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Having a bit of a hard time with the concept that if a guy in a police uniform who has a police vehicle shows up I should lock the doors and call 911, but if a guy in a ski mask with an hGH gut appears to be kidnapping my neighbor, I shouldn’t ask who he is if I don’t want federal charges.

submitted 15 hours ago • 464 comments

The video of ICE violently detaining a young American citizen at the Walmart he works at in Pico Rivera is deeply disturbing. I’m demanding DHS provide answers about why he was arrested, why aggressive force was used and where they’re detaining him.

submitted 11 hours ago • 10 comments

“OK, Boomer” just got flipped on its head. At protests across the country this past weekend, older Americans turned out in force, leading chants, waving signs and showing that resistance has no age limit. And their passion isn’t just inspiring. It might be what helps save democracy.

submitted 13 hours ago • 330 comments

NEW: Gov. Hochul announces that the state is dedicating $50 million for legal assistance for immigrants like those who may be targeted by ICE when leaving the federal courthouse

submitted 14 hours ago • 147 comments

“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else." Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.

submitted 10 hours ago • 154 comments

Why do they have to wear masks and full combat gear to arrest people at a county swap meet? ktla.com/news/local-n...

submitted 7 hours ago • 13 comments

The answer is in ICE's selection of targets: * Democratic politicians in public * Immigrants attending court hearings, at work, or at schools None of those people will be armed. On the flipside, ICE is scrupulously avoiding raids on cartel affiliates, drug dealing sites, etc. They might be armed.

submitted 14 hours ago • 47 comments

Despite being declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern 10 months ago, the mpox outbreak is not over. And in places like Sierra Leone, it is spiralling. ✍️ @pauladepoju.bsky.social reports: tinyurl.com/fn99vt6u

submitted 22 hours ago • 3 comments

I signed the final bills Melissa Hortman shepherded through the most narrowly divided legislature in the county. All of them bipartisan. We debated, we found common ground, and we compromised. That’s how democracy should function.

submitted 11 hours ago • 547 comments

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) speaks on Senate floor about his "forcible removal from Dept of Homeland Security press conference."

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Back in February, Emil Bove claimed that Eric Adams even facing prosecution amounted to election interference in the NYC Mayoral primary. And then, today, Kristi Noem's goons detained Brad Lander DURING the election. www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/17/k...

submitted 18 hours ago • 23 comments

SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

submitted 12 hours ago • 557 comments

Here are the 18 Democrats that voted for the Senate's corrupt crypto bill that permits Trump's blatant corruption: Alsobrooks Booker Cortez Masto Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Kim Lujan Ossoff Padilla Rosen Schiff Slotkin Warner Warnock

submitted 8 hours ago • 10 comments

ICE is using racial profiling and it was completely predictable. ICE (basically): “If they’re brown…we’ll hunt them down!”

submitted 19 hours ago • 362 comments

I get accused of apologizing for Senators a lot. This kind of criticism I wholly endorse.

submitted 12 hours ago • 33 comments

Also one of Martha Alito’s flags. Gross.

submitted 11 hours ago • 130 comments

A failure of journalism. Neither the push nor the NBC News article notes that THIS IS ILLEGAL. The law allows a one-time delay. That’s it! www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 12 hours ago • 57 comments

ABOLISH ICE. We don't want masked, armed thugs that terrorize America. We don't need ICE. Enough.

submitted 15 hours ago • 73 comments

they're getting super comfortable arresting elected officials

submitted 17 hours ago • 80 comments

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submitted 11 hours ago • 44 comments

Trump promised to get prices down on day one of his presidency. I'm holding him to that claim. For month 5 prices for basic grocery items have increased 3.4% overall since Biden's last month as president. I've brought receipts via FRED - Federal Reserve Economic Data.

submitted 6 days ago • 19 comments

This is how Pete Hegseth reacted to a question about the conflict between Israel and Iran. He doesn't seem confident. He goes up at the end of nearly every line. He speaks quickly. He seems nervous. Maybe being the Sec. of Defense is more than doing pushups with the troops.

submitted 13 hours ago • 41 comments

Rachel Campos-Duffy blamed Biden for Trump's failure to get a deal with Iran. Biden didn't throttle the U.S. energy sector. The U.S. extracted more crude oil during the Biden admin. than any country in the history of humanity. We had record breaking oil and gas production.

submitted 12 hours ago • 21 comments

Joey Johnny Jones is not a trained journalist. He is a decorated veteran who sometimes appears on Fox News. This weekend he speculated about Trump's role in Israel's decision to strike Iran's nuclear sites. What Jones is missing is evidence to back up everything he says.

submitted 12 hours ago • 9 comments

It appears Fox News may have manipulated audio from the 250 Army parade. In the first clip from Fox News viewers heard a crowd sing "Happy Birthday" to the president. It's not audible in the same footage from Fox Nation, Fox Live Now, AP, USA Today, Reuters, PBS, ABC, CBS or NBC

submitted 1 day ago • 52 comments

Spokesperson for Gov. Walz: "Governor Walz wishes that President Trump would be a President for all Americans, but this tragedy isn't about Trump or Walz. It's about the Hortman family, the Hoffman family, and the State of Minnesota, and the Governor remains focused on helping all three heal."

submitted 16 hours ago • 42 comments

My 90 year old father and 83 year old mother protested in red state of Idaho in Court d’alene. #nokings

submitted 1 day ago • 47 comments

Today’s arrest of @bradlander.bsky.social is just one disturbing example of what ICE does every single day across the country. It’s not interested in law and order—this is about spreading fear. New York City will not stand for it.

submitted 13 hours ago • 91 comments

Instead of the Doomsday Clock we should have a measure of how often people are checking the news in case the world is close enough to ending that they can chuck work and go to the pub

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

The Government Accountability Office found that the Trump admin broke the law when it withheld funding for the nation's libraries. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

submitted 14 hours ago • 95 comments

Clean the indoor air — fund portable air filters and lots of them, esp. in schools, daycares, care homes, libraries, hospitals, & workplaces! The best one I’ve found is called a “modified Corsi-Rosenthal box, made with computer fans”: aidankepo.wixsite.com/northboxsyst.... Quiet + very effective.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

The band playing "Fortunate Son" might have been the best part of the whole parade. In case you don't know the lyrics, here they are. A perfect gift for a flawed man.

submitted 19 hours ago • 575 comments

LAPD shoves an unhoused woman to the ground so hard her skull cracks open and she’s knocked unconscious. They then carry her to the curb, prop her up and abandon her. Witnesses took her to the ER.

submitted 1 day ago • 1329 comments

The Senator who should be censured is Mike Lee—for his vile posts after the brutal murders of two elected officials and attempted murders of two more in Minnesota. Not Senator Padilla, who was also a victim of violence—courtesy of puppy-killer Kristi Noem.

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

Federal agents arrested New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander outside an immigration court after he attempted to accompany a person out of a courtroom Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 16 hours ago • 240 comments

“Where is it? Where is the warrant?” Watch NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander detained at an immigration court⬇️

submitted 15 hours ago • 459 comments

a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends

submitted 13 hours ago • 433 comments

This is pretty nuts. I don’t care whether ur in the guard or reserves. DNI is a full time job. You can’t not be available during a major nat sec crisis. More obvious explanation is that she was close to the Assad regime and Russia and they may simply not trust her to be there.

submitted 13 hours ago • 93 comments

They dress like street thugs because they ARE street thugs

submitted 16 hours ago • 93 comments

I just conducted oversight at the Adelanto ICE facility. Here’s what I learned.

submitted 11 hours ago • 10 comments

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the State Department from enforcing the Trump administration's passport gender policy, which bars passport holders from select an X or identifying as a gender other than their sex at birth. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 12 hours ago • 10 comments

Don’t underestimate how Donald being pissed at the military for humiliating him with its shabby military parade is factoring into his current talk of putting them in harm’s way. He is that petulant.

submitted 13 hours ago • 207 comments

Violent extremists like Vance Boelter, behind the tragic Minnesota shootings, are no solitary hunters. They're part of a vicious pack, networked in hate. The 'lone wolf' myth blinds us to their dangerous ties, shielding the roots of terror. #3E

submitted 14 hours ago • 13 comments

According to a newly released Congressional Budget Office (CBO) bi-partisan analysis, the Republican mega bill passed in the House will increase the U.S. deficit by $2.8 trillion over a decade when considering economic effects. www.cbo.gov/system/files...

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments