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“I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable. I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this,” said U.S. District Judge William Young, a Reagan-appointed, MA-based jurist. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

we have an elite impunity problem and a lot of the people and institutions that nominally oppose Trump will burn down their own before admitting that this helped produce him

UPDATE: The Los Angeles Press Club has filed suit against the city of Los Angeles and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell in the Central District of California's federal courts over its actions toward journalists covering anti-ICE protests in recent days. /more

Venetians are protesting the $21M wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, which could cause major disruptions during high season. “‘We will line the streets with our bodies, block the canals with lifesavers, dinghies and our boats,’ she said to loud applause.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/w...

Toad ran to Frog’s house. “Frog, Frog,” cried Toad, “taste these cookies that I have made.”

Fascism is lonely.

Violence rooted in white grievance is either valorized, excused, or the connection is suppressed.

[Exit King.]

Also, if you are old and your ears are broken, don’t forget your earplugs.

Just finished standing with and for about 700 of my neighbors in Pomona. The best moment was when the crowd chanted “Don’t be afraid!” - like from the Bible.

Having King George as one of the sponsors of Trump’s birthday/fascism party feels a little on the nose, but here we are.

I just watched someone order a bean and cheese burrito, “…without cheese“ I can see what people mean when they say we are living in unprecedented times.

I do enjoy the country-specific name changes for No Kings protests this weekend

Sat down next to the late Biz Markee before an early fight at LAX. Greeted him with a quiet “How you doing?” He rolled his shoulders and said “Not so good, man. It’s too early”

World and Olympic 400m Champion Jeremy Wariner sat next to my son and me at the US Champs in 2005. He ate a hot dog and struck up a conversation with my then 14-year old son

Mandy Moore and her family sat near us at Casa Bianca. They had the same pizza we did.

"The American regime today arrested a member of the legislative opposition, after declaring it would 'liberate' that senator's province from opposition control using the armed forces"

The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem. Right fucking now.

🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this

nobody lives forever but you write God Only Knows and you live forever

Mis- and disinformation are spreading in the wake of the immigration-related protests and escalating law enforcement and military response in Los Angeles. Here are 6 tips to help minimize the spread of misleading information and outright disinformation: pen.org/guide-to-com...

If you’re looking for good news today, don’t look at climate change…

This is really good. A fitting tribute.

It's literally copied from a war bonds poster, and DHS got it from a Twitter white supremacist.

ICE: It is DEEPLY OFFENSIVE and HURTFUL to compare us to the gestapo. Also ICE: Ach, brothers of the soil, please inform on the hidden vermin in our midst.

Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines "These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"

Third Amendment humor is gonna be the next big thing.

Boooooooo! - US Men’s Soccer Boooooooo! - US National Government

The difference between a human trafficker and a law enforcement officer doing their job is due process. ICE does not give its detainees due process, and regularly sends innocent people to one of the most hellish prisons on Earth. They are the moral equivalent of slave catchers.

That immaculate manliness we feel within ourselves, so far within us, that it remains intact though all the outer character seem gone

I had a similar experience at small town restaurant in Ohio. The server proudly listed their *many* flavors of cheesecake but I could only respond, “Do you just have cheesecake-flavored cheesecake?” Alas, they did not.