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Harry Enten: "I think we can say Donald Trump has lost the political battle when it comes to what has happened in Los Angeles. Trump's net approval rating on LA - way, way underwater at -15 points... this is happening on what should be on Donald Trump's best issue ... he's losing on his core issue"

Wow. I cannot imagine a documentary that would be of greater interest to me. The timing is... insanely right. Premiere is 6/27/2025 at 9pm ET www.pbs.org/wnet/america... via Maddow

Conserving our environment is an American value. From hikers to hunters we want to keep our public lands public! Thats why the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands needs to be removed from the Senate Budget Bill. Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸 Pass it on!

Will they put butcher paper down on his table with crayons so he can draw?

Lupe was a star at our Hands Off Medicaid rally yesterday in Bakersfield.

Members of Congress are being denied access to an ICE facility in Manhattan, because the conditions inside are that bad.

“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.” Way to go Dodgers and the protesters!

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

I think we all know why, Eric.

We don’t know what the real name of the Director of White House Personnel is, we don’t know what country he came from, he refuses to turn in background check forms, and nobody will ask the president or press secretary about it.

Man charged with attempted kidnapping of Democratic Memphis mayor

YOU WANNA SEE A DEAD BODY??? *This* is the NOW INFAMOUS "Footnote 12" that Jackson wrote. It basically tells Neil Gorsuch: "Fuck you as a staff, label, and motherfucking crew."

Congress has the sole power to declare war – full stop. The idea that the US would potentially deploy a bunker buster bomb in Iran w/out Congressional approval not only flies in the face of our Constitution, it would also rope us into another forever war that Americans do not want.

And just in time for Wildfire season . . . “If President Trump was serious about improving the nation’s wildland firefighting capabilities, he would stop hollowing out the agencies tasked with fighting wildfires . . . www.cpr.org/2025/06/17/t...

Saying there are “too many non-working holidays” on Juneteenth is so on brand for a man who is actively trying to erase Black history. This from the same man who’s wasted over $26 million in taxpayer dollars and spent more than 30 days golfing since January 20, 2025? Please.

While we wait for the Supreme Court to rule in a critical redistricting case from Louisiana, this is what the GOP is up to in Texas and Ohio. Remember the GOP's plan is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Happy Juneteenth!

Oh look, references to international norms and what other countries do are now back in Supreme Court opinions now that they can be invoked to support the Court majority’s project?

KAINE: “You didn’t call any of the families. They learned about it from the press.” @sentimkaine calls out @petehegseth for not having the courtesy to call the families of the 🇺🇸 soldiers whose names he’s stripping from military bases to put the names of Confederate generals back.

This would have been a terrific moment in history for the United States of America to have a presidential administration with at least the tiniest bit of moral authority.

Pretty much. We should also note that the specific way Skrmetti was upheld sets the court up to overturn Bostock, Obergefell, Lawrence, Brown, Plessy, and Loving if they feel like it. They can basically ctl+z on every decision since 1950 now.

ICE denied U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) entry into it’s facility in Chicago.

Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!

Anarchists theorizing about the collapse or retrenchment of the state leading to something besides warlordism

Rest in peace, Gilbert. 💔

Brutal.

All 2025 AP Exam free-response questions are now available here: http://spr.ly/63328NWpbn

They've got enough money to throw us into another war, but not enough money to fund the suicide prevention hotline. Very "pro-life." Very "pro-family." So "GREAT."

Peace be upon us.

Privacy isn't just a nice-to-have. It’s a requirement in order to be safe and control our own lives.

Always.

An active duty service member has been sent to a mental health facility against his will after speaking out about ICE’s legal and humanitarian abuses. TikTokers took action, including writing @governor.ca.gov /

Gov Gavin Newsom’s TikTok page is 🔥

Would you look at that.

Are we just supposed to pretend it’s a coincidence that Trump is going to war with Iran after making millions off the Gulf States that desperately want the U.S. at war with Iran?

the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics

WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.” Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran

@bradlander.bsky.social: "I was in a DHS detention for about 3.5 hours... I'm going to sleep at home in my bed tonight, safe with my family. But at Edgardo, who I was trying to accompany, he is in ICE detention. God knows where he's going to sleep tonight. And who knows what state."

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

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.

New poll result: “Do you think the US military should get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran?” Yes — 16% No — 60%

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.

Governor Tim Walz, "The way our nation moves forward is not through hate. It is not through violence. It is through humility, and grace, and compassion.