Chunky Monkey
@le-desert-ratta.bsky.social
86 does not mean what you may think it means.
When Trump says his tariffs are going to make America very rich, remember that “America” is a euphemism for himself & his family. No more, no less.
When Trump says his tariffs are going to make America very rich, remember that “America” is a euphemism for himself & his family. No more, no less.
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Sly Stone, pioneer of early funk music, dies after 'prolonged' battle with illness
Sly Stone, pioneer of early funk music, dies after 'prolonged' battle with illness
Sly Stone, one of the pioneers of funk music, has died aged 82, his family have said.
news.sky.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Sly Stone, pioneer of early funk music, dies after 'prolonged' battle with illness
When I got back home earlier this afternoon, I watched LA local news to catch up on protests and how things stand there, in part due to text messages I received from family and friends. I didn’t see anything really out of the ordinary and, frankly, have seen bigger protests in various places. 1/
June 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
When I got back home earlier this afternoon, I watched LA local news to catch up on protests and how things stand there, in part due to text messages I received from family and friends. I didn’t see anything really out of the ordinary and, frankly, have seen bigger protests in various places. 1/
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CBS host Margaret Brennan pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about how she could justify enforcing a no-mask rule on protesters when her officers were allowed to hide their faces.
'How can you justify it?' CBS host grills Kristi Noem on masked officers
CBS host Margaret Brennan pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about how she could justify enforcing a no-mask rule on protesters when her officers were allowed to hide their faces.
"President Trump said masks will not be allowed to be worn at protests," Brennan told Noe...
bit.ly
June 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
CBS host Margaret Brennan pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about how she could justify enforcing a no-mask rule on protesters when her officers were allowed to hide their faces.
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Opinion: Representatives who said they were blindsided by items in the budget bill should try this trick: Read every page, John Authers writes
If You Want Power, Turn Every Page
Politicians in Washington have a lot to learn from Al Smith and Bob Moses.
bloom.bg
June 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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There is still hope to save irreplaceable coral ecosystems, but time is running out. Baby corals can ride ocean currents for hundreds of miles, but they can’t outrun climate change. And humans have a limited capacity to make new reefs in cooler waters. buff.ly/nY4jJs0 #WorldOceanDay
Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass bleaching event – can climate refuges help?
As baby corals float in the currents, they can expand their species’ range. But can they get to climate refuges fast enough to survive? A new study has good news and bad.
buff.ly
June 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
There is still hope to save irreplaceable coral ecosystems, but time is running out. Baby corals can ride ocean currents for hundreds of miles, but they can’t outrun climate change. And humans have a limited capacity to make new reefs in cooler waters. buff.ly/nY4jJs0 #WorldOceanDay
Do not trust FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
"Immigrants are still told to trust the system: Show up for your hearing, obey notices, follow the orders and wait for your chance to do right. But what good is a system that pretends to offer protection but is designed to fail you?"
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
"Immigrants are still told to trust the system: Show up for your hearing, obey notices, follow the orders and wait for your chance to do right. But what good is a system that pretends to offer protection but is designed to fail you?"
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | ICE is helping normalize the eradication of due process
Immigrants are still told to trust the system, to show up for hearings and obey notices. But what good is a system that pretends to offer protection but is designed to fail you?
www.msnbc.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Do not trust FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
"Immigrants are still told to trust the system: Show up for your hearing, obey notices, follow the orders and wait for your chance to do right. But what good is a system that pretends to offer protection but is designed to fail you?"
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
"Immigrants are still told to trust the system: Show up for your hearing, obey notices, follow the orders and wait for your chance to do right. But what good is a system that pretends to offer protection but is designed to fail you?"
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Not that reality matters but Florida gets more from the federal government than it's residents give, California residents give more than they get.
Who is going to tell the senior U.S. Senator from FLORIDA that his own state refused Medicaid expansion?
June 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Not that reality matters but Florida gets more from the federal government than it's residents give, California residents give more than they get.
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Critically important point from Juliette. The only real justification for federalizing the nat guard over a governors objection is when the civil authorities are defying the law. This is attack on the sovereign right of the people of California to self government.
June 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Critically important point from Juliette. The only real justification for federalizing the nat guard over a governors objection is when the civil authorities are defying the law. This is attack on the sovereign right of the people of California to self government.
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The situation in California is being used to spin peaceful demonstrations as threats, all to give an excuse for ramping up federal involvement.
Staying calm, disciplined, and committed to nonviolence is more important than ever.
Staying calm, disciplined, and committed to nonviolence is more important than ever.
June 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The situation in California is being used to spin peaceful demonstrations as threats, all to give an excuse for ramping up federal involvement.
Staying calm, disciplined, and committed to nonviolence is more important than ever.
Staying calm, disciplined, and committed to nonviolence is more important than ever.
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Every single time there is any type of protest or gathering they’ve been calling it an insurrection. They need a freaking dictionary 🤷🏻♀️🙄
June 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Every single time there is any type of protest or gathering they’ve been calling it an insurrection. They need a freaking dictionary 🤷🏻♀️🙄
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And the people who voted for this aren't immune to it either. Trump doesn't care about his supporters. Ask Musk how quickly Trump can turn on his own people.
June 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
And the people who voted for this aren't immune to it either. Trump doesn't care about his supporters. Ask Musk how quickly Trump can turn on his own people.
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Yup.
At ~6:15 p.m. tonight the Los Angeles City Attorney sent out a statement on the ICE raids. "The dangerous escalation of the tactics being used across Los Angeles undermines trust between our immigrant communities and government, and makes us all less safe." cityattorney.lacity.gov/updates/la-c...
June 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Yup.
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AMEN
Cannot stress enough that this is a pitiful action by a weak, scared, pathetic group of insecure, wannabe authoritarians, and they should be mocked until the end of time for wanting to bring in the military over some people protesting them at a Home Depot.
they're doing this because the Insurrection Act sounds cool and edgy but they can't actually justify using the Insurrection Act. it's a silly action by an insecure administration desperately to seem manly and powerful. it should be criticized relentlessly, but it should also be laughed at.
June 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
AMEN
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Which is more dangerous?
The undocumented immigrants in LA
OR
Using armed police and potentially nation guard against AMerican Citizens,
YOU KNOW MY ANSWER
The undocumented immigrants in LA
OR
Using armed police and potentially nation guard against AMerican Citizens,
YOU KNOW MY ANSWER
June 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Which is more dangerous?
The undocumented immigrants in LA
OR
Using armed police and potentially nation guard against AMerican Citizens,
YOU KNOW MY ANSWER
The undocumented immigrants in LA
OR
Using armed police and potentially nation guard against AMerican Citizens,
YOU KNOW MY ANSWER
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Do not take tactical advice from people who even so much as suggest that any of this is the fault of the protestors.
June 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Do not take tactical advice from people who even so much as suggest that any of this is the fault of the protestors.
Brennan Center information re: Federalization of National Guard. Providing here as background for those who may be interested. Remember, Trump federalized National Guard during George Floyd protests in DC too. Both George Floyd protests & LA protests were/have been peaceful. Trump turned it violent.
June 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Brennan Center information re: Federalization of National Guard. Providing here as background for those who may be interested. Remember, Trump federalized National Guard during George Floyd protests in DC too. Both George Floyd protests & LA protests were/have been peaceful. Trump turned it violent.
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the government is intentionally manufacturing the conditions for violence against its own citizens, grim stuff
June 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
the government is intentionally manufacturing the conditions for violence against its own citizens, grim stuff
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Remember all the enablers and normalizers of the Trump regime, especially those in power and within the establishment - the media, law firms, the billionaires, the donors. All are complicit, including feckless Democrats who didn't put up the fight for sake of their own safety.
June 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Remember all the enablers and normalizers of the Trump regime, especially those in power and within the establishment - the media, law firms, the billionaires, the donors. All are complicit, including feckless Democrats who didn't put up the fight for sake of their own safety.
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NEW
President Trump says masks will not be allowed to be worn at protests.
He does not have the authority to ban masks at protests.
President Trump says masks will not be allowed to be worn at protests.
He does not have the authority to ban masks at protests.
June 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
NEW
President Trump says masks will not be allowed to be worn at protests.
He does not have the authority to ban masks at protests.
President Trump says masks will not be allowed to be worn at protests.
He does not have the authority to ban masks at protests.
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When Huerta says “We are a power”
He means the farmworker, the janitor, the nurse, the home care provider. The workers.
And he’s right.
You can’t detain a movement.
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemAll
He means the farmworker, the janitor, the nurse, the home care provider. The workers.
And he’s right.
You can’t detain a movement.
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemAll
June 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
When Huerta says “We are a power”
He means the farmworker, the janitor, the nurse, the home care provider. The workers.
And he’s right.
You can’t detain a movement.
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemAll
He means the farmworker, the janitor, the nurse, the home care provider. The workers.
And he’s right.
You can’t detain a movement.
#FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemAll
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We hear about how pro-immigrant side is extreme. There is literally nothing more extreme than this statement. Being willing to sacrifice the country’s foundations for an evil goal
June 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We hear about how pro-immigrant side is extreme. There is literally nothing more extreme than this statement. Being willing to sacrifice the country’s foundations for an evil goal
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What’s happening in Gaza is a humanitarian tragedy. A whole people is being subjected to crushing, disproportionate military force. International law is systematically violated.
A sustained ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all the hostages are more urgent than ever.
A sustained ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all the hostages are more urgent than ever.
May 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What’s happening in Gaza is a humanitarian tragedy. A whole people is being subjected to crushing, disproportionate military force. International law is systematically violated.
A sustained ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all the hostages are more urgent than ever.
A sustained ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all the hostages are more urgent than ever.