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CNN’s Jason Carroll was zip-tied and escorted away—for reporting the news. But they claimed he wasn’t under arrest? Why are they shooting rubber bullets at and silencing journalists? We still have a First Amendment.

The Secretary of Defense lies under oath, claiming "21 million illegals" entered under Biden. Trump previously invented a 20 million figure out of thin air at a campaign rally. Recently, he randomly started saying 21 million. Now his surrogates are parroting that fake number.

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The felon has lost. He knows it. Because there’s one thing in this country that you cannot stop - American grit. From Maya Angelou to John Wayne, this country has proven time and again that we are unbreakable.

Susan Collins Concern Level: 3

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard posted a bizarre video about nuclear bombs on X this morning. She says we are “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before…” (Breaking the video into a 2 part 🧵 bc of video post limits, but watch to the end..it gets weird.) Part 1:

* 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

GIVEN RECENT EVENTS. NOW MORE THAN EVER. We must show up in BIG numbers for #NoKings! WE NEED YOUR HELP to diffray the substantial costs of organizing this event. Donations of any size greatly appreciated! tinyurl.com/258y6u47 @mn50501.bsky.social @womensmarchmn.bsky.social @mnaflcio.org

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He’s an idiot, just like his dad.

I'm attending Indivisible Chicago's event, “No Kings Rally and March” - sign up now to join me!

I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

Massive ICE raids right now in Anaheim, La Mirada, Santa Ana, Bell Gardens, and Cathedral City, out near Palm Springs. So many videos can't even keep up with them. Would take all day and night to download and post. Just stay safe, everyone. ICE is all over Southern California.

Philly local tv station reporting that a man allegedly posed as an ICE agent in order to rob a car repair business office. How many other criminals might be getting this idea right now, given that actual ICE agents are refusing to show IDs, warrants, badges?

ICE was created post 9/11 to combat terrorist threats. If they aren't combatting the number one terror threat to America - Domestic Violent Extremism and white supremacists - then they don't need to exist as an agency.

Be smart. Be aware. Be peaceful.

This is still one of the best ways to limit deportations. Stop collaborations between ICE, local police departments, sheriffs, and county jails.

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the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled

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One of my garden dragonflies, the gorgeous Hercules Skimmer (Libellula herculea). At @casabentbill.bsky.social #dragonflies #bugsky #costarica #nature

The No Kings protest map will help you find a place to exercise your First Amendment rights this weekend. (It's also a pretty good argument against the Electoral College.) www.nokings.org

Linda McMahon is the Tommy Tuberville of the cabinet.

Tommy Tuberville accused Gov Newsom of not doing his job and said he should be locked up. Newsom responded that Alabama has 3x the homicide rate as CA, and the 3rd highest murder rate in the country. He then suggested that Tuberville stick to football.

youtu.be/Lmd6CHah7Wg?... I remember this day. It's happened before, it can happen again.

Remember your oath National Guard

When Senator Bill Cassidy announced he would vote to confirm RFK Jr, he included this in his statement: “If confirmed, he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.” WITHOUT CHANGES.

The Overton Window has shifted all the way to ban all non-white people from coming to America. It was never about illegal immigration.

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“Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture—Trump’s lawyers claim they’ve found a loophole that will allow Trump to ship immigrants overseas to be tortured.” What kind of monsters would even look for a loophole in an anti-torture treaty?

Newsom: The personnel currently being deployed are being sent here for this theater of absurdity, that were working on fentanyl interdiction and task force operations—our rattlesnake crews, all of these extraordinary efforts that can no longer be done, or at least are being disrupted

‼️ This is absolutely absurd. Trump is actively manufacturing a crisis. The Pentagon just announced that he’s federalizing another 2,000 California National Guard troops bringing the total to 4,000, plus 700 active-duty Marines heading into LA. This is a military occupation, not public safety.

A perfect response. substack.com/@democraticw...

Dear U.S. Military, You swore an oath. You have a duty to the Constitution. You must break with the administration and publicly denounce this abhorrent show of force against American citizens. History is watching.

Bass: If you want to go back in time, where was LA on Thursday? Fine, peaceful. Nothing was happening. The minute ICE rolled into town, that's when the chaos started and then add to that—bringing in federal troops.