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I don't think people understand how many high level government employees have been getting paid for months not to work. It's an enormous number. For efficiency, or something.

From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video. Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!

One scientist I recently interviewed said every new study that comes out suggests it's more and more likely the West Antarctic Ice Sheet can collapse at warming levels near today's.

"Private equity is rolling up small HVAC companies under big umbrella organizations. From the outside, it still looks like you're getting [heat pump' quotes from three different companies — but they might all be owned by the same firm." Important piece --> www.heatpumped.org/p/plunder-ho...

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I'm not sure this counts as an 'escape' so much as a 'four people leaned against a shoddily-built wall at once, causing it to give way and dumping them outside.'

Just so you know, #Virginia, both Whitman & Kiggans voted to rescind money from public media.

This is important: "arrest" and "detain" are synonymous for all relevant purposes: both are government seizures of a person. Bureaucratic distinctions between them are just mouth-words for evading the basic requirements of a free people.

RFK Jr now going after ALL vaccines. He argues that the Covid vaccine (which he’s restricted) was the only one that had proper safety testing. He says they “dysregulate the immune system”. Get your boosters. He’s setting the stage for “natural immunity” where only “the strong survive” Eugenics.

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In Spokane, WA protesters begin to build their own skirmish line against officers after one appears to push a woman down.

When the Secretary of Defense can’t say if he will abide by the rulings of the District and Supreme Courts, we should all be concerned. This is what authoritarianism looks like up close

Record WindWaterSolar output (432 GWh/day) on California ISO grid Thursday, 6/12/25 129th of 163 days and 11th straight in 2025 with >100% WWS, for an avg of 4.86h/day Thus, >100% WWS for 20.3% of all hours in 2025 Demand in '25 1.1% lower than in '23 but 2% higher than '24

"In a previously unreported development, federal agents came to suspect that Bukele and members of his inner circle had diverted US aid funds to the gang." Read the whole investigation, republished from @propublica.org ⬇️

They wanted max cruelty. Shock and awe for the cameras. But all they did was traumatize a bunch of poor kids who’ll never forget it. An L.A. mom, US citizen, watched as unmarked vehicles rolled up. Masked, heavily armed ICE agents, guns drawn. And Cosplay Kristi Noem right there playing warlord!

"From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Venice Beach"

Troubling that our treasury secretary can't do basic addition

how is this real life www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

BREAKING: Marines — soldiers trained to kill — roll up on a Black man in LA for the high crime of minding his own business. Alone. Unarmed. Quiet. They think you’re the real threat. Our military is turning its weapons inward.

Didn't even make the front pages this morning Today in "neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party"

"Right now, cancer patients are not receiving novel cancer treatments and are being cut off, um, when their only other option is hospice care."

Today, with a Trump military parade and all the protests planned across the US, here's my guide to fighting for democracy, including eight specific research-driven lessons for how to successfully push back against authoritarianism. www.forkingpaths.co/p/is-america...

Shameful. Unlawfully deployed troops detaining a veteran on his way to the VA.

Using the military "to execute the laws" is illegal? Who knew?

BREAKING: US Marines deployed to Los Angeles have carried out the first known detention of a civilian, the US military confirms. It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.

If you want a deep dive understanding of Judge Breyer’s decision in the California case, this post is for you. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Shameful.

NEW: 12 masked armed men try to enter a homeless shelter without saying who they are. ICE agents park outside an elementary school, sparking fear and a car accident. Local police respond to a call about a possible assault, only to find ICE. Inside one day on LI: theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...

Picking radishes is no easy task. Efrén spends 8-10 hrs/day on his knees, picking and sorting the radishes into small bunches to fill dozens of crates a day in CA's Ventura County. He's proud to have worked in America's fields for 49 years. #WeFeedYou

Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

The “Big Beautiful Bill” incudes a retroactive provision limiting federal judges' enforcement of contempt orders. That tips the balance of powers & erodes our Constitutional system of checks and balances. Tell the Senate to vote NO! on enforcement restrictions. @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social

<thread> On the left: June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians. On the right: June 13: See for yourself. Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.

"Experts say the FAQ's citations distort some legitimate studies and cite others that are disputed and unpublished. "In two instances, the HHS memo makes claims about dangers to pregnant women that are actively refuted by the papers it cites to back them up..." www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

My God. Pete Hegseth was asked 8 times - EIGHT TIMES - by @sethmoulton.bsky.social on if accountability applies to him and cannot give a straight answer. Accountability for thee, none for me.

"Marines deployed to Los Angeles temporarily detained a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters image" Looks like US military is now arresting civilians?

You know that @jessicavalenti.bsky.social's Abortion, Every Say is a g-damn national treasure and the best way to keep up with the non-stop parade of horrors since Dobbs that the rest of the media is determined to pretend aren't happening. jessica.substack.com

The "I'll lower costs and get us out of endless wars" candidate is now presiding over surging costs and brand new wars.

Law enforcement is about public service. I don’t see what public service was performed here, I see quite the opposite www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Tucker Carlson accuses Trump of "being complicit in the act of war" through "years of funding and sending weapons to Israel." Carlson added that the US should "drop Israel" and "let them fight their own wars." jewishinsider.com/2025/06/tuck...

“What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation?” Mr. Yudkowsky asked in an interview. “It looks like an additional monthly user.” A completely absorbing and chilling read: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

“There’s no recording allowed out here.” I just grabbed this uncredited off Facebook. Does anyone know who recorded it? I want to make sure they get proper credit.

“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.” @cbsaustin @velez_tx

The physical assault of a United States Senator by federal law enforcement — for simply questioning a cabinet secretary — is a big test. The Senate can either assert itself as a co-equal branch of government & demand accountability or it can be docile & fade into the background. It’s a choice.

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.

The juxtaposition was jarring As Senator Padilla was being abused and arrested Kristi Noem said the military and National Guard “are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and..burdensome leadership..this governor and mayor have placed on this country” www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

Yet in NH our GOP masters have just passed and signed legislation to gift the state’s wealthiest parents with a taxpayer-funded school voucher tuition subsidies to send their kids to private schools. #NHPolitics www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...

Everyone who learned for the first time last night that Cuomo sued for gynecological records from the women who accused him of sexual harassment should also know that much of his legal fight (all?) Was tax payer funded www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/02/c...

Shameful