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JUST IN: Judge Charles Breyer finds that President Trump exceeded the scope of his authority and violated the 10th Amendment by federalizing the California National Guard and orders him to return control to Governor Newsom. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

So the National Guard & the Marines haven’t even been used in Los Angeles yet, huh? So there really was no need for the National Guard & the Marines in Los Angeles, was there? So all just another big, ugly, cruel, divisive, violence-inciting Trump lie, huh? Shocker.

House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.

AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.

BREAKING: “You’re not worthy of my questions.” Sen. Carbajal said what every vet, service member, and conscious American has been screaming. Pete Hegseth is a political prop, not a public servant. He’s not leading—he’s loitering.

Donald Trump's immigration policy (essentially to have masked men disappear 4-6% of the population) is morally reprehensible *and* deeply unpopular, a second poll this week finds. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

New AP poll, Trump is at -21 approval with more than twice as many Americans strongly disapproving (41) to strongly approving (20). Trump is wildly unpopular despite a relatively strong economic tailwind and other favorable conditions. Americans don't like dictators. apnorc.org/projects/mos...

We knew that some immigrant-citizen couples would choose to leave everything behind to start anew in a foreign country. We may never truly know how many families have made that wrenching choice, or what finally pushed them to do so.

Remember if you’re at the “big insurrection” in LA to support small businesses.

Newsom: Police should police—not the military. That’s what happens in third-world countries, and that’s exactly what Donald Trump is trying to impose on the American people: a mindset of militarization, power, dominance, and control—not the rule of law. This is a very, very serious moment.

Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.

BALDWIN: What is the authority that the administration is using to deploy active duty Marines to California neighborhoods? HEGSETH: The president has constitutional authority BALDWIN: Cite the provision of the Constitution HEGSETH: I'd have to pull up the specific provision

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."

This is a really smart, spot on, common sense tweet.👇

Where we are as a country

50501 Protests on June 14th, this Saturday! 🗽

Once again, if even a single municipal level Democrat ever said something like this about rural Iowa or Texas or its citizens, it would be a week-long National Conversation™️ on CNN about the need for liberals to respect Real Folkz & be more civil. This? Gone tomorrow. Because it’s another week.

So...the ICE agents?

@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."

Friendly reminder that these protests wouldn't be happening under a Kamala presidency.

Rep. Gomez: LA County alone is 34% foreign born, 34%. So when he says they're going to liberate us, who is he going to liberate us from? Ourselves?

Every accusation is a confession

Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:

ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.

“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio tried to give a press conference to announce his lawsuit against DOJ. Much to my surprise it turned out to be the greatest press conference of all-time.

🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

Does spectacular wealth excuse depravity? Some thoughts on Elon Musk and moral character.

Looks like the Trump hiring freeze aggravated staff shortages at BLS, causing it to scale back operations and collect less data on inflation

Here is an interesting graphic display: Detailed, interactive map from "The Impact Project" of Trump/Doge layoffs and grant-terminations, by regional effect. (County by county.) theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...

I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE. Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it. Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.

I’m a freedom-loving conservative. I left the Republican Party 5yrs ago. Today, I’m doing something I never thought I’d do - I’m formally joining the Democratic Party. Here’s why:👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

President Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces ethics law and protects whistleblowers, despite Ingrassia's links to extremists.

Communities aren’t staying silent about ICE… 18-year-old Massachusetts high school student Marcelo Gomes was taken by ICE on his way to volleyball practice Saturday morning. No word on where he’s being held. Marcelo missed graduation today, so Milford HS graduates marched to rally in solidarity.

peter theils palantir becoming the worlds most powerful military system and data harvester is going to usher in a new, worse age of humanity. i hate to say it but this is complete libertarian cultural victory

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Thank you, Ukraine 🗽