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As Oliver Willis noted earlier today, President Donald Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan announced that he will be pulling 700 federal immigration agents from Minnesota, a move that’s being billed as deescalation by the administration and faithfully parroted by the media. But Homan’s own facts and figures suggest otherwise, painting a picture of a deeply failed operation. “Over the past two months,…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. JD Vance’s latest take on Alex Pretti killing will enrage you Just when you think he can’t get more punchable. Top deportation thug deems killer ICE operation 'very effective' Hope he didn’t pull anything while patting himself on the back. 'Melania' tickets are the latest way to bribe Tru…

Melania Trump held a White House press event with American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, who was freed last year after 15 months in captivity. And, of course, she couldn’t help but use the meeting to plug her vanity project , “Melania.” “Why do you feel it’s appropriate to use an official White House event to promote your documentary?” a reporter asked. “This is not promotion. We are here celebra…

President Donald Trump has already received blowback for reportedly turning the White House into a Hobby Lobby version of his beloved Mar-a-Lago. However, now the president is reportedly planning to plop a once-destroyed Christopher Columbus statue on the south side grounds. In this Oct. 9, 1984, photo, President Ronald Reagan addresses a ceremony in Baltimore, unveiling a statue of Christopher C…

House Republicans hosted a notorious anti-transgender rights activist to testify at a Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. The shameful show was the latest in a string of actions from the right meant to platform and advance transphobic bigotry. Former television writer Graham Linehan, who created the “The IT Crowd” and co-created “Father Ted,” testified before the committee at a hearing bill…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proved no match for Democratic Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois during a House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. Casten tangled up the aging Howdy Doody impressionist with his own words , citing a letter in which Bessent wrote plainly that “tariffs are inflationary”—which directly contradicted Bessent’s earlier testimony. Bessent’s efforts to dodge the questi…

Republicans are taking a victory lap after former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed—after being threatened with jail time —to testify in the House GOP's sham probe of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. "After delaying and defying duly issued subpoenas for six months, the House Oversight Committee moved swiftly to initiate contempt of Congress proceed…

During an interview with Daily Mail , Vice President JD Vance refused to say whether he would apologize to the family of Alex Pretti if an investigation found that Pretti’s civil rights were violated when he was shot and killed by federal immigration thugs in Minneapolis. “For what?” Vance said when asked, before attempting to justify his retweet of the grotesque claim by White House senior advis…

The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.” By Melissa Sanchez and Jodi S. Cohen for ProPublica For months, the Trump administration has justified its dramatic midnight raid on a Chicago apartment c…

Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s “border czar,” held a press conference on Wednesday and claimed that the federal immigration operation in Minnesota that killed civilians and terrorized the state had been a success. The strange characterization of the last few weeks of chaos occurred after Homan was asked by a reporter if he thought the activities by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border…

Hours after the House passed a spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown and provide short-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security while the Senate negotiates reforms, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona appeared on MSNBC Wednesday morning to lay out his baseline requirements for support. “We've got to get rid of the masks,” Kelly said. “They should be wearing body camer…