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If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.
We will hold this administration accountable.
We will hold this administration accountable.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.
We will hold this administration accountable.
We will hold this administration accountable.
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Boebert: What we’re seeing in LA is an insurrection
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
June 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Boebert: What we’re seeing in LA is an insurrection
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
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This is absolutely insane, and criminal. Everyone, especially a Senator representing the state, has a right to speak out.
The fact that the agents felt protected in acting this way says everything.
We’re quickly traversing a dangerous path
The fact that the agents felt protected in acting this way says everything.
We’re quickly traversing a dangerous path
As the videotapes clearly show, Noem is lying.
Padilla is clearly identifying himself as a senator before he he is thrown to the ground and handcuffed.
www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Padilla is clearly identifying himself as a senator before he he is thrown to the ground and handcuffed.
www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Kristi Noem Defends Agents Shoving Senator Alex Padilla
Noem blamed Sen. Padilla for the stunning confrontation in which he was forcibly ejected by Secret Service and FBI personnel from her press conference.
www.mediaite.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is absolutely insane, and criminal. Everyone, especially a Senator representing the state, has a right to speak out.
The fact that the agents felt protected in acting this way says everything.
We’re quickly traversing a dangerous path
The fact that the agents felt protected in acting this way says everything.
We’re quickly traversing a dangerous path
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"Please continue peacefully protesting": Sen. Padilla after forced removal from DHS presser
June 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Please continue peacefully protesting": Sen. Padilla after forced removal from DHS presser
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This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
June 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
June 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.
June 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.
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By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
June 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
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Here’s the quote.
NOEM: “US forces will remain in LA until the city is liberated from the socialist and burdensome leadership that this governor and mayor have placed on this country.”
Padilla speaks out, is pushed out and to floor, handcuffed.
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NOEM: “US forces will remain in LA until the city is liberated from the socialist and burdensome leadership that this governor and mayor have placed on this country.”
Padilla speaks out, is pushed out and to floor, handcuffed.
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June 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Here’s the quote.
NOEM: “US forces will remain in LA until the city is liberated from the socialist and burdensome leadership that this governor and mayor have placed on this country.”
Padilla speaks out, is pushed out and to floor, handcuffed.
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NOEM: “US forces will remain in LA until the city is liberated from the socialist and burdensome leadership that this governor and mayor have placed on this country.”
Padilla speaks out, is pushed out and to floor, handcuffed.
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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Unlike blind faith that America is exceptional and everything will work out in the end, hope is when you take an active part in the thing that carries out the theory that it will actually get better. Action demands hope, but hope requires action.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Opinion | The Beautiful Danger of Normal Life During an Autocratic Rise
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Unlike blind faith that America is exceptional and everything will work out in the end, hope is when you take an active part in the thing that carries out the theory that it will actually get better. Action demands hope, but hope requires action.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
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Excellent thread by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social re Trump’s 6/7/25 EO federalizing the National Guard and authorizing domestic use of regular armed forces over Governor’s objection.
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I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.
Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.
(It will also escalate from here.)
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I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.
Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.
(It will also escalate from here.)
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June 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Excellent thread by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social re Trump’s 6/7/25 EO federalizing the National Guard and authorizing domestic use of regular armed forces over Governor’s objection.
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I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.
Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.
(It will also escalate from here.)
Preview⤵️
I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.
Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.
(It will also escalate from here.)
Preview⤵️
June 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.
Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.
(It will also escalate from here.)
Preview⤵️
I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.
Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.
(It will also escalate from here.)
Preview⤵️
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(8) Among greatest infirmities - legal, moral, policy - is federalizing the Guard to police protest activity when the situation was under control (including with CA Guard if Newsom wanted to use them).
In context, this looks not like "escalating to de-escalate," but escalating to escalate further.
In context, this looks not like "escalating to de-escalate," but escalating to escalate further.
June 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
(8) Among greatest infirmities - legal, moral, policy - is federalizing the Guard to police protest activity when the situation was under control (including with CA Guard if Newsom wanted to use them).
In context, this looks not like "escalating to de-escalate," but escalating to escalate further.
In context, this looks not like "escalating to de-escalate," but escalating to escalate further.
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(6) The Memo not only includes National Guard but authorizes regular Armed Forces.
It does not tell you under what authority.
My best guess what the White House is thinking: inherent Article II “protective power” (which has never been tested in court).
It does not tell you under what authority.
My best guess what the White House is thinking: inherent Article II “protective power” (which has never been tested in court).
June 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
(6) The Memo not only includes National Guard but authorizes regular Armed Forces.
It does not tell you under what authority.
My best guess what the White House is thinking: inherent Article II “protective power” (which has never been tested in court).
It does not tell you under what authority.
My best guess what the White House is thinking: inherent Article II “protective power” (which has never been tested in court).
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“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived. The question, now, is whether Americans who hate tyranny can be roused to respond.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Opinion | This Is What Autocracy Looks Like
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived. The question, now, is whether Americans who hate tyranny can be roused to respond.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
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“America actually is, at present, an occupied country. . .To the extent that this statement is complicated by the fact that those in power were elected, their conduct in office seems not to be what many of their voters were led to expect or would have chosen.”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Notes from an Occupation | Marilynne Robinson
America is an occupied country, ruled by partisans hostile to democracy.
www.nybooks.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“America actually is, at present, an occupied country. . .To the extent that this statement is complicated by the fact that those in power were elected, their conduct in office seems not to be what many of their voters were led to expect or would have chosen.”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Breaking News: The U.S. will no longer recommend the Covid vaccine for healthy children or healthy pregnant women, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.
U.S. Will No Longer Recommend Covid Shots for Children and Pregnant Women
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Breaking News: The U.S. will no longer recommend the Covid vaccine for healthy children or healthy pregnant women, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.
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In U.S. v. Lovett (1946), the Supreme Court held that not even Congress, in a bill signed by POTUS, may cut off all contracts with a named individual or organization: that’d be an unconstitutional bill of attainder. Only courts can decide who deserves to be punished. SoTrump can’t do it with an EO!
May 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In U.S. v. Lovett (1946), the Supreme Court held that not even Congress, in a bill signed by POTUS, may cut off all contracts with a named individual or organization: that’d be an unconstitutional bill of attainder. Only courts can decide who deserves to be punished. SoTrump can’t do it with an EO!
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New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
May 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.