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I’m sure all the right wing free speech champions will be all over this immediately, right? By the way, only a very small man takes actions like this. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/w...

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It’s always fun when the “anti government paranoia” switch gets flipped to the “actually we love our armed agents of the state, don’t we folks” side

submitted 11 hours ago • 35 comments

Reuters: US JUDGE ISSUES NATIONWIDE INJUNCTION BLOCKING TRUMP PASSPORT POLICY TARGETING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE

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EXCLUSIVE: Armed 'No Kings' counter-protester arrested on new gun charges, authorities search his home www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

submitted 12 hours ago • 49 comments

While Tacos Military Birthday Parade attendance doesn’t seem to be materializing, the No Kings protests are being declared unprecedented The people united, will never be divided!

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

“Jesus Christ is our only king.” — Pope Leo

submitted 3 days ago • 19 comments

@governor.ca.gov you should be leading a conversation about the conduct of the LAPD.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

submitted 3 days ago • 1097 comments

Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.

submitted 3 days ago • 2420 comments

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

submitted 3 days ago • 679 comments

Oh 😑

submitted 3 days ago • 151 comments

Was that a yawn from Rubio

submitted 3 days ago • 82 comments

We're capturing children off the street at gunpoint to get one last ride of garish nostalgia for an America that never was. A future dramatically better is available at the end of this, and the choice will be stark for anyone with a brain, but we've gotta be loud and uncompromising in the meantime.

submitted 3 days ago • 69 comments

From Metro Nashville Police:

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

What if he threw a $45 million parade and nobody came? Boring. Low energy. Sad!

submitted 3 days ago • 981 comments

Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

submitted 3 days ago • 2119 comments

Newsom: "The notion that the US active duty Marines, these heroes, would be used to militarized the streets of an American city is an abomination. The Founding Fathers did not live and die to see that happen in this country for no reason whatsoever than vanity."

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Cory Booker: "This is something that we should not tolerate & by we, this is not Democrats & Republicans, this is we in this body, we have a constitutional obligation to provide oversight to the executive." We the people have an obligation to provide oversight as well! Find a #NoKings event 👇

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

The FIFA Club World Cup begins on June 14 at the Hard Rock Stadium & Newsweek reported that ICE will be deployed at the games Im telling you all: AVOID THE WORLD CUP AT ALL COSTS!

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Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."

submitted 5 days ago • 305 comments

Secretary @KristiNoem accusing Padilla of “political theater” is delicious

submitted 5 days ago • 152 comments

@cherijacobus.bsky.social Great description.

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

Israel aggressively bombing Iran—unlike two incidents of strikes in 2024, which followed Iranian missiles launches against Israel—is in part another consequence of a weak, chaotic US president. Worth noting that this didn't happen under Biden, Obama, or Bush, despite Israel talking about it a lot.

submitted 5 days ago • 83 comments

Well, I forgot my roommate from my summer 2012 apartment sublet in D.C. is now the Secretary of the Army, until tonight, when he told Fox News there is a troop on the moon

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Listen to this great American. This nation is privileged to have a man of this character in the United States Senate. Thank you @padilla.senate.gov. We stand with you.

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Newsom: "He's been a stone cold liar about what he said we talked about. He never discussed the National Guard. Period. Full stop. I would love to share with you what he actually talked about. It would send shivers up your spine."

submitted 5 days ago • 2074 comments

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge issued a sweeping order blocking President Donald Trump’s unprecedented seizure of California’s National Guard, calling the move illegal and a “dangerous precedent. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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First, she is lying. It is a lie. No other word for it. Second, this is an assault not just on Padilla as a person, but on the Legislative Branch of government by the Executive Branch. Under the framework our Founders developed, he outranks her yet is treated like this. Let that sink in.

submitted 5 days ago • 139 comments

ACLU’s Know Your Rights library has great resources for people planning to protest this weekend: www.aclu.org/know-yo... Stopped by Police: www.aclu.org/know-yo... Protestors’ Rights: www.aclu.org/know-yo... Be safe out there.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

submitted 5 days ago • 2260 comments

I JUST sounded the alarm in the Oversight committee on the fact that this administration has threatened to arrest elected officials and they have. A judge, a mayor, a Representative, and now a US Senator in his OWN STATE during an open press conference. Governors will be next.

submitted 5 days ago • 90 comments

STATEMENT FROM SEN. PADILLA’S OFFICE:

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FOX MEMPHIS — STUDY: “States that weakened gun laws saw rise in child deaths… Tennessee is one of those states…. Policy matters…” Imagine that. Full: www.fox13memphis.com/news/states-...

submitted 6 days ago • 210 comments

Pathetic: ABC’s GMA, World News Tonight, This Week, CBS’ Mornings, Evening News, Face the Nation, NBC’s Today, Nightly News, Meet the Press, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal all failed to cover Trump's new office for ethnic cleansing.

submitted 5 days ago • 84 comments

NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill" On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history

submitted 5 days ago • 61 comments

Another pro wrestler with better politics and a more clearly articulated moral stance than 99.9% of elected officials

submitted 5 days ago • 39 comments

Funded by your tax dollars.

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But I was told that DOGE was going to dramatically slash the budget deficit by eliminating DEI grants and Politico subscriptions, firing staff at VA hospitals, and taking away life-saving HIV meds from impoverished African children.

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Uber doesn't give its delivery or ride share drivers health insurance. Uber workers count on federal health care programs that will be cut under the Republican bill.

submitted 6 days ago • 95 comments

Trump stood at Fort Bragg and hijacked a moment meant to honor the Army’s legacy—turning it into a spectacle for his own ego. He mocked political opponents, spread lies, and vowed to restore Confederate base names. Our Troops deserve respect. What they got was a dictator’s stunt.

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The entire board tasked with overseeing the State Department's Fulbright Program has resigned — claiming political interference from the Trump admin. The Board voted "overwhelmingly" to resign "rather than endorse unprecedented actions … impermissible under the law." substack.com/home/post/p-...

submitted 6 days ago • 42 comments

The military booing an American city, goaded by the president, is deeply unsettling.

submitted 7 days ago • 38 comments

UPDATE: A federal judge denies Gov. Newsom’s request to immediately block Trump from sending the California National Guard and Marines to aid in Los Angeles ICE raids, but sets a hearing on the matter for Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 7 days ago • 38 comments

Love this Community Note for Gym Jordan. 🍿

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

This Saturday, over a thousand pro-democracy rallies are happening across the country. And in D.C.? Trump is throwing himself a $45 million birthday parade, complete with tanks, helicopters, and military fanfare.

submitted 7 days ago • 154 comments

This is nuts.

submitted 7 days ago • 82 comments

So ABC’s official position is that Stephen Miller does not have hate in his heart?

submitted 7 days ago • 467 comments

A prominent House Democrat urged U.S. military members Tuesday afternoon to question any orders given by President Donald Trump as they pertain to their deployment to quell protests in Los Angeles.

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