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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is suggesting Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) committed a crime. Her spokesperson pointed us to two federal charges carrying up to a decade in prison for interfering with officers. Boebert has personal expertise on the topic.

Israel carried out a “major strike” on Iran early Friday morning, hitting a range of targets in the capital, Tehran.

🚨 The Trump administration is preparing mass transfers of undocumented foreign nationals—including Ukrainians—to Guantánamo Bay, without notifying their home governments, per The Washington Post.

Marines to deploy on LA streets within two days with authority to detain civilians reut.rs/4jLxjTe

Something that I think weighs on many is that everyone knows that if ever the Democrats were fully in power at the Federal level again, they will not immediately move to reverse what has been destroyed and build something new. This reality just sits out there like an anchor.

New York City Tricked Out of AIDS Care, Trump Treated to Tax Abatements. Flyer from ACT UP, circa 1989.

Denver Public Schools drops lawsuit against ICE buff.ly/31ZwQmb

Denver demonstrators decry federal immigration enforcement; police deploy tear gas https://trib.al/2tJcdSX

TONIGHT: at 7 PM ET: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS training for the upcoming NO KINGS events this Saturday: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...

If anyone you know is 13-24, in the US, and is LGBTQ+, please have them complete the Trevor Project survey this year. Their last survey has been integral to protecting LGBTQ+ rights globally. I can't understate how big an impact it has. Multiple publications come from the data. Share widely.

A few fixes can help protect your home and neighborhood, and buy firefighters precious time. @coloradopublic.bsky.social

Two CO takes on what's going on in LA -- Dem Rep. Jason Crow and GOP Rep. Jeff Crank. #copolitics

Why unemployment for Black women is rising axios.com/2025/06/09/f... #axiosmarkets

If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487

❗️The U.S. has transferred 20,000 missiles to the Middle East that were originally intended for Ukraine, in line with prior agreements with the Biden administration, President Zelensky stated. These missiles were meant for countering Shahed drones.

The Marine Corps unit placed on prepare-to-deploy orders is the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, an infantry unit based in Twentynine Palms, California, according to a defense official.

If you’re looking for quality independent reporting on what’s happening in Los Angeles, I’ve put together a starter pack for it. If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu

We won! The hotel has asked #ICE to leave! #Pasadena #protest #RachelMadow

Notable detail about the memo calling out the National Guard: It authorized their deployment "where protests against [ICE/DHS] are occurring or likely to occur" -- not "riots" or "violence" or any other term describing illegal activity; just "protests."

NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade. They departed Texas 5 days ago. What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel. (🎥 DW)

🖋️ “Codify EMTALA: Protect emergency abortion access and women's lives” hit 500 signers! 💬 Text SIGN PIXSEW to 50409

A former D.C. police lieutenant convicted of leaking information about a police investigation to the leader of the Proud Boys group on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, was sentenced Friday to 18 months behind bars.

As the #WearOrange Weekend begins, today we recognize National Gun Violence Awareness Day and honor the thousands of people whose lives are taken or forever changed by gun violence across the nation.

As usual, the cruelty is the point. Missouri has lived under the boot of a GOP supermajority for 22 years and they have consistently defunded schools. And now they are planning to close schools for the severely disabled.

Howard Lutnick, our Secretary of Commerce, shows a disconnect from material reality that will make Americans die. A weather forecast cannot be "automated" or MADE AT ALL without data. And the budget he is defending here cuts the satellites and weather stations that provide that data. 1/

In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed 140 years later.

"The Boulder County District Attorney’s Office filed 118 charges Thursday against a man suspected of injuring 15 people in a firebombing on the Pearl Street Mall Sunday."

63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys 46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership

High-resolution footage shared by @Avivector confirms damage to Russian strategic aviation at Olenya Airbase — showing 4 destroyed Tu-95 bombers and an An-12 transport aircraft.

Tom Llamas is taking the helm of NBC Nightly News. Given recent events with ABC and CBS, I asked Llamas if NBC will do reporting critical of President Trump and whether NBC's parent company will stand by it.