[ACLU\Portland]
ACLU: “Multiple volunteer street medics are suing the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service, and the City of Portland for targeting and attacking them at Portland protests against police brutality.”
Photo: ACLU
Department of Homeland Security
Democrats: Trump “Weaponizing” Federal Agents for Political Agenda
[Trump’s Secret Police]
Democrats: “We find it particularly troubling that in Portland, many of these federal officers have apparently been patrolling the streets in unmarked vehicles and arresting protestors off the street – in some cases without probable cause.”
Photo: Youtube
Trump Collecting Information on People Deemed “Threatening” to Confederate Monuments
[Trump\Confederate Monuments]
SPLC: “President Trump continues to abuse the powers of the Executive Branch. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now being weaponized against communities seeking to remove Confederate monuments from their public spaces.’
Photo: YouTube
Portland: House to Introduce Bill Requiring Feds Identify Themselves
[Portland\Trump’s Secret Police]
The Nation: “The bill would require on-duty federal agents display not just the name of their agency, but the individual agent’s last name and identification number.”
Photo: Twitter
HAITIAN NURSE ON FRONTLINES OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC FACES DEPORTATION
[COVID-19\TPS]
America’s Voice: Rony Ponthieux, a Haitian nurse who despite taking care of three coronavirus patients every day, is under threat of possible deportation from the Trump administration and separation from his wife and two children.
Facebook
AMERICA’S GOVERNORS AND MAYORS FILL LEADERSHIP VOID LEFT BY TRUMP
[COVID-19\Leadership]
Morial: “As the President has faltered, governors and mayors have risen – most notably, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose state has been the hardest-hit.”
Photo: YouTube
SANDERS ON CORONAVIRUS: GOVERNMENT NOT DOING ENOUGH
[Coronavirus\Government Response]
Sanders: “I am doing everything in my power in the U.S. Senate to correct the completely unacceptable federal response to this crisis.”
Photo: YouTube
U.S. SENATE PASSES BIPARTISAN BILL TO PROTECT HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND NON-PROFITS
[Religious News\H.R.2476]
Rep. Bennie Thompson: “It’s a sad fact that synagogues, churches, and mosques are facing the threat of violence at the hands of extremists of all ideologies. While we need to continue our work to eradicate all forms of extremism and counter domestic terrorism, non-profits need our help now in keeping their houses of worship safe and secure.”
Photo: YouTube
DEMOCRATS CASTRO AND JAYAPAL INTRODUCE BILL ON ANNIVERSARY OF JAKELIN CAAL MAQUIN’S DEATH IN CBP CUSTODY
[Congress\Immigration\Deaths in Custody]
Congressman Castro: “Jakelin’s death was a travesty; a dark stain on the moral fabric of this country. One year later, Congress has yet to receive any of the information we’ve requested surrounding her death.”
Photo: Facebook
SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN: PRISON PROFITEERS COERCING IMMIGRANT DETAINEES INTO “VOLUNTARY” WORK PROGRAMS
[Immigration\Mass Incarceration News]
Senator Warren: “GEO’s private claim that ICE policies require, recommend, or allow the use of solitary confinement to coerce participation in a ‘voluntary’ work program is alarming. Despite writing to ICE about the use of these practices nearly one year ago, I have yet to receive any information from the agency about these practices.”
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
