Luke

WTAF…

Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.

Now that photo haunts me, tho. Like, who thought that looked good?

Quick, someone fire McDonald's CFO!

Dems should fight on every front.

If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.

We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.

Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.

Silly me. I thought it was hard work that pays off. Apparently even a dead man can do better than that.

Tell me you don’t know how this works without telling me you don’t know how this works.

The weather dude on TV last night said it's going to be 99 degrees today. I'm demanding that he be fired and replace with another dude that will forecast a high of 82.

Am I doing this right?

In addition to endorsing having a President as dictator, Chief Justice John Roberts has paved the way for the elimination of due process, illegal human trafficking of people to other countries’ concentration camps, and the end of accuracy in data for business and personal decision making.

Of course it is. In LA we have seen places close and people stay home as they’re terrified of ICE, which is raiding businesses and taking people who just want to work. It only makes sense that as those small business surveys were tallied that the feds had to revise their estimates downward.

Ghislaine Maxwell getting better treatment than a guy in Florida who gets pulled over for a broken taillight and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.

Reminded of the community meeting where people opposed a bar alcohol license on account of there not being “enough” parking. The bar owners had a whole plan to encourage people to take transit, walk, or bike, or uber, but nope the neighbors wanted more parking.

Since people are talking about the razor thin margins in the restaurant industry, I would like to remind everyone of my bête noir, which is parking minimums for bars and restaurants. Off street parking mandates for places that serve alcohol are basically a subsidy to drunk driving.

The revisions for in the latest jobs numbers May and June are bonkers. Basically job growth disappeared, but the Trump administration spent the last few months bragging that things were great.

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Latest cover of @theonion.com is 💅

Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”

Ah yes, please do award him the Noble Peace Prize, and then shhhhhhh nobody tell him it’s the Temu version of the Nobel Peace Prize!

The gays have known this for a long time. Because the most anti-gay politicians are *always* and *without fail* the ones who most desperately want to be gay.

What's especially wild about this is how shocking the 1997-1998 El Nino was. Felt so hot and was a clear break from a gradual warming.

But look at it now. A year now with temps at 1997-1998 levels would be the coolest we've had in a decade.

Truly appreciate this, Congressman. What was done to Andry and so many others as an official act of this government is despicable and has to be called out and accounted for. Thank you for being in the fight.

I spoke with Andry Romero.

That ripped-up DIY crosswalk? West LA council member says city removed it after she asked it stay in place In late May, a Sawtelle resident and his neighbors painted yellow crosswalks around the West L.A. park due to safety concerns.

Why is the city ripping up a crosswalk that residents installed for their community?

Because “a homemade crosswalk… creates the illusion of safety where there is none.”

And rather than ask itself why there is no safety for people walking on its streets, the city instead offers them none.

On the left is Jeffrey Epstein’s home from the FBI raid photos. On the right is the Oval Office, as Trump has redecorated it with fake gold embellishments and paintings he brought in. Good lord.

I just spoke with Andry Hernández Romero and offered our support and assistance.

He was grateful to all who have advocated on his behalf and those who shared his story. He spoke of the horrific conditions in CECOT and the real trauma and violence he experienced. I’ll have more in the days ahead.

So, here’s what happening:
Currently we pay 0% tariffs on goods imported from Europe. But starting on Friday we will be hit with 15% tariffs on all goods coming to the US from the EU.

That $90B in tariffs the Lutnick says is “coming to America”? Yeah, Americans will be paying that, not Europeans.

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transness has been one of the most incredible spiritual journeys of my life!

Sen. Alex Padilla introduces legislation for pathway to lawful permanent residency for immigrants Amid weeks of immigration raids in SoCal, Sen. Alex Padilla announced legislation intended to expand existing pathways for immigrants to obtain lawful permanent residency.

Sen. Alex Padilla introduces legislation for pathway to lawful permanent residency for immigrants

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It’s like the nation is having a collective moment of “never meet your heroes.”

It’s when we all discover those heroes and institutions are just people who are as scared and self-centered and short-sighted as anyone else.