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IP/Entertainment lawyer. Political junkie. Retired UCLA Law Prof. w/ #DocFilmLegalClinic. Chair, LA County Redistricting Comm'n. Advocate for AsAms in entertainment. Theatre buff. World travel is my happy place. #GoBruins!

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These people are just crazy. Trump gets up and says "MASS DEPORTATIONS MASS DEPORTATIONS MASS DEPORTATIONS" and they're like "he probably means a path to legal status for deserving immigrants"

10.02.2026 04:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 456    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

imagine putting this money into a new deal 2.0 and fixing roads and bridges, providing housing and healthcare to everyone, and streamlining immigration processes

09.02.2026 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 927    ๐Ÿ” 265    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
08.02.2026 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Posts Video Portraying Obamas as Apes

Trump Posts Video Portraying Obamas as Apes (because heโ€™s a WHITE SUPREMACIST).

#GiftArticle
#Pinks
#MomSky
#ProudBlue

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

06.02.2026 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeareโ€™s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32071    ๐Ÿ” 13793    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 591    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1606

Le wanted to resign but hung in there to try to release as many improperly detained people as possible. Then this: "I am not white, as you can see, and my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up, too." No shock that Le has been relieved of her duties. She's a hero. 3/3

05.02.2026 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The transcript shows she was trying her best to get the Feds to comply w/ orders to release people ICE detained unlawfully but the system was overwhelmed. The Court correctly admonished it was no answer to say that ICE is violating people's rights so fast/much that the lawyers can't keep up. 2/3

05.02.2026 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today "I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le โ€” a government lawyer โ€” told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..."

Yesterday, young lawyer Julie Le made news while trying to defend ICE when a Judge questioned why Court orders have not been followed. She was quoted as asking to be held in contempt so she could get some sleep. But there is so much more to the story. 1/3
open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...

05.02.2026 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They have made clear that it was never just about illegal immigration: they hate all immigrants.

05.02.2026 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1296    ๐Ÿ” 430    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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A 2,000 strong MN choir sings outside Minneapolis Marriott to the ICE paramilitary . Be "Minnesota nice." ICE can't handle it.

04.02.2026 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
From Coronado to Santa Fe โ€“ Pacific Citizen

... prison camps in the Santa Fe, NM area without charges for the duration of WWII. My article was finally made available online: www.pacificcitizen.org/from-coronad... If you read it--I solve a mystery and there are even interesting photos!--let me know what you think. 3/3

03.02.2026 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

... and violations of our Constitutional rights. The Holiday Issue of Pacific Citizen newspaper published the story of my American citizen father who was incarcerated as a teenager in Poston, AZ, and my grandfather who was labeled an "enemy alien" & held in Department of Justice prison camps ... 2/3

03.02.2026 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At a time when ICE's relentless assault against immigrants has ensnared both citizens & undocumented people, it is more important than ever for all people, but especially for Japanese Americans whose ancestors have uniquely experienced it, to speak out to warn against Federal Govt overreach ... 1/3

03.02.2026 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bill Clinton testified under oath about Monica Lewinsky. He will now testify under oath about Epstein. There is no excuse for Donald Trump doing that too. Either you want to learn the truth about Epsteinโ€™s crimes & who else was involved or you donโ€™t.

03.02.2026 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3454    ๐Ÿ” 781    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 โ€” six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.

01.02.2026 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2550    ๐Ÿ” 1471    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117    ๐Ÿ“Œ 136

snowflake

28.01.2026 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Nonpolitical Media Has Been Flooded With Outrage at Alex Pretti's Murder Anatomy of a turning point.

Necessary reading.

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25.01.2026 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Idk man if youโ€™re a journalist working for a news outlet right now and you are echoing words like โ€œprotestorโ€ or using the power of your organization to repeat the govtโ€™s explanation as true I think youโ€™re bad at your job and you should quit

24.01.2026 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 483    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agree

23.01.2026 06:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last year, Trump ordered National Park staff to flag displays that โ€œdisparageโ€ Americaโ€™s past. Now, crews removed plaques honoring 9 enslaved people once held by George Washington at Philadelphia's Presidentโ€™s House. Erasing history dishonors the enslaved and misleads future generations!

23.01.2026 05:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Fascists are at war with reality and trying to erase American history.

23.01.2026 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

17.01.2026 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9924    ๐Ÿ” 3124    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 465    ๐Ÿ“Œ 194

This says it all. As a lawyer whose whole adult life has been spent learning about, applying, and teaching about the rule of law, it is hard not to fall into despair that when it comes to this Administration, the rule of law has no meaning.

10.01.2026 00:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We failed to hold the right-wing oligarchs accountable for the coup on January 6th, Russian interference, the subprime housing crisis, the WMD lie, Iran Contra, Watergate, and the confederacy. Elect people who will.

06.01.2026 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8028    ๐Ÿ” 2608    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 240    ๐Ÿ“Œ 81

so depressing

30.12.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.

30.12.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39030    ๐Ÿ” 12438    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1398    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1010
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President Chump has gotten his last minute instructions from Putin before today's Zelensky meeting

28.12.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4954    ๐Ÿ” 1505    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 465    ๐Ÿ“Œ 134

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