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submitted 2 days ago • 452 comments

The buffoonery of Trump’s claims about the need for the National Guard in Los Angeles point to a real vulnerability that sits at the core of this whole spectacle. https://trib.al/LaJPvx6

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

submitted 4 days ago • 39 comments

Another Nazi Bitch

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.

submitted 5 days ago • 1584 comments

The lack of total outrage at the indictment of Congresswoman McIvey is truly frightening. Hakeem Jeffries ought to be causing high holy hell over this. She is indicted because she is Black. Half of the GOP caucus engaged in sedition and Garland felt arresting a member of congress went too far.

submitted 5 days ago • 524 comments

Read these words from Senator Murray, who has said it so well tonight. We’re in danger of losing democracy. Don’t ignore what’s happening. joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-a-d...

submitted 4 days ago • 255 comments

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

submitted 5 days ago • 710 comments

If you are dumb or naive enough to believe the grifters on the right who tell you they’re oppose to immigration because it drives down wages for native-born workers, just ask them 1) if they support raising the minimum wage and 2) how come the GOP doesn’t? Go ahead.

submitted 5 days ago • 296 comments

May the anti-ICE movement continue to spread nationwide! This is the Los Angeles spirit your news broadcast isn’t showing…

submitted 6 days ago • 638 comments

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

submitted 6 days ago • 2314 comments

Karen Bass: "The 100 National Guard soldiers that are downtown LA are guarding one federal building, so there is no need for this...it's all part of an experiment that is taking place in Los Angeles...what happens when the federal government intervenes and takes power away from a governor & mayor?"

submitted 6 days ago • 332 comments

Why is ICE arresting employees but not employers? DOJ policy is to charge the most culpable people. The employers would seem to qualify.

submitted 6 days ago • 1531 comments

This is so North Korea.

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

submitted 7 days ago • 1034 comments

BREAKING: Kamala Harris issues statement on Los Angeles.

submitted 8 days ago • 536 comments

When President Johnson activated the Nat'l Guard in Alabama in 1965 over Gov. Wallace's objection he did it to protect protesters advocating for voting rights for Black people who had previously met violence at the hands of state troopers. Very different situation.

submitted 8 days ago • 186 comments

What happened to states’ rights, Kristi?

submitted 9 days ago • 702 comments

Stay Lucid: Healing ego-injury of Leader after Musk debacle is part of the timing of this. So is shutting down scenes of public solidarity with the vulnerable. Authoritarians fear that.

submitted 9 days ago • 22 comments

Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot Do law enforcement. Period

submitted 9 days ago • 1483 comments

Bernie, you rascal! You’re spot on here.

submitted 10 days ago • 256 comments

It’s on record.

submitted 13 days ago • 570 comments

my takeaway from this feature is that in a functioning political system there would be televised congressional hearings over the fact that one of the most influential people in the white house is a total maniac www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

submitted 15 days ago • 467 comments

School House Rock truth......

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

Horrifying!!!

submitted 16 days ago • 11 comments

Check out the look on Rep. Darin LaHood's face at the very end of this clip. Even he doesn't really believe his BS about why Republicans need to incentive private equity work instead of doctors or teachers.

submitted 15 days ago • 111 comments

submitted 16 days ago • 21 comments

Any of my clients would have been dragged in for a security interview, drug testing and more.

submitted 18 days ago • 16 comments

Russian oil giant Lukoil earns billions bypassing EU sanctions Russian oil company Lukoil, which earned nearly €100 billion last year, is bypassing European Union sanctions through a clever legal arrangement involving a subsidiary registered in Ireland. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

submitted 18 days ago • 10 comments

"We're telling every soldier who died at Normandy that their sacrifice was pointless. We're informing every Marine who fell in the Pacific that freedom wasn't worth defending. We're declaring to every airman shot down over Europe that democracy was just a nice idea while it lasted" #Resistance

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night. When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠

submitted 18 days ago • 1913 comments

The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy. Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M

submitted 18 days ago • 205 comments

I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.

submitted 18 days ago • 744 comments

Trump—who dodged Vietnam—booted a ceremony honoring Vietnam Veterans from the National Mall… for his birthday spectacle. Instead of showing up for the military, he's making them show up for him. A man who never served, hijacking a moment meant for those who did.

submitted 18 days ago • 37 comments

ICE agents making arrests while masked— no warrants. This is about basic civil rights. What are our protections? Who’s accountable? Congress must act. Hold hearings—sanctioned or not. ☎️ Call your Senators and Representatives NOW: (202) 224-3121 @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

submitted 20 days ago • 252 comments

🚨BREAKING: DOJ has filed a new voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XEW...

submitted 20 days ago • 280 comments

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

submitted 20 days ago • 546 comments

A viral post is spreading fear on all platforms, supposedly from Liz and Me, about a nonexistent bill—just like the far right used to do. We cannot become what we’re fighting. The truth still matters. We win by being better, not louder. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/dont-fight...

submitted 20 days ago • 392 comments

Conferences are abandoning the US “If we held a meeting in the US, we might not get enough people to register.” 🧪

submitted 24 days ago • 41 comments

We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy. Now is the time for fearless leadership.

submitted 23 days ago • 679 comments

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submitted 24 days ago • 1182 comments

Tax cuts for the few, healthcare cuts for the many www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 23 days ago • 208 comments

submitted 25 days ago • 166 comments

Imagine how we would view this if it was happening in another country

submitted 25 days ago • 779 comments

JUST IN: Harvard sues the Trump administration, saying it has made 7,000 foreign students pawns in an unconstitutional bid to bludgeon the university over its First Amendment-protected viewpoints. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 25 days ago • 58 comments

This is the type of response that should have been expected from a sovereign nation being harassed by a wanna-be authoritarian leader. Move quickly to find other alternatives & send a strong message they’re not interested in being forcibly acquired, good riddance! www.newsweek.com/greenland-tr...

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

Right now, Republicans in Congress are trying to push through a bill that would put millions of Americans at risk of losing their health care. They want to cut federal funding for Medicaid, take away tax credits that help more people afford coverage, and raise costs for working class families.

submitted 26 days ago • 1174 comments

⚡️UPDATE: All 8 @TNGOP Republicans just voted to slash health care for the working poor to cut taxes for the rich, skyrocketing the debt (which they never cared about). @RepOgles @RepChuck @RepHarshbarger @RepTimBurchett @RepMarkGreen @RepDavidKustoff @RepJohnRose @DesJarlaisTN04

submitted 26 days ago • 20 comments