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In Manhattan, ICE officers were forced to flee inside 26 Federal Plaza

Booker: "This is a morally wrong bill, and it's definitely an economically wrong bill as well."

I wld note here that they're not exactly giving him a clean bill of health, saying he presides of a CofC. But this has shown up a number of times recently in their coverage, using SCOTUS recent, EXTREMELY narrow criteria for *the crime* of bribery and acting as though that's now the meaning of ...

ICE crossed a line in LA

Tyranny requires constant effort. Oppression is the mask of fear. Authority is brittle. And most importantly: you are never truly alone when standing up to authoritarianism. You have friends everywhere.

From a week and a half ago: “As of Monday, the model shows, about 96,000 adults and 200,000 children have died because of the administration’s cutbacks to funding for aid groups and support organizations. The overall death count grows by 103 people an hour.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Healthcare for seniors is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse. Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse. A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse. Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.

It’s his deep obscene hatred for brown skinned people.

We always knew where this was going

Let's be clear what is going on: After Elon correctly confirmed that the Big Ugly Bill would put a bigger hole in the deficit, Stephen Miller incited a panic he wants to use to pass the bill as a promise to impose martial law on Dem cities and states. www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/08/t...

Fake emergencies to justify crackdowns-not very original

Here in Washington we say no thank you to the National Guard.

Anderson Cooper & Scott Pelley talk about how corporate news orgs don’t have the support of their corporate overlords to speak truth to power. This is why independent outlets like us exist. Would be great if we didn’t have to. 🤷🏻‍♂️

This isn’t even remotely legal what he is doing.

Deploying the military on U.S. soil as law enforcement against Americans was on page 555 of Project 2025. So don’t say “I didn’t vote for this,” because you did. This isn’t a response. This was always their plan.

This bodycam video of TN troopers 1.5 hour traffic stop of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in 2022 is the “evidence” used by Trump’s DOJ to indict Garcia. The troopers let Garcia go, with a warning about his expired license. There are so many holes in their case. For example, m.youtube.com/watch?v=CIrY...

You see how quickly the National Guard can be called into action?... What was the excuse January 6?

A Neo-Nazi group planning training event in U.S. sounds like a open call for ICE recruitment. The trump regime has gleefully turned a blind eye to right-wing extremism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US: “Does @MarshaBlackburn’s (Secret Police bill) give away that naming ICE agents isn’t actually illegal?” NASHVILLE Mayor @freddieoconnell.bsky.social : “I haven’t even looked at the bill.” It would lock people up for 5 years for naming a masked ICE agent. What are they so ashamed of?

1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.

“It’s impossible to get him back from El Salvador until we manufacture a criminal charge” is a hell of an argument

JD Vance now wants to use the chaos ICE is causing in Los Angeles as pretext to pressure politicians to pass the Republican budget bill that will saddle Americans with trillions of dollars of debt, skyrocket the deficit, take away people’s healthcare, and give massive tax breaks to the wealthy.

Heads up. Trump Deploying California National Guard Over Governor's Objections To LA To Quell Protests www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...

After spending a lifetime teaching, I know my proudest legacy is the students who will rebuild this country — making it better, more just, and more equal. My colleagues at @imcivicaction.bsky.social‬ have announced that tickets are on sale for their film about my last semester teaching.

If Abrego Garcia committed a crime, he should be charged and tried. I wondered reading this headline why they didn't just do this in the first place, and then read the article to discover that they only began the investigation in April, after he was deported.

Reminder that the power of the people is greater than the people in power if we use our power. We. Will. Not. Back. Down. Trump Deploying California National Guard Over Governor's Objections To LA To Quell Protests www.huffpost.com/entry/immigr...

ICE has been targeting graduation ceremonies for elementary children!! This is terrifying for small children who are scared they’ll never see their parents again!! Where are our Democratic leaders?!! We can’t take this any longer!!

You guys are keeping us safe from the veterans and the US Marshall you arrested? Keeping us safe from little kids with cancer you deported? The Americans you all kicked out of the house in their underwear when you knocked on the wrong door? Okay, Todd. 🧑‍🍳💋 #ICE #Immigration #ProudBlue #DemVoice1

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Immigration enforcement also hits Chinatown

They don’t show up like this for school shootings. People ask how the public knows ICE is there? This is how. Nothing covert about it. They do it this way to make sure the entire world knows they’re coming. A full display of terror on our streets. To instill fear in America.

Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein: some undisputed facts

NEW: Paramount, California is a battleground right now. Riot police are using tear gas and what sounds like flash bangs/stun grenades against those protesting ICE’s deportation raids. Clearly some injuries (at 45 secs here). (🎥Credit: KNX News)

Be SAFE LOS ANGELES Trump would love to pounce and start Martial Law He is salivating this Nazi Fascist GESTAPO

I am ashamed of you, Christians whom I worshipped alongside, ministered with, and cared for, who are willfully and unapologetically partnering with this wasteful violence against the Transgender community.

ICE isn’t rounding up migrants at Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ meatpacking plants. They're provoking riots in Los Angeles. I wonder, is this provocation laying the groundwork for a pretext to declare martial law? And then I remember all those many tanks shipped to DC, the home of so many protests.

When progressives called to defund ICE, it was derided as a bad campaign slogan Now ICE is ravaging communities and attacking protesters With Trump using the incident as an excuse to federalize the National Guard-and possibly as a precursor to declaring martial law www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Instead of working tirelessly to take away our Medicare Medicaid and Social Security, shouldn’t Congress be investigating why the President gave a “big time drug addict” the keys to the US government?

Reminder that our Constitution guarantees due process to ALL persons — not just citizens — and enshrines habeas corpus as a fundamental right. Either everyone has due process — or no one does.

With violence…

Call Your Congressional Representative and Senators 202 224-3121 Tell them ICE MUST STOP NAZI GESTAPO WITH NO IDENTIFICATION WEARING MASKS Dragging away Children, Women, Families, and Men Stay Safe People of Los Angeles are fed up Keep strong We SUPPORT Los Angeles

Goldman: Both of the issues Marjorie Taylor Greene raised—were widely publicized and thoroughly debated in committee and on the House floor. If you’re publicly admitting that you didn’t know what you were voting on and now regret it—you’re not competent or qualified to serve in Congress.

When will Americans realize this is not about illegal immigration, but an attempt to make Americans hate one another. If they wanted to get rid of “illegals” all they have to do is e-verify. Make it a felony to hire someone without proof. They won’t. That would collapse our economy.

Police Officer abusing young man. He needs to be identified and turned in for this.