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The Hortman family helped raise and train dogs to partner with veterans. One of the many reasons we will miss Melissa and Mark.

Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday. This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.

An airline-owned data broker collected US travelers’ flight records, sold them to Customs and Border Protection, and then as part of the contract told CBP to not reveal where the data came from, according to a contract obtained by 404 Media.

Before the cops in LA started escalating things for no reason it was funny how my main takeaway was how much people were looking out for each other in really helpful ways. I’ve never seen so many people with carts giving away free water, sunscreen, snacks, and masks to total strangers.

The most consequential Speaker in state history.

Minnesota’s flags will fly at half staff in honor and remembrance of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. She woke up every morning determined to make Minnesota a better place, and she will be greatly missed.

Holy shit, New York! Here’s the full view. #NoKings #50501Movement

Something just hit me. Trump’s tactics might have just awakened a sleeping giant. All day, I’ve been seeing clips of children of immigrants newly activated: speaking up and pushing back harder than their parents ever could. Future voters.

Literally the Russian flag in the post. Two of them

No King. We have four billboards up-about a million people will drive by them this week. Chip in if able. maddogpac.com/products/qui...

Curated amnesia: the historical tables for the federal budget have disappeared from the OMB website: www.whitehouse.gov/omb/informat...

We’re closing in on the 3.5% rule! 8.6 million and counting! We’re in awe. Lots of events still happening make sure to be counted. Big towns, small towns you showed up.

Just a few days ago, Speaker Mike Johnson, the puritanical pixie twit, refused to rule out arresting Governor Newsom. He added that Newsom should be “tarred and feathered,” a form of torture popularized by vigilantes. He is a reckless hypocrite.

#nokings #savannah And here’s a lady getting arrested for wearing a medical mask

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

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!

ICE Arrests Louisiana Mother of 9-Week-Old, Wife of Marine at Immigration Hearing www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Shameful.

The Department of Defense was created to protect us, but who is going to protect us from THEM?

Now that an apparent lone wolf perpetrator impersonated a police officer and targeted and killed state lawmakers, the fact that masked ICE agents are going around and herding people forcefully into vans without showing credentials, moves beyond fucking outrageous and unacceptable to fucking ironic.

I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

I am in LOVE! This women so righteously tells these #ICEMonsters that they can fuck ALLLLL the way off for racially profiling them it’s a work of absolute art! You have to watch this! #BeRudeToFascists #PeopleOverPaperwork #AbolishICE #FAFO

With or without documentation, simply due to skin color.

What an I aspiration 🥹. I hope someday my kids are as proud of me for standing up for what is right, as her son is proud of her. I do not plan to be on the wrong side of history … How about you?

Trump paused immigration raids on restaurants, hotels, and agricultural workers. It couldn't be for this reason since I'll bet ICE was told to avoid raids on Trump properties www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

"The HHS document says that another paper it cites found 'an increase in placental blood clotting in pregnant mothers who took the vaccine.' But the paper doesn't contain any reference to placental blood clots or to pregnant women." www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...

""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..." www.wnep.com/article/news...

BREAKING: Israeli officials say Trump approved the Iran attack, "We had a clear U.S. green light," per Axios

Newsom: "Speaker Johnson -- his eloquence was elevated when he called to 'tar and feather' the governor of California. Very religious man. I guess that's the spirit. The word of the Lord."

NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“

Newsom: "He's been a stone cold liar about what he said we talked about. He never discussed the National Guard. Period. Full stop. I would love to share with you what he actually talked about. It would send shivers up your spine."

This is absolutely insane, and criminal. Everyone, especially a Senator representing the state, has a right to speak out. The fact that the agents felt protected in acting this way says everything. We’re quickly traversing a dangerous path