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Top stories of today: 1. Political assassination in Minnesota by Christian nationalist Trump supporter 2. Millions take to the street to oppose Trump and fascism 3. War continues between Israel and Iran with US more or less sidelined 4. Minor unrest in LA contained by local police That's it.

i'm surprised by how low energy and farcical that whole military parade situation was. I was expecting Moscow 1945 and we got Spirit Halloween instead.

You can’t see me bc I’m holding a flag but guys I live in a 2k person extremely rural town in one of the reddest counties of WI. So many people showed up there was a line all the way to the highway. I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.

Raskin: You are not our king, and we are not your subjects. We will never be your subjects. All of us born here on this land are citizens and your executive order is nothing but bad graffiti on the Constitution, and we're going to wash it off today

Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

If John McCain had been alive to watch Trump at this parade after Fort Bragg and deploying the military in LA this week, it would've killed him.

It’s not hyperbole to say that the deaths in Minnesota are on the GOP’s hands. They’ve built this political environment and they’ve allowed a demagogue to spread hate. This is entirely on them.

NO KINGS DAY: Collier County, Florida. We showed up! #RESIST #NoKingsDay #Protest

Just finished up at the Evanston No Kings rally. It was safe, peaceful, and a show of solidarity by *at least* 1,000 people. Go to your local protest. Don’t let this administration scare you. Stand with your community when our leaders won’t.

#army250 celebrating the US Army bd, sans 47. A Fort Kearny cannon. Fort Kearny, established 1848 in Nebraska, supported Overland Trail travelers, Pony Express riders and gold prospectors making it part of US Army history. Also, remembering the people who joined the Army and upheld their oath.

A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name. This is your legacy!

A few scenes from #NoKings St. Louis County. Over 7,000 lining at least a mile of road!

BORDER PATROL: “Are you an 🇺🇸 citizen?” 🔥 NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN: “FIRST ONES. We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us… what are you? You’re not first born. You’re not from this f*ckin’ land. Punk-as* b*tches.”

BREAKING Minnesota public safety authorities are advising people to avoid attending any political rallies in the state today until the suspect in the shooting of two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses is apprehended, Governor Tim Walz said.

My sign for tomorrow. Hope I hear horns! 😆

No Kings

Kristi Noem, Dr. Phil, and ICE went to this woman’s home in Huntington Park, CA at 6am to make a spectacle and you want me to be satisfied with @governor.ca.gov flowery words? Watch. It’s disgusting. Noem belongs in prison.

Should we hold our breath for Trump or any members of the GOP to condemn this?

Over the last decade, the US has grown into the world's biggest oil + gas exporter, and "begun to behave... more like a classic petrostate." Those tend to have "more autocratic governments, more belligerent foreign policies, and higher levels of corruption." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Peaceful. Patriotic. Safe.

law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.

MINNESOTA: “Shelter in place order in a 3 mile radius… white male, black body armor…” The 2 Democratic lawmakers’ spouses were also shot.

This assassin is all but caught. They aren't telling us who he is, but they know.

It's official ... Michael Madigan, once the nation’s longest-serving state legislative leader, has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison on federal bribery and wire fraud convictions, thus bringing to a close one of the largest corruption cases in recent Illinois history.

#NoKings #ConstitutionRules #ConstitutionStrong #TACOGoHome

Facilities that make wood pellets have a track record of catching alight. Yet there are plans to build several near Yosemite’s tinderbox forests. www.wired.com/story/in-cal...

ICE had to use a new (to the public, anyway) term -- “noncriminal collaterals” -- bc Stephen Miller has spent so much time claiming that all migrants are criminals. And now the boss has told ICE they have to stop one of the things Miller's bile forced them to do. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

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This weekend’s protests aren’t just about immigration—they’re about standing up to a mad king who’s targeting anyone who dares to dissent.

<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.

Gnight, all. We ride at dawn. Let’s make tomorrow one for the history books.

Asked my son to pick up glitter on the way home. I want the blade edge to sparkle. #NoKings

“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.” --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater

This administration is authoritarian. The parade brings it home. Exclusive interview with Senator Tammy Duckworth. youtu.be/HRg6KfW_-wg

It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo. It’s cowardice.

Is there one single thing the Trump Administration has undertaken that has not turned to shit or that is not sure to turn to shit? One thing that has not made America weaker? One thing that is not causing suffering or will cause it soon?

Yes, just imagine.

JUST IN: The full bench of the NY-based 2nd Circuit Court of appeals has *denied* Donald Trump's appeal of E. Jean Carroll's win against him in court. Supreme Court would be next/last stop.

So Kristi Noem goes on Fox and lies that Sen Padilla didn’t ID himself, even though the video is there for all to see. But get what she’s saying: Assaulting and handcuffing someone for trying to ask a question is OK in any case? This is a criminal regime.

We are creating the type of country immigrants won’t wish to enter. In the process we are destroying the country I wish to continue to live in.

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.