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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
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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
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ICE omnibus May 9: ICE tackled wrong Bronx teen, split his head open, 7 stitches. Ohio man deported to Laos after 45 years and never missing a check-in. ICE unpaid medical contractors since Oct 2025; detainee attempted suicide after solitary for requesting care. 11th Circuit grants bond hearings. 33 DC warrantless violations found. 287(g) up 13x. CoreCivic +25%. CA Senate 38-0 caps commissary markups.
#ICE #Immigration #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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Gas update May 2026: national average $4.54/gallon — up 52% since the Iran war began. Pre-war: $2.98. Strait of Hormuz closure = largest oil supply disruption in market history. California: $6.06. Ohio up $2.06. On groceries: USDA revised food forecast to 3.1% for 2026, nearly double January. Beef up 12.1% year-on-year. Purdue: war could add 3-6% to grocery inflation over 18 months. PCE inflation hit 3.5% annual rate.
#GasPrices #Groceries #IranWar #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 Botswana formally repealed its colonial-era anti-gay law in March 2026; same-sex couple challenging marriage ban in July.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

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

ICE secretly gagged Florida police: consult us before answering any FOIA or Sunshine Law request about immigration enforcement. Florida has among the strongest open records laws in US — ICE is overriding them. Miami-Dade surged from 100 to 971 ICE-certified officers in under 4 months. Records request blocked with $48,394 estimate. Former ICE chief: no operational reason for this secrecy.
#ICE #Florida #FOIA #OpenRecords #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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ICE detained the Gámez-Cuéllar mariachi brothers — Antonio (18), Caleb (14), Joshua (12) — at a routine check-in in February. They fled cartel violence and entered through asylum. National outrage secured their release. Two weeks later Kacey Musgraves invited them to open three sold-out Gruene Hall shows. The last one is Cinco de Mayo. Antonio is the top mariachi trumpet player in Texas.
#KaceyMusgraves #ICE #MariachiBrothers #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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Cuban national Denny Adan Gonzalez, 33, died in ICE custody April 28 at Stewart Detention Center in Georgia. Suspected suicide; official cause under investigation. Found unresponsive at 10:25 pm by CoreCivic staff; pronounced dead at 11:11 pm. He had been reporting voluntarily to ICE in Charlotte until September 2025. ICE custody deaths in 2026: 47. A 20-year high.
#ICE #CoreCivic #ICEDeaths #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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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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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

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

11 ICE stories Apr 25-26 🚨 ICE agent charged for pointing gun at drivers — first Metro Surge prosecution. Arizona suing over ICE jail next to chemical plant near 2 schools. Camp East Montana: 1 death ruled homicide, 49 violations, new contractor has 112. AI skip tracing targets 1M+ immigrants. PA ICE partnerships up 70%. 46 ICE deaths this year — 20-year high. Brazilian dad freed, reunited with cancer daughter.
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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BREAKING: Shots fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Shooter dead in lobby. Trump, Melania, Vance evacuated safely. Still developing. Stay tuned. 🚨
#WHCD #BreakingNews #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #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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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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Asylum ban blocked in court. Philly passes ICE Out. Texas crushes Houston ICE resistance. Nashville police may be forced back into 287g agreement with ICE. Canadian mom & 7 or old autistic daughter detained by ICE. Springsteen names the dead after ICE surge. 🚨
#AsylumBan #PhiladelphiaICEOut #Texas #ICE #BruceSpringsteen #ChronicLaw #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

8 ICE stories April 23 🚨 Boulder suspect's family freed; FBI cleared them, 10 months lost. 7 sick detainees in Phoenix: ALS, leukemia, dementia, aneurysm surgery. ICE shuts door on clergy. Pregnant teens in Texas ICE: No abortions. Tire blowout passenger freed after 5 months. Noem squatting in Coast Guard house 7 weeks after firing. ICE deputy Sheahan: sex scandal. Austin: Abbott extended ICE deadline.
#ICE #SolimanFamily #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

8 stories April 22 🚨 Musk gutted CFPB, now launched X Money: Exactly what CFPB policed. Trump's Fed pick Warsh is soft on inflation math; BofA warns of backfiring. Warren: AI debt could trigger another 2008 — "cut the rope." Warren backed Maine candidate with a Nazi tattoo. Goldman Sachs filed Bitcoin ETF. Morgan Stanley in. Draper: $250K BTC in 18 months. Musk: federal checks for AI job losses + AI penthouses for everyone.
#ElizabethWarren #XMoney #Bitcoin #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Trump claims TrumpRx cuts prices 600% — mathematically impossible. Warren proved it charges MORE than Costco. RFK Jr. didn't know the price of a heart drug. 💊 Receipts.
#TrumpRx #ElizabethWarren #RFKJr #PrescriptionDrugPrices #Healthcare #MAHA #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

BREAKING: Tazewell County judge Jack Hurley blocked certification of Virginia's redistricting vote 🚨 Ruling: Democrats added amendment to Republican-called budget special session — needed 2/3 majority, had simple majority only. Voters approved map yesterday. VA Supreme Court reserved judgment. AG Jones appealing to Virginia Supreme Court, US Supreme Court if needed. Fight is not over.
#VirginiaRedistricting #JudgeHurley #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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ICE subpoenas tech companies to unmask critics. $140B for ICE no reforms. A mom loses her autistic kids' healthcare. WrestleMania went international-free. This is America now. 🚨
#ICESurveillance #ACLU #FirstAmendment #WorldCup2026 #Atlanta #ICEFunding #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

8 ICE stories April 22 🚨 200 detainees on hunger strike in Baldwin MI. ICE agents use Meta smart glasses in 6 states without authorization. Houston votes today to gut ICE ordinance — Abbott threatened $114M. Senate 52-46 blank check for ICE, no guardrails. ICE posed Meenu Batra for social media pics — she's the only such interpreter in Texas. 17 dead in ICE custody in 2026, 1 every 6 days. Delaware: we don't set traps. Wyoming: speeding gets you deported
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

🚨 BREAKING: Virginia approved Democratic redistricting plan. ~4 new Dem House seats. Full tally across 6 states: Dems could net ~10 new seats, GOP ~9 — close to a wash. BUT: Virginia Supreme Court reserved right to rule on legality after election. AND: Florida GOP plans special session next week to draw 2-5 more Republican seats. Maps are not ballots. Both parties still have to win in November.
#VirginiaYES #Redistricting #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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9 ICE stories! ICE killed US citizen Ruben Martinez, hid it for a year — "I'm sorry" - his last words. Court interpreter arrested at airport; Army son: "I thought she was included." France mobilizing for Marie-Thérèse 86. DHS grand jury to unmask Reddit ICE critic. NY Hochul: 63% back ICE limits. Maine ACLU lawsuit. MD judge blocked 1,500-bed jail. VA: impersonating fed agent is felony. Afghan honor student detained on spring break
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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70%+ of Dallas ICE arrests have NO criminal record. $625M in economic damage in LA. Oregon mom freed after 8 months. Arizona wants to jail people for warning neighbors. 🚨
#ICE #ImmigrationEnforcement #DallasICE #OmarSalazar #Arizona #Delaware #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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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
The Washington Pretzel

8 ICE stories today 🚨 Venezuelan Dr. arrested at airport w/ 5-yr-old US citizen daughter. Legal Maine engineer's window smashed by crowbar: sues 5 agents. ACLU vs Las Vegas ICE jail deal at Nevada Supreme Court. King County: judicial warrants only. CT 24-10 to sue ICE. 442K deported, 38% had records. Thompson Reuters sold ICE 20B plate records, fired whistleblower. Arizona ICE: sardines. Utah: DHS owns half the land.
#ICE #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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7 ICE stories April 14 🚨 French grandma Marie-Thérèse, 86, shackled/detained in Louisiana. Mexican migrant Clemente died at Winn Correctional: 12-plus dead in 2026. ICE shot Carlos Mendoza in the face then lied about who he was. Mankato extended anti-ICE ordinance after ICE killed 2 US citizens. ICE already funded to 2029 — GOP wants a decade. 70.8% of detainees have 0 convictions. Parker County TX giving deputies warrantless arrest power.
#ICE #Immigration #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

Melania called White House presser to deny Epstein ties nobody was asking about. Now they are 🚨 She called for survivors to testify in Congress: contradicting Trump, who says move on. Separately: New Mexico searched Zorro Ranch in Mar 2026 after Epstein files included a buried bodies claim. DOJ told NM to stand down in 2019 and never returned the evidence. Thirty years of secrets.
#Epstein #ZorroRanch #Melania #NewMexico #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

5 immigration stories April 11 🚨 DHS shutdown month 2: ICE never defunded, TSA workers went unpaid. Maryland passes Community Trust Act: jails need judicial warrants for ICE holds. 260+ DACA recipients detained, renewal backlog trapping them. Georgia HS senior detained weeks before graduation. Rubio revokes green cards for "Screaming Mary's" son — a psychology lecturer who wasn't alive in 1979.
#ICE #DACA #Maryland #Rubio #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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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

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'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

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

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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