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LAPD tear gassed, pepper balled and assaulted protesters to clear the way for ICE to conduct these raids. LAPD claiming it wasn’t involved is like a safecracker saying he didn’t rob the bank, he just opened the vault.

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

Happy Caturday, bluesky!

It’s provocation. LA didn’t ask for the National Guard. We don’t need it, and won’t be safer because of it. Stay home, everyone.

Goldman: Both of the issues Marjorie Taylor Greene raised—were widely publicized and thoroughly debated in committee and on the House floor. If you’re publicly admitting that you didn’t know what you were voting on and now regret it—you’re not competent or qualified to serve in Congress.

What country is this?

Well, this was a real treat this afternoon as I found this Periplacis menander #butterfly outside my kitchen window. A new species for @casabentbill.bsky.social (and for me). These have a wide range from Mexico to southern Brazil, but they aren't common. #lepidoptera #costarica #butterflies #bugsky

Today: Tanks are being moved en masse into DC. Trump is deploying a state national guard over a governor’s objection to police protests. Trump threatened a major donor with “severe consequences” if they support his political opponents. If you’re still wondering what time it is, read this again

cats don't obey in advance and no one else should, either

Stephen Miller is fulfilling his high school wet dream of terrorizing all the Brown people in Los Angeles. My daughter's friends who went to SaMo High with him said he used to seethe while the morning announcements were repeated in Spanish. Hell, they did that when I went there. (Mesozoic age.)

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees

Hell of a photo

And there you have it. ICE didn't target migrant workers in Kristi Noem's farms or Sarah Huckabee Sanders' meatpacking plants because they wanted to create a riot in LA as a pretext to declaring martial law. They don't care about undocumented migrants, they only care about controlling US citizens.

The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.

I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple. Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.

Ahem.

Kristi Noem less than a month ago: "There is no scenario where Abrego Garcia will be in the United States again." (No matter what happens, bringing him back to the US is a climbdown for the administration)

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Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.

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We need details on this.

Dean: When did we have a trade surplus? Lutnick: About 100 years ago Dean: It was the Great Depression.

BREAKING NEWS: This video will likely improve your day.

The Big Ugly Bill keeps getting uglier. The nonpartisan CBO now estimates that 16 MILLION people will lose their health care coverage.

Last night Putin killed a 1-year-old. The president of the United States told him it was ok to do it.

Ah, the golden age.

According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, 10.9 million Americans would lose their health insurance by 2034. Let that sink in—call your Senators and tell them to vote NO.

www.thedailybeast.com/young-dem-ke...

It’s called taxing the rich, buddy.

Yesterday I posted about an assinine remark made by James Richardson of FEMA. Perhaps we ought to listen to meteorologist John Morales about the ground reality of hurricane forecasting:

I was married to a Native American and her grandfather was a Navajo code talker. I had dozens of conversations with him and there was never a repeat. He was 94 when he left. She left 18 years later. And so it goes... Peace MBM

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Come to Michigan! #LoveisLove

BREAKING: Judge Boasberg GRANTS class certification for the people held at CECOT and gives the government ONE WEEK to explain how they're going to facilitate due process for EVERYONE sent there under the Alien Enemies Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...