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I’m watching Ocean with David Attenborough. Streaming on Hulu and Disney+. He just turned 99 years old a month ago. It says it’s in 4K, but I didn’t know Hulu did that.

“We served a nation—not a king, a bully, or a dictator.” — U.S. Navy Veteran Rusty Hicks Trump has federalized the Guard, threatened governors, and now wants active-duty Troops in our streets. This isn’t about safety. It’s about control.

Trump is declaring fake emergencies against immigrants and protesters while gutting our capacity to respond to actual emergencies like natural disasters and pandemics.

Protecting law-abiding citizens vs threatening law-abiding citizens…

Trump Creates Chaos In LA Then Argues The Need To Deploy The Military Due To The Chaos! youtu.be/zKzFqkM-wYc?...

Stop sowing chaos, Mr. President, and do your job.

One shell at a time, we're saving Washington state’s endangered western pond turtles. Over the weekend, the zoo and Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife held its commencement shell-emony and released 30 western pond turtles to a local protected site. zoo.org/turtles

🔥“This is about retribution. It’s about provocation. And it’s about distraction.” — Rep. Jimmy Panetta Trump is deploying the military without requests from governors, using them as props in a political game. This isn’t leadership. It’s abuse.

Breaking:   WASHINGTON (AP) - Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.

Trump refused to call in Troops on January 6—Now he’s deploying them to LA against the governor’s wishes. As Rep. Seth Moulton said: "Kind of amazing that Trump wants to do this in LA, and it's pretty obvious, because he's always dreamed of politicizing the military."

If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him? No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens. Fascism is here.

If Trump was serious about deescalating, he'd work with officials on the ground - not put Marines in possible harms way. He started this fire, and he’s politicizing the military so he can act like he’s putting it out.

JUST IN: 700 Marines deployed to L.A. from 29 Palms. If Trump can override California, he can override any state. So ask yourself: who’s next? And what happens when people stop backing down? This isn’t crowd control — it’s occupation.

“If you are not on the VPN, White House-issued devices can’t connect to the outside.” … “With a Starlink connection, that means White House devices could leave the network and go out through gateways. … It’s going to help you bypass security,” another person said.”

"It’s going to help you bypass security...” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

As you watch ICE terrorize Los Angeles, remember: private prison companies are going to get very, very rich off Trump's cruelty.

Canada, the UK, and Ukraine all at once — after a Canuk enlargement, the EU would be the global economic powerhouse. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

To the LAPD officers who are standing up for the people of LA, thank you. For the LAPD officers attempting to hurt civilians? The opposite.

Yeah. No duh. This is Reichstag fire stuff.

The ACLU's National Security Project director worries President Trump is 'writing himself a blank check' to use the military on civilians in other U.S. cities.

David Huerta, SEIU California President and a leading voice for California workers and communities, was injured, arrested and detained by federal officials. @schumer.senate.gov, @padilla.senate.gov , and I are demanding answers from the Trump Administration.

Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism. https://www.commondreams.org/news/david-huerta-arrested

She was right.

Instead of just taxing billionaires…

The new House Democratic Veterans Caucus is here—and it’s long overdue. When Trump wages war on the VA, politicizes the military, and fires Veterans, we don’t need silence. We need a response. VoteVets is proud to back the Veterans stepping up to lead—and fight back.

“Trump is rapidly creating such an infrastructure: (1) declaring an emergency on the basis of a so-called “rebellion,” “insurrection,” or “invasion,” (2) using that “emergency” to justify bringing in federal agents with a monopoly of force … against civilians…”

History shows that once an authoritarian ruler establishes the infrastructure of a police state, that same infrastructure can be turned on anyone. Trump is rapidly creating such an infrastructure. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-police-state

“This was not some fringe vigilante action. It was federal agents wielding brute force under cover of Trump’s executive order, agents whose silence spoke louder than any badge. … Yet Merrick Garland decided it wasn’t worth investigating or prosecuting. Let’s just move on. And so here we are.”

If you think this ends with L.A., you haven’t been paying attention. This is Portland 2.0 — but scaled up, and aimed at the soul of American democracy… hartmannreport.com/p/trump-is-n...

Having this cosplay Castro and ICE chief goon on MSNBC accomplished nothing. Fact-checks and support of Jacob Soboroff were asides rather than challenges. Don't give fascists free airtime.

Then arrest the ICE goons wearing them.

“But even the most cynical have been surprised by the Trumpist effort to portray the provision of healthcare to children, veterans, and the elderly as “waste” and “fraud,” as well as Trump’s effort to render those who follow the laws into criminals.”

New in PN: A felon in the White House is making crime legal "The most vulnerable among us are currently Trump’s primary victims. But the entire nation will soon pay a heavy price for his systematic assault on the rule of law in service of his endless desire for corrupt wealth & self-aggrandizement"

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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "Pete Hegseth's a joke. He's a joke. Everybody knows he's so in over his head. What an embarrassment. That guy's weakness masquerading as strength."