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If you want to do something good today, find a Persian restaurant to have dinner. (Persia = old name for Iran). Folks who run it are probably feeling pretty low right about now...

Immigrants make our country a better place. Pass it on.

"All were named Luigi. Film at 11!"

"your birth month is your starter poke let's go" Let's just cut out the middle-man and you send me all your private info, passwords, and money!

brb liquidating all my assets (23 cents) and retiring to a cabin in the woods. Books packed. Adopting new cat on the way. #bye

Not sure she’s right but individual heartbreaking stories may be what breaks through the lies.

The skill these workers have developed!🫡

On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

The Supreme Court has clearly stated that clothing is speech. This is just harassment of the opposition.

It is bizarre the way people with guns, bulletproof vests, riot shields, tanks, and other military gear act like rocks are an equal threat. It’s madness! If you are scared of rocks and think the punishment for having them thrown at you should be death, you shouldn’t be in law enforcement!

So… does Iran have a right to defend itself?

Netanyahu is a war criminal and should be jailed for the rest of his life for the heinous things he's done on this earth. What an evil, evil man.

Note: fascists often initiate unjustified wars to unite “the nation,” then use it as an excuse to violently suppress internal political opposition.

Pretty unlikely the U.S. “played no role” or was “unaware” of Israel’s plan to bomb Iran. We were warning our embassies last night, for crying out loud!

Recognized our server tonight from a previous job and we had a nice catch up. Then she gave us the 20% friends and family discount!🥲

yep! unpaywalled:

Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me. His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard. This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.

Lot of frightened, innocent people in Iran and Israel right now. All because the smallest men in the world won’t let the women negotiate peace.

🚨🚨 Trump ordered to return control of California National Guard to governor www.cnbc.com/2025/06/12/t...

When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.

Love living through one of those garbage centuries that they’re always crapping on in Star Trek

Also cannot be emphasized enough: Barack Obama successfully negotiated the shutdown of Iran's nuclear program. It exists today because Trump deliberately tore up that agreement. The deaths happening right now can be laid at his door.

Thots and prayers for all news editors trying to decide the front page lede tomorrow. Hope their bourbon drawer is recently refreshed!

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE TEMPORARILY BARS TRUMP FROM DEPLOYING CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD IN LOS ANGELES - COURT RULING

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE TEMPORARILY RESTRICTS MILITARY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES IN LOS ANGELES - COURT RULING

Stock futures in toilet for tomorrow; gold and oil prices jumping. Are we winning yet?

BREAKING: Judge rules Trump's deployment of National Guard to L.A. is illegal & must be halted by noon PT Friday. Trump admin has already appealed. One potential weakness in Judge Charles Breyer's ruling: It's broader than what CA Gov Newsom was asking for www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

I know the prospect of losing your job for participating in a general strike is daunting, but consider the alternative. If this military coup is allowed to spread and continue, the rule of law will end. The government won't even bother showing up to court. At that point,

#NeverForget 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

ICE snatching children from schools. Tariffs on everything. Planes falling out of the sky. Israel bombing Iran. I miss Sleepy Joe…

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

The part of me that still has some hope for this country believes people, seeing the video of Senator Padilla being assaulted, plus brown communities being terrorized in LA, will be too much for the majority. But, then again, this is America, so...

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

58 years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled on the side of our clients Mildred and Richard Loving, legalizing interracial marriages nationwide. This Loving Day, we honor the generations of families who were torn apart by anti-miscegenation laws and celebrate the couple that changed history.

The problem isn’t Senator Padilla. It’s the fact a member of the president’s cabinet suggested that the federal government has an obligation to “liberate” American cities from their duly elected officials for an indefinite period, under no serious legal authority, with military personnel.

the wildest thing about this is that noem’s comments may have mostly been limited to social media before their idiot goons manhandled a senator, but even super checked out californians are gonna hear them now, good luck in the liberation of los angeles, DHS

In the past week, a union leader has been arrested, a U.S. Rep charged with a crime, a U.S. Senator violently handcuffed, and reporters shot with rubber bullets and detained. There is no ambiguity. This is a regime operating as an authoritarian. Americans who believe in liberty must oppose it.

It’s not illegal for a United States Senator to go to a public press conference and ask questions about your constituents safety. It's our job.