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Flag Day isn't about celebrating the president. That’s why we're hitting the streets on June 14 to say No Kings and show that organized people power is stronger than authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/OdBD05xN

Know Your Rights: Encountering ICE

by @joetrippi.bsky.social 1/2 “To find a protest near you, visit substack.com/redirect/7c9... or check local listings on social media & community sites. Events are being held across the country. If there isn’t one near you, organize one. Speak with friends, neighbors, coworkers. It starts with..

by @borowitzreport.bsky.social 1/2 “Terry Moran’s non-renewal has less to do with ABC’s pompously-stated policy than with parent company Disney’s sweaty campaign to appease the fascistic Trump regime. This is the same company, after all, who shoveled $15 million into his trough last year to..

by @streamlinedpmllc.bsky.social 1/2 "What’s invisible, profitable, and about to become your town’s next crisis headline? "That’s right, your power grid. "Once the humble domain of linemen, coal plants, & weird neighbor dudes with solar rigs, the electric grid is now the sexy new battlefield for..

by @hcrichardson.bsky.social 1/2 “a commander at Fort Bragg commented, ‘This has been a bad week for the Army for anyone who cares about us being a neutral institution,' speaking with Military [dot] com on the condition of anonymity to avoid retaliation. “This was shameful. I don’t expect anything..

Texans are protesting peacefully, and Greg Abbott has the National Guard on standby. 
Because nothing scares him more than the people standing up and speaking out. Let me remind y’all: the right to peaceful protest is in the Constitution.

by @marciej.bsky.social 1/2 "how’s it going trying to undo Trump’s fuckups with China? "Courts won’t save him (or us!); an appeals court has let his tariffs stay in place for now, at least until they can hear arguments July 31. Six months in and we are already so tired of typing..

by @msignorile.bsky.social 1/2 "Trump sees immigration as his only strong suit—even as the case of Kilmar Abrego-Garcia and others showed him losing support massively on the issue because people were being deported who were not criminals are were not getting due process—and he surely..

by @thegodpodcast.com 1/2 “The one thing Donald Trump most wants you not to do… is protest. And that’s because history shows that protests against him work. They prove the strength of his opposition. “His billionaire bestie just dumped him and called him a pedophile. JD Vance and Peter Thiel..

by @jojofromjerz.bsky.social 1/2 “they hate ridicule. They hate resistance. They hate being outsmarted by someone who doesn’t break a sweat while doing it. And Gavin Newsom? He’s not just standing in the breach—he’s laughing in their faces, reading them their own playbook out loud, & underlining..

This Saturday. 6/14. Show Up.

by @phoebesaid.bsky.social 1/2 “Major stores in the Port Huron area are set up to cater to border traffic, the retailer said. ‘We’re all suffering. You see it through your sales and transaction counts going through the register. You see a difference, for sure. We all see it. If this continues..

by @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy 1/2 “the real point isn’t Musk’s personal failings. It’s the falsity of the whole claim that the US government wastes vast amounts of taxpayers’ money. Of course there’s waste & fraud there, as there is in any large organization. But the federal government..

"The political group Nefesh Min Lozen, a partner group with One Human Family QCA, organized the protest. Alexandria Friend, an organizer with Nefesh Min Lozen, said they organized the protest in solidarity with the thousands of Los Angeles residents who protested"

by @walshfreedom.bsky.social “Trump, ever the showman, saw it as his big opportunity. He takes isolated protests—peaceful ones, for the most part—and broadcasts them through a megaphone of fear. A block and a half of demonstrators in a metro area of over 22 million becomes ‘LA is burning down’”

by @streamlinedpmllc.bsky.social 1/2 "You can have 20 people pass out in a boiling Amazon warehouse and still not make the front page. But if a tech bro’s AI startup crashes and he cries on LinkedIn? National tragedy. "Media outlets regurgitate job numbers and call it a day, rarely touching the..

by ‪@eisendrath.net‬ 1/3 “Yet while Trump may be immune, his administration is not. At least not yet. But if the reconciliation bill becomes law the administration will be free from any law whatsoever, because the courts will have no power to enforce any rulings through contempt proceedings..

by @rbhubbell.bsky.social 1/2 "Trump's declaration of emergency is an attempt to create an emergency justifying the deployment of troops. It is an illegal, unjustified use of the US military—and is grounds for impeachment, conviction, & removal from office. "As a point of personal privilege as..

by @governor.ca.gov 1/2 “If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant, based only on suspicion or skin color, then none of us are safe. Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there. Trump and his loyalists..

by @hcrichardson.bsky.social 1/2 Maria Sacchetti of WaPo noted today California recently became the 4th largest economy in the world. It has the highest number of immigrants in the country—although many have moved in the past few years to more affordable states—& unemployment numbers are close..

by @glegum.bsky.social “How badly does the administration not trust Hegseth? Last month they ordered him to cancel a trip to Israel to meet with Bibi Netanyahu and sent Kristi Noem in his place. Imagine sucking so badly at your job that your bosses would rather give your duties to Kristi Noem”

by @ilyasomin.bsky.social 1/2 “Opponents of Trump’s dangerous and illegal power grabs should learn from history and pursue strategies that combine litigation & political action. Tariffs and some types of immigration issues are particularly promising opportunities to further exploit these synergies..

by @robynelyse.bsky.social 1/2 "Basically, stupid people like to claim that you shouldn’t eat anything or use anything with 'chemicals you can’t pronounce' in it, because they assume that all chemicals are bad, rather than understanding that literally everything on earth, no matter how natural..

by @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social 1/2 "Keep in mind that this is also playing out against a backdrop of Trump threatening to cancel federal funding owed to California, the nation’s largest & richest state. Newsom’s response, posted on X Friday: 'Californians pay the bills for the federal government..

by @elainemsoloway.bsky.social 1/2 “I’m sharing this bit of history because I think it represents a good portion of my Chicago city. And with today’s threats on immigrants and refugees, no matter their status, that population that came over on boats and boots deserves to be seen and applauded..

by ‪‪@michaelcohen212.bsky.social‬ 1/2 “Let me tell you what this really is. This isn’t national security. This isn’t law and order. This is a pure, unfiltered, weapons-grade reality show distraction. A re-run of the oldest trick in the Trump playbook: create a crisis, redefine reality, and hope..