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"The People United, Will Never Be Defeated!" chant crowds as they welcome Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander after he was released from ICE custody with charges dismissed.

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The editorial board of a publication in Sen. Mike Lee's home state of Utah called on him to apologize for his posts about the Minnesota shootings, writing that they “were unacceptable for anyone, let alone from a member of the Senate.”

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Jon Stewart asks: How many gun deaths is too many for the GOP?

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😢 In a dissent for the court’s 3 liberal justices that she summarized aloud in the courtroom, Justice Sotomayor wrote, “By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the court abandons transgender children & their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent.”

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In a lengthy exchange, with ICE Deputy Field Director Bill Joyce, Reps Nadler and Goldman are denied the ability to visit the 10th floor. Joyce says it's not a detention facility it's just a place ppl are housed for several days w/out beds.

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“ICE agents have to wear masks and no uniform because they have become so deeply unpopular that it’s safer to appear to be a vigilante kidnapper” is a hell of an argument

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Moulton: It turns out the U.S. Army is not great at doing Soviet-style or North Korean-style parades, because that’s not what people sign up to do… Imagine how much veteran housing you could build for $40 million. You could help a lot of vets with that kind of money. And this parade helped nobody.

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The active duty soldier who was placed in on an involuntary mental health hold after speaking out about ICE abuses has been released. He was given no treatment nor diagnosis and no reason for the hold.

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I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Listening to the stories of people that have only been able to live because of Medicaid, it's heartbreaking. The fact that we're talking about rich people just keeping more money in their pockets while others are going to die—it sounds anti-American.

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Genuinely sad and insane that @marshablackburn, Jack Johnson & Sexton want to enshrine this into law instead of banning it. Deeply un-American.

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“A U.S. citizen!” And now he’s missing. Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle. Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop. (1 of 2)

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An active duty service member has been sent to a mental health facility against his will after speaking out about ICE’s legal and humanitarian abuses. TikTokers took action, including writing @governor.ca.gov /

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New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' More of this, please"

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

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In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.

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And we're being called criminals and animals

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Let me be clear: The President does not have the authority to attack Iran. Only the Congress has the constitutional power to declare war. President Trump must work to end this conflict — not drag us further into it.

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Padilla: The President, VP, and their allies have continued to call all the protesters out there insurrectionists. Yes, this is the same man who provoked an actual insurrection at our capitol on January 6.

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fact check.

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Cowards

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Standing up and applauding! Best response ever! #G7

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Brad has been released and the crowd breaks into a chant of “Free them all.”

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Sen Mike Lee & the silence from Republicans made it clear: decency is in the rearview mirror. After he mocked a political assassination, Ed Shelleby, a senior staffer to Sen Tina Smith, wrote to Lee’s top staffers. @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com read it on-air, and honestly everyone should hear it.

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Having a bit of a hard time with the concept that if a guy in a police uniform who has a police vehicle shows up I should lock the doors and call 911, but if a guy in a ski mask with an hGH gut appears to be kidnapping my neighbor, I shouldn’t ask who he is if I don’t want federal charges.

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“His mother does not even know whether he is alive.” open.substack.com/pub/americas... #FreeAndry

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What he said... ✊ Rage against the machine

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“.. ‘I was thinking about our country, and what’s happening, and just turning it over in my mind.’ .. And then: ‘I wrote it, and I said, ‘That’s true.’” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/b...

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This is South Central. We gotta support each other.

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Senator Mike Lee pretended he was on the phone to avoid being confronted by @smith.senate.gov after he mocked assassination victims this weekend. She made sure he heard what she had to say.

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Mike Lee knew exactly what poison lies he was spreading about the murders in Minnesota and he should resign in disgrace www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

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this is gold 🤣. the political clarity is unmatched. i need the daily digest.

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WATCH: Fired Ex-ABC journalist Terry Moran stands ten toes down on what he said about Stephen Miller’s hateful heart🖤when talking to @thebulwark.com’s @timmiller.bsky.social (no relation) Be truthful not neutral is our motto too, Terry 👊🏼 Full: terrymoran.substack.com/p/live-inter...

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