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Instructing soldiers not to hoot and clap like they are at a political rally when a president gives a speech is civil-military relations 101. Any officer should know this without even thinking about it.

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Defense Attorney Shabazz: “If Kilmar is so dangerous, why did they wait 3 years to indict him on this? They’re only doing that now to justify denying him due process and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment (in CECOT).”

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This week, Rick's Elephant in the Room is twofold -- 1) no f*cking kings, and 2) the United States military belongs to its citizens. WATCH FULL EPISODE: youtu.be/dlRhHTFZEt4?...

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So now we know why he fired all the four star generals. He wants a military who will obey his illegal orders. The military better think long and hard about betraying the constitution.

submitted 6 hours ago • 9 comments

Any Marine who violates the Posse Comitatus Act should be subject to a court-martial. #FuckTrump #IFTD

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Dubbed “No Kings Day,” the over 2,000 planned demonstrations are set to kick off Saturday morning, June 14. The protests have been organized by hundreds of organizations and grass-roots groups, including the ACLU, Public Citizen, Indivisible and 50501. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 4 hours ago • 78 comments

Unlike the battles Donald Trump is having with universities or law firms, the confrontation in Los Angeles involves actual troops. Regardless of who provokes violence, it could escalate and spread https://econ.trib.al/QxrTUDM

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Given events in the past 24 hours, it might have been helpful for the United States to be able to speak to Iranians in Farsi, their official language. But the incompetent children at Doge dismantled Voice of America, cutting off that communication and ultimately not saving the US a penny.

submitted 1 hour ago • 29 comments

Be safe out there ❤️

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Just to get this right: Kristi Noem is saying that they are taking control from the governor of California and the mayor of Los Angeles, but the protesters who don’t want that to happen are the insurrectionists.

submitted 11 hours ago • 20 comments

This has a real Berlin Wall No Man's Land feel. www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/u...

submitted 37 minutes ago • 27 comments

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submitted 9 hours ago • 60 comments

If you stand with @padilla.senate.gov, stand with @replamonica.bsky.social. Tell your Reps & Senators how you feel about the charges against her. 202-224-3121 And call the DOJ comment line: 202-353-1555

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Imagine serving your country in the Marines and having your wife abducted by ICE. www.wbrz.com/news/ice-age...

submitted 1 hour ago • 23 comments

I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

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@padilla.senate.gov: "Imagine what they are doing to a lot of folks who may not feel free to speak up... and there's not cameras there to capture how they may or may not be treated. That's the big takeaway. This should be a wake up call for everybody across the country."

submitted 51 minutes ago • 41 comments

The US administration is having a chilling effect on Canadians, too: I've had people decline to be quoted by name because they're planning to travel south of the border.

submitted 10 hours ago • 6 comments

NO‼️ Senator Alex Padilla Was Doing His Job‼️ 👇🏼THIS👇🏼 Is Political Theater‼️👇🏼😖😡🤬

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I was on a briefing this morning with @repespaillat.bsky.social, the chair of the @hispaniccaucus.bsky.social He said that 10 Dems have gone to ICE facilities specifically where an abductee had a court date and were kidnapped outside their hearing. 1/

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I encourage people protesting to be non destructive and non violent. And I remind: Proud Boys like infiltrating crowds, whipping up normies (this is what happened on 1.6) and creating chaos. Putting you, using your 1a, in peril. Distinguish yourself from these goons always. Heads on swivels, folks.

submitted 13 hours ago • 47 comments

You know who else talked about liberating people from their government? A guy named Ayatollah Khomeini, who basically destroyed Iran. I never thought I would see so many parallels between Iran and the United States, but here I outline several that are obvious to anyone paying attention.

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

⚡️ Russia may provoke crisis in Transnistria ahead of Moldova's elections, Sandu warns. "All these years, Russia has been using the residents of Transnistria and can provoke an even greater crisis at any moment," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said.

submitted 9 hours ago • 7 comments

At least 55,000 Palestinians, over half women and children, have been killed by Israel in the Israel–Hamas war, with more than 127,000 wounded (many more trapped under rubble) and 2 million facing starvation under Israel’s aid blockade. Trump regime backs Israeli war crimes, threatens ICC.

submitted 8 hours ago • 32 comments

Your daily reminder that the problem isn't drag queens. The problem is GOP state reps from South Carolina. www.wistv.com/2025/06/12/l...

submitted 15 hours ago • 19 comments

My strong prior is that if Ted Cruz is in favour of something it must be pretty dumb and/or unworkable. Unsurprisingly, this holds particularly true when he starts talking about central bank accounting. Great post from @tobyn.bsky.social on.ft.com/3HCO4mg

submitted 11 hours ago • 5 comments

Trump and his admin are not acting in any semblance of good faith, but the courts are accustomed to giving the executive branch a presumption of regularity and good faith. The result is a giant loophole that lets Trump flagrantly outside the law while the courts chase down every bad-faith appeal.

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Instead of piling on and sharing that op-ed that, for some reason, tries to put a silver lining on Trump's slashing of NIH funding, I'm sharing this @propublica.org piece that more accurately demonstrates the vastness of the damage being done to health research.

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Cousin in Iran, she lives in a suburb of Tehran: “They’re bombing us, apartment buildings & homes. Apparently where high ranking officials live but entire buildings of other people. Dogs and cats freaking out. We couldn’t get in the basement.” They’re bombing high rises full of civilians.

submitted 21 hours ago • 52 comments

The people who post on official government accounts are now amplifying a vision of America that is forever dominated by whites, at almost any cost. Here's how DHS and the White House are now using an image apparently created by an unapologetic white nationalist.

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Fox hosts, parroting DHS, claimed Sen. Padilla "ran at,” "lunged at," and tried to “bum-rush” Kristi Noem. Video disproves their claims, showing Padilla standing calmly across the room asking his question as security grabs him.

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<thread> On the left: June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians. On the right: June 13: See for yourself. Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.

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No way?!?! What a surprise……

submitted 2 hours ago • 41 comments

sure. 11am. why not. not like this is an urgent problem, or anything.

submitted 18 hours ago • 9 comments

"Interest has dramatically picked up in recent days. Sign-ups surpassed 5,000 — the capacity for the plaza where the rally is scheduled — and organizers are working with law enforcement to potentially close roads to ensure the safety of a larger crowd..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 6 hours ago • 101 comments

There is no such thing as technology without environmental fallout. Most of it stays invisible—until your lungs or ecosystems pay the price. jasondeegan.com/data-centers...

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Kristi Noem, Dr. Phil, and ICE went to this woman’s home in Huntington Park, CA at 6am to make a spectacle and you want me to be satisfied with @governor.ca.gov flowery words? Watch. It’s disgusting. Noem belongs in prison.

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Emanuel: You have the 250th anniversary of the US Army. Rather than making it about everyone who makes up that 250-year family of service—to the country, to the Constitution, and to the ideals of the United States—Trump has decided to make it about the most important person in his view: Donald Trump

submitted 2 hours ago • 84 comments

This weekend’s protests aren’t just about immigration—they’re about standing up to a mad king who’s targeting anyone who dares to dissent.

submitted 1 hour ago • 22 comments

LA is calm. There is NOTHING for the natl guard, let alone Marines to do. They are standing around.

submitted 1 hour ago • 128 comments

Are there any pieces in the major outlets explaining the ramifications of Kristi Noem's comments yesterday that she's going to liberate us from our mayor and governor and what that actually means? I'm genuinely asking if someone has followed up with her and DHS, because I would really like to know.

submitted 5 hours ago • 12 comments

The idea that the FBI could not allegedly identify the SENATOR OF CALIFORNIA is the most absurd lie. Especially when that Senator says “I am Senator Alex Padilla.”

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As I wrote in February, we are going to see more buyer's remorse from Trump "voters who thought they knew the rules to the game and would turn out the winners are now discovering that they didn’t and won’t." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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That fuckhead Netanyahu was DESPERATE to draw US troops into a war in the Middle East, and he has succeeded.🤦🏽‍♀️

submitted 1 hour ago • 28 comments

This paragraph is simply magnificent.

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So much this coloradonewsline.com/2025/06/13/t...

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People around the world – in dictatorships and democracies alike – look to our nation as an example. We should all be troubled by the lessons they will learn from the assault of my colleague @padilla.senate.gov yesterday.

submitted 6 hours ago • 4 comments

“The largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.” - @justinwolfers.bsky.social

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