Dodgers utilityman Kiké Hernández took to Instagram on Saturday to express his support for immigrants and decry the recent militarized raids in the city by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Day 3, unrest continues in Los Angeles against immigration raids. Most protests are peaceful. But some agitators destroy property. Pink benches from Grand Park are used as a barricade. LAPD advance with tear gas, flash bangs to move the demonstrators back. A protester prays for peace. @latimes.com

For months @latimes.com photographer @gferaz.bsky.social has chronicled 17-yr-old Abi's life as a transgender athlete. Due to threats against such athletes, it's a rare and important portrait, at a pivotal moment. Kudos to Abi & @gferaz.bsky.social for letting us in. latimes.com/california/s...

"Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Without freedom of the press, democracy withers. On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we recommit to protecting journalists and the First Amendment rights that protect all of us.

A rare glimpse inside the tunnel under a mountain that carries water to Southern California @gferaz.bsky.social @sean-greene.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/... #CAwater

Thousands of feet below the snowy summit of Mt. San Jacinto, a formidable feat of engineering and grit makes life as we know it in Southern California possible. www.latimes.com/environment/... @gferaz.bsky.social @latimes.com

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law.

SURPRISE!!!! The NYT did an analysis of the press room and exposes how Karoline Leavitt relies on planted stooges in the room to throw propaganda soft balls she uses to lie to the public. This is how authoritarian states are run.

This is the second video of ICE agents shattering a window in the last week rather than have some patience. And in this case, they're allegedly detaining someone who already has asylum through his wife, with no reason given at all! www.borderreport.com/news/video-s...

He’s tanking the economy, destroying our standing in the world, depriving women and LGBTQ communities of their fundamental rights, attacking the environment, disappearing legal immigrants, gutting Veteran’s benefits and Social Security. And he’s making you pay for his golf trips while he’s at it.

Riverside, CA - April 5, 2025: Protesters march in the streets against the Trump and Musk policies #handsOff @latimes.com @msnbc.com

Riverside, CA : Thousands gather in downtown Riverside to protest Trump and Musk policies and actions #handsoff #savedemocracy

I needed to hear this. Maybe you do too. “Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris Man, I miss her.

AP is banned by Trump from WH pool, while this is happening:

Let's be clear: Trump visiting the DOJ today is NOT NORMAL. He will use this time to threaten his enemies with deploying the DOJ against them and to declare that he is weaponizing the federal government against his opponents.

Just going to leave this here should it become useful to anyone…

The impact of a newspaper front page @pressherald.bsky.social

I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :) Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

Time to stop pretending what's happening isn't real.

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Carin Meidell, 65 of Riverside demonstrates with the anti-Trump “Not My President Day” protesters on February 17, 2025 in Riverside, California.”We are fighting for our rights, our dignity and democracy,” she said. #NOTMYPRESIDENTDAY @latimes.com

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

DOGE is illegal Changing spending policies by executive fiat is illegal The authority granted to Musk is illegal It's not an opinion, but a fact Keep Reposting this

First Musk did a Nazi salute and now Vance wining and dining with the Nazi party in Germany. We have a Nazi problem, folks. www.reuters.com/world/vance-...

And just like that, America lost her allies.

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

I support this. Elon Musk cannot dismantle USAID without an act of Congress. Democrats must use every lever at our disposal to block his illegal takeover and shutdown of an essential government agency.

Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.

Musk didn’t invent Tesla, he bought it. Musk didn’t invent SpaceX, he bought it. Musk didn’t invent StarLink, he bought it. Musk didn’t invent Twitter he bought it. Musk didn’t invent Trump, he bought him!

The real reason for the sudden evil of USAID. Elon is afraid of them.

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

No one voted for Trump to destroy the Department Of Education via EO to enable the privatization of our public schools. Without federal funds, millions of students in underserved communities would suffer, deepening educational inequities and widening the opportunity gap. Congress must act now.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone here at Bluesky for the follows and the conversations and the constructive, substantive interaction. It's a great forum, a great resource for circulating and talking about the news, and -- most of all -- a pleasure. I'm grateful!

Musk has as much legal authority to shut down USAID as I do to shut down Tesla, which is to say: none.

The fierce U.S. Representative @raskin.house.gov (D-MD) tells Musk: “You don’t control the money of the American People. The U.S. Congress does!” 2/3

The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly

Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you. Do something

These are the clowns Congress refuses to stop.

Once the cyberbarons fully occupy and effectively seize control of the Treasury and other key government agencies, it won’t be long before they relegate Trump to a rubber-walled romper room, wheeling him out for occasional bursts of what passes for charisma to humor him with the illusion of power.

Some people voted for trump. Some people voted for Kamala. Some people voted 3rd party. But I guarantee you that NOBODY voted for a fucking billionaire to be raiding our Social Security. What the fuck is THIS bullshit?

📌QUESTION: How can a private citizen, with zero govt. clearance be walking through the doors of OUR federal departments and the treasury, ransacking the places, stealing information, and NOBODY is stopping him? 📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now? 📌THIS IS A COUP.

I wish I were in DC, I'd be there with you. Any response -- any AT ALL -- from our elected officials or #ComplicitMSM?