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Things are just getting ridiculous. The Trump administration announced that the Justice Department will monitor polling sites in California and New Jersey ahead of the Nov. 4 election.

Newsom Says Trump Is ‘Rigging the Election’ With Federal Poll Monitors | KQED In an interview with KQED, Gov. Gavin Newsom warned the Trump administration is laying the groundwork to question the results of California’s Proposition 50 vote.

Via @kqednews.kqed.org
In an interview with KQED, Newsom said Trump wants to cast doubt on the Nov. 4 vote. The Department of Justice says it's sending monitors to protect the votes of "eligible American citizens."

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

The fact that AIPAC won’t endorse me is an endorsement in and of itself.

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We’ll talk about campaign updates, ICE, and the general fascist hellscape.

(Also @bencollins.bsky.social is teaching me how to play Balatro.)

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This feckless pustule is going to get us all killed

They don’t show up like this for school shootings.

People ask how the public knows ICE is there? This is how. Nothing covert about it. They do it this way to make sure the entire world knows they’re coming. A full display of terror on our streets. To instill fear in America.

The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers.

That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.

Text reading: I had to come down to Los Angeles for Work and ended up trying to help with the raid last night. As a Bernie usefully. Waited by the entrance for detainees We were repeatedly denied access of any kind, and eventually LAPD force removed attorneys ice. Also tear gassed a baby under age two. Today they told us to come back at eight to see the clients, but they ever refused entry to us as well as politicians, including Jimmy, Gomez, and right now. They’re releasing some kind of gas, so the Attorneys can’t breathe

Text reading: Post it so everyone knows. When we were trying to chant their rights ice honked so no one could hear.

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.

Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.

💥 BREAKING: ICE tries to raid Home Depot located at 6400 Alondra Blvd. Paramount, CA

Protesters are able to successfully stop them.

6/7/2025 @12 pm

#ice #raids #losangeles

Not all heroes wear capes

Elect Kat Abughazaleh for all the things

Just like in the parks, safety comes first.
- Stay with your group
- Follow the signs (or in this case, the facts)
- Leave no one behind
- Document everything
- Don’t engage alone

We remain firmly committed to nonviolence, and just as firmly committed to standing up against actions that threaten our communities.

The deployment of federalized National Guard troops to California, without consent from local or state officials, is deeply troubling. These are tactics seen in authoritarian regimes, not in America. We want to be clear, the military should not be used to police civilians.

The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

I think there’s some college students who would disagree that the president believes we can “say whatever the f*ck you want”

Spoon seller says forks are an outmoded way of eating food

"We're watching the biggest comedians in the world toe the line for the president."

From the new 'We're Not Kidding', comedian @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to talk about antisemitism, free speech, and the hypocrisy of 'anti-woke' comics like Joe Rogan and Bill Maher.

Thank you to everyone who showed up, good news, the judge has been released!

EMERGENCY ACTION

Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.

Killer sign. A+++ sign

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

Marine Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027 Far-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds and immediately barred from running for office

France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.

South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.

Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.

Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.

This keeps getting worse and worse.

Five things I did last week …
1. Wake up
2. Brush my teeth
3. Sign autographs
4. Your mom
5. Donate my Elon Sux-mobile to NPR

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved