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Indefatigable defender of democracy & humans. Lawyer. Mom. ADHD. Gaelic-stubborn: they’ll give up before I do. I cope by gathering reliable info (Bsky sources ctgrzd into 16 dffrnt lists). Disagreement won’t offend me. Self-appntd Empress of the World. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙
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There is no “one and done” in any conflict. The opponent always gets a vote, and unless we’ve prepped for all the things Iran may do we’re gonna have some surprises.

Trump briefs Republican congressional leaders, leaves Democrats in the dark. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Trump struck Iran without any authorization of Congress. We need to immediately return to DC and vote on Rep. Thomas Masie and my War Powers Resolution to prevent America from being dragged into another endless Middle East war.

We’re told that we must support our country’s wars. But that’s not patriotism, that’s obedience. True patriotism means having the courage to speak up when your country is on the wrong path. The real betrayal is silence in the face of injustice, or blind loyalty to power that leads to ruin.

These guys, who are no federal agents, look identical to ICE. It's insane and dangerous that ICE agents aren't required to be clearly identified and to not cover their faces.

This would almost certainly run afoul of anti-commandeering even if Congress imposed it. No way it could fall under South Dakota v. Dole and ot Printz v. US.

Yeah… and, TO BE CLEAR, the people who support trans people are not saying it either.

“A U.S. citizen!” And now he’s missing. Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle. Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop. (1 of 2)

The US has denied the visas of all 12 members of the Senegalese women’s basketball team who were scheduled to travel to the country as part of their preparation for the Afrobasket tournament that begins in August. Afrobasket is also the African qualifiers for the Olympics. #wnba

That ICE/CBP/DHS? car has its license plates removed.

The @thenightly.bsky.social interviewed Middle East expert Kylie Moore-Gilbert on the prospects for regime change in Iran thenightly.com.au/politics/aus...

Ranking Dem on the House Intel Committee @jahimes.bsky.social just got an Intel briefing in the last couple of days and says his understanding is that Iran is not weeks away from having a nuclear weapon. “I’ve seen no evidence that is the case,” Himes told me. Watch:

"Tax plans, health care policies, evidence of conspiracy theories he claimed were true, the fight against ISIS, the opening of some coal mines, infrastructure plans — all were at one point or another riddles he promised to solve for the public in about two weeks."

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.

Restaurants ask health department to provide 72 hours of notice before visiting for health inspection, according to new guidance.

Basically the plan has to be treat ICE like the Stasi after the wall fell. Release who arrested what and why. Prosecute illegal arrests. Revoke pensions and put on a list to prohibit federal contracting and employment.

A reminder how upside-down the current right wing understanding of Mexican immigration to Texas is. The initial Anglo settlement of Texas involved Americans invading a foreign nation – Texas, which was part of Mexico – demanding the “liberty” to violate Mexican law and then taking up arms about it.

I certainly hope that the LAPD ID’d these guys before they let them go. If ICE spokesman is telling the truth, then there needs to be a criminal investigation…

Well if a militia impersonating ICE was trying to get into Dodger Stadium today that’s ICE’s fault, too, for making it possible.

This is a jaw-dropping lie. Check my feed for videos of ICE at Dodger Stadium trying to get into the parking lot and being blocked by the LAPD.

It’s not just about the people who have been taken by ICE. The local economy around Dodger Stadium has been decimated as Hispanic and Latino community members (even American citizens) are terrified to go to work. Grassroots orgs want Dodgers to help local businesses getting destroyed by ICE.

Video interview with Raul Claros of the grassroots organizing group California Rising, explaining what happened at Dodger Stadium today, what the community wants from the Dodgers, and why he thinks ICE retaliated against the team. (Part 1)

You can see the ICE agents in their minivans then the LAPD cars in the back appearing to block the Dodger Stadium parking lot entrance. When I asked an LAPD officer if they are blocking ICE from entering the parking lot she said “put it this way. The Dodgers don’t want them coming in.”

The No Kings protests were the largest day of protests in U.S. history and the media lied about them cepr.net/publications...

War with Iran would be insanely stupid, and lacking any coordinated disinformation campaign against US by Trump/Media, and very unpopular.

* When. . . asked about Biden's administration, Trump seamlessly pivoted to his obsession with transgender athletes. "Could a woman make your team, fellas? Tell me, what do you think?" Trump demanded. . . When a couple seemed to shrug and say yes, Trump dismissed them: "You're being nice." *

THIS IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY. 👇👇

Michigan Republicans are targeting Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson by pushing conspiracy theories, holding her in contempt and now trying to impeach her. The fight started over access to election training materials but has become a broader effort to discredit her ahead of 2026.

WATCH: The official social media account for the U.S. Border Patrol posted a bizarre "hype video" to celebrate an ICE raid on a flea market in Santa Fe.

Thinking back to a chat with an R congressional staffer in the summer of 2021. They told me that interest in war powers reform had waned on the Hill because Trump was no longer president and wasn’t coming back.

NYT 19 Jun 25 -- NYTimes once again invents a story about trans people & then covers it as news: "How the Transgender Rights Movement Bet on the Supreme Court and Lost" There are 3m trans ppl in US & none bet on five white evangelical jurists to protect our rights. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades. By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social‬ (Published Oct. 2024)

So Starship Ship 36 just detonated *before* the static fire test - fueled and waiting for the test. Looks like the top tank lets go and sets off the whole stack. It would be bad enough if it let go during the static fire test, but it just blew up. And it's cooking off the fuel tanks on the pad.

I am so fucking over this "well we had it coming because of weakness or whatever" navel-gazing pity party bullshit. Not even the people that voted for the fucker deserve what's happening because we all - ALL OF US - deserve better than what the fuck is going on. I'm here to work to save ALL of us.

J.D. Vance is trolling on Bluesky today So far he hasn’t said any thing worth your timeI As to what he did say, I felt this to be an appropriate reply:

If the VP's job now is being a full-time social media troll, his basic problem is he's the guy who can be a little bit funny sometimes, but thinks he's ten times funnier than he actually is, so that's all he does. He's in the Dunning-Kruger zone of internet humor.

#FACO #ETTD www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8rSxhNS/

It's not just on race that X is now driving radicalisation through misinformation. My feed over there is full of people falsely claiming abortion to birth has been legalised.