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David Heurta was released on bail today. “What happened to me is not about me. This is about something much bigger. This is about how we as a community stand together and resist the injustice that’s happening. Hard-working people, and members of our family and our community, are being treated […]

Bye Uber. Glad I don't use your services, and never will now. ‪Aaron Rupar‬: ‪ the Uber CEO tells #Trump his company supports the MAGA reconciliation bill (that will strip millions of healthcare and food support)

Report: ICE kidnapped parents dropping a child off at an elementary school in Vancouver, Washington today. It sounds like these parents were specifically targeted. The child was allowed to attend school, but it's unknown what the child will do this afternoon.

What's a good "default" in the typical American small town where would-be protesters can show up and reasonably expect to find someone else standing next to them doing the same? Police station? City hall? Courthouse? Downtown? Trying to find ways for people like myself, who aren't "in the loop" […]

Another crash. 🛩️ ‪CBS News‬: Small plane crashes off San Diego coast, prompting Coast Guard search for 6 missing people

🚨David Huerta, SEIU leader, still detained. Trump illegally federalized the National Guard. Mass deportation raids ongoing. Rapid response rally TODAY in Santa Fe, New Mexico - 6/9, 5:15 pm at the Roundhouse. More info at https://actionnetwork.org/events/santa-fe-freedavidendraids […]

Rejected. Nobody wants the job of keeping tabs on the drunk. “White House struggles to find qualified people willing to work for Pete #Hegseth” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/white-house-struggles-find-qualified-people-willing-work-pete-hegseth-rcna211602

This stuff doesn’t look very protect-and-serve-y

Absolutely essential reading from Rebecca Solnit "I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing " […]

If you work with a database and are asked to alter the table structure to comply in advance for citizenship or gender categorizations it's really important to NOT do it. "The governor is concerned about all this stuff they want us to update our record keeping so we store both gender AND […]

[Distressing video of a young mother being manhandled by three plain clothes ICE Agents this afternoon] "Trump regime ICE forces assaulted and kidnapped a mother on her way to pick up her children from school, this is what they are doing all over the country […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Hugs to all immigrants.

Judd Legum: Just to recap, Trump has taken the extraordinary step of federalizing 2000 member of the California National Guard — over the objections of the state’s governor — in response to a protest that currently involves A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE AT A HOME DEPOT

#FiveYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet June 8, 2020 – Martin Gugino, a 75-year-old peace activist, had to be hospitalized after two police officers shoved him to the ground, fracturing his skull, at a protest in Buffalo, N.Y. In a tweet, Trump baselessly claimed that he “could be an ANTIFA […]

Been doing an estate sale all weekend. Not going very well. Nobody buys antiques anymore. Just had to stop and share this gem.

If you live in a GOP district in CA, start calling your Rep about how Trump's Big Ugly Bill aims to invade California, and they MUST vote against giving up CA's sovereignty bc Stephen Miller ordered the invasion of Home Depot.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Keep ‘em coming “Gina Ortiz Jones, a Filipino American who served as under secretary of the Air Force during the Biden administration, won a runoff election on Saturday to become the mayor of San Antonio, making her the first openly gay leader of the seventh-largest city in the country.” […]

Didn't even credit Ernst? Via Kyle Griffin: Leader Schumer is now calling #Trump's budget bill the "Well, We're All Going to Die Act."

Reminder that this country had an insurrection on Jan 6 and Trump refused to send in the National Guard.

Jerusalem Post - Israel's defense minister directs the IDF not to allow Greta Thunberg's flotilla to reach the shores of Gaza and to take any measures necessary to ensure that. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-856917

Damn. "It's not brains. It's bile." That should have gotten a 🏆, not a suspension. ‪emptywheel‬: Unsurprisingly, ABC capitulated to a mob attack on the guy who called out Trump's lies about Abrego Garcia.

It must be scary to be in the National Guard or active duty military and be asked to fight against your fellow citizens. If you're in this situation, you can call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 to get knowledgeable and confidential answers to your questions.

Kristi Noem will spend her golden years in prison. ICE Barbie Vows to ‘Press Charges’ Over Clashes With L.A. Protesters https://www.thedailybeast.com/secretary-of-homeland-secretary-kristi-noem-vows-to-press-charges-over-ice-clashes-with-protesters-in-la/ #KristiNoem #SouthDakota #DHS […]

Japan Times - Eighty-seven Japanese universities announce support measures for international students in the US. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/07/japan/society/harvard-ban-japan-universities/

Excellent summary of the horrific ICE raids in Los Angeles today and the huge, fast response from protestors. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/los-angeles-ice-raids-immigration

I’ll keep saying it: Keep an eye on Vought (and Miller) ‪Democracy Docket‬: Russell #Vought, #Trump’s budget hawk and one of the chief architects of the Heritage Foundation’s #Project2025, is stepping in to become DOGE’s new power broker […]

I think it’s time we talked about a Cold Civil War. We fight these motherfucker by denying them our consumer dollars. We disrupt so much profit, our politics have to change to restore them. It may not work, or work well enough, but the alternative may well be a hot civil war.

Keep 'em coming (AP) "BREAKING: We're suing #Trump admin over unlawful detention of immigrants at Guantánamo Bay. U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg said that people who were sent in March under an 18th-century wartime law haven’t been able to formally contest the removals or […]

Keep 'em coming, with thanks. Via ACLU on Bsky: BREAKING: We're suing the #Trump administration over the unlawful detention of immigrants at Guantánamo Bay.

Keep ‘em coming “A #Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according to a newly released federal investigation.” […]

Almost all MSM news headlines except Politico claimed that Trump fired her, even though its not legally possible. They should say that Trump has *tried* to fire her. So far, he has failed […]

YES! Someone with expertise in the law, please make a TACO Tuesday Treason Tracker! It would list all Trump's impeachable offenses for the week each Tuesday. https://youtube.com/shorts/O2Y75rn835s?si=Jv-DiJ2D0Vt9qLO9

#SavePublicMedia https://www.threads.com/@timothyjchambers/post/DKhAewxul3D

Peter Navarro ran out the clock on having to turn over docs he unlawfully sent on ProtonMail (among other things), including some pertaining to January 6.

How #Ukraine pulled off an audacious attack deep inside #Russia Months of planning went into a covert operation that relied on cheap, short-range drones 3 days after Ukraine launched its most complex attack against Russia since the full-scale war began, details of how it was carried out & the […]

Remembering Dr. Alan Hart for Pride, trans man from the early 1900s. He revolutionized the detection of tuberculosis, saved thousands of lives, and died using his name, as the man he always was meant to be. We have always been here.

"..raising alarm among counterterrorism researchers & nonprofit groups ..stunned to see photo of “a college kid” w a flag pin on his lapel posing with a sharply arched eyebrow. No threat prevention experience is listed in his employment history" NEW: Meet the 22-Yr-Old #Trump’s Team Picked to […]

#MAGAMurderBudget Via Catherine Rampell: CBO now estimates that combination of #Trump's budget bill + other parts of the GOP health agenda (e.g. allowing enhanced ACA tax credits to expire as scheduled) will increase # of uninsured people by 16 million. This is a backdoor Obamacare repeal by […]