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@lausdsup.bsky.social Alberto M. Carvalho didn’t hold back when expressing his anger & "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to 2 elementary schools.

This is the leadership that we expect! Thank you, Dr. Carvalho.

#ImmigrantsMakeAmerica

Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’

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Trump Is Trying To Rig The 2026 Midterms In Plain Sight A mid-decade gerrymander in Texas is a big part of his plans

This is super informative re TX redistricting:

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newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/USAI...

Trump Administration Will Burn 500 Tons of Food Meant to Feed 1.5 Million Children The Trump administration reportedly intends to destroy nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food meant for starving children overseas. The destruction of the food, which could have fed 1.5 million chil...

#MAGAEfficiency

The Huffman family moved to Russia from Texas in early 2025, admiring "traditional values" and "life without Western propaganda." The family has been documenting their experience on social media and doing interviews with the Russian media outlets⤵️

It's Not Just Epstein. MAGA Is Angry About a Lot of Things Pockets of Donald Trump’s most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administration’s failure to fulfill its promises.

The bombing of Iran. Trump’s acceptance of a luxury plane from Qatar. Tariffs. ICE raids targeting noncriminal, migrant workers. Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill". The potential is a death by thousands cuts scenario...

Consume these together. Astrophysicist Adam Becker argues that, from colonizing Mars to building god-like AIs, tech billionaire fantasies from Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, and Marc Andreessen are far-fetched cover for a racist, authoritarian power grab.(podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...)

Greg Abbott’s Bizarre Postflood Football Analogy The governor’s rambling response at a press conference is a disturbing warning for anyone who loves a Texan, or the game of football.

"There are no 'winners' in a devastating storm; suggesting that all of us asking that reporter’s question, including Texans who lost loved ones, are 'losers' is wildly belligerent and tone-deaf. But also, Abbott seems to misunderstand how successful football teams operate."

New NOAA document spells out further deep Trump cuts Proposal would eliminate NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, which performs and coordinates climate research.

www.axios.com/2025/07/01/n...

Social Security Administration sends misleading email lauding Trump's new tax cuts law The emails say nearly 9 in 10 Social Security beneficiaries won't pay income taxes on their benefits in the future. But the Trump tax law did not directly address Social Security.

The new budget does not eliminate federal taxes on Social Security. Budget reconciliation does not allow changes to be made to Social Security.

The crippling of forecasting: John Morales on severe cuts to NOAA's budget as hurricane season carries on “The unrelenting assault by the government on the storm monitoring and forecasting apparatus is too alarming to ignore.”

Data-loss worries include the loss of hurricane-penetrating Saildrone information, shutoff of invaluable microwave sensor data from NOAA and Department of Defense satellites, and gutting of research offices and weather labs across several branches of NOAA.

Generational change is coming: Since Zohran Mamdani won on Tuesday night, more than 1100 young people have reached out to @runforsomething.net to explore a run for local office -- one of our biggest spikes of the year yet.

‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...

"Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding."

So, effectively, if Greg Abbott breaks laws under Section 1983, and the Trump Admin refuses to defend and protect the Code, individuals will have no recourse under this ruling.

Court decides against Planned Parenthood The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a South Carolina woman and Planned Parenthood do not have a legal right, known as standing, to bring a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s […]

Today's SCOTUS decision will have far reaching impacts because Section 1983 allows people to enforce rights, privileges, and immunities secured by federal law, like the Medicaid Act, freedom of speech, search and seizure, excessive force, cruel and unusual punishment, and due process. See comments.

This is so important. Please join as you’re able. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

New Evidence that DOJ Intentionally Defied Court Orders and Lied to a Judge In an incredible letter, whistleblower and now-fired DoJ employee Erez Reuveni details how Emil Bove instructed him to tell the court to "fuck off."

WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY OF LAWS: "In an incredible letter, whistleblower and now-fired DoJ employee Erez Reuveni details how Emil Bove instructed him to tell the court to 'fuck off.'"

Why Are Federal Agents Wearing Masks? It’s a Threat to American Democracy Masked Federal Agents Are Undermining Trust—and Democracy

"Masks in this context are not about safety—they’re about impunity... You can’t file a complaint against a badge number you can’t see. You can’t document misconduct from an officer whose face is hidden. You can’t demand justice when the enforcer... is acting like a member of a secret police force."

Opinion | We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower The president’s assault on science dangerously undermines America’s superpower status.

MRIs, the Human Genome Project, LASIK surgery, and drugs that have saved countless AIDS and covid-19 patients. The Trump budget would institute drastic cuts impacting all of these kinds of advances at the National Science Foundation, the NIH, the CDC and the FDA. They are not working for Americans.

Masked Terror At this point, we have all seen the videos.

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The origins of modern-day policing can be traced back to the "Slave Patrol" in the early 1700s. The mission: to establish a system of terror and squash slave uprisings with the capacity to pursue, apprehend, and return runaway slaves to their owners.

As Antiabortion Violence Surges, Republicans Vote to Strip Federal Protections for Providers Early Saturday morning, news broke of the assassination of Melissa Hortman, a Democratic Minnesota state legislator and former speaker, along with her husband Mark. State Senator John Hoffman and his ...

As threats, arson and assassinations target abortion providers, Republicans are working to repeal the only federal law that stands in the way. President Trump has also pardoned 23 people convicted of violating the FACE Act.

Un-Byrdened: The Senate Parliamentarian Has Reset The Game Rulings by Elizabeth MacDonough take big bites out of the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill”

The Byrd Rule says that extraneous matters can’t get shoved into a reconciliation bill. The Senate Parliamentarian's job is to help ensure there are no B.S. provisions labeled as “budgetary” that are actually sneaky policy directives.

Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations The Trump administration is seeking deals with more and more nations to hold deportees — now with the blessing of the Supreme Court.

Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations

The Trump administration is seeking deals with more and more nations -- one third of the countries on the planet -- to hold deportees — now with the blessing of the Supreme Court.

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The 3.5% Protest Rule That Could Bring Down Trump Podcast Episode · Pod Save America · 06/15/2025 · 1h 10m

The 3.5% Rule is super inspiring and political scientist Erica Chenoweth expounds on additional effective nonviolent methods beyond physical protest which we can all participate in and promote as the movement evolves. Highly recommend.

Excellent!