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ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted Women and children in parks

I don’t really have words to explain how it feels to see Kristi Noem standing on a street in East LA that looks like the street I grew up on in East LA with an invading military force trying to kidnap people who look like the neighbors I grew up with. It stays with you, spiritually.

I’ve seen a lot of hand wringing about the dangers of going to No Kings protests and gently, I want to tell people to chill a little. These are permitted marches and the point is to be out there and seen en masse. Please don’t scare off people who are maybe going to their very first protest

Yes, he's polling poorly, but he still has the power to do what he wants. If we want to stop him, we must *build the power* to do that. Sadly, we cannot disapprove our way out of fascism.

I did not know the pacarana was a creature that existed until today... I am delighted to say the least...

If you can't attend the rallies today for whatever reasons, something useful you can do is scour your local news outlets for coverage and share the coverage on social media and pump it out to all of your networks. Amplify what's happening locally so others in your communities are aware.

I can't tell you how invigorating and inspiring and hopeful it is to be in a crowd of people who also care. Took a group of teens to the last big protest and they were most struck by no longer feeling alone. If you're able to go, I encourage you to try. Get a group of friends & go together.

"Los Angeles is a city of immigrants. It is also a city of unions. And in California, those two constituencies have essentially melded into one." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/b...

We're living under fascism. ORGANIZE YOUR OWN THINGS IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT'S ON OFFER. Jesus Christ.

Respectfully, if you're a white person with a lot of privileges I think posting publicly that you are scared to attend a rally is some real bullshit. It has to be said.

If Zohran wins, it will be ENDLESS NYT articles about how he needs to include "moderates" and Republicans, if Cuomo wins the NYT will be FUCK THOSE RADICAL Leftists. The editorials write themselves. No need for any rapprochement.

Spotted in Arlington, VA.

Better roads, bridges, more education, oh hell no, let’s fund some bored Marines.

From now on, the only answer to “how are you going to pay for it” is “by not starting an inactive war against Los Angeles”

A friend just texted to congratulate me on a forthcoming project, about which she learned from ChatGPT. Never mind that I am ... not currently writing a book on the divine feminine... ? Again, again, again: AI is bad and wrong and won't give you accurate info, friends. It's not a search engine.

My mother, who does not attend protests, is going to a No Kings event in her area. She's an older woman with debilitating health problems, so this is a big outing for her. For the people acting like these events might be scary, my 67-year-old mom with arthritis and COPD is attending. You'll be fine.

only a society that has spent years finding ways to drive people further apart would have people saying fool things like"it is cringe to be in a large group of people who support you"

From Rabbi @marisaelana.bsky.social: May Iranians, who mostly hate their leaders, be safe. May Palestinians, who mostly hate their leaders, be safe. May Israelis, who mostly hate their leaders, be safe. May all the war-mongering authoritarians be deposed & may they [yet] experience real justice..

wait so not the one downtown?? They'e going to the wrong federal building????

I don't think I've ever seen a New York City political ad quite like this one.

Acceptable names for a dog: Biff Speedy Jennifer Acceptable names for a cat: Mork Potato Arturo Perez-Reverte Acceptable names for a horse: Pulchritude The Securities and Exchange Commission A Single Man in Possession of a Good Fortune

these are rallies. I've been biting my tongue for the past week re: the scare tactics.

While ICE kidnaps families, Israel wipes them out. “A poem by a young Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi who, along with her family, all civilians, was killed today in a brutal and unlawful Israeli attack in the Sattarkhan neighbourhood of Tehran.” www.pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-...

It's ok to be wrong. Holding on to bullshit just so you don't have to admit that to yourself is unhealthy. It's especially OK to change your mind about political views you held when there is evidence to contradict what you thought. Trump is in fact a fascist. You can say so.

You know it’s interesting, I grew up in a neighborhood that had gangs and these federal agents are much more openly intimidating and violent than anything I saw or even heard of growing up

hard to predict the vibes tomorrow, but historically the instigators most likely to disrupt a protest with violence are the police

Iran literally signed a nuclear agreement not to develop weapons that they were adhering to until your govt tore it up

“Suspect is white male, brown hair, wearing black body armor over blue shirt and blue pants and may misrepresent himself as law enforcement.”

I have this neighbour who basically spends his whole day walking around the area looking for things in other peoples yards that he thinks will lower his property value to complain about and has decided the height of my front lawn is today's item and this is going to be fun, I needed a distraction

Just saw a video on the front of @latimes.com about a man born and raised in East LA who got stopped by the federal gestapo and he showed them his Real ID and they stole it, took it & didn’t give it back Then they walked off like a violent gang with their giant ass guns in the middle of the street

Six intersex people explain why they deserve unfettered access to gender-affirming care — and why trans teens do, too. Read more here ⤵️

It’s day 8 in Occupied California, where there are more troops than the US has in Iraq and Syria combined to oversee protests where the biggest threat is how good the food is.

So tedious is this day As is the night before some festival To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them.

I actually don't think it's accurate to say 'Trump isn't releasing Mahmoud even though the court said he had to' Trump isn't releasing Mahmoud *because the court *didn't actually say he had to The judge could & should have done so, but didn't I'll explain storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Y’all I don’t want to be rude but there is no one-size-fits-all rule to protest and you should ignore anyone/any meme that says otherwise. Protest is a practice. You learn as you go, and it makes sense to start within your comfort zone. Watch the people around you, stay alert and use your judgment.

Please remember that a police “primer for protesters” that tells you to report suspicious behavior to the police stands a good chance of getting police escalation and making the protest less safe for everyone.

any society that would like to keep its basic functions - and aspires to democracy - has to discourage baldfaced lying. especially by authority figures.

the best posters have locked accounts and no followers. they post from the rarest of air and their posts are only knowable by intuition. compared to them we are all barely posting at all, stuck in likes-land, over here in the on-deck circle getting ready to post

Really something to see people act like Israel attacking Iran unprovoked is somehow justified because Iran might have a nuke someday. They’re hitting civilian airports. These are normal human beings with families and friends like yours.

There are SO MANY protests. Yes, in your red state. Go to a big one. Go to a small one. Go to one, if you can.

From planning to go with people you know to preparing for a possible riot, here are some tips to keep in mind if you’re interested in attending a mass protest.

shout out to the people who for 12 years have wanted to "actually, the National Socialist Party existed from 193-" blah blah this is nazi shit full stop and the people who said so from the jump were always right

Guarantees in life: 1) death 2) taxes 3) nice mushrooms

Here are some nice mushrooms

if Bioware had had the brains to do what Larian has done and promote voice actors like the actual stars they are that draw fans and fill seats, this woman would be as well known worldwide as Scarlett Johansson

"After the accident, the crowd gathered around the scene, according to the video stream. The two agents got out of the crashed car, seemingly panicked and, witnesses told The Intercept, appearing to avoid eye contact with bystanders. The agents got into another HSI vehicle."

Junk food wouldn’t present half the problems it does if we had infrastructure that allowed people to walk a city block without getting hit by a big ass truck.

Literally being dragged into a war with Iran because no one in either US party is willing to make a break with an openly bad faith partner.

Can't effectively organize people who you have contempt for.

It is pretty bad that this guy literally cares more about another country’s politics than his own

Robert DeNiro very patiently and oddly enthusiastically held a door open for me for twenty minutes while I fucked up the process of pushing a stroller through it

the problem with "echo chamber" as metaphor is that echoes produce new sounds and resonances. you just need harmonious tones to make those new sounds and resonances something you actually wanna hear. good sounds echoing produce overtones: new sounds consisting of resonant tones. Good, Actually!

“Becker argues that the only way to break free of these visions is to see them for what they are: a convenient excuse to continue destroying the environment, skirt regulations, amass more power and control, and dismiss the very real problems of today to focus on the imagined ones of tomorrow.”

Your silence most offends me

Iranian missiles rain down on Tel Aviv. But according to western media, the story here is that Israel is using human shields.

"Let's move on to your managerial incompetence. I can see how you misunderstood the president because you're obviously misunderstanding my questions," said the helicopter pilot. 😳

this whole thread is a delight

It’s an expression of popular opinion, an opportunity to recruit to ongoing organizing efforts, and—implicitly—a threat of future force.

If you're marching tomorrow show us your signs! And if you want to march but aren't sure where, find a protest near you here. There are a LOT. www.nokings.org

Your cedar waxwing prussian officer in full parade uniform moment of the day.

Everyone who said the Nazi comparisons were hysterical, do you have enough Nazi-ing yet or do you need a full on holocaust to get underway before we can say “this is that bad”?

Rubio literally rolled this out as the strategy till Trump killed it via social media

many things are bad, which is why I have given up trying to stop my dog from rolling in the grass during our walks. it seems to make him really happy.

Every undocumented person belongs in East L.A. more than Kristi Noem ever will

Anyway, cities are great. The main issue is that they need to be affordable. I think that NYC has lost some of its pride of place over the past 2 decades. A lot of the transplants don't actually love the real city and so they don't mind politicians who hate it.

Scammer called me today. Joke’s on them, I scammed them out of a nice little conversation. All they got was my bank password.

Shout out to people with authentically big dogs, my dog is 95 pounds and we just met a Great Dane who made him look like a puppy, big dogs rule

one time a cousin by marriage thought he was being v funny at breakfast and put a bunch of pepper on my eggs and I just wish I had a picture of his face when I tasted them and discovered they needed more pepper

my feeds are split between people in the US discovering that William of the Windsors had a good friend who was an Indian origin billionaire, people in the UK being shocked that the guy died suddenly, and people in India thinking it's hilarious that he choked on a bee

Gift link? The only gift link I’m trying to see is a good kielbasa with some sauerkraut on a roll, am I right folks

this cat made me run the faucet for him to drink and now is standing under it taking a shower tf is even happening

Wake up, feel the drowsy wonder of rising from dreams, get mad about the phrase “the power of the free market.” It’s like Groundhog Day over here

hey mark cuban you don't need to keep doing this for a simple monthly fee I will teach you how to post

I like ranked choice voting for a few reasons, and among them is that it incentivizes outcomes like this: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...

I sure hope WWIII isn’t in process

I don’t think it’s coincidence that Newt Gingrich became Speaker and Congress has failed to pass meaningful legislation except through titanic public battles of attrition for the last 30 years

If you can't protest in person today (for whatever reason) here's a virtual rally you can join! 👇

The Denver Airport is not a place of honor

The terror theater is changing venues because of inconvenience to patrons

in my heart of hearts I just know that 75% of famous men are lying to us about their heights EVERYONE can’t be 6’0 fellas please be so serious

It's an important role in the current information environment for each of us to become our own news aggregators and to disseminate that actual news through our own networks.

You are too senseless-obstinate, my lord, Too ceremonious and traditional.

I've fr been keeping my passport on my person as a safety precaution and now im like.....i dont know what i expected

Probably not a good idea to argue about Iran with USians who can't find it on a map.

The "I'm worried he hates Jews" whisper campaign against Mamdani is real, including among people who really should know better. I will enthusiastically use my vote to nullify one (1) of those voters. Voting starts tomorrow!

this is how you do it, kids

Is LA really *bracing* or are you all just projecting?

stop stalling, you do not need an "investigation"to determine what happened that is literally on video for anyone to see, your investigation requires about 15 seconds to be completed

If there is no local coverage, take the next steps to reach out to local news desks and write a letter to your local paper telling them that you are appalled that they did adequately cover the rallies.

30 years ago today, Alanis released one of the greatest albums of all time that we just don't talk enough about any longer

Grateful to @truahrabbis.bsky.social for teaching this important classical midrash: "God created the first human being out of dust from the four corners of the earth [because], every place a person goes, a part of them is from there and a part of them is returning there.”

probably my most unfair but steadfast position is that if you use the phrase "but I digress" even once I stop reading and never return to whatever you were saying, ever

"you cannot build a political movement with people who are looking for a social club" should be a far more widely understood concept

at the very least it is a weaponisation of peer pressure and nobody should ever have time for that crap

I really love that people continue to give Let This Radicalize You as graduation gifts to young people. This was one of the things we hoped might happen.

And this is covered in the thread, but a major part of the reason that other countries accept the small minority is that those people don’t overlap with a targeted ethnic/religious minority. In a homogenous society, people are more likely to accept that some of us are just Like That

Can we send this to every white liberal who asks this question because baby I'm tired of y'all trying to call him to save you.

cosplay communists are a better deterrent to people joining up than joseph mccarthy ever was

"Per the study, one glaring safety gap is the bots' inability to respond appropriately to users clearly at risk of self-harm or suicide." Trump's budget bill, currently in the Senate, would impose a 10-year moritorium on AI regulation. They have so little regard for human life.

Sometimes you look at a pair of glasses and you can just see the buttoned up silk shirt and Boyz II Men album that comes with their purchase