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californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair. go bears!
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lots of joy and community out there yesterday!

Heh. To add to this. If you come in my mentions, totally misrepresent what I said, and I block you, it's not because I "can't handle the truth" or that I'm against free speech. I just think you're a dipshit who isn't worth bothering with because you totally misrepresented what I said.

Truly wild photos coming in from Los Angeles right now.

from what i can tell, NO KINGS is much deeper than ‘opposing trump policies’. it’s also obviously FOR democracy, tolerance, rule of law, and human rights. and it’s firmly against the emerging fascist state.

So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings

🚨 Arresto de ICE en Newbury Park confirmado a la 1 pm! Estén alerta, ICE está en nuestros vecindarios esta tarde en el condado de Ventura! No digan y firmen nada!

[Exit King.]

More evidence that the Israeli attacks on Iran are aiming to destabilize the country, not just disrupt its nuclear capabilities.

Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO? #NOKINGS

The boomers were out in force in Bethesda. Don’t underestimate the fury of Montgomery County’s legion of retired civil servants. Probably a few thousand people lining Wisconsin Ave.

newsom has been good this week. but imagine a governor adding: i expect forbearance, tolerance, respect and proportionality from law enforcement too. these protests are about our self governance and democracy and i stand with them.

I’m a protest med doc: co-coordinator of medics for Headwaters Forest, 2000 IMF/WB & 2000 DNC protests, part of the 1999 WTO Direct Action Medical Network team. *Absolutely this* Don’t Sit Down In A Protest! #NoKings

Looked even longer than that to me

somehow i doubt we’ll see law enforcement rip off their masks

They are actively arresting peaceful protesters for wearing medical masks at the protests. Now if you are wondering how police are treating nonviolent protesters. Have a feeling this is going to turn into a thread of actions today

We’re proud to announce, today’s turnout has already surpassed the Hands Off protest! Over 5.5m people and counting across the U.S. Get out there, be seen, and be counted. This is history in the making. Take plenty of photos and videos and post them publicly. Let the world see what’s happening.

My Statement: Thoughts on the Despicable Assassination (and Attempted Assassination) of Minnesota Legislators, the Rise in Political Violence in the United States, and the Threats to Free and Fair Elections electionlawblog.org?p=150386

American financier Don Wilson invested $100 million in Trump family bitcoin project, Trump Media & Technology Group, through his company DRW Investments - just nine weeks after an SEC probe into his crypto business Cumberland was dropped by the Trump administration www.ft.com/content/5481...

one thing we definitely know: the no kings protests will far overshadow trumps vanity parade and his unpopularity will be obvious. he’ll be stewing, which is dangerous but satisfying.

we live in a world of repeated and unaccountable aggression, from the US invasion of Iraq to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Israel’s attack on Iran (to name a few). not all the same but also not just ‘close calls’ on use of force or self defense. it’s a crisis in international law.

this is an affluent suburb northwest of LA. it’s important for people to realize that the assault on our communities is widespread, disparate, urban and suburban and rural.

The number of people booked into immigration detention who have not previously been convicted of a crime has jumped eight-fold since President Donald Trump took office, government data shows, undercutting his anti-crime message. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

A Newbury Park taqueria (which has done everything from sponsoring youth sports to supporting first responders during crisis) is unable to operate because our community is being terrorized. Sparkling Image car wash in Thousand Oaks was was also terrorized today. They are hunting us.

Are you attending a protest sometime soon? Here are EFF’s tips for how best to prepare one’s digital devices and oneself while exercising your First Amendment rights.

Las Vegas police immediately arrest two livestreamers when one of them insults an officer after an anti-ICE protest ("honor your oath, bitch"). "You need to learn there's rules: don't run your mouth at me."

peter gabriel sat in the row behind me and my friends at paul simon’s 1987 graceland concert at berkeley community theater. autographed program, subsequently lost to history.

‘as a candidate for president in 2024, he cast himself as a man of peace. His toughness and the “respect” he enjoys from foreign leaders, he insisted, would enable him to settle conflicts almost with a snap of his fingers.’ and the kicker? people as recently as yesterday bought it.

As a native westsider, here’s a phrase I never expected to be able to say: “Westwood is being occupied by the United States military.” www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

The "No Kings" organizers say that there are more than 1,800 protests planed for tomorrow.: www.nokings.org We'll have journalists at several of them, but you can tag @motherjones.com with your clips and tips.

🚨ICE is targeting a Hispanic neighborhood in Newbury Park this morning. Why is the City Council, County Board of Supervisors, and Sheriff Fryhoff allowing our friends and neighbors to be terrorized and abducted? This is racist terrorism.

people will make arguments but there isn’t really a colorable one that israel’s attack on iran is legitimate self-defense under international law. the scope looks more like a violation of the basic prohibition of use of force, if not aggression.

This is looking more and more like an attack to destabilize the country, not just degrade its nuclear and military capabilities.

I'm happy to be wrong but I see little reason to believe a resumption of nuclear talks is in the realm of reality in the aftermath of an Israeli strike that killed the head of the IRGC and the key advisor to the SL handling the negotiations.

if you are just waking up on the east coast of the US, or you are sleepless on the west coast, you have missed a raging discussion about whether Israel's attack on Iran is legal under international law. 😏