Here's your LAPD when they think no one's looking

This is why they need you to believe what’s happening in LA is an “insurrection”

It isn’t. (1/6 was)

A cartoon by Wren McDonald. Protesters unite, forming the leg & body of a giant bringing its boot down upon red-handed riot cops.

Art by Wren McDonald.

This administration needs to stop targeting international reporters, they’re the ones helping spread the truth. In multiple videos, officers are seen aiming directly at them, fully aware they’re members of the press. These so-called “non-lethal” rounds can absolutely be lethal.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are be gay, do crime and pronounced deedawlakey guhnagalasee naduhgah askahnuhjuh

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

True story bro.

As @stephaniekelton.bsky.social reminds us— “we’re broke” lie has gone on for decades.👇🏽Time Mag cover from 1972 (!!)

We are not broke. “Deficit” spending is how we fund our economy. There is always money for wars, tax cuts for the rich

See through it.🇺🇸 stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/the-defici...

Marine veterans are speaking out against the troop deployment in Los Angeles. Across the country, they’re taking down their American flags that have flown in front of their homes for years. Remember, we have friends everywhere.

A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated NOAA's Center for Heat Resilient Communities would have helped local officials keep residents safe.

A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated

📚 #ReadingLife Good Morning #Booksky and #bookloverseverywhere

Reporter Gets Shot With Rubber Bullet While Covering LA Protests In Alleged Targeted Attack Reprehensible.

This is absolutely reprehensible.

Trump told reporters at the White House that the protesters in Los Angeles “are insurrectionists.” That’s false. January 6 was an insurrection, this is a protest. But by using that language, he may be laying the groundwork to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act.

This is precisely correct.

Nothin but the facts

As always: abolish ICE.

Then put every member on trial.

ICE crossed a line in LA

NYT: “Like the other 11 children, Abdo starved to death in weeks after Trump froze all U.S. foreign assistance, said local aid workers & a doctor… 🇺🇸-funded soup kitchens in Sudan had been the only lifelines for tens of thousands besieged by fighting.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...

Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.

BREAKING NYT:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.

All facts

Russian Hackers Attacking Signal Messenger Users To Gain Access To Sensitive Data GTIG reveal an escalating campaign by multiple Russia-aligned threat actors targeting Signal Messenger users via sophisticated exploitation.

When media says the app is ‘encrypted’ -please remember that countries around the world have invested in quantum computing because it renders current encryption techniques almost useless

Ukraine has also suffered “phishing” cyber attacks from Russia via Signal

cybersecuritynews.com/russian-hack...

If going to space for 3 minutes makes you an astronaut then I’m a gynecologist

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In case anyone is wondering