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This is some weird shit

Is there a better ballpark in a better city in the USA? I think not! 🤎💛 #sandiegopadres

Border Patrol was eating lunch at Japonica on Main near Grand, in El Segundo at 1230. The manager came out and yelled at me for “harassing” them.

I am at SFO having a beer between flights and all I am thinking right now is how much I love California, how much I treasure our diversity and culture and how much it’s worth fighting for ✊🏼🐻 #california

UPDATE: “The man who impersonated ICE to intimidate the employees of a Philly auto repair center — and steal about $1,000 — will face numerous felony and misdemeanor charges…”: www.phillyvoice.com/philly-robbe... Fake ICE agents were inevitable. How can cities be proactive about this?

This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.

Why is everyone wearing a red tie but JD?

other98 The 5,000 Marines in Los Angeles detained just one man at a cost of $134 million. . . how fiscally irresponsible is that?

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

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The Social Security trust fund could be depleted by 2033, according to a new report from its trustees. There's a simple way to fix this: scrap the cap on the Social Security payroll tax. https://youtu.be/GfZuB7XSFys?si=p8Zw3o6MIfQi9xoo

Are you sure about that, Mr. President? Farmers are witnessing firsthand that between 25% and 45% of workers have stopped showing up since your raids began this month. Don’t think your logic is adding up.

If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.

"This case highlights the significant threat posed to U.S. citizens by frequent ICE errors, which are exacerbated when local law enforcement agencies participate in immigration enforcement...” www.bet.com/article/6rdn...

“ICE in just a few weeks has transformed itself into the closest thing that the US has ever had to a ‘secret police,’ with more seemingly culturally in common with the Klan nightriders of Reconstruction than their federal agency brethren like the FBI or ATF.” @garrettgraff.bsky.social

I like Mike Shildt. #Padres

So according to ICE, there was a pack of armed masked men *pretending* to be them at Dodger Stadium? Uh ....

#StarTrek is #antifascist and always has been.

"THE END OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC AS WE KNOW IT COULD BE HAPPENING NOW"

Can someone in immigration law explain to me how this is legal?

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.

I don’t care what city or town you live in. If these guys jumped out of an unmarked van and grabbed you on the street, would you just assume they’re ICE or FBI? Would you willingly comply with their orders and get inside the van? THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. THIS IS NOT AMERICA.

Padilla: I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

GodDAMN it. 🍆🧊

They are trying to provoke a violent response. This is police terror amidst the US occupation of California. Feds out NOW! #FreeTheBear #LiberateCalifornia #AbolishICE

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

This is not normal. A sitting president refusing to call the governor of a state after two elected officials were shot, one fatally, is beyond words. A typical president, regardless of politics, would pick up the phone. Offer condolences.

South LA runs ICE off ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

We absolutely must not forget what this administration did to Senator Padilla, because it tells us what they are willing to do to us.

political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics

Padilla on Noem: "How does the cabinet secretary not know the senator from California when she steps foot into Los Angeles? She came through the Senate for confirmation."

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Why am I not surprised? Netanyahu is one of the worst people in the world.

Isn’t the sponsor “the American tax payer?”