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My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.

submitted 1 hour ago • 230 comments

Things are escalating fast on the freeway in Los Angeles. Tear gas canisters are being kicked back and forth

submitted 1 hour ago • 293 comments

LA Mayor Bass finally gets a good question at this press conference: it looks like LAPD is collaborating with ICE, isn’t that a violation of policy? Bass tries to draw a line: “LAPD helps ICE arrest immigrants” (not ok) and “LAPD helps ICE arrest immigrants by arresting protestors” (ok with her)

submitted 39 minutes ago • 18 comments

Groups of lawyers have gathered outside the #LosAngeles #DHS bldg and beyond but are being kept from clients—this is illegal. Worse, groups of lawyers outside are literally chanting basic rights in the hopes detainees will hear—but #ICE blares their horns/sirens in-time w/the chants to drown us out.

submitted 44 minutes ago • 6 comments

Breaking: mayor Bass is giving a press conference right now on what is happening in Los Angeles. It’s on MSNBC if anybody has that channel

submitted 41 minutes ago • 11 comments

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

submitted 2 hours ago • 1858 comments

The California National Guard and Trump's ICE regime forces attacked unarmed US citizens, protestors and media, with tear gas, smoke grenades, and pellet rounds. They pushed them into the street and declared a 'unlawful assembly', a violation of people's first amendment. #StopICE (📹@JamesQueallyLAT)

submitted 2 hours ago • 84 comments

Hi, I’m God. How would Jesus feel about ICE? What would Jesus do? What would ICE do to Jesus?

submitted 2 hours ago • 184 comments

LA Mayor Karen Bass: "It's a feeling here of intentional chaos [...] it is as though troops were rolled out in a provocative manner, and I do not see how that is helpful to Los Angeles right now."

submitted 2 hours ago • 14 comments

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

submitted 2 hours ago • 81 comments

I love L.A., fully and unironically, even with all its many flaws - and absolutely none of those flaws have to do with it being a city of immigrants. That’s one thing that makes L.A. a miracle, vital, a delight. Sending love to my friends there and curses to all ICE goons and their nazi bosses.

submitted 2 hours ago • 7 comments

We found out that ICE is staying at the AC hotel in #Pasadena and now there's a couple of hundred people protesting #NoICE

submitted 2 hours ago • 263 comments

You know when things were pretty quiet and peaceful in L.A.? Before ICE started arresting residents who were bothering no one and going to their jobs. And before DHS and National Guard troops showed up and made the situation worse. Of course Trump and Stephen Miller want the situation to get worse.

submitted 2 hours ago • 91 comments

BREAKING The administration of California Governor Gavin Newsom is asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to rescind his order and return the National Guard to the control of the State of California.

submitted 2 hours ago • 71 comments

Breaking: California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he has formally requested the Trump admin rescind their "unlawful deployment" of troops in Los Angeles and "return them to my command."

submitted 1 hour ago • 64 comments

Ca Gov Gavin Newsom: “ - Inciting and provoking violence - Creating mass chaos - Militarizing cities - Arresting opponents These are the acts of a dictator, not a President.”

submitted 1 hour ago • 29 comments

In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)

submitted 1 hour ago • 224 comments

This is why you need an Otterbox case for your phone!

submitted 4 days ago • 162 comments

Elon is calling Chicken Donald a pedo again today, MAGA men are defending Chicken Donald by admitting to raping teenagers in college, and DOGE staffers are getting fired amidst the fallout. Have a great weekend!

submitted 1 day ago • 161 comments

The irony is that immigration violations are civil offenses, but the real crime, knowingly hiring and exploiting undocumented workers, gets a wink and a tax break. If we truly cared about law we’d start with the employers writing checks to Trump while treating human labor like disposable machinery.

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submitted 4 days ago • 30 comments

Hold the line, California! 🤚 This is the test — and the whole world is watching. Do not flinch… Do not fold… Resist with everything you’ve got. Power to the PEOPLE! 😎✨

submitted 5 hours ago • 13 comments

😂😂😂 LOL! 👇👇👇 Okay, people are really getting creative, now… And that just makes me SMILE! 😎✨

submitted 1 day ago • 76 comments

The extremely rare Dogbat species! 😸🦇

submitted 2 days ago • 26 comments

I have such passionate fans ❤️

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

I’ll be protesting Trump’s military parade on June 14. Fascists are scum!

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.

submitted 2 days ago • 2364 comments

5 Tu-95MS and 4 Tu-22M3 are airborne. Strikes are imminent…

submitted 3 hours ago • 11 comments

The Russian strategic aviation net has been active tonight indicating there is the possibility of a Tu-95MS air-launched cruise missile strike on Ukraine tonight. There are no reported takeoffs as of 1955 UTC (2255 Kyiv). #OSINT

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

⚡️ US expects Russia's retaliation for Operation Spiderweb to continue soon One U.S. official told Reuters that while the timing remains unclear, a retaliatory strike could be expected in the coming days and is likely to be "asymmetrical."

submitted 13 hours ago • 53 comments

⚡️ Elon Musk's father to attend pro-Kremlin event in Russia hosted by far-right ideologue The event will be hosted by the Tsargrad Institute and led by far-right Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin.

submitted 11 hours ago • 50 comments

⚡️ Exchange of fallen soldiers' bodies expected next week, official says. "The start of repatriation measures following the negotiations in Istanbul is scheduled for next week," Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) chief, said.

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

Russia announced a large meeting of its security council with Putin next week. It's unclear so far what statements will be made there. It might be one more round of mass mobilization. Or some significant "aid" from North Korea. Or territorial claims to more parts of Ukraine.

submitted 9 hours ago • 12 comments

President Zelenskyy: We counted on 20,000 missiles for #Ukraine to fight Shahed drones [promised by the previous US administration]. The United States now moved them to the Middle East."

submitted 9 hours ago • 51 comments

If you say Putin Kh*ilo loud enough, the drone will deactivate. Probably.

submitted 8 hours ago • 20 comments

Back in 1999, Putin insisted Russia doesn’t want Crimea and warned that redrawing international borders would be a disaster.

submitted 10 hours ago • 56 comments

Russia has started calling its terrorist attacks on Ukrainian cities a "response" to Ukraine's special operation targeting strategic bombers. These so-called "responses" include strikes on residential buildings in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lutsk, Pryluky, and other cities.

submitted 12 hours ago • 33 comments

A drone the size of a quad bike from Ukraine’s 5th Brigade sneaks past wrecked vehicles and suddenly opens fire on Russian positions. With help from an aerial drone, it catches the enemy completely off guard. 📹 Radio Svoboda

submitted 8 hours ago • 23 comments

The story of Roman,who miraculously survived the missile strike on Vinnytsia while his mom was killed In July 2022,Roma suffered burns on 80%of his body.For a long time,he had to wear a compression mask on face.Roman will need surgeries until he turns 18,as his skin continues to grow along with him

submitted 4 hours ago • 21 comments

Kremlin asset Guy Faulconbridge and his Russian buddy Dmitry Antonov continue to publish propaganda handed to them by the Russian government and present it as 'news,' which is syndicated globally through the Reuters network to MSN, AOL, US News and thousands of other outlets.

submitted 16 hours ago • 9 comments

🔥 Russia: Engels Air Base's fuel depot continues to burn for the 3rd day. Why aren't the vatniks crying that attacking fuel storage for Russia's "nuclear triad" planes is against some made up rule of war? They do realize "nuclear" bombers aren't nuclear-powered, right?

submitted 10 hours ago • 4 comments

Trump admin diverted 20,000 anti-drone proximity fuses for APKWS rockets intended for Ukraine to US troops in the Middle East. Fuses were procured through Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, established and authorized by Congress, likely making this diversion illegal.

submitted 4 hours ago • 8 comments

💥 Russia: Ukrainian drone killed a Russian warrant officer and injured two soldiers in a precision strike in a parking lot of a supermarket in Belgorod region.

submitted 4 hours ago • 2 comments

Russia: Elon Musk's father Errol is in Moscow admiring the Russians as "some of the smartest people in the world." He also said President Trump will win the feud with Elon Musk.

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

Following the June 5 strike on Russian Iskander-M missile system positions in Bryansk Oblast, a large group of Russian officers was eliminated — including Lt. Colonel Oleg Podozyorov, commander of a battalion in the 26th Missile Brigade.

submitted 15 hours ago • 37 comments

Russian video of a group of katsaps practicing field triage skills when an AFU DPICM (cluster munition) arrives. None of them took cover despite hearing the round's dispersal charge going off in the air above them. #OSINT

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment