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Tomorrow, we will be demonstrating across this country against our wannabe king and his decision to destroy the constitutional rights that Americans fought long and hard to secure. We will show solidarity — and we will do it peacefully. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/tomorrow-is-no-kings-day

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Yes. According to Army protocol, congressional staff are VIP Code 5, with a rank equivalent to a two-star general/admiral. Members of Congress are of course significantly higher. I have never seen USCP, FPS, or any other federal LEO treat any Member with anywhere near this disrespect and violence.

submitted 20 hours ago • 41 comments

My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.

submitted 16 hours ago • 247 comments

Courage should be rewarded. Donate something. alex-padilla.com

submitted 19 hours ago • 21 comments

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.

submitted 17 hours ago • 255 comments

As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.

submitted 19 hours ago • 61 comments

So, are Senate Democrats now FINALLY going to stop voting yes on Trump agenda items altogether? NO on Trump nominations! NO on Trump budgets! NO on Trump legislation! NO ON TRUMP!!!

submitted 20 hours ago • 39 comments

Oh he struck those words, so now its almost like he never said them, how convenient that he can just say "take backsies" and the threat is now vanished into the ether.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

holy shit they threw him on the ground and cuffed Padilla when he was out of the room.

submitted 21 hours ago • 118 comments

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRki... #ANDOR

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

This is insane. I’m trying to think what the reaction would have been if Mayorkas, DHS Secretary under Biden, had got his security folks to manhandle and shove Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz in this way.

submitted 21 hours ago • 156 comments

Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know. This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control. This must end now.

submitted 21 hours ago • 550 comments

I told you we’d be back

submitted 23 hours ago • 1547 comments

I dont know that there has ever been a time in history where the #democraticparty has shown themselves to be so blatantly #republicanlite. Sure there are members who are outspoken and talk about the genocide Isreal is committing against Palestinians in Gaza, but most of them are silent or worse.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

American christians totally believe in christian values, as long as your white! They love Jesus, so long as its the blue eyed pale skinned one. Is no wonder christo fascism has taken hold of so many in this country with the idea of american exceptionalism feeding it as it grows.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

My grandmother, her mother and grandmother fled Sicily and the growth of #fascism for a country that offered sanctuary and hope and now I am confronted with the same thing she faced as a young girl. I always wondered what that was like for her and now I feel that much closer to her in this moment.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

submitted 2 days ago • 1461 comments

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

submitted 2 days ago • 499 comments

To all my liberal and progressive friends out there who keep sayin "violence is not the answer..." I agree to a point, and that point is when you have to defend yourself from an unconstitutional armed force invading our streets then violence might be the answer, in self defense.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Our fathers, our grandfathers, our brothers and uncles, sons and friends, crossed an ocean and fought a war to kick nazi assholes out of Europe and end their fascist reign... but we cant seem to get up and do it here in our own country today. What a sad sorrowful state we find ourselves in.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

A manufactured crisis created by the Trump Administration to the tune of $134 million while they tell us we can’t afford funding for housing, healthcare, and food assistance.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

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

submitted 2 days ago • 887 comments

They're talking about the "golden dome" again. So let us remind you that experts overwhelmingly reject the proposal as “the insane ramblings of a senile old person.”

submitted 3 days ago • 75 comments

IF NOT SOONER. FINGERS CROSSED.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

For decades, Sec. Kennedy has spread lies about vaccines. Now, his misinformation will lead to preventable illness & death. Firing independent experts is a dangerous move that makes it harder for Americans to access vaccines that are safe, effective & essential to saving lives.

submitted 3 days ago • 193 comments

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCoW...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

#KamalasLIE #TheNewBIGLIE So yeah #maga, make it make sense. #Fucktrump and his gestapo incursion into Los Angeles just like Harris said he would. Every accusation is an admission of what he plans to do and here we are being proven right again.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in California is not about the protests. It is about expanding his never-ending grasp for more power. It is about moving this country toward authoritarianism. All Americans must stand together against this gross abuse of power.

submitted 3 days ago • 129 comments

If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him? No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens. Fascism is here.

submitted 3 days ago • 228 comments

I watched the GITS live action movie begrudgingly once and hated it. Then I watched it again because I was doing a podcast episode about it and wanted to focus on some specific issues. I watched it a third time years later to see if I might have been wrong to hate it so much. I was not incorrect.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

The #GhostInTheShell live action movie is imitation without understanding. Its a mindless homage that only really copies the original source in places, but doesnt know why its doing it other than knowing that it was popular, thus thinking if they copy it then they might also be popular. #GITS

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Israel kidnapping Greta Thunberg, the Academy-Award winning co-director of the documentary No Other Land, and declaring Ms. Rachel an anti-semite for not wanting Palestinian kids to die. Yup, this is how you win the world.

Tomorrow, we will be demonstrating across this country against our wannabe king and his decision to destroy the constitutional rights that Americans fought long and hard to secure. We will show solidarity — and we will do it peacefully. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/tomorrow-is-no-kings-day

Yes. According to Army protocol, congressional staff are VIP Code 5, with a rank equivalent to a two-star general/admiral. Members of Congress are of course significantly higher. I have never seen USCP, FPS, or any other federal LEO treat any Member with anywhere near this disrespect and violence.

My friends, it's not just happening in a galaxy far, far away.

Courage should be rewarded. Donate something. alex-padilla.com

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.

As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.

So, are Senate Democrats now FINALLY going to stop voting yes on Trump agenda items altogether? NO on Trump nominations! NO on Trump budgets! NO on Trump legislation! NO ON TRUMP!!!

Oh he struck those words, so now its almost like he never said them, how convenient that he can just say "take backsies" and the threat is now vanished into the ether.

holy shit they threw him on the ground and cuffed Padilla when he was out of the room.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRki... #ANDOR

This is insane. I’m trying to think what the reaction would have been if Mayorkas, DHS Secretary under Biden, had got his security folks to manhandle and shove Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz in this way.

Senator Alex Padilla is one of the most decent people I know. This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control. This must end now.

I told you we’d be back

I dont know that there has ever been a time in history where the #democraticparty has shown themselves to be so blatantly #republicanlite. Sure there are members who are outspoken and talk about the genocide Isreal is committing against Palestinians in Gaza, but most of them are silent or worse.

American christians totally believe in christian values, as long as your white! They love Jesus, so long as its the blue eyed pale skinned one. Is no wonder christo fascism has taken hold of so many in this country with the idea of american exceptionalism feeding it as it grows.

My grandmother, her mother and grandmother fled Sicily and the growth of #fascism for a country that offered sanctuary and hope and now I am confronted with the same thing she faced as a young girl. I always wondered what that was like for her and now I feel that much closer to her in this moment.

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

To all my liberal and progressive friends out there who keep sayin "violence is not the answer..." I agree to a point, and that point is when you have to defend yourself from an unconstitutional armed force invading our streets then violence might be the answer, in self defense.

Our fathers, our grandfathers, our brothers and uncles, sons and friends, crossed an ocean and fought a war to kick nazi assholes out of Europe and end their fascist reign... but we cant seem to get up and do it here in our own country today. What a sad sorrowful state we find ourselves in.

A manufactured crisis created by the Trump Administration to the tune of $134 million while they tell us we can’t afford funding for housing, healthcare, and food assistance.

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

They're talking about the "golden dome" again. So let us remind you that experts overwhelmingly reject the proposal as “the insane ramblings of a senile old person.”

IF NOT SOONER. FINGERS CROSSED.

For decades, Sec. Kennedy has spread lies about vaccines. Now, his misinformation will lead to preventable illness & death. Firing independent experts is a dangerous move that makes it harder for Americans to access vaccines that are safe, effective & essential to saving lives.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCoW...

#KamalasLIE #TheNewBIGLIE So yeah #maga, make it make sense. #Fucktrump and his gestapo incursion into Los Angeles just like Harris said he would. Every accusation is an admission of what he plans to do and here we are being proven right again.

Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in California is not about the protests. It is about expanding his never-ending grasp for more power. It is about moving this country toward authoritarianism. All Americans must stand together against this gross abuse of power.

If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him? No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens. Fascism is here.

I watched the GITS live action movie begrudgingly once and hated it. Then I watched it again because I was doing a podcast episode about it and wanted to focus on some specific issues. I watched it a third time years later to see if I might have been wrong to hate it so much. I was not incorrect.

The #GhostInTheShell live action movie is imitation without understanding. Its a mindless homage that only really copies the original source in places, but doesnt know why its doing it other than knowing that it was popular, thus thinking if they copy it then they might also be popular. #GITS

Israel kidnapping Greta Thunberg, the Academy-Award winning co-director of the documentary No Other Land, and declaring Ms. Rachel an anti-semite for not wanting Palestinian kids to die. Yup, this is how you win the world.

It is difficult to overstate how much I loathe such selfish dumbasses:

“Anyone”

How on earth can this country still hold the World Cup and Olympics next year??

Friggin tornados rolling through the area atm, wonderful sunday afternoon.