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Earlier today, MVP Kamala Harris made a surprise virtual appearance at a summit of Free & Just, an organization focused on highlighting the stories of people impacted by the reduction of access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare services. 💛 🎥: mayahcantave

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

No explanation. None. It’s obscene. I keep remembering the 1679 habeas corpus act. It reacted to the king arresting people & without trial deporting them. It began: “for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas.” Without explanation, our current SCOTUS majority is undoing centuries of justice.

submitted 7 hours ago • 25 comments

www.stevevladeck.com/p/161-the-co...

submitted 5 hours ago • 155 comments

I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers. Easy money, no risk. Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.

submitted 7 hours ago • 645 comments

Can you imagine living in a “Democracy” where armed masked men are kidnapping people off the streets every single day?

submitted 21 hours ago • 537 comments

A deaf and mute Mongolian man seeking asylum has spent more than 80 days at an ICE facility. During that time, he has not had an opportunity to see a judge or communicate with anyone who understands Mongolian Sign Language, according to his sister and lawyer.

submitted 5 hours ago • 10 comments

A vote on Trump’s deadly bill could come this week! Please, please call your Senators. The time to be loud is now. #biguglybill

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

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submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Had no idea this was out now on HBO. Gym Jordan is a disgrace. www.wosu.org/sports/2025-...

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump's pick for domestic counterterrorism chief is apparently as qualified as you would expect.

submitted 6 hours ago • 31 comments

Brownshirt ICE rolled up to my local Home Depot today and got the F-off treatment. Shoutout to this woman because this is exactly how it’s done. No badge, face covered = F*ck all the way off. 📌 It’s on us citizens to stand up for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1707 comments

"The US House of Representatives has warned staff members not to use Meta’s messaging platform WhatsApp due to privacy concerns.... The House’s Chief Administrative Officer told staffers on Monday that WhatsApp had been deemed 'a high-risk to users,' according to a copy of the memo seen by the FT."

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

Trump officials argue that the administration is ensuring children are not abused or trafficked. But current and former agency employees say the Office of Refugee Resettlement is drifting from its humanitarian mandate.

submitted 7 hours ago • 22 comments

Republicans aren’t pro-life. They want children to starve.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Jeffries: "It's not clear to me what the administration is hiding from the Congress and from the American people ... [and] for some reason, House Republicans don't want to have a full and comprehensive and swift debate on the War Powers Act issue, so they changed the rules."

submitted 13 hours ago • 91 comments

ICYMI: I wrote about how the modern social safety net has been crafted around ideas of "deservingness," and how that has affected low-income single moms in the past—as well as how poor single moms today could be impacted by cuts to benefits. newrepublic.com/article/1970...

submitted 19 hours ago • 2 comments

BREAKING: Iran has fired missiles toward U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq after Donald Trump bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend. https://trib.al/j8LX1jK

submitted 14 hours ago • 5 comments

DEAN: Isn't it true that on April 2 you sold more than $1m worth of your shares in Trump Media? It fell 13% in the following days. It seems you avoided that loss. Well done. BONDI: I would take in financial literacy if you think I profited from that, because I lost a tremendous amount of money.

submitted 14 hours ago • 134 comments

DEAN: Have you ever registered as an agent of a foreign principle under FARA? BONDI: I assume you're talking about when I represented Qatar for a short time D: The answer is ye- B: No! For anti-human trafficking...You're the one who said Biden was competent D: Taking a shot at me? Very strange

submitted 14 hours ago • 308 comments

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submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Tomorrow is the Dem primary for NYC mayor. It's now a tight race between Andrew Cuomo & Zohran Mamdani. It'll be interesting to see if New Yorkers take into account Cuomo's multiple scandals, including several allegations of sexual harassment substantiated by state & federal investigations.

submitted 19 hours ago • 16 comments

ICE is already $1 billion over budget by one estimate, with 3 months left of the fiscal year. Meanwhile, the Trump admin has illegally stopped publicly disclosing the money it's dispersing, making it hard to know exactly how much ICE is spending.

submitted 20 hours ago • 15 comments

#FakeChristians Anyone who supports Trump, and claims to be a Christian, is a liar.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength" - 1984

submitted 20 hours ago • 53 comments

Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” lands a $1 billion tax break for Big Oil as EPA staff are told to “pause” oil and gas enforcement. Broadcast networks should give the scandal the attention it deserves.

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

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submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

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submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

It was never America First. It was always Trump First.

submitted 1 day ago • 173 comments

If only someone would have warned us.🤷🏾‍♂️ Y’all still penciling in protest dates?

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

Precisely. Grow up.

submitted 1 day ago • 96 comments

Maybe he forgot.

submitted 1 day ago • 88 comments

Pro-life, though.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

Since 2024, voting restrictions have flown under the radar. Smaller red states are quietly passing laws that make it harder to vote, and will affect the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/red...

submitted 22 hours ago • 18 comments

sorry I can't get over how cynical this is. dude just voted for a bill that was pushed by the crypto lobby and left out any protections against Trump's corruption. now he's claiming to address the issue with a bill that will never pass? this is galling even by modern Dem standards

submitted 21 hours ago • 88 comments

"In this way, Medicaid isn’t just a safety net for the poor—it’s an invisible subsidy for everyone. When it shrinks, costs don’t disappear. They move to households, employers, local governments, school systems, ERs, jails. Everyone pays." prospect.org/politics/202...

submitted 21 hours ago • 24 comments

DHS CONTRACTORS FOR KIDNAPPING: These job adverts confirm that DHS-ICE is hiring people off the streets with as little as 2 years military service. Plus CBP is hiring former War on Terror analysts to hunt Americans and migrants alike. Straight up Secret Police shit. These were on LinkedIn.

submitted 21 hours ago • 297 comments

This is: - a lie, as an empirical assessment (to distract from the illegality of what Trump is doing) - propaganda, as a political statement (to obscure what’s happening for the base) - a window into how MAGA conceives of foreign policy: “We get to hit you, you simply take it, we declare victory.”

submitted 21 hours ago • 38 comments

1. On March 20, 2003, President George W. Bush began the bombing campaign in Iraq, justifying the attack with manipulated and bogus intelligence. Twenty-two years later, history is repeating itself. Let's review the facts.

submitted 20 hours ago • 106 comments

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” ktla.com/news/local-n...

submitted 1 day ago • 3763 comments

This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.

submitted 1 day ago • 999 comments

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submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

This week, the Supreme Court is set to issue opinions in the 10 remaining cases it heard this term, including: ⚖️Birthright Citizenship/Nationwide Injunctions. ⚖️Louisiana Redistricting. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed. Sign-up now for free. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

submitted 1 day ago • 90 comments

AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse www.wired.com/story/grok-c...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

They’re going to try to make you feel insane for opposing this war. They’ll ignore protests and downplay any opposition. They’ll try to strongarm you into submission. They did it with Iraq and they’ll do it again. And then a few years later they’ll pretend they were with you all along.

submitted 2 days ago • 165 comments

➡️ WE DO NOT FORGET: a Trump-loving MAGA assassin murdered Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, her husband, Mark, and shot others ICE agents are kidnapping and disappearing immigrants off of the streets of America *Trump/the GOP are destroying working American families to benefit the ultra-rich