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Manhandling a sitting US Senator is just the latest in a series of authoritarian moves by this Administration…Silencing your opposition from even asking a question. They do this shit because they think they can get away with it. Be mad. Be outraged. Demand accountability.

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

ICE arrested 36 Chinese & Taiwanese immigrants after raiding an LA nightclub. That's them, ziptied on the sidewalk. Yo Asians—if you weren't already outraged and mobilizing on behalf of others, guess what? That "First they came for the..." poem has gotten up to us. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Do the Trump lackeys blaming DEI for the plane crash not realize they are DEI hires?

Right now there are more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are to Syria and Iraq combined.

BREAKING: Massive numbers of people from Europe and Asia have canceled vacations to America because trump has made this a dangerous destination, a major blow to our tourism industry. Can't blame them. Stay away.

Thank you to everyone who’s reached out after our last post. We’ve received even more footage of police and ICE brutality. Tonight, the LAPD opened a formal investigation.

Pam Bondi dodges questions about what legal threshold is for Trump to invoke Insurrection Act Attorney General told reporters administration was ‘not scared to go further’ amid protests at ICE raids(indpt)

I'm going to do the thing where I complain about America not having public transport in every city while I'm visiting Europe. But I'll add to that: When I looked up which cities in the world have a train/metro/rail system, NOLA wasn't included in the list. NOLA has the oldest system in the world

I was in downtown #losangeles at the beginning of this week. The streets had a way different feel from what’s been on my screens. No signs of insurrection just love and peace. For more check out this full post open.substack.com/pub/baratund...

Rocky Mountain Research Station— that’s Forest Service Research and Development. R&D. The White House wants to get rid of R&D. Particularly for those living where homes and wilder places intermingle — please continue to tell your Senators how Forest Service R&D benefits your homes & communities.

BREAKING: An ICE vehicle just RAMMED into a civilian car in Boyle Heights. Then they gassed it. Then they dragged out the driver. All three people in that car are U.S. citizens. This is militarized racial profiling on steroids.

We need stricter penalties in AZ for politicians who violate campaign finance laws. A D running for Congress in AZ-7 shows us why. As a legislator Daniel Hernandez routinely hid his donors w late or never filed reports. But in congressional races he reports on time. Why? Fed penalties have teeth.

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” -Steve Martin

Seth gets it

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻

In 2020, when I told people that I was building a pro-democracy media outlet, people thought I was kidding. When I told them it was because the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic. Well...here we are. Please subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

Double.

Every major Dem politician needs to realize that, in this environment, they can schedule a "speech to the nation," like Newsom did, and get tons of media coverage. Just do it.

chemical warfare

I think you know that when you politicise your armed services and police to encourage them to start beating innocent protestors wielding fucking flowers with batons we’re way past the point of pretending Trump & his whole diseased administration are anything than an abomination

Leave them hanging once again Fuck Trump Fuck MAGA 'Limp through hurricane season?' Emergency managers baffled by new Trump plans www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

Tear gas can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses, including COVID. The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):

NYT, circa 1930s: "As Hitler imposes totalitarian rule and removes legal rights of Jews, political opponents enter risky political terrain."

Something the Democratic Party is NOT doing right now, which it MUST DO, Is run ads on EVERY MEDIA PLATFORM KNOWN UNDER SUN, about the unconstitutionality of using troops on domestic soil. STOP ASSUMING people learned the Constitution in school. THEY DID NOT! You cannot

TRUMP'S LUDICROUSLY SLOPPY LEGAL RATIONALE FOR OCCUPYING LA It's blatantly illegal. @atrupar.com THE ONLY PEOPLE LOS ANGELES IS UNDER ATTACK FROM IS THE ADMINISTRATION. Trump, better than anyone, knows what an #insurrection on American soil really is, and it looks like January 6.

Cuomo is bringing full-on Chuck Schumer energy in this clip. Aside from everything else that's wrong for him, he's utterly unsuited to our historical moment.

Together with the DOJ, Trump will try to undermine his 34 felony convictions this morning by fighting in the Second Circuit to transfer the criminal appeals to a federal jurisdiction. I'll be there live with daylong coverage for @AllRiseNews.com. The rundown www.allrisenews.com/p/trump-appe...

Trump's campaign to "liberate" America from "criminals aliens" has rapidly descended into the militarization of cities to unleash masked thugs on working immigrants in Home Depot parking lots and restaurants It's gravely dangerous, but also a measure of Trump's political frailty -- not his strength

"I am alarmed by the increasingly aggressive power wielded by a small number of ultra-wealthy individuals" - @gabrielzucman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

HERE IT IS… Simple reason Trump doesn’t want ‘peaceful protests,’ is because they empower the #MidtermMovement, that will surely reduce his power, get rid of him, and finally hold him accountable…👇 Simple as that. Remember. Always. Protest. Peacefully. 😎✨

This story leaves me feeling both sad and heart-warmed. THIS: “She decided to do this in her own terms. She has no criminal record. A hardworking taxpayer who’s been working 12-hour shifts since she was 15, six days out of the week. She never asked for a handout. She didn’t get food stamps…”

Republicans wanna be able to hate whomever they choose in the name of God - and not have to face legal consequences for violating the rights of their victims. It’s fundamentally un-American, makes a mockery of the constitution and the law, and par for course with these EVIL Nazi sons of bitches.

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ICE showed up with no warrant and tore her family apart. She was 14. They lost everything. Now she’s speaking out so others don’t have to face the same pain. Know your rights. Carry a red card. Share this