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Apr 21 • 7 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
1. There has been a lot of attention, rightly, on the Trump administration disappearing immigrants to El Salvador

But something that has gotten much less attention is the Trump administration WRONGFULLY DETAINING US CITIZENS they "suspect" are undocumented immigrants. Image
2. 19-year-old Jose Hermosillo, a US citizen, was visiting Tucson when he passed by the Border Patrol headquarters, and "an agent arrested him for illegally entering the country."

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3. Hermosillo told immigration officials that he was a U.S. citizen, but they did not believe him.

Court documents obtained by Danyelle Khmara of AZPM say that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona" and that he "admitted" he was not a citizen.

(Nogales is more than an hour from Tucson. Hermosillo says he has never been to Nogales.)
4. Hermosillo was DETAINED FOR 10 DAYS before an immigration judge dismissed his case and ordered his release. ICE would not comment on his arrest.

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5. Julio Noriega was arrested by ICE officers on January 31 in Berwyn, Illinois, while he was out applying for work at area businesses. Noriega, who was born in Chicago, "was approached by ICE officers who grabbed and handcuffed him and put him into a van" He was detained for 10 hours.
6. Bachir Atallah and Jessica Fakhri, a married couple, were detained by immigration authorities while returning by car from a family vacation in Canada earlier this month. "They held us in two separate cells, and neither of us had shoes or a jacket," Atallah said. "It was freezing."

The pair was released after being detained for five hours. In a statement, the CBP said its officers "acted in accordance with established protocols."
7. For more independent accountability journalism, subscribe to Popular Information.

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Apr 16
1. Truth Social, Trump's social platform, announced an audacious scheme yesterday to profit from Trump's tariffs

It will offer actively-managed INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS composed of stocks in companies that benefit from Trump's policies

It's a jaw-dropping conflict of interest Image
2. Trump's tariff announcements have had massive impacts on stock prices.

His reciprocal tariffs tanked the market. When he paused them, the market rebounded.

Carving out an exemption for consumer electronics imported from China boosted Apple stock

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3. Trump is the majority shareholder in Truth Social and will financially benefit from these accounts.

Both because Truth Social will invest their own cash in these accounts AND collect fees from others who invest in them

Interest in the accounts is directly tied to their performance
Read 7 tweets
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Apr 15
1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor-close election for a seat on the same court

The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of the voters were "never residents" of North Carolina

But that claim is false

We have receipts

🧾🧾🧾
2. Josiah Young was born & raised in North Carolina

The 20-year-old attended college in NC and runs a photography business in the state.

His ballot was invalidated based on the false claim he has never lived in NC

"My residence is in Jackson County. It's really not that hard to figure that out"

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3. In all, at least 11 people whose ballots were discarded based on the claim that they have never lived in North Carolina have VOTED IN PERSON IN NORTH CAROLINA ELECTIONS strongly suggesting that they are, in fact, North Carolina residents.

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Apr 14
1. The Trump administration claims that a program to protect rural Alabamans from raw sewage is racist so it is canceling the program as part of its crackdown on "DEI"

According to a press release, this is about treating "every individual with dignity and respect."

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2. In 2021, the DOJ launched an investigation into the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH). The investigation found that the ADPH "engaged in a consistent pattern of inaction and/or neglect concerning the health risks associated with raw sewage" in Lowndes County.

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3. About 72% of the county's residents are Black, but "despite ADPH’s awareness of the issues and the disproportionate burden and impact placed on Black residents in Lowndes County, it failed to take meaningful actions to remedy these conditions."
Read 9 tweets
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Apr 7
1. We contacted the 100 largest American companies and asked a simple question:

Do you support the tariffs announced by President Trump on April 2?

These are tariffs that have already destroyed trillions of shareholder value

NOT ONE COMPANY WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION
2. Microsoft said it had "nothing to share." NVIDIA "decline[d] to comment." Citi “decline[d] to comment.” Eli Lilly and Gilead referred us "to PhARMA for industry perspective." The rest of the companies did not respond at all.

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3. According to a report in Politico, corporations fear even mild opposition to the tariffs will make them a target for retribution. “There is zero incentive for any company or brand to be remotely critical of this administration,” an anonymous "public affairs operative" said.
Read 7 tweets
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Apr 1
1. An internal Trump doc claims that having a Michael Jordan "Jumpman" tattoo and wearing "high-end urban street wear" makes you a likely member of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang.

This kind of "evidence" is used to justify summary deportations to a Salvadoran prison Image
2. The "ALIEN ENEMY VALIDATION GUIDE" creates a point system to determine whether a Venezuelan over 14 years of age is a TDA member. Anyone scoring eight points or higher "are validated as members of TDA."

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3. Someone with "tattoos denoting membership/loyalty to TDA" is assigned four points. Image
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Mar 31
1. The Social Security Administration and DOGE are GASLIGHTING AMERICANS.

They are telling millions of beneficiaries that reports they were closing SSA field offices were fake news. Actually, these closures were PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED and LEASES WERE CANCELED.

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2. In Campbellsville, KY, for example, the owner of a 12,750-sq-ft office building leased to the SSA for a field office was informed by the GSA that the entire lease was being terminated.

The SSA lease was also listed as terminated on the DOGE website

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3. News of the closure generated protests from residents and politicians A couple of weeks later, the building owner in Campbellsville received another letter from the GSA saying it was reversing its decision to terminate the lease

The lease termination was also deleted from the DOGE websiteImage
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