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holy shit -- GOP Rep. Mike Turner tries to "help out" Hegseth by getting him to confirm that the Pentagon does not in fact have plans to take Greenland by force, but Hegseth instead more or less testifies that yep, they have devised plans for that

Musk's Twitter is now running paid advertising calling for the extrajudicial execution of protesters in Los Angeles. In most countries around the world, this is a criminal act.

Advice for protesters. If unrest starts; SIT DOWN literally! Wherever you are just sit down! Let the agitators be clearly seen.

Lynch: "Deploying the military against a civilian population is wrong. And if we don't step up, this will continue. If we don't step up & declare what is right under our Constitution, then other cities, other citizens will meet this same fate..Trump is a wannabe gangster..I'm fighting today's Nazis"

Social Security youtu.be/2tUKbDuSKt8

When President Donald Trump put 2,000 National Guard troops under his control on Saturday night and ordered them into Los Angeles, it was billed as an urgent response to quell protests. But it was also a move long in the making.

In April, President Trump and Salvadoran President Bukele shook hands in the Oval Office to celebrate a deal to ship gang members to the notorious CECOT prison. But a new ProPublica investigation found there’s more to the story. 🧵👇

The Trump administration's strategy to boost arrests and reduce courts' backlog: dismissing people's immigration cases and immediately arresting them.

ABC bootlickers. Disappointing.

This is how you normalize authoritarianism.

What they aren’t showing on Fox News

The lack of total outrage at the indictment of Congresswoman McIvey is truly frightening. Hakeem Jeffries ought to be causing high holy hell over this. She is indicted because she is Black. Half of the GOP caucus engaged in sedition and Garland felt arresting a member of congress went too far.

So we will descend into autocracy so some cops can fulfill their quotas like traffic police at the end of the month? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

More than half of people in key U.S. allies have no confidence in President Trump's leadership in world affairs, a new Pew survey finds. Majorities in almost every country surveyed describe Trump as "arrogant" and "dangerous."

LAPD officers on horseback made a mad dash toward a crowd of about 3000 protesters gathered at City Hall for the fifth straight day this afternoon to protest the recent ICE raids in Los Angeles. The protestors INCLUDED CHILDREN AND VETERANS. ~ @theglutster.bsky.social

BEYER: Isn't this embarrassing? BESSENT: You seem not to have seen the economic data. GDP growth has been quite substantial BEYER: GDP growth is half what it was last year, sir BESSENT: Job growth is solid BEYER: Job growth is a third what it was last year, sir

"Head Start, fed science research, DV shelters await cuts. Hospitals turn away trans people. The regulatory state unravels while corporate polluters spew toxins. The RW is blowing up everything & incinerating the planet. White supremacy is apocalyptic for everyone.” hammerandhope.org/article/trum...

House Republicans have a plan that would force schools to reimburse the government for a share of the federal loans their students don't repay.

Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University. That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...

The Army parades for Trump’s birthday in DC mean we can’t afford healthcare this year.

When this is over, Rubio should never be invited to speak or be on Boards or whatever… www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.

Russia has abducted thousands of Ukrainian children, plunging families into every parent's worst nightmare. Now, Trump funding cuts threaten to close a Yale center that helps identify these children and bring them home. Please consider donating to help continue this work: sph.yale.edu/give-hrl

Apparently, because it’s 2020 again, I need to start a thread on police violence targeting journalists in the US. So, here we go: 1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition. m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...

Welcome to the World Cup in Donald Trump’s America!

Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

youtu.be/baR4logaaOQ?... Jimmy Kimmel last night talks about what’s actually happening in Los Angeles for those who believe the city is some kind of totalitarian hellscape…

Brian Wilson, the leader of the Beach Boys whose songwriting and experimentation with sound helped turn the group from a local California band into a global sensation, has died at the age of 82.

NEW: Where are the people the Trump administration has deported? The Trump administration's aggressive immigration deportation efforts often have been carried out illegally. What has happened to the people at the center of the cases? Today, at Law Dork:

RFK is going to be responsible for a lot of death and suffering

From The Archives: ICE Agents Hurl Pregnant Immigrant Over Mexican Border To Prevent Birth On U.S. Soil

youtu.be/apBWI6xrbLY?...

"There have been more than 30 incidents of police violence against journalists as of Tuesday, including 20 injuries, at least five of which required emergency room or urgent care visits..."

Whiskey Pete Hegseth states as fact that there has been an invasion of 21M people under Joe Biden (pertaining to Trump's order). General Caine, when asked if there were a rebellion, said there were some frustrated people.

Without comment. Keep hammering this.

Starting to think these guys may not be entirely on the level.

Florida welfare authorities have turned over a 17-year-old foster child to ICE. He has already been separated from his mother, who was deported. He may have been the victim of labor trafficking. Yet, he was taken from his foster home in shackles. A minor. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

How The White House Commandeered The Cali National Guard talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/tr...

Funding The War on Yourselves talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fundi...

This post perfectly demonstrates Trump's ignorance.

This seems relevant. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is a map of Los Angeles. The arrow points to a red dot. That red dot (roughly) represents the protest area seen on TV. To me, the gross mischaracterization of what’s happening in Los Angeles looks like an excuse to deploy the military—to protect government assets like ICE.

Russian takeover of the GOP has to be the greatest Intel operation in history

Elon (an actual billionaire) neutered Trump in front of the world last week... so Trump launched a war inside America this week in hopes everyone will forget.