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Whitney Curry Wimbish

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ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program
Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country. The post ICE Planning $100 Mi...
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America Mobilizing to Protect Midterms
Thousands of people are preparing for November 3 in political education and nonviolent direct action workshops, and reconsidering what they’re willing to risk. The post America Mobilizing to Prote...
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Federal Workers Notch Win Against Illegal RIFs
Multiple labor unions sued the Trump administration last September over its attempt to fire thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown. The post Federal Workers Notch Win Against ...
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In Alaska, Senate Candidates Claim the Oil Industry Creates Local Jobs. It Doesn’t.
The state’s own data shows an increasing number of oil and gas industry jobs have been going to nonresidents. The post In Alaska, Senate Candidates Claim the Oil Industry Creates Local Jobs. It Do...
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Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews
The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect. The post Disturbing Pictures of Neg...
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Republicans Running Scared in the Rio Grande Valley
Trump’s economic and immigration policies have pushed South Texas voters away from the GOP, but that doesn’t mean they’ll vote blue no matter who. The post Republicans Running Scared in the Rio Gr...
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‘Stunning’ Level of Support for Universal Health Care: Jayapal
Even more people want Medicare for All than did last December, a new poll shows. The post ‘Stunning’ Level of Support for Universal Health Care: Jayapal appeared first on The American Prospect.
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Republican Nominee in Texas Using Trump’s $5,000 Promise to Deceive Voters
Eric Flores is an Army veteran and lawyer running to unseat Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas District 34. The post Republican Nominee in Texas Using Trump’s $5,000 Promise to Deceive Vote...
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Congressional Democrats in Hysterics About Saving the World From AI
Why panic when you could just use existing laws? The post Congressional Democrats in Hysterics About Saving the World From AI appeared first on The American Prospect.
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Building Power, One Person at a Time
Progressive political candidates in 2026 are doing more than just trying to win an election. The post Building Power, One Person at a Time appeared first on The American Prospect.
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Two Americas: Anti-ICE Fighters vs. Bootlickers
Elected officials across the country are fighting the federal government’s mass deportation campaign with new laws and funding. But some states are welcoming the shock troops. The post Two America...
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Judge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion
The order came the same day that the Office of Refugee Resettlement held an industry roundtable to discuss new detention facilities for thousands of children. The post Judge Orders Monitors for Ch...
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Disgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep Migrant Kids
The founder and CEO of Our Rescue resigned in 2023 amid allegations that he had sexually abused and trafficked women himself. The post Disgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep M...
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Union Sues TSA Over Secret Plan to Privatize Security
The American Federation of Government Employees says the Trump administration hid its plan to turn airport security over to private companies like Palantir. The post Union Sues TSA Over Secret Pla...
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Sen. Wyden Report: Banks Systematically Ignored Jeffrey Epstein’s Crimes
The report shows how employees at Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan helped to hide Epstein’s activities because he was a load-bearing part of their ‘wall of cash.’ The post Sen. Wyden R...
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TSA Privatization Returns Airport Security to a Dangerous Past
The Trump administration wants airport screening to revert to the way it was before 9/11, when private security companies were in charge. The post TSA Privatization Returns Airport Security to a D...
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Top Farmworker Fear Is Family Separation
A first-of-its-kind survey by the UFW Foundation quantifies the impact of Trump’s mass deportation campaign on farmworkers, the vast majority of whom are undocumented. The post Top Farmworker Fear...
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Ida Tarbell: The Journalist Who Took Down Rockefeller
Not even Teddy Roosevelt could break up his corrupt oil monopoly—until a daughter of the Pennsylvania oil fields came along. The post Ida Tarbell: The Journalist Who Took Down Rockefeller appeared...
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ICE Finds New Ways to Expand Detention
Community members in Louisiana packed a board meeting to protest a camp for women and children last week. Only half the board showed up, and one member slept through the meeting. The post ICE Fin...
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Michigan Auto Engineer Marries Progressivism and Business Sense
Don Ufford is running in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District Democratic primary next month against two fellow progressives. The post Michigan Auto Engineer Marries Progressivism and Business Se...
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Trump Administration Routinely Violating Immigrant Children’s Rights
The 1997 Flores ruling requires immigrant children be released from detention after 20 days. Trump is keeping some for as long as 323 days, new filings in a lawsuit state. The post Trump Administr...
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