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submitted 5 days ago • 74 comments

58 years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled on the side of our clients Mildred and Richard Loving, legalizing interracial marriages nationwide. This Loving Day, we honor the generations of families who were torn apart by anti-miscegenation laws and celebrate the couple that changed history.

submitted 5 days ago • 59 comments

If you wear a uniform and you are positive you’re on the right side of history, you shouldn’t have a problem with having your picture taken while you’re on the job.

submitted 7 days ago • 21 comments

Let this sink in. Even the Los Angeles Police Chief, Jim McDonnell, made it clear: the people protesting immigration raids were not the ones causing violence. During a Sunday evening press conference, McDonnell condemned the violence as “disgusting”

submitted 8 days ago • 490 comments

The greta video

submitted 8 days ago • 245 comments

CNN: We have breaking news now from the Pentagon. CNN can now report that roughly 500 Marines are being mobilized in response to the protests in Los Angeles.

submitted 8 days ago • 737 comments

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

submitted 8 days ago • 1913 comments

We’re deeply disappointed in much of the U.S. media. Grateful, however, to international journalists who are telling the truth.

submitted 8 days ago • 498 comments

ICE is using shipping containers to store people at a US military base in East Africa where daily temperatures are over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This is obviously a human rights violation.

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

Repost if you agree

submitted 17 days ago • 309 comments

MUST WATCH: She came out with her girlfriend. They took her high school diploma. This is bigger than one school—it’s a system built to silence. F*ck Around & Find Out is the playbook for fighting back. Read it. Share it. Use it: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

submitted 23 days ago • 381 comments

For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.

submitted 30 days ago • 237 comments

Fact-check: True

submitted 30 days ago • 260 comments

A new rule proposed by the Trump administration would weaken the Endangered Species Act by redefining “harm” — removing habitat destruction from the equation. 🗣️ Take action before May 19 — submit a public comment to defend wildlife. Link below to make your voice heard. bit.ly/4dfCb1x

submitted 35 days ago • 13 comments

happy mother's day

submitted 37 days ago • 133 comments

It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.

submitted 37 days ago • 943 comments

This is what ICE does: just like they stalked the family’s car and smashed the windows in to kidnap them. They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps. Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.

submitted 38 days ago • 1232 comments

Mothers belong with our families, not sitting behind bars in detention.

submitted 38 days ago • 36 comments

The Trump administration is advancing efforts to dismantle mental health services tailored for LGBTQ+ youth, particularly within the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

submitted 40 days ago • 90 comments

Is this who we are? newschannel9.com/news/local/f...

submitted 40 days ago • 935 comments

Trump’s new executive order doesn’t officially declare martial law, but it lays the foundation for a militarized, authoritarian police state. He’s gutting oversight, militarizing cops, and threatening to prosecute local officials. Follow for more. objectioneverything.substack.com/p/objection-...

submitted 49 days ago • 14 comments

FBI Claims Gavel, Black Gowns Prove Ties To MS-13 Gang theonion.com/fbi-cla...

submitted 49 days ago • 225 comments

BREAKING: President Trump signed 2 executive orders targeting sanctuary cities, directing immigration and law enforcement to take legal action against those who refuse to comply with Trump's anti-immigrant agenda, and encouraging police brutality.

submitted 49 days ago • 41 comments

I fought damn hard to create the 988 Hotline because help should not be hard to get – regardless of who you are or where you live. This is wrong and cruel – and you can be sure I will fight this. www.axios.com/2025/04/23/l...

submitted 54 days ago • 271 comments

Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private server or Pete Hegseth using the nuclear codes as his password on Pornhub, both parties have ignored our nation's security.

submitted 53 days ago • 366 comments