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WATCH: California Sen. Alex Padilla is handcuffed and detained at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in LA 👇
June 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
WATCH: California Sen. Alex Padilla is handcuffed and detained at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in LA 👇
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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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Video Proves DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s Top Deputy Lied About Senator Being Forcibly Removed By Federal Agents
www.mediaite.com/politics/vid...
www.mediaite.com/politics/vid...
Video Proves DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s Top Deputy Lied About Senator Being Forcibly Removed By Federal Agents
Tricia McLaughlin, the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, posted a tweet Thursday afternoon defending the physical removal and detention of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) from a pre...
www.mediaite.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Video Proves DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s Top Deputy Lied About Senator Being Forcibly Removed By Federal Agents
www.mediaite.com/politics/vid...
www.mediaite.com/politics/vid...
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House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.
House Dems demand testimony from Noem after Padilla handcuffed in LA
“If it can happen to Alex, it can happen to ... anybody,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez said.
www.politico.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.
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That’s the California senator Alex Padilla being pushed to the ground.
From the suppressed_news community on Reddit: US State Senator Arrested After Attempting to Address Government Official - What Is Going On in the US?
Explore this post and more from the suppressed_news community
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June 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
That’s the California senator Alex Padilla being pushed to the ground.
Somebody needs to remind frump he can only have two toys for his birthday.
Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns
Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and potentially a...
apnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Somebody needs to remind frump he can only have two toys for his birthday.
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A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rule of law.
Trump exploiting antisemitism fears to undermine rule of law, warns Jewish coalition
A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rul...
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rule of law.
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Katherine Maher, president and CEO of National Public Radio, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media.
NPR CEO Katherine Maher addresses future of federal funding for public media
Katherine Maher, president and CEO of National Public Radio, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Katherine Maher, president and CEO of National Public Radio, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media.
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It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.
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By the end of Greene's Tuesday town hall in Acworth, Ga., three people were arrested and two were hit with stun guns. Greene is one of many lawmakers confronted by angry constituents in recent weeks.
Protesters were stun-gunned and arrested at Marjorie Taylor Greene's town hall
By the end of Greene's Tuesday town hall in Acworth, Ga., three people were arrested and two were hit with stun guns. Greene is one of many lawmakers confronted by angry constituents in recent weeks.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
By the end of Greene's Tuesday town hall in Acworth, Ga., three people were arrested and two were hit with stun guns. Greene is one of many lawmakers confronted by angry constituents in recent weeks.
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President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
Trump wants states to handle disasters. States aren't prepared
President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
www.npr.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
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“This is bullsh*t. This is not a real strategy. The reason why you do this is because you think your constituents are too dumb to understand how congressional procedure works.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Call your Democratic senators and urge them not to cave: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Call your Democratic senators and urge them not to cave: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
March 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“This is bullsh*t. This is not a real strategy. The reason why you do this is because you think your constituents are too dumb to understand how congressional procedure works.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Call your Democratic senators and urge them not to cave: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Call your Democratic senators and urge them not to cave: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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For all those folks who said they wouldn’t deport US citizens, well they are. She’s 10 years old, a Texan born, and recovering from brain cancer. They deported her to Mexico after her family brought her to Houston for medical care.
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents /
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
For all those folks who said they wouldn’t deport US citizens, well they are. She’s 10 years old, a Texan born, and recovering from brain cancer. They deported her to Mexico after her family brought her to Houston for medical care.
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This is what the GOP's SAVE Act would do at the federal level. Adding layers of complexity to voter ID requirements that would strategically disenfranchise women and others who've changed their names.
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is what the GOP's SAVE Act would do at the federal level. Adding layers of complexity to voter ID requirements that would strategically disenfranchise women and others who've changed their names.
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Over on Whatever today, I've written a longish piece on billionaires and boycotts, how boycotts are effective (and are not), what to do when you don't feel you can boycott, and what to say when someone is telling you that you're not doing it right:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
The Billionaire Boycott Conundrum
Over on Bluesky, where I spend quite a lot of time these days, because it’s an instance of social media not owned by a billionaire and/or ruled by algorithms intended to push vaguely-to-expli…
whatever.scalzi.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Over on Whatever today, I've written a longish piece on billionaires and boycotts, how boycotts are effective (and are not), what to do when you don't feel you can boycott, and what to say when someone is telling you that you're not doing it right:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
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Crews continue to dismantle the Black Lives Matter Plaza street mural Washington, DC.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged she made the move after pressure from the White House.
Read more: bit.ly/41KNbyl
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged she made the move after pressure from the White House.
Read more: bit.ly/41KNbyl
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Crews continue to dismantle the Black Lives Matter Plaza street mural Washington, DC.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged she made the move after pressure from the White House.
Read more: bit.ly/41KNbyl
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged she made the move after pressure from the White House.
Read more: bit.ly/41KNbyl
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We are supposed to be a democracy.
Elected officials are supposed to listen to the vast majority of the American people when they say:
NO tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy
NO cuts to Medicaid
NO more billionaires buying elections
Elected officials are supposed to listen to the vast majority of the American people when they say:
NO tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy
NO cuts to Medicaid
NO more billionaires buying elections
March 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We are supposed to be a democracy.
Elected officials are supposed to listen to the vast majority of the American people when they say:
NO tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy
NO cuts to Medicaid
NO more billionaires buying elections
Elected officials are supposed to listen to the vast majority of the American people when they say:
NO tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy
NO cuts to Medicaid
NO more billionaires buying elections
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AOC says today is the showdown. Don’t let them cave. Blow up your Democratic Senator’s phone lines. Urge them to vote NO on cloture (ending a filibuster) and NO on the Republican spending bill.
5calls.org for the number.
5calls.org for the number.
March 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
AOC says today is the showdown. Don’t let them cave. Blow up your Democratic Senator’s phone lines. Urge them to vote NO on cloture (ending a filibuster) and NO on the Republican spending bill.
5calls.org for the number.
5calls.org for the number.
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JUST IN: A CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for next week has been postponed, the first vaccine meeting since health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in.
A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, has been postponed
An HHS spokesperson didn’t say when the meeting would be rescheduled.
www.nbcnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
JUST IN: A CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for next week has been postponed, the first vaccine meeting since health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in.