Tabla de contenidos para August 15, 2025 en ScoopUSA Digital

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As you’re painfully aware, Trump’s ICE is rapidly morphing into a national police state — targeting legal immigrants as well as the undocumented, some of them awaiting their asylum hearings, others working with approved green cards. Many have been hardworking members of their communities for decades. Soon, 10,000 more ICE agents will join the ranks of this federal police force — covering their faces with masks, wearing no identification badges, and driving unmarked cars — taking people from their homes and jobs and sending them to crowded and unsanitary prison camps like Florida’s new “Alligator Alcatraz” or to prisons in other countries. How can we fight this? The Trump regime is threatening sanctuary cities and towns with loss of federal revenue. Some states, such as New Hampshire, have passed laws…

Started in 2020 as a five-year initiative inspired by the racial justice outcry following the police murder of George Floyd, the California Black Freedom Fund plans to expand to a $200 million endowment. The move is both rare in the world of philanthropy and politically bold, given the Trump administration's efforts to eliminate race-based grant making. Originally a designated fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the fund spun off on July 1, renaming itself the Black Freedom Fund, to indicate its new national scope. Over the past five years, it has drawn more than $97 million in donations. Of that, it has directed $45 million to 206 nonprofits in California, largely working to increase the sway of nonprofits that serve Black people, with a portion of the remainder being…

Lord, Teach Us To Give You Thanks, All The Time, For All Things And In All Things. Amen. This is one of the most excellent e-mails I have seen, and it is so true, so I decided to share it with you: “I dreamt that I went to Heaven, and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped before the first section and said, "This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received." I looked around in this area, and it was busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people worldwide. Then, we moved down a long corridor until we reached the second…

Nostalgic much? Sometimes the movies, television shows, and disgraced political figures leave an enduring mark on you. The Godfather, The Apprentice, and former President Richard Nixon all do that for me. Yet, I see them all coming back now. I can always find a comparison between my favorite movie of all time,The Godfather, and almost anything else that occurs today. For example, President Donald Trump often makes “offers that people (universities) cannot refuse.” Isn’t that true, Columbia and Brown universities – and others? Or like Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Trump makes it a point to take out all his enemies – perceived or real. And they both suffer no repercussions from their actions; in fact, they become stronger to a degree. Then there is that pivotal moment in The…

LEO July 23 - August 22 LEO – The Boss Very organized. Need order in their lives – like being in control. Like boundaries. Tend to take over everything. Bossy. Like to help others. Social and outgoing. Extroverted. Generous, warm-hearted. Sensitive. Creative energy. Full of themselves. Loving. Doing the right thing was important to Leos. The peridot ist the stone for August Peridot was considered by some to be a tonic for the entire body. It was said to protect the wearer from negativity and to provide stress reduction and relaxation. Pirates were said to favor peridot because, when set in gold, it would protect them from the terrors of the night. The gem known as peridot was born in fire it was found at the base of volcanoes and…