This discovery reveals just one facet of the deep, far-reaching impact of this large-scale crime. Demanding accountability from elected leadership won't change everything, but it will demand their attention. Don't let them look away. 

After two horrific killings, multiple children used as “bait” and teargassed, and indiscriminate violence, people in Minnesota and around the country are rising up to get ICE off our streets and out of our communities. As his immigration force grows deeply unpopular, Trump is withdrawing 700 immigration agents from the Twin Cities and has ordered federal agents to stay away from protests. All the while, new funding for ICE and Border Patrol remains up in the air after Congress failed to pass an annual appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The pressure has opened a two-week window to do all we can to ensure lawmakers hold the line and vote NO against DHS funding without critical reforms that protect our communities from ICE’s violence. We’re shifting the narrative on ICE and making elected officials think twice before funneling billions of dollars toward Trump’s violent deportation force. All too often, moments like these are where we see backroom deals and empty promises weaken our position. That’s why NOW is when we dig even deeper to demand Congress hold firm against any blank check approach to ICE’s lawlessness.

Data centers can use more energy than entire cities, and Big Tech’s rapid AI expansion is driving up energy costs for everyone. Utility bills are soaring because tech firms are pushing the cost of powering mega data center operations onto residential customers.  The rampant growth of data centers isn’t just raising our monthly utility bills—it’s draining local energy, robbing communities of natural resources, imposing new health risks for nearby residents, and only helping to make tech billionaires even richer. And too often they pop up without any consent from local communities. American families are struggling to put food on the table and pay rising health care costs as it is. They can’t afford to also foot the bill for Big Tech. It’s time to stop passing the environmental consequences and costs of data centers onto working people.

After ICE left a trail of violence in Minneapolis, opposition to Trump’s lawless immigration force is reaching new heights. The faces of Trump’s immigration enforcement — Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Border Patrol officer Gregory Bovino — are facing heat and consequences, and long-term funding for Trump’s deportation machine is on the rocks. It’s crucial progress — but we have to go further. As critical resistance to ICE’s lawlessness grows, we can’t ignore the network of powerful corporations that help make its violence possible. From tech giants like Amazon, AT&T, and Microsoft, to retailers like Home Depot, to controversial data-mining firm Palantir, their lucrative contracts and corporate collaboration allow ICE to carry out its violent, large-scale enforcement campaign across the country. Without the cloud computing, surveillance software, communications infrastructure, and logistical cooperation these corporations provide, ICE couldn’t function. That’s why we need to speak out and ensure that companies know enabling hate and militarism has a cost.

ICE is not a neutral security force. ICE and federal agents have been militarizing our cities and terrorizing our communities—murdering civilians, pointing their guns at protesters and observers, and kidnapping our neighbors off the street. ICE has consistently met any peaceful protest with more state-sanctioned violence. They’ve abducted toddlers and murdered Minnesotans Renee Good and Alex Pretti. They’re countering whistles and cameras with guns and tear gas. Even when we have video evidence of their violence, they're telling us not to believe our own eyes. The presence of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of ICE, at the Winter Olympics is allegedly to “mitigate risks from transnational criminal organizations.” But we already know the agency has a documented history of making false claims to justify raids, deportations, and politically motivated operations, like the recent kidnapping of Venezuela’s president. Team USA should publicly oppose ICE’s involvement at the Winter Games and ensure that U.S. participation reflects global unity and respect for all, not intimidation and fear. Demand the U.S. Olympic Team opposes ICE at the 2026 Winter Olympics!

1) Safety Northampton’s Main Street is one of the most dangerous corridors in the Commonwealth. A 2013 Pioneer Valley Regional Crash Report ranked it fourth among the top 25 high-crash roadway segments, documenting 150 crashes over 39 months — an average of 46 crashes per year. Pedestrian and cyclist collisions accounted for 11% of all crashes and included one fatality, with nearly 90% of those crashes resulting in injury. In response, MassDOT conducted a comprehensive analysis and determined that Northampton’s downtown had one of the highest incidences of pedestrian, vehicle, and bicycle accidents statewide. This analysis served as the impetus for the Picture Main Street project. The plan developed by Toole Engineering is now at 100% design and has been submitted for approval, directly addressing the conflicts identified by MassDOT.  These safety improvements are critical and cannot be delayed; all other reasons for moving forward are grounded in this urgency. 2) Accessibility Main Street currently faces several challenges, including narrow and uneven sidewalks and curb ramps, and signals that do not meet national accessibility standards. These conditions limit mobility and independence for both residents and visitors. The new design directly responds to these issues by shortening crosswalks, creating dedicated lanes for different modes of transportation, ensuring at least five feet of clear sidewalk space, and increasing the number of accessible parking spaces. 3) Infrastructure and Climate Resiliency Northampton, like many other New England communities, relies on century-old infrastructure that fails regularly, resulting in costly, piecemeal repairs after catastrophic events, and is unprepared for the extreme weather caused by climate change. Rebuilding Main Street allows the city to comprehensively update and future-proof sewer, stormwater, communications, and energy systems, reducing long-term cost pressures while providing confidence to property owners. The project also reduces environmental impact by adding 36 new trees — more than doubling the existing canopy — to help cool downtown, with trees planted using sustainable methods that ensure long-term resilience. Finally, by reallocating dangerous and inconsistent vehicle lane space, the redesigned street will reduce reliance on motorized vehicles and lower transportation-related carbon emissions. 4) Economic Vibrancy Northampton’s downtown is, arguably, its greatest resource. Improvements to the public space provide citizens and visitors with a safe and inviting environment to congregate.  Main Street is the place where our  government and services are. It is where we gather to demonstrate, conduct business, and go out in the evening. And where people gather, businesses thrive. These elements synergistically combine to make downtown Northampton a desirable destination for visitors and a valuable community center for its citizens. Vibrant sidewalks and streetscapes are an essential prerequisite to economic development. Picture Main  Street enhances and promotes these conditions while improving safety and reducing conflicts. We are ready to implement Picture Main Street today. The City has organized around construction mitigation plans to assist businesses leading up to and during construction. The City has also hired digital marketing experts to develop branding and marketing campaigns designed to bring shoppers, diners, music fans, and others to our sidewalks. We have a new volunteer team and slogan: “Let’s Go Downtown!” Please help us realize this plan with a groundbreaking as soon as possible.

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is the only remaining agreement limiting the expansion of the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals. On February 5, 2026, the treaty is set to expire. That would mean NO limits at all on the expansion of the U.S. or Russian nuclear arsenals for the first time in more than 50 years. Trump clearly has no problem with recklessly dragging the U.S. into conflict abroad — launching a lawless coup in Venezuela, threatening to seize Greenland, and pushing us closer to another endless war in the Middle East, this time with Iran — in the new year alone. If we allow New START to expire with no backup plan, Trump will have yet another avenue to fulfill his authoritarian goals — one that puts the entire world at risk. History has shown us what a new nuclear arms race means: Communities poisoned, ecosystems destroyed, billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars funneled toward war profiteers, all for weapons that put us all at risk. It’s a fate we can avoid if we put collective pressure on lawmakers to act NOW and avoid a new nuclear arms race before it begins.

The U.S. faces an unprecedented national debt, now exceeding $107 trillion, yet billions are spent punishing parents rather than supporting children. The current child support enforcement system drains resources, incarcerates parents, and worsens poverty—all while failing to prioritize children’s actual needs. Congress must act to reform this system. Key Findings: • National Debt & Fiscal Waste: From 1998–2025, federal child support enforcement contributed to mismanaged funds, with $32.5 billion spent on administrative costs—often exceeding the net support actually delivered to children. This waste worsens an already unsustainable national debt. • Child Support Arrears: Over the same period, cumulative unpaid child support totaled ~$450 billion. Tens of thousands of parents are jailed annually for nonpayment, preventing them from earning income to support their children. • Inequity & Constitutional Concerns: Felony prosecutions, punitive interest, and incarceration without consideration of ability to pay violate due process and equal protection. Current enforcement often penalizes poverty rather than ensuring child welfare. This Act Will: 1. Repeal federal felony child support provisions (18 U.S.C. § 228). 2. Require ability-to-pay hearings before penalties, license suspensions, or incarceration. 3. Automatically adjust arrears for income loss, verified unemployment, disability, or incarceration. 4. Ensure gender-neutral, equal enforcement and reciprocal enforcement of financial and custodial orders. 5. Prioritize support over punishment through job assistance, mediation, and debt reconciliation. 6. Prohibit punitive interest or penalties unrelated to actual child expenses. 7. Prevent children from being treated as government revenue or collateral for debt. 8. Increase transparency and accountability for administrative costs, reimbursements, and enforcement outcomes. Why This Matters: Current policies trap families in cycles of debt and incarceration, divert billions from direct child support, and contribute to a spiraling national debt. Reform will ensure fiscal responsibility, protect children’s needs, uphold constitutional rights, and break the cycle of poverty that unfair enforcement perpetuates. Call to Action: Sign to demand child support reform that is fair, transparent, fiscally responsible, and focused on children, not punishment.

Students around Georgia have been missing or dropping out of school due to fear of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Our parents are scared and our families are in crisis. Immigrants make 20% of all people in Dekalb County. They are active members of the community contributing every day and deserve to be protected from the attacks. We deserve to have a safe learning environment in school and feel supported by our elected leaders.  Dekalb County prides themselves on diversity and inclusion, this is the time to show immigrants are included in that diversity. We need to show up for each other and for our leaders to be courageous in the stand against ICE. 

Every year, thousands of immigrants have their rights violated by a system that operates with very little oversight and accountability. People are denied access to medical care. They are subject to subpar living conditions. They experience preventable illnesses and injuries. And every year, people die at the hands of our government in detention.  Thousands of people have come forward with complaints of sexual assault and physical abuse under DHS’s watch. Only a fraction of those complaints are ever investigated.  Meanwhile, ICE agents have flooded our streets—violating our civil liberties, abusing and harming peaceful observers and protesters, kidnapping people in broad daylight, and even murdering people as the world watches in horror.  Immigration enforcement was never about safety. It was always about power. But our government doesn’t get a free pass to abuse, detain, and violate the rights of the people who live, work, and care for their families here. We demand a just and fair immigration system that upholds the dignity of every human being that lives here.  ICE and DHS have terrorized the people of this country. And it’s time we close all detention camps and stop the deportation-industrial complex once and for all by getting ICE off our streets. Sign the petition!

ICE’s budget has skyrocketed over the past decade to more than $85 billion—nearly 14 times what it once was just 10 years ago. And under Trump, the directives given to agents have gotten more extreme, the training drastically reduced, and the protocol more cruel.  Trump’s ICE has taken to right-wing social media and gun shows to recruit thousands of new agents—loosening employment criteria, neglecting background checks, using neo-Nazi slogans in advertisements, and offering a bribe of $50,000 in sign-up bonuses.  Meanwhile, Border Patrol leaders—who have historically operated separately from interior immigration enforcement—have stepped up in positions of power in ICE. The militarization of the agency combined with its quick and unvetted growth has created a tinderbox of violence and lawlessness that is unprecedented.  Trump’s first term was ICE’s deadliest year in the past two decades. And in the first month of 2026, six people died in ICE custody. Hundreds of thousands of people have been deported, their families ripped apart, their communities devastated. U.S. citizens, including children, have been swept up in the chaos—detained and even deported. It is disturbing, heartbreaking, and immoral.  >>Enough is enough. Trump’s ICE is out of control. Congress must STOP their reign of terror now—add your name.<<

The government created Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2003, the same time the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established, as a post-9/11 fearmongering tactic that reframed our immigrant neighbors as a domestic threat.  Every year, the government spends billions of dollars to uphold the largest detention system in the world—a system designed to detain and deport immigrants who came to the U.S. seeking a brighter future for themselves and their families. And instead, are met with intimidation, neglect, and even violence.  Every year, thousands of people have their rights violated by a system that operates with very little oversight and accountability. People are denied access to medical care. They are subject to subpar living conditions. They experience preventable illnesses and injuries. And every year, people die at the hands of our government in immigration detention.  Every year, people come forward with complaints of sexual assault and physical abuse under DHS’s watch. Only a fraction of those complaints are ever investigated. Why? Because there is no independent oversight—ICE and DHS are responsible for investigating complaints and auditing immigrant prisons and jails. And they don’t want to.  We can’t reform a system that—at its core—is cruel and inhumane. We can’t reform a system whose primary reason for existence is to vilify, detain, and deport our neighbors. A system that is too easily manipulated and exploited by bad actors, time and time again.  We need to abolish ICE. We need to redirect funds to a just and fair immigration system that provides a pathway to citizenship for the millions of people who live, work, and care for their families here. And we need to ensure that every single person in this country is treated with the same dignity and respect—their civil rights upheld.  >>Add your name to the petition NOW to demand we abolish ICE and stop its campaign of terror!<<