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We still have no idea who the ICE agents are. They could be insurrectionists, extremist militiamen or criminals themselves, chasing law-abiding citizens down the street for recording their kidnappings. The odds they aren't are low. Congress must raise hell about this. A masked gang runs our country.

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So gross.

Our loss is Spain’s gain. (gift link) β€œIn this nation of 48 million with long colonial links to the New World, an influx of predominantly Latin American immigrants is helping fuel one of the fastest-growing economies in Europe.” wapo.st/4kS4oOZ

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Here is the LAPD telling ICE to GTFO of Dodger Stadium. The only reason they came was to start a riot. What they got was the boot. More of this, California.

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What is thisβ€”Make Asbestos Great Again? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

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Single shot 70mm from yesterday. Ghostly. Etherial. And a photo I'll probably never be able to top! Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25

We are firmly at the β€œlol you think we follow rules!” stage of pol/ICE arrests

Your daily opossum break:

I am watching Sen. Alex Padilla talk on the Senate floor about being assaulted last week, as I watch New York City controller Brad Lander get assaulted at immigration court. In between reports on the two MN Democrats shot, one murdered, last weekend. But both sides, people, both sides.

Fascinating, by Henry Louis Gates Jr. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Both sides news coverage is killing democracy and there is no place where it is more dangerous that in how legacy media covers the GOP attacks on free and fair elections. For my latest and to access all Democracy Docket premium content, sign-up now. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...

Last night was so difficult. During the night and in the morning, we message family, friends. We ask them: How are you? They reply: we're alive. We go to work. Kyiv stands tall. Tomorrow is a day of mourning for all the victims of last night.

Since Saturday, every maga I know has ranged from spitting mad pissed to dramatically depressed. We did well. Keep the πŸ”₯ going.

This account is NOT adding up. It’s raising more questions than answers.

#G7 #Canada #cdnpoli #Trump #cdnpolitics

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BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants β€” ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI β€” are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

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Yesterday, a Trump supporter went on an assassination spree targeting Democrats. Today, a GOP Senator mocks their murder. This isn’t politics β€” it’s depraved moral rot.

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This is great!

Last night dreamt I was #editing lyrics for John Lennon! A lot of bullet points formatted in a confusing way. I told him, β€œYou understand what you’re singing, and we all understand what you’re singing, but other people need to understand how to sing it.” #amediting in my dreams!

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Look what I found when I searched "ICE uniform" in Google Shopping. None of us have any way of knowing if the "ICE agent" pushing you into a car, isn't just some unbalanced vigilante into cosplay. These are very dangerous times.

They will stop at nothing. Timing a coincidence? I think not. β€œThe early morning attacks prompted warnings to other elected officials around the state and the cancellation of planned β€œNo Kings” demonstrations against President Donald Trump. Authorities [he] had β€œNo Kings” flyers in his car.”