Despite the sustained & significant citywide drop in crime, the decline has stalled in 2 police districts where federal agents have carried out some of the most aggressive raids and tear gassed residents, according to police data.

This is fascinating, for a whole lot of reasons. And a good reminder that - notwithstanding what you might hear elsewhere - most Americans are good people who think our Constitutional democracy is worth defending.

There is absolutely no reason to have that much fire power in that community. What is Bovino scared of? He looks ridiculous and insecure.

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

"The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression even if that feels hopeless...the history of the first red scare teaches us that a better future is possible and worth fighting for." Nice @davidrlurie.bsky.social historical meditation here: www.publicnotice.co/p/emma-goldm...

What the heck are they doing in Grant Park?

Once again disappointed with Dolan. He’s a priest to the rich, not then downtrodden.

Geography. Don’t skip it in school.

My main observation from the last few hours of monitoring US social media is that Democrats are universally denouncing political violence and calling for calm while MAGA are escalating language and openly lusting for retribution against broad categories of people they identity as their enemies.

NEW: Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief reveals to ProPublica.

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Every activated Guardsman has a family, a job, school, or something that they are leaving to do their duty. It’s one thing when it’s a war… or a real mass civil disturbance, which those only last a few days. But to rip these people from their lives for a show… is awful.

Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.

Trump is laying the groundwork for a pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell, pretending that she's a reliable informant on Epstein and not his literal partner-in-crime, so it's probably worth recirculating the facts: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I’m here in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, where military style vehicles have pulled up down Wilshire and Alvarado, amid rumors of an ICE raid in the park have proliferated since last night

As anyone who saw the video knows, Senator Padilla *didn't* lunge at silly Kristi Noem. He "lunged" at the floor--when pushed by the America Gestapo trying to take away his First Amendment rights and his duty to engage in congressional oversight. This administration is full of shameless liars.

Thoughts and prayers to America's Gestapo, cowering in fear in the face of such violent [checks notes] . . . ur, dancing in the streets.

ICE is evil

A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for. Kudos, Sir.🌦️

There are some great resources in here if you really want to see what Trump is saying.

A video circulating on Reddit shows ICE officers wrestling a Hispanic construction worker to the ground while he repeatedly says that he is a US citizen. He was reportedly detained for hours until he was eventually released.

They unlocked the doors, turned off all the alarms, dismantled the guardrails, fired the watchers, and have damaged or removed endless safeguards across the spectra of our daily existence. All so, presumably, the rich get richer, and Trump doesn't have his feelings hurt with "bad news."

Oh, I just love our governor.

So what are my tax dollars being used for now? Certainly nothing useful.

Trump has indefinitely withdrawn federal funding for: • Investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against kids; • Responding to reports of missing children; • Preventing youth violence New, @propublica.org

We need to stop wondering if Trump will defy federal court orders. He’s already doing it. He’s defying federal court orders as we speak.👇

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

The executive targets his opponents w/bogus investigations. His government disappears people w/out due process and vanishes them beyond reach. He usurps legislative power, controls public funds at will, & consolidates power. Loyalty is expected — or else. Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.

Saw the interview. He also thinks placebo studies of vaccines are necessary. Problem is the person getting the placebo will get sick and suffer consequences of the disease. We’ve seen a consequence of measles is death. That’s why placebo studies are unethical and not done in many cases.

Citizens cannot, by legal definition, be "deported." What she's describing is kidnapping and forced imprisonment without cause. She and many, many others in this administration should face prison one day. bsky.app/profile/ones...

BREAKING — The family abducted by ICE is returning home, per email from Sackets Harbor Superintendent:

In #CoverStory, WGN's #TomSkilling reports on the impact of cuts to the @nws.noaa.gov. The agency is authorized by Congress to employ 4,800 but for the last few years has operated with a workforce of about 400 fewer. And as the summer hurricane season looms, so too do cuts to the workforce.

Everyone needs to understand what Elon and DOGE are building, an AI driven panopticon that will know everything about you and will be used to ensure compliance with their fascist agenda. They are creating a unified database of everything the federal government has on every single American. 🧵1/

The White House has apparently decided the best course of action is to lie their way through it.

Pathetic

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Volodymyr Zelensky's Oval Office visit ended early when Donald Trump and JD Vance began angrily yelling at him. Here's why women like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are too emotional to be president.

One thing DOGE has gutted is an effort to REFORM how the US divvies up donated organs. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

This is white nationalism and sounds a lot like Aryan talk. From a sitting VP it’s dangerous.

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer? She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.

. Well, here's a cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social . . . ... by the way, @washingtonpost.com 🖕 💠 🤥 💠