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Our next accompaniment and court watch training is Monday via zoom. No rsvp 7pm at tinyurl.com/NCRJuly7

DHS on X posting a Thomas Kinkade painting: Protect the Homeland. "Morning Pledge" by Thomas Kinkade

Has any right-wing outlet profiled the weirdos running social media for DHS, DOD and the White House right now?

ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.

Seeing some posts referring to Kilmar Abrego Garcia as being "kept safe" in jail. No one is safe in jail, fam. Incarceration strips years off people's lives and manufactures premature death. It's very important to understand this, especially now.

Americans are coming out to dozens of Home Depot locations today to stand up to ICE and stand up for working people!

Pass it on.

DHS is ending TPS for Haitians. How many will be affected? I cited the number from the Federal Register (350k), but thanks to an expert reader (asked to be anonymous) for providing the info. All readers: send comments, additions, & corrections any time!

austinkocher.substack.com/p/dhs-ends-t...

Spoke with someone who works with a public hospital system. His assessment of the effects of the GOP spending bill: “I think this is going to be a very apparent catastrophe, very quickly.”

$45 billion for ethnic cleansing

This is so galling. I've been calling offices of electeds who use us as political shields—claiming that they are the arbiters of what's antisemitic. We need to turn the tables on them. How dare Gillebrand & others claim to speak for me while they line their pockets with
ADL & AIPAC money.

It's not lost on me, a Muslim, how many Non-Jews are speaking over actual Jewish people in the U.S. It's incredible.

Zohran Mamdani recalling how his father was brutalized and arrested by Montgomery police at a SNCC protest against segregationists in 1965.

A meme. In the first frame there is a T-Rex from Jurassic Park pictured with the words "DEMOCRATS FIGHTING ZOHRAN MAMDANI." In the second frame there is an image of Barney the Dinosaur shrugging along with text that reads "DEMOCRATS FIGHTING DONALD TRUMP."

True story.

A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400. Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.

Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.

The cost of the shot? $1,400.

Politicians relish the idea of working people dying because they fundamentally hate the working-class.

But perhaps what is most telling about the Democratic party’s embrace of Cuomo is not just their disregard for principle or policy, but their willingness to squander other talent. The mayoral race in New York City is crowded, but Cuomo’s two nearest contenders – Mamdani and Brad Lander, the city comptroller – have run remarkable campaigns. Lander has touted a considerable record of accomplishments for the city, underscoring his ability to deliver on promises to New Yorkers and his willingness to persist against formidable interests in long fights for things like bike lanes and affordable housing. Mamdani, meanwhile, has an infectious charisma, and has launched a campaign that has excited young voters, energized a small army of volunteers, and deployed innovative messaging tactics, achieving impressive numbers with relatively little money. You would think that the Democratic party would be more eager to make use of these men’s talents – the policy achievements of one, the preternatural campaign skills of the other. Instead, mainstream Democrats seem fearful, and almost hostile, towards these candidates. Then again, that’s much the way they feel about their voting base itself.

Another thing I can’t get over about the Democratic establishment’s backing of Andrew Cuomo in the New York mayoral race is how much hostility they’ve shown to Zohran Mamdani, an extremely gifted young campaigner whose energy and charisma the party sorely needs. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

New Yorkers, you gotta elect Zohran Mamdani today.

We can't keep being the country that elects uncaring murderous rich sex pests into office then wondering why everything is bad

You must not let moneyed interests and apathy continue to destroy our futures. Vote today, then do even more tomorrow

If ever there was a time for Democrats to right the wrongs of turning on the working class, it would be now, with a candidate like Zohran Mamdani.

They could show the world they understand this moment.

Instead, they put the full force of their party behind a disgraced politician of the old guard.

Opinion | The Attacks on Zohran Mamdani Show That We Need a New Understanding of Antisemitism

No Cuomo!!!

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...

Hell no to Cuomo. I'm so angry that Dems around the country are sticking their nose in our business. NYC has picked a lot of shit mayors. We actually have a chance this time. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

If you're flailing a bit this morning, take stock of your needs. Have you taken your meds? Drank some water? Had something to eat? Unclenched your jaw? Had a shower? Maybe stretched a bit? If you live in New York City, have you voted, and not ranked Cuomo?

This is why is great to see #TeslaTakedown protests mutating into campaigns against Palantir.

This week, folks are rallying in Palo Alto in the bay area: actionnetwork.org/events/palan...

Abortion Trends Before and After Dobbs | KFF This brief reviews the different sources of abortion data in the United States, the factors that have affected abortion rates across the U.S, before and after Roe v. Wade, and what we may see as the T...

Abortion rates are UP since Dobbs.

It's likely due to the rise of telehealth/ virtual options paired with abortion medication via mail, & interstate travel for abortion care nearly doubled in 2023.

They didn't say but I wonder if there's been any decline in contraception access in These Days.

My husband & I bonded over Buffy when we first met 21 years ago. We are watching it again with our 18yo. It's a needed escape, & so cool that he loves it too. Just finished S5. Angel is next!

"All I want to do is help. I want to help because I don't think people should suffer as they do. Because, if there's no bigger meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the world."

Feeling like hell and watching trashy vampire shows. Angel, in this case. The part in the episode Epiphany, when he says, "If there's no great glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do. Cause that's all there is. What we do." I needed that tonight.

Absolute bloodbath at FDA, very bad

ICE attacked community members in #SanDiego who mobilized in defense of workers.

"The crowd surrounded agents, yelling profanities + calling them fascists. Many people recorded the agents and the license plates of their vehicles."

Police used weapons after the crowd attempted to block vehicles.

Abolish ICE