#maxine dexter

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Oliver Willis at Daily Kos:

Democratic members of Congress are continuing to fight for the release of Maryland resident Kilmar Ábrego García, even as Republicans cheer his wrongful detention in El Salvador. A delegation of four House Democrats traveled to El Salvador on Monday. Reps. Robert Garcia of California, Maxwell Frost of Florida, Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, and Maxine Dexter of Oregon said in a joint release that they had done so to bring attention to “President Trump’s illegal defiance of the binding and unanimous Supreme Court decision” that ordered Ábrego García be returned.

“Donald Trump and his Administration are running a government-funded kidnapping program– illegally arresting, jailing, and deporting innocent people with zero due process. Kilmar Ábrego García is Trump’s latest victim,” Frost noted in the press release. Ansari, who was first elected last year, compared Trump’s actions with those of the authoritarian regime in Iran, which her parents escaped.

“My parents fled an authoritarian regime in Iran where people were ‘disappeared’—I refuse to sit back and watch it happen here, too,” she said. The trip is not an officially authorized congressional delegation. On April 15, Democrats requested that House Oversight Chair James Comer authorize a bipartisan delegation to secure Ábrego García’s release. This request was ignored by the Republicans in the House majority. The House Democrats’ travels follow Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s successful trip to El Salvador, where he was allowed to meet with Ábrego García.

Bravo to the 4 House Dems (Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Yassamin Ansari, Maxine Dexter, and Robert Garcia) who defied the House Oversight Chair James Comer to go to El Salvador to try to free Kilmar Ábrego García.

[babyenemychild]

House Censures Al Green for Heckling Trump During Speech to Congress

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[usanewscorner]

How each member of the House voted on the censure of Rep. Al Green

The House voted Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green for his protest during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress, with 10 Democrats joining House Republicans in condemning the Texas Democrat’s actions.

Green, 77, disrupted Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, prompting House Speaker Mike Johnson to remove the lawmaker from the chamber.

“I have no ill feelings toward the speaker, none toward the persons that escorted me away from the floor, because I did disrupt. And I did so because the president indicated that he had a mandate. And I wanted him to know that he didn’t have a mandate to cut Medicaid,” Green said in a speech on the House floor Thursday, following his censure.

Here’s how the vote broke down by party.

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Ladies, here's another reason to get passports

By Sophie Clark

What is the SAVE Act?

The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is a bill that will require all people registering to vote to bring proof of citizenship in person to a voter registration site.

It eliminates voters' ability to register to vote by mail or online. Supporters of the bill say it will eliminate noncitizen voting. Detractors say that multiple studies have found no evidence of widespread voter fraud and that this will only make voting harder for citizens.

Proof of citizenship, under the SAVE Act, is listed as an ID plus a birth certificate, a passport, or another form of ID that proves citizenship such as a naturalization card.

The combination of an ID plus a birth certificate has raised concerns about how married women, who may not have a last name that matches their birth certificates, would register to vote.

The SAVE Act does not include guidance on how to navigate this but does say any poll worker who does not follow the SAVE Act's parameters will face jail time.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, author of the SAVE Act, leaving the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images

Will the SAVE Act stop married women from voting?

Not directly. However, it will make it harder for the 69 million married women whose names do not match their birth certificates to register to vote in the first place.

Married women can bring their passports instead, but more than 146 million Americans do not have a passport, and may not have $130 spare to purchase one. Passports also take time to be delivered, which many people may not have if they are registering to vote close to their state's deadline.

The bill says that states will have the freedom to figure out their own parameters for the SAVE Act, however, it does not appropriate funds for this.

Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Dexter brought forward an amendment to the bill which would put a pause on the SAVE Act until they could study and conclusively say that it would not impede married women's ability to register to vote. This amendment was blocked by Republicans.

Will the SAVE Act eliminate online or mail voter registration?

Yes. The SAVE Act's documentary proof of citizenship at the time of registration requirement, has to be verified by poll workers in person.

This eliminates people's ability to register through any other means, making voter registration exceedingly difficult for disabled people, the elderly, college students, troops deployed overseas, rural voters, and anybody who does not have the time to line up in person to register.

Voter registration group When We All Vote told Newsweek: "Registering voters online and in person is at the core of When We All Vote's work increasing participation in every election and closing the race and age voting gaps.

"Registering to vote can be overwhelming, and we provide voters with the resources and tools they need to get registered and ready to make their voices heard.

"Last year, When We All Vote helped more than 300,000 Americans register or check their voter registration. The SAVE Act would eliminate this work, and make registering to vote a daunting task."

How will people without passports or birth certificates register to vote?

They may not be able to unless they have some other form of citizenship proof such as a naturalization certificate, people who cannot prove their citizenship with a passport or birth certificate will not be able to register to vote under the SAVE Act.

Apart from the 146 million Americans who do not have a passport, 21.3 million Americans cannot locate their birth certificate or other citizenship paperwork, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.

People who are already registered may also be impacted by the SAVE Act, as the act calls for frequent voter-roll purges. These purges tend to accidentally remove U.S. citizens as well, meaning they will have to reregister under the SAVE Act parameters. Any citizens who move house will also have to reregister in their area.

Will the SAVE Act make it harder for low income or rural voters to register? Yes. Rural voters will have to drive to their nearest voter registration location to register to vote. This will be especially hard for rural voters with families and/or full-time jobs who do not have hours to spare for driving and lining up to register.

Low-income voters are less likely to have a passport, meaning they will have to locate their birth certificate and another form of ID in order to register to vote. If they have lost those documents they will have to pay to replace them.

Equal Ground Action Fund Executive Director Genesis Robinson told Newsweek that forcing people to pay for documents equates to a poll tax.

Could the SAVE Act disproportionately affect people of color? Yes. Older Black Americans are less likely to have a birth certificate because they were denied hospital births during segregation.

Many Tribal IDs do not list citizenship, creating an impediment for Native voters, who already have difficulties voting as reservation addresses are not as easy to list on voter registration forms. Black and Latin Americans are also more likely to be physically impacted by natural disasters, meaning they are more likely to lose their citizenship documentation due to a disaster, and will have to move more often, meaning they will have to reregister to vote under SAVE Act parameters.

NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement to Newsweek: "The SAVE Act is nothing more than voter suppression disguised as voter protection. The burdensome requirements disproportionately target voters in historically marginalized communities, amplify systemic inequalities, and aim to silence millions."

Does the SAVE Act violate federal voting laws?

This is under debate. The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, allows voters to affirm citizenship via signed declaration, not documentary proof. However, The SAVE Act is written to amend the NVRA, meaning if passed it would supersede the original law.

Similar laws requiring proof of citizenship to vote and frequent voter roll purges in Arizona were struck down by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who said those laws were a Civil Rights violation.

There is a chance the SAVE Act would also face similar judicial review. However, the Supreme Court's Shelby vs Holder decision in 2013 rolled back certain protections in the Voting Rights Act, meaning they may rule that the SAVE Act is legal.

Will transgender individuals be blocked from voting if their IDs don't match?

They will almost certainly have more difficulty registering to vote. Transgender individuals who have changed their name on their ID will not have a name or gender that matches their birth certificate.

If transgender people want to use their passports instead, the Trump administration has also required all people to list their gender assigned at birth on their passports, which may cause confusion among poll workers when registering transgender people to vote, as their appearance and gender may not match the gender noted on their passport.

[cantsayidont]

March 1996. Ms. Maxine Manchester (a.k.a. Ladytron, no relation), all dressed up with nowhere to go, in a scene from WILD.C.A.T.S. #27. Since she has a microwave emitter where her digestive system used to be and a small nuclear reactor in her pelvis, where she would put the pizza is sort of an interesting philosophical question.

[humming-fly]

Good News for 4/20

My daily call reminder for everyone today includes some recent good news courtesy of this reddit post, which I've just copypasted wholesale for everyone over here to enjoy!

Resistance

crosswalks in Seattle were hacked to play AI audio of Jeff Bezos asking not to tax the rich, in reference to Washington’s regressive tax structure

crosswalks in Palo Alto were hacked to play AI audio of Elon talking about be being a friendless loser

A constituent at Marjorie Taylor Green’s town hall called her a “butch body bigot”

Constituents at Chuck Grassley’s town hall demanded they get Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of El Salvador (this was in IOWA, and was mostly older white people)

5 Calls posted that people are averaging 50 calls a minute to representatives via the app, specifically about Kilmar and CECOT

Posters went up around Philadelphia just before 4/15 about Elon and his companies not paying taxes

Protesters showed up outside a courthouse in Vermont in support of Rumeysa Ozturk during her detention hearing

People travelled from all over Missouri to speak out in opposition of a proposed abortion ban during a committee hearing

Home Alone 2 director wants to cut Trump’s cameo out of the movie

Attorneys in the solicitor general’s office of the DOJ are resigning

A group of current and former Big Law attorneys are organizing to fight back against the administration’s attacks on law firms

More associates have quit law firms that capitulated to Trump

Harvard refused to comply with Trump’s demands, despite losing billions in federal funding

Protesters marched to Fetterman’s Philadelphia office demanding he hold in person town halls

Universities are creating NATO-like alliances of “mutual defense compacts”, where they’d all support and defend each other if Trump attacks one

Farmers in Maine had a tractor “parade” to protest USDA cuts

Boise city hall is continuing to have their pride flag up despite a new Idaho state law banning pride flags on government property

Republicans breaking ranks

Mark Kelly said republicans will start to distance themselves from Trump and speak out against his policies, that they’re saying things in private they won’t say publicly

Lisa Murkowski heavily criticized Trump’s policies during a nonprofit leadership summit, also said there’s a “growing number of republicans” opposing Medicaid cuts

12 house republicans signed a letter to Mike Johnson saying they won’t vote for a final budget reconciliation bill that cuts Medicaid

17 republicans in the Montana state senate joined democrats to block an anti-trans bill that would have made it a felony for an adult to help trans kids under 16 access gender affirming medical care

The Libertarian Party of Travis County, TX passed a resolution calling for Trump to be impeached

Dems doing stuff

Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to put eyes on Kilmar Abrego Garcia and attempt to negotiate his release. After being denied access to CECOT or even a phone call on Wednesday, he was able to meet with Kilmar on Thursday

Robert Garcia and Maxwell Frost are trying to get a congressional delegation authorized to travel to El Salvador

Cory Booker, Maxine Dexter, Yassamin Ansari, and Mark Desaulnier have all said (separately) they plan to travel to El Salvador

Chuck Schumer is blocking Trump’s nominees for federal prosecutors in NY—this is different than when senators put holds on cabinet nominees and this would completely block the appointments instead of just slow them down

Becca Balint Led 67 House Colleagues in Demanding Answers from DHS and the State Department on Mohsen Mahdawi’s Arrest

Elizabeth Warren and Melanie Stansbury introduced a bill to create stronger ethics rules and crack down on conflicts of interest for special government employees

Sarah McBride forced the Trump admin to reverse course on slashing a manufacturing support program in Delaware

Sean Casten held a town hall in the deepest red district in Illinois

Democrats have identified 35 vulnerable republican house seats to target in the midterms

Texas state representative John Bucy introduced a bill to expand online voter registration

Kathy Hochul supported a law passed by NYC city council to shift payment of broker fees from renters to landlords, after the Real Estate Board of NY sued the city to block it

Tony Evers locked in an increase in public school funding in Wisconsin for 400 years, the state Supreme Court backed it up

Janet Mills refused to comply with Trump’s orders on banning transgender athletes, said “I’m happy to go to court”

Illinois house democrats advanced legislation to require public colleges and universities to provide reproductive health care services to students

Jared Polis signed the Protecting the Freedom to Marry Act, protecting every Coloradan’s right to marry who they love

Nevada democrats introduced legislation to help the state hire federal workers fired by Trump and Elon

Wes Moore signed legislation aimed at connecting laid-off federal health care workers with jobs

NC AG Jeff Jackson sued property management companies over using RealPage to set and inflate rents, the second largest one settled and agreed to stop using it

Legal stuff

A lawsuit was filed against the DoD on behalf of students at schools on military bases, stating that book removals and curriculum changes violate their first amendment rights

Gavin Newsom is suing Trump over tariffs

Newsom is planning to sue Trump over the dismantling of Americorp

Judge Boasberg finds “probable cause” to hold Trump admin in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

Judge Xinis ordered two weeks of discovery in the Abrego Garcia case, including depositions of the four officials who signed affidavits, and doesn’t rule out holding them in contempt

An appeals court denied the Trump administration’s attempt to appeal the order from Judge Xinis to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice had his law license suspended for 3 years for violating professional conduct rules during a probe of the 2020 presidential vote

A group of small businesses is suing Trump over the tariffs, arguing they’re illegal under the IEEPA

A judge blocked Trump’s EO targeting law firm Susman Godfrey

Appeals court blocked the ban on trans military service members

Supreme Court temporarily blocked deportations under the Alien Enemies Act

A court denied the administration’s attempt to appeal an order mandating officials’ depositions about Kilmar’s deportation

A judge blocked the administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” gender markers on passports

Foreign students are suing DHS over their visas being terminated

A federal judge blocked the Department of Energy from cutting over $400M in research funds to universities

A judge blocked the EPA from withholding billions in funds from clean energy programs

An Idaho judge ruled to broaden medical exceptions to the state’s abortion bans

Misc

Trump’s approval rating among independents is -22, the lowest ever for this point in a presidency

Three pentagon officials have been suspended in a leak investigation

Spokane, WA city council is proposing an ordinance that would include Two-Spirit people in the city’s human rights code, double up on state shield protections and ensure city employees’ insurance covers gender-affirming and reproductive healthcare

David Hogg (DNC vice chair) is planning to spend $20M funding primary challengers against sitting House members in safe blue districts who aren’t fighting hard enough

Florida lawmakers unanimously approved making medical marijuana cards free for veterans

Run For Something reported that over 200,000 people have signed up with them to run for office since 2017, and they’re currently averaging 500 new signups a day

National Republican Senatorial Committee is warning republicans that democrats are out-fundraising them

Six men in Coeur d’Alene, ID have been charged after dragging Teresa Borrenpohl out of a town hall in February

Mike Lindell (MyPillow guy) cried to a judge that he was “in ruins” and had no money after refusing to pay sanctions to Smartmatic

Portland city council unanimously voted to grant an appeal to stop a Portland General Electric project that would cut down 397 trees in Forest Park to build power lines

Unions form pro bono legal network for federal workers targeted by Trump

Funding was extended for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database (cybersecurity)

Democrats are more trusted on the economy than republicans for the first time in years

The FDA granted fast track status to a bird flu vaccine

Dems won against Maga candidates in the Newark school board election

Labor union reps in Utah got twice the required number of signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to repeal a recent bill that ended collective bargaining

Washington state senate passed a bill that would require insurance companies to cover a 12-month supply of hormone replacement therapy at a time

Betty Martinez Franco became the first Latina elected to Irvine city council. She came to the US as an undocumented immigrant and has since become a citizen, gotten a masters degree, started a PR agency, and is now elected to city council

Elon’s L’s

Elon dropped DOGE’s savings goal from $2T to $150B—less than 10% of the original goal

Elon was outed as dm’ing women he’d never met and offering to impregnate them, shortly after that he announced he was deactivating twitter’s dm feature

Elon’s meeting at the Pentagon on China was stopped by Trump (“what the fuck is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn’t go”)

[brightlotusmoon]

​'They're getting death threats': Lawmaker reportedly reveals how Trump is pressuring GOP - Raw Story

Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR) reportedly told constituents on Saturday that Republican lawmakers are siding with Donald Trump in part because they are receiving "death threats."

Dexter announced late last month that she would be having a town hall in Gresham, Oregon, on March 1. At that event, she made a shocking disclosure, according to a popular content creator who attended the meeting.

"I just got home from my congresswoman's absolutely packed town hall," said popular YouTube farming commentator Parkrose Permaculture.

She then provided what she said was a direct quote from Dexter about what happened in the Oval Office with the leader of Ukraine.

"I want to make it clear Ukraine gave up the third largest nuclear arsenal in 1994 in exchange for America and Europe's help for the long term. What Trump is doing is destabilizing everyone's security, the world security," the lawmaker said, according to the readout. "I am concerned that my children will be sent to war, a war that is unnecessary."

Dexter then reportedly added, "No one should misunderstand what happened yesterday in the Oval Office is putting our security at risk and the world's security at risk."

"There are Republicans who, when they think of stepping out of line, they get a call from the President," Dexter said, according to the report. "They are getting death threats."

In a follow-up post on Blue Sky, Parkrose Permaculture wrote, "Here's what I don't understand: if so many GOPs in Congress are truly getting death threats against themselves/their family, why aren't they recording the calls, putting them together and releasing them all to the public?"

"Shine a light on it and the threats lose al their power," she added.

[saywhat-politics]

Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR) reportedly told constituents on Saturday that Republican lawmakers are siding with Donald Trump in part because they are receiving "death threats."

Dexter announced late last month that she would be having a town hall in Gresham, Oregon, on March 1. At that event, she made a shocking disclosure, according to a popular content creator who attended the meeting.

"I just got home from my congresswoman's absolutely packed town hall," said popular YouTube farming commentator Parkrose Permaculture.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Adrian Carrasquillo at The Bulwark:

WHEN REPUBLICANS DENIED AN OFFICIAL TRAVEL REQUEST to El Salvador from Democratic members of Congress, the tweet from the House Oversight Committee was predictably dumb: “Your request to visit a foreign MS-13 gang member in El Salvador on taxpayer dollars (and possibly drink margaritas) has been denied.” But it also had real impact. Four House Democrats had been hoping to make a trip similar to the one taken by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who had gone to El Salvador to visit Kilmar Ábrego García, becoming the first lawmaker to get confirmation that the detained man was alive after being sent there. Because Republicans have the majority, they denied the Democrats public funds to travel. So the four lawmakers—Reps. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), and Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.)—had to pay for their travel by themselves. Which they did, in hopes of also meeting Ábrego García.

“What’s most concerning is there is a 9–0 Supreme Court order that Donald Trump is defying and we’re headed to a constitutional crisis if Ábrego García is not returned,” Rep. Garcia told The Bulwark from El Salvador on Monday. He said that rectifying the administration’s error is an “enormously important case for due process for this country.” Much has been made of whether Democrats can and should be devoting time and resources to the almost 300 men sent to El Salvador—90 percent of whom, according to Bloomberg, did not have criminal records—or whether the party should instead focus more on a foundering economy. The Democratic delegation to El Salvador said it was a false choice. “It’s really important for Democrats to talk about multiple things at once,” Rep. Garcia said. “We can fight for relief and due process for the wrongfully incarcerated, we can fight billionaires like Elon Musk and oppose the destruction of our federal agencies.” The representatives who traveled to El Salvador also sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding the State Department continue wellness checks on Ábrego García, secure his access to counsel, and work for his return in compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court order.

But while Ábrego García has garnered by far the most attention of the detainees sent to El Salvador, the four House Democrats also asked for proof of life of Andry José Hernández Romero, a gay, 31-year-old Venezuelan makeup artist whose detention has also made waves.1 Hernández Romero was classified as a gang member because he has tattoos that say “mom” and “dad” with crowns. Ansari told me no one had heard from Hernández Romero, who has been documented to have no history of criminal activity, since March 14. “Everyone is extremely worried about him,” she said from El Salvador. “We’ve had no proof of life in over a month.” Lindsay Toczylowski, the president and CEO of Immigrant Defenders Law Center, which is representing Hernández Romero and nine others sent from the United States to CECOT, told The Bulwark the last person to speak to Andry was his mother. At the time he spoke with her, he thought he was being sent to Venezuela. Toczylowski said that when she heard the congressional delegation was headed to El Salvador, her group immediately asked them to highlight cases beyond just Abrego Garcia’s. “Abrego Garcia is vitally important to due process, but there are hundreds of others, including Andry, who were denied due process, who will potentially be imprisoned for life in El Salvador,” Toczylowski said. She expressed gratitude for a second letter the delegation sent on Hernández Romero’s behalf to Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador William Duncan. In it, the lawmakers demanded that either they or Hernández Romero’s lawyers “be allowed to conduct a welfare check regarding his health, safety, and current legal status.”

While Kilmar Ábrego García’s unlawful detention is getting the press, there is another that hasn’t been covered as much but just as disgraceful: the unlawful detention of Andry José Hernández Romero.

See Also:

The Advocate: Gay asylum-seeker's lawyer worries for the makeup artist's safety in Salvadoran ‘hellhole’ prison

LGBTQ Nation: Out Rep. Robert Garcia demands answers about gay makeup artist held in torture camp

The Advocate: Democratic lawmakers fly to El Salvador and demand action on gay man Trump sent to CECOT prison

[sjerzgirl]

Apparently, GOP congressmen are getting death threats from the Oval Office, if I'm reading this correctly. He thinks he's a damn mafia boss!

[babyenemychild]

10 Democrats join with Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for Trump speech protest

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How each member of the House voted on the censure of Rep. Al Green

A House Republican said Thursday he will force votes on kicking dozens of Democratic colleagues off of their committees for chanting and singing on the House floor over the objections of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).

Why it matters: The incident came in response to Republicans and nearly a dozen Democrats voting to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for disrupting President Trump's speech to Congress.

As Johnson read out the resolution censuring Green, dozens of House Democrats, primarily Black Caucus members and progressives, stood in the well of the House singing "We Shall Overcome".

Johnson repeatedly banged the gavel and said "the House will come to order," before putting the House in recess until the disruption subsided.

What they're saying: "Today, a group of House Democrats broke decorum during the censure of Rep. Al Green and, after multiple warnings, refused to heed [Johnson's] order," Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) said in a post on X.

Ogles said he is drafting privileged resolutions — which any member can force to a vote with or without support from leadership — to "remove each of them from their committees."

"If you want to act like a child in the Halls of Congress, you will be treated like a child," Ogles said.

[octoyogurt]

HI YOU GUYS!!!! NEW INTRO!!!

-> my irl name is maxine, but i go by sam too!

-> i use she/her prns

-> yeah im a minor (born 12/8)

-> i block freely...be careful on how you act around me!

-> my fixations are johnny bravo, dexter's laboratory, identity v, backyard sports, skullgirls, the papa louie games, and the fairly oddparents

-> i do guard, piano, dance, and choir!!! i'll be in a show choir next year

-> my other socials are floperaah on tiktok, flopeerah on idv, floperaah(?) on crk, and floperaah on discord

but yeah, nothing much this is 4 an account rebrand so this is me irl

IM JUST KIDDING but this is my silly little mii who is basically me irl

[jadestormcloud2]

"Four congressional Democrats traveled to El Salvador to demand the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States. The Congress members will meet with U.S. embassy officials to advocate for Abrego Garcia's release.

Reps. Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, Maxine Dexter of Oregon, Maxwell Frost of Florida, and Robert Garcia of California all made the trip to El Salvador.

The lawmakers followed Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who also made a trip to San Salvador last week in an effort to secure his release.

...

"As the federal courts have said, we need to bring Mr. Abrego Garcia home to protect his constitutional rights to due process," Van Hollen said. "This case is not just about one man. It's about protecting the constitutional rights of everybody who resides in the United States."

...

“Donald Trump and his Administration are running a government-funded kidnapping program—illegally arresting, jailing, and deporting innocent people with no due process. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is Trump’s latest victim,” said Frost. “As Members of Congress, it is our responsibility to hold the President and Administration accountable for defying the Constitution of the United States. Donald Trump and ICE are not above the law. Today it’s Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but tomorrow it could be anyone else. We cannot and will not let Donald Trump get away with this.""

[galerymod]

The new weekly Jazz Club section.

Present by mod

Today in New York: the Village Vanguard

The Village has been the birthplace of many renowned jazz artists, and it continues to be a destination of choice for those seeking to experience great jazz music.The Village Vanguard is one of the most renowned and oldest jazz clubs in the city, offering exceptional live music in a intimate atmosphere since 1935.

History that you can beat around the ears of the bartender, maybe not. Better to just order a good whisky .

mod

The Village Vanguard opened its doors on 22 February 1935. Founder Max Gordon opened the club in the basement of a wedge-shaped building on the corner of Seventh Avenue and Waverly Place. It initially provided a stage for a wide range of artists, including folk musician Pete Seeger, whose band The Weavers were the Vanguard's first employees, and the then-unknown singer Harry Belafonte. In August 1949, Mary Lou Williams played the first jazz concert there; her group shared the stage with J. C. Heard's band. From 1957, the Vanguard became a pure jazz club. The Vanguard's artists soon included musicians such as Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Art Blakey.

While the clubs on 52nd Street and Birdland on Broadway closed their doors from the mid-1960s onwards, the Vanguard remained a well-known jazz venue in New York. After Max Gordon's death in 1989, his wife Lorraine took over the business and ran it until her death in June 2018. Since then, her daughter Deborah has taken over the club.

Wikipedia more or less

More not needed insider knowledge:

Recordings from the Village Vanguard

For jazz labels, the words ‘at the Village Vanguard’ are now a guarantee of good sales. They now adorn several dozen covers of recordings by all the major jazz labels, from Blue Note and Riverside to Impulse and Verve, with a total of around 150 recordings to date.

Maxine Sullivan at the Village Vanguard (1947)

Dexter Gordon and Benny Bailey at the Village Vanguard (1977)

1957: Night at the Village Vanguard (Sonny Rollins, Blue Note)

1961: Waltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Bill Evans, Riverside)

1961: Coltrane ‘Live’ at the Village Vanguard (John Coltrane, Impulse!)

1962: The Cannonball Adderley Sextett in New York, featuring Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef Recorded ‘Live’ at the Village Vanguard (Riverside)

1963: Impressions (John Coltrane, Impulse!)

1966: All My Yesterdays: The Debut 1966 Recordings at the Village Vanguard (Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Resonance, 2016)

1967: Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (John Coltrane, Impulse!)

1970: Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard (Betty Carter, Verve)

1976: Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard (Dexter Gordon, Sony)

1979: Nude Ants (Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielsson, Jon Christensen, ECM 1986)

1980: Turn out the Stars (Bill Evans, Nonesuch)

1984: Live at the Village Vanguard (Michel Petrucciani, Blue Note)

1988: Just Friends: Live at the Village Vanguard (Eddie Daniels/Roger Kellaway, Resonance, 2017)

1999: Live at the Village Vanguard (Wynton Marsalis, Sony)

2006: Live – At the Village Vanguard (Brad Mehldau, Nonesuch)

2007: Live at the Village Vanguard (Bill Charlap, Blue Note)

2014: Live at the Village Vanguard (Marc Ribot Trio, Pi Recordings)