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Day by passing day, we are watching what amounts to a national police riot by ICE. But what worries me is that what we are witnessing is not the actions of an agency that believes it will ever be subject to meaningful oversight or legal authority ever again. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-believ...

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In the chaos and confusion caused by ICE raids, people are often left wondering about the safety of their loved ones. This ICE Locator tool has its limitations, but it is a place to start searching. Learn more on our blog today: www.aclusc.org/en/news/worr...

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Are we so weak and cowardly that we can't allow people to enter the U.S. who might not share the same views as us? Talk about safe spaces...

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This is not deportation. This is kidnapping and human trafficking. Read this article. Don’t normalize this. Don’t look away.

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Stockton, CA: Heavily armed masked kidnappers drove up in an unmarked car and pulled a landscaper out of his truck and kidnapped him. When the landscaping company owner asked the men what they were doing, the kidnappers assaulted him and pulled out a metal baton.

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@nytimes.com what is wrong with you? Can’t you report accurately?

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As Americans we have relied on the alleged legal separation between church and state to the point of dissociative naivety. They have been legally re-codifying evangelical fascism against women for more than a decade. OPENLY. It’s everywhere. It’s a weapon for zealots and a cloak for the rest.

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I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.

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Great song, great performance . Fits the mood of this day, this year, this century. Galactic and Irma Thomas, Lady Liberty

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And finally, #GenHour (I've been saving up) in the context of #Juneteenth, #FamilyHistory, #Genealogy, — and #Storytelling for anyone in the #SFBay area, there's an extraordinary talk planned for a week from Saturday: bampfa.org/event/quilt-... Thank you, @bampfa.bsky.social

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I had the joy of joining What’s Her Name podcast to talk about Sigrid Schultz—trailblazing reporter and the subject of The Dragon from Chicago.🗃️ Listen here:

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You can see the ICE agents in their minivans then the LAPD cars in the back appearing to block the Dodger Stadium parking lot entrance. When I asked an LAPD officer if they are blocking ICE from entering the parking lot she said “put it this way. The Dodgers don’t want them coming in.”

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"ICE kidnapped my roommate": A West Loop man is sounding the alarm after his friend, Chao Zhou, was taken from a court hearing. blockclubchi.co/43N8gdW

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As Republicans post Juneteenth messages, remember Hegseth is changing our military bases to honor Confederates who fought to stop it. (Also: it’s the day the military arrived in Texas to enforce the emancipation proclamation enslavers ignored. cc: @tnhousegop) #TeachTheTruth

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A system already exists to over-confidently state incorrect facts to women, thanks, we don’t need another one

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'The Cat who Saved Books' by Yuko Shimizu, New York based award winning Japanese illustrator #WomensArt

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“No one had taught us how to be free. We had only ever been taught how to die for freedom.” ― Svetlana Alexievich, Secondhand Time: An Oral History of the Fall of the Soviet Union #BookSky

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 96 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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This is extremely disappointing news for the retired NYC gov workers who fought hard to retain the original health benefits that were supposed to be guaranteed to them. A shocking decision by Nee York’s highest court. Medicare Advantage plan is a rip-off plan. A betrayal of retirees

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And this is with two hours' notice!

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Baltimore -- we are full up on felines but if anyone can help please do!

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TIL ICE conducted 500+ arrests in Puerto Rico www.latimes.com/delos/story/...

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Good work!

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“Jonathan’s death should be a national story, a source of collective mourning, a call to arms. But instead, most major media outlets barely mention it. And if they do, they strip it of context, of the racial, historical, spiritual truth of what happened.”

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Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons (1862) [Father and daughter are discussing her sister’s marriage prospects.] F: What do men require? D: They require the souls and bodies of women, without having the trouble of knowing the difference between the one and the other. F: As bad as that? Whoa!

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Victor Avila, a 66-year-old legal assistant — and a green card holder for 58 years — was detained after visiting his son, who is a member of the U.S. Air Force.

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A great many doctors and nurses from Africa. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

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Via the @financialtimes.com - the number of Iranian centrifuges for enriching uranium went way up after Trump exited the treaty put in place by Obama.

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@a 17th-century French writer, lover, and possible spy. Credited with coining the term “fairy tales,” d’Aulnoy’s stories gave women greater control of their destinies than in fairy tales by men. She shared these and other works at salon gatherings she hosted at her home”

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At last it can be told. My novel Blackheart Man shares the shortlist for the Ursula K Le Guin Prize with some other intriguing titles, and I am so pleased! www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25

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!!!!!

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I'm with @chuygarcia.house.gov, Rep Jonathan Jackson, & Rep Danny Davis at the ICE Processing Center at Broadview to investigate ICE's inhumane, unlawful detention of immigrant families - our constituents. Against the law, we're being denied entry.

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IT'S OFFICIAL. I am the @rooseveltinstitute.org newest graduate fellow! I can't believe it. #GodsPlan I am SO excited to be working with the Roosevelt Institute this year to dig into #TheDoubleTax and solutions for economic inequality. Also your girl got a whole press release. 🤯 #econsky #blacksky

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1979’s “Living Proof,” recorded live here in San Francisco at War Memorial Opera House. The album includes a gorgeous cover of Patti LaBelle’s “You Are My Friend” ✨ #Pride

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 95 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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Watching the news in NY, I keep thinking of this image showing thousands of Bostonians rallying against federal troops whom they called "kidnappers," furious at the reach of the slave power into free states courtesy of the federal govt. 🗃️ www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/par... www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/par...

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Some people have been arguing that even if I’m right and the LDS church doesn’t call Mike Lee out, the church-owned Deseret News should. Honestly, I’m comfortable with that. DN has an independent editorial board and newspapers calling out politicians is democracy-affirming. And the did it! 1/

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they’ve gone from “clearly uniformed” to “partially uniformed” to “in no way identifiable” in like three weeks

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I signed the final bills Melissa Hortman shepherded through the most narrowly divided legislature in the county. All of them bipartisan. We debated, we found common ground, and we compromised. That’s how democracy should function.

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