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GenX. Survivor of a whole lot of -isms. Single Mom of 2 LGBTQ+ Adults. #Progressive Living in the Salish Sea region. Lifelong Washingtonian. FKA VividConfusion on the 💀🐦 Pro-Democracy = Anti-MAGA /Anti-GOP #DoNOTComplyInAdvance!
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There are widespread reports of ICE agents abducting people while masked, without warrants or identification. Due to recent events, we strongly advise: do not open your door or car for anyone you don’t know. That’s the message. No need to elaborate.

Trump leaves the g7 summit early... if it were Biden, the media would say he was tired and needs to rest because he's old... Trump is declining and he's a danger to this country's safety.

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

Seems @senmikelee.bsky.social didn’t want to talk about his ugly tweets blaming Dems for the shooting of Dems in Minnesota

Well, that didn't last long. DHS told staff it was reversing guidance issued last week that agents were not to conduct immigration raids at farms, hotels and restaurants. Shadow President Stephen Miller wins again. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

BREAKING: The American Bar Association is SUING Trump for forcing lawyers to do $1 BILLION in pro bono work, and illegally targeting law firms helping Democrats. 😁 When you F**k Around with some lawyers, you Find Out from ALL lawyers. He's so cooked. 🤣

ICE moves to deport Atlanta-based Hispanic reporter who covered immigration raids www.ajc.com/news/2025/06...

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Trump is a war enabler. Now confirmed that the US is blocking #Ukraine from striking Russian #energy assets, protecting Putin's cash cow. kyivinsider.com/ukraine-conf...

We absolutely must not forget what this administration did to Senator Padilla, because it tells us what they are willing to do to us.

DNI Tulsi Gabbard to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in March 2025: “The IC continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme leader Khomeini [sic] has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.” www.odni.gov/index.php/ne...

E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

The right will likely insist that all 15 women are lying and this poor man is being mistreated.

This is what White America voted for. 🇺🇸

This is straight up #propaganda from the Department of Defense #DOD from Trump’s #military parade. Pretty desperate and pathetic. Oh, and unprofessional for any PAO at DOD to put something out like this. It actually serves to erode trust in the Department to lie to the American people like this.

Immigration is what made America great. If they want to “make America great again” they should understand this.

Border Patrol detained and deported an Australian writer who reported independently on the protests at Columbia, with CBP stating plainly they flagged him for that reason. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

They’re targeting journalists www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagl...

NEW: The American Bar Association is suing Trump over his attacks on law firms. Here's a gift link for more info: wapo.st/4le2DLL

New rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats or unmarried veterans, according to reporting from The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump's Sunday night screed about Democrats who are "sick of mind" and "hate our country" is the exact sort of rhetoric that radicalizes people like Boelter to commit acts of violence. But instead of responding to the Hortman assassination by turning down the heat, Trump keeps ramping it up.

A good story on the trauma in Omaha after ICE staged a raid during John Ewing's first week on the job as Mayor. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Beyond devastating. The cruelty and idiocy of this ban is mind-numbing. So many brave men and women, serving their country honorably in uniform, purged from the ranks because of the president's vile, unvarnished bigotry. My heart breaks. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

FOX: The Committee for a Responsible Budget came out today and said it will add $15 trillion to the debt THUNE: This will reduce the deficit, not increase it

WE HAVE QUESTIONS… This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they? ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants. How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?

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Surrendering to Trump is bad for business. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-standing-up-to-trump-is-good

important new development in Minnesota murder case against Vance Boelter. Feds have moved to take case, not clearly with Minn's acquiescence. They will have news conference at 11 CT 12 ET. Presumably will be charging terrrorism, which carries death penalty. I'll be on @cnn at 2 PM ET to discuss.

Even though the billionaire is no longer leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort, many key staffers — and DOGE ideas — are now more permanently embedded in the federal government. https://n.pr/3SSCUfD

I can't think of anyone currently running for office more dangerous than Andrew Cuomo. Not just for NYC but for the nation, because unfortunately NYC disproportionately affects the rest of the states. Bad politicians elsewhere don't have the same structural power. NYC: Do not vote for this man.

“I’m an American citizen,” Brian Gavidia said he told the agent at least three times. Despite his responses, the agent pushed him into a metal gate, put his hands behind his back and asked him what hospital he was born in. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

So the guy who can singlehandedly set US tariffs on smartphones is launching his own US smartphone company do I have that right

Trump just openly endorsed "remigration," the vile goal of white nationalist extremists, and media yawned. On the pod, @willsommer.bsky.social is just fascinating on this idea and on the violent lawlessness and sadism at the core of MAGA. Don't miss this one: newrepublic.com/article/1968...

If you are too young to remember the Iraq War, you'll hear "no one protested" and "no one knew they were lying." Millions of people knew they were lying and protested. The press not only did not want a record of mass dissent; they did not want a record of mass knowledge of lies.

Don’t rank Cuomo.