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Scouting report: bats left, throws left, has problems with authority figures. Read too much Hannah Arendt in his formative years. Hoya Saxa! 📍 Santa Cruz, CA 🪿🙏💀
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Cary López Alvarado, a US citizen, “lost her balance as agents ‘shoved her’ during her arrest over the weekend, she tearfully told NBC Los Angeles on Mon. from a hospital bed.” "With just one week left before her due date, her doctors said they are monitoring López Alvarado as well as her baby …”

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ICE seemingly confirms they are using National Guard as security to conduct immigration raids. Let's call this what it is, militarized ethnic cleansing.

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Absolute fucking 🔥. "Over eight hours...people throwing back tear gas...throwing anything that they could to defend themselves...Border Patrol retreated. “And the hundreds of workers in the factories were able to escape. If any community was going to fight back without apology, it was this one."

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no

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Three Wins Today (June 9, 2025) 1. Today - The new president of the DC bar will be Diane Seltzer, who beat out Pam Bondi’s brother, Brad Bondi, with about 90% of the vote. 1/

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I’m so confused

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"Violent protest will just give them an excuse to hate you" meanwhile news anchors & senators were calling for Greta Thunberg to be blown up & drowned in the Mediterranean for sailing food & medicine towards Gaza.

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"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars." - MLK www.bbc.com/future/artic...

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Some of those who ride horses Are the ones who burn crosses

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History shows that once an authoritarian ruler establishes the infrastructure of a police state, that same infrastructure can be turned on anyone. Trump is rapidly creating such an infrastructure. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-police-state

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Downtown Los Angeles Free David Huerta rally just starting. Do not fuck with the unions, folks.

submitted 1 day ago • 158 comments

Looks like anyone who supports the constitution is now considered “radical left.” Are they gonna shoot all of us? www.rawstory.com/just-shoot-t...

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This is my favorite new account on Bluesky and no it’s not about cooking

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LA gonna LA

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"In our federal system, the National Gov. possesses only limited powers; the States and the people retain the remainder. The States have broad authority to enact legislation for the public good—what we have often called a 'police power.' The Fed. Gov., by contrast, has no such authority."-SCOTUS '14

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The people of Los Angeles will rally on Monday, 6/9 to demand the release of everyone unjustly detained by ICE, like SEIU leader David Huerta, and an end to militaristic escalation on our communities. Join us and @aclusocal.bsky.social at 11 AM in LA to call for an end to these human rights abuses.

submitted 2 days ago • 116 comments

I have lots of friends who live in Los Angeles. They president is lying

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Pro tip

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Trump wants to deliberately escalate tensions. Don’t fall into his trap. Please do not give him what he wants. We cannot be silent in the face of Trump’s dictatorial moves. But we must not succumb to violence. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-time-for-non-violent-civil-disobedience

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Nat Guard/DHS threw tear gas canisters and smoke grenades into the crowd. Protesters and media hit. Pellet rounds deployed. All to seemingly clear path for a convoy of DHS/Border Patrol vehicles. I got hit but fine after an eye rinse.

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This story exemplifies the reason people are outraged at ICE. This guy did nothing wrong. He broke not a single law. He was a guard at a base that housed US troops. He came here legally through humanitarian parole. He had an asylum application pending. Yet the Trump admin had ICE grab him anyway.

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If you are a National Guard member or active duty military and you find you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of Americans, then this is the number you can call. This is the GI Rights Hotline. You have support, you don’t have to follow an illegal order! 1-877-447-4487

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First they illegally deport citizens. Then they unleash ICE to terrorize communities. Now they’ve got the National Guard in L.A. to silence protestors. This ain’t about law and order. This is what authoritarianism looks like.

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If these were not peaceful protests, then the police would have welcomed National guard assistance.

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