This is such a big move by Trump and it's not getting the attention it requires. Very, very serious.

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

Did Air Traffic Controllers just start the general strike?!?? 🤝 “…Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claimed that many air traffic control workers were calling out sick.” Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/... #GeneralStrike #ShutItDown #AirTrafficControllers #50501movement

FYI, Trump administration has approved >$14 billion (tax dollars evaporates) in military aid to Israel since taking office in January, for committing genocide and ethnic cleansing.. #Gaza #Lebanon #WestBank #Yemen #Syria

We packed city hall on short notice to tell them to REVOKE THE ICE PERMIT Portland has a chance to set a precedent for every other municipality in the country!

With the rule of law under near constant assault, lawyers can play a key role in its defense. We’re proud to co-sponsor a webinar series to equip lawyers with the tools & resources to get involved locally and nationally. Register: www.checksandbalancesnow.org/webinars

Breaking news: Former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo has conceded to progressive rival Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary for New York City’s next mayor www.ft.com/content/e4b8...

Owl core

This group is compromised itsgoingdown.org/announcing-n... Announcing New Zine: Red Flags: Before You Join That Org… | It's Going Down

6/21, Los Angeles: A neighborhood volunteer documenting ICE was stopped by agents in an unmarked car, surrounded, and threatened by masked agents while they filmed him on their phones.

Masked ICE agents spotted swapping out license plates this morning in Bell Gardens, CA

@traintripz.bsky.social psst. @50501portland.bsky.social still exists and isn't going anywhere. You've been following the group that split off in April and this is now... Splitting off again. It's hard to track 🤷‍♀️

I’m on the Morrison Bridge in Portland where thousands of protesters are marching. The bridge is completely closed to traffic, as people protest President Trump’s administration

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL. #HandsOff

BREAKING: Senators Chuck Grassley (R) and Maria Cantwell (D) introduce legislation to require all new tariffs to receive Congressional approval.

So it begins …

RFK Jr. needs to be removed from office before more kids die. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

There is good news amidst all of the chaos. Here are the wins from the PA special elections! Dem. Dan Goughnour won for the vacant state House seat, keeping the Dem majority 102-101. Dem. James Andrew Malone's upset flipped the district and narrowed the GOP control in the State senate to 27-23.

HAPPENING NOW: Police arrested hundreds of protestors including Jewish elders, descendants of Holocaust survivors, and students, dragging them out of a sit-in at Trump Tower by their arms and legs. Jews say: Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine!

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

Nationwide protests on March 4, 2025. Find your local 50501 group at www.fiftyfifty.one TODAY. It's time to stand up, folks. This is not a drill. #50501 #BuildTheResistance #fiftyfiftyone #NONVIOLENTRESISTANCE @altnps.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

All joking aside, the path we're headed down is widespread civil conflict. Official corruption is generally more of an accelerant than the curtailment of rights, though they often go hand-in-hand, as we're seeing.

The ABA has put all attorneys on notice that supporting Trump's coup is a violation of their oath: "The lawyers of this country know this. It must stop. We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law." Very strong language for the ABA 🖤

Russell Vought was just confirmed. @thomaszimmer.bsky.social wrote a fantastic critical profile of him that you should read.

And there it is: Russell Vought is confirmed. I wrote a long profile of him, his worldview, his political project: He’s one of the architects of Project 2025, an avowed Christian nationalist, and a radical ideologue of the “post-constitutional” Right. He is at war with pluralistic democracy.

MAGA Feeding Frenzy Has Caused a Constitutional Crisis   The assault is coming from different angles: Project 2025. The feudal tech barons. The America First nativists. It’s not a single master plan – it’s comprehensive chaos.   New piece:

god damn it I really liked flying 😭

RIP Cecile Richards 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

New data from thousands of school districts across the nation is highlighting stark differences in the experiences of students with #disabilities compared to their typically developing peers. #SpecialEducation

I'm just so sad for this country.