***NEW JERSEY REP. LaMONICA McIVER, Democrat!**** — New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver faces felony assault charge in conflict at ICE facility, court filing shows: New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver is facing a felony charge of assaulting a federal officer for allegedly pushing a pair of unnamed Homeland Security agents during a scuffle that broke out earlier this month as three House members were trying to visit an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, a court filing released today shows. The criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Newark alleges McIver “slammed her forearm” into one agent and “forcibly” grabbed him. The Democratic congressmember is also accused of using “each of her forearms to forcibly strike” another officer, according to the complaint, which includes multiple photos from video cameras worn by officers, as well as others mounted outside the facility. ****DEFYING COURT ORDERS! DUE PROCESS? SOUTH SUDAN? ICE GESTAPO ABUSE!**** — Trump admin deports immigrants to South Sudan in violation of court order, lawyers say: The Trump administration has deported at least two immigrants to war-torn South Sudan in defiance of a federal court order , according to attorneys for the immigrants. The two men are originally from Myanmar and Vietnam and were being held in U.S. immigration custody. Their lawyers say they learned of the deportation plan after receiving an abrupt notice Monday evening. By this morning, the men were already on a plane along with as many as 10 other deportees, the lawyers said.
excerpt: That judge, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, has already intervened once before when the Trump administration seemed poised to deport people to Libya, a country that, like South Sudan, is mired in a humanitarian crisis. Murphy declared that summary deportations to Libya would “clearly” violate his earlier order. The lawyers revealed these details in an emergency motion to a federal judge in Boston who has already forbidden the Trump administration from sending foreign nationals to so-called “third-party countries,” rather than their country of origin, without providing “meaningful” notice and a chance to raise concern about torture. That judge, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, has already intervened once before when the Trump administration seemed poised to deport people to Libya, a country that, like South Sudan, is mired in a humanitarian crisis. Murphy declared that summary deportations to Libya would “clearly” violate his earlier order. Lawyers for the Burmese man, identified by the initials N.M. in court papers, say he was originally slated to be on one of those flights to Libya, which they say were aborted amid national media and legal scrutiny. They also say the notice to N.M. about the deportation to South Sudan was provided only in English, apparently violating another requirement of Murphy’s order because N.M. has limited English proficiency. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. South Sudan, a landlocked country in East Africa, gained independence from Sudan in 2011. It is the world’s newest widely recognized sovereign state. The country descended into civil war in 2013, causing tens of thousands of deaths and displacing millions of people. According to the CIA, the country remains plagued by ethnic violence and is facing a food crisis, with nearly two-thirds of the country’s 11 million citizens in need of humanitarian assistance. A March 2025 advisory from the U.S. State Department recommends that Americans not travel to South Sudan due to a high risk of violent crime and weak human rights. ***MAGA GOP: TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY & ENDLESS DEFICITS...JUST THE BEGINNING! SLASHING MEDICAID THAT WILL DRIVE ALL HEALTH CARE COSTS UP! SLASHING FOOD PROGRAMS! ARE MAGA GOP THAT DEPRAVED? PRESIDENT CLINTON & AL GORE LEFT OFFICE WITH BUDGET SURPLUSSES INTO THE FUTURE...TRUMP CREATED THE MASSIVE DEFICIT WITH HIS FIRST REIGN OF ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION! OBJECTIONS TO SALT DEDUCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE THE SOLE ISSUE! SLASHING GOVERNMENT! CLOSING OFFICES! NWS & NOAH NO LONGER WARN OF CATASTROPHIC WEATHER! FEMA UNAVAILABLE TO HELP! RESEARCH, EDUCATION, IRS, SOCIAL SECURITY GONE! CBO PROJECTED A $7 BILLION ADDED DEBT! CREDIT SOURCES HAVE DOWNGRADED U.S. CREDIT RATING BECAUSE THE BILL IS SO HORRIFIC! THE WEALTHY BENEFIT FROM HIGH INTEREST RATES! NO ONE ELSE DOES! PLEASE SPEAK OUT AGAINST TRUMP'S BANANA REPUBLIC! ***** — Trump moves to steamroll megabill opposition: President Donald Trump moved today to end the quarrelling among various GOP factions and move his domestic-policy megabill toward passage, telling House Republicans behind closed doors that they need to unite immediately behind the “big, beautiful bill” their leaders have assembled. Not all GOP lawmakers left the meeting convinced . Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, chair of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, said he was not yet supporting the bill and that Republicans were “still a long ways away” from a deal. And Rep. Mike Lawler of New York, part of a vocal group of blue-state Republicans pushing for a key tax break, said he also remained unmoved despite Trump calling him out by name inside the room. — GOP megabill to save Congress nearly $800 billion — while kicking millions of people off health insurance: A draft portion of the House GOP’s party-line megabill would lead to nearly $800 billion in savings over 10 years — but would lead to 8.6 million more people losing their health insurance at the same time, according to an estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released today. Of that number of people due to go uninsured, 7.6 million would lose Medicaid benefits, and 1 million people would come from plans purchased through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. — Musk to step back from political spending: ‘I think I’ve done enough’: Elon Musk said he plans to cut back on political spending, saying he has “done enough ,” a move that coincides with the billionaire entrepreneur taking a step back from President Donald Trump’s Washington. Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum today, the Tesla CEO said he would “do a lot less” political spending “in the future,” adding: “I think I’ve done enough.” ****MARCO RUBIO: INCOMPETENT BOOB! RUSSIAN SANCTIONS ARE THE SOLUTION - DON'T EXPECT TRUMP TO HURT HIS BUDDY PUTIN! TRUMP: FAIL! **** — U.S. waiting for Russian peace proposal, Rubio says: Russia has pledged to send the U.S. “terms for what they would require in order to reach a ceasefire ” with Ukraine following this week’s phone call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today. “It’s our understanding that the Russians are going to write up terms for what they would require in order to reach a ceasefire that then would allow broader negotiations,” Rubio told a Senate committee in a public hearing. “We await those terms and then we’ll have a much better understanding about Mr. Putin’s calculation once we see what those terms look like.”
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