a twice-weekly news round-up
ICE-arrested Venezuelan man “has disappeared into the US immigration system”
APRIL 23, 2025
Trump says undocumented immigrants shouldn’t get trials before deportation
US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days
I said this in a meme a few months back, but it’s not an uncommon thought, and now someone’s selling it as a t-shirt:
So I ordered the t-shirt, because that’s what I’m doing during the rise of fascism — ordering strongly-worded t-shirts.
DEMOCRACY GOING, GOING, GONE…
Indonesian student detained by Ice after US secretly revokes his visa
It’s great being retired, not having to think about the consequences, but I wouldn’t work at Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center. Wouldn’t work there even before this, since they’re a Christian organization, but definitely wouldn’t work there after this:
… Two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents, dressed in plain clothes, had shown up and instructed the staff to stage a fake meeting in the basement so they could apprehend him, according to Gad.
Hospital staff were distraught but felt forced to comply. …
THE CRUELTY IS THE POINT
34 international students in Washington state deleted from federal database
Marco Rubio’s family values: preventing Mahmoud Khalil from witnessing his child’s birth
Toddler immigrant gets no lawyer
TO HELL WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY
Trump laid off nearly all the federal workers who investigate firefighter deaths
RFK wants to send people to ‘wellness farms.’ The US already tried that.
This Supreme Court case underscored how much power RFK Jr has over our health insurance
SCREW SCIENCE
Trump administration cuts funding for autism research —even as it [claims] aims to find the cause
FDA suspends milk quality-control testing program after Trump layoffs
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DYSTOPIA
‘See how this works?’: Trump drops cases against corporations that funded his inauguration
MORE BAD NEWS
(WE GET IT WHOLESALE)
Fears grow that Signal leaks make Pete Hegseth top espionage target
That headline is another media masterwork of obfuscation, softening an obvious fact by hiding it behind “fears grow”
US tells its diplomats in Vietnam to avoid war anniversary events
Uber gives customer $10 credit after refusing to help locate missing child
MY BROWSER HISTORY, MINUS THE PORN
Trump is a wedge between these immigrant parents and their kids who can’t stand him
Pro baseball player Tarik El-Abour is everything RFK Jr says he can’t be
4/23 — AMERICAN POLICE ARE OUT OF CONTROL
4/22 — IGNORING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
4/18 — THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
And that’s the way it is,
and nothing will
meaningfully improve
until billionaires fear for their lives
4/23/2025
Logo illustration by Jeff Meyer. Tip ‘o the hat to the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Bleepity-Bleep, Lorem Ipsum Dolor, Sloth Unleashed, Toad’s Lily Pad, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.
Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Joey Jo Jo emeritus, Jeff Meyer, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and proved that the world isn’t always shitty.
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