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I was literally taught my whole life that if someone in plain clothes and a mask tries to detain you and refuses to identify themselves, you call 911 and you’re absolutely within your rights to not comply for safety reasons. What’s happening is kidnapping. Full stop.

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

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Imagine being stripped of your dignity—legally New police guidance may allow abuse of trans people under the guise of procedure This is not protection It is institutionalised violence 🚨💔 https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/13/police-strip-search-guidance-experts/

When NO KINGS reigns over your parade. #SAD 🤣

“If ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can.” In August, Nassau County lawmakers passed a bill banning the public from wearing masks. Protesters showed up today masked anyway. We asked them why.

This is HUGE ‼️ If this is not all over the US media then we’re really in trouble ✊✊ 🇺🇸

"This is what you get when you order your 79th birthday celebration from Temu, but didn't pay the tariffs."

Hey right wingers You can ban books You can pass hateful laws You can try to erase us But Pride cannot be cancelled Unbreakable 🌈🔥 https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/hey-right-wingers-you-can-try-but-lgbtq-pride-cant-be-canceled/

Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband have both died.

Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota House speaker who championed the passage of ambitious progressive policies in the state, was assassinated early Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called “an act of targeted political violence.” @gracepanetta.bsky.social via @19thnews.org

A president who pardons 1500 people who have demonstrated political violence is sending a clear message to his supporters. He's telling them it's ok to attack anyone who disagrees with him.

A historic moment is nearing in Trinidad 🏳️‍🌈 The challenge to its anti-gay law is heading toward a climactic ruling A win here could decriminalise millions across the Commonwealth https://76crimes.com/2025/06/13/challenge-to-trinidad-anti-gay-law-heads-toward-climatic-ruling/

This is what our folks on the ground are saying too

Scream it from the rafters! youtube.com/shorts/SkCos...

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PADILLA: “If this is how the administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, cooks, and day laborers throughout the country.”

I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla. This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.

If you silence free speech and trample the Constitution, you’re the lawless one. “Just obeying orders” is not a defense.

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

The Trump administration is eliminating all USAID overseas positions by 30 September 🌍❌ A move that guts foreign aid and abandons communities in need Aid is one of the most powerful tools we have To prevent a crisis To protect lives To uplift entire nations

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

Powerful statement by Sen. Alex Padilla. Please notice that anytime senators or representatives try to conduct oversight, they’re blocked. In this case, a sitting US senator was tackled to the ground and handcuffed—for asking a question. Where the hell has Chuck Schumer been on this?

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.

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

"If Trump is successful in LA, he will export his tactics everywhere. Trump doesn't only want to be authoritarian in the eyes of Angelinos. Autocrats aren’t in the business of imposing limits on their own power. He wants to be an autocrat everywhere. LA is where he’ll start but not where he’ll end."

BREAKING: SENATOR PADILLA HANDCUFFED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM PRESS CONFERENCE.

Did Trump’s FBI just arrest a sitting U.S. Senator—at a Kristi Noem press conference? 🚨 BREAKING: MSNBC is reporting California Senator Alex Padilla was shoved from the press conference and handcuffed. This isn’t okay. Everyone should be alarmed by this!

Trump's latest shitshow is to detract from inflation and his ruinous tariffs. As Hitler and Stalin knew, in times of trouble, find a bogeyman.

This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊

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This is upsetting.

My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:

MPs are being asked to accept unprecedented cuts to disabled people’s incomes. @trusselluk.bsky.social analysis shows these cuts are likely to create more deep poverty and hardship than even the bleak forecast from the Government’s own limited assessments 🔽 www.the-independent.com/news/uk/poli....

These militarist ICE raids are the actual government oppression that right wingers dreamed was happening during Covid. They are not up in arms like they were about masking, go figure.

"In your last conversation with Trump, what did he say?" @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He never brought up the National Guard. Stone cold liar. Said he did. Stone cold liar. Never did. Didn't even really want to talk about LA."