It's been 16 years since the federal minimum wage has been raised. $7.25 isn't a livable wage for anyone in America or Pennsylvania. Prices are rising and wages haven't kept up. We need to pass the Raise the Wage Act!

A classic coordination failure: everyone makes excuses for why they go along with authoritarianism rather than resisting. And democracy and the rule of law crumble. We thought our institutions and culture were stronger, but we are following Hungary's path.

I usually stay cool even when writing about outrages. But for some reason the story of how crypto bought the government really makes me angry paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inequality...

Hey, remember when the Panama Papers were released and they showed how basically every wealthy person on the planet was avoiding taxes by offshoring their money and nothing was done about it except the reporter who broke the story was murdered with a car bomb?

"The voice of the Lord is powerful...That voice commits the Church to speak prophetically, even when it calls for the courage to oppose the destructive power of the princes of this world (7-9-25)." #PopeLeoXIV

🚨Federal judge orders DHS to limit “roving patrols” in Los Angeles. The judge finds that the evidence shows that DHS officers are racially profiling people to demand their papers, which all sides agree is illegal, and orders DHS to stop those unlawful practices.

The builders behind Alligator Alcatraz and other detention sites are top DeSantis donors. They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine. Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail. 🧵

L.A. ‘under siege’: Brown-skinned people targeted, tackled, taken, and it must stop, federal suit says

Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.

Over several days in May, the Tennessee Highway Patrol sent a surge of cruisers along the streets of south Nashville, pulling over drivers as ICE agents in unmarked vehicles with flashing lights waited next to them. With @azluminaria.org

Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all

Supreme Court Lets Trump Deport Eight Migrants to South Sudan www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...

Here’s @mediaitenews.bsky.social rightly calling out NYT for what it just tried to do to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 👇🏽 Trying to turn hacked materials and a nothingburger about his ethnicity on a 15 year-old application into a scandal… is itself the scandal. www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...

Keep in mind that the cuts to Medicaid don’t go into effect until late 2026 conveniently after the midterm elections. Do not be fooled. Vote these ghouls out. Show up and VOTE in the midterms.

"The promise was that when the glass was full it would overflow and the poor would benefit. However, what actually happens is that when the glass is full, as if by magic, then the glass becomes even bigger and so nothing comes down for the poor (2013)." #PopeFrancis #RememberThePoor

Yesterday in DTLA at the prayer/walk organized by #lavoice to protest the separation of immigrant families.

But “we’re broke”, right? We can’t afford health care, housing, education, etc right? A budget is a moral document. 🇺🇸

Last year Microsoft made $88 billion (that's billion, with a B) in profit on $245B in revenue. That's a 36% profit margin. The idea that they have to put 9000 people out of work in order to improve profitability is absolutely ghoulish. This is not a struggling company, they're swimming in profit.

This isn't immigration control, it's genocide.

Regimes like these and the sociopaths who run them only get worse, not better. www.salon.com/2025/06/24/b...

Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.

CBS becomes a quisling of journalism open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...

🚨The Senate has passed its version of the reconciliation bill. Now, it heads back to the House with a goal of passing by July 4. Tell your Rep. to oppose this dangerous bill that cuts billions from essential American programs while simultaneously supercharging immigration enforcement. Act now 👇

Obsessed with this incredible @chiosse.bsky.social clip x: www.instagram.com/reel/DLkHzBa...

Exactly. Few know Collins’ MO better.

Breaking News: Paramount agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.

This is not normal

150 National Guard troops returned to California command; ‘Trump caved,’ Newsom says

I just left the Senate floor after speaking out against the Big Ugly Bill. It breaks my heart that this is what we’ve come to as a Senate — and as a country.

Other countries provide birthright citizenship In countries that don't, it can be difficult for babies to acquire citizenship & some end up stateless--without a nationality That creates problems--a subclass of people w/out ID docs who are unable to access school, for ex.

"Disaster looms...Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved constitutional Republic will be no more.” #JusticeJackson #PrayForAmerica www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Amid allegations of inhumane and unsanitary conditions in ICE facilities, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking further steps to continue skirting congressional oversight. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it. - Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders. - Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson. Tilson sits at a whopping .8%. Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.

Daily Memo: June 20th ICE recap. 1) raids 2) Bell / Maywood. 3) Cudahy Mayor dodges ICE car 4) US Citizen, Job Garcia, released tris morning and posts video of his arrest 5) agent who arrested 2 US Citizens 6) Viral photographer was arrested by LAPD while covering ICE 7) Dodgers Dr. Evil donation

CATO: “New nonpublic data from ICE indicates the government is primarily detaining individuals with no criminal convictions of any kind… 93% had no violent convictions… 65% no criminal record at all…” @MarshaBlackburn www.cato.org/blog/65-peop...

My latest — The accusations of antisemitism against NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have been some of the most appalling smears I’ve seen in my years covering politics. I wrote about the concerted attack, & pressure for American Jews to define a local political race through the lens of Israel:

"There is no need for the government to carry out enforcement actions in a way that provokes fear and anxiety among ordinary, hard-working immigrants and their families." #ArchbishopGomez #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/news/la-arch...

Oh YES she did! Thank you @aoc.bsky.social for doing the things that others won't. #SupremeCourt #Impeach #Alito #Thomas www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

The Trump administration’s sweeping deportations of illegal immigrants have made many Latinos—including those with legal status—fearful of being stopped by immigration officers. Many are forgoing regular shopping trips and restaurant meals. Read more: https://on.wsj.com/4n82A5T

Today's Supreme Court ruling comes as anti-trans hatred has become inescapable for many families, even in liberal states. These families say they are in survival mode, trying to find ways to protect their children from attacks on all sides.

#resistance 👇☮️💙✌🏼🌊🐕‍🦺

Instead of listening to their constituents who are resoundingly opposed to slashing Medicaid, members of the Senate are moving forward with deep cuts that will leave millions without access to health coverage. We have to stop this bill in its tracks.

Los Angeles says they'll never surrender to tyranny. They reject the Trump regime and his loyalist ICE forces. Thousands upon thousands took to the streets against the Trump regime and its fascism. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsDay

No Kings protest Glendale CA

LAPD is illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol. Under California law, police agencies are barred from sharing license plate reader data with out-of-state public agencies or federal entities.

🇺🇸 🔴 Rep #DeliaRamirez @ramirez.house.gov : Since April 8, I've been demanding Noem's immediate resignation. If she doesn't, I am ready to take further action against her abuses of power. 👏