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It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.

SEND THE MARINES

I will post this video, though, because it's one of my absolute favorite videos. Im mesmerized no matter how many times I watch it. Hazel Scott would've been 105 today. First Black American to have her own TV show. And so much more

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 88 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

Oh this will sting his brittle ego. I love it.

“The poll shows Trump’s approval rating at 38 percent among registered voters, a three point drop from April. He’s also losing support on subjects that were crucial to his November victory — including immigration” www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social : “Trump is not telling the truth. Local officials can handle this… we have to point out the danger of what he’s doing in LA while also keeping our eye on the ball as he pushes an unpopular bill that will transform our economy and ruin a lot of lives.”

On brand. Disaster relief will now be a personal favor from the President to communities that pledge loyalty. Be grateful if you're from a (relatively) non-disaster prone part of the country.

This dude’s from Santa Monica

“Democracy is under assault right before our eyes,” Newsom warned. “The moment we’ve feared has arrived. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A key part of every conversation I’m having with Trump voters these days:👇 1. Los Angeles is NOT burning to the ground. 2. Haitian migrants were NOT eating cats & dogs. 3. Donald Trump did NOT win the 2020 election. And there’s more where that came from. Lots more.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

📌We are in the most precarious moment in our nation’s history since the beginning of the Civil War. Anybody who is not reporting it this way is dangerous, completely out of their depth, and should not be taken seriously. 📌As the retired managing editor of Stars & Stripes I urge you to share this.

Trump is now at 38% approval and going down in new Quinipianc poll. He's underwater even on immigration. Unlike other authoritarians--Putin, Orban, Hitler--he has minority support as he's trying to consolidate power, and mass opposition. Keep hitting him hard.

Former ABC News correspondent and anchor Terry Moran has joined Substack. He says he can’t wait to “get at the important work that we all have to do at a time of such trouble in our country.” bit.ly/3HAX77o

"That didn’t just halt a flurry of novel federal voter registration efforts.It erased years of research that identified barriers to the ballot box among some of the most vulnerable communities, and how federal agencies could mitigate them." www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...

Must Read: In federalizing the California National Guard over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), Trump is asserting broad powers that could be used against any state, legal scholars and national security experts told Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...

Newsom: Police should police—not the military. That’s what happens in third-world countries, and that’s exactly what Donald Trump is trying to impose on the American people: a mindset of militarization, power, dominance, and control—not the rule of law. This is a very, very serious moment.

BREAKING via CBS News “US officials have been told Israel is ready to launch an operation into Iran. This is part of the reason the US advised some Americans to leave region. US anticipates Iran could retaliate on US sites in Iraq. Witkoff is still planning to meet with Iran” (No link yet)

BEYER: Isn't this embarrassing? BESSENT: You seem not to have seen the economic data. GDP growth has been quite substantial BEYER: GDP growth is half what it was last year, sir BESSENT: Job growth is solid BEYER: Job growth is a third what it was last year, sir

I am sounding the alarm as loudly as I can that Donald Trump has turned the Department of Justice into a cog in his authoritarian machine to prosecute his political opponents.

BREAKING: Judge says Mahmoud Khalil cannot be detained or deported based on Rubio’s determination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Chicago-based American Medical Association plans to ask a U.S. Senate committee to investigate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to overhaul a key vaccine advisory group, the medical association said in an emergency resolution passed Tuesday.

This is actually perfect. The emptiness makes it look as ridiculous and wasteful as it is.

May the anti-ICE movement continue to spread nationwide! This is the Los Angeles spirit your news broadcast isn’t showing…

Rewording my earlier post. RFK Jr will be testifying before Congress. I am interested in what experts and others think would be the best way to leverage this time and opportunity for the public good. If you were behind the dais for this hearing, what would you do? What do you want to see asked?

Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."

Immigration is good actually

Just absolutely loathsome people.

Good for Costas.

A milestone: the first electric aircraft has landed at JFK. "...the flight from the airport in East Hampton to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport took 45 minutes with a pilot and four people" and cost ... $8 worth of electricity.

Just beyond the pale, absolutely dangerous and corrosive. President basically rallying active duty US military for war against fellow Americans in an openly partisan way via @atrupar.com

😡The moment a russian kamikaze drone struck a high rise residential building in Kyiv. Russia is a terrorist state!

Protesters instigating violence in Boston, March 5, 1770.

🚨BREAKING: Georgia Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN four State Election Board rules concerning certification and hand counting ballots last year. A big victory for GA voters and a stinging defeat for the RNC and election deniers. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...

I want a DNI who doesn't tell us to pee ourselves in fear of Russia.

More members of Congress condemning Trump's invasion of Los Angeles, which I keep hearing is not happening. Thus far Daily Caller, Fox, Politico, and one other right wing outlet have asked questions--maybe that's why you don't know abt this presser? www.c-span.org/event/news-c...

Kristi Noem: "In LA, what we're been going after is the worst of the worst. They're murderers." (They literally raided a Home Depot.)

I will give my eyeteeth for one, One, ONE interviewer to just say “well that’s an obvious lie.”

The law can be enforced in this country without intentional cruelty. I've seen it done.