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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida. If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

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Remember, this new normal -- in which gangs of masked armed gunmen are causing chaos in the streets, pulling weapons and assaulting innocent people, and no one can say if they're crooks or cops -- was all sold to Americans as a way to make us feel safer.

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“The Government has made clear in word and deed that it feels itself unconstrained by law, free to deport anyone anywhere without notice or an opportunity to be heard,” Sotomayor wrote” Trump Is Ignoring Court Orders, and the Supreme Court Seems OK With That www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Dear Rep/Sen etc Along with all the abuses being perpetrated by ICE generally, I read today about Iris Dayana Monterroso-Lemus who lost her pregnancy due to lack of medical care while in ICE custody. ICE shouldn't be allowed to arrest people if they don't have actual beds for each one ....

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Today is a good day to put the crockpot out on the porch to cook so it doesn't heat up the house. Put a light towel over it to keep bugs from trying to get into it at the lid's edge.

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"The phrase "The first casualty of war is truth" is often attributed to U.S. Senator Hiram Johnson, who used it in a speech in 1918. However, similar sentiments have been expressed by others, including the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, who said, "In war, truth is the first casualty."

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I believe the price tag on 12 of those bombs is significantly higher than this post lists. Nonetheless:

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This will get interesting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpcW...

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If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.

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We are here to support journalists experiencing intimidation and harassment. Expert Voices Together helps journalists who are targets of both online and offline abuse and harassment. expertvoicestogether.org/journalist

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Santa skeletons: www.thefire.org/news/victory... VICTORY! Tenn. town buries unconstitutional ordinance used to punish holiday skeleton display | The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

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Take note.

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“Osterholm is launching the Vaccine Integrity Project at CIDRAP as a potential alternative to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.” Outside groups organize to form unbiased, independent vaccine panel www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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I’m sure most of you know there are much cheaper ways to rehydrate than buying Gatorade or similar. Homemade Oral Rehydration Solution Recipes • 4 cups of water • ½ teaspoon table salt • 2 Tablespoons sugar • Optional: Crystal Light® or similar to taste med.virginia.edu/ginutrition/...

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"Aspiring autocrats and patriarchal authoritarians have good reason to fear women's political participation: when women participate in mass movements, those movements are both more likely to succeed and more likely to lead to more egalitarian democracy. www.hks.harvard.edu/publications...

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"Two weeks is where promises go to die in Trumpland" --Jas Easterly, lawyer “Trump has promised a plan five times this year... "just a few weeks away.” -- Politico, 2020. The plan has never shown up "'Two weeks' generally means 'never' in Trump speak." -- The Tennessee Holler

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"Peace president."

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“our country has come to believe two things: 1 – That any child who is unsupervised anywhere for almost any amount of time is automatically in danger. 2 – Any parent who trusts their kids to do anything on their own just doesn’t care if they live or die.

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“We don't want genetic half siblings to start families,” Carolina Östgren, research officer at the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics, told POLITICO.” www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...

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Who said "America First" first? Nazi-Americans, 1930s. Images from Colbert/Late Show yesterday

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"The list of named defendants alone goes on for eight pages, and I admit that I smiled while flipping through it." FWIW, Kuo is a lawyer that has practiced at a high level. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

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More dementia. Local law enforcement and officials say this is not needed. The first deployment was not needed, the second one was not needed, and this third one is not needed. He's drinking his own koolaid and believing it more each time. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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How about a wide public education campaign telling people not to make threats or take policy grievances out with weapons? Not an ideal solution, but better than nothing. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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Covid transmission in my region is still super-low, yay. www.mwra.com/media/file/m...

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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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We’re announcing new legislation — the No Secret Police Act (SB 627) — to ban local/state/federal law enforcement, w/ some exceptions, from covering their faces when interacting w/ the public & require them to wear identifying info. The secret police behavior we’re seeing destroys trust & must end🧵

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Also mules. www.loweringthebar.net/2025/06/drun...

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News video contradicts LAPD statements. www.facebook.com/615680114230...

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Philip Gourevitch of The New Yorker on NYC march: I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

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Insufficiently “menacing” www.thedailybeast.com/trump-reamed...

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Why didn't they intervene on his behalf? "He requested to listen in and was escorted into the room by a member of the National Guard and an FBI agent. "They opened the door for me, and they stood next to me while I was listening for the entire time," he told CNN's Dana Bash."

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When the statisticians will show you all their work, it's more than just a conspiracy theory. open.substack.com/pub/dissenti...

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Details and photographs of wounds. lapublicpress.org/2025/06/poli...

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"He doesn’t just oppose Airbnb in his home city; he has ceased to use it even when traveling elsewhere, out of principle. “In the end, you realize that this is taking away housing from people,” he said." Squirting on tourists seems to be non-useful - it's the owners of the AirBnBs that must change.

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The Feds say they are taking the city away from elected leadership. Did the citizens ask for this? (The vicious takedown of Senator Padilla obscured this message.)

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Review of what happens and what laws apply to it. Also "what is 'resisting'?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuOn...

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This is what our folks on the ground are saying too

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"San Francisco’s rally alone may have brought in a bigger crowd—at least in the high tens of thousands—than Trump’s Washington parade." As Trump throws himself a parade, watch protesters across America say, "No kings" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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