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Today’s Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Skrmetti is not just a blow to transgender youth in Tennessee. It is part of a larger erosion of personal liberty in America.

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Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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The active duty soldier who was placed in on an involuntary mental health hold after speaking out about ICE abuses has been released. He was given no treatment nor diagnosis and no reason for the hold.

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They've got enough money to throw us into another war, but not enough money to fund the suicide prevention hotline. Very "pro-life." Very "pro-family." So "GREAT."

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As a parent I can confirm this is the best No Kings sign

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If you are unfamiliar with the term "stochastic terrorism," this is one of the absolute most important times in history to understand what it means.

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Having a bit of a hard time with the concept that if a guy in a police uniform who has a police vehicle shows up I should lock the doors and call 911, but if a guy in a ski mask with an hGH gut appears to be kidnapping my neighbor, I shouldn’t ask who he is if I don’t want federal charges.

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An active duty service member has been sent to a mental health facility against his will after speaking out about ICE’s legal and humanitarian abuses. TikTokers took action, including writing @governor.ca.gov /

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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

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People are sharing their stories of Speaker Hortman; like her work as Speaker, especially through 2023, and the way she worked with them, individually, and reading them feels like a good way to honor her.

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Would you look at that.

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🧵 1/2 Breaking: This is NOT good. When brilliant, experienced scientists feel they can no longer do their jobs—it’s a warning siren 🚨 RFK Jr. is undermining science and endangering lives. Call your reps—especially Republicans. 🧠🪱 has got to go. 🧵 www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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America should just join canada. We could be the US of Eh.

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The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.

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We don’t have all the details of the gunman’s motive in this weekend’s tragic violence in Minnesota—but the national anti-abortion rhetoric here is VITAL context. What Trump is offering isn’t just pardons and policy change, it’s permission. jessica.substack.com/p/minnesota-...

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BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full emails below

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This is sincerely a post from the official Department of Defense Twitter account, and it has been up for over 4 hours without being taken down or corrected. The gold stars in the middle are surrounded by two RUSSIAN FLAGS

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Minnesota’s flags will fly at half staff in honor and remembrance of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. She woke up every morning determined to make Minnesota a better place, and she will be greatly missed.

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Hmmmm . . . I wonder how the Minnesota assassin might have had access to a police uniform, a police badge, and a police cruiser. Are we sure he was "impersonating" a police officer?

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It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.

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“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

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

submitted 7 days ago • 1582 comments

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

submitted 7 days ago • 692 comments

I'll never forgive those who attacked me for picking a side in 2024, because "both sides were equally bad." This mentality brought authoritarianism to America.

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What they aren’t showing on Fox News

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The CDC is rehiring more than 400 people who had received layoff notices. Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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Filed under: There is no i in gaslighting: Fox (fake) news should be sued for showing old videos of burning police cars & implying that this is happening now in LA. Accountability anyone?

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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...

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Austin TX continued to use excessive force against their civilians into the night.

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Veteran reminds active duty Marines to uphold the standard and refuse any illegal order to harm US civilians. #NoKings

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Woke up this morning unemployed from our federal government positions. Might we make a small request? Please spend a few minutes today browsing the names & bios of #NEH staff, most of whom are now without jobs, before the agency erases us from its memory. #humanities www.neh.gov/about/staff

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#RealDallas How peaceful? Getting a perfect haircut on the "front lines"

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You can report this attempted child abduction, a felony (CPC §278.5 PC), to the Office of the Los Angeles County District Attorney, Nathan Hochman, at (213) 974-3512.

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www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... California National Guard-Notice-#47akaConvictedFelon is using you as bait and doesn't care who gets hurt.

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LA School Worker Cries After #Ice Raided Elementary School Graduation.. Parents Fled While Kids Walked The Stage.

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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

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When you’re being invaded… #satire

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Dear USA Deploying troops against civilians will not go well. Yours Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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This is a key way many have warned about how he could take vaccines away. ACIP determined which vaccines insurance covered. If they don't have to cover, vaccines become something only for the rich but that's not how vaccines work. It threatens everyone.

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