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A mom mediating and deciphering the messages of: my children, global issues and national concerns. Former non-profit director and grant writer.
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Zelenskyy: "Trust me, we understand the Russians much better, the mentality of the Russians, than the Americans understand the Russians. I know for sure Putin doesn't want to stop the war."

Booker: "This is a morally wrong bill, and it's definitely an economically wrong bill as well."

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The Pope just out there subtweeting Trump and Vance www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

This amazing post by ABC News senior national correspondent Terry Moran is 💯 spot on! Thank you for speaking the truth, Terry!!!

We don’t forget January 6, and the now pardoned criminals by the Trump administration

“They merely fall at different places on the same spectrum of impulses… toward making our society a less egalitarian, more unequal, meaner, crueler, and much more savage place.” https://trib.al/OSJd6ZK

It's very clear. Miller. 'Nuff said. VERY clear.

If you think Speed Traps with quotas is wrong: ICE has a quota of 3,000 Arrests Per Day. Not “lawful arrests”, not “arrest based on probable cause”; nothing other than a quota based solely on commands from the White House.

2002 me stares in disbelief as I repost this guy, but here we are

Re-upping! Call your senators ASAP! This bill has too much set-up for an Executive power grab. Come on 3.5%!

“This inital use of federal troops in a blue city should be understood as an effort to build pressure to help pass the bill. It should also be used as an example of the danger of passing the bill — the kind of authoritarianism that Miller intends to wield if the bill does pass.”

Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.

The Big Ugly: Stephen Miller Uses His War on Home Depot to Invade California www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/08/t...

Here's the Washington Examiner piece that first quoted Stephen Miller ordering ICE to invade Home Deport a few weeks ago. This makes it clear that Miller himself ordered the escalation that has led to conflict in LA. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-h...

Politico has a piece claiming that the Musk Trump spat is about immigration. I think the analysis is wrong (it's far less rational than that), but I think it's a USEFUL wrong piece right now. Don’t Be Fooled: The Musk-Trump Blowup Is Really About Immigration www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Re-upping this:

As kids starve because food banks are empty

Musk has deleted his tweet accusing Trump of being in the Epstein files: x.com/elonmusk/sta... He also deleted a follow-up that said "Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out."

So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president. And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict. This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.

Literally two weeks ago Stephen Miller screamed at ICE leadership for not raiding Home Depots.

ICE arrested former Afghan Nat'l Army soldier—our ally against Taliban—at his home in TX. He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...

Elon is more likely to fund libertarians who vote against Trump--like Tom Massie--than Dems (w/exception of Ro Khanna). In fact Stephen Miller is already pissed at Massie for suggesting that govt shouldn't the full gulag.

Posting this for no particular reason. #CocoGauff, French Open champion, on her grandmother who desegregated schools in Delray Beach, Florida: www.npr.org/2023/10/12/1...

Every reference to these guys should note that several remain adjudged terrorists. Even Trump didn’t disrupt that ruling from a Trump appointed judge.

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

Unfortunately, what we have become has been 8 years in the making. What Trump’s Gestapo/SS are doing now, is what (granted, on a smaller scale) Bill Barr’s secret police was doing 5 years ago during Floyd protests when organizers and leaders were being snatched and detained by people in black…

Update on the Norse vegvisir and "The Others" patches officers were wearing during the federal law enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Tuesday. "The Others" patch was not authorized. www.twincities.com/2025/06/06/i...

When you want to hide how bad a leader you are, you cut off access to labor stats and facts.

I want to emphasize something: I note, "It's tough to assess the case based on what they show in the indictment (and without the cooperation deals under which CC1 and CC2 presumably testified)." I mean that--it may well have merit. But DOJ/DHS' past bullshit will undermine the case in any case.

The detention memo for Abrego Garcia (written by the AUSA auditioning to be US Attorney) is funny in several ways. I like how he makes a big deal out of people driving from TX to MD using I-40. Now dead Dwight Eisenhower is part of the conspiracy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Kilmar Abrego Garcia Indictment www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/07/t...

Bondi DOJ has a problem. On left: DOJ Indictment and Detention Memo allege Abrego Garcia lied to officer by not revealing he was coming from Texas On right: DHS Referral Report: "Subject stated he was driving 'three days ago' (11/27/2022) from Houston, TX to Temple Hills, MD (via St Louis, MO)"

And pitched by Politico (that's their job) and Steve Bannon (are the people who chased this THAT easy a mark?).

Updated my yard sign.

I said this indirectly the other day, but it deserves special focus today. ABC's parent, Disney, capitulated to Trump early on. But ABC continues to get really well-sourced stories, like the one on MDTN prosecutor Ben Schrader's resignation. abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...

They did mention the alleged crime--the transporting--before now. What remains unclear is whether the wraparound--the MS-13 ties, the abuse of women and children--is real, or something they bribed some other guys to tell to get privileged treatment.

BREAKING The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.

This is NOT good.

This NYT story is 44¶¶, 5 bylines, plus involvement from 2 others, 13 interviews (so fewer than 2 interviews a journalist). The actual useful ¶¶ are the last 6, about Sergio Gor's role. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...