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Today’s Great News That’s Bad For Trump Protests against the big evil bill, a Stephen Miller scandal, my interview with E. Jean Carroll, and more, read it here:

This needs to END. Right now. Today. ICE OUT OF LA.

Independence Day isn't about celebrating the president. That’s why we're hitting the streets on July 4 to say No Kings & show that organized people power is stronger than authoritarian aspirations. Extra credit: paste ❌👑 to your handle! social.fieldteam6.org/s/TQQXs630

Our troops deserve strength and stability, not a weekend news anchor from Fox News.

We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law.  A new generation that gives meaning to the “we” in “we the people.” Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as the future.

Trump lied about signing a trade deal with China. It was another fabrication from the dementia fantasy world he lives in. He needs to do 89 deals in the next 4 days, by Tuesday July 1, to keep his promise of “90 deals in 90 days.” Hold him accountable for his continuous failures.

"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort." —Justice Sotomayor

Forest Service proposes rollback of 25 year rule protecting lands that includes portions of Tahoe ->Tahoe Daily Tribune | #Land #Forest | More info from EcoSearch

My Friday post is here:

THIS

Public lands belong to all of us! Call the Senate at (202) 224-3121 and tell Senator Mike Lee to take a hike. Not one acre. Not now. Not ever. #PublicLandsInPublicHands

Urge your senator to oppose the Senate's attempt to sell public lands and slash park funding. Nearly 100 parks could be impacted and the vote could happen NEXT WEEK. Send a message and stand up for national parks: www.npca.org/notforsale

This assertion that the Trump administration isn’t recklessly targeting undocumented immigrants with no criminal records is laughably inaccurate. It’s completely disconnected from their own policies and the continuing militarized raids in Los Angeles and recent arrests in Ventura County.

Season 2 of The Pitt is back in production — right here in LA. California’s Film & Television Tax Credit is delivering for LA productions, and there’s more to come. We’re helping support this iconic industry with more shows and more stories. All made in California.

Are you sure about that, Mr. President? Farmers are witnessing firsthand that between 25% and 45% of workers have stopped showing up since your raids began this month. Don’t think your logic is adding up.

Congress is rebranding the BIG budget bill “Healthcare Reform.” Nonsense. The bill will gut Medicaid, affect Medicare [YES, Medicare!] & reduce ACA enrollment—to fund tax cuts for the rich. Are you enrolled in Medicaid, Medicare or the ACA now? What if the bill passes? Then what? @lwvus.bsky.social

I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.

Marco Rubio didn’t just lie—he dismantled the world’s most successful HIV program, buried the medicine, ignored the dead, and called it efficiency. Read the full indictment. thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com/p/this-man-s...

Good night 😴 The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. B.B. King

“You’ve turned the Pentagon into a dysfunctional mess. You are jeopardizing military operations and service members’ lives with your unprecedented action of texting classified military plans to anyone who might stroke your ego.” Sen. Hirono to Hegseth More: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/obama-slam...

What’s a worse lie: The lie from the US that Iran is close to nuclear weapon, which US intel & the IAEA disagree with. Or the lie from the EU that Iran could avoid all this by returning to the negotiating table when they were ALREADY at the negotiating able & heading to Oman when Israel attacked?

Recapping a wild week in June 2025 (protests, parades, murder, war, etc)

Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health. - Albert Camus

Four Democratic members of Congress from Illinois, Jesús “Chuy” García, Danny Davis, Delia Ramirez, and Jonathan Jackson, were denied entry to an ICE facility in Broadview, just outside Chicago, despite federal policy allowing them access without prior notice.

This needs to be stopped.

NOEM SHOULD RESIGN

Yassss! Go Team 💙

There are widespread reports of ICE agents abducting people while masked, without warrants or identification. Due to recent events, we strongly advise: do not open your door or car for anyone you don’t know. That’s the message. No need to elaborate.

My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:

Tragically, the outrageous assault of Sen. Padilla today is becoming normal behavior for a Trump administration which is moving us toward authoritarianism. The American people do not like petty tyrants. We defeated King George in 1776. We will defeat King Donald.

I asked Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to justify cutting Medicaid by $700 billion dollars just to give the very richest people in this country a $235 billion tax break. You won't be surprised to learn: he didn't have an answer.

In Germany, France, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland, public colleges are tuition free or virtually tuition free. Their governments understand the value of investing in their young people. So should we.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...

Voters in Missouri passed a ballot initiative enacting paid sick leave and raising the minimum wage. In response, the Republican state legislature repealed paid sick leave and scrapped a key provision of the wage increase. Hello? Do Republicans ever listen to the will of their voters?

This is a terrible budget proposal for NASA. While some cuts are justifiable, the largest part of the $5B cut comes out of space science including eliminating funding for "low-priority" climate monitoring satellites. Eliminating climate change research funding doesn't make the problem go away.