If Their Home Is Not Selling At The Current Price, Then It Was Never Worth That In The First Place
A report from the Dallas Morning News in Texas. “The stock of Dallas-Fort Worth housing inventory has increased to 4.7 months. That’s the highest since July 2012. There were 35,555 active listings in the region, up 37.2% from last May. More sellers are double-listing their properties, offering the home for sale or rent. ‘Two, three or four years ago, you’d never hear of anything like this,’ said Todd Luong, a RE/MAX agent in Frisco. ‘A seller wouldn’t ever think about keeping the property as a rental. It never even crossed our mind, because we just knew it was going to sell.’ A few of Luong’s would-be buyers stopped their home search in April, but others are deal-hunting. One of his clients recently got lucky — an accepted offer $30,000 under the asking price. ‘A lot of buyers are making these lowball offers sometimes, because they do think that there’s this possibility of market uncertainty,’ he said.”
“Builders are dealing with their own issues, said Ted Wilson, who leads Dallas-based market research firm Residential Strategies. At the end of March, there were 11,574 finished vacant homes, up 4.3% from year’s end. The rise in unfinished inventory has triggered price discounts and further buyer incentives, cutting builders’ profits. Builders have remained aggressive, continuing to build speculative homes — homes built without a particular buyer in mind. ‘The big difference from 2008 is that if you’re willing to discount, you can usually find a clearing price for houses in every neighborhood,’ Wilson said. ‘I think there are some builders that are saying ‘Okay, we’re gonna have certain neighborhoods where we don’t make any money, but we have others where we are making money. We’ll just lump it all together, and that’s our return.’”
The Denver Post. “With inventory at its highest level since 2011, the Denver metro real estate market is experiencing a significant shift. Active listings last month totaled 14,007, up 3% from May’s 13,599 and 37% from the same month the previous year, when they stood at 10,214. ‘We do not have a bad market; it’s a different market,’ said Amanda Snitker, chair of the DMAR Market Trends Committee. ‘In this new environment, those who stay grounded, informed, and responsive will be the ones who succeed. In 2025, we are all navigating the market we have, not the one we expected. Real-time awareness is the most valuable asset buyers and sellers have.’ Sellers can’t afford to price homes based on last year’s peak values or early 2025 expectations, Snitker said, because buyers are cost-conscious and quick to dismiss unprepared or overpriced listings. More people are leaving Colorado than moving in, with a net outbound migration of nearly 11 for every 10 arrivals.”
The Utah News Dispatch. “Jim Wood, one of the state’s leading housing market experts, paints the latest picture of Utah’s housing market. His big takeaway from last year? Utah’s housing marketplace — for both homebuyers and renters — is seeing a ‘correction’ from the COVID-19 era, when low interest rates and new remote work opportunities sparked a homebuying spree, especially in the West. ‘We’re living in the shadow of that,’ Wood told Utah News Dispatch in an interview, adding that when prices skyrocket more than 40% in two years like they did from 2020 to 2022, some level of correction is ‘inevitable.’ In Utah’s five largest counties — Salt Lake, Weber, Davis, Utah and Washington — housing prices ‘are seriously to severely unaffordable,’ when comparing median sales prices to median household income, Wood wrote in the report.”
“In 2022, the state’s ‘median multiple ratio’ — which measures the severity of housing affordability by dividing the median sales price of a home by median household income — was a record 5.7, or ‘severely unaffordable,’ according to the report. Last year, that dipped slightly to 5.1 after housing price growth leveled off, but a ratio of 5.1 is still considered ‘severely unaffordable.’ Consider that Utah’s median multiple ratio was 3.5 just over 10 years ago, in 2014. That ratio was considered ‘moderately unaffordable.’ ‘Why is employment growth slowing down in Utah? A couple of us here at the institute, we’ve discussed that, and we think it has a lot to do with housing prices,’ he said. Anecdotally, Wood said he personally knows of people who have quit their jobs and moved out of the state in search of lower-priced homes.”
The Bend Bulletin in Oregon. “Just two months ago, Bend’s median home price was the highest recorded in a decade, but in June the median price sunk to the lowest in 16 months, according to a monthly housing report. The price swings in the housing market could be signs of a market in flux, or could just be the effect of a larger inventory of million-dollar-plus homes for sale, said Donnie Montagner, owner of Beacon Appraisal Group of Redmond. ‘The market is giving mixed signals,’ said Montagner. ‘Some Realtors are saying they are busy, others are not. It’s becoming a buyer’s market, but it all depends on the price point.’ In June, the median sales price for a single-family home in Bend was $693,000, a decline of $79,000 from the month before and $139,000 lower than a record high median price set in April, according to the report. In Bend, there’s currently an 11-month supply of homes in the $1 million-plus price category, Montagner said. Moving south, Sunriver’s median sales price of a single-family home in June was $869,000, compared to more than $1 million in May. The amount of inventory in Sunriver in June was nine months, a five-month increase over May’s inventory levels.”
The Tennessee Lookout. “In May Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell wrapped up his 2025 State of Metro address with a call for Nashvillians to ‘give ourselves some more choices about how we move into our future together.’ Let’s grant off the top that political State of The Whatever speeches inevitably amount to ritually upbeat exercises in civic fantasy with a news making shelf life of about an hour. But parking the cynicism for a few minutes (a heavy lift for me) I found myself chewing on hizzoner’s yen for a promising future as I scanned recent news items on the city’s economic trajectory: News that aggressive development of tall gleaming apartment buildings has gifted (some might say saddled) the city center with a large inventory (some might say glut) of unrented tall-gleaming-apartment-building apartments, with vacancies said to number in the thousands.”
“Taken together the picture these and similar dispatches paint is a paradoxical one: a city that manages to be simultaneously vibrant and stagnant. There’s a lot going on, yet it somehow feels like Nashville is running in place. Taken to extremes, more-is-better means a shortage of forward-looking adults in the room ready to tap the brakes when the thing spins out. That spin has produced for us the opposite of world class: a city center that is principally a lucrative theme park of intoxication in which corporate operators profit off synthetic music celebrity branding, culinary mediocrity, and exploitation of talented musicians hustling for a subsistence living as country-rock human jukeboxes. It is also a downtown that many Nashvillians want little to do with. The same apparently can be said about business.”
Universal Hub in Massachusetts. “Banker & Tradesman reports that an auctioneer has scheduled a foreclosure sale next month for the half-acre on Charlesgate West where a British developer had won approval – and even a change in city ordinances – for a 28-story, 400-unit apartment tower with 68 affordable units. Scape, which initially entered the Boston market hoping to build large private dorms for area colleges, then realized how much everybody hated that idea, spent nearly six years working on its Charlesgate proposal – which it first proposed as a smaller 200-unit complex before filing plans for its tower. Last November, the City Council approved an amendment to the ordinance to allow the building after Councilor Sharon Durkan, who represents the Fenway, argued the November election results meant Boston had to do everything it could to remain welcoming to LGBTQ and other people who might flock here in the face of oppression in other states.”
The Globe and Mail in Canada. “Norm Li had to lay off 75 per cent of his staff at his eponymous company that makes renderings and other visual content for real estate developers as the Canadian residential development industry faces the worst downturn since the 1990s recession. Mr. Li, who has been running his business since the early 2000s, said he watched as more developers put projects on hold, cancelled them or were forced into receivership. And then his company’s work dried up. ‘I tried to hold on for a long time and I tried to keep it all together, but then one day, I saw it. I knew if I don’t lay these people off today, the next payroll, the bank is going to come shut me down,’ he said. He described the layoffs as ‘Sophie’s choice,’ referring to the movie where a mother has to choose which one of her children would survive. Mr. Li is not alone. There have been job cuts across the industry as the sector’s slowdown enters its fourth year.”
“In Toronto, the country’s largest real estate market, the decline has been the most pronounced. In other Ontario regions such as Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton, the annualized preconstruction condo sales for the six months ended in March were about 80 per cent lower than the 2020 to 2024 annual average, according to Altus Group. Ottawa’s annualized sales were 70 per cent below that 2020-2024 average while Montreal, Edmonton, Vancouver and Calgary were down between 62.5 per cent to 50 per cent, according to Altus. ‘The reality is that the market has changed. The sales are not there,’ said Cara Hirsch, whose Toronto-based company is operating with half the sales team it once had during the pandemic’s real estate frenzy. ‘Everyone in the development space is getting hit,’ she said.”
The Standard in the UK. “In parts of London, the scale of the discounts on offer is breathtaking. In January it emerged that The Holme, a sprawling Regent’s Park mansion, sold for £138.9 million, against an original asking price of £250 million, after two years on the market. And The Holme appears to be the rule rather than the exception. Chaotic is the word Becky Munday, managing director of Mundays Estate Agents, which sells across south and south-east London, uses to describe the current market. ‘You have got a lot of landlords selling up, neighbours undercutting each other, people finding their dream home and slashing prices,’ she said. ‘It can get very emotional.'”
“In Herne Hill, Sarah Dirilen, head of sales at John D Wood estate agents, feels her vendors’ pain. She recently sold her three-bedroom South Norwood semi to upsize to Beckenham. ‘I bought it in 2018, did the renovation, and spent a decent amount of money,’ she said. ‘When I came to resell it I made a loss. People have got used to the idea that they will make money when they sell, but that is not always the case.’ Not all of Dirilen’s vendors are quite as pragmatic as she is, however and don’t take kindly to the idea of cutting their asking prices. ‘It is about managing expectations of people who live in a city that has seen massive price growth in the past,’ she said. ‘But that has not been the case over the past three or four years. I tell them that if their home is not selling at the current price — and we have done everything possible to market the property — then it was never worth that in the first place.'”
“After spending eight years in her one-bedroom flat in Holloway, by last summer Rebecca Barnes was ready for a more peaceful home in the suburbs. When she put the freehold flat with its large roof terrace on the market in August 2024, Barnes, a writer and editor, decided on an asking price of £410,000. ‘I had three valuations and this wasn’t the highest,’ she said. ‘I wanted to be realistic and sell quickly.’ After a handful of viewings and no offers Barnes decided to swap agents and drop her asking price to £400,000. This generated more viewings, but no crucial offer. After a month Barnes’s agents advised her to knock another £50,000 off the asking price, assuring her that the move would spark a bidding war. In January 2025 she accepted a £347,699 offer. The deal went through on March 31.”
“‘In hindsight I am still irritated with the agent for forcing my hand as they knew it would get them a sale,’ she said. ‘However, I wanted and needed to move by that point, so I was OK with selling for the price I did. I have absolutely no regrets, as I’m very happy where I am. I’ve made good money on previous properties and you can’t win them all.'”
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‘At the end of March, there were 11,574 finished vacant homes, up 4.3% from year’s end. The rise in unfinished inventory has triggered price discounts and further buyer incentives, cutting builders’ profits. Builders have remained aggressive, continuing to build speculative homes — homes built without a particular buyer in mind. ‘The big difference from 2008 is that if you’re willing to discount, you can usually find a clearing price for houses in every neighborhood,’ Wilson said. ‘I think there are some builders that are saying ‘Okay, we’re gonna have certain neighborhoods where we don’t make any money, but we have others where we are making money. We’ll just lump it all together, and that’s our return’
This is the way they operate. Take an a$$ pounding on some, keep undercutting the resale market until there’s nothing left. Declare yer joint ventures a bankruptcy and sit on a beach somewhere until the sh$t stops flying.
Declare yer joint ventures a bankruptcy and sit on a beach somewhere until the sh$t stops flying.
Pshaw, Ben Jones. Fauxahontus, self-described Champion of the Middle Class, would never tolerate such blatant swindles against consumers, or systematic financial fraud.
‘In 2022, the state’s ‘median multiple ratio’ — which measures the severity of housing affordability by dividing the median sales price of a home by median household income — was a record 5.7, or ‘severely unaffordable,’ according to the report. Last year, that dipped slightly to 5.1 after housing price growth leveled off, but a ratio of 5.1 is still considered ‘severely unaffordable.’ Consider that Utah’s median multiple ratio was 3.5 just over 10 years ago, in 2014’
Subprime loans were there the entire time of red hotness. They just drag it out of the closet to explain why yer all fooked.
Banker & Tradesman reports that an auctioneer has scheduled a foreclosure sale next month for the half-acre on Charlesgate West’
Again, new planned apartments going directly into foreclosure = you paid too much for the land.
‘Last November, the City Council approved an amendment to the ordinance to allow the building after Councilor Sharon Durkan, who represents the Fenway, argued the November election results meant Boston had to do everything it could to remain welcoming to LGBTQ and other people who might flock here in the face of oppression in other states’
You people really live in yer own little world.
Is there a single large metro that isn’t careening into a doom loop?
no
Doesn’t appear so
Almost like putting a bunch of diverse people together in close quarters leads to bad results.
‘News that aggressive development of tall gleaming apartment buildings has gifted (some might say saddled) the city center with a large inventory (some might say glut) of unrented tall-gleaming-apartment-building apartments, with vacancies said to number in the thousands’
That’s some sound lending right there.
‘Taken together the picture these and similar dispatches paint is a paradoxical one: a city that manages to be simultaneously vibrant and stagnant. There’s a lot going on, yet it somehow feels like Nashville is running in place. Taken to extremes, more-is-better means a shortage of forward-looking adults in the room ready to tap the brakes when the thing spins out. That spin has produced for us the opposite of world class: a city center that is principally a lucrative theme park of intoxication in which corporate operators profit off synthetic music celebrity branding, culinary mediocrity, and exploitation of talented musicians hustling for a subsistence living as country-rock human jukeboxes. It is also a downtown that many Nashvillians want little to do with. The same apparently can be said about business’
I don’t know if this is the same writer as before, but the Lookout produces an objective and humorous viewpoint on this sh$thole. They always include photos of the groups of blond party girls in short skirts standing outside the bars. I think it’s intended to be funny and I find it so.
‘In June, the median sales price for a single-family home in Bend was $693,000, a decline of $79,000 from the month before and $139,000 lower than a record high median price set in April, according to the report. In Bend, there’s currently an 11-month supply of homes in the $1 million-plus price category’
This sh$thole is small so the median jumps around. But 11 months doesn’t lie.
Bend is nice, but no way can come close to supporting those prices. Same thing in Reno/Carson City. All these intermountain west cities that doubled, even tripled in value over 4 years are toast. The crash has started and it will be epic.
Been in bend for 14years now. Just before COVID, it seemed like the market was on the cusp of breaking as supply increased and median prices seemed to stall and seasonal trends started to reverse. The influx of telecommuters post COVID drove prices so high so fast it’s been pretty depressing for us locals. With some tech companies requiring folks to be back in office it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out. As long as another plandemic type event doesn’t happen things could spoil faster than milk and a secret in a small town.
‘In Toronto, the country’s largest real estate market, the decline has been the most pronounced. In other Ontario regions such as Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton, the annualized preconstruction condo sales for the six months ended in March were about 80 per cent lower than the 2020 to 2024 annual average, according to Altus Group. Ottawa’s annualized sales were 70 per cent below that 2020-2024 average while Montreal, Edmonton, Vancouver and Calgary were down between 62.5 per cent to 50 per cent, according to Altus. ‘The reality is that the market has changed. The sales are not there’
So basically everywhere in this frozen wasteland except where almost no one lives.
Realtors are liars.
Realtors are liars.
There were 35,555 active listings in the region, up 37.2% from last May.
Is that a lot?
One of his clients recently got lucky — an accepted offer $30,000 under the asking price.
That “lucky” client will feel like a genius as thousands of Yellen Bux “value” evaporates from their shack each month as the cratering gets serious.
More people are leaving Colorado than moving in, with a net outbound migration of nearly 11 for every 10 arrivals.”
This data doesn’t convey the real picture. First, a disproportionate number of those leaving are the sane & productive. Second, a disproportionate number of the new arrivals are CA libtards, illegals, refugees bound for intergenerational social services dependency, druggies, and assorted riffraff of the sort who gravitate to blue states. A huge number of longtime residents who lean conservative are actively seeking to leave Colorado to get out from under the Commies in the Denver Statehouse & the local Comrades of Proven Worth.
The really productive and astute left 3 to 7 years ago. Now it’s getting to be the more desperate and less willfully blind (oh, there ain’t no fixing this).
There is no panic when you are the first out the door.
colorado is doomed
Cheyenne is looking better every day.
Looks like the Front Range peters-out at the border.
Cheyenne Weather – Averages
https://weatherspark.com/y/3765/Average-Weather-in-Cheyenne-Wyoming-United-States-Year-Round
Cheyenne has terrible weather much worse than Ft Collins and houses are basically just as expensive as Colorado. We looked at Cheyenne and kept on looking. ick.
7000 ft above sea level will do that, plus it’s VERY windy.
houses are basically just as expensive as Colorado
While Cheyenne houses are not cheaper, they are cheaper than in Dumver and even cheaper than Fort Collins.
For me the deal breakers are the (even higher) altitude and the weather. The plus is that we would be out of Colorado and friends and family would be a short drive away.
While Cheyenne houses are not cheaper
not cheap
& the local Comrades of Proven Worth
Springs transformation into a leftist sh!thole has been breathtaking.
Even Fort Collins, which on the surface looks like it’s still sane and prosperous, has been riddled with rising petty and violent crime. The number of complaints on NextDoor of petty (and not so petty) theft have been skyrocketing over the past few years. Stuff like trailers and even pickups being stolen from people’s driveways have become all too common in the Fort.
Of course it doesn’t help that they keep reelecting a Soros scum DA. I guess they figure he just needs more time to work his magic and turn Fort Collins into a utopia. And if he fails again, it’s just DJT’s fault,
‘We’re living in the shadow of that,’ Wood told Utah News Dispatch in an interview, adding that when prices skyrocket more than 40% in two years like they did from 2020 to 2022, some level of correction is ‘inevitable.’
The dissembling “experts” quoted in the globalist scum media – who without exception have their paychecks issued by the REIC – never, ever point out the linkage between the Fed’s scamdemic-era 40% increase in the money supply, and the corresponding increase in shack prices. Meanwhile, the “cost of living crisis” unleashed by the Fed’s debasement of the currency is biting hard, seriously constraining would-be buyer’s ability to afford insanely overvalued shacks, especially when mortgage rates are pushing 7%.
‘The market is giving mixed signals,’ said Montagner. ‘Some Realtors are saying they are busy, others are not.
There’s nothing “mixed” about what the data is telling us, Lyin’ Donnie. Not sure what local realtors are “busy” with, but few of them have the coffeepot privileges reserved for closers only.
In June, the median sales price for a single-family home in Bend was $693,000, a decline of $79,000 from the month before and $139,000 lower than a record high median price set in April, according to the report.
But…but…muh generational wealth! Adding insult to injury, the purchasing power of the Yellen Bux realized from the sale has decreased by 10.8% just in the last six months. Suzanne’s research didn’t predict this outcome, I’m guessing.
News that aggressive development of tall gleaming apartment buildings has gifted (some might say saddled) the city center with a large inventory (some might say glut) of unrented tall-gleaming-apartment-building apartments, with vacancies said to number in the thousands.
Anyone who has visited Nashville recently can attest that the city center has been overrun with homeless & vibrants out to collect reparations from anyone foolish enough to venture into their hunting grounds. The developers behind those tall gleaming apartments failed to take into account the risk to residents from the criminal element & the homeless mentally ill.
“Taken together the picture these and similar dispatches paint is a paradoxical one: a city that manages to be simultaneously vibrant and stagnant.
You keep using that word vibrant. I don’t think that word means what you think it means, and it most certainly isn’t a selling point.
He described the layoffs as ‘Sophie’s choice,’ referring to the movie where a mother has to choose which one of her children would survive.
Drama queen. Shuttering a failing company whose business model is no longer viable once the central bankers take away the punchbowl is the furthest thing from a tragedy.
‘Sophie’s choice,’
A mighty dark reference.
In other Ontario regions such as Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton, the annualized preconstruction condo sales for the six months ended in March were about 80 per cent lower than the 2020 to 2024 annual average, according to Altus Group.
Ben, please see to your health & wellness. We need you around to chronicle the slow-motion wipeout of the K-dan speculator scum who purchased skyboxes during the scamdemic-level FOMO mania.
Ruby and I went into the hills this morning, and talk about dry… even the grass crunches like stepping on uncooked ramen noodles. We’d never be able to outrun a fire up there.
“More people are leaving Colorado than moving in, with a net outbound migration of nearly 11 for every 10 arrivals”
Muh shortage?
It would be even worse with all the illegals that came. Now that is over and next year’s numbers should be epic. Dumver prices should come crashing down even more than they are now,
Youts, students, spring breakers, etc.
“The Aurora Police Department is stepping up patrols over the weekend due to social media posts inviting teenagers to fight at a local mall.
The posts are similar to takeover-style events planned last month in Denver. About 300 teens showed up to the first incident at the Shops at Northfield, causing chaos for nearby businesses and neighbors.
Denver Zoo decided to close seven hours early on a Saturday because of rumors about a takeover at City Park. However, no teens showed up.
According to the social media flyers, teenagers are planning to fight each other at Town Center at Aurora on Saturday, July 12.
“If they do come in and engage in those types of crimes, they will be arrested,” APD Division Chief Kevin Barnes said.
https://kdvr.com/news/local/aurora-police-beefing-up-security-ahead-of-another-rumored-teen-takeover/
“They’re not sending their best”
“Teens” are targeting swimming pools in upscale apartment complexes and community centers for takeovers organized on social media. If there’s a downside to seeing vibrant cultural enrichment visited upon the suburban libtards of upscale Denver neighborhoods like Highlands Ranch or Cherry Creek, I’m not seeing it.
U.S. diplomats brace for layoffs after months in limbo
U.S. diplomats in Washington are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce, with dismissal notices expected to hit inboxes as soon as Friday, according to three State Department officials with knowledge of the plans. The layoffs are part of a mass reorganization of the federal agency including the dissolution or merging of more than 300 bureaus and offices and a 15% reduction in employees.
The restructuring has been in the works for months, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio notifying Congress in late May that as many as 1,800 U.S.-based workers would be cut from the approximately 19,000 employed by the State Department. More than 1,500 additional employees at the department took the Trump administration’s offer of a deferred resignation, which will carry their salaries and health care benefits through September.
The terminations of employees at the State Department had been temporarily halted by a federal judge in California, but the Supreme Court ruled this week that the Trump administration’s plans to overhaul the diplomatic agency could move forward. The back-and-forth between the White House and the courts left thousands of civil servants and foreign service officers in limbo and unable to plan for their future.
One civil servant told NBC News on Thursday that she would welcome the ordeal finally being over. “We have known since the start it was coming. It was just a matter of when,” the diplomat told NBC News. “Every Friday morning, I wake up with dread. At least now we can move on.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/u-s-diplomats-brace-for-layoffs-after-months-in-limbo/ar-AA1ImYX2
One civil servant told NBC News on Thursday that she would welcome the ordeal finally being over.
No worries, I’m sure her skills are transferable to the private sector and there are plenty of jobs she can choose from, all that pay more than the job she’s about to lose.
Also, wait until she finds out that real jobs not only require you to show up every day, but also be productive and accomplish real tasks. Hitting the real world is going to be a serious eye opener for many of these government employees.
Most of these federal agencies and bureaus employees can be split in thirds, e.g., the top 3rd are sharp and make the decisions, the second 3rd perform the day to day tasks, and the bottom 3rd are dead weight who are there to fulfill the diversity requirements. Sadly, it’s the second layer where the RIFs come from.
Jamie Dimon breaks with ‘idiots’ in Democratic Party
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made headlines during a high-profile event in Dublin, Ireland, by sharply criticizing the Democratic Party and its approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Speaking at a foreign ministry event, in remarks covered by Bloomberg, Dimon did not mince words, declaring, “I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they’re idiots. I always say they have big hearts and little brains. They do not understand how the real world works. Almost every single policy rolled out failed.”
Dimon’s comments extended beyond party politics to the Democrats’ focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI. He argued that the party “overdid DEI,” prioritizing ideology over practical solutions. While reaffirming JPMorgan’s commitment to engaging with various communities, he insisted that the extent of current DEI efforts has become counterproductive. “We all were devoted to reaching out to the Black community, Hispanic, the LGBT community, the disabled — we do all of that. But the extent, they gotta stop it. And they gotta go back to being more practical. They’re very ideological,” he said.
Dimon’s remarks come amid growing tensions within the Democratic Party, especially after the primary victory of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, whom Dimon labeled “more of a Marxist than a socialist.” He warned that Democrats are “falling all over themselves” to support Mamdani’s policies that, in his view, are detached from economic reality, such as rent freezes and city-run grocery stores. He said it showed a continuing lack of seriousness from the party: “There’s the same ideological mush that means nothing in the real world.”
He also criticized the Biden administration for lacking business expertise, stating that former President Joe Biden “didn’t have one businessperson” advising him and expressing disbelief at the administration’s “lack of knowledge.” These echoed comments Dimon made throughout Biden’s tenure that he wasn’t sold on Bidenomics.
Dimon’s blunt assessment comes with Democrats in disarray after the 2024 election and locked out of the presidency and both houses of Congress. The primary victory of Mamdani, the New York City-based politician who identifies as a Democratic Socialist, had prompted many business leaders to voice similar concerns about the direction of Democratic policy. Because of Dimon’s previously close ties to the Democrats, his criticism may sting more because he was long seen as a member of the party.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jamie-dimon-breaks-with-idiots-in-democratic-party-saying-they-have-big-hearts-and-little-brains/ar-AA1IrcKW
I always say they have big hearts and little brains.
Half of that statement is true.
And they gotta go back to being more practical. They’re very ideological,” he said
You mean they’re communists, Jamie. And if they ever gain enough power, they will line undesirables against a wall and shoot them. It always ends that way. Always.
And if they ever gain enough power, they will line undesirables against a wall and shoot them. It always ends that way.
Democrat-Bolsheviks have no understanding of history. When Stalin was consolidating his control over the Soviet Union through the Great Terror, the first to disappear into the NKVD’s torture chambers or to get a bullet to the back of the head were the original Bolsheviks around Lenin, who the paranoid Stalin viewed as potential threats to be eliminated. The Useful Idiots will be cast aside – if they’re lucky – once they’ve outlived their usefulness.
Looks to me like Dimon is angling to be BlackRock Jay’s replacement.
Homeless student counts in California are up. Some say that’s a good thing
In Kern County, the first rule in counting homeless students is not saying “homeless.”
Instead, school staff use phrases like “struggling with stable housing” or “families in transition.” The approach seems to have worked: More families are sharing their housing status with their children’s schools, which means more students are getting services.
“There’s a lot of stigma attached to the word ‘homeless,’” said Curt Williams, director of homeless and foster youth services for the Kern County Office of Education. “When you remove that word, it all changes.”
Largely as a result of better identification methods, Kern County saw its homeless student population jump 10% last year, to 7,200. Those students received transportation to and from school, free school supplies, tutoring and other services intended to help them stay in school. For the purposes of this data, the definition of homelessness is broader than the state’s point in time count.
The trend is reflected statewide. In the latest state enrollment data released last month, California had 230,443 homeless students — a 9.3% increase from the previous year. Some of the increase is due to the state’s ongoing housing shortage, but most of the increase is because of better identification, advocates and school officials said.
Another boost for identifying homeless students came from the American Rescue Plan, the federal COVID-19 relief package. The plan included $800 million for schools to hire counselors or train existing staff to help homeless students. Nearly all schools in California received some money.
About 120 districts in California won grant money through the McKinney-Vento Act, which last year dispersed about $15.9 million in California to pay for things like rides to school, backpacks, staff and other services. Districts are chosen on a competitive basis; not all districts that apply receive funds.
But those funding sources are drying up. Most of the pandemic relief money has already been spent, and President Donald Trump’s recently approved budget does not include McKinney-Vento funding for 2026-27.
The cuts come at a time when advocates expect steep increases in the number of homeless families over the next few years, due in part to national policy changes. Republican budget proposals include cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and other programs aimed at helping low-income families, while the immigration crackdown has left thousands of families afraid to seek assistance. For families living on tight budgets, those cuts could lead to a loss of housing.
Joseph Bishop, an education professor at UCLA and co-author of a recent report on homeless students nationwide, said the loss of government funding will be devastating for homeless students.
“California is the epicenter of the homeless student crisis, and we need targeted, dedicated support,” Bishop said. “Folks should be extremely alarmed right now. Will these kids be getting the education they need and deserve?”
In Kern County, identification has only been one part of the effort to help homeless students thrive in school. Schools also try to pair them with tutors and mentors, give them school supplies and laundry tokens, and invite them to join a program called Student Voice Ambassadors. There, students can tour local colleges, learn leadership skills and explore career options.
“Without McKinney-Vento funds, the Student Voice Ambassador program would go away,” Williams said. “How will we keep it going? I don’t know.”
https://el-observador.com/2025/07/11/homeless-student-counts-in-california-are-up-some-say-thats-a-good-thing/
“Without McKinney-Vento funds, the Student Voice Ambassador program would go away,” Williams said. “How will we keep it going? I don’t know.”
All these programs are dependent on Federal deficit spending.
I wonder just what the “homeless” kids learn in school, other than there are more than two genders and that white people are evil. My school teacher relative tells me that she is under great pressure to teach woke and wonders if she will be forced into an early retirement,
Audit into county contractor finds over $2 million in questionable invoices
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A newly released audit into work done by a contractor hired to place victims in temporary housing following historic flooding in Jan. 2024 has found more than $2 million in questionable charges submitted to the county.
The audit, made public Thursday, reviewed the work of Equus Workforce Solutions and was triggered following a series of Team 10 reports last year.
Equus came under fire last year after Team 10 discovered the company was charging the county rates for hotel rooms that were above their listed price.
Team 10 also found Equus hired workers from staffing agencies and then charged the county double what it paid for those employees.
The audit released Thursday said Equus billed the county $107 an hour for employees known as housing navigators.
“Paying Equus the $107.73 hourly rate would result in an overpayment, as the county would have paid twice for the temporary staff’s taxes, benefits, and administrative costs,” the audit concludes.
In total, auditors found Equus overcharged the county $1,965,076.56 for staffing. A second red flag auditors identified was a $386,696.66 invoice from Equus for labor charges from Sept. 2024 to Jan. 2025.
Equus, according to the audit, cited ongoing administrative requirements as the reason for the charges, but the audit said the temporary housing program ended in June 2024. The county has not paid the two flagged invoices so far
After facing backlash from flood victims for hiring Equus, the county claimed it was the only company that was able to provide housing services in an emergency.
The audit found that wasn’t entirely true. In fact, 14 hotels submitted proposals to the county and wanted to get contracts for emergency housing.
But the audit found the county “disqualified” the hotels because they didn’t offer extra services and staff to support victims during emergencies.
“As the sole qualified respondent, Equus had significant leverage in setting both labor and room rates. Notably, the wrap-around services requirement was later removed when the contract was amended,” the audit states.
https://www.10news.com/news/we-follow-through/audit-into-county-contractor-finds-over-2-million-in-questionable-invoices
More proof that we are well into the loot everything that isn’t nailed down phase of empire collapse.
California awaits fate of high-speed rail in federal funding clash
California, ahead of Friday’s deadline, has countered the White House’s claim that the state’s high-speed rail has no viable path forward, and now the state awaits the fate of $4 billion in federal funding.
The state delivered its response a week early, and if the White House revokes the funding for the high-speed rail project, the issue likely will go to court.
The Federal Railroad Administration notified the state in June that it was not in compliance to receive the funding in grants because of costly order changes, missed deadlines and reduced ridership projections, all making for “no viable path forward.”
The California High Speed Rail Authority countered saying the federal agency came to that conclusion through “inaccurate, often outright-misleading, presentation of the evidence,” and that the state is in fact in compliance.
A member of San Jose State’s Mineta Transportation Institute says there is a way forward.
“This is going to take longer if federal support is withheld,” Eric Eidlin said. “We do see the state stepping up to deliver it more quickly, but it is true for all mega projects — and this is the most mega of mega projects — time is the enemy. Time is money.”
State Sen. Dave Cortese, head of the Senate Transportation Committee, added that no matter how Californians feel about the train, they should demand a fight for their tax dollars.
“If you have questions about the project itself or change orders or cost, think of it as one bucket of things to worry about,” Cortese said. “And think about the federal government taking money away from us as another bucket of things that no good comes from.”
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/fate-of-high-speed-rail/3912125/
Obviously Dave has never heard of throwing good money after bad, Or maybe he has but a lot of people, who have nothing to do with actually building a railroad, are depending on that $4B.
Still, that’s a lot of gall, demanding more money when you have NOTHING to show for many years of spending.
High Noon In California: Federal Prosecutor Blasts Newsom Over ICE Raid Outcry
A heated exchange has erupted between federal authorities and California Governor Gavin Newsom, after U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli vehemently criticized the governor’s denouncement of a recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a marijuana farm in Camarillo. The raid, which saw violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement, has ignited a fierce debate over immigration enforcement and the welfare of individuals at such sites.
The confrontation began after Newsom took to social media, framing the federal operation as an “assault on innocent children” and condemning then-President Donald Trump with harsh rhetoric. “Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields. Trump calls me ‘Newscum’ — but he’s the real scum,” Newsom posted on X.
However, Essayli quickly pushed back, lambasting the governor for what he described as ignorance of the facts and an attempt to create “hysteria” against ICE agents. “He’s extremely an unserious person. He has no idea what’s going on at these locations, he doesn’t know the facts, he instantly just puts out these tweets with no information to create hysteria and drama against our agents,” Essayli stated, pulling no punches.
Essayli further accused Newsom of prioritizing undocumented immigrants over the well-being of American citizens, asserting, “He does not care about the welfare of the American people, he does not care about people being exploited, he cares about illegal immigrants. That’s where we are. We have politicians who care more about illegal immigrants than the people of this country.”
The raid in Camarillo saw approximately 500 protesters engage in violent acts, forcing law enforcement to deploy tear gas and smoke bombs in self-defense. In a significant development following the incident, Essayli announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the identification of an individual who reportedly fired a pistol at federal law enforcement.
Adding further complexity to the situation, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott revealed that a separate raid in Ventura County resulted in the rescue of ten juveniles and eight unaccompanied minors from another marijuana farm. That farm is now under investigation for potential violations of child labor laws.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has also weighed in, dismissing criticism from Democrats, including Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego and California Representative Jimmy Gomez, who accused the administration of “targeting families” and children. DHS scoffed at these criticisms, emphasizing their intervention in “what looks like exploitation, violation of child labor laws and potentially human trafficking or smuggling.”
https://www.tampafp.com/high-noon-in-california-federal-prosecutor-blasts-newsom-over-ice-raid-outcry/
Deportations to Mexico
President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that, as of July 11, a total of 73,533 individuals have been deported to Mexico since Jan. 20, 2025. Of these, 67,008 are Mexican nationals and 6,525 are foreign citizens.
Sheinbaum reiterated her firm opposition to the recent immigration raids carried out by ICE, particularly highlighting a large-scale operation at a farm in Southern California. “These raids are not only unfair, but they will also harm the economy of the United States. Mexican and Latino workers contribute significantly to US productivity. Without this labor force, agricultural output in California and other states will inevitably decline,” Sheinbaum stated.
https://mexicobusiness.news/policyandeconomy/news/deportations-mexico-pemex
Hey, Claudia, just wait until the floodgates really open and you have millions of returning paisanos on your hands, who will be unemployed, unhoused and very hungry. Gosh, you might have some social unrest on your hands,
Trump is threatening Mexico with 30% tariffs, per a post on Truth Social:
“Mexico has been helping me secure the border, BUT, what Mexico has done, is not enough. Mexico still has not stopped the Cartels who are trying to turn all of North America into a Narco-Trafficking Playground.”
Question: what is Trump doing to address the demand side of the equation on our side of the border? As long as ‘Muricans spend billions of dollars a year on illegal drugs, Mexican cartels will continue to service that demand while using their firepower to coerce or corrupt Mexican authorities.
Santa Clara County immigrants are self-deporting
Across Santa Clara County, a new phenomenon is happening: immigrants are choosing to self-deport.
It’s something immigration attorney Richard Hobbs has never seen in his 35-year career. There’s only been two people so far who have contacted his office to inform him of their decision — but Hobbs said other attorneys have told him people are opting to deport themselves in light of the current political climate.
“They don’t want to live in fear,” Hobbs told San José Spotlight. “People ask, ‘Am I safe?’ People are not going to the store to get the food they need.”
It’s not clear how many immigrants have already left Santa Clara County, but they are a vital part of the region’s fabric. Immigrants make up more than 765,000 residents in the county — more than one-third of the population — with roughly 134,000 undocumented individuals.
Community organizer Tatiana Villaseñor-Carrillo said the exiting of undocumented immigrants and people staying home due to fears of being detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could touch every part of the county.
“(The impact) is going to be with your food sources, basic services,” Villaseñor-Carrillo told San José Spotlight. “We probably will see more school closures because people are going to be scared to send their kids to school. Venues aren’t filling up the way that they were six months ago. It’s impacting all these industries.”
Villaseñor-Carrillo said the messaging coming out of the White House is a contributing factor to people leaving. In March, the Department of Homeland Security launched a multimillion-dollar campaign — using social media, text messages and radio and television ads — encouraging people to get out and warning them of being fined for every day they are in the U.S.
Jessenia Garcia-Morales, an immigration legal associate with SIREN, said the aggression is unlike anything she saw during President Donald Trump’s first term. She points to massive ICE raids in Los Angeles, videos of agents violently grabbing people and smashing car windows.
She said it’s why two of her clients decided to self deport, because they wanted to have some autonomy over their future even though violence and persecution had driven them from their home countries.
“The scare tactics, the aggressiveness, just pure hate, was not to the level that it is now,” Garcia-Morales told San José Spotlight. “There were a little bit more checks and balances on (Trump’s) power the first time around.”
Garcia-Morales said earlier this year, one client in her 30s was granted voluntary departure from a judge to return back to Mexico. Another client in her late 50s chose to skip her immigration hearing and went back to Columbia. Once people decide to leave the U.S., it can make it harder for them to become citizens if they decide to return after Trump’s term.
“As a practitioner in this field, I always say, ‘Please just think about the future.’ I know that right now, this seems like a good idea, but it definitely can impact someone’s chances of being able to come back or have some type of legalization options in the future,” Garcia-Morales said.
https://sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-county-immigrants-are-self-deporting/
‘As a practitioner in this field’
Yer a parasite Jesse just like the illegals.
People are not going to the store to get the food they need.
I recall that grocers like King Soopers (Kroger) and Safeway are happy to deliver groceries for a small fee, so getting groceries shouldn’t be a problem, though paying for them could be an issue. LA Mayor Bass has pledged to help illegals who are afraid to go to work with free money, but being that LA is broke as a joke, I suspect she is posturing and no actual help will be provided.
Facing charges, scared detainees choose fast-track deportation
TALLAHASSEE, Florida ‒ In a cold courtroom in downtown, Isabela Hurtado sat in a wooden pew. It had been over a month since she last saw her father.
On May 29, she watched him get ready for work at a construction site near the capital city’s CollegeTown. When she next saw him, on July 2, he was in an orange jumpsuit, shackled by the hands and ankles, waiting to see a federal judge.
“All I wanted to do in that moment was cry, but I had to contain myself,” Hurtado, 19, said.
She looked at her dad, Juan Hurtado Solano, seated next to his public defender. He turned around and smiled. Minutes later, he pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States, a federal crime with a potential punishment of up to two years in prison and $250,000 fine.
While entering the country without the proper documentation is a misdemeanor, reentering the United States after already being deported is a federal felony, according to U.S. Code 1326, Reentry of Illegal Aliens.
Amid President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, more people are being charged for illegal reentry into the United States. And many of those defendants are pleading guilty and agreeing not to challenge their case or removal because of fears of getting stuck in the immigration system, spending more time in detention or being deported to a country that is not their own.
Hurtado’s father didn’t make the decision lightly. He spoke to his wife and kids. Ultimately, Hurtado said it was the best-case scenario.
“If you’re just going to get sent back regardless, let’s just speed up with the process, because I wouldn’t want my dad to sit there any longer anyway,” Hurtado said, adding she would prefer to FaceTime him while he’s in Mexico rather than the alternative.
The plea agreements, also known as “fast-track” programs, were developed to handle the large number of immigration cases in states along the southern border in the 1990s. A former U.S. deputy attorney general once wrote the program was created for defendants who promptly agreed to participate to save the government significant and scarce resources that could be used to prosecute other defendants.
“It’s common for someone to plead guilty to a crime to try to avoid detention, especially long-term detention, but they often don’t realize that doing so has negative long-term consequences that would likely preclude them from getting a benefit for immigration for the future,” said immigration expert Elizabeth Ricci.
Recently, many defendants and their families say they hope pleading guilty will mean their cases progress much faster. Reports of inhumane conditions at Alligator Alcatraz and other detention centers and long wait times to see judges create a distressing situation for immigrants.
“(Immigration detention centers) are overcrowded, people are sleeping in the hallway, people are being denied medicine,” Ricci said. “I tell clients frequently that they may have to put up for very uncomfortable conditions for days or weeks if it means staying here for long-term, often people are so uncomfortable they aren’t willing to stick it out and are wiling to leave and forfeit living in the United States.”
“It’s about making people scared,” she added.
The threat of a $250,000 fine really worried Hurtado
“There’s no way I could pay that money, or even try to round up the money,” Hurtado said. “We don’t have people with that type of money. That’s so unreasonable … most immigrant families don’t have much money.”
The day federal agents raided Hurtado’s father’s construction site, they also detained her two uncles. In three hours, Hurtado lost three family members. While her father and uncle are at a federal detention center, her other uncle is still in ICE custody in Texas. She doesn’t know exactly where.
Even if her dad and uncle tell their family members not to worry, her mother and aunt hear the news about Alligator Alcatraz and are stressed.
“(My mom) just wants to get this done as soon as possible, because it’s scary,” Hurtado said.
Hurtado’s father doesn’t have a court date yet. But her uncle was to be sentenced July 10.
“My dad isn’t a criminal,” Hurtado said. “My dad is literally a person who works every day, goes home, takes care of family, and that’s that.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dad-isnt-criminal-facing-charges-100242175.html
While entering the country without the proper documentation is a misdemeanor, reentering the United States after already being deported is a federal felony, according to U.S. Code 1326, Reentry of Illegal Aliens.
To quote George Takei. Oh myyyyyyy!
I wonder what percentage of illegals re-entered illegally after being deported. I’m sure it isn’t trivial.
she would prefer to FaceTime him while he’s in Mexico rather than the alternative
There is nothing stopping you from hopping on a bus and going to see him. Heck, you might even like it more down there! No raycis gringos! And you can wave the Mexican flag all you want.
her mother and aunt hear the news about Alligator Alcatraz and are stressed
AA’s creation was pure genius. Illegals who just last year thought they were untouchable are now panicking,
Suffolk Community College student arrested by ICE awaiting deportation in Louisiana
A Suffolk Community College honors student, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is awaiting deportation in Louisiana.
Sara Lopez Garcia, along with her mother, were arrested in her Mastic apartment in May, according to Garcia’s fiancé Santiago Ruiz.
He says Sara has agreed to be deported to Colombia but that ICE agents have yet to release her.
“She needs freedom, we deserve freedom, me, you, everybody. This is a country of freedom, and she is being detained, and she detained from her freedom, that does not make sense,” Ruiz says. “If they want us to leave, we will leave. I’m not trying to fight something that is impossible”
https://longisland.news12.com/suffolk-community-college-student-arrested-by-ice-awaiting-deportation-in-louisiana
This is a country of freedom
To quote Inigo Montoya, that word doesn’t mean what you think it means.
East L.A. family heartbroken after father taken in immigration raid
When ICE raids began in Los Angeles on June 6, 51-year-old Anastasio Sanchez decided to take a break from running “Tacos El Tacho,” his taco truck business in East L.A. for the past five years. The reason? Fear of deportation.
A month after the raids began, the necessity of being his family’s primary breadwinner drove him to reopen this past weekend, and his fear became a reality.
While setting up for the day on Sunday, July 6, Sanchez noticed what appeared to be federal agents in the area near the intersection of Whittier and Atlantic boulevards at around 8:40 a.m.
He began walking away from the area, according to his daughter, Alondra Sanchez. When the agents noticed, they detained him.
Alondra said that her father has been living in the U.S. for just over 20 years, and had a work permit to operate his taco truck. The family has called East L.A. home for years.
“It all happened so fast, and there weren’t really that many people in the area, so nobody really stood up for him,” said a fellow vendor on the same block who witnessed the incident.
“Vendors like me — we’re all really scared to even work right now, but we have no choice. We still have to pay rent, our expenses don’t stop,” the vendor added.
After hearing about what happened, Alondra, her four siblings and her mom scrambled to figure out what had happened, and where the agents had taken Anastasio.
Tracking his location using the “Find My” feature on his iPhone, they determined he was taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown L.A.
On Monday, Alondra visited her father at the detention center, dropping off medication he needs to manage his diabetes. She said seeing him behind glass was heartbreaking.
It was very devastating. As soon as he saw me, he started crying, and then I started crying,” said Alondra. “I kept asking him questions, if he’s been eating, what the conditions there have been like. He kept saying it’s really cold where they’re keeping him.”
Other than the medication, Alondra hadn’t brought anything for her dad because it was unclear if she would be allowed to. But another family who were visiting a detained loved one at the center offered Anastasio a sweater after hearing the exchange between the two.
On Wednesday, Anastasio was transferred to Adelanto Detention Facility in San Bernardino County, according to Alondra. The whole experience has impacted every member of the family.
“My youngest sister, she’s nine, so she’s just very confused and doesn’t understand why they took him, why he can’t come home, and that’s just so hard,” Alondra said.
“My mom’s very much in shock. She’s trying to hold it together because she has a family to take care of, but she’s worried about how he’s doing… It’s altered all of our lives.”
“My dad, he’s a very hard working man… a lot of people know and love him in our community, our neighbors,” said Alondra. “It’s just very hard to believe these things that are happening, that someone was just taken like that, especially the head of a household. It’s just heartbreaking.”
https://boyleheightsbeat.com/east-los-angeles-family-immigration-raid/
He’ll get used to the outhouse Alondra.
guess he should have self-deported
i’m sure they need taco trucks in mexico too
Alondra said that her father has been living in the U.S. for just over 20 years, and had a work permit to operate his taco truck.
I think she’s conflating his county food truck permit with being legally present in the US.
ICE arrests asylum seeker after Sacramento court hearing
Just minutes after wrapping up his immigration court hearing on Tuesday, a man was surrounded by federal immigration officers and led away. A family member was left in tears, unsure of where he had been taken.
The arrest took place on the fifth floor of the John E. Moss Federal Building in downtown Sacramento.
Two NorCal Resist volunteers and one other immigrant were the only ones there to witness the detainment.
“I’m afraid,” an immigrant from Venezuela who witnessed the detention said in Spanish. He asked to remain anonymous. “If it happened to him, it could happen to any of us.”
In this case, Juan had just received a new court date for October. His family member who will go by Maria said she had no idea this could happen so suddenly.
“I don’t know why, after court, they took him,” she said in Spanish. “They shouldn’t do that. We’re following the law. He hasn’t committed any crime here. I want them to release him.”
She said Juan is originally from Guatemala and came to the U.S. roughly two years ago seeking asylum. Maria said he had not missed any hearings or check-ins and he had no criminal record.
She now faces weeks or months of uncertainty. NorCal Resist has started helping her find a lawyer and showed her the detainee locator website to find her husband once he’s been processed. Advocates with the group said the lack of transparency and support in these moments often leaves the families of those detained in a state of shock.
NorCal Resist volunteers walked Maria out of the federal building and accompanied her to their headquarters, where she was connected with Goya Gutierrez, accompaniment team lead for the organization. Gutierrez went over next steps starting with showing her how to search the ICE detainee locator and giving her a list of attorneys she should call.
After reviewing her documents, Gutierrez said they were doing everything right.
“They haven’t missed an appointment, they filled out their asylum application, they’re attending their hearings, check-ins, and then she’s asking, ‘Why him? What did he do wrong’” Gutierrez said. “We don’t have an answer.”
Gutierrez said she’s seen an increase in arrests following immigration court hearings and ICE check-ins.
“Last week I was doing about three or so intakes every single day,” she said. “Yesterday, we had a day with no arrests at the court, so I consider that a very good day. Unfortunately, we’ve been seeing folks arrested almost daily following a court or ICE appointment.”
According to immigration attorney JJ Mulligan of the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic, arrests like this are not surprising — in fact, they’re becoming more frequent.
“There used to be a ‘safe space’ memo during the Biden years and the Obama years as well where ICE would not conduct any of its businesses in certain locations like schools, courthouses, hospitals, places like that,” he said. “There’s no real limits to where ICE can work right now.”
Mulligan said while it’s unclear why Juan was arrested, detentions can happen for several reasons, including old criminal charges, a violation of bond terms or a finding of fraud in immigration paperwork.
“It is very strange when someone’s in active removal proceedings, and they’ve already gotten an extension from the judge, that they would then decide to detain them,” he said.
He added that ICE and the immigration court system are collaborating more than ever under the Trump administration, which makes courtroom arrests more likely.
The result is a chilling effect, which Mulligan said leads many immigrants to avoid court attending at all. That’s a problem because missing court can result in automatic deportation.
“If you go, you get picked up by ICE, if you don’t go, you get an absentia order,” he said. “I haven’t heard of a lot happening at immigration courts, but if this is like a new trend, that is really concerning because there’s no good way for an immigrant to do the right thing.”
https://www.capradio.org/articles/2025/07/11/ice-arrests-asylum-seeker-after-sacramento-court-hearing/
ICE officers detaining Lehigh County residents sparks fear
Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk is calling on Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Brian Johnson to change policies that allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to operate and detain people inside the Lehigh County Courthouse.
“ I’ve been made aware of a number of people who have been detained by ICE after a court proceeding they attended in the courthouse, and there’s a climate of fear that is being fanned by allowing that to take place,” Tuerk told The Keystone in an interview. “My concern is that a fear of detention is keeping people from pursuing justice.”
Tuerk sent a letter to Johnson’s office on Thursday, asking the president judge to change the courthouse’s policies so Lehigh County residents are able to attend court hearings without the fear of being arrested by ICE.
Concerns about ICE operating in the courthouse reached a boiling point this week after residents pointed fingers at the Lehigh County Commissioners for not stopping the agency.
“People are undeniably being disappeared from county courtrooms and they are not leaving out the front doors,” Commissioner Jon Irons said during Wednesday’s meeting.
Tuerk explained how a wave of panic and fear is hanging over the Lehigh County’s immigrant community and how having ICE officers inside or around the courthouse isn’t subsiding those fears.
“ There was a raid that took place in Bethlehem last month that resulted in a wave of panic hitting Allentown, and a lot of people taking video of Lehigh County adult probation officers conducting operations and people falsely suggesting that it was ice just because of fear,” Tuerk said in an interview.
“ Fear is definitely in the air, and I think that that’s part of what ICE is trying to accomplish, is make people afraid to do things like go to doctors appointments, go to the grocery store, go to school or go to court.”
https://keystonenewsroom.com/2025/07/11/ice-officers-detaining-lehigh-county-residents-sparks-fear/
Fear is definitely in the air, and I think that that’s part of what ICE is trying to accomplish, is make people afraid to do things like go to doctors appointments, go to the grocery store, go to school or go to court.
FWIW, legal residents and citizens have no such worries.
Aussie FB hopes of refinancing at a cheaper rate just died in the arse.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/interest-rates/simple-reason-why-aussies-mortgage-stress-could-last-until-christmas/news-story/ebb913a1b2a02edd43b6ad1ae208cda7
No one can accuse the “woke” commies in the Denver Statehouse of not having their priorities in order.
https://x.com/thedukeisking/status/1944013495529267601?s=46
what the efffffffff??????????
doom loop intensifies.
Denver is miffed that FIFA passed it over as a 2026 World Cup site. This is their consolation.
Is BlackRock Jay being forced out?
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1944094446456336580
Buh-bye, useless parasites. Please form an orderly file to join the Trail of Tears leading out of Panem on the Potomac.
https://x.com/MAGAVoice/status/1944006729412337681
May the odds be in their favor!
Real headline from the Denver Post – the epitome of the globalist scum media – following Trump’s near-assassination.
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1944088364980088871
Watch State Department staffers exit in TEARS as mass layoffs start
New York Post
2 hours ago
It was a sad scene outside the State Department building in Washington D.C. on Friday as more than 1,350 U.S-based workers were laid off. A large group of supporters gathered outside the building to cheer on those who were forced to walk away from their positions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxiGSzhSKQs
6:28.
Can anyone point to a single State Department success story that would justify their bloated budget & bureaucracy?
US credit card delinquencies are surging: The share of credit card balances at large banks 30+ days past due reached 3.40% in Q1 2025, the third-highest in at least 13 years.
The share of balances 60+ and 90+ days past due hit 2.47% and 1.77%, near record highs, according to the Philadelphia Fed.
Concerningly, the net charge-off rate rose to 5.99%, the highest since at least 2012.
The share of credit card losses relative to total outstanding credit card loans at large banks has TRIPLED since Q3 2021.
Meanwhile, the average credit card rate just hit 24.62%, the highest on record.
Americans are drowning in credit card debt.
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1944097987463934259
Democrat-Bolsheviks will never pass up a chance to give taxpayer money to Democrat-on-Arrival illegals.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/11/us-news/la-mayor-karen-bass-signs-order-to-provide-cash-payments-to-immigrants-affected-by-ice-raids/