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For those of you attending #NoKings events across the country next Saturday, we recommend attending these trainings:

Know your rights (with the @aclu.org): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...

Safety and deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Know Your Rights Training: Get Ready for June 14
Take action with ACLU People Power!
act.aclu.org
June 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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"May says she plans to keep showing up.

"'Absolutely,' she said. 'I’m not afraid. I’m not shy. It’s OK, if you want to hurt my feelings I’ll stand right back and show up. We need to be heard'..."

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
What's next for the Iowan who shouted 'people will die' at Joni Ernst over Medicaid cuts
India May, a 33-year-old Democrat from Charles City, is running for the Iowa House after sparking a viral moment at U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst's town hall.
www.usatoday.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The tech world has built deep ties, independent of Elon Musk, to the White House and to federal agencies. Those alliances have laid the groundwork for changes in government policy that will benefit tech companies for years.
Musk and Trump are over. Silicon Valley is just getting started.
The Tech-Trump alliance has always had tensions. But its lucrative nature has outweighed the ideological differences.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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January Trump approval on the economy:
plus +8.24 points

Today Trump approval on the economy:
minus -15.75

January Trump approval on inflation:
plus +1.99

Today Trump approval on inflation:
minus -22.24

So clearly it's time to deploy the Marines in L.A.?

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump finds his approval rating sinking once more
Pollster G. Elliott Morris' tracker shows that on the issue of the economy, Trump's approval rating is underwater by 15.75 points.
www.newsweek.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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"two months later, authorities have yet to provide any evidence that the more than three dozen people they arrested that night have connections to the gang..."

www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/t...
Months after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Austin, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties
People at the raided house say they rented it for a birthday party and deny any connection to the gang. One man says law enforcement accused him of being in Tren de Aragua because of his tattoo.
www.texastribune.org
June 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
June 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “After We March, We Organize! Solidarity Warriors Indivisible Action Group” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
After We March, We Organize! Solidarity Warriors Indivisible Action Group · Indivisible
Massive actions like April 5th generate a tremendous amount of energy! We can't let that energy dissipate. We can harness it and turn it into action. One of the primary objectives of civil resistance...
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May 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Social Security is NOT AN ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM! It belongs to the retirees who worked and paid into the program for a lifetime--
a LIFETIME of work.
To be repaid in monthly installments to help with the expense of living AFTER RETIREMENT thus no longer bringing in a paycheck.

Get it now fElon?
Social Security in turmoil:

— SSA website crashed four times in 10 days this month

— Phone service a mess following Musk-led cuts

— Agency no longer has a system to monitor customers’ experience due to DOGE

— Major staff exodus

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down
A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"It takes courage not to be discouraged."
--Ben Ferencz, Prosecutor for the Nuremburg Trials.
March 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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It’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde
It’s war and peace with Donald and Pete – and the worst group chat the world has ever seen | Marina Hyde
We absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Ukraine war briefing: US seeking Black Sea ceasefire in talks with Russia in Saudi Arabia
Ukraine war briefing: US seeking Black Sea ceasefire in talks with Russia in Saudi Arabia
Wide gulf remains between US and Russian expectations for a ceasefire; US envoy dismisses UK PM’s Ukraine plans as ‘a posture and a pose’. What we know on day 1,125 A US delegation will seek progress toward a Black Sea ceasefire and a broader cessation of violence in the war in Ukraine when it meets for talks with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia on Monday, after discussions with diplomats from Ukraine on Sunday. The White House says the aim of the talks is to reach a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, allowing the free flow of shipping. A wide gulf remains, however, between the US’ and Russia’s expectations, with US envoy Steve Witkoff signalling hope for “real progress” and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov warning that “difficult negotiations” lie ahead. “I think you’re going to see in Saudi Arabia on Monday some real progress, particularly as it affects a Black Sea ceasefire on ships between both countries,” Witkoff told Fox News. “And from that you’ll naturally gravitate to a full-on shooting ceasefire.” Peskov meanwhile told Russian state TV, “We are only at the beginning of this path.” Witkoff dismissed UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to rally peacekeepers in Ukraine as “a posture and a pose.” He said the idea was based on a “simplistic” notion of the UK prime minister and other European leaders thinking: “We have all got to be like Winston Churchill.” The US envoy also praised Vladimir Putin, saying he “liked” the Russian president and did not “regard Putin as a bad guy”. “That is a complicated situation, that war, and all the ingredients that led up to it.” He added that Putin was “super smart” and believed he wanted peace. Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration was aiming to secure a broad truce agreement between Russia and Ukraine by Easter. The White House is aiming for a truce agreement by 20 April – Easter Sunday in both the western and orthodox churches this year. But sources told the news organisation that the date was likely to slip. Ukraine’s defence minister, Rustem Umerov, said on social media talks with the US delegation were “constructive and meaningful” and focused on key issues, including the energy sector. Trump has previously suggested the US could control Ukraine’s nuclear power facilities. At least seven people were killed in a barrage of strikes from more than 140 drones across Ukraine on Sunday, according to local Ukrainian officials and emergency services. The sound of explosions were heard in the early hours of the night across the capital, Kyiv, as the air raid continued for more than five hours. Russian drones and debris from shot-down drones, which were flying at lower altitudes to evade air defences, fell on residential buildings across the Ukrainian capital. At least one child was among those killed. Russian troops reportedly seized the small village of Sribne in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, while Ukraine’s army said its troops had recaptured the small village of Nadia in the eastern Luhansk region. Ukraine’s army has said its troops have recaptured a small village called Nadia in the eastern Luhansk region, in a rare battlefield success for Kyiv’s forces in an area that Russia has almost fully captured since invading in 2022. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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"There was no access to a toilet, so guards told the women – whose accounts in some cases occurred on different days or different buses – to urinate or defecate on the floor... "

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Immigrant women describe 'hell on earth' in ICE detention
No shower for days, cameras trained on the toilet, women crammed into cells 'like sardines,' among the allegations.
www.usatoday.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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March 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Pope Francis is expected to be discharged on Sunday from the Rome hospital where he spent five weeks battling the most severe health crisis of his papacy, Francis’s doctors said on Saturday.
Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital Sunday, doctors say
“The pope will be released tomorrow,” said one of the pope’s attending physicians Saturday, after Francis spent five weeks battling a severe health crisis.
wapo.st
March 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Heavy showers, hail and thunder forecast to hit UK
Heavy showers, hail and thunder forecast to hit UK
Met Office warns of flooding, as parts of country sees torrential rain after warmest spring equinox in more than 50 years Heavy showers, hail and thunder are forecast to hit the UK days after the warmest spring equinox in more than 50 years. There was torrential rain in some parts on Saturday afternoon and National Highways said parts of the M18 in Yorkshire were closed while specialists worked to clear floodwater. It is expected to be a cloudy start to Sunday with rain in the north and east and sunny spells in the northwest and southeast followed by showers, the Met Office said. There will be above average temperatures for most parts of the UK topping 15C in London, 12C in Birmingham and 11C in Manchester. The Met Office said: “Heavy showers have developed across eastern parts of England this afternoon, with some hail and thunder mixed in. “Heavy, thundery showers continue in parts of London and the East Midlands, with some areas seeing 10-15mm of rain in less than an hour.” The UK saw its warmest spring equinox day since 1972 on Thursday with 21.3C recorded in both Northolt, west London, and Chertsey, Surrey. Jonathan Vautrey, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “For this time in the year, it is rarer to have such intense storms. “This is happening because we have had a lot of warm weather of late and temperatures are notably above average for the time of year. “We’ve had highs reaching over 20C over the last few days, and we were up to 18.5C as the high today as well, where we should be more around 10 or 11C. “That sort of heat that we’ve got around at the moment has really helped to spark off some of these thunderstorms, and a lot of moisture being drawn in with this sort of low-pressure system that’s been arriving across the UK.” Vautrey added that climate change is pushing temperature extremes to new levels. “We’re constantly seeing warmer temperatures at earlier points of the year compared to where they normally are. “These sort of intense summer storms are then increasingly going to happen at more points in the year because we’re getting those temperatures in there to really allow them to start developing.” Flood alerts from the Environment Agency remain in place for 20 parts of the country including Henley, Salisbury and Hertfordshire. The Met Office told travellers to “take care” as “there could be some localised flooding in places.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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On April 5, we’re mobilizing to show the strength of our movement — because the fight against President Musk and Kennedy Center chairman Trump is just starting. Join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
March 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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MARCH 31: Join a Transgender Day of Visibility rally on the National Mall and show we're not giving up in the fight for trans rights.
Trans Day of Visibility Rally · Christopher Street Project
After relentless attacks from the Trump administration on the transgender community, trans Americans and allies from across the country will convene in Washington DC to show we’re not going anywhere. ...
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March 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM