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Political history junkie. Long career in public service. Former Army brat who grew up in places where history happened which formed my view of our country’s place in the world. Unabashed liberal.
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We could have had nice things

Trump administration pulls US out of agreement to help restore salmon in the Columbia River apnews.com/article/colu...

“Unfortunately, this short-sighted decision to renege on this important agreement is just the latest in a series of anti-government and anti-science actions coming from the Trump administration,” Earthjustice Senior Attorney Amanda Goodin said.

From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video. Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!

Well…

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And that's why I was proud to be the confirming vote for Trump's nomination of Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France

These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸

Let's go. Generalstrikeus.com

Patty Murray for Senate Minority Leader

Listening to the asshole @SpeakerJohnson just blame Senator Padilla makes a few things clear. 1st - He uses God and religion to justify lying. 2nd - IT IS TIME FOR A NATIONAL STRIKE. AMERICANS SHOULD CALL IN SICK AND SHOULD STOP SPENDING MONEY ON ANYTHING BUT NECESSITIES.

The Secretary of Homeland Security just said the feds are there to remove democratically elected officials in California and then had a Senator detained. Why is that not in every headline? It's what happened.

It’s true, as many have suggested, that if they can do this to Sen. Padilla, they can do it to others. I’d only add that they already have been doing this to others. A mass deportation regime, sooner rather than later, becomes contemptuous of civil liberties and basic decency.

Read these words from Senator Murray, who has said it so well tonight. We’re in danger of losing democracy. Don’t ignore what’s happening. joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-a-d...

Just released this free post. Its clear after statements by Rubio and Hegseth over the last few days that Putin has won. The US government is now operating under his almost total reflexive control. Trump has made the Russian narrative the US mindset. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Trump doesn’t understand why everyone hates Putin today since the Soviet Union was our ally in WWII, but everyone likes Japan and Germany now. He says he can’t understand it and neither can Putin. Dumbest MF on the planet.

Looks like clean up on aisle Trump here. Again. Whenever Trump tries to make it look like he is playing 4D chess he’s lying, trying to bullshit his way out of a mess.

All the people that ICE have abused, and are abusing, will one day tell their stories, and what is now being done in darkness will soon be brought into the light. Mark my words: NONE OF THESE MEN WILL BE CELEBRATED AS HEROES IN HISTORY!

“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.” --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater

Since Trump inauguration: Gaza escalated, Ukraine escalated, Israel-Iran escalated. Trump is a walking permission slip to every strongman to do whatever they want, and it propelling the world into ever-more violence and chaos

Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs

The violent detention of Sen. Alex Padilla was terrible. But what DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said right before it might be even more frightening—and it's just one of several authoritarian messages coming from Trump and his comrades.

Kristi Noem has that rare ability to shoot her dog in the face and it *still* not be the worst thing she ever did in her sorry, lying life.

That’s not what the military is supposed to do. That’s called a military coup.

Donald Trump is using brave American soldiers as props in his political performance. It's unconstitutional, it's immoral, and it's putting innocent lives at risk. This isn’t leadership. It’s a dangerous abuse of power.

Trump is president & there’s conflict all over the world and all around the United States. The Divider in Chief with a perpetually weak and feckless foreign policy while playing wannabe corrupt dictator domestically with incompetent thug stooges kissing his ass running agencies.

FIRST ON MSNBC: Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., breaks down the video of him being forcibly removed and cuffed from a DHS press conference.

gets walked all over whether Bibi or Putin or Xi

Share this with people you know. How they react to it will tell you a lot that you need to remember.

This is what Trump has been hinting at.

Important context for coverage of Sen. Padilla's getting manhandled and cuffed today at DHS Sec Noem's press conference: Padilla is ranking member on the Senate subcommittee that oversees immigration.

I don’t remember Marjorie Taylor Greene ever being forcibly removed and handcuffed after heckling during President Biden’s State of the Union, because…*checks notes* we were living in a democracy back then.

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

A group of us have arrived on the Senate floor to challenge our colleagues - on both sides of the aside - to rise to this moment and jointly condemn what has happened to Sen. Padilla. Yes we still need to collect the full facts, but this appears to be a defining moment for the country.

This is absolutely insane, and criminal. Everyone, especially a Senator representing the state, has a right to speak out. The fact that the agents felt protected in acting this way says everything. We’re quickly traversing a dangerous path

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The American people are NOT the enemy. www.salon.com/2025/06/12/i...

I am grateful to have served as today’s keynote for one of the greatest labor unions in the country. Our nation is in crisis. But crisis begets opportunity and we must seize this moment. Thank you @aft.org

Cary López is a U.S. citizen. ICE agents violently detained her while she was visibly pregnant, pushing her hard enough to make her lose balance. This isn’t “law enforcement.” This is state violence. Against women. Against citizens.👇