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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

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After targeting day laborers at Home Depots, ICE is moving into California's agricultural fields and packinghouses www.latimes.com/california/s...

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The law bars active-duty mil from participating in partisan fundraising or rallies. One of many regs aimed at making it hard for a POTUS to do what the framers feared: co-opt a standing army to entrench non-democratic power. Wrote about this in Trump 1.0 here. JAGs, COs, Congress - uphold the law.

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Jimmy Kimmel is spot on about what's happening in LA and no news broadcast and/or pundit is as on point about what's unfolding in America www.youtube.com/watch?v=baR4...

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"Fietsvlonders" are mobile bike platforms designed to turn a car parking spot into urban bike parking. They’re modular, moveable, and cheap, making it easy to test better use of public space. When car storage gets swapped for bikes, entire streets start to feel different.

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the second trump administration is creating entirely new careers for new liberal politicians.

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BRO I WAS FUCKING JOKING

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Don't be part of the problem Be the whole problem

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Trump Announces 7 Military Bases Reverting Back to Names Honoring Confederate Traitors; MAGA Celebrates- 6/11/25 1/ time.com/7293047/trum...

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I think we should just infer that their duties were never limited, they just lied about it and said that they were.

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First bit of polling after Trump's escalation in Los Angeles, and it is very bad for him. Here are the last three YouGov polls of Trump's job approval: 45%-49% (-4) - June 2 45%-55% (-10) - June 6 40%-53% (-13) - June 10

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Two YouGov polls taken June 9/10: – Deploying Nat’l Guard: 38% approval-45% disapproval (30-47 among indies) – Deploying Marines: 34-47 (27-50 among indies) – Trump’s handling of deportations in general: 39-50 (30-54 among indies) Just because Trump wants this doesn't mean it's a winner for him.

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(1/) This week, we focus on the Holly Blue butterfly. This is the only species of blue butterfly that is likely to be encountered in gardens across most of the UK. Species information: butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/... @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbms.bsky.social #CitizenScience

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@coolgirlemily.bsky.social Thanks, I hate it!

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good morning

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I simply do not concede that any of your cookie vendors' interests are legitimate.

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We feed you. They hunt us.

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"fuck you." "go home." "get the fuck out of here." scenes from the deployment of the american military against americans

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the day you can internalize "I like this and I don't care what anyone else thinks about it" is the day you truly become an adult it is the most freeing realization of your life

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NEW: The Trump admin has plans to send thousands of foreigners to Guantanamo beginning as early as this week, including citizens of close allies UK & France, with no intention of notifying their home governments in advance, per sources and documents

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Very easy to feel doomerish right now, but I'm taking some heart from this @leahgreenberg.bsky.social message laying out the rationale for Saturday's No Kings protests.

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Omaha. @ketv7.bsky.social www.ketv.com/article/omah...

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He must be protected at all costs.

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A call for a stuck elevator came in from DHS at 26 Federal Plaza at 7:37 p.m. It was a ruse. There was no stuck elevator. The fire truck responding opened a space that ICE used to drive a van of kidnapped people through. ICE evaded protesters apparently by calling in a false emergency call.

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Fox anchor John Roberts suggests law enforcement is showing a lot of restraint by not shooting protesters Roberts: "There are plenty of democratic countries ... where doing something like that would get you shot, so there would seem to be a fair degree of restraint being practiced"

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Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.

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Fox is airing aerial footage of U.S. Marines practicing how to subdue and arrest people as they prepare to deploy in L.A.

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Trump threatens to use “heavy force” against anyone who protests his military parade this weekend, and note that he makes no exception for peaceful protesters

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Yeah my job is pretty cool. My uniform is a tactical vest that’s two sizes too small and a gaiter I bought in a gas station. They send me to sneak into schools to kidnap little kids because people got mad about having to press 1 for English. The president had to warn everyone to stop spitting on me.

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Listen to the cheers.

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This seems flatly indistinguishable from having them perform ordinary law-enforcement functions, which is (wait for it) illegal. Absent an invocation of the Insurrection Act, military cannot enforce domestic law against civilians.

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If I were on the JCS and saw this (clearly identifiable soldiers helping enforce domestic law) I’d be shitting my pants rn but my guess is they’re all just going to pretend it’s not happening

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Trump says anybody who protests the military parade on Sunday will be met with “very heavy force”

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Using a tactic made popular by pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong, an anti-ICE protestor neutralizes a tear gas round using a traffic cone and water. #3janeTVOnX @iwriteok.bsky.social @jamesstout.bsky.social

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This is not a good sign.

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Salvadoran restaurant workers rendering aid to an LA sheriff's officer who got pepper-sprayed. 🤔

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hey quick question: if this was an illegal order and the Governor of California is in charge of the state national guard until they're lawfully federalized, why is Gavin suing instead of ordering the guard to not follow Trump's illegal orders?

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has said deploying the National Guard is "purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions." There’s a substantial amount of social science backing up Newsom’s suggestion.

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Apartheid, Jim Crow "democracy" returning to the US South soon

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Incredibly chaotic scene Los Angeles as LAPD is pushing forward a skirmish line and violently arresting anti-ICE protesters. You can also hear me grunt when police shoot me in the abdomen with some kind of projectile.

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“No information was immediately available about whether the battalion had conducted law enforcement training in the past two years.” Via Task & Purpose

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Reminder: Trump also fired all of the military's top lawyers - the Judge Advocates General - whose job is to draw up exactly these rules. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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The military is generally barred from domestic law enforcement. Kristi Noem’s request may be a step toward the Trump administration sidestepping those laws by invoking the Insurrection Act.

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