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Significant ruling by Judge Boasberg for men sent to CECOT prison. "The Government must facilitate the Class’s ability to seek habeas relief to contest their removal under the Act." Important moment for the rule of law and against government lawlessness. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions. 0 were on the gang member list. 130 had no criminal history. 32 had minor offenses. All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...

And: “officials knew that only 32 of the deportees had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses, such as retail theft or traffic violations.”

Way to go Minneapolis! “Officers wearing the uniforms of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration, Minneapolis Police Dept, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, and the criminal investigation arm of the IRS surrounded Las Cuatro Milpas on East Lake Street.”🧵

NEW: For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. WIRED went through hundreds of records that reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat. Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.

This is good for two reasons: 1) Some of House Republicans’ craziest and most dangerous provisions could be killed in the Senate. 2) The bill would need to pass the House a second time and every change in the Senate makes that so, so much harder for GOP leadership.

Trump/Musk's lawless policies slashing USAID undermine American soft power and cost lives. By one expert analysis from Boston University's Impact Tracker, over 200,000 children and 100,000 adults have died. DOGE offered little savings at extreme costs.

Amazing that when they get in courtrooms, all the big claims they make outside the courthouse to the media suddenly go away.

we're gone from "90 deals in 90 days" to sending letters to other countries pleading with them to negotiate

Thank you, @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com The people who are dying as a result of Trump and Musk's cruelty should not be voiceless. All who speak up for them are doing humanity's basic work - seeing even humans who are not directly connected to them.

My home of Missoula just voted to establish the pride flag as an official government flag of the city, thereby circumventing the state's asinine pride flag ban. 🏳️‍🌈 Missoula is once again showing how to fight back against policies that seek to erase the LGBTQ community.

In South Park, San Diego, US citizens stigmergically rose up against Trump’s Gestapo. The revolt erupted midday when ICE began rounding up people at a restaurant; patrons and passersby alike dropped everything to confront the regime storm troopers. #3E #EndImpunity #StopICE

Trump already fired his first FEMA chief last month. This is the upgrade.

This conversation is definitely worth the watch.

Tulsa mayor announces $105 million trust to address impact of 1921 massacre reut.rs/43CdwzB

Trump bragged about spending $1B bombing Houthis while getting Reaper drones shot down and losing two fighter jets to the bottom of the Red Sea while accomplishing nothing and leaking it in Signal, while “you don’t have the cards” Zelensky wipes out 40 bombers deep inside Russia.

Takes a lot of chutzpah to make a $290 million political donation, assume a powerful position in government, use that power to fire tens of thousands of people and do immeasurable harm to American state capacity, and expect not to have to answer for it afterwards.

⚡️The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reported that the June 1 “Spider Web” drone operation caused approximately $7 billion in damages and disabled 34% of cruise missile carriers in key Russian airbases.

Love seeing @nytimes.com swinging back at Elon Musk and defending our journalism against bad faith attacks.

NEW: The National Sheriffs’ Association(!) puts out a statement saying the Trump admin’s publication, with no feedback first, of a list of Sheriff departments alleged to be sanctuary jurisdictions “violated the core principles of trust, cooperation, and partnership with fellow law enforcement.”

⚡️ Russian soldiers surrendered because 'abuse in units is worse than captivity,' Ukrainian paratroopers say. Russia's abuse of its own soldiers has been well documented throughout the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

⚡️ 'Enemy bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' Russian aircraft. "Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3," a source told the Kyiv Independent.

Waking up to Ukraine absolutely shredding Russian military and air force Is amazing Slava Ukrainii

Ukraine still holds some cards. An innovative use of Special Ops, uncrewed systems (drones) & fiber optic to counter Russian EW appears to have decimated much of the Russian air fleet over 4000 km from the front line. Seems Ukraine has many aces in the hole. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Emergency video! Ukraine has the cards

It’s easy to be depressed, discouraged, dumbfounded by the cruelty and brainlessness of Trump and the people around him. But today I want to celebrate what may be a turn in the Trump tide. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-4a6

Near, far, wherever Russian strategic bombers are Ukraine's drones will go on and on

Ukraine could’ve launched the attack on civilian population centers, like Russia does to them daily. Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians. A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.

BREAKING: Over 130 former federal & state judges have filed an amicus brief urging the court to drop charges against Judge Dugan in Wisconsin The charges seek to criminalize judicial discretion & set a dangerous precedent for executive overreach We MUST defend judicial independence👇

Now that’s an uplifting 2026 slogan

How do famous right-wing influencers actually poll with young men in 2025? Rogan: 27% favorable, 35% unfavorable, 45% don't know/never heard of Theo Von: 21% fav, 16% unfav, 55% dk Andrew Tate: 12% fav, 47% unfav, 36% dk Source: iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/5...

It doesn’t get more corrupt than this. Trump pardoned a tax cheat after his mom attended a $1 million dinner and helped push a smear campaign against Biden. This is pay-to-play at its dirtiest.

“[One] of our amazing grants that have been cut … looked into how … in the inner ear …neurotransmitters … help us hear. … It’s actually possible that the reason that got flagged early on is the word ‘neurotransmitter,’ because it has the word ‘trans’ in it.” h/t @Cathy2NotToday on X.com

Exactly. The 130-day limit just happened to be the one law Elon Musk decided to comply with? Nonsense. The ketamine-infused crackpot had his ass handed to him by the courts and by public opinion and—most deliciously—by his own jackassery. LMAO and good riddance.

Give me a break, Musk is not leaving because his scheduled time is up The litigation held him accountable, & for that & other reasons he became politically unpopular & a liability He lost. Democracy won. Only one round of the fight but a biggie!

More #TACO. 🌮 @mediaitenews.bsky.social www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

Elon Musk leaving the administration to spend more time with his explosions

America, this is so utterly embarrassing.

This administration was already a joke in countless ways. But the USCIT’s decision striking down Trump’s tariffs could not make him look more hapless.

Right now outside Trump International Hotel at Columbus Circle. 🌮 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

"As Musk slinks away, spending went up, not down, during his tenure, and DOGE made the government less efficient, not more..." "A legacy of shattered institutions, weakened public services, and fired civil servants who did nothing but serve their country well..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

When do we start all the winning? www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

ICYMI, shareholders have already sent a warning letter to Shari Redstone noting that they plan to sue Paramount for settling: www.wired.com/story/freedo...