Declassified Report from the National Intelligence Council

This document is a declassified version of a classified report.  The analytic judgements outlined therein are identical to those specified in the classified version.  The difference between the declassified and classified versions of this report are that the declassified document doesn’t include

I Can’t “Understand” for You

— by Mike Harlos For almost a bit over a year now, I’ve completely avoided political posts.  Today, I took a break from that. Tornillo, TX is on the US/Mexico border. There is a “tent city facility” setup there. The facility is housing

‘Chilling and Unprecedented’: DHS Reauthorization Bill Would Let Trump Send Secret Service to Polling Places

“This is an alarming proposal which raises the possibility that armed federal agents will be patrolling neighborhood precincts and vote centers,” over a dozen secretaries of state tell Senate leaders. by Andrea Germanos, staff writer at Common Dreams Civil rights advocates and

Redacted Dem Rebuttal to Nunes Memo Released

Here’s the Democratic rebuttal to the Nunes memo delineating some of the material facts the Majority deliberately omitted: [embeddoc url=”http://www.humboldtdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/372309761-Dem-Memo.pdf” viewer=”google”]

ICE Director Brags About How Much He’s ‘Enjoying’ Tearing Immigrant Families Apart

“There’s a special place in hell for those who get off on broken families and profit off of incarcerating innocent people.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer at CommonDreams Riding high off two recent widely denounced deportations that ripped apart immigrant families who have called the U.S. home

What the Battle over the Dream Act means for the West

As the threat of a government shutdown looms, Congress wrestles over DACA. — by Maya L. Kapoor is an associate editor for High Country News. For a short time, soccer seemed like it might be Daniela Benitez’s ticket to attending college. She didn’t begin

Trump Set to Deport Dreamers to Appease His Supremacist Base

A Note from Senator Catherine Cortez Masto — Last month, we celebrated the fifth anniversary of President Obama’s landmark Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program granted hundreds of thousands of young people the opportunity to come out of the

House Democrats Call for Outside, Independent Commission to Investigate Trump-Russia Ties

Dear Democratic Colleague, It has been reported that days before President Trump fired Comey, the FBI Director had asked for more resources for the Russian investigation.  Given Director Comey’s confirmation of the Trump-Russia inquiry, the President’s actions raise questions about whether this