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ICE officer justifying the arrest of an undocumented immigrant with no criminal record: “Although … he hasn’t committed a crime, that doesn’t mean he can’t potentially commit a crime.”

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

I don’t remember Marjorie Taylor Greene ever being forcibly removed and handcuffed after heckling during President Biden’s State of the Union, because…checks notes we were living in a democracy back then.

submitted 11 hours ago • 12 comments

This headline about sums up how far America has fallen: Florida's Plan to Replace Migrant Workers With Children Falls Apart www.newsweek.com/florida-plan...

submitted 1 day ago • 123 comments

Noem said the federal gov was in California to LIBERATE the city from its own elected representatives?! WTAF. No wonder Padilla had a fucking question to ask.

submitted 11 hours ago • 40 comments

Seems worth noting that Noem's story is that "no one knew who" Padilla was. Hmmm. You're in CA with US marines in LA. CA.... I think two senators? You don't know what one of the state's two senators looks like?

submitted 11 hours ago • 601 comments

For the first time in ages, I went on "X" to see how the assault on a US senator was going down. I scrolled past 65 posts before it appeared. It came up twice in 150 posts. (Then I stopped counting). If X was my source of news - as it is for millions of people - I'd barely know it had happened.

submitted 11 hours ago • 44 comments

House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1219 comments

In the past week, a union leader has been arrested, a U.S. Rep charged with a crime, a U.S. Senator violently handcuffed, and reporters shot with rubber bullets and detained. There is no ambiguity. This is a regime operating as an authoritarian. Americans who believe in liberty must oppose it.

submitted 13 hours ago • 290 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 12 hours ago • 801 comments

A group of us have arrived on the Senate floor to challenge our colleagues - on both sides of the aside - to rise to this moment and jointly condemn what has happened to Sen. Padilla. Yes we still need to collect the full facts, but this appears to be a defining moment for the country.

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Just so we're all clear: It's not a coincidence that the first senator they've used physical force against is Sen. Alex Padilla, a Latino man representing California.

submitted 12 hours ago • 301 comments

Pay attention

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

holy shit -- GOP Rep. Mike Turner tries to "help out" Hegseth by getting him to confirm that the Pentagon does not in fact have plans to take Greenland by force, but Hegseth instead more or less testifies that yep, they have devised plans for that

submitted 17 hours ago • 585 comments

Sen. Padilla’s California colleague, Sen. Adam Schiff is calling for an investigation into Padilla’s forcible expulsion from Noem’s press conference.

submitted 13 hours ago • 47 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 11 hours ago • 2429 comments

Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants. -- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #1

submitted 18 hours ago • 13 comments

“The DHS is acting lawlessly. This is not a one-off thing where there are three random cops who roughed up Padilla and maybe they were acting inappropriately — this is DHS’s MO.” - @timmiller.bsky.social

submitted 11 hours ago • 18 comments

I am heartbroken by today’s Air India crash near Ahmedabad and want to express my deepest condolences to all around the world touched by this tragedy. There must be a full investigation to provide answers and prevent such tragedies from happening again. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

submitted 21 hours ago • 33 comments

Speaker Mike Johnson just called on the Senate to censure...Sen. Alex Padilla. You read that right. The American Fascist Party at work.

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Los Angeles Police Department Chief denied that he had asked the White House for help in handling the protests, telling CNN that the department was “nowhere near” calling on assistance from the National Guard. https://trib.al/5XyuWmF

submitted 11 hours ago • 8 comments

I like Judge Breyer's style. Brother of former Justice Breyer, Bill Clinton appointee. This is the hearing about Newsom's lawsuit against the Trump administration's deployment of troops against citizens.

submitted 11 hours ago • 7 comments

If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.

submitted 13 hours ago • 569 comments

What a brazen lie to tweet right above a video in which one can clearly hear Padilla saying "I'm Senator Alex Padilla."

submitted 12 hours ago • 40 comments

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

submitted 11 hours ago • 571 comments

SCHATZ: "This is the stuff of dictatorships. He identified himself. That should be enough."

submitted 13 hours ago • 265 comments

As the videotapes clearly show, Noem is lying. Padilla is clearly identifying himself as a senator before he he is thrown to the ground and handcuffed. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

submitted 12 hours ago • 209 comments

The senator is clearly heard giving his name as "Sen. Alex Padilla" at a distance of just a few feet away.

submitted 11 hours ago • 15 comments

Boebert was a central participant in January 6. she should have been booted out of Congress on January 21 2021

submitted 11 hours ago • 18 comments

Getting shot for taking video of a cop. Being at the whims of a dangerous roving gang of militarized police who don’t like a spotlight on their violence ain’t great, man. Keep filming anyway

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

Powerful statement by Sen. Alex Padilla. Please notice that anytime senators or representatives try to conduct oversight, they’re blocked. In this case, a sitting US senator was tackled to the ground and handcuffed—for asking a question. Where the hell has Chuck Schumer been on this?

submitted 12 hours ago • 351 comments

This is the most straightforward thing they've said so far. They're using the military to "liberate" Los Angeles from its mayor and governor.

submitted 11 hours ago • 255 comments

Senators are ELECTED to be a VOICE for their constituents. What happens when that voice is stifled, thrown to the ground, and handcuffed like Senator Padilla was? We have a democracy, but we can lose that democracy. I took to the Senate floor to speak out—I hope you'll join me.

submitted 11 hours ago • 246 comments

Senators and members of Congress, this is what awaits if you don’t stand up this corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration right now. The United States is on the brink.

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A senior official in DHS held a briefing for a far-right anti-voting group today, according to an email sent by the group. The virtual meeting was to discuss how a database run by the department can be used to verify the citizenship status of registered voters.

submitted 11 hours ago • 26 comments

What fresh hell is this? There sure have been a lot of "outages" for our indie media podcasts in the past few months. I'm sure Joe Rogan's podcast is not effected.

submitted 11 hours ago • 42 comments