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BREAKING: President Donald Trump directs federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities after large protests erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against his administration’s immigration policies.

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Facts matter.

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Yes, Trump’s Tariffs are hurting 🇺🇸 manufacturing — according to Manufacturers themselves

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Happy Father’s Day to Pedro Pascal in particular, daddy to us all in so many ways

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Just want to take a moment to shout out the international reporters helping us get the real story out. When an 80-year-old veteran with a walker is hauled off with his hands zip-tied behind his back, and the media spins it as a “threatening breach” of a police barricade

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The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency. The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?

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Best image of the day:

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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

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Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

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With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

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At least 12 DOGE staffers remain legal employees or advisers of the companies they worked at before DOGE. And at least nine continue to receive corporate benefits from their private-sector employers, including stock vesting plans.

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More than five million Americans in over 2,100 towns and cities joined us today to say we don't do kings in this country. Thank you for making it clear that we won't be ruled by fear.

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"The HHS document says that another paper it cites found 'an increase in placental blood clotting in pregnant mothers who took the vaccine.' But the paper doesn't contain any reference to placental blood clots or to pregnant women." www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

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I'm a human rights lawyer. If you're exercising your human right to protest on June 14, here are 13 rules I recommend you follow. No paywall. Free access. Please do read and share: www.qasimrashid.com/p/13-rules-t...

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Shameful.

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Best headline ever: www.scientificamerican.com/article/snak...

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“They didn’t sign up for this.” VoteVets' MG (Ret.) Paul Eaton says Troops deployed to Los Angeles are being used for police work they aren’t trained for—and never enlisted to do. This isn’t defense. It’s political misuse of the military.

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I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

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Literally describing themselves as occupying a blue state like hostile territory with the military and federal forces.

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National Guards troops and Marines deployed to Los Angeles are “deeply troubled” about the assignment and feel like they have become “political pawns.” They’re sleeping on concrete floors with no beds, not enough toilets, no funds for food or water, and morale is low.

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Dystopian.

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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

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Idiocracy was a documentary.

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Samuel L. Jackson has the right attitude. Every wealthy person should see the justice in paying their fair share back into society.

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Trump’s demand for yesterday’s speech at Fort Bragg: MAGA Loyalists only, and “NO FAT SOLDIERS.” (Because he’s such a chiseled specimen, apparently?🤔) Welcome to authoritarianism. 🇺🇸 www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

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Double.

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Those people that are upset about seeing the flag of Mexico in photos from LA are basically the same people that are cool with the Confederate flag being waved around.

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Los Angeles 2025

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A robin made a nest in one of my plant pots right outside my studio. The baby birds are hatching today.

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As Trump's fascist raids against immigrants expand, see this piece I wrote when he was inaugurated. I provided detailed insight on how to best protect yourself from illegal ICE raids, and how you can be an ally to immigrants as they're relentlessly attacked. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...

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Remember this the next time you're told state provided Healthcare or free tuition simply isn't possible

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They've been trying to numb us for a long time. Fascism. Oppression. Genocide. All on display. They want us desensitized, to think it's just the way the world works when deep down we know it is unnatural. Don't let them take away the feeling from you. It's uncomfortable because you're human.

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i'd support the spontaneous mass unplanned protest against authoritarian racism but unfortunately i saw a picture of someone in the crowd doing something i personally think is bad optics so i'll have to sit the whole thing out. shame

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thinkin of this tweet for no particular reason

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All the people I still know in LA laugh and laugh when they hear that "Los Angeles is burning." I made a couple of maps to show just how tiny and localized the protests are. GOPers are working really hard to make an excuse for declaring martial law. People should be very wary of that.

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Thou shalt not force good horses to trample peaceful protesters and pretend thou art the good guys.

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NYT: “If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived.” 😳🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

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Literally happening right now, before our eyes! I believed her, many didn’t.

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ICE agents are heavily-armed fierce warriors acting with ruthless abandon but please don’t make any noises near them because that’s super scary

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If you’ve ever wondered what you would’ve done in 1930s Germany — look around. You’re doing it now. We are so proud of the people rising up in nonviolent defiance — in LA, in #Chicago, and in cities nationwide. ❌👑 Join us Saturday, June 14 to protest Trump’s fascist regime: NoKings.org #NoKings

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It's been really demoralizng how much the press mindlessly repeats the lie that the National Guard was sent to quell violence. It was sent to start violence. People know this, so just say it.

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ME: omg i have so much to do today BRAIN: best i can do is none of it so that you don’t feel bad for only doing some of it ME: that doesn’t make any sense BRAIN: don’t tell me how to do my job

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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.

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