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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

submitted 7 hours ago • 833 comments

Turns out, as usual, it was all just talk.

submitted 8 hours ago • 38 comments

Lawler held another ‘town hall’ last night. He banned a journalist for doing his job. What are you afraid of, Mikey?

submitted 18 hours ago • 13 comments

Donald Trump forcing US troops to sleep on the ground in the scorching heat in Los Angeles, since he made 0 arrangements to house or feed them and only wanted to use them as props for his fascist porn and political manipulation. MAGA will say "I voted for this"🤡

submitted 8 hours ago • 401 comments

Trump is deploying militarized federal forces into our communities against the will of local leaders. Let’s call this what it is: a deliberate attempt to incite chaos. We won't stand for it. The antidote to authoritarianism is solidarity, and our strength is in community. Stay loud.

submitted 15 hours ago • 17 comments

What is the cost of sending National Guard and active duty Marines to Los Angeles, where they are not needed? What is this political theater costing taxpayers? Talk about WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE.

submitted 10 hours ago • 58 comments

Republicans BURIED a line in their "big beautiful bill" that would help Trump officials ignore court orders. One problem? It violates the Senate's rules. I’m going to fight to strip this provision out. And we need everyone in the fight against this bill.

submitted 17 hours ago • 117 comments

Somebody just told me to “google Cointelpro” and man, what is it that you think I do here?

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

LA Mayor Karen Bass is one of our country’s strongest local leaders. She, LAPD, and the LA County Sheriff’s Office were managing a local dispute until national figures ignited a firestorm misusing the National Guard and the bully pulpit of the presidency to exacerbate divides.

submitted 16 hours ago • 13 comments

But, but, but, the Founding Fathers wanted everyone to have an assault weapon… www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

submitted 14 hours ago • 86 comments

Bonta: We brought a lawsuit today on behalf of the governor and the State of California, challenging as unlawful the president’s federalization of the National Guard.. The authority he relies on does not permit him to unilaterally call in the National Guard.

submitted 10 hours ago • 175 comments

Just want to shout out the reporters and photojournalists of the @latimes.com. They have a shitty owner, and as a result there are far fewer of them than a few years before, but on this story, as with the fires, they are giving it their all.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

hey siri, does the military like it when they are subjected to open disrespect from civilian leaders?

submitted 12 hours ago • 96 comments

2,000 National Guard members, 700 Marines, for what? Escalation, violence, and spectacle. But to legitimize a crackdown and normalize military presence on our streets.

submitted 10 hours ago • 301 comments

This is exactly what we need from all our members of Congress—SHOW UP. Thank you, Reps @gomez.house.gov , @repluzrivas.bsky.social , @ntorres35.bsky.social , and Lou Correa for showing up at the Federal Building to demand answers amid reports of inhumane conditions: no beds, no food, no water.

submitted 1 day ago • 117 comments

Deploying Marines to LA isn’t normal. It’s a gross abuse of power similar to what we see from dictators around the world, setting the stage for martial law or full-on authoritarianism.

submitted 9 hours ago • 324 comments

This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

submitted 9 hours ago • 1156 comments

see, the thing i’m genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines

submitted 9 hours ago • 464 comments

Ahem @kenmartin.bsky.social @electdemocrats.bsky.social @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Polite request to please credit the photographers whose L.A. photos you’re sharing. They’re out there risking getting their shins exploded by police munitions to get those shots.

submitted 1 day ago • 68 comments

“These people are doing exactly what they’re supposed to do & getting disappeared. I watched this happen & I’ve had nightmares all week," said our Lead Immigration Attorney, Rachel Levenson. See what happened when we tried to enter this ICE detainment center in NYC. www.amny.com/news/nyc-con...

submitted 13 hours ago • 3 comments

Today it’s Harvard. Tomorrow it could be any one of us.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

President Trump deploying the California National Guard without the governor's consent is an unnecessary escalation that raises serious constitutional concerns. Hina Shamsi, director of our National Security Project, breaks down the danger of bringing in the military to crack down on protests.

submitted 13 hours ago • 7 comments

Always remember:

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

"Marines Unleashed In LA!" Trump is doing exactly what he promised to do before the election by unleashing the military and National Guard against fellow Americans he sees as "the enemy from within." w @muellershewrote.com thelefthook.substack.com/p/marines-un...

submitted 8 hours ago • 26 comments

If the objective was really apprehending people without legal authority to be in the country, ICE would never have to leave Mar-a-Lago.

submitted 13 hours ago • 118 comments

Also, apropos of nothing in particular, if anyone tries to tell you that the protests in LA are a distraction from the budget bill, kindly remind them that the bill will MASSIVELY expand ICE’s budget, so the two things are very much related.

submitted 15 hours ago • 33 comments

what people seem to believe is that there is a large number of criminal, layabout immigrants who can be easily found and deported. they support doing so snd are dismayed by the deportation of otherwise law abiding people. the problem is that the criminal group is imaginary!

submitted 17 hours ago • 310 comments

A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated

submitted 18 hours ago • 289 comments

📣Political speech is protected by the First Amendment. ❌Dissent is protected by the First Amendment. ✊Protest is protected by the First Amendment.

submitted 13 hours ago • 5 comments

When local law enforcement helps ICE detain our immigrant neighbors, our communities become less safe. The ACLU of Pennsylvania will see the Bucks County sheriff in court.

submitted 12 hours ago • 30 comments

Imagine, just imagine, the response from the West if the Iranian government, in international waters, had rammed and then boarded a European ship, filled with European citizens, and taken them captive. But it's Israel, so it's all good. Our citizens don't matter.

submitted 10 hours ago • 55 comments

What else was snuck into the GOP's Big, Ugly Budget? A provision barring health plans on the ACA marketplace from providing abortion coverage. Let's call it what it is: a back door to a national abortion ban. It won’t matter if you’re in a red or blue state. www.notus.org/health-scien...

submitted 13 hours ago • 18 comments

EXCLUSIVE: ActBlue is firing back at a House GOP investigation into its workings. The Dem online fundraising platform says the probe appears to be an unconstitutional abuse of power to help the White House.

submitted 12 hours ago • 313 comments

LATEST ON ABREGO GARCIA: The DOJ asked the case in Maryland be stayed; A G lawyers in a blistering response: "Until the Government is held accountable for its blatant, willful, and persistent violations of court orders at excruciating cost to Abrego Garcia and his family, this case is not over."

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

"When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty." - Thomas Jefferson

submitted 11 hours ago • 21 comments

Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

submitted 1 day ago • 1454 comments

WE DID IT!!!!!! THANK YOU TO THE 34,982 BAR MEMBERS WHO VOTED FOR ME- AND FOR THE 1000s OF YOU WHO COULDN'T VOTE BUT HELPED ME IN COUNTLESS OTHER WAYS!! 43% of eligible members voted. We got 90.9% of the vote. More soon. lnkd.in/ePwfe7VG

submitted 14 hours ago • 40 comments

“According to experts, this is the first time the National Guard has been activated without request of the state's governor since 1965.” - BBC

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

Dear USA Deploying troops against civilians will not go well. Yours Great Britain and Northern Ireland

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

from today post. maybe you remember this, too link: bit.ly/43AfmSZ

submitted 10 hours ago • 14 comments

My local coffee shop is not playing around.

submitted 18 hours ago • 79 comments

PSA: If you think a guy standing on a vandalized Waymo car with a Mexican flag is a bigger issue than the president calling for the arrest of a governor for no reason, you may have lost the plot.

submitted 11 hours ago • 236 comments

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

submitted 16 hours ago • 1258 comments

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

submitted 14 hours ago • 854 comments