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The federal government imposing a stop work order on Trevor project for the national 988 suicide hotline on the same day that the Supreme Court greenlit a ban on care despite the risk of suicide sends a clear message: The United States government officially wants trans youth to kill themselves.

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Brad Lander—comptroller, mayoral candidate—was handcuffed by masked ICE agents in a courthouse simply for asking to see a warrant as he defended an immigrant. This is authoritarian intimidation, a dangerous abuse of power weeks before a crucial election.

California brings forth bill that takes the masks off ICE agents.

“I‘ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this,” said Judge William Young when ruling from the bench. “Is it true of our society as a whole? Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?” You Go Judge Young! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/16/m...

Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process. But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things. That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.

Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. “This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

This isn't conventional political capture. It’s structural privatization of government. Where the civil service isn't politicized directly; kneecap it so that it's outcompeted, then replaced by ideologically aligned private contractors. They’re co-opting the state via rentier privatization.

When I die I’d like the @nytimes.com editorial board to lower me into my grave so I can be let down one last time.

What the actual fuck???? ‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans Everyone in the fascist 🍊🤡 administration has lost their damn minds!!! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

At the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, there’s a tomb for Alma House, an African American girl who was just 16 years old — and nine months pregnant — when she was lynched by a white mob. Trump wants us to forget about girls like Alma. Here's how ⤵️

This is just another indicator of how utterly evil this administration is: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Please, read this to get a good grip on this and then share it widely. They're selling massive amounts of public lands. YOUR lands. Trump sees everything as real estate.

This is insane

NEW: Feds cut off public/press access to Sacramento Immigration Court, via @sacbee_news www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

how is this real life www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The head of the department of homeland security announced that she planned to use military force to take over a democratically elected government in the state of California and we are arguing about whether a California Senator properly identified himself at the door.

"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California

In the past week, a union leader has been arrested, a U.S. Rep charged with a crime, a U.S. Senator violently handcuffed, and reporters shot with rubber bullets and detained. There is no ambiguity. This is a regime operating as an authoritarian. Americans who believe in liberty must oppose it.

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this

Are we really fucking doing this. Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.

It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.

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

CNN’s Jason Carroll was zip-tied and escorted away—for reporting the news. But they claimed he wasn’t under arrest? Why are they shooting rubber bullets at and silencing journalists? We still have a First Amendment.

This is outrageous.

You can’t sell me on the guy in stilts being a threat

California National Guard with riot shields pushed the protesters into the streets. Tear gas deployed and pellets exploded on the street. Didn’t see any arrests, though there was some shoving back and forth with the shields.

Is this just kind of like repeat it until you believe it yourself? Your boss pardoned everyone who assaulted law enforcement on January 6th. Ass!!!

And there you have it. ICE didn't target migrant workers in Kristi Noem's farms or Sarah Huckabee Sanders' meatpacking plants because they wanted to create a riot in LA as a pretext to declaring martial law. They don't care about undocumented migrants, they only care about controlling US citizens.

Your safety is the top priority. Peaceful protesters have already been harmed for doing nothing. The story they’re selling isn’t legit. Please film everything, document everything.

Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.

The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.

🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

Trump is closing a major airport to accommodate a military parade for his birthday – the parade is estimated to cost as much as $45 million. This coming from the president who said little girls are fine with 2 dolls not 30. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Lest you think DOGE is over…Big Balls and the federal government are making it official: www.wired.com/story/big-ba...

Never contact an authority about anything, ever. Not in today's America

Someone just sent me a group email making the case for Jamie Dimon for president. No. No more rich oligarchs