It’s time for soft secession How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

“California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required.”

My piece exploring "soft secession": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

NEW: In the weeks leading up to a massive ICE raid at a South Shore apartment building, neighbors saw drones surveilling the area, and teachers at a nearby school regularly saw agents in the neighborhood.

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Important Election Dates Oct 6. Vote-by-mail ballots mailed to all active registered voters Oct 7. Ballot drop-off boxes open and remain available until Election Day Oct 20. Last day for eligible Californians to register to vote at registertovote.ca.gov Oct 25 Vote centers in 29 counties will open for early for in-person voting Nov 1 Get your ballot in the mail at least a few days before Election Day Nov 4 Election Day

Californians: County elections officials have begun mailing ballots for the November 4th Special Election. 

Check your mailboxes and make a plan to vote early.

Federal judge blocks Trump from deploying Oregon National Guard to Portland • Oregon Capital Chronicle This is a breaking news story and will be updated. A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland following a c...

Oregon does not need nor want the National Guard.

President Trump's gross overreach of power shows that he believes he is above the Constitution.

I am glad that a federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order on the Trump Admin from sending the California National Guard to Portland.

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“And ICE is gonna come, bust down your door /Try to build a house no one builds no more /But I got a telephone /Kids are all scared and all alone,” he sings in the song titled “Bad News.”

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Same thing happened in LA, same thing happened in DC: prosecutors charged people with assaulting a federal officer and then furiously backpedaled when the evidence didn’t support it

I served in uniform in a war zone. Trump's plan to deploy our military to use U.S. cities as "training grounds" is un-American and dangerous.

I'm joining with my fellow Democratic veterans to push back.

Hatch Act violation in plain sight.

Don't have full confirmation on this yet, but hearing that Guevara was sent to El Salvador this morning, which is just fucking shameful. He was here with legal permission and this was 100% punishment for his journalism about protests.

Candid photo of Scott Bessent’s phone reveals administration’s concern about two key Trump policies | CNN Business A member of the Trump administration has seemingly raised a red flag after China bought millions of tons of Argentinian soybeans, taking advantage of a financial lifeline the US Treasury Department sa...

We just sent $20 BILLION to Argentina to help bail out its economy.

How did they return the favor? By making *its* soybean exports more attractive to China—at the expense of American farmers.

Trump cares more about bailing out a failed foreign president than helping our farmers.

Let that sink in.

Portland’s ‘War Zone’ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online There’s more absurdity than menace on the city’s streets—at least for now.

“I have been hanging around the demonstration that the president wants to crush. What I’ve found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat.”

The great @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social goes to Portland, after Trump claims it’s a war zone.

UPDATE: Hedge fund billionaire pressed Treasury Secretary for Argentina bailout, Argentine media reports Rob Citrone, whose hedge fund bet big on Argentina, reportedly asked his friend for a rescue package. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered.

On Monday, Popular Information revealed that the taxpayer-funded Argentina bailout had massive economic benefits for hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone, a personal friend of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Argentine media outlets are now reporting that Citrone asked Bessent for a rescue package.

Trump Epstein Statue Back Up on National Mall

It's like a cold sore but in the best way.

Just rename it Patriot Block and resubmit it

BREAKING: Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” More billionaires bending the knee.

Nothing today's Republican Christians hate more than the actual teachings of Christ.

Jesus was notoriously a woke liberal, and they erupt in vicious wrath every time someone reminds them of this.

Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.

Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care

Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.

I’m still team Pritzker, but I love watching Gavin play hardball and hope more blue state governors likewise fight to ensure that universities don’t cave to this administration’s bullshit and dangerous attacks.

Gov. Newsom threatens to withhold billions from California colleges that sign Trump's 'compact' Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to withhold billions in state funds from any California college

Source:

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.

“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

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New bodycam footage reveals who really ordered the arrest of Newark’s mayor Newly released bodycam footage of the May 9, 2025, scuffle at Newark’s Delaney Hall ICE detention facility is now at the center of a high-stakes legal fight over whether Congresswoman LaMonica McIver’...

Despite all the spin from the Admin, new evidence confirms that the entire situation was manufactured & caused by Trump officials & immigration enforcement agents.

Proud to continue standing with @replamonica.bsky.social as she fights these politicized charges & holds this Admin accountable.

We’ve said from Day One that someone high up in the Admin made the call to arrest Mayor Baraka & now the receipts are here: it was Trump’s personal attorney Todd Blanche.

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'" Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building. "They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."