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Liberal Sr. Woman. Not brilliant myself, but appreciate genius & creativity in others. Save the planet and democracy. She/Her/Hers
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Which, for those who don’t know, is undeniably illegal. Even DHS *grudgingly* admits that the statute giving Congress oversight of ICE facilities—passed in the wake of Trump 1.0 bc of, you know, all this the first time—does not give ICE the right to deny MOCs access, ever.

My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

Holy shit. India’s Foreign Secretary just shut down Trump’s claim he brokered peace between India and Pakistan. Modi told him: “There was never any discussion… about a trade deal or U.S. mediation… India has neither accepted mediation, nor does it do so—and never will.”

If you’re not outraged, if you’re not in the streets, if you’re not calling your representatives and your senators, you’re NOT PAYING ATTENTION!

The guy arresting you shouldn’t look like the guy in a ski mask robbing a liquor store. It’s why we’re advancing legislation to put a stop to secret police-style masked law enforcement.

If you want an example of the failings of Community Notes, look no further than Musk spreading misinfo in the hours after the Minnesota shooting. The shooter has now been IDed as a Trump supporter. There is no community note on Musk or the original post he quotes.

at what point did being right-wing become synonymous with openly murderous psychopathy

Today is Day 68.

Moulton: It turns out the U.S. Army is not great at doing Soviet-style or North Korean-style parades, because that’s not what people sign up to do… Imagine how much veteran housing you could build for $40 million. You could help a lot of vets with that kind of money. And this parade helped nobody.

administration should just put up a “no niggers” sign and save themselves the trouble of writing out each country

Virginia 🥹 Senator Tim Kaine reminding everyone that doesn't have their ears filled with hamburger grease that Congress is the Only path for the United States to enter war.

“A reporter from THE CITY had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, “Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?” www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/b...

Trump's "Palpable" and "Appalling Racial Discrimination"; Reagan-Appointed Judge Rules Against Trump! youtu.be/KnBMaYrEUow?...

Rothkopf is wise and astute; we should all read/listen closely. Trump is hollowing us out from the inside. The greatest enemy our country has known. If not a Russian asset, perhaps there is political Munchausen by Proxy going on: he’s breaking it all so “he alone can fix it”.

Deploying the military for the purpose of law enforcement is illegal absent the President invoking the Insurrection Act. Our service members should never be used as political pawns. ift.tt/h8Gslyc

The next Nationwide protest is July 17 in honor of John Lewis axios.com/2025/06/17/n...

Trump quotas 'killing morale' at ICE as Home Depots busted over violent gangs www.rawstory.com/trump-ice-26...

Schatz: People are seeing what chaos really looks like. We are on the brink of some very dangerous developments in the Middle East, and we have chaos inside the US—not chaos the federal government can’t control, but chaos the federal government is, in some instances, precipitating or making worse.

Trump Mobile ad leaked...

Truck carrying tank after Army's 250th birthday parade kills pedestrian in DC www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

I signed the final bills Melissa Hortman shepherded through the most narrowly divided legislature in the county. All of them bipartisan. We debated, we found common ground, and we compromised. That’s how democracy should function.

Trump is trying to consolidate power and normalize unconstitutional actions by masked federal agents: arresting public officials, abducting people off the streets without due process, deploying the military in U.S. cities and cracking down on protesters. Make no mistake, this is about power... 1/2

narrator: an unexpected crisis would, in fact, hit them

So @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social did a writeup of Brad Lander's arrest today at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC, focusing not just on Lander's treatment, but the treatment of immigrants inside, both in the courtroom and once they are detained. prospect.org/justice/2025...

NEW: Gov. Hochul announces that the state is dedicating $50 million for legal assistance for immigrants like those who may be targeted by ICE when leaving the federal courthouse

When Mike Lee applauded the killing of elected officials in their own homes, Did he forget he's one of them or was he simply too Trump-stupid to realize it?

I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.

NY Governor Kathy Hochul inside 26 Federal Plaza now, seeking answers from DHS/ICE about the arrest of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, who is still being detained. @thecity.nyc "How long is this going to take, I don't think he has a long rap sheet," Hochul says to agents.

18 paragraphs before any indication that this was thuggish authoritarian bullshit. I despair. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...

I just really need y'all to be clear on the fact that Mike Huckabee is the kind of Christian who wants to use the Jewish people as a tool with which to hurry the Second Coming along. And then we can all (literally, in his theology) go to hell.

HAPPENING NOW: A Ninth Circuit panel hears arguments on whether President Trump had the authority to federalize the California National Guard—and whether Judge Breyer's order blocking him from doing so should be stayed during appeal. 🧵

Faceless government goon arrests public official for refusing to hand over a vulnerable person without a warrant. Guess the country.

Sergio Gor, Director of WH Personnel, has STILL not turned in paperwork for his background check. He claims he is from Malta but they have no records of him being born there, and he refuses to say what country he is from. nypost.com/2025/06/17/u...

In case any Republican had any doubts or qualifications on whether the US is fighting a war against Iran, Trump is clearing that up for you today. And he just got done bombing Yemen for a month. And for 3 years they called us warmongers for supporting Ukraine.

A Signal message sent by a Mesa County sheriff's deputy to a group chat organized by the feds led to Caroline Dias Goncalves' arrest within minutes of this traffic stop. The department claims this was unintentional, but won't say what the message was or why the deputy sent it.

This is why Hegseth will only go on Fox.

Kind of stunning how much less stable the world has gotten in fully less than a week

I don’t care what its name is. Corporate America is a greedy, evil motherfucker. Close them all!!! Small business could thrive and provide better service.

Remember, we *had* a diplomatic resolution to the Iran nuclear issue, thanks to the JCPOA that Obama put in place after years of hard work, but then President Spiteful Shithead withdrew the U.S. from the pact in 2018 and everything fell apart. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Oh, hey: the Trump admin, in the person Project 2025 co-architect, Office of Management & Budget Director & interim CFPB head Russell Vought, scrapped a years-in-the-works rule to protect Americans’ privacy from data brokers!

At *minimum* it should be illegal for voter boards to sell data imho. You can take every precaution you want but that goes out the window when you register to vote in most states.

if you're trans or black or muslim, everything you do is considered political, but if you're a christian terrorist, you're just an apolitical part of The System (derogatory)

This is continued journalistic malpractice from the @startribune.com normalizing a violent white male suspect. He owned a private security company called Praetorian Guard, traveled overseas to preach against abortion and LGBTQ+ people, and attended a bible college that preaches "violent prayer."

I’m sure your media doesn’t cover things like this anymore. Kyiv is under a heavy drone attack. Fires have been reported in several districts of the city. We’re fine (as one can be under the current circumstances)

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On Trump, police violence, and why 16th century French philosopher Etienne de la Boetie would have told you to STAND UP rather than avoid conflict with a bad leader: substack.com/inbox/post/1...