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More of this! ktla.com/news/local-n...

Substitute "Jena" with "Auschwitz" and you're a couple inches away from the movie "The Zone of Interest." slate.com/business/202...

The arc of autocratic suppression is a gradient: Undocumented people People made noncitizens by legislation (naturalized, born here from foreign parents) Critics, journalists, noncompliant media orgs Activists, academics, noncompliant universities Political opponents Noncompliant judges LGBTQ /1

This.👇 This.👇 This.👇 decorrespondent.nl/16177/this-i...

...and there it is. Ambassador to Israel Huckabee wants Trump to nuke Iran. truthout.org/articles/huc...

Trump is obsessed with nuclear weapons & has long wanted to use them. Iran presents a perfect opportunity: Radiation from a nuclear weapon used on Iran's fortified underground nuclear facility will provide plausible deniability. I'd bet they're considering this. www.axios.com/2025/06/17/t...

The Lesson of 1933 Is That You Get Out Marci Shore's stark, unflinching description of where we are makes terrifyingly clear how much of media, pundit, opposition, and popular attitude is simply wishful thinking. /1 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It's past time to stop thinking of these people as Bond villains and highly trained elite quasi-military units, and start thinking of them as Keystone Cops with automatic weapons and a blank check. newrepublic.com/post/196822/...

The guy who wouldn't honor WWI fallen at a memorial in France because it was raining might get his goose-stepping exhibition thunderstormed. I simply gotta march My heart's a drummer Don't bring around a cloud To rain on my parade! www.thetimes.com/us/american-...

Woody Guthrie, 1943

If you're attending protests, please use digital hygiene! Phones: Turn off geolocation & facial/fingerprint recognition. Use Airplane Mode. Don't upload pix/video of protesters' faces. Better: Turn off your phone and put it in a Faraday bag. /1 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Worth noting that Trump's actions in LA have eclipsed his 12-nation travel ban, which went into effect Monday. There were massive protests when he did similar in his first term. Now it's crickets. Pushing all boundaries causes some to be fortified and some to be breached.

Trump is deploying 500 marines to LA. He is creating the Rubicon for his dictatorship. (scroll down) www.cnn.com/us/live-news...