Rona Fernandez

How awful. Prayers for their family and loved ones

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I wrote this story as a way to imagine what would happen after the next 'Big One' if we built a world where our economic and political systems existed to fulfill basic human needs, rather than to create profit for rich elites. #earthquake #lomaprieta www.patreon.com/posts/from-s...

He's certifiable

How awful

Trump’s Gaza Fantasy and the Network State: The Tech-Fueled Future of Privatized Sovereignty | TechPolicy.Press We’re watching the rise of a new anti-democratic extremism—networked, crypto-financed, and cloaked in the language of freedom, writes Gil Duran.

In June, I wrote about Trump’s dystopian vision for Gaza.

His AI-generated fantasy fuses necropolitics with venture capital.

And it reflects an extremist Silicon Valley ideology called the Network State.

via @techpolicypress.bsky.social

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This was very satisfying

BREAKING: Trump makes his first appearance at the US Open. There were audible boos and a few light claps.

Important to stress the stadium is at most 10% full and the start time has been pushed to 2:30pm ET.

Just in case the world needs to be reminded that most Americans hate him

So can we launch a publicly-funded multi-agency investigation into toxic masculinity please?

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I'm combining two of my great loves here in this post—eating delicious seafood and being near bodies of water—for your culinary enlightenment. Available to paying Patreon subscribers only. Levels start at $1/ month for accessibility and affordability. www.patreon.com/posts/eating...

WaPo is now the propaganda mouthpiece of the regime. This is NOT journalism.

Each day is a new level of WTAF

I know that 'journaling' is the more common spelling but for some reason I always want to write it as 'journalling'. Holdover from when I was a kid and wished I could be British #thingswritersthinkabout #writinglife

Ooh Mahershala Ali is in the new Jurassic Park 🤩

Another reason AI sucks

Yet immigrants are somehow the “problem”

Calls to “not resort to violence” distort the reality that
a bunch of masked men w/ big guns showed up & started kidnapping people & some very brave people said “stop” & had the audacity to film it.

If we gave ICE’s violence 1% of attention we give others, we would never stop talking about it.

They’re literally kidnapping our neighbors and friends. Breaking up families. Deporting parents. Please call out the traumatizing white supremacist violence of the state first and foremost

I also live in LA, the President is full of shit.

Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.

When people said “abolish ICE,” this is why.

The politicians from both parties who called that “radical,” blindly funded them and called it “immigration reform,” because they were getting campaign donations from the corporations getting ICE contracts.

And now we’re here.

Ooh I like this one. I’ll take it one further: FREE college education for all

Too much “what are the protesters doing” and not enough “why isn’t ICE leaving?”

If it looks and sounds like martial law...

California lawmakers, immigrant advocates denied entry to Adelanto ICE facility A coalition of California lawmakers and immigrant advocates were denied entry to the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility in Adelanto, where many immigrants detained during recent rai…

Fellow So. Cal folks - ICYMI - Cisneros, Chu, Tran were denied access to an ICE facility in Adelanto this morning.

Just as a reminder: MOC are allowed to visit to conduct oversight without previous notification.

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Make no mistake, Trump is testing the waters for the police state he wants to construct, if people don’t turn out now and showcase how they feel about this federal takeover in L.A. then who knows what he does next.

Glendale, CA - The City of Glendale has made the decision to formally terminate its agreement with U.S. Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house federal immigration detainees at the Glendale Police Department facility. This is a local decision and was not made lightly. Since 2007, the City has maintained a highly regulated, locally controlled facility that is maintained to the highest standards, extending basic dignities to those temporarily held-ensuring access to clean accommodations, on-call medical care, family visitation, and legal counsel. By offering local access, detainees were given due-process proximity that is too often lacking in more remote or privately-operated detention centers. Nevertheless, despite the transparency and safeguards the City has upheld, the City recognizes that public perception of the ICE contract—no matter how limited or carefully managed, no matter the good—has become divisive. And while opinions on this issue may vary—the decision to terminate this contract is not politically driven. It is rooted in what this City stands for—public safety, local accountability, and trust. Glendale is consistently ranked as one of the safest cities in the nation. That is no accident. The Glendale Police Department is trusted and supported by the residents and businesses, and in turn, our officers work every day to protect and serve with professionalism and care. At this time, it is in our best interest to not allow that trust to be undermined. To that end, we emphasize: • The Glendale Police Department does not enforce immigration law. That is not their role, nor will it ever be. • We remain in full compliance with California Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), which prohibits local law enforcement from using resources for immigration enforcement. • The Glendale Police Department has not engaged in immigration enforcement, nor will it do so moving forward.

BREAKING

The City of Glendale, California — one of the most populous cities in Southern California — says it has terminated its contract with U.S. Homeland Security and ICE.

new lows every day

$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor

More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

Tax and Budget Fight 2025 Phone bank [Thursday & Sunday] · Peoples Action Institute Congressional leadership are pushing through a massive tax giveaway to billionaires and corporations—while slashing healthcare, housing, and climate investments that working people rely on. We’re not ...

Even more importantly he connected Gaza to defunding Medicaid which will hurt kids in US: If you support Ben’s action and live in a blue district, Sign up to do Patch through calls to ppl Red districts to pressure their Republican reps on the budget: www.mobilize.us/peoplesactio...