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Are we really fucking doing this. Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.

submitted 9 hours ago • 49 comments

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

submitted 8 hours ago • 2372 comments

This is absolutely insane, and criminal. Everyone, especially a Senator representing the state, has a right to speak out. The fact that the agents felt protected in acting this way says everything. We’re quickly traversing a dangerous path

submitted 9 hours ago • 785 comments

Thank you to @kbrnyc.bsky.social for calling on the profession to meet this moment. "Few chapters in our history have more directly called on our profession’s skills and obligations than this one. The private bar must now step up in defense of equal justice, or we will all fall."

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

The executive branch is defying courts and ignoring the Constitution. That's why many ACS members will take to the streets on Saturday - No Kings Day for a nationwide day of defiance. See more - www.nokings.org

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

Hey, a column is like a great pizza in that it takes time to prepare. I wrote this and posted it right before the Padilla incident that shook the world If it was a slow motion coup, it's moving fast now Take a minute to read it once the Padilla outrage returns to normal background levels

submitted 9 hours ago • 7 comments

someone assure me tim scott was actually referring to something else i do not want to die of second hand embarrassment

submitted 15 hours ago • 12 comments

BESSENT: We are trying to bend the curve on medical cost. And I believe that the medical expenses are out of control. TINA SMITH: But you're not controlling medical expenses by taking insurance away from people. You're just shifting the cost to hospitals and individuals and uncompensated care.

submitted 13 hours ago • 146 comments

HEGSETH: The mission in Los Angeles is about maintaining law and order REED: Excuse me. Law and order is a civil function under the Constitution of the United States

submitted 1 day ago • 240 comments

UnitedHealth Medicare DisAdvantage plans are reportedly interfering with the delivery of emergency care for nursing home residents. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and I are demanding a thorough federal investigation and action from the Department of Justice.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

LA is not a distraction. The Parade is not a distraction. The speech at Bragg was not a distraction. None of it is a distraction! All of it matters and there are millions of us that can focus on each of them. There are 257 Democrats on the Hill that can pound all of it. Just fucking fight!

submitted 1 day ago • 92 comments

And here I thought the key to Making American Health Again was cracking down on environmental toxins www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.

submitted 1 day ago • 496 comments

Republican senators freaked out when asked about Trump's military parade costing $45 million. Some hid in elevators. Some stared off into space. Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) snapped: “I answered the question I wanted to answer!” www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-se...

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If Donald Trump gets away with deploying the National Guard and Marines into LA without clear authority or justification, he won’t stop there. This isn’t just an attack on Los Angeles — it’s a test run for using the military against any American city he chooses.

submitted 2 days ago • 79 comments

Does anyone know if people like Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, and other Democratic "leaders" are still alive? If so, there is little evidence as Donald Trump is threatening to arrest the governor of our largest state.

submitted 2 days ago • 25 comments

GOOD NEWS: The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that the Republican-led State Elections Board exceeded its authority in passing a handful of controversial anti-voting rules last year. Paige Moskowitz and I explain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=16wS...

submitted 2 days ago • 58 comments

The Miami-Dade Hispanic Dems stand in solidarity with the Los Angeles Hispanic community, and we commend Governor Newsom @governor.ca.gov for standing up to the Trump administration on behalf of his people. We would like to see this kind of courage from our Florida Governor. 1/2 #OnYourSide

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

Attorney General William Tong of Connecticut says his state supports California. All eyes should be on California right now with Trump’s unlawful, unwarranted, and incendiary abuse use of the National Guard and potentially other federal troops against our own citizens on American soil.

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

A message from Congressman Eric Swalwell Thank you WE NEED STRONG VOICES More of this PLEASE

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

submitted 3 days ago • 31 comments

Note this well. The ICE budget is not about controlling immigration. It is about controlling American citizens. It funds authoritarianism.

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

THIS! I just heard from my super-normie sister-in-law (TV industry type, PTA mom) who lives on the West Side of LA. She and others at her LAUSD campus are having to escort kids from school grounds to their families' cars to avoid ICE. She says she's "not an activist," but has been radicalized.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Governor Newsom calls President Trump’s takeover of the National Guard an “illegal act” and announces Trump’s order will challenged in court tomorrow: Under his executive order, it notes they have to coordinate with Governor, they never did

submitted 4 days ago • 78 comments

Yeah, I’m still mad. But more of this, please. Much more!

submitted 4 days ago • 339 comments

This is very specifically illegal, not in like an interpretive way, it is literally written in black and white in the statute that reps must be let in to perform oversight

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

And they are determined to find a pretext.

submitted 4 days ago • 31 comments

1 in 12 Americans live in California. 1 in 35 Americans live in LA County. LA is America

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submitted 4 days ago • 657 comments

There is no mass-deportation campaign going on right now. Deportation is a process. This is kidnapping and human trafficking.

submitted 4 days ago • 322 comments

My statement on the events unfolding in Los Angeles:

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

This needs as much coverage as protests or ICE raids. Los Angelenos FTW. ❤️🙌

submitted 4 days ago • 27 comments

There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

submitted 5 days ago • 789 comments