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Boss Watch: 9/5 – 9/12
Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, September 5, and Friday, September 12 Texas Killers From Jordan Barab’s Confined Space newsletter: Three workers died in a manhole in Trinity, Texas, Wednesday night after two rescuers were overcome climbing into a manhole filled with sewage to rescue the original worker. All three died.…
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BBB gives ICE power to engage in nationwide reign of terror: “They’re coming to a city near you.”
“This bill adds $170 billion for immigration enforcement and immigration operations, generally,” Dayen started off. “A lot of that goes to building the border wall and the various security measures at the border, but there is a $30 billion increase in the ICE budget, which is about triple their annual budget, and there’s another $45 billion for the building of detention centers.” (READ MORE)