Of course it was an f-ing trick. This Reich is run by a Fascist con man and the administration doesn't have an honest bone in it's body politic.
‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/migrants-self-deportation-trump-immigration
18 December 2025 @ 11:20 pm
Recently discovered rare footage of Willie Nelson and Keith Richards helping build the pyramids in Egypt.
18 December 2025 @ 11:05 pm
The New Financial Crisis: Subprime Auto LoansIt's Happening And No Amount Of Venezuela Will Stop it
https://theicarian.substack.com/p/the-new-financial-crisis-subprime
18 December 2025 @ 12:43 am
How to know the Little Johnson has lost control of the House'I have not lost control of the House,' Johnson insists after major rebellion over ACA subsidies
Meanwhile, Mike Johnson, the House speaker, has insisted he has “not lost control” of the House, after four swing-district Republicans joined with Democrats to force a vote on extending the soon-to-expire ACA tax credits for three years.
The beleaguered speaker told reporters earlier:
I have not lost control of the House.
17 December 2025 @ 6:25 pm
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado
Governor Jared Polis warned that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR would put ‘public safety at risk’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/trump-boulder-ncar-climate-lab
17 December 2025 @ 5:13 pm