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Had jury duty this week. The defendant had committed five armed robberies WITH A MACHINE GUN. When asked what I think about firearms, I said: "I think the Second Amendment is one of the stupidest things America ever did, other than the way activist judge Antonin Scalia willfully misinterpreted it."

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All of this, every bit of it, traces back to the failure of the U.S. government to invest in public education for decades and expecting overworked and underpaid educators to make up the difference.

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He was detained outside church. “He was in chains at his feet,” Alondra Sotelo-Garcia told a local news outlet about seeing her father arrested. “Shoelaces were taken off, his belt was off, he didn’t have his ring, he didn’t have his watch. Everything was taken from him.”

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“Any time, any time while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it – just to stand one minute on God’s earth a free woman – I would.” Sharing 'Mum Bett' Elizabeth Freeman’s words on Juneteenth.

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NEW: The Los Angeles Dodgers say they have denied entry to ICE agents who arrived at the stadium and "requested permission to access the parking lots."

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Things are pretty fucked up if a mom‘s two sons — both members of the National Guard — had to accompany her to her immigration hearing to make sure she wouldn’t be detained by ICE.

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Two weeks you say?

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Exactly! The “criminals” aren’t the ones who are being snatched by ICE or whoever those masked men are.

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Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene have both now said that Fox News is propaganda. The right wing is tearing itself apart and I’m loving every minute of it.

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🚨MAJOR BREAKING: In a massive blow to Trump’s deportation machine, The ICE agents who attempted to gain entry at Dodger Stadium have been REFUSED entry and have been escorted out by LAPD. Good riddance.

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E. Jean Carroll: This is a man who wears apricot makeup, with his hair twirled around his head like Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire. I was so close—I heard almost every single thing he said. The farting—you wanted to know about that? It was a silent one… sort of.

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De Niro, 81, was receiving the Palme d’Or lifetime achievement award at the event in the south of France on Tuesday when he called Trump a “philistine president.” “In my country, we are fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted,”

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Three people have died and more than a dozen others were sickened in an outbreak of listeria linked to premade chicken pasta meals sold at Walmart and Kroger stores, according to the CDC.

submitted 23 hours ago • 34 comments

Finally, a Holy War I can join

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Go Dodgers!! The LA Dodgers have denied ICE Agents from entering Dodger Stadium. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Regardless of your opinion on Iran strike, Trump is showing a case of CHICKENING OUT, so far Every time he considers action he backs. Remember after Iran attacked us troops, shot down 200 million dollar plane, etc? As we have always said. Talks big but scared to death. Taco

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Ted Cruz is doing the most Ted Cruziest thing imaginable - posting a bunch of clips from a debate that he lost.

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Breaking News! Dodgers Stadium refused ICE entry, called LAPD and escorted their vehicles off the property! Now, that’s how you stand up against the ICE Gestapo!!! 💪⚾️🧢

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You know your country has screwed up priorities when it pretends it doesn't have the money to prevent LGBTQ teen suicides but it does have the funds to subsidize the wealthiest man in the world's engineering incompetence. www.cbsnews.com/news/video-s...

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I feel like we don’t talk enough about the fact that the sitting president of the United States thinks stealth planes are literally invisible to the naked eye.

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Can we elevate the phrase "So quiet I could hear a tank squeak"?

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30 years ago, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated. I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnd0eSuxu84

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THIS IS ABSOLUTE INSANITY. 👇👇

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Important story about OMB's plans with regard to appropriated funds. This is a big deal, both practically and constitutionally. [Gift article] www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

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Incarcerated people at a California prison commenced a hunger strike to protest expansive restrictions the state handed down after reporting attacks on guards.

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The Supreme Court is set to issue opinions in the 16 remaining cases it heard this term, including: ⚖️Birthright Citizenship/Nationwide Injunctions. ⚖️Louisiana Redistricting. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed. Sign-up now for free. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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DHS wants 72 hours notice before inspections of detention facilities. Kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

submitted 20 hours ago • 947 comments

Trump regime ICE trooper: “we’re just following orders” As they illegally kidnapped people for Trump’s ethnic cleansing campaign. #StopICE

submitted 18 hours ago • 261 comments

The observance of Juneteenth calls us to recommit ourselves to the work of equity, equality, and justice. Each June 19, and especially today in Minnesota, we are reminded of our incredible capacity to heal, hope, and emerge from our darkest moments with purpose and resolve.

submitted 19 hours ago • 129 comments

More video of #ICE at Hollywood Home Depot. I'm calling it now: These folks are likely bounty hunters and/or deputized militia (ie Proud Boys/OathKeepers), and not official ICE.

submitted 20 hours ago • 113 comments

National Guard members accompany their own mother to her immigration appointment in order to protect her from ICE.

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Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters, snuck into the school’s curriculum, new academic standards, right before the board of election passed it. It teaches the students to scrutinize the results of the 2020 presidential election using Trump’s debunked claims of voter fraud.

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Trump’s budget bill wants to slash funding for pets in Domestic Violence shelters. My latest video on why this isn’t just about a pet & will just lead to more violence: youtu.be/nLKFD3NoG38

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Trump's plan to kill national abortion rights essentially worked: 13 states have complete bans on abortion. Now Republicans want to repeal the one law we have to protect access to reproductive health care, the FACE Act, which keeps women and doctors safe at their appointments.

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Illinois should follow suit. What say you, Governor Pritzker?

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