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Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop! Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

@monteiro.bsky.social thanks for the inspiration for Flag Day

L.A. TACO has confirmed that ICE has detained two taqueros at Jason’s Tacos , a taco truck specializing in al pastor located on Whittier Boulevard and Bradshawe Street in East Los Angeles. @theglutster.bsky.social reporting for L.A. TACO

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

The Topps Griffey rookie all star card Tshirt tho 👌

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

Update: the mayor put out those statements yesterday afternoon, signed the budget late last night — and this is the statement she put out this morning

this piece was originally up at this same location during the 92 riots....

We should have a memorial day for COVID. It is horrific that we as a society have done virtually nothing to remember the millions who have died. Rushing to forget what happened also makes it much more likely that we will continue to repeat our deadly mistakes.

in most countries you are literally barred by law from deals like this while in office because of the corruption implications

Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.

This is the reminder that SNAP makes money because ensuring people have enough to eat is a basic economic multiplier

“Take and eat; this is my body.” - The Ueckarist

Rest in Peace, Jill Sobule. I was fortunate enough watch her sets and even to sing with her many times over the years. Absolutely gone too soon. This is my favorite song of hers. youtu.be/dDGQInz3a1c?...

Agents descended on an attorney’s home, used an electronic jamming device to kill his Wi-Fi, disabled his Ring camera, and refused to show ID. All because he did some pro bono immigration work to help out an undocumented family. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...

Update: I love this movie

The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens. 🔗 www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...

I enjoy making stupid things for you. And unlike the economy, this blanket is real: www.chicken.pics/store/p/sher...

You ever see a #pinball machine from 25 feet away through a doorway while you’re walking by and start levitating? #pulpfiction #tarantino #bigkahunaburger

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

This rocks from first to last frame.

The Vice President and the National Security Advisor discussing how they pre-targeted a building housing civilians.

TIL Chuck Schumer's book is an erotic pirate thriller set in 1880s Polynesia

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

Boop www.forbes.com/sites/lindse...

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

Opening up this bad boy like I'm a hitman in a 1970s Euro thriller:

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

You have died of procedural norms.

beaker on magazine covers: thread

You can all rest assured: This administration's policies will provoke greater and more widespread disasters, but they WILL NOT follow decades of best practices by testing your disaster site. FEMA and Army Corps now refuse to test for toxins in Palisades. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Check out the new legal and retro-looking carts that can handle anything from tacos and pupusas to smash burgers and more. Full story: lataco.com/legal-taco-c... By @janettev.bsky.social

So hey, it's the last night of Jesse and Theresa's fundraiser for Al Otro Lado, supporting people in migration at the US-MX border. If you are able to donate, you've got about an hour to get in under the wire!

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

Want to help trans people amidst the current horrors & talk to an editor too? Donate $100 to distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red... & DM me the receipt. I’ll do 20-min AMAs with the first 5 donors & match their donations.

You don't need another t-shirt, but this is one that cycles from the front to the back of my drawer depending what's going down in a floodplain 2800 miles away. cottonbureau.com/p/NJ7TJF/shi...