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This is my friend's video from Santa Ana, CA in OC. The Santa Ana PD had this situation totally under control. It was peaceful. Then ICE came in to provoke & attack. ICE is a terrorist secret police Gestapo-style band of thugs, posers, mercenaries & miscreants Speak up Call Congress: 202-224-3121

Rep @replamonica.bsky.social was formally indicted 2 day. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con... Where is @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social who told us House Dems would "respond in a time, place, and manner of our choosing" & the response would "be continuous and it will meet the moment" We are ready. Now.

There are THOUSANDS of protests planned for June 14th all over the country to send a message to Donald Trump that no one wants his birthday military parade in DC that will cost taxpayers millions. #NoKingsProtest You can find a location here: www.nokings.org#map

Not a drag queen, not an immigrant. 💅🏼

The University of Michigan has canceled its undercover surveillance contracts after The Guardian published a story revealing private investigators trailing and recording pro-Palestinian campus groups. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Amazing how hard it is to write: “Police shoot at journalists.”

America in 2025 under Trump. Armed military patrolling the streets of LA with machine guns mounted on Humvees.

So, 65% of the annual NEH budget.

in my city which is apparently in a state of extended military occupation due to extreme and widespread unrest a really kind sanitation worker saw me sitting out front with my kids and gave them free toy trash cans and we talked about recycling

Sent DHS into a frenzy, but true: “This is Gestapo-like behavior, where plainclothes officers wearing masks are terrorizing immigrants who are doing the right thing by going to court, following up on their immigration proceedings, and trying to come into this country lawfully,” Rep. Goldman said.

For white ppl who say your great grandparents came to the U.S. “legally,” remember that U.S. immmig law was EXPLICITLY racist in favor of white Northern European immigrants for most of the 20th century. Affirmative action for white ppl is everywhere if you look. www.lbjlibrary.org/news-and-pre...

I feel like when the guy third in line for the presidency says someone should be tarred and feathered, in response to a direct question about legal action, maybe we dig into that a little more? Yes, it’s a figure of speech, but you clearly want this person punished, what would be appropriate to you?

This helps explain why ICE agents are even targeting the workers at hotels where they're staying. Stephen Miller has told them to just grab anyone they can find.

This is a really great way to ensure that you will never eat another unadulterated meal for the rest of your days.

Man. Down. #CatchTheseFists

wrote about ABC suspending Terry Moran and how "impartiality" has become an excuse for bending the knee to fascism. www.publicnotice.co/p/abc-terry-...

* WORLD BANK CUTS U.S. GROWTH FORECAST BY 0.9 PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 1.4% IN 2025, CUTS 2026 FORECAST BY 0.4 PERCENTAGE POINTS * WORLD BANK ECONOMIST KOSE: 2025 FORECAST INDICATES LOWEST LEVEL OF GLOBAL GROWTH SINCE 2008, OUTSIDE OF RECESSIONS @reuters.com

Dems on the House Oversight Committee moved to subpoena Elon Musk today, catching Republicans off as few Repubs were present. Hilariously, Nancy Mace then lost control of the hearing as they tried to scramble to get their members to actually show up: youtu.be/HdNbaoo5bdM

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

Shout out to LAUSD principals and superintendent for protecting these kids and telling ICE to go away

Who talks about their fellow Americans like this? More than 1 in 40 of us live in Los Angeles County

LA PROTESTERS: How to annoy ICE, cops, Guardsmen & Marines “patrolling” the streets? Blast “IN THE NAVY”, follow & dance party around them with BIG Pride flags, glitter bomb them & shout “Happy Pride Month”. Believe me, the ridicule they’ll get will make them LOATHE being in LA. #NotJoking

This is not just revisionist history, it's ignorant of reality. Activists didn't leave Twitter because they "thought they would be more effective" somewhere else, they left because Elon made it clear that he would *deliberately undermine their influence." Why make shit up?

There’s been a lot written about the reactionary backlash to the 2020 protests but not enough about how much of Trump’s current shtick is driven by that night he got scared and had to hide in the basement.

#NowPlaying at LGFHQ: Sly & The Family Stone > Stand! (Deluxe Edition) > I Want to Take You Higher

The only point of Medicaid ”work requirements” is to take people’s health insurance away while blaming them for your actions www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/06/the-...

This split reveals the fundamental instability of authoritarian coalitions built on competing narcissisms. New from me in @gillduran.bsky.social and @george-lakoff.com 's @theframelab.bsky.social on the Trump/Musk tiff:

Trump’s federalization of the CA National Guard under 10 USC § 12406 is illegal. The law requires that orders be issued “through the Governors of the States.” Gov Gavin Newsom has not issued the orders. Guard troops in LA are following unlawful orders. law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10…

Legendary singer, songwriter, and musician Sly Stone has died

“Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight,” the source said, adding that there was an urgent need to find more portable bathrooms and dumpsters for garbage.

Trump made the troops homeless. Incredible work, sir

An independent evaluation of who gets what from the Republican tax bill just dropped, and wow. This chart shows only the tax cut side of things, and they only find the rich. The spending cuts, which are separate, somehow only find the poor.

I think it's important to continuously reiterate that federal science funding grants in the US (and elsewhere) are made because the government, with the input of panels of independent experts, have concluded that the work being done is IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATION.

I decided to check on this and it’s literally true. Neither @okdemocrats.bsky.social nor @fladems.bsky.social have posted ANYTHING about the 5 special elections happening in their states tomorrow, at least not here.