She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election.

Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.

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Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election (and a protege of lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who tried to help overturn those election results), has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.

#news #government #trump#DHS#Politics #election

https://www.propublica.org/article/heather-honey-dhs-election-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-26

The case focused on a policy shift…that authorized #DHS to launch quick #deportations, across the country & without court proceedings, of undocumented immigrants who cannot prove they have lived in the country for >2yrs.
Known as expedited removal, such deportations have been carried out for decades, but of people arrested at or near the southern border. The #Trump admin sought to expand the practice nationwide, to hasten the removal of people arrested deep inside the country.

#law #immigration

The case focused on a policy shift…that authorized #DHS to launch quick #deportations, across the country & without court proceedings, of undocumented immigrants who cannot prove they have lived in the country for >2yrs.
Known as expedited removal, such deportations have been carried out for decades, but of people arrested at or near the southern border. The #Trump admin sought to expand the practice nationwide, to hasten the removal of people arrested deep inside the country.

#law #immigration

"BP🚨arrested 2 firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.

When the other mems of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a BP agent told the crew member🚨“you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
-A R-Melnick

Over 3 hours, fed agents demanded ID from the mems of 2 prv contr crews at WA's largest active blaze.

The #TrumpRegime's #Gestapo reflect their leaders disdain for America & #iimmigrants.
#DHS#Deportations#USPolhttps://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/federal-agents-arrest-firefighters-working-on-wa-wildfire/

"BP🚨arrested 2 firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.

When the other mems of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a BP agent told the crew member🚨“you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
-A R-Melnick

Over 3 hours, fed agents demanded ID from the mems of 2 prv contr crews at WA's largest active blaze.

The #TrumpRegime's #Gestapo reflect their leaders disdain for America & #iimmigrants.
#DHS#Deportations#USPolhttps://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/federal-agents-arrest-firefighters-working-on-wa-wildfire/

She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election.

Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.

==

Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election (and a protege of lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who tried to help overturn those election results), has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.

#news #government #trump#DHS#Politics #election

https://www.propublica.org/article/heather-honey-dhs-election-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-26

How #Maine churches are reckoning with fear of #ImmigrationRaids

by Sean Scott, August 24, 2025

Excerpt: "Selma, an asylum seeker from Angola, moved to Texas at the start of the pandemic and then to Maine in January 2022. She fears persecution if she returns because of a family member’s involvement in a #HumanRights group.

" 'As a Christian, I was praying, and then God just gave me direction, which was Maine,' she said.

"She joined a nondenominational Christian church in Portland right away, and she and her two children have been regular attendees ever since. After President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, her 12-year-old daughter asked if it was still safe to go to school.

"As immigration enforcement efforts have increased dramatically this year, many migrants have also reckoned with whether it’s safe to go to places of worship, whether they’re congregants or faith leaders like one Westbrook pastor detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month.

"In one of his first acts in office, Trump rescinded a policy that essentially barred #ICEAgents from making arrests at sensitive locations like #churches, #hospitals and #schools. A coalition sued the Department of Homeland Security over the policy in February, arguing it violated #ReligiousFreedom. A judge declined to block the policy, citing a lack of evidence that churches were 'singled out as special targets' for immigration enforcement.

"Faith leaders are preparing for the possibility of enforcement regardless, and several other lawsuits have been filed on similar grounds, including one in late July with a New England plaintiff.

"#MichelTshimankinda, a Westbrook man who founded a church in South Portland, has been in ICE detention in New Hampshire since Aug. 14, according to the Portland Press Herald. He wasn’t arrested on church property, but his detention has shaken his family and congregation."

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maine-churches-reckoning-fear-immigration-100000727.html

#ICESucks#ICEKidnapping#MaineNews#DHS#Gestapo#FascismInTheUSA#Racism#Fascism#Authoritarianism#TrumpIsARacist

How #Maine churches are reckoning with fear of #ImmigrationRaids

by Sean Scott, August 24, 2025

Excerpt: "Selma, an asylum seeker from Angola, moved to Texas at the start of the pandemic and then to Maine in January 2022. She fears persecution if she returns because of a family member’s involvement in a #HumanRights group.

" 'As a Christian, I was praying, and then God just gave me direction, which was Maine,' she said.

"She joined a nondenominational Christian church in Portland right away, and she and her two children have been regular attendees ever since. After President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, her 12-year-old daughter asked if it was still safe to go to school.

"As immigration enforcement efforts have increased dramatically this year, many migrants have also reckoned with whether it’s safe to go to places of worship, whether they’re congregants or faith leaders like one Westbrook pastor detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month.

"In one of his first acts in office, Trump rescinded a policy that essentially barred #ICEAgents from making arrests at sensitive locations like #churches, #hospitals and #schools. A coalition sued the Department of Homeland Security over the policy in February, arguing it violated #ReligiousFreedom. A judge declined to block the policy, citing a lack of evidence that churches were 'singled out as special targets' for immigration enforcement.

"Faith leaders are preparing for the possibility of enforcement regardless, and several other lawsuits have been filed on similar grounds, including one in late July with a New England plaintiff.

"#MichelTshimankinda, a Westbrook man who founded a church in South Portland, has been in ICE detention in New Hampshire since Aug. 14, according to the Portland Press Herald. He wasn’t arrested on church property, but his detention has shaken his family and congregation."

Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maine-churches-reckoning-fear-immigration-100000727.html

#ICESucks#ICEKidnapping#MaineNews#DHS#Gestapo#FascismInTheUSA#Racism#Fascism#Authoritarianism#TrumpIsARacist

Classy. On brand.

Trump Is Holding Immigrants at a Former Japanese Internment Camp
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-ice-detention-site-migrants-japanese-internment-camp-1235414442/

#ICE#DHS #TrumpDidThis#RepublicansDidThis#GOPKakistocracy#Project2025#NoRepublicansEverAgain#USPol

Classy. On brand.

Trump Is Holding Immigrants at a Former Japanese Internment Camp
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-ice-detention-site-migrants-japanese-internment-camp-1235414442/

#ICE#DHS #TrumpDidThis#RepublicansDidThis#GOPKakistocracy#Project2025#NoRepublicansEverAgain#USPol

I’m not a fan of Thomas Kinkade’s art, but I’m very pleased with this statement from the Kinkade Family Foundation:

“On July 1st, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a photo on their social media accounts accompanied by a Thomas Kinkade Studios painting. The use of his artwork was unauthorized, and we have requested that DHS remove the post, and we are consulting with our counsel on our options.

“At The Kinkade Family Foundation, we strongly condemn the sentiment expressed in the post and the deplorable actions that DHS continues to carry out. Like many of you, we were deeply troubled to see this image used to promote division and xenophobia associated with the ideals of DHS, as this is antithetical to our mission. We stand firmly with our communities who have been threatened and targeted by DHS, especially our immigrant, BIPOC, undocumented, LGBTQ+, and disabled relatives and neighbors.”

https://www.kinkadefamilyfoundation.org/

h/t @APBBlue

#art#DHS#LGBTQ#BIPOC #disabled #immigrants

I’m not a fan of Thomas Kinkade’s art, but I’m very pleased with this statement from the Kinkade Family Foundation:

“On July 1st, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a photo on their social media accounts accompanied by a Thomas Kinkade Studios painting. The use of his artwork was unauthorized, and we have requested that DHS remove the post, and we are consulting with our counsel on our options.

“At The Kinkade Family Foundation, we strongly condemn the sentiment expressed in the post and the deplorable actions that DHS continues to carry out. Like many of you, we were deeply troubled to see this image used to promote division and xenophobia associated with the ideals of DHS, as this is antithetical to our mission. We stand firmly with our communities who have been threatened and targeted by DHS, especially our immigrant, BIPOC, undocumented, LGBTQ+, and disabled relatives and neighbors.”

https://www.kinkadefamilyfoundation.org/

h/t @APBBlue

#art#DHS#LGBTQ#BIPOC #disabled #immigrants

"NEW:🚨A horror story emerges from hacked flight logs of the Mar15 flight to SLV: MASS DISAPPEARANCES.

It's possible:💔DOZENS of additional ppl the Trump admin sent to be imprisoned in SLV w/o trial *imprisoned there -names: never disclosed."
-A R-Melnick

"Flight manifests for 3 legally contested deportation flts from TX to SLV contain dozens of additional, unaccounted for pax than a previously pub #DHS list of ppl deported from the US on those flts.
#Deportations#USPolhttps://www.404media.co/flight-manifests-reveal-dozens-of-previously-unknown-people-on-three-deportation-flights-to-el-salvador/

"NEW:🚨A horror story emerges from hacked flight logs of the Mar15 flight to SLV: MASS DISAPPEARANCES.

It's possible:💔DOZENS of additional ppl the Trump admin sent to be imprisoned in SLV w/o trial *imprisoned there -names: never disclosed."
-A R-Melnick

"Flight manifests for 3 legally contested deportation flts from TX to SLV contain dozens of additional, unaccounted for pax than a previously pub #DHS list of ppl deported from the US on those flts.
#Deportations#USPolhttps://www.404media.co/flight-manifests-reveal-dozens-of-previously-unknown-people-on-three-deportation-flights-to-el-salvador/

The #Trump admin has made conflicting statements about whether #immigration agents will target #farmworkers, about half of whom are unauthorized to work in the US, per govt estimates.

#DHS said that ~200 people in the country illegally were arrested in the raid, which targeted 2 locations of the cannabis operation Glass House Farms.

Agents also found 10 immigrant minors at the #farm. The facility is under investigation for child labor violations, said #CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott.