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Today at King County International Airport at around 4:28pm, ICE and GEO placed a total of 54 people on the plane, in addition 20 people were transferred to the infamous inhumane Northwest Detention Center where it is being overcrowded due to trumps mass deportation.

I don't have a subscription any more, but the Seattle Times is making e-bikes *the* cool accessory of the summer www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

If you buy “California strawberries,” they mostly come from Ventura County. This is ICE trying to force workers out of the fields where most of our food grows. The ripple effects are going to be as bad as this tariff bullshit.

BREAKING: MSNBC is reporting that ICE is deploying tactical teams to five cities, which could potentially include Seattle bsky.app/profile/msnb...

Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.

Seattle ICE protest. They have blocked all 3 entrances and exits with scooters and bikes and zip tied them to prevent ICE from leaving and doing raids. Inventive. 🤣🤣. #standwithLAprotest

this is the largest protest Chicago has seen in years — thousands, maybe more — have marched up Dearborn from the Loop. I can't give a good estimate because I can't see the end of the column.

I'm sure most MS-13 gang members line up at Home Depot for day jobs. I mean the ones that don't wash dishes or mow lawns as their side gig.

A family member went to work at the AME church today…and was met by ICE. They’re crawling all over the church grounds, blocking traffic, and generally being obstructive. My family member and their colleagues believe it is intimidation ahead of Saturday. They are scared and now pissed, to boot.

So a bunch of watch brands wouldn't exist without open borders & free movement of labor.

What we are living through now is what happens when you have a society based on a contract that is enforced by the honor system and the people charged with enforcing it have no honor

Nothing will ever beat the year Pride & a comic convention ended up scheduled on the same weekend in Dover, Delaware & the organizers decided to host a combined event. #OnlyInDelaware 🏳️‍🌈

I’m having flashbacks to when Pierce County spent something like $1 million to deal with the lawsuits & restraining orders against their Assessor Dale Washam

I ❤️ Larry so much. He’s a national treasure.

NOW: DHS police are at the Seattle Federal Building, warning dozens of protesters who are trying to disrupt ICE from detaining immigrants after their court hearings to disperse.

An order of the Trans Solidarity colorway. I'll post an update abt our donation to the Black Trans org that some of the sales is going to but for now enjoy some pics of this special colorway. 🧶💙💖🤍 #transrightsarehumanrights #yarnlove #yarnsky #indieyarndyer

Happening now… in anticipation of protests outside Chicago’s immigration court at 55 E Monroe this morning, building security has completely closed off the Monroe entrance/exit. There’s a light CPD presence here as well. In response, protesters are relocating to the Adams side of the building.

Apparently ChatGPT is down, but I’m up and can answer stuff wrong so, you know, fire away

One of the things you start to notice is that whenever there are protests and demonstrations seen as coming from the left, the right uses “violence” as a code meaning “property destruction” and actually has no concern at all for people getting shot by rubber bullets.

God, little has fucked me up like seeing LA’s public library close branches to make sure ICE doesn’t come grab people. Several coworkers and I independently revealed we all had a plan if that happened the last go-round. Between that and learning we all knew what we’d do if someone came shooting…

LAUSD will deploy school police to set up safe zones around campuses, graduations amid ICE raids www.latimes.com/california/s...

NEW: Republicans have found a new way to go after abortion access in states that protect it If enacted, the reconciliation bill would withhold federal ACA funds from states where insurers cover abortion — and 13 blue states currently mandate insurers to do so www.notus.org/health-scien...

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THIS! I just heard from my super-normie sister-in-law (TV industry type, PTA mom) who lives on the West Side of LA. She and others at her LAUSD campus are having to escort kids from school grounds to their families' cars to avoid ICE. She says she's "not an activist," but has been radicalized.

Incredible photo from LA by local photographer Jamie Lee Taete.

Me to Kid: I may go to the public library this afternoon to work in AC. Kid: We have AC at home. Me: But it’s noisy! Kid: We have AC at home.

When Nate has recommendations, I listen.

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Not letting Kid’s service dog know about this because I suspect he’s try the same thing himself.

Little memorial to Jonathan Joss in my neighborhood today. 🖤

Truth

LA melts them. 🔥 Seattle freezes them. 🥶 #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork

It was actually the Danish flag they saw 😜

Spam text says “I’m coming to Seattle in August. How about we hike Mt. Rainier?” which is how I know this isn’t an actual friend. My friends know I broke my foot in 2022 & have had a glacially slow recovery with multiple re-injuries. They also know I didn’t hike even before I broke my foot. 😆

Police just declared an unlawul assembly at MDC over a small group of people holding signs, praying with clergy, and a Mariachi band.

What's happening in Chicago is the same as what's happening in Seattle. 🧵

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California union leader David Huerta is released from custody on $50K bond after arrest during immigration raid protest.