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NEW — President Biden came into office promising to end Trump-era asylum limits and quickly commissioned rules that could expand asylum eligibility. But 2 years in, the rules have yet to be issued—and his administration is now proposing to limit asylum.
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NEW: Feds just unsealed documents that show they arrested 3 active duty Marines on Jan 6. charges. Aside from currently serving, these 3 also had intel jobs, awards, clearances...the lot. One was even working at Ft. Meade. Now they face 4 charges each.
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Facebook can't even live up to its inadequate standards for countering toxic misinformation and hate on its platform. Instead, vigilante paramilitary groups are amplifying white supremacist content and endangering the lives of migrants. It has to stop.
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Over the past week, the daily average of migrants processed by Border Patrol after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally has dropped to 4,000, down from the 7,000 average before President Biden announced new migration enforcement measures.
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Cassidy Hutchinson explains why she was worried about reaching out to Trump world for legal representation. “Once you are looped in, especially financially with them, there sort of is no turning back.”
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New: Sens. Klobuchar and Graham are introducing an amendment that would create a pathway to lawful permanent residency for Afghan refugees, Graham tells me. This wasn’t originally included in the omnibus — and it’s unclear if it has the R votes to move forward as an amendment
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NEW research from shows how major e-commerce platforms continue to profit from selling harmful merch —T-shirts w/ antisemitic caricatures, tote bags adorned with swastikas, QAnon stickers, etc. —often in direct violation of companies’ policies.
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Sen Chris Murphy, a congressman representing Newtown who had been elected to the Senate just weeks before, left his family activity and drove straight to Sandy Hook when he got word that there had been a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Experts have reported a rise in hate speech on Twitter since Elon Musk acquired the social media giant. “We’re seeing people who previously felt that they might get banned or suspended ... now coming out and testing the boundaries.”
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"I still get angry every time I read about the latest senseless shooting. Whether it's in a church or a synagogue, grocery store or a college campus or at home or on a city street, I still feel anger. And I hope you do too." — Obama, 10 years after Newtown
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Huge story from — The Colorado Springs suspect seems to have operated a racist website that hosted videos valorizing mass shooters including a video of the shooting that killed 10 in Buffalo, NY. A friend confirmed the site belonged to Aldrich.
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Foreign workers on H-1B visas have fueled Silicon Valley's growth for decades. But this year's mass layoffs could force thousands of them to leave the country unless they can find new jobs quickly. I spoke to many of them about their lives right now.
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NEW: Proescutors pleaded with a jury not to be "numb" to the graphic evidence that Oath Keepers were prepared to unleash violence in order to derail the transfer of power from Trump to Biden. The case may reach the jury today or Monday.
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But also maybe take that 70 percent FBI Wray # w grain of salt. I reported earlier based on FBI doc I got that FBI asked state, locals to report ALL abortion protest etc crimes like traffic, trespassing so we don’t know what he’s saying.news.yahoo.com/fbi-is-investi cc:
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Some news I think: FBI Director Chris Wray said 70 percent of investigation into abortion related threats since SCOTUS Roe reversal are against threats TO pro life people/groups/entities
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At , FBI Director Wray says 63 percent of all religiously motivated violent extremism incidents are motivated by anti-semitism. "That's against a population that's only 2.4% of the U.S. population."
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