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The work to defend people and democracy has never been more important, because democracy has never been more under threat than it is right now — and today’s hearing proved it.

submitted 15 hours ago • 4 comments

Ah yes, nothing says “tough guy” like hiding your face behind a mask while bullying unarmed people. But this response gives me life…

submitted 9 hours ago • 396 comments

Every thinking person fears nuclear war, and every technological state plans for it. Everyone knows it is madness, and every nation has an excuse. - Carl Sagan, Cosmos

submitted 4 hours ago • 3 comments

Any member of the "media" in that room should have said, "THAT IS SENATOR PADILLA! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" And called her ass out right there. Until every last one of them had been thrown out. They did not...and that is one of our biggest problems.

submitted 16 hours ago • 31 comments

I have a crazy idea what if we abolish private property and wage labor so certain people can’t be vastly more more wealthy than other people through economic exploitation and then buy power with that money to influence politics and the media

submitted 16 hours ago • 40 comments

ICE in CA with Texas plates 🤔

submitted 12 hours ago • 420 comments

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submitted 11 hours ago • 120 comments

This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone. If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?

submitted 14 hours ago • 696 comments

A Senator asking tough questions of the executive branch is doing his job. If that now gets you roughed up and handcuffed in the United States, it does not look much like the Republic I grew up in. Americans should be very concerned.

submitted 18 hours ago • 33 comments

Newsom: "This is what he does. He creates a problem and then he tries to be a hero in his own Marvel movie ... he initiated those raids. He significantly increased the scale and scope of those raids. That's why he wants the National Guard."

submitted 12 hours ago • 220 comments

The Supreme Court unanimously revived a lawsuit from a pair of Atlanta residents seeking to hold the federal government accountable after FBI agents mistakenly battered down their front door and held them at gunpoint during a predawn raid of the wrong house.

submitted 22 hours ago • 136 comments

6.12.25 The truth will come out

submitted 20 hours ago • 4 comments

These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸

submitted 12 hours ago • 689 comments

Clearly a new wave of Israeli attacks is underway. In Borujerd, Iran, a missile and equipment storage facility was attacked.

submitted 4 hours ago • 7 comments

IMPORTANT: Before the fascist attack on Senator Alex Padilla, Kristi Noem said that her gestapo in California were staying to "liberate the city socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country." Don't let that slide by.

submitted 16 hours ago • 428 comments

Not Walmart taking a leadership role, this... definitely was not on my bingo card!!!

submitted 15 hours ago • 90 comments

He’s dying. She’s pregnant. His last wish is to fight cancer long enough to meet his baby. This story, part of our series on the rise of cancer in young people, broke me and is well worth your time wapo.st/4kAk7lp

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

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submitted 11 hours ago • 376 comments

Please don't say they're a smaller nation and more homogeneous than we are. That's a capitalist red hearing. They have a culture that values health and personal freedom and knows the way to that is through strong, healthy communities where everyone contributes their fair share! Even the very rich!

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

California national guard troops and marines deployed to LA to help restore order have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they don't want to join. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 10 hours ago • 344 comments

We are in the middle of a different constitutional crisis than the one we all expected. More on that in my newsletter tomorrow. Subscribe now to receive it and to access all Democracy Docket premium content. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...

submitted 11 hours ago • 63 comments

It’s not a game, dipshit.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1398 comments

Me literally holding up my water glass and saying “SALUD!”. @carbajal.house.gov

submitted 9 hours ago • 207 comments

Newsom: "The notion that the US active duty Marines, these heroes, would be used to militarized the streets of an American city is an abomination. The Founding Fathers did not live and die to see that happen in this country for no reason whatsoever than vanity."

submitted 12 hours ago • 179 comments

A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference. But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1430 comments

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press conference. A must watch 👇👇👇👇👇 www.youtube.com/live/5KemI6V...

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California

submitted 12 hours ago • 358 comments

A federal judge granted California Governor Newsom's request for a temporary restraining order, returning National Guard authority to the governor. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

Arresting someone for asking a question ain’t a display of strength. It’s a display of weakness.

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submitted 10 hours ago • 308 comments

We deserve this, Lord

submitted 19 hours ago • 395 comments

Putting their bodies on the line is pretty much all Dems can do, given minorities in the Congress, but it's powerful insofar as they're seen as the legitimate representatives of the people. These are YOUR representatives they're grabbing & shoving! These are YOUR representatives they're silencing!

submitted 19 hours ago • 87 comments

The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20. (Via Christopher Hale)

submitted 11 hours ago • 495 comments

Enten: How many people watched Gavin Newsom's speech on just YouTube alone? Over 3 million folks. Joe Rogan, his average podcast episode over the last month has averaged only 1.6 million YouTube views, so Newsom's speech.. very, very popular.

submitted 9 hours ago • 361 comments

Newsom: "Speaker Johnson -- his eloquence was elevated when he called to 'tar and feather' the governor of California. Very religious man. I guess that's the spirit. The word of the Lord."

submitted 12 hours ago • 761 comments

Senator Padilla, I applaud you and you confronting the loser Noem, but you were detained (unlawfully at that) you weren't arrested but detained yes.

submitted 13 hours ago • 37 comments

So we're going to have a military parade to celebrate a guy famous for being a draft dodger & a history of mocking veterans & cutting benefits for them & their families? MAGATs must be behind this. Nobody else is that stupid. 🤪

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

I’m so damaged that the more fucked up things get the more hopeful I become that we’re getting closer to the breaking point. It will burn very brightly.

submitted 12 hours ago • 282 comments

They should follow their oath to the Constitution and refuse to be deployed.

submitted 22 hours ago • 21 comments

75 democratic lawmakers voted to thank ice for their service.... the same ice that just physically assaulted and arrested Senator Padilla...

submitted 18 hours ago • 189 comments

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 137 This is gonna be messy. This is not gonna be organized and this is gonna be long. This is something you’re gonna wanna turn on notifications for because it’s going to be continuing throughout the day. 🧵

submitted 16 hours ago • 6 comments

Most rural hospitals no longer offer obstetric services. Since the end of 2020, more than 100 rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies, according to a new report. Fewer than 1,000 rural hospitals nationwide still have labor and delivery services ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/expen...

submitted 12 hours ago • 9 comments

"I hate the word 'homophobia'. It's not a phobia. You're not scared. You're an asshole." -- Morgan Freeman

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Great turn out for @uaprogaction.bsky.social Project 2025 Update with @davidpepperoh.bsky.social and John Rothenberg.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Republicans won't stop until the VA is gone because they want private healthcare to make more money and don't want the government to pay for us anymore.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

BEEP "Hello, you have reached the US military. We can't deploy to the Middle East right now, we're busy standing around in Los Angeles and marching in DC parades for Mad King Donald. Please leave a message for our unqualified alcoholic rapist Secretary of Defense and he might get back to you."

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

It feels good to know not all of the troops right now are mindless maga morons. Hooah, Sgt Colado! ❤️🇺🇸

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

This is sedition. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments