Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ Marks Continued Fight for Voting Rights | ACLU Selma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for enfranchisement for Black Americans.

61 years ago, on a day we now refer to as Bloody Sunday, Black civil rights activists were brutally attacked by state troopers while marching 54 miles across Alabama to fight for the right to vote.

Their bravery in the face of state violence was key in passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools - purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration - to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.

The Trump administration's mass deportation dragnet has unleashed a new wave of government surveillance across the country.

In Minnesota, federal agents continue to surveil, track, and intimidate people for exercising our First Amendment rights.

Trump White House Reportedly Blocking Intelligence Report Warning of Homeland Security Threats in Midst of Iran War The White House is allegedly blocking U.S. intelligence agencies from warning Americans about rising terrorist threats at home, according to The Daily Mail.

www.mediaite.com/media/news/t... #ProudBlue #USDemocracy Trump Regime blocking terror warnings from the public is part of their plan. If a 9/11 style terrorist attack takes place on US soil,Trump thinks it will benefit Republicans in the mid terms. Loss of America lives means nothing to Trump.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Hard Feelings The Iranian diaspora is fracturing in real time, across dinner tables, on WhatsApp, and in the silence of blocked numbers.

Incredibly moving piece on the tensions of Iranian diaspora.

My colleague and friend Narges Bajoghli identifies an “anguished double consciousness”: deep loathing for the Iranian regime but unwillingness to celebrate the war’s deaths and destruction.

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It's a sign of the times that AI companies are deciding whether or not to allow the military to engage in mass surveillance of US citizens and this is treated as a legitimate debate of two reasonable positions.

Things that didn't age well.

Trump Ignored Grim Warnings Before Starting His War The president was told that his plan for Iran probably would not work before he launched the deadly assault.

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Judge orders feds to return ICE detainees' missing property within 30 days A judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security and Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen to either return lost property to released detainees unlawfully arrested during Operation Metro Surge or pr...

A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return or replace property taken from unlawfully arrested ICE detainees and released without their belongings, giving the government 30 days to comply.

Even red states are defiantly rejecting DOJ’s demands for private voter data “Election officials across the political spectrum stood up to protect state sovereignty and voters’ security, regardless of partisanship,” voting rights advocate David Becker told Democracy Docket.

Earlier this week, Idaho became the latest state to push back against the U.S. Department of Justice’s campaign to seize the private voter data of every state. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/eve...

‘We Need to Do McCarthyism to the Tenth Power’ Conservative influencers are pushing for a return to the dark days of 1950s inquisitions.

A small, influential group of right-wingers say their role model, Joseph McCarthy, didn't go far enough, @alibreland.bsky.social reports:

The Pentagon’s budget topped $1 trillion. We’re told this is to “support the troops.” Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Tens of thousands of veterans are homeless and hundreds of thousands are going hungry the Pentagon is wasting billions on $150,000 on soap dispensers.

There are a lot of posts out there with the close-up visual of Markwayne Mullin on January 6, but this is a better perspective.

He’s not protecting others; he’s protecting himself and hiding. You can see plenty of people at the entry door, ready to take on the insurrectionists, but not Markwayne.

Time Magazine: Should Americans be worried about Iran striking the U.S. at home?

Trump: I guess, we plan for it. But yeah, you know, we expect some things. Like I said, some people will die.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans

Who taught Trump this stupid tug of war thing with his handshakes? Fred? Roy Cohn? Epstein? I guess it’s supposed to be some kind of dumb power move. This morning with the President of Paraguay.

I’m trying to figure out which John loves sending other people to fight and die in wars they would never fight in themselves more: Bolton or Fetterman?

Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.

We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.

Sadistic. Fuck Russia.

Bypassed congressional approval.
What even is democracy... 🫩

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Homeland Security wants Social Media sites to expose Anti-ICE Accounts!!!!

The Government is trampling on our CIVIL LIBERTIES!!!!!

#ICE

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

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The key words here are Bankrupt America.

It just keeps getting better every day …

We’re heading into a state of dictatorship and we have one of the largest populations in the world to stop it #greenscreenvideo #fyp #america #ICE #POLITICS TikTok video by dbdtok115

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While a LOT of people DID vote for the DICTATOR or didn't vote at all, Musk MADE SURE Trump won because they BOTH stood to benefit from it! Musk was being investigated for a number of things before the election & now they've been dismissed or stalled!

What’s Wrong with Pete Hegseth? Our secretary of defense—who insists you call him secretary of war—is a deeply insecure man. We’ll be lucky to survive him.

What’s Wrong with Pete Hegseth?
Our secretary of defense—who insists you call him secretary of war—is a deeply insecure man. We’ll be lucky to survive him..
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Is that part of deal to allow Russia to feed intel on our troops to Iran. Then the Fox bimbo blabber that is his mindless mouthpiece, said “ Aw, that’s no big deal” as a veteran, I promise you, it’s BFD

Bonus? Here’s him bragging about owning an expensive English translation of Mein Kampf

Rep. Tony Gonzales drops reelection bid after admitting to affair with staffer who died by suicide

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The Republican Party is so morally & ethically bankrupt that the best they could do to replace Rep Gonzalez is to replace him with someone who calls his gun a “gh*tto blaster” and goose-steps to Nazi marching songs.