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submitted 19 hours ago • 16 comments

political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics

submitted 1 day ago • 256 comments

One good thing about today in Los Angeles is that the mainstream media was onsite before the police started rioting. So many news crews saying "the crowd here in LA is totally peaceful" right before LAPD and LA Sheriff started shooting and trampling people

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

Trump’s move to halt an initiative to restore abundant salmon runs drew condemnation. “The Administration’s decision to terminate these commitments echoes the federal government’s historic pattern of broken promises to tribes,” a tribe member said. With @opb.org‬

submitted 1 day ago • 35 comments

On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

submitted 3 days ago • 844 comments

I asked Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to justify cutting Medicaid by $700 billion dollars just to give the very richest people in this country a $235 billion tax break. You won't be surprised to learn: he didn't have an answer.

submitted 3 days ago • 115 comments

The Trump administration is rescinding vital protections that keep harmful pollutants out of the air we breathe. Another gift to the fossil fuel industry at expense of the public health. Another betrayal of the American people. Shameful.

submitted 5 days ago • 22 comments

Murphy: "Everything that's happened in the last 7 days - the fight w/ Musk & now the deployment of the National Guard - is probably also a distraction from the main story, which is that Trump is trying to pass probably the most unpopular piece of legislation he will attempt to move through Congress"

submitted 7 days ago • 255 comments

👇 Hearing the same from a lot of friends and family in LA

submitted 8 days ago • 229 comments

BREAKING: An enormous peaceful protest has broken out in Los Angeles in defiance of Donald Trump’s ICE raids. This is how it’s done.

submitted 8 days ago • 69 comments

This needs to go viral gang. 💙💙💙

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

This is the spirit of Los Angeles. This is California. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #FreeDavidEndRaids

submitted 7 days ago • 376 comments

This stuff doesn’t look very protect-and-serve-y

submitted 7 days ago • 1477 comments

Let’s look at the facts: DHS claimed there were “about 1,000 rioters,” but Reuters couldn’t independently verify that number. Meanwhile, flash-bangs used against peaceful protesters ignited one of the fires captured in widely shared photos.

submitted 8 days ago • 117 comments

The most vital thing you can do right now is spread this message offline to normies. There is no "unrest", there's a protest. It has 400 people. LA does worse when the Lakers come in 3rd in a season.

submitted 8 days ago • 19 comments

LAPD STATEMENT: “The protests remained peaceful… without incident…”

submitted 8 days ago • 110 comments

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President Trump signed a memo to federalize 2,000 National Guardsmen, arguing the deployment is necessary to combat “lawlessness” in L.A. The move comes over the objection of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said it'll escalate tensions over immigration raids in the area.

submitted 8 days ago • 55 comments

The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.

submitted 8 days ago • 2629 comments

"Sources said the administration is specifically considering a full termination of federal grant funding for the University of California and California State University systems." Pure vandalism. This could never happen in a country with functioning checks and balances.

submitted 10 days ago • 69 comments

Via @lincolnproject.us IG "I didn't realize this was a prophecy" 😂

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

What a shame. “DOGE affiliated staff, some of whom were responsible for pushing out thousands of federal workers, texted one another on Thursday about whether they would be fired next, according to administration officials.” www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

submitted 10 days ago • 154 comments

Breaking News: This travel ban is a distraction from the "Big, Beautiful Bill", and the MSM is falling for it. Don't fall for the okey-doke. Keep hammering on what this bill is going to do. Enrich the wealthy even more, and steal money from the less fortunate. Don't get distracted!

submitted 11 days ago • 35 comments

For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government. But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes. Where is the outrage over that?

submitted 12 days ago • 910 comments

It’s called taxing the rich, buddy.

submitted 12 days ago • 742 comments

DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one

submitted 12 days ago • 567 comments

They are straight up speed-running the resegregation of the federal government and the erasure of all non-white male history

submitted 13 days ago • 31 comments

Speaker Johnson says there's “a moral component” to Trump's "big, beautiful" bill. Really? Is it “moral” to cut nutrition assistance for hungry kids? Is it “moral” to eliminate health care for 13.7 million Americans so the 1% gets a $664 billion tax break? I don’t think so.

submitted 13 days ago • 111 comments

your regular reminder that authoritarian populism will make your country corrupt and poor. look at Hungary

submitted 13 days ago • 88 comments

Friends, as much fun as it is to play "Goon, fiend, or wanker? with the Trump regime, the sad reality is that this regime is actively attacking the LGBTQ+ community. Please share this LGBTQ+ friendly one-pager of mental health resources widely #PrideMonth #MentalHealth #AltComms

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

Israel tells people it's safe to go and get aid from a site Israel itself set up. Then, they kill 31 people and injure 170 who are traveling to that site to get some food. Starve people, tease them with scraps of food, then kill some along the way. It's terrorism.

submitted 15 days ago • 28 comments

If we can afford to give another $664 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% and spend over $1 trillion on the Pentagon, we can afford health care for the working people of this country.

submitted 18 days ago • 157 comments

Medicaid is not a piggy bank for billionaires. #HandsOffMedicaid @taxwarroom.bsky.social‬

submitted 19 days ago • 21 comments

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.

submitted 19 days ago • 1876 comments

Regarding the BBBBill: my congressman sent this out, and it seems in blatant opposition to everything else I’ve heard: “For working families, this bill means lower taxes. Americans earning between $30-$80,000 will see about a 15% reduction in their tax bills… $5,000 that stays in your pocket”.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again.

submitted 21 days ago • 678 comments

Do you really think Trump will permit a midterm, take the chance to lose both chambers and be thrown in jail? And if there is a vote, big IF, it will be most likely rigged just like Russia who has a dictator murderer to run the country. Trump must be resign b4 the midterms Force is inevitable

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

The bulk of the financial benefits in the House Republican tax bill would flow to the wealthiest Americans, experts say.

submitted 23 days ago • 63 comments

The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts say that overhaul could take years and cost hundreds of millions.

submitted 24 days ago • 1273 comments

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

submitted 24 days ago • 121 comments

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"This is really not that functionally different than if those guests showed up with satchels of cash or briefcases with stacks of bill and then just dumped it all into a big bucket physically held by the President of the United States," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Trump's crypto dinner.

submitted 24 days ago • 61 comments

"In sum, no law gives OPM, OMB, or DOGE the authority to direct other federal agencies to engage in large-scale terminations, restructuring, or elimination of that agency itself."

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

President Trump held a private event Thursday night for 220 crypto investors who had bought into his meme coin, defying bipartisan concerns from lawmakers that he was selling access to accumulate personal wealth.

submitted 24 days ago • 28 comments

This is from The Atlantic. This is exactly how Democrats should message Trump‘s bill. 👇🏻

submitted 25 days ago • 193 comments