Weekend Report: What's happening?

ICE is now largest law enforcement agency in history. Public even more opposed to big, bad bill. Social Security Administration sends scam letter, telling people they won't pay taxes, but it's false.

I’ve discussed how, under the big, bad, bill—which is now law— ICE’s budget for detentions will go from $3.4 billion to $45 billion, making it the largest law enforcement agency in history. But actually, when you add in federal enforcement, construction of a border wall, state-level immigration enforcement and other elements, it’s $175 billion dollars, larger than Russia’s military budget.

Republicans bowed to Trump in passing the bill, but if they think they can get away with passing a bill that that many people know a lot about—and don’t like they’re very mistaken. The more people are learning about it, the less popular it is, as polling continues to show. That is a boon for Democrats, but only if they keep educating the public—and in particular those who aren’t paying attention.

Trump has falsely claimed in interviews that the bill includes a provision for “no tax on Social Security.” Now Social Security recipients received a letter, touting the bill and claiming they now had a tax cut. Except it’s not true and is simply a scam—one that could have some recipients thinking they don’t need to pay taxes when they do.