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‘Guerrilla Bench’ Activists Back At It, Install 12 More Lovely But Unauthorized Benches at Muni Stops
SFist - California
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August 22, 2025
The team of anonymous transit activists who put benches at Muni stops that had no benches in June has struck again, adding 12 new benches to bench-less bus stops in the Lower Haight, Bayview-Hunters Point, and Potrero Hill. It was early June when...
Los Angeles Council moves to require LAPD oversight of ICE agents after surge in immigration raids
Wave Newspapers - California
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August 22, 2025
LOS ANGELES — In response to aggressive and widespread federal immigration raids, the City Council Aug. 19 called for a policy that would require L.A. police to verify the identity of masked federal agents when requested by an individual targeted...
This San Francisco college is the hardest to get into in the U.S.
KTVU - California
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It's a big day for students at USC since today is move-in day! Koco McAboy is live at USC with all the excitement. A new list just ranked the hardest colleges to get into in each state, with more than a dozen California schools topping the list....
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ fight: DeSantis vows to appeal judge's order to scale back Everglades immigrant-detention center
FOX 35 Orlando - Florida
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Gov. Ron DeSantis said a federal judge's ruling barring more people from being sent to Alligator Alcatraz, an ICE detention facility in South Florida, would not stop them from enforcing immigration. He referred to the judge as an "activist judge,"...
DeSantis Vows to Increase Illegal Immigrant Jails
KKOB News Radio - New Mexico
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August 22, 2025
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday hit back against a federal judge’s order to dismantle Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, saying the state will press forward with President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda despite the legal...
As Congress rolls back food aid, California families are facing increasing hardships
Times of San Diego
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August 22, 2025
This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. Amid the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic and its long, difficult aftermath, one bracingly simple truth about poverty in America was reaffirmed: The government can...
Jay Collins on California extradition mission: ‘This is not performative’
The Bradenton Times - Florida
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by Jay Waagmeester Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, on the ground in California, insisted his trip to the West Coast to extradite to Florida an immigrant charged with vehicular homicide was not performative, although that state’s governor insists otherwise....
WATCH: Idiot Rep. Jasmine Crockett Claims ICE is Just Supposed to be a ‘Fancy Uber Driver for Immigrants,’ Gov. Gavin Newsom Nods Along
The Gateway Pundit
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August 22, 2025
Idiotic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement is just supposed to be a “fancy Uber driver for immigrants” during an interview with California Governor Gavin Newsom. Crockett made the bewildering comments during an...
A Federal Security Grant Program Popular with Jewish Organizations May Now Require Beneficiaries to Cooperate with ICE - Dozens of Jewish organizations signed a letter denouncing requirements that Nonprofit Security grantees work with immigration…
Jewish Currents
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August 22, 2025
Synagogues, churches, mosques, schools, and other nonprofits that receive money from a popular Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grants program for increased security may now be required to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, as...
Why experts say Trump’s revocation of California grant funds over trans inclusion endangers all at-risk kids
The Advocate
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August 22, 2025
The Trump administration is stripping funding from a program that helps California’s most vulnerable young people because the program includes services for transgender kids. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The...
Illegal Immigrant Numbers In America Are Far Worse Than We’ve Been Told
Daily Wire
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August 22, 2025
Normally, when fraudsters are running a scam where they fudge the numbers or cook the books, they make some minimal effort to hide their tracks. Even the guys in “Office Space” understood the concept of “salami slicing,” meaning they took very...
Remembering Patty Overland, activist for lesbian and disabled communities, scriptwriter, poet, actor
Berkeleyside - California
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August 22, 2025
Patricia Overland, better known as Patty, was born in Brooklyn on July 1, 1953, and left this earth on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at the age of 72 in Oakland. Patty died of natural causes complicated by debilitating lifelong disabilities. She joins...
Funding for immigrant family school programs secured, Newsom considers easing permitting for oil drilling
KAZU - California
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August 22, 2025
In today's newscast, Monterey County deputy superintendent of schools confirmed that federal funds that had previously been impounded have been released to schools for programs that support migrant and low income families. And, Governor Gavin...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's national profile soars with latest Trump fight, but there are risks
Yahoo News
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gavin Newsom is having a moment. In the national struggle over U.S. House control, perhaps no politician has more at stake than the California governor, who has emerged as the leading Democratic adversary to President Donald...
Homary Opens First Commercial Flagship Store in Los Angeles County, Duarte
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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DUARTE, Calif., Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Homary, the award-winning global home lifestyle brand known for blending stunning design with accessible luxury, is proud to announce the opening of its first-ever commercial flagship store in Duarte,...
Immigration debate intensifies: Florida lieutenant governor personally retrieves suspect in triple turnpike killing
KVIA - Texas
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August 22, 2025
By Michelle Bandur Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, Calif. (KCRA) — Harjinder Singh, a semi-truck driver from Stockton accused of causing a fatal crash on a Florida turnpike, was escorted back to Florida by Lt. Gov. Jay Collins...
Founder of League of American Workers: Illegal immigrant with a CDL 'kills 3 innocent Florida citizens'
Golden State Today - California
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August 22, 2025
Steve Cortes, founder of the League of American Workers, has raised concerns about U.S. border and licensing policies. He claims these policies allowed an undocumented immigrant to obtain a commercial license before being arrested in Florida for...
California-based nonprofit supports military veteran entrepreneurs through education, funding
FOX Business
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The apprenticeship program at nonprofit Semper Fi & America’s Fund supports veterans in launching businesses by providing education, mentorship, and financial assistance, program director Casey Fisher told FOX Business.
Long Beach residents, local immigrant rights groups ask city for more immigrant protections
Long Beach Press Telegram - California
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August 20, 2025
Long Beach residents and immigrant rights groups continue advocating for more financial support and protections for the city’s immigrant community, especially after federal agents conducted raids at local car washes last weekend – which elected...
Immigrant population in US declines for first time since 1960s under Trump admin
The Post Millenial
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August 22, 2025
The US immigrant population is shrinking for the first time since the 1960s as President Donald Trump has implemented a crackdown on illegal immigration, tightened up the visa application process, and taken other steps to implement his agenda. In...