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If HSI investigators are being diverted from transnational crime to investigate noncitizen voting, what happens to the investigations they were previously conducting?

I just finished reading an article in Pro Publica. Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart https://www.propublica.org/article/noncitizen-voting-trump-homeland-security-investigations I do recommend Pro Publica.

I'm particularly interested in whether anyone has seen data on the opportunity cost of decreased resources on drug cartels, fentanyl trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism, etc. Has anyone studied whether shifting federal investigative resources toward immigration enforcement affects those investigations?

Data centers are a stand-in — a screen we're projecting bigger worries onto. City councils are now surrogates for these worries. https://ralphrosenberg.substack.com/p/when-the-future-arrives-before-the?r=9e9e3

I spent years fighting for clean water and public health in Iowa, so it's refreshing to see a candidate who's hitting the sweet spot, even in today's ag dominated Iowa. Chris Jones isn't just talking about water quality/clean water—he's making it central to Iowa's future as a candidate for Secretary of Agriculture. If you get the chance to meet him, he's the real deal. This is compelling case for why this issue can no longer be ignored. And if a candidate does not mention it on a campaign trail, ask them, take them to task

Reliance on sales tax hurts us for generations, and candidates are silent from Rob Sand down. Sales tax sounds fair, while working Iowans spend more of their income just living—meaning we pay a far bigger share than the wealthy. It leaves our kids holding the bag.

Political scams. Writer names a three-stage long con perfectly: absolute promise → quiet redefinition → retroactive victory lap. Four players keep it running: the con man making the promise, the recipients (the public), the media chasing the next shiny thing instead of the receipts, and political leaders who flinch from calling a lie a lie. Most of us aren't in the con. But we're obligated to hold the media accountable and demand our leaders grow a spine. Silence is a fifth player

if you agree with this piece by Joyce Vance, please let me know what you think of which acronym we should use to describe vindictive prosecution

BULLY — five letters, straightforward:

• Bureaucratic
• Undermining of
• Law through
• Lies and
• Yoking (of opponents)

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REIGN

• Retaliatory
• Enforcement
• Intimidation
• Governing through
• Nightmare prosecution

 FARCE:

• Fear-based
• Authoritarian
• Retribution,
• Coercion, and
• Extortion

The Trump walk out was planned theater. The strategy is a slow-motion coup dress rehearsal. Trump’s “Meet the Press” Tantrum Also Revealed His Midterm Plans
https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/trumps-meet-the-press-tantrum-also?r=9e9e3&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web