Instead of the media’s lazy posthumous takes, I am in favor of Kirk’s actual words being spread far and wide.

Just hours after a panel of federal judges in New Jersey rejected Trump’s nominee, Alina Habba, to continue as U.S. attorney and instead appointed Desiree Leigh Grace to the role, senior officials at the Justice Department abruptly removed Grace and reinstalled Habba,

They’re relieved to be out, but bitter about the injustice.

@timmiller.bsky.social and @motherjones.com’s @nlanard.bsky.social discuss the more than 200 Venezuelans sent back to Venezuela after being disappeared into El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison.

Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.

Trump created the problem. The single reason Iran was so close to obtaining a nuclear weapon is that Trump destroyed the diplomatic agreement that put major, verifiable constraints on their nuclear program.

Sixth Amendment - Right to know the charges and the accuser
- People have the right to know who is arresting them and why.
- Masked agents who don’t identify themselves are violating that right.

Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids ICE agents have been told to continue conducting enforcement operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about effects on the food industry.

🚨Stephen Miller gets his way. Just a few days after Ag. Sec. Rollins convinced Trump to briefly back down, quotas and indiscriminate raids are back.

Farms, restaurants, and hotels are now subject to ICE raids again, with intense pressure on ICE to hit 3,000 arrests a day. Miller remains in charge.

The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?

Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.

1/ A🧵on the danger.

Rachel Scott @rachelvscott On Minnesota - I asked the president about the assassination and whether he plans to call the state's democratic governor @Tim_Walz "Well, it's a terrible thing. I think he's a terrible governor. I think he's a grossly incompetent person. But I may, I may call him, I may call other people too," the president said. 9:20 AM · Jun 15, 2025 · 272.5K Views

Via ABC News's Rachel Scott, let's never forget for a minute what a classless scumbag the President is.

x.com/rachelvscott...

Thank you for the incredible effort of law enforcement.

It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.

It’s not hyperbole to say that the deaths in Minnesota are on the GOP’s hands. They’ve built this political environment and they’ve allowed a demagogue to spread hate. This is entirely on them.

As a four-decade veteran of the daily journalism business, let me tell you: Every competent political reporter in this country knows that Trump is trying to establish a dictatorship. The industry's shame is that so few journalists will say so, and the ones who do lose their jobs.

Speaker Mike Johnson just called on the Senate to censure...Sen. Alex Padilla.

You read that right.

The American Fascist Party at work.

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: “Republican senators should be very careful on this right now. If they do not come out and defend Senator Padilla’s right to ask questions of this administration of his colleagues, they are setting an extraordinarily dangerous precedent"

Been joined so far by

@booker.senate.gov
@schatz.bsky.social
@pattymurray.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@coons.senate.gov
@jeff-merkley.bsky.social
@wyden.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social
@andykimnj.bsky.social

and others.

This is a defining moment.

House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Rep. Suozzi: "You don't agree with the CBO...You also disagree with the Committee for Responsible Budget...You disagree with the Yale Budget Lab...You disagree with the Penn Wharton Budget Model who said there will be a $3 trillion deficit...You disagree with Elon Musk?"

Bessent: "Yes."

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.

They are in charge.

No Kings On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

Find your closest rally on Saturday and go. You can tell your kids where you were on the other side of this. Outnumber him everywhere.

www.nokings.org#map

The folks hollering about “family values” are out here tearing families apart with unlawful ICE raids, militarized police, & the weaponization of government.

All while ripping away food & healthcare from working-class families.

Are the family values in the room with us?

As someone who lives in Los Angeles, don’t let social or mainstream media gaslight you into thinking there’s a violent uprising taking place here. The Trump administration is trying to punish this state and this city. He’s also setting a precedent to unleash troops on Democratic cities.

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.

Stop. We're not rioting here in Los Angeles. Trump isn't removing criminals. He's scooping up our friends and neighbors and denying them due process. We're protecting them with our bodies and making it difficult for ICE to commit these crimes. There is a difference.

The deployment of federalized National Guard troops to California, without consent from local or state officials, is deeply troubling. These are tactics seen in authoritarian regimes, not in America. We want to be clear, the military should not be used to police civilians.

Don’t be misled by the narrative being pushed by the administration.

The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.

The spin has already started as if our entire city is in chaos. I went from Burbank all the way over to Koreatown on surface streets tonight and jackshit was happening. The CNN coverage makes it look like world war 3 and that’s what Trump wants so he and his fucking goons can come shoot Angelenos.