I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

It’s sad that some folks only ‘see the light’ when it hits home. We were sent here to represent hundreds of thousands of people, not just our households.

It’s time for Republicans to remember their oath and do right by the people they serve.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

Scoop, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: A federal contract shows ICE spent $825,000 on vans equipped with fake cellphone towers known as cell-site simulators, which can be used to spy on nearby phones.

Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

Her contempt is extraordinary.

Trump thinks he's a king. He believes he's accountable to no one. Not Congress. Not the American people.

And so when his people testify before the Senate, they act like they are bound by no rules and no laws.

After passing $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, Mike Johnson now has the gall to say Medicaid is underfunded.

Lindsey Halligan will invariably overrule the lead prosecutor, and the case will then crumble apart ignominiously. But the real objective of harassment and retribution on behalf of the King will have been accomplished.

“Federal prosecutors in Virginia are bracing for the top supervisor in Norfolk to be fired for resisting pressure from Trump to prosecute Letitia James, one of his perceived enemies.”

Trump's tweet that Portland is "war ravaged" just backfired. A Trump-picked judge cited it in blocking National Guard deployment to Portland, declaring him "untethered from facts."

On the pod, Oregon AG Dan Rayfield illuminatingly explains the ruling and what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

Well, yeah, we're suing ICE.

This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.

May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.

We need a lot more lawyers and bar associations speaking out on behalf of the Rule of Law. We also need lawyers in streets at protests, including at No Kings.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

“… the data out of Montgomery County, Maryland makes one thing unmistakably clear: this crusade is not a mass movement. It’s the obsession of a vanishingly small minority …”

Here it is, my answer for every time I get asked "why don't (most) Dems just...[message better, be bolder, sound authentic...etc]"

www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...

A federal judge late Sunday night blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including hundreds of out-of-state soldiers.

In some instances, yes. But there's still ample room to retaliate against Texas. What stops NY/CA/etc from saying public pension funds can't be invested in companies with inadequate shareholder rights? Because that's exactly the case with Texas, which obliterated shareholder derivative suits.

This is the kind of power that state and local governments have to protect residents from Trump’s regime. Turn up the pressure on your governor, legislature, or city council to take concrete steps to stop Trump’s authoritarian immigration crackdown: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...

“Stefanik’s office did not respond to an inquiry on how state law and federal policy contradict the claim she repeated.”

There is a reason she’s called Elusive Elise; she won’t show up for her constituents, and she won’t respond when the facts plainly belie her BS right-wing talking points.

Co-POTUS Stephen Miller rage tweets in response…

“Highlighting that America’s ‘historical tradition’ makes clear that ‘this is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,’ [Trump appointed] US District Judge Karin Immergut on Saturday issued an order temporarily blocking . . . Trump’s effort to deploy the National Guard in Portland, Oregon.”