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I actually saw my favorite signs of the night in the recycling bin at Crystal City Station. "Immigrants made me. I make America" is such a good line that I have never seen before. Wish I could thank whoever made these.

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New Reuters/Ipsos poll: - 35% of adults approve of Trump’s response to LA protests - 50% disapprove By net +9 adults say the president has “gone too far with arrests of immigrants” Other polls paint similar picture: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/all-the-po...

submitted 1 day ago • 46 comments

A good way to understand federal policymaking right now is if the Sheriff of Nottingham was president and did legislation

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👀 We've got the ~distributions~ on Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." Upshot: It takes a lot of money from the lowest 10% of earners and gives a bunch to the top 10%. Expressed in 2 ways here: - Dollar amounts - % of household resources (more in thread) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

one big reason beltway journalists shouldn’t buy white house spin about los angeles is that the actual public opinion info we have doesn’t suggest the president has a winning hand here

submitted 3 days ago • 109 comments

Pretty over people whose response to “have you visited LA?” Is “yes, Disneyland” opining about the current situation

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While tear gas and flash bangs were bursting in air, a flag gave proof that democracy still would be there [image h/t attorney @johnathanperk.bsky.social]

submitted 5 days ago • 25 comments

If you are a halfway intelligent or educated human, you know there is only one reason someone would love the confederacy

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Why are we celebrating traitors that fired upon US soldiers in a bid to keep people enslaved?

submitted 4 days ago • 132 comments

Wow, this guy really hates having a burrito while sitting on the beach watching the sunset

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This is so much funnier when you realize that the city he's talking about becoming a "failed third world nation" here is Santa Monica

submitted 4 days ago • 208 comments

Your local Republican congressman is lying to you about LA The only problem here is the Trump Administration trying to stoke violence in the streets by inappropriately deploying the military

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As faith leaders have a crowd take a knee and pray outside the federal building, DHS officers raise their weapons at priests and National Guard members lineup with riot shields against them tonight in downtown L.A.

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

submitted 4 days ago • 1033 comments

Trump admin is causing problems by supposedly trying to fix completely imaginary problems Add to long list: killing sick Haitian children www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...

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SB 101 now in print. Assuming no further substantive changes, it is eligible for #CALeg floor votes as soon as Friday. open.substack.com/pub/jasonsis...

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Assembly #CABudget hearing: Wed. 9 am. Senate subcommittee hearings: Tues. Senate agendas and summary: sbud.senate.ca.gov Assembly subcommittee report: abgt.assembly.ca.gov/system/files...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

The Irish guys don’t want poor people immigrating to America

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🚨I’m here with @RepLuzRivas, @RepNormaTorres & @RepLouCorrea at the Roybal Federal Building exercising our Congressional authority to investigate ICE’s inhumane detention of immigrant families—including moms & kids held after routine check-ins. No beds. No food. No water. We are demanding answers.

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

I anticipate there will be a large divide in opinion on the LA protests among people who actually watch and read the news and those who don't

submitted 5 days ago • 10 comments

Monique Limón will be the next leader of the California State Senate. www.kcra.com/article/cali...

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giant discrepancy between the rhetoric about the protests and the live shot of the protests where a SEIU guy is just jamming out on a guitar

submitted 5 days ago • 30 comments

Calling in marines against peaceful civilian protesters is an insane escalation

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Them: “LA is a full on insurrection” Us at the protest:

submitted 6 days ago • 163 comments

As a fellow Angeleno, can confirm

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In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)

submitted 6 days ago • 533 comments

These ICE agents are dressed like they're in Fallujah in 2004. To go after workers and elementary school children's parents.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

As a very well informed budget staffer, I just want to say it'd be easier to work on getting a deal if reporters and others would stop asking so often if there is already a deal. Back to work now...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Trump said he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. It’s been over 3,300 hours

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This is a result of anti-vaxxers

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If you aren’t calling for your friend to be impeached or deported, you aren’t a man

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

This is a lie Or the Senator is stupid Sometimes people hesitate to call public statements “lies” because a lie is deliberate and people feel queasy assuming intent. Fair enough. So let’s make sure to offer the other option and the offending party can choose

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Today, the CBO shared an update: The Republican tax bill, which could add $2.4 trillion to deficits over the next 10 years, would also generate about $551 billion in interest costs to service that debt over that time period.

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

New — I wrote about the injustice unfolding before our eyes as rich reality stars are pardoned for their crimes while law-abiding immigrants are rounded up and caged by ICE, and the way communities are rising up to say fuck no.

submitted 10 days ago • 46 comments

They're literally doing the meme

submitted 11 days ago • 142 comments

The California State Assembly is expected to be on call of the Speaker for budget votes on June 13, 14, 15, and 27, in addition to Monday and Thursday session days those weeks later in June. The likelihood of one weekend #CABudget session is probably at least 50/50. #CALeg

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There is simply nothing to add to @nickkristof.bsky.social piece today: This administration's policies result in the death of innocent children around the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

submitted 15 days ago • 1300 comments

“Doctors have been clear that she will die within days” without this care, Lawyer Gina Amato said at a press. “Deporting this family under these conditions is not only unlawful, it constitutes a moral failure that violates the basic tenets of humanity and decency.”