No Nazis No Kings

Tennis is the best sport because both “thank you” and “please” mean “shut the hell up”

Doesn’t matter when we do it. Time is never time at all.

Happy OG No Kings Day!

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It is official! Despite tanks and planes, Trump’s parade was “listless and low-energy.”

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump administration any pretext for what they’re already doing and will keep doing no matter what. “Angelenos—don’t engage in violence and give the administration an excuse to inflict all the […]

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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Today, let freedom ring.

This is unacceptable in a democracy. @alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social

Today, a United States Senator was arrested for asking a question of a federal official, in a federal building, as was his right.

If it can happen to a sitting U.S. Senator, it can happen to anyone.

Silence is complicity. We are at a crossroads. We must speak up.

@alex-padilla4ca.bsky.social‬

"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California

If you're not convinced that Donald Trump is undermining our democracy, watch the video of what happened today to Senator Alex Padilla.

June 10, 2025 Today President Donald J.

June 10, 2025

Trump really thought he had a fellow Hitler stan huh

DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.

DOGE is gaining total control over key government computer systems—and there may be no way to wrest it back, Charlie Warzel, @ibogost, and @matteo_wong wrote in February:

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Starting a SCARED STRAIGHT style program where pro athletes visit high schools across America to make parents realize their kids have no chance

OPM ‘merit’ hiring plan includes bipartisan reforms, politicized new test The federal government’s HR agency on Thursday instructed agencies to seek collecting data on the demographic makeup of their workforces.

Federal job applicants will soon be quizzed on their favorite Trump administration policy as part of the hiring process, according to the Office of Personnel Management’s new “merit hiring plan.” buff.ly/XAs9UPN

The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

At the start of the year, WIRED made a commitment to stop paywalling articles primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act @freedom.press. This includes this critical piece here.

The US Is storing migrant children’s DNA in a criminal database:

No way but through. If not us fighting, then who? If not now, then when?

Scores of staffers at the White House National Security Council have been abruptly dismissed as part of a sweeping overhaul that slashes the staff from over 300 to just 50. The move shifts the NSC’s role from policymaking to simply carrying out the president’s directives.

Over 2 million people are being intentionally deprived of food, water, medicine, and baby formula.

Israel must allow aid into Gaza immediately. This genocide must end and the U.S. must stop being complicit.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren IRS Nominee Refuses to Say It’s Illegal for POTUS to Weaponize the IRS Against Political Enemies

Offered a dozen chances to say that it’s illegal for the president to “conduct or terminate an audit on a taxpayer” (the exact wording in the statute), Trump’s nominee for IRS declines to do so.

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Putin’s Bread and Circus Had Bread If there’s one cue Trump missed from the Russian dictator, it’s never to mess with economic stability.

“For someone taking so many cues from the Russian dictator, Trump is missing a crucial element that made Putin’s consolidation of power successful: economic stability,” Andrew Ryvkin writes:

US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants CBP’s acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency’s custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has quietly rescinded several internal policies that were designed to protect some of the most vulnerable people in its custody—including pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and people with serious medical conditions.

Flights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns

As Newark Liberty International Airport struggled with technological disruptions and staffing shortages, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Sunday that more U.S. airports could face similar disruptions this summer.

Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up

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Stephen Miller says White House is ‘actively looking at’ suspending habeas corpus | CNN Politics The White House deputy chief of staff told reporters Friday that the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending a legal procedure that allows people to challenge a government’s decision ...

“Stephen Miller says White House is ‘actively looking at’ suspending habeas corpus”

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CN Police violence

The disrespect for Congress and the law is glaring - and for our nation a threat to our public safety.

As a scientist, what are your thoughts on this @hickenlooper.bsky.social?