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Retired chemistry professor, gay and married.
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Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

He stood in front of our troops today and gave a mean spirited, partisan speech. He stood in front of our troops today and attacked Americans by name. He stood in front of our troops today and goaded them into booing their fellow Americans. Never become desensitized to this.

AOC: If Senator Fetterman or anybody else is concerned with law and order, we should be looking at one of the most law breaking agencies and administrations that we've seen in the United States.

Disgraceful for any news organization to bend the knee to these bad faith actors. Shameful.

Veteran reminds active duty Marines to uphold the standard and refuse any illegal order to harm US civilians. #NoKings

Donald Trump deployed more than 700 active U.S. Marines — men and women trained in foreign combat, not domestic law enforcement. We honor their service and bravery. But we do not want our streets militarized by our own Armed Forces. Not in L.A. Not in California. Not anywhere.

Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet. ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.

The Authoritarian Message Behind Military Parades flaglerlive.com/the-authorit... Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Birthday Parade. Just like Adolf Hitler.

chemical warfare

Periodic reminder that every day is STFU Friday Also, sharing the location of cops in the public performance of their jobs is ironclad First Amendment-protected expression If you're concerned something you've said has you on the Government's radar, call your lawyer instead of posting through it

I joined Twitter to follow this account about nine years ago. This is disturbing.

As Trump plans mass deployments of ICE in Chicago, a car just sped through a group of protesters. I was at the Federal Plaza protest. It was PEACEFUL. This violence and chaos are what Trump, his masked thugs, and the people who support mass deportations stand for.

Instead of using this money to fund, say, the National Weather Service right before hurricane season, they're using it to send Marines to Los Angeles. THIS is waste and abuse.

Meiselas: Terry Moran, if you’re listening, we’ve just learned that your agreement has apparently been terminated by ABC. We want you to know—you will always have a place here at The MeidasTouch Network.

I say this with love: I understand that a lot of people didn't expect the fascists to militarily occupy an opposition stronghold. And yet, it is what people SHOULD have expected. It is what Trump tried to do in 2020, when institutionalists held him back. Those institutionalists are gone.

By the way once you accept that Trumpian military occupation of an opposition stronghold was a "when" not "if" proposition, something else becomes clear: ANOTHER major fuckup on the part of the Trump admin here is managing to do this on a week where major protests are already scheduled nationwide.

We can't pay to prevent children from getting measles, but we can use our taxes for this? gizmodo.com/feds-reporte...

Protestors in Omaha following an ICE raid in which around 100 people were arrested.

Donald Trump’s America

Comically unqualified to be DNI. www.thedailybeast.com/tulsi-gabbar...

Amazing how hard it is to write: “Police shoot at journalists.”

Thou shalt not force good horses to trample peaceful protesters and pretend thou art the good guys.

A reminder that Lankford was one of the key negotiators of the bipartisan immigration measure that looked like it would go a long way toward solving the border issues. Trump pressed Republicans to blow up that bill because he wanted to run on the issue of immigration. And now here we are.

This last weekend was the concert weekend for the small vocal ensemble I joined this year. At the wrap-up party afterwards, our conductor told us that several audience members had thanked her for (paraphrasing) giving them, at this moment, some time to just...listen to music, and refresh themselves.

Several thousand now marching through Lower Manhattan after a rally against ICE arrests at federal buildings in NYC

#NOCROWNS #NOTHRONES NO KINGS Tahlequah, Oklahoma Saturday, June 14 9am – 12pm CDT Floyd H Norris Park 400 N Muskogee Ave Tahlequah, OK 74464 www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Tahlequah Oklahoma Saturday, June 14 NO KINGS

Think you don't need California? Think again.

Many white Americans have never lived in a country where you can be jailed or killed for angering the government. Of course we have to fight tyranny and oppression. But from Canada, it looks like you're in occupied territory. Resistance is covert in wartime.

This is my friend's video from Santa Ana, CA in OC. The Santa Ana PD had this situation totally under control. It was peaceful. Then ICE came in to provoke & attack. ICE is a terrorist secret police Gestapo-style band of thugs, posers, mercenaries & miscreants Speak up Call Congress: 202-224-3121

House and Senate leaders should demand resignations from both Major General Pat Work, the 82nd Airborne Division commander, and Colonel Chad Mixon, the Fort Bragg garrison commander. This was possibly the most partisan speech ever delivered by a commander-in-chief to U.S. troops.

“The distance between what is said, and what is known to be true, has become an abyss…The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands - we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.”

Thousands of New Yorkers march in lower Manhattan calling for ICE out of New York. Starting at Foley Square and organized by PSL, the masses have flooded the streets and are moving west. This demo is permitted but even if it wasn’t, it would be far too large for NYPD to contain.

Yo @johnfetterman.com There's only ONE FUCKING SIDE! Either democracy or authoritarianism, but not both! If you're not on the side of democracy then resign! This isn't a debate, nor a negotiation! Get on the right side or GTFO! #Fettermanchin

His speech at Fort Bragg today should send shivers down the spines of every patriotic American. Gearing up to use the military against American citizens in cities everywhere.I cannot believe how fast the fascism is coming.

Peacefully protesting is a right. It’s completely un-American and needlessly provocative for Trump to deploy the National Guard and Marines against Americans. These are unlawful orders.

this to me is also a statement about who these people view as peers worth engaging with

#Project2025

I love this so much! Austin, Texas in solidarity with LA. 🙏🏽❤️