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ICE omnibus May 11: Rodney Taylor — double amputee barber, came to US at age 2, 473 days in ICE over a pardoned teenage conviction — speaks publicly for the first time today. NBER study: every 6 ICE arrests cost one US-born man his job; 4% chilling effect on remaining immigrants. A Florida man called 911 for his sick daughter and ended up detained; 76% of DV clients afraid to call police. 53 SC lawmakers sponsored ICE bill; not one explained it.
#ICE #RodneyTaylor #TheWashingtonPretzel

LGBTQIA+ roundup May 2026: Vatican published gay men's testimonies for the first time in history and called conversion therapy "devastating" — weeks after SCOTUS struck down conversion therapy bans 8-1. Gay immigrant Allan Marrero freed after 150 days chained across 6 ICE facilities; no criminal history. Smith College probed by Trump ED for admitting trans women. 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ candidates received death threats in 2026.
#LGBTQIA #Vatican #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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LGBTQIA+ roundup May 2026: Vatican published gay men's testimonies for the first time in history and called conversion therapy "devastating" — weeks after SCOTUS struck down conversion therapy bans 8-1. Gay immigrant Allan Marrero freed after 150 days chained across 6 ICE facilities; no criminal history. Smith College probed by Trump ED for admitting trans women. 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ candidates received death threats in 2026.
#LGBTQIA #Vatican #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
The Washington Pretzel

LGBTQIA+ roundup May 2026: Vatican published gay men's testimonies for the first time in history and called conversion therapy "devastating" — weeks after SCOTUS struck down conversion therapy bans 8-1. Gay immigrant Allan Marrero freed after 150 days chained across 6 ICE facilities; no criminal history. Smith College probed by Trump ED for admitting trans women. 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ candidates received death threats in 2026.
#LGBTQIA #Vatican #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
The Washington Pretzel

LGBTQIA+ roundup May 2026: Vatican published gay men's testimonies for the first time in history and called conversion therapy "devastating" — weeks after SCOTUS struck down conversion therapy bans 8-1. Gay immigrant Allan Marrero freed after 150 days chained across 6 ICE facilities; no criminal history. Smith College probed by Trump ED for admitting trans women. 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ candidates received death threats in 2026.
#LGBTQIA #Vatican #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
The Washington Pretzel

LGBTQIA+ roundup May 2026: Vatican published gay men's testimonies for the first time in history and called conversion therapy "devastating" — weeks after SCOTUS struck down conversion therapy bans 8-1. Gay immigrant Allan Marrero freed after 150 days chained across 6 ICE facilities; no criminal history. Smith College probed by Trump ED for admitting trans women. 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ candidates received death threats in 2026.
#LGBTQIA #Vatican #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
The Washington Pretzel

LGBTQIA+ roundup May 7: Trevor Project — 1 in 10 LGBTQ+ youth attempted suicide in 2025; 41% considered it; anti-LGBTQ+ politics are a significant driver; affirming communities cut the attempt rate by two thirds; 15% faced conversion therapy. Botswana formally repealed its colonial-era anti-gay law in March 2026; same-sex couple challenging marriage ban in July. Denver launched Prism, an LGBTQIA+-affirming mental health IOP.
#LGBTQIA #TrevorProject #Botswana #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

LGBTQIA+ roundup May 7: Trevor Project — 1 in 10 LGBTQ+ youth attempted suicide in 2025; 41% considered it; anti-LGBTQ+ politics are a significant driver; affirming communities cut the attempt rate by two thirds; 15% faced conversion therapy. Botswana formally repealed its colonial-era anti-gay law in March 2026; same-sex couple challenging marriage ban in July. Denver launched Prism, an LGBTQIA+-affirming mental health IOP.
#LGBTQIA #TrevorProject #Botswana #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Economy roundup Apr 27 💀 Consumer sentiment 49.8 — all-time low, worse than every recession since 1952. Meta, Microsoft, Oracle cutting for AI — not bad business. 43% of young grads underemployed. Legal immigration gutted; last US population decline was 1918. Federal workforce 12% smaller. 53% of workers stressed; half use substances; ICE fear cited.
#Economy #AI #Jobs #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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LGBTQ roundup Apr 26 🏳️‍🌈 Anti-gay pastor Shelton (called Heartstopper "grooming") pleaded guilty to child sex crimes. EU court struck Hungary's LGBTQ media ban — 1st Article 2 violation ever. 2,000 re-raised the Stonewall Pride flag Trump removed. Trans golfer Davidson suing USGA. Boston LGBTQ migrant group got death threats over $7,500 grant. UK LGBTQ nightclub arson arrest. Gay hate crime suspect caught on fare evasion stop.
#LGBTQ #Stonewall #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Suspect Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from California. Armed with shotgun, handgun, and knives. One officer saved by vest. AG says he targeted Trump admin officials. Arraigned Monday. 🚨
#WHCD #ColeThomasAllen #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #BreakingNews #Trump #SecretService #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Suspect Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from California. Armed with shotgun, handgun, and knives. One officer saved by vest. AG says he targeted Trump admin officials. Arraigned Monday. 🚨
#WHCD #ColeThomasAllen #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #BreakingNews #Trump #SecretService #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Suspect Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from California. Armed with shotgun, handgun, and knives. One officer saved by vest. AG says he targeted Trump admin officials. Arraigned Monday. 🚨
#WHCD #ColeThomasAllen #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #BreakingNews #Trump #SecretService #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

LGBTQ roundup April 25 🏳️‍🌈 SCOTUS 8-1: conversion therapy bans in 20+ states void. SCOTUS also taking up LGBTQ preschool exclusion case. Trump called Iran's leader gay as a taunt — Harris beat him 86-12 with gay voters. ACLU World Cup travel advisory. Gay Canadian model banned 10 yrs at US border. Trans Brazilian congresswoman refuses US entry. Buttigieg: Trump acts like a death star.
#LGBTQ #SCOTUS #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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Medicare Advantage denies care then overturns 80% of those denials on appeal. Democrats just introduced a bill to end it. Prior authorization is a scam. 💊 Time to stop it.
#StopDeadlyDenials #MedicareAdvantage #PriorAuthorization #PramilaJayapal #MedicareForAll #Healthcare #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Medicare Advantage denies care then overturns 80% of those denials on appeal. Democrats just introduced a bill to end it. Prior authorization is a scam. 💊 Time to stop it.
#StopDeadlyDenials #MedicareAdvantage #PriorAuthorization #PramilaJayapal #MedicareForAll #Healthcare #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Medicare Advantage denies care then overturns 80% of those denials on appeal. Democrats just introduced a bill to end it. Prior authorization is a scam. 💊 Time to stop it.
#StopDeadlyDenials #MedicareAdvantage #PriorAuthorization #PramilaJayapal #MedicareForAll #Healthcare #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Medicare Advantage denies care then overturns 80% of those denials on appeal. Democrats just introduced a bill to end it. Prior authorization is a scam. 💊 Time to stop it.
#StopDeadlyDenials #MedicareAdvantage #PriorAuthorization #PramilaJayapal #MedicareForAll #Healthcare #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

9 stories April 15 🚨 SAVE Act: no DL for voter registration. DOJ sued New Haven over sanctuary. Trump attacked Pope Leo at 12am. Vance spoke to half-empty arena. 98% Iranian oil goes to China: Hormuz blockade hits Beijing before Xi summit. Iran war "nearly over," 13 US soldiers dead. Orban ousted after 16 yrs. OBBB hits Black families hardest on tax day. FISA expires Monday. IMF cut global growth to 2.5%.
#SAVEAct #Iran #FISA #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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Pastor freed after 3 weeks. Soldier's husband detained 6 months. ICE shooting witness has dashcam. Missouri expanding bounties. Philly fighting back. One day. Multiple Breaking ICE Stories 🚨
#ICE #PastorReleased #MilitaryFamilies #PattersonShooting #287g #Philadelphia #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Genesis, 11. Denis, 6. Durham NC elementary school students. Deported to Honduras in 48 hours after a routine ICE check-in. Family complied for 4 years. Gone. 💔
#Durham #ICE #Deportation #GenesisAndDenis #NorthCarolina #AsylumSeekers #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Genesis, 11. Denis, 6. Durham NC elementary school students. Deported to Honduras in 48 hours after a routine ICE check-in. Family complied for 4 years. Gone. 💔
#Durham #ICE #Deportation #GenesisAndDenis #NorthCarolina #AsylumSeekers #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Genesis, 11. Denis, 6. Durham NC elementary school students. Deported to Honduras in 48 hours after a routine ICE check-in. Family complied for 4 years. Gone. 💔
#Durham #ICE #Deportation #GenesisAndDenis #NorthCarolina #AsylumSeekers #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Genesis, 11. Denis, 6. Durham NC elementary school students. Deported to Honduras in 48 hours after a routine ICE check-in. Family complied for 4 years. Gone. 💔
#Durham #ICE #Deportation #GenesisAndDenis #NorthCarolina #AsylumSeekers #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Genesis, 11. Denis, 6. Durham NC elementary school students. Deported to Honduras in 48 hours after a routine ICE check-in. Family complied for 4 years. Gone. 💔
#Durham #ICE #Deportation #GenesisAndDenis #NorthCarolina #AsylumSeekers #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

His dad risked his life for US troops in Afghanistan. His son is a straight-A student. ICE surrounded him outside his home and took him anyway. No charges. No reason. 🇺🇸💔
#FreeRihan #ICE #AfghanRefugees #Cheshire #Connecticut #ImmigrationJustice #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Dad of 4 US citizen kids. 20+ years in the US. No criminal record. Detained on the way to school pickup. His kids kept asking where he was. She had no answers. 💔
#ICE #MiguelMendez #Escondido #FamiliesBelongTogether #MassDeportation #ImmigrationJustice #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill cut food stamps for refugees, asylees, trafficking survivors, and abuse victims. Took effect April 1 🚨 72,000 lose CalFresh in California. 13,000 in San Diego County. Current recipients keep benefits until renewal — usually yearly — then they're cut. SNAP faces $186B in cuts through 2034. These families were already too scared to go to grocery stores.
#CalFresh #SNAP #Refugees #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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Trump donors cashing in on ICE 🚨 GEO Group + CoreCivic donated $2.8M to Trump. ICE returned: GEO $2.1B, CoreCivic $653M, CSI Aviation $1.1B in contracts. GEO revenue up 6% to $2.6B. CoreCivic up 13% to $2.2B. ICE detention doubled to 70K. Flights up 89%. 70% of $5.4B went to 10 vendors. One Big Beautiful Bill: $45B more coming.
#ICE #PayToPlay #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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Trump's DOJ is suing 30 states to seize voter SSNs, addresses and birthdates. West Virginia said NO — twice. Advocates just intervened in court. 🗳️ They want your data.
#VoterData #WestVirginia #DOJ #VotingRights #ElectionIntegrity #ACLU #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Trump's DOJ is suing 30 states to seize voter SSNs, addresses and birthdates. West Virginia said NO — twice. Advocates just intervened in court. 🗳️ They want your data.
#VoterData #WestVirginia #DOJ #VotingRights #ElectionIntegrity #ACLU #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Trump's DOJ is suing 30 states to seize voter SSNs, addresses and birthdates. West Virginia said NO — twice. Advocates just intervened in court. 🗳️ They want your data.
#VoterData #WestVirginia #DOJ #VotingRights #ElectionIntegrity #ACLU #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Trump's DOJ is suing 30 states to seize voter SSNs, addresses and birthdates. West Virginia said NO — twice. Advocates just intervened in court. 🗳️ They want your data.
#VoterData #WestVirginia #DOJ #VotingRights #ElectionIntegrity #ACLU #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Trump's DOJ is suing 30 states to seize voter SSNs, addresses and birthdates. West Virginia said NO — twice. Advocates just intervened in court. 🗳️ They want your data.
#VoterData #WestVirginia #DOJ #VotingRights #ElectionIntegrity #ACLU #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Texas couldn't pass these anti-immigrant laws through the Legislature. So Abbott bypassed it. 1.7M people impacted. 18,500 students losing tuition. K-12/ DACA/ non-English folks/ refugees/asylum holders losing access. CDLs/purchasing/registering cars impacted. From electricians to speech pathologists and dog breeders, occupational licenses blocked
#Texas #GregAbbott #KenPaxton #DACA #Immigration #PipelineOfExclusion #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

BREAKING: Two more lawsuits filed TODAY against Trump's mail-in voting EO. 23 states + PA Gov. Four total in 3 days. Trump voted by mail last week. ⚖️ Courts will stop this.
#BreakingNews #MailInVoting #VotingRights #Midterms2026 #TrumpEO #23States #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

ICE leaked ledger exposed: local cops paid per arrest as a deportation army. Blue states get ZERO. One Tennessee cop: $1.8M. They're buying your police department. 🚨
#ICE #287g #DeportationArmy #BountyHunters #KenKlippenstein #ImmigrationEnforcement #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

32 years in Milwaukee. Zero US convictions. Salah Sour was pulled from his front door by ICE. His community says he was targeted for speaking up for Palestine. 👁️

#SalahSour #ICE #Milwaukee #IslamicSociety #PalestineAdvocacy #ImmigrationJustice #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Kristi Noem crusaded against drag shows & trans rights. Then the Daily Mail dropped photos of her husband. Her own dominatrix says Kristi KNEW. 👀 The mask came ALL the way off.

#KristiNoem #BimboGate #Hypocrisy #MAGAHypocrisy #TransRights #DragShows #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Trump at Easter lunch today: "Don't send any money for daycare. The United States can't take care of daycare." He added Medicaid/Medicare are state responsibilities. Federal government's only job: military. White House broadcast it live then made private. Context: Judge blocked his federal daycare funding freeze yesterday. 1.4 million children's families get federal child care subsidies
#Trump #Daycare #Medicaid #Medicare #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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Iran war economic damage: Gas up $1/gallon in one month. 30-year mortgage hit 6.38% — four straight weeks of increases. Nasdaq in correction, down 10%+ from highs. S&P down 7% in 2026. Feb jobs: minus 92,000. Recession odds at 40-50% per EY-Parthenon and Moody's. Pentagon seeking $200B from Congress. The 10-year Treasury yield up 50 basis points since the war began.

#IranWar #Economy #Recession #GasPrices #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

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