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Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

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by Eve Fairbanks 1/2 "There is no 'White genocide' in South Africa. No farm has been taken from a White owner without compensation. White-owned farms occupy about half of South Africa’s territory, despite Whites making up, it bears repeating, only 7% of the population. White South Africans enjoy..

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by @jimacosta.bsky.social 1/2 "Trump’s mass deportation initiative, at least according to any cursory view of incoming news reports, seems to be almost entirely designed to remove people with brown skin and Hispanic last names from the US Could the president step forward and finally reveal what’s..

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by @briankarem.bsky.social 1/3 "Donald Trump is a convicted felon who only cares about the rule of law when it benefits himself. He is an empty-soul of boundless energy raging against anyone who would speak against him. "Finally, & most importantly, he is a standing subversion of everything we’ve..

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by @joycewhitevance.bsky.social 1/2 “The best response is calm & deliberation, exactly what the administration doesn’t want to see from the people protesting against it. Trump doesn’t want to see protests marking his birthday parade next weekend; that may well be the reason for the timing..

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by @rbhubbell.bsky.social 1/2 "There will be a tipping point that breaks Trump's second term. The deployment of the National Guard in California may be that point. If not, it seems as though we are rushing toward a point at which every American who supports democracy will be roused to act..

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by @artcullen.bsky.social 1/2 "They still won’t deliver babies in Newton because it doesn’t pay, for crying out loud. And they won’t expand the nursing staff in Pocahontas by any state measure. Our congress critters all voted for the health care cuts in the Big Bad Bill. The University of Iowa..

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by @sjdemas.bsky.social 1/2 "For many, the only passing contact they’ll have with the legislation is hearing its name. And because the 'Big Beautiful Bill' sounds positive, it’s easy to tune out criticism or assume it’s overblown. "Let’s face it: That’s a diabolically shrewd move in an era where..

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by @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy 1/3“science can’t flourish without government support. Research is the classic example of a 'public good' that won’t be undertaken by private firms seeking profit. If you combine huge funding cuts with an environment in which scientists are essentially told..

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by @davidrlurie.bsky.social 1/2 “During the campaign, Trump and his cronies declared they would deport the allegedly massive numbers of ‘criminal aliens.’ When Trump came into office, however, he faced a problem: The vast majority of undocumented immigrants are law abiding..

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by @jefftiedrich.bsky.social 1/2 "Los Angeles hasn’t been ‘invaded’ or ‘occupied.’ violent mobs aren’t ‘swarming.’ "do you know how many undocumented migrants were arrested by ICE after their Friday sweep of the city? "They arrested 121 people..

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by @lizdye.bsky.social 1/2 "unlike lawsuits challenging the Trump administration under AEA, IEEPA, and the Impoundment Control Act, legal challenges to an invocation of the Insurrection Act are likely to fail in court. That’s because in 1827, the Supreme Court ruled that “the authority to decide..

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by @nberlat.bsky.social 1/3 “It would be terrible if Trump invoked the insurrection act. But you know what else would be terrible? Effectively disallowing all protest because you’re afraid of Trump. Protest is a core right in a democracy, in part because protests are a check on power..

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by @jojofromjerz.bsky.social 1/2 “Humor is the emergency exit. It’s how we breathe when the house is on fire. I’m choosing to laugh at Stephen Miller. Loudly. Hysterically. Unforgivably. Because yes, he’s f’ng terrifying, but he’s also a clown. A greasy, bone-dry loser-clown in fascist drag..

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by @marciej.bsky.social 1/2 "This shitshow kicked off because the Department of Homeland Security has tripled its quotas for immigration arrests to 3,000 a day — Stephen Miller had a temper tantrum, you see — and has desperately been going after the people its Gestapo thugs can find most easily..

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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/HzJ8bMM5

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We've got the perfect birthday gift for Donald Trump: A nationwide day of defiance. Trump is planning a military parade in DC, so we're taking to the streets everywhere else on June 14 to say No Kings. app.sosha.ai/s/KBTSpCT8

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by @jenrubin.bsky.social 1/2 “these government employees sent up a flare warning the public: With thousands of employees already let go, do not expect the crown jewels of our parks to shine. Nonsensical cuts, erratic decisions, and an abusive atmosphere are going to cause the Park Service..

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by William Finnegan 1/2 "This isn’t 1963. The people you’re up against don’t feel shame. They don’t respond to moral clarity. They want the chaos. They want the confrontation. "The good news? California still has tools. Real tools. Legal tools. "While the military holds the power of escalation..

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by Sam Osterhout "Trump’s inability to reason is matched only by his inability to communicate clearly. That’s not to say that he isn’t powerful, or that he isn’t a fascist who sees himself as a king. It’s just to say that.. he is more of a symbol of a movement than the mastermind behind it"

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1/2 "Col. Bree Fram, one of the highest-ranking openly transgender officers in the U.S. military, wrote in an Instagram post Friday that her removal would take effect the following day. 'In my last official act, I was able to pin medals on three of my folks,” she wrote..

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1/2 "McDonnell, the LAPD chief, said the protests were following a similar pattern for episodes of civil unrest, with things ramping up in the 2nd & 3rd days. He pushed back against claims by the Trump administration that the LAPD had failed to help federal authorities when protests broke out..

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by @hcrichardson.bsky.social 1/2 "There is no doubt that as their other initiatives have stalled & popular opinion is turning against the administration on every issue, the Trump regime is trying to establish a police state. But in making LA their flashpoint, they chose a poor place to demonstrate..

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