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Texas is slowly changing. Some evidence of that is the election of Rep. Julie Johnson. She is the first LGBTQ+ legislator to Congress from the South. Come learn about this work horse in the making! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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ICE is gearing up to deploy to these blue cities: Chicago, NYC, the DC area, Seattle, and Philly. If any of these are your hometowns—get ready. If not—watch anyway, all the way through, because Trump’s unhinged order will affect you. Spread the word.

submitted 9 hours ago • 181 comments

JUST IN: Two ballot measures to protect public libraries from the conservative city council in Huntington Beach are both ahead by very wide margins. Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39. Measure to bar privatization up 63/37. That's already with 51K+ ballots counted. Context:

submitted 9 hours ago • 24 comments

If Donald Trump gets away with deploying the National Guard and Marines into LA without clear authority or justification, he won’t stop there. This isn’t just an attack on Los Angeles — it’s a test run for using the military against any American city he chooses.

submitted 8 hours ago • 35 comments

ICE is rounding up individuals off the street with no warrants, including children. He’s playing with peoples’ lives like they’re pawns in his political game. California will never ever bend to the will of a tyrant.

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

Under my questioning today, ⁦Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testified that his office was personally taking care of housing for the California National Guard—yet this is what it looked like when they arrived. No shelter, no food and no plan.

submitted 16 hours ago • 8 comments

Watch: Department of Defense reveals that sending National Guard troops and the Marines to Los Angeles will cost taxpayers a staggering $134 million.

submitted 16 hours ago • 56 comments

Donald Trump is causing harm and chaos to distract us from the Senate debating his disastrous "Big Ugly Bill" that rips away healthcare for 16 million Americans. We need to oppose these actions & ensure that people have access to Medicaid and food assistance.

submitted 1 day ago • 57 comments

Trump said he would go after violent criminals to deport — instead he and Stephen Miller have targeted entire communities, the City of Los Angeles, and LA County with indiscriminate ICE raids where seemingly anyone who is Latino could be a target and snatched up. That is NOT the American way.

submitted 15 hours ago • 4 comments

Our Marines are trained to fight and win wars—not to police American streets. They haven’t been previously prepared for crowd control or non-lethal tactics. Using them in domestic operations in these circumstances undermines the military’s critical tradition of staying apolitical.

submitted 19 hours ago • 5 comments

From Chicago, to LA, to NY, the Trump administration is using authoritarian tactics to incite fear and chaos in our communities so they can further weaponize the government to exert control and suppress dissent. 🧵

submitted 17 hours ago • 6 comments

Our parents and grandparents watched measles and polio steal the lives of children. We built vaccines to stop that heartbreak. RFK Jr.’s reckless firing of vaccine experts isn’t just irresponsible – it’s a dangerous betrayal that will cost lives. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/09/r...

submitted 19 hours ago • 48 comments

If people like Marjorie Taylor Greene have remorse about voting for the Bad Billionaires Bill, they can vote against it tomorrow and force their colleagues to go back to the negotiating table. Let's see if they will stand up to Trump.

submitted 13 hours ago • 3 comments

ICE is ripping New York families apart, and we must step up to protect our immigrant communities. Today, I led my colleagues in urging NY state leaders to pass the New York For All Act to ensure state and local resources aren't fueling Trump's mass deportation campaign.

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

These ongoing arrests are an ugly bait and switch that punish folks for following the rules. This is discouraging other people from following the law and showing up for their court hearings. It’s so wrong and we need to hold the authorities accountable. www.kens5.com/article/news...

submitted 15 hours ago • 6 comments

News everyone should be talking about: 100,000 people could die if Republicans pass their billionaire tax cut paid for by kicking people off health care. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 15 hours ago • 12 comments

RESULT: Democrats defend a legislative seat in Oklahoma (HD71) by a massive margin, 85% to 15%. This was a district that voted for Harris by 19% in November, so this is a huge shift toward Dems of 51 percentage points.

submitted 11 hours ago • 30 comments

RESULT: Mikie Sherrill wins the Democratic nomination for governor in New Jersey, the AP calls. She has 35% of the vote as of the count; that's far ahead of her 5 opponents, who are clustered between 10% and 17%. She'll face the Trump endorsed-Republican Jack Ciattarelli in November.

submitted 12 hours ago • 13 comments

BREAKING: Rep. McIver has been indicted by a federal grand jury for confronting ICE agents during a May oversight visit. She’s accused of “forcibly impeding” federal agents, a charge carrying up to 8 years in prison. McIver says: “I will not be intimidated.” From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

submitted 12 hours ago • 81 comments

This indictment is no more justified than the original charges. I will not be intimidated. My full statement:

submitted 13 hours ago • 111 comments

U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver (D from NJ) was just indicted on federal charges by a federal grand jury: the Trump administration is targeting her after she tried to inspect a detention center in New Jersey last month. apnews.com/article/lamo...

submitted 13 hours ago • 19 comments

All the people I still know in LA laugh and laugh when they hear that "Los Angeles is burning." I made a couple of maps to show just how tiny and localized the protests are. GOPers are working really hard to make an excuse for declaring martial law. People should be very wary of that.

submitted 14 hours ago • 47 comments

CATO has a report out showing how much the immigration parts of the Big Ugly add to the deficit. www.cato.org/blog/deporta...

submitted 13 hours ago • 5 comments

AOC: If Senator Fetterman or anybody else is concerned with law and order, we should be looking at one of the most law breaking agencies and administrations that we've seen in the United States.

submitted 14 hours ago • 238 comments

NEW @pewresearch.org survey shows that Fox News continues to dominate the information landscape among Republicans. 57% say they get news there regularly; no other outlet comes close. Democrats turn to a broader range of sources. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

submitted 18 hours ago • 17 comments

Los Angeles is a BIG place. For the idiots who think the whole city is on fire (it is not), please see this handy map from Craig Miller. Look for the red highlighted circle. Any Angeleno not there is perfectly safe. This escalation by Trump is for his own political purposes. PERIOD.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @cisneros.house.gov talks about Donald Trump trying to distract the American people from his plans to throw 16 million Americans off the health care to pay for billionaire tax breaks.

submitted 18 hours ago • 33 comments

For white ppl who say your great grandparents came to the U.S. “legally,” remember that U.S. immmig law was EXPLICITLY racist in favor of white Northern European immigrants for most of the 20th century. Affirmative action for white ppl is everywhere if you look. www.lbjlibrary.org/news-and-pre...

submitted 19 hours ago • 39 comments

🚨BREAKING: Georgia Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN four State Election Board rules concerning certification and hand counting ballots last year. A big victory for GA voters and a stinging defeat for the RNC and election deniers. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...

submitted 20 hours ago • 427 comments

Former state House Speaker Hannah Pingree announces she's joining the Democratic primary for governor of Maine. We have much more on Pingree and this busy race in our newest Digest, which goes live at 8 AM ET today. #MEGOV

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Trump is creating chaos and inciting fear to silence our community. We will not bend the knee to Trump’s will or stand idly by while he threatens our neighbors.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Joined Angelenos today to stand up for detained labor leader and my friend, David Huerta, to demand his release and dignity for our immigrant communities. He’s had my back, and I’ve got his! We won’t be intimidated—and we won’t be divided. #StandWithImmigrants

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

Pete Hegseth is sending our local Marines to Los Angeles. Deploying warfighters for civilian purposes in these circumstances is dangerous and without clear legal authority. Here’s what I want you to know. buff.ly/CJ2hwlG

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Trump, Noem, Miller, Homan, Hegseth, and the whole Administration are using tactics to terrorize our communities into submission. We must resist - not normalize - these abuses.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

What we’re seeing across the country isn’t lawful enforcement—it’s a belligerent power grab. ICE is ripping families apart & kidnapping immigrants during routine check-ins, all to terrorize us. But we won’t back down. I'll continue to fight to defend all immigrants!

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Trump is escalating the situation in LA because he wants to create chaos. Don't give him what he wants. Trump's immigration policies are ripping families apart and making our country less safe. People have a right to peacefully protest them.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

I introduced the Police Not ICE Act to stop ICE and CBP from masquerading as local police and terrorizing immigrant communities. This is about protecting our neighbors from Trump’s unconstitutional deportation machine and ensuring public safety. Our communities deserve protection.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

"The scene... turned violent AFTER federal immigration authorities used flash-bang grenades and pepper spray on people protesting…" Seems to be a convenient fact many of my Republican colleagues are leaving out in their statements of support for "law and order."

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @repricklarsen.bsky.social shares how Republican Medicaid cuts will impact YOU. House Democrats are fighting like hell to protect Medicaid because your friends and neighbors depend on it.

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

NEW: California sues the US govt, claiming that its commandeering of the California National Guard—"without consent or even official notice to the governor"—is beyond the scope of its powers and a violation of the 10th Amendment and the APA. oag.ca.gov/system/files...

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

🚨 Trump is pushing Texas Republicans to pass a new gerrymander of their already-gerrymandered congressional map to try to insulate their narrow House majority in 2026

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

BREAKING: A fourth court has found that President Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act was illegal, seeking to stretch the meaning of "invasion" beyond its plain meaning. The ruling blocks AEA deportations in the Western District of Texas. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 1 day ago • 81 comments

BREAKING: We won a court order blocking Trump admin policies that trap immigrant children in government detention. The gov must begin processing family sponsorships w/o discriminatory paperwork barriers. We’ll continue fighting for a fair system that protects children and upholds the rule of law.

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump's "anti-DEI" and anti-trans funding orders, as applied to organizations that sued in a case led by San Francisco AIDS Foundation and filed in federal court in San Francisco. Judge Jon Tigar (Obama)'s opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

The absolute irony of posting this literally an hour after Adam Schiff showed up at Huerta's bail hearing. And a day after Maxine Waters was on the front lines of the protests daring the National Guard to shoot her. And Pramila Jayapal on the front lines. You're spreading fascist propaganda bud

submitted 1 day ago • 38 comments

GOP Rep. Mark Green confirms he'll resign "as soon as the House votes once again on the reconciliation package" for an unnamed private sector job. Tennessee's 7th District, which includes part of Nashville and dark red areas to the west, backed Trump 60-38. www.the-downballot.com/p/the-downba...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!

submitted 1 day ago • 633 comments

Padilla: When you have the DHS using cruel and aggressive tactics for immigration enforcement, of course, in a community as diverse as Los Angeles, you’re going to have people speaking up in defense of our fundamental rights and due process—rights the Trump administration has consistently ignored.

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments