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birdermaria.bsky.social
Former Patent Paralegal, Avid Birdwatcher. Born and raised in Chicago.
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Take a close look at how Vance and Trump have been talking about going to war in the past 24 hours. Vance: “We never ask you to go to war unless you absolutely have to” Trump: “It’s possible we could get involved”

Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday. This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.

Pope Leo XIV delivers message of peace, unity at Rate Field in first address to his hometown chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

“God is reaching out to you [to] find[] the ways that we may be able to do something with our own lives to serve others. “And in that service to others we may find that coming together in friendship, building up community, we too can find true meaning in our lives.” www.osvnews.com/full-text-ad...

Is the largest force in HVAC invisible? Private equity is transforming the industry. These firms are gobbling up contractors, distributors, software providers, and even equipment manufacturers. What do these dynamics mean for homeowners trying to install a heat pump? (1/2) buff.ly/FlhxgnC

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

Newsom’s social media team is killing it. (This isn’t an old picture. It’s from right now. I asked.) 😂😂😂😂

A message of support to those protesting today and some tips drawn from the history of resistance.

Mike Johnson said that Gavin Newsom should be “tarred and feathered.” I wish Mike would keep his sexual fantasies to himself

“The Trump Organization has consistently made use of temporary visa programs to hire foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago, four golf clubs and his Virginia winery—filing to bring in at least 1,880 seasonal workers since 2008.” www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoY

With or without documentation, simply due to skin color.

Sick fucks

"The HHS document says that another paper it cites found 'an increase in placental blood clotting in pregnant mothers who took the vaccine.' But the paper doesn't contain any reference to placental blood clots or to pregnant women." www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

ICE TRIED TO ROLL OUT IN Manhattan-New Yorkers said "NAH" AND SENT THEM BACK INSIDE!!

I spoke with the LA-area pastor who confronted masked men conducting an apparent immigration action on church property — men, she says, who said "the whole country is our property." DHS claims ICE wan't there — but I have video, and it may've still been a DHS team. religionnews.com/2025/06/13/i...

I wrote for @slate.com about how Trump is persecuting elected officials and protesters to rewrite the history of Jan. 6: "[F]or Trump and his supporters, press conferences, detention centers, and the streets of Los Angeles are all battlefields. So is history itself." slate.com/news-and-pol...

Important for people to understand that this will effectively close the courts as a tool to check the government except for the richest litigants. Essentially impossible to argue we don’t have an oligarchy if this happens.

WATCH: “I WAS AN INTERPRETER IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 3 YEARS.” ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal. Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.

I would say he follows her around like a puppy dog but so far he has survived.

DOGE affiliates Kenneth Jackson and Nate Cavanaugh “disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute financial resources.”

Great piece with @semperwry.bsky.social about the lawsuit to install the Jan. 6 plaque. Tapper: why did you file the lawsuit to install the plaque? Officer Hodges: "It's really simple. My colleagues deserve it." www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQU3...

IMPORTANT: Before the fascist attack on Senator Alex Padilla, Kristi Noem said that her gestapo in California were staying to "liberate the city socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country." Don't let that slide by.

Breaking @propublica.org: Bukele of El Salvador has become one of Trump’s favorite authoritarians, and Trump touts him as a foe of MS-13. But a US investigation has found evidence he has colluded with the gang, even paying it for votes. www.propublica.org/article/buke...

I and my law firm have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Officers Harry Dunn (@libradunn1.bsky.social) and Daniel Hodges, who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Congress was required to install a memorial to honor these officers. It has refused to do so, in an attempt to rewrite history.

@thejan6plaque.bsky.social we wanted to let you know: www.cbsnews.com/news/police-... Thanks for your advocacy on this--it's so important.

In iOS 26, the Safari browser on iPhone has three different toolbar layouts to choose from

Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale RTd this thread, which says Trump shld act fast & “Fire people who can't be fired. Force them to litigate. Mass deport people who can't be deported. Force them to litigate. Cancel 100s of billions in funding that are not lawful to cancel & force them to litigate.” 1/

Double.

More performative BS from Pam Bondi. January 6th is NOT the LA protests. Don’t let her lies stand without pushback.

Jessica: Gavin Newsom is speaking for a majority of Americans. There was a new Quinnipiac poll: Donald Trump -12 approval, -11 on immigration, -16 on deportation. He has taken his best issue and decimated it

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...

Oh.

We feed you. They hunt us.