immediately following a Tuesday night attack on Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, President Donald Trump responded with a conspiracy theory about the event. Trump’s coldhearted response was the latest manifestation of his multiyear racist obsession with the congresswoman. At a town hall event in Minneapolis, a man ran up to Omar and sprayed her with an unknown substance. The man was tackled as Omar prep…

If Republicans weren't worried about a blowback to President Donald Trump's deadly immigration crackdown in Minnesota, they should be now. Democrats won a state House race in Minnesota on Tuesday by 91 percentage points , improving on former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 performance in the district by a massive 20 points , as voters showed their outrage over the killings of two Minneapolis r…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is going to provide security at the Olympics. No, silly, not at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles—at the Winter Olympics next month in Milano Cortina, Italy. As you can imagine, Italians aren’t exactly thrilled to find out that an agency that has transformed itself into a murderous band of masked secret police will now be acting as “security” in their cou…

Jan. 28 marks the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, which claimed the lives of its seven crew members. I was in elementary school at the time, but my memory is not one from inside of a classroom—it’s from the television den in my grandmother’s apartment in New York City. We had all learned about Christa McAuliffe, the high school teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, who …

By Paula Span for KFF Month after month, Patricia Hunter and other members of the Nursing Home Reform Coalition logged onto video calls with congressional representatives, seeking support for a proposed federal rule setting minimum staff levels for nursing homes. Finally, after decades of advocacy, the Biden administration in 2023 tackled the problem of perennial understaffing of long-term care f…

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A man sprayed an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar before being tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month. A man wearing a black jacket was tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance…

The Trump administration is finding out that the majority of Americans are outraged by its murderous occupation of Minnesota. Now that pro athletes and teams are calling out that behavior too, you can probably expect a hearty round of “stick to sports” from conservatives. However, the sheer number of statements is tough to ignore—and it’s not just limited to Minnesota athletes. Related | Push to …

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Democrats have a real shot at flipping this state’s Senate seat Alaska’s Mary Peltola may have coin-flip odds here. Top deportation goon gets ejected from Minnesota We’re not going to miss him or that stupid cosplay military coat. Despite 'concerns,' Susan Collins won't stop ICE from kill…