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The at home assassination of a state lawmaker should be getting a bigger reaction from the President than someone throwing a rock at a Tesla dealership.

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When you’re just grabbing brown people

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OMG

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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

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TRUE, Trump just greenlit machine gun-style weapons AGAIN—because nothing says “leadership” like arming America to the teeth for profit. Sold out public safety in the dead of night to line the pockets of gun execs. This isn’t policy—it’s blood money. How many more lives for a dollar? 💀💸🔫

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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.

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😍Jasmine Crockett’s courage and dedication inspire us all. Standing strong for justice and equality, she fights tirelessly for her community’s rights and dignity. Her voice is a beacon of hope and resilience—proof that true leadership is about heart, courage, and unwavering commitment to the people

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He was detained outside church. “He was in chains at his feet,” Alondra Sotelo-Garcia told a local news outlet about seeing her father arrested. “Shoelaces were taken off, his belt was off, he didn’t have his ring, he didn’t have his watch. Everything was taken from him.”

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He’s moving us toward what’s called a “police state.” Random abductions and detentions. Disappeared people. Federal troops on our streets. We won’t stand for it.

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16 June 1900 | A Pole, Jan Wilk, was born in Wysoka. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941. No. 19398 He perished in the camp on 15 April 1942.

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Kinda wild that we all get to pay taxes to fund a civil war against us

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Nothing to see here: just cops on horseback, bicycles, foot, and vehicles harassing a small group of peaceful protesters in a Charleston, South Carolina neighborhood.

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Facts matter.

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1. If you’re on the fence about attending a #NoKings event, do some calculator math. Multiply your town’s population by .035. Does that number of attendees seem likely? If not, if you are able, please really consider attending. This is the number for Albuquerque.

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“Without your immediate action, the Conflict Observatory will be forced to shutter by July 1st, and its ongoing research identifying more kidnapped Ukrainian children will end....it will quickly become out-of-date in a matter of weeks—hindering efforts to ensure every child is returned to family." 🥚

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Yale is requesting donations — "With your help, HRL can: - Identify and track > 35,000 children taken from Ukraine to...Russia... - Investigate Russia’s illegal adoption and military training of these abducted Ukrainian children; - Accelerate real-time efforts...to return these...children home." 🥚

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On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

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We’ve uncovered fraud, waste, and abuse! ICE has now exceeded its congressionally approved budget. ICE is violating the Antideficiency Act by spending beyond Congressional authorization.

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You may be saying, “Well, I’m just not an activist.” All I can tell you is that in days like the ones we’re in, at this perilous point in the life of our Republic, you’re either an activist or a passivist. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...

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“ICE” as snatching people from churches now. Never forget they said this👇🏾 MAN AT CHURCH: “We don’t want this in our property.” ICE: “The whole country is our property.” No IDs shown, non-government out of state plates, basic tactical vests that just say police. Who are these men?

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By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference. But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.

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Same here.

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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

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who invaded whom?

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Peaceful. Peaceful response. Don’t fall into the trap #LA #Trump/MAGAiceraids

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The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.

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AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Let us never forget.

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I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple. Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.

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When a Blackhawk helicopter brings weapons and ammunition to a battle, you expect that “battle” not to be against our own.

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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

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So damn proud of these kids for their courage. 💥 Hundreds of Milford, MA high schoolers walked out in protest today after ICE detained their classmate Marcelo Gomes Da Silva. Detained on his way to volleyball practice. Illegally. These students aren’t backing down—they’re rising up. #OnYourSide

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Communities aren’t staying silent about ICE… 18-year-old Massachusetts high school student Marcelo Gomes was taken by ICE on his way to volleyball practice Saturday morning. No word on where he’s being held. Marcelo missed graduation today, so Milford HS graduates marched to rally in solidarity.

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"The rescue narrative — civilized West, backward East — distorts a great deal." I wasn't rescued, I was taken, and the united church is complicit in its role of human trafficking. 🥚 #sixtiesscoop #interracialadoption

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🥚

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