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MAYOR BASS: “They need to leave right now. This is UNACCEPTABLE.”
The mayor showed up as Trump’s Gestapo/ICE marched through MacArthur Park like an invading army. Ridiculous.
They left. (h/t FOX LA)
The mayor showed up as Trump’s Gestapo/ICE marched through MacArthur Park like an invading army. Ridiculous.
They left. (h/t FOX LA)
July 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
MAYOR BASS: “They need to leave right now. This is UNACCEPTABLE.”
The mayor showed up as Trump’s Gestapo/ICE marched through MacArthur Park like an invading army. Ridiculous.
They left. (h/t FOX LA)
The mayor showed up as Trump’s Gestapo/ICE marched through MacArthur Park like an invading army. Ridiculous.
They left. (h/t FOX LA)
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The data exfiltration through DOGE has given oligarchs all the tools they need to scrub voter rolls, and under the laws of 30 states, spuriously challenge and purge votes at the 11th hour by handing out lists to "vigilantes" who can each challenge 10,000s of other voters.
July 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The data exfiltration through DOGE has given oligarchs all the tools they need to scrub voter rolls, and under the laws of 30 states, spuriously challenge and purge votes at the 11th hour by handing out lists to "vigilantes" who can each challenge 10,000s of other voters.
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Grass Valley CA 30 minutes before the event was scheduled to start.
June 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Grass Valley CA 30 minutes before the event was scheduled to start.
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Today Trump ordered DOJ to investigate ActBlue, which is payment processing platform for basically every progressive organization in the US. Trump is ordering DOJ to disrupt the opposition party
Yesterday Trump personally got $10s of millions in cash from untraceable foreigners in new crypto scheme
Yesterday Trump personally got $10s of millions in cash from untraceable foreigners in new crypto scheme
April 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Today Trump ordered DOJ to investigate ActBlue, which is payment processing platform for basically every progressive organization in the US. Trump is ordering DOJ to disrupt the opposition party
Yesterday Trump personally got $10s of millions in cash from untraceable foreigners in new crypto scheme
Yesterday Trump personally got $10s of millions in cash from untraceable foreigners in new crypto scheme
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Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate the leading platform through which Democrats raise money for their campaigns. Less that 100 days in, Trump is weaponizing DOJ to prevent his political opponents from funding opposition campaigns.
Where is the outrage?
Where is the outrage?
April 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate the leading platform through which Democrats raise money for their campaigns. Less that 100 days in, Trump is weaponizing DOJ to prevent his political opponents from funding opposition campaigns.
Where is the outrage?
Where is the outrage?
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Breaking: The ruling is a win for Democrats who, for now, will be able to retain a 3-2 majority on the State Board of Elections, as well as all 100 county boards of elections. #ncpol
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC judges rule against GOP plan to strip governor of election board appointments
The ruling is a win for Democrats who, for now, will be able to retain a 3-2 majority on the State Board of Elections, as well as all 100 county boards of elections.
www.newsobserver.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Breaking: The ruling is a win for Democrats who, for now, will be able to retain a 3-2 majority on the State Board of Elections, as well as all 100 county boards of elections. #ncpol
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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Really need journalists to push back on this bullshit. When they say this, just ask them point blank: "Are you saying that because one Latino man committed a murder, another Latino man deserves a life sentence? Do you think all Latino men interchangeable?"
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Really need journalists to push back on this bullshit. When they say this, just ask them point blank: "Are you saying that because one Latino man committed a murder, another Latino man deserves a life sentence? Do you think all Latino men interchangeable?"
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Dem politicians who are doing something and saying something to oppose Trump’s attacks on American democracy are quickly rising in the estimation of voters.
Those calling those efforts a “distraction” or providing cover for Trump are quickly squandering their political capital.
Those calling those efforts a “distraction” or providing cover for Trump are quickly squandering their political capital.
April 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Dem politicians who are doing something and saying something to oppose Trump’s attacks on American democracy are quickly rising in the estimation of voters.
Those calling those efforts a “distraction” or providing cover for Trump are quickly squandering their political capital.
Those calling those efforts a “distraction” or providing cover for Trump are quickly squandering their political capital.
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I'm honestly baffled why this angle is not being covered more thoroughly by MSM
There's a lot more to the deportation deal between Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele that you REALLY need to know about. WATCH:
The Real Reason El Salvador's President Cozied Up to Trump
YouTube video by Mother Jones
youtu.be
April 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I'm honestly baffled why this angle is not being covered more thoroughly by MSM
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In 1964, UC Berkeley students nonviolently obstructed the transport of arrested Free Speech activists by completely surrounding the police car
This should happen to every ICE vehicle until the kidnappings stop. You might literally save someone from a concentration camp
This should happen to every ICE vehicle until the kidnappings stop. You might literally save someone from a concentration camp
April 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
In 1964, UC Berkeley students nonviolently obstructed the transport of arrested Free Speech activists by completely surrounding the police car
This should happen to every ICE vehicle until the kidnappings stop. You might literally save someone from a concentration camp
This should happen to every ICE vehicle until the kidnappings stop. You might literally save someone from a concentration camp
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If NC Republicans get away with this, this will open the floodgates for other Republican states to do this. Elections in America will become meaningless & we will no longer be a democracy. This is the highest stakes case we’ve seen since the Jim Crow era.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: the Republican-majority on the N.C. Court of Appeals rules to overturn the decision of the Wake County Superior Court (and the voters in the state) in a 2-1 decision to disenfranchise more than 65,000 voters from LAST year’s election. ⬇️
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
N.C. Appellate Courts
https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
April 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If NC Republicans get away with this, this will open the floodgates for other Republican states to do this. Elections in America will become meaningless & we will no longer be a democracy. This is the highest stakes case we’ve seen since the Jim Crow era.
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Note that Wisconsin will hold *another* state Supreme Court race before the 2026 midterms!
Conservative incumbent Rebecca Bradley (shown below in a video from last night) will be up for reelection to a 10-year term in April of next year.
If liberals beat her, they'd increase their majority to 5-2.
Conservative incumbent Rebecca Bradley (shown below in a video from last night) will be up for reelection to a 10-year term in April of next year.
If liberals beat her, they'd increase their majority to 5-2.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley on Crawford: "I think the way Judge Crawford ran her race was disgusting...I'm not looking forward to working with her. She's bought and paid for by the Democratic Party."
Via Vanessa Kjeldsen
Via Vanessa Kjeldsen
April 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Note that Wisconsin will hold *another* state Supreme Court race before the 2026 midterms!
Conservative incumbent Rebecca Bradley (shown below in a video from last night) will be up for reelection to a 10-year term in April of next year.
If liberals beat her, they'd increase their majority to 5-2.
Conservative incumbent Rebecca Bradley (shown below in a video from last night) will be up for reelection to a 10-year term in April of next year.
If liberals beat her, they'd increase their majority to 5-2.
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America needs to find a backbone. Fast.
April 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
America needs to find a backbone. Fast.
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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Lady Liberty and Lady Justice are fortunate women can't be disappeared to El Salvadorean prisons 🤬
March 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Lady Liberty and Lady Justice are fortunate women can't be disappeared to El Salvadorean prisons 🤬
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Compared to Hungary, Turkey, Venezuela, Poland, Trump is moving MUCH faster, more aggressively, and with broader claim to power. We're not in danger of becoming those autocracies--we're very quickly surpassing them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
‘This Is Worse’: Trump’s Judicial Defiance Veers Beyond the Autocrat Playbook (Gift Article)
The president’s escalating conflict with federal courts is even more aggressive than what happened in countries like Hungary and Turkey, experts say.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Compared to Hungary, Turkey, Venezuela, Poland, Trump is moving MUCH faster, more aggressively, and with broader claim to power. We're not in danger of becoming those autocracies--we're very quickly surpassing them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
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NEW: CISA, the federal agency responsible for the nation’s cybersecurity, officially cut funding to support state and local election offices. A CISA spokesperson told Democracy Docket the slashed program "no longer effectuates department priorities.”
Cybersecurity Agency Ends Support to Election Security Program
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
NEW: CISA, the federal agency responsible for the nation’s cybersecurity, officially cut funding to support state and local election offices. A CISA spokesperson told Democracy Docket the slashed program "no longer effectuates department priorities.”
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This is so important! Let’s all pitch in and help defeat Musk’s guy!
About to join @ariberman.bsky.social with @jenpsaki.msnbc.com guest-hosting on @allinwithchris.bsky.social on @msnbc.com to talk about Elon Musk trying to buy WI's Supreme Court for Brad Schimel—and how to fight back www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk is trying to buy the Wisconsin supreme court
“His attack on democracy isn’t limited to gutting the federal government. He wants it all.”
www.motherjones.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is so important! Let’s all pitch in and help defeat Musk’s guy!
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I want every Democrat to sound like this. Meanwhile I'm listening to the sounds of (congressional) silence.
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
February 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I want every Democrat to sound like this. Meanwhile I'm listening to the sounds of (congressional) silence.
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From the @semafor.com media newsletter: Dems huddled last week to discuss how to build out their online media ecosystem. Reps from Soros Fund Management, Emerson Collective, and others discussed strategies for short/long form video, and acquiring media companies www.semafor.com/article/02/1...
February 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
From the @semafor.com media newsletter: Dems huddled last week to discuss how to build out their online media ecosystem. Reps from Soros Fund Management, Emerson Collective, and others discussed strategies for short/long form video, and acquiring media companies www.semafor.com/article/02/1...
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The case for Democrats to start holding televised, primetime opposition hearings featuring civil servants fired by Trump & Musk, Americans hurt by baseless cuts, and scholars on authoritarian regimes.
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/the-urgent...
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/the-urgent...
The Urgent Need for Televised Opposition Hearings
Unmasking Trumpism
quartzevelyn.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The case for Democrats to start holding televised, primetime opposition hearings featuring civil servants fired by Trump & Musk, Americans hurt by baseless cuts, and scholars on authoritarian regimes.
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/the-urgent...
quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/the-urgent...
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We are approaching a time of testing--not just for the country but for each and every one of us. That's the subject of my latest "Need to Know" Substack. Please read and share. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We Hold America's Fate in Our Hands
Are we willing to make the sacrifices required to stop the crisis that is now unfolding?
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We are approaching a time of testing--not just for the country but for each and every one of us. That's the subject of my latest "Need to Know" Substack. Please read and share. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window
February 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window