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I am devastated by the loss of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in a horrifying act of violence. Our prayers are with their children and all who loved them, and with State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were also targeted.

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Only the secret police get to wear a mask

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

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Stephen Miller has detained another Dreamer. Caroline Dias Goncalves, a 19-year-old University of Utah student, has lived in the US since she was 7. “‘We’re going to take you,’ Dias Goncalves said [immigration officers] told her … They didn’t cite a reason.” www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

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This evening one of the very kind con organizers took us to the Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, which is amazing and you should go and Gustav Vigeland was extraordinarily talented and probably does not deserve the narrative I constructed looking at his work. But Bluesky! You deserve EVERYTHING!

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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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US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

submitted 18 hours ago • 1367 comments

ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted Women and children in parks

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it’s crazy how life for everyone has just gotten noticably worse immediately as trump became president again

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Vaccines have literally saved more than 150 million lives over the last 50 years and prevented much more morbidity but hold up guys somebody with a brain worm knows better

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NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“

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An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers

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Once again, it seems to me that when a court finds the president is doing something wildly unconstitutional, it is dangerous and unhealthy that we default to “but let him keep doing it until multiple layers of review all agree.”

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We need answers about what happened on Alderaan and assurances from the Empire that it won’t happen again.

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The "I'll lower costs and get us out of endless wars" candidate is now presiding over surging costs and brand new wars.

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it is hard to find better examples of the danger of not throwing fascists in jail when you have the chance than Netanyahu and Trump

submitted 23 hours ago • 21 comments

Lawmakers in Congress should not be buying, trading, and owning individual stocks. Period. It’s long past time to BAN Congressional stock trading.

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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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<thread> On the left: June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians. On the right: June 13: See for yourself. Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.

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I know it's been said but I keep getting re-infuriated about RFK Jr doing his thing, like we had this vaccines thing settled, they rule and they were working and all we had to do was NOT put the worst possible person in charge of the country's public health apparatus.

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From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video. Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!

submitted 19 hours ago • 559 comments

The first civilian detained by U.S. Marines in Los Angeles was an ARMY VETERAN on his way to a VA APPOINTMENT

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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Brookfield” tomorrow Saturday 6/14 11a-1p - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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My royal we is raising questions already answered by my royal we.

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Good new news from me at @motherjones.com: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that families no longer have to prove that schools acted in "bad faith or gross misjudgment" in any circuit when suing for disability discrimination. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Not that it even matters terribly. But one of their claims was that he had no identifying lapel of whatever. But I just noticed in the photo on my article he’s literally wearing a US senate shirt.

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You know who didn't identify themselves? The thugs who assaulted Senator Padilla.

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Republicans: WE NOMINATE SKELETOR Democrats: We dislike Skeletor but we will vote to confirm him. Please give us between 5 and 50 dollars. <Later> Democrats: I stand before you to condemn the actions of Skeletor. He should have never been given this power. Please give me between 5 and 50 dollars.

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On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.” @cbsaustin @velez_tx

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NEW: 12 masked armed men try to enter a homeless shelter without saying who they are. ICE agents park outside an elementary school, sparking fear and a car accident. Local police respond to a call about a possible assault, only to find ICE. Inside one day on LI: theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...

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there’s got to be some kind of statute of limitations on this crap. I get moral hazard, I get all of that, it’s just completely insane to say that this guy who built an American life for 30 years isn’t American.

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ICE abducted Moises Sotelo today. He is a trusted vineyard management business owner from Newburg, Oregon, who has been in the US since 1994. He has a wife, three children, and five grandchildren who need him to be returned safely to them.

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this 48-second video of a protest in ontario, california is top-tier storytelling 🤌🏽🤌🏽

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Proud Boys with badges.

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Anti-ICE protesters march through downtown Salt Lake City FULL STORY: bit.ly/4kWPBlE

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Billy Long's sole qualification to run the IRS is that, in 2023–24, he ran a large-scale tax fraud operation. I am not making this up.

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Yeah like to be perfectly clear what happened an unelected cabinet member was giving a press conference and her fucking Capitol Hill boss showed up and he was thrown on the ground and handcuffed

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Dan Driscoll [answering cell phone]: Hello? Voice: Hi it’s the moon Driscoll: I told you to stop calling Voice: I going to hit your eye like a big pizza pie Driscoll: I HAVE ALERTED THE FBI TO THIS HARASSMENT Voice: I have a man in me Driscoll: THIS IS DISRESPECT TO THE MILITARY

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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

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Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

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