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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 8 hours ago • 238 comments

It is sadly and offensively appropriate for a contemporary traitor to honor historical traitors.

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Irony is officially dead.

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MAGA thinks that rudeness and brutishness is a sign of strength. No, it's not. Quite the opposite.

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After the January 6 pardons, MAGA Republicans have committed themselves to the acceptability of attacks on law enforcement. Officers died as a result. Everything else from them is dishonest bad faith noise.

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Republicans just blocked their own "big, beautiful bill" that would kick millions of Americans off their health care...because it doesn't cut Medicaid enough.

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NEW: Everything wrong in America is because of the ultra-wealthy. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/its-the-ol...

submitted 13 days ago • 687 comments

I don’t think people should engage in violence and vandalism and I don’t think federal agents should provoke people to engage in violence and vandalism. Too many law enforcement officers sworn to protect and serve now look and act like they are in Fallujah.

submitted 3 days ago • 797 comments

I’m extremely proud of our piece, and hope you’ll take a read. In particular, the stories of people in Altadena and Pasadena were both tragic and uplifting to hear. Gigantic thank you to @melbuer.bsky.social and @jwhendricks.bsky.social for being an incredible team. calmatters.org/commentary/2...

submitted 148 days ago • 2 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 4 hours ago • 1684 comments

The orange dictator is not President of the United States. He is President of Some of the States. He and his followers are dedicated to the destruction of the USA, whatever it takes, including military force.

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"Long overdue." "An awesome thing." "Great news!" Anti-vaxxers are rejoicing after RFK Jr. fired all the CDC's vaccine experts.

submitted 9 hours ago • 613 comments

NOW we’re talking about the excesses of law enforcement. But this should have been part of the robust and ongoing conversation about our democracy’s unraveling long before Trump’s latest ICE raids.

submitted 3 hours ago • 20 comments

As Trump plans mass deployments of ICE in Chicago, a car just sped through a group of protesters. I was at the Federal Plaza protest. It was PEACEFUL. This violence and chaos are what Trump, his masked thugs, and the people who support mass deportations stand for.

submitted 21 hours ago • 311 comments

Kim Kardashian:

submitted 5 hours ago • 100 comments

The good guys don’t cover their faces.

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

Any update?

submitted 9 hours ago • 130 comments

Trump escalated tensions in LA by sending federal troops — but did nothing to stop the 50,000 violent rioters he incited on January 6. I was there. They scaled the Capitol walls and trapped us inside. In LA? Peaceful protestors demanding justice are met with unprecedented military force.

submitted 6 hours ago • 11 comments

It can happen here. It is happening here.

submitted 4 hours ago • 116 comments

We believe in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, separation of powers, and checks and balances. The U.S. was founded in opposition to monarchy. We fought for democracy over dictatorship. What the Trump regime is doing is the antithesis of the values this nation was founded upon.

submitted 5 hours ago • 57 comments

America has never been broke. It’s just violently anti-poor. Troops in LA cost $134M — the price of 44 million school lunches. But sure, let’s keep pretending the issue is lazy parents and not a government that eats kids for breakfast.

submitted 17 hours ago • 173 comments

Just to be clear: the President has mobilized the Marines on American soil because people are protesting masked, secret police kidnapping people with no due process and shipping them to foreign death camps. It’s not a misunderstanding or an oversight. That is all it is. There is no other side.

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

A pop-up shop that sells pro-Trump and other conservative-coded memorabilia, was set up on-site with campaign-style merchandise on Army property. Soldiers were seen purchasing "Make America Great Again" chain necklaces and faux credit cards labeled "White Privilege Card: Trumps Everything."

submitted 3 hours ago • 114 comments

How symbolic. MAGA destroys all that is beautiful.

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.

submitted 11 hours ago • 391 comments

BULLSHIT! The federal appellate court did not validate the use of tariffs or rule on the merits of the lawsuit to challenge them. It granted a stay of the lower court ruling while the appeal is heard.

submitted 7 hours ago • 150 comments

It was reported that the occupants of the car that was struck are American citizens.

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

No funds to rebuild after devastating storms and fires, but troops if you demand basic human rights. Got it.

submitted 6 hours ago • 134 comments

The Mayor of LA has issued a curfew tonight — not because the citizens are out of control BUT BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS.

submitted 21 hours ago • 110 comments

Seth gets it

submitted 12 hours ago • 174 comments

“in firing Terry Moran, ABC and the rest are coming closer to being handmaidens to power — and once they do that, then the only truth left will be the one that pleases their Dear Leader the most.” Excellent piece by @jfassler.bsky.social jeremyfassler.medium.com/terry-moran-...

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I'd sit this one out, Congressman.

submitted 5 hours ago • 188 comments

The fact an American President got members of the military to boo American citizens should send chills through everyone. There's going to be a rump of the military that's prepared to do whatever he wants.

submitted 12 hours ago • 375 comments

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality. Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook. Our duty is to stand up to brutality. Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

submitted 7 hours ago • 162 comments

The essence of Trumpism is the declaration of domestic war on his political opponents and disfavored racial, cultural and ethnic groups and the creation of a police state. The means is mass deportation. The end: the destruction of the liberal order. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

submitted 9 hours ago • 9 comments

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submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

i think southern baptists should probably consider a ban on being led by child predators

submitted 19 hours ago • 313 comments

A piece of advice from an old retired soldier to the commanders and leaders currently serving: Review the regulations & policies addressing political behavior when wearing the uniform, and then address those standards with your teams.

submitted 10 hours ago • 270 comments

Should we call these masked agents undocumented or illegals?

submitted 12 hours ago • 15 comments

A woman walking home alone was shot point-blank with “non-lethal” rounds fired by officers in Los Angeles. A neighbor filmed the assault and rushed to help only to be fired on and ordered back.

submitted 8 hours ago • 580 comments

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

submitted 5 hours ago • 381 comments

House and Senate leaders should demand resignations from both Major General Pat Work, the 82nd Airborne Division commander, and Colonel Chad Mixon, the Fort Bragg garrison commander. This was possibly the most partisan speech ever delivered by a commander-in-chief to U.S. troops.

submitted 1 day ago • 79 comments

Turns out, the “Don’t Tread On Me” states’ rights gang is rather partial to heavy treading.

submitted 1 day ago • 295 comments