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Every major Dem politician needs to realize that, in this environment, they can schedule a "speech to the nation," like Newsom did, and get tons of media coverage. Just do it.

submitted 9 hours ago • 322 comments

Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."

submitted 11 hours ago • 388 comments

The sign on the train platform earlier said "protest activity" but this is good too. I'm headed home. Ordinarily I wouldn't take the train this late but it's a clusterfuck getting out any other way. Train to the west side is packed with people leaving the protest.

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Newsom: This Saturday, he's ordering our American heroes, the United States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday, just as other failed dictators have done in the past

submitted 11 hours ago • 543 comments

Several thousand now marching through Lower Manhattan after a rally against ICE arrests at federal buildings in NYC

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Maddow: I also feel like there’s not very much about that that I don’t understand. Like, it’s the same everywhere. This is blond Berlusconi, you know what I mean? This is inarticulate Viktor Orbán, right? These guys are all the same. The authoritarian playbook is the same everywhere

submitted 14 hours ago • 255 comments

We can only hope.

submitted 19 hours ago • 5 comments

We’re in the streets in downtown Chicago.

submitted 14 hours ago • 129 comments

Thousands of people marching through Lower Manhattan now demanding ICE get out of New York City.

submitted 14 hours ago • 233 comments

ICE took at least 55 people from Chicago communities today, including restaurant workers.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Instead of using this money to fund, say, the National Weather Service right before hurricane season, they're using it to send Marines to Los Angeles. THIS is waste and abuse.

submitted 14 hours ago • 274 comments

⚠️ FAIR WARNING ⚠️ #Portland #OR Get ready. Spotted yesterday. #PeacefulProtest only.

submitted 1 day ago • 133 comments

One big problem with ICE doing WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING--besides the fact that it's straight-up evil? It's horribly destructive in the abstract, too. Because they're literally conditioning people to expect unidentified assholes with no accountability to assault and possibly kidnap them.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

i really resonate with john’s discussion of faith in this last meal episode, and especially the idea of faith as a means by which to be engaged in community. it doesn’t matter to me whether god is real, it matters that i am part of a community that is doing justice and loving mercy in the world

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

Thou Shalt Not Fire Reporters for Standing Against Fascism.

submitted 11 hours ago • 149 comments

The people on the side of mass deportation are never the good guys.

submitted 18 hours ago • 29 comments

Every Democrat better have Newsom's back. This is not just a distraction

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

You have no obligation to defend or explain the behavior of random street protesters. We have a lawless government that is flagrantly violating its legal, moral, even philosophical obligations to us. Everything else is secondary

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in my city which is apparently in a state of extended military occupation due to extreme and widespread unrest a really kind sanitation worker saw me sitting out front with my kids and gave them free toy trash cans and we talked about recycling

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@indominus-lux.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

I know folks in south Philly who proudly wave their Italian flags. I know folks in Boston and Chicago who proudly wave their Irish flags. Folks in LA can proudly wave their Mexican flags. Expecting anyone to believe any of this indicates some sort of invasion or takeover is insultingly stupid.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

There are 19 states that allow recall elections. We can’t wait for the midterms.

submitted 13 hours ago • 18 comments

God, little has fucked me up like seeing LA’s public library close branches to make sure ICE doesn’t come grab people. Several coworkers and I independently revealed we all had a plan if that happened the last go-round. Between that and learning we all knew what we’d do if someone came shooting…

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Hey Chicago, heads up! 🚧 Monroe & Columbus area experiencing rolling street closures due to public gathering. Consider a detour! 🚗💨

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

There is NO MANDATE to put soldiers on American streets. There is NO MANDATE for disappearing people from out communities. There is NO MANDATE for killing scientific research.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Thou shalt not force good horses to trample peaceful protesters and pretend thou art the good guys.

submitted 16 hours ago • 183 comments

We need a major national opposition figure who is willing to Do What Is Necessary

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

ICE protests are underway in downtown Chicago

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Chicago is famous for a lot of things. The iconic Willis (Sears) Tower, the shiny Bean, the bustling Magnificent Mile, the Bears, deep-dish pizza, Italian beefs, and Chicago-style hot dogs. But if there’s one thing that truly stands out, it’s the unique Chicago lingo.

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

Note to my in-laws who are very concerned that we visited Chicago a couple of years ago

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

Watching the right now oppose the part of the second amendment that guarantees a well regulated militia under state control is… something.

submitted 1 day ago • 1080 comments

Civil rights advocates remind immigrants and others that they have rights under the law if they encounter ICE officers or are caught up in an ICE raid.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

@ufw.bsky.social

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Immigrants are essential to the backbone of our economy. Mass deportations and cruel policies against hardworking families don’t make us safer or stronger—they weaken us.

submitted 23 hours ago • 45 comments

Congrats to Illinois' own @steppenwolfthtr.bsky.social for their Pulitzer Prize and now Tony win!

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

I’m at my limit. I can’t possibly comment on all the destructive actions being taken in the US on a daily basis. It’s like holding a cup out in front of a firehose spewing sewage. LA, NIH, ACIP, Harvard, Marines, DOGE, court cases, tariffs, on and on. A crazy cacophony of chaos.

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

L.A. TACO reporters have been out in the streets since Friday to capture scenes and breaking news from the protests against mass deportations following a widespread rollout of ICE agents in Los Angeles. lataco.com/incidents-pr... Please support our street-level journalism.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I'm being told by eyewitnesses #ICE is waiting in hallways of #Houston immigration courts to arrest individuals when cases are dismissed due to a loophole. If you're an attorney (Spanish fluency preferred) and can volunteer time at the courthouse to help families please email [email protected]

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Happening Now: Faith leaders are out demonstrating near a line of police by the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Journalists are learning the hard way that the two principal sources of disinformation about the developments in Los Angeles are DHS and DOD, both of which are spreading false reports and are keen to incite violence. America has not experienced anything like this before. Other countries have.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments