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Retired telecommunications professional. Traditional Irish musician, brewer of beer, love reading sci-fi, woodworker, gardener, cat dad, grandfather. Vote blue. Fuck fascists. Dual 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦 fill out your profile or I won't follow back
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GOP VIBE: “LET THEM EAT CAKE” 🎂 🥳

Folks can argue about the relevancy of the “Democratic socialist” label all day. But if that’s what you’re hung up on, you’re missing the larger point. People aren’t chasing labels. They’re chasing change. Real, structural, unapologetic change. 🧵

Russ Vought, Trump's budget chief, came before @senateapprops.bsky.social today to ask Congress to codify DOGE cuts. Here's what I had to say: Congress needs to REJECT these cuts and reassert its power of the purse. To my colleagues: join me in defending the authority of Congress.

NEW: A judge DENIED the govt's request to stay the release order for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but notes "an obvious truism that must not be forgotten"—the Trump admin is in control of where he awaits trial b/c it "can elect...to hold him for pending deportation proceedings or not."

🧵 UAW Statement on New York Mayoral Primary Race @shawnfainuaw.bsky.social: "The working class is done with business as usual. We were proud to be the first union to endorse Zohran because it’s time for a political movement that puts the working class first.

Emil Bove just lied under oath, saying he did not advise DoJ lawyers to defy court orders.

Is any media outlet going to report this or nah? The media is telling on itself by ignoring these human interest stories and we won't forget their complicity

The Supreme Court issued a stay, effectively ruling, for now, that the Constitution no longer applies, at least not to immigrants. Fast-track deportations with no opportunity for judicial review violate the fundamental principle of due process, especially for people already on U.S. soil.

I didn’t have the Supreme Court destroying the authority of federal district courts on my bingo card. But in retrospect that’s perhaps where all this shadow docket decision-making was going all along. Really scary stuff.

I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers. Easy money, no risk. Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.

The senate parliamentarian says the provision in the Billionaire Bailout Bill that requires hefty security deposits for preliminary injunctions and TROs breaks senate rules. www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-ta...

Nights of BLUE SKIES (sound up, please listen) DAY 22 JUNE 2025 THESE TUMULTUOUS TIMES More than one war happening now Please listen to the whole clip ICE GESTAPO WAR on Decent Hardworking People Meet the "Neighborhood Kids Music" Listen to Their TRUTH Walk in Their Shoes Powerful

You didn’t vote for Kamala because you thought she was a warmonger and you spread that message to others. How you all holding up tonight?

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

We have a madman in the White House who is actively trying to trigger total war. If Jeffries, Schumer, or any other Democratic leaders try to justify this, shrug indifferently, or write a strongly-worded letter and call it a day, they need to step down or be aggressively primaried.

Bombing Iran is to distract us from ICE which is to distract us from tariffs which are to distract us from the looting of our country

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered that Mahmoud Khalil be released on bail, which means he'll be able to travel home to New York to be with his family - and finally hold his newborn son - while his case proceeds.

According to locals in the region, ICE troops are still getting doxed. Protestors are appearing outside their homes, apartments, and hotels at 3am to bang on pots & blast horns to disrupt their sleep. In other areas resistance are disabling their tires wherever parked. #StopICE

“When a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…” -AOC, FOUR months ago She knew that THEY knew. The Democratic base knew. Notice the empty chamber. 👇🏽 How was there no contingency plan in the works LAST SUMMER?? Y’all know exactly when. We need Dems willing to fight and lead. #ChuckChuck

We will rise! Always! #MomSky

While you're drinking your Sunday coffee, enjoy this long thread from Doug Landry on the advance planning failures of Trump's birthday party. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19340...

People are being arrested for wearing a medical mask in Savannah, Georgia #NoKings

Holy shit, New York! Here’s the full view. #NoKings #50501Movement

Chicago ✊

You can’t see me bc I’m holding a flag but guys I live in a 2k person extremely rural town in one of the reddest counties of WI. So many people showed up there was a line all the way to the highway. I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many

🧵 In downtown Houston today, 15,000+ people showed up to march, chant, cheer and PROUDLY wave our AMERICAN flags, declaring that this nation’s crowning glory—her liberty and justice for all—will not and cannot ever rest on the head of any one person. We, the People say, “NO KINGS!”

🏆 to whoever came up with and coordinated the No Kings protest at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. Don’t miss it…absolute fire.

Los Angeles. Just wow.

Cincinnati, Ohio # #NoKingsDay

#NoKings #Guam

Thanks for sharing! Thanks for showing up! #NoKings #GulfofMexico #ImpeachTheLeech

NEW: Absolutely incredible images coming out of San Diego. The streets are filled with tens of thousands of anti-Trump protestors. This is what resistance looks like 👏 #NoKings #50501Movement (📸 Scott Dworkin)

Look at downtown LA right now

Houston NO KINGS

The No Kings Chicago rally is so massive we can’t even get into the plaza.

Last night, Capitol Police arrested roughly 60 veterans and their family members outside the U.S. Capitol. The group had gathered to hold a peaceful sit-in on the Capitol steps, but police intentionally set up a barrier of bike racks to prevent them from demonstrating.

The United States must not be drawn into Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran. I will be introducing legislation to prohibit the use of federal funds for any use of military force in or against Iran without specific Congressional authorization, with an exception for self-defense.

It's hard to not see the assassinations of Minnesota legislators and not think about the increasing calls for political violence from far right wing extremists. As a reminder, Donald Trump pardoned over 1500 of these violent extremists upon taking office. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Notes from the front lines: Protests are bigger, more young people are showing up, more police presence, more support from passing cars. Previous protests were about 100-200 people this one was over 1,000. Everything was peaceful. The tide is changing, more people are waking up! #Resist

Now the White House is saying that Trump didn't know the "full scale" of ICE's efforts to detain & deport undocumented people, after it's been all over the news for months, and the White House bragged about their cruelty. Bullshit.

No Kings, Philly.

Don’t forget the small towns too! Boulder Creek, CA showing up for #NoKings today. These mountain folk don’t want any dictators or kings!

No Kings rally and march ready to start in San Diego, CA. I’m happy to see lots of young people and a big crowd standing up for California.

Happening now: a massive crowd growing in Chicago for this afternoon's No Kings march. We'll update as we can. Service is spotty right now.

WATCH: “Holy f*ck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…” @lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet. Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...

At some point we're going to have to stop asking "when is (insert name) going to step up and say he's gone to far" and realize that maybe they are ok with the president's actions. We must realize that no one is going to swoop in and "save" us, it has to be us... we the people. Good morning