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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

To be really clear: The reason members of Congress can't just walk right in is because of the guns. Armed DHS personnel won't allow entry. In other words, DHS is using armed force to *break* laws. Democrats need to wrap their minds around that. Accept that the frog is boiled.

New York Times: ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits

The policy specifies that ICE field offices are not subject to an existing federal law that allows members of Congress to make unannounced oversight visits to immigration facilities that “detain or otherwise house aliens.”

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Shot On 35mm @shoton35mm.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

NEW: The ACLU SoCal and some of the best lawyers in the game filed a federal lawsuit against Sec. Kristi Noem & DHS on behalf of myself and other reporters, as well as legal observers and protesters. @lapressclub.bsky.social @aclusocal.bsky.social @newsguild.org @acatwithnews.bsky.social

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/06/2025

After the judge deemed the NIH grant terminations illegal, he noted that the government’s practices were discriminatory: “This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. … I would be blind not to call it out.”

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Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal

In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent…

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

What were they actually gonna do here? Ask every brown-enough person for their papers to go to the fucking baseball game? This is the most slam-dunk, anti-American thing I can think of. You need a passport to go to a Major League Baseball game now? Malpractice not to make a huge deal out of this.

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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

folks said this in Mass before the millionaire’s tax and i believe we have more millionaires now than we used to

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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Secondly on one hand we want elected officials to DO SOMETHING & then when they put their bodies on the line to do it we say it was a "stunt"? We can't have it both ways. I understand elected officials can be problematic, but we can't ask them to a do a thing & then tear them down for doing it.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Just going to join the host of lawyers and academics who are screaming at the press that THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T GET TO DECLARE WAR ALL ON HIS OWN no matter how special a boy he thinks he is.

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Adi 🍉 @adigoesswimming.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

If you've seen the fantastic news about the HPV vaccine preventing cancer and think it doesn't apply because you don't have a cervix, please know that this vaccine helps EVERYONE—HPV causes types of cancer anyone can get, regardless of anatomy: www.mskcc.org/news/5-reaso...

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5 Reasons Boys and Young Men Need the HPV Vaccine, Too

If you think women are the only people who get cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), think again. These cancers are on the rise in men.

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reprolegalfund @reprolegalfund.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

From our friends at Transgender Law Center: The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti. Let’s be clear: gender-affirming care is care. Trans youth deserve safety, support, and the freedom to grow into who they are on their own terms.

A graphic from the Transgender Law Center about the recent Supreme Court Ruling in LW v. Skrmetti. It has a background of soft mauve and blue of the trans flag and at the bottom four black people are holding hands and looking at each other flanked by trans flags. At the top is blue text that reads, "The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in LW v. Skrmetti, and while it's not the outcome we hoped for, our fight is far from over."

In the cloudy muted pink and blue background is more blue text that reads, "We are here with you, ready to fight for our communities and continue our vital work. Today, the Supreme Court issued a disappointing decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, allowing Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth to stand for now. This moment is difficult, but it does not define us. What defines us is the courage of the six trans youth who share their stories in an amicus brief filed by Transgender Law Center and our partners. They spoke out for their right to thrive, and their voices reached the highest court in the nation."

On a muted pink and blue cloudy background is more dark blue text that states, "As our legal team, alongside our partners at ACLU and Lambda Legal, continues to review and analyze the full impact of this decision, we want to offer these resources to help ground and support our community:
Get Support: translifeline.org
Know your rights: transgenderlawcenter.org/resources
Support our work: transgenderlawcenter.org/donate

All of us, regardless of race, gender, or immigration status deserve bodily autonomy and the freedom to live as our authentic selves. We will continue to fight, together.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/06/2025

If New Yorkers are wondering who will fight back against Federal overreach, we have visible evidence today that Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander are the candidates that you should rank 1 or 2 Lander literally resisted federal overreach and Mamdani showed up immediately to have his back Fuck Cuomo

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

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Sarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 17/06/2025

The dirty secret of queer liberation is that it's impossible to stop weirdos from existing without incredible levels of state backed violence. And I'm afraid that, as an internet transsexual, you do not have access to that kind of power and are probably just going to have to get over yourself.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant. This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

These ICE goons are completely out of control. Arresting US Citizens, elected officials, and terrorizing our communities. Comptroller Lander was simply asking for the warrant.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 17/06/2025

seen some people complaining that this is a political stunt and lemme say if this was the kind of political stunt more politicians were doing on a regular basis we wouldn't be where we are today dude is actually putting himself on the line here, fuck off with that shit

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

1st major cultural difference about the US I realised was when I tweeted about how I'd just got my health insurance card after marriage and all my Indian friends were like "omg you got married congratulations!" and all my American friends were like "YOU GOT HEALTH INSURANCE, CONGRATULATIONS!!!"

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

UPDATE: The Los Angeles Press Club has filed suit against the city of Los Angeles and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell in the Central District of California's federal courts over its actions toward journalists covering anti-ICE protests in recent days. /more

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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The mysterious tabula rasa whose politics remain a mystery wanted to murder a high-profile lesbian from an entirely different state, whatever could this mean

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Write for your worst reader. But to upset them.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

the diff between this city and Delhi is best explained by the times when it's you and one other dude for the last box of cereal, out here he's likely to be like "well if youre the ONLY person in the store who wants it" and in Delhi he'll be like "brother are you willing to die for those Wheaties?"

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The only reason Gritty survived was because the rest of the country had the same "what the fuck eldritch horror is that" reaction and Philly's oppositional defiant disorder activated and it became "fuck you, that's OUR eldritch horror and we love them"

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Even the most conservative estimates of turnout (4-6 million) make No Kings the largest protest in American history www.thedailybeast.com/data-guru-g-...

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‘No Kings’ Was Biggest Protest in U.S. History: Data Analyst

For reference, that’s between 1 and 2 percent of the total population of the United States.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

YOUNG: "I am hesitant to draw this conclusion, but I have an unflinching obligation to draw it – that this represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That’s what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out."

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

DA confirms they will go to the grand jury to seek first degree murder charges after they have time to review evidence. Under Minn. Law, 2nd degree was the highest charge they could bring by complaint (w/o GJ) & they needed charges to get the arrest warrant they used Sunday night.

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daviss @daviss.org · 14/06/2025

Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12/06/2025

And whether the people do or not, the state violence we are seeing right now is a direct consequence of almost nobody in the media telling the fucking truth about what is happening.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12/06/2025

I want to talk about how the media is going to be responsible for increasing levels of violence. Here's the thing: the protests have been peaceful.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 13/06/2025

Here, have some genuinely great news: In a unanimous decision, SCOTUS rules in favour of disability protections, and a reasonably low standard of proof for disability-based discrimination.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

An immigrant rights advocate confirmed to me they’re on the ground outside (same facility where Newark mayor was arrested.) Working on getting more details.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

SCOOP — ICE employees received an email yesterday telling them the agency's warrantless arrest policy had been rescinded. It's likely part of the Trump administration's efforts to further loosen enforcement restrictions to meet the new quota of 3,000 immigration arrests per day. My report:

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ICE agents get green light to make unjustified warrantless arrests

The agency announced an accountability policy has been rescinded.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

living through 2025 and having to wake up, go to work, handle responsibilities etc feels like this

a clip of James Acaster on the Great British Back off saying, "Started making it. Had a breakdown. Bon appetite." as he presents a dish to the judges.

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Mattie Electric Air Line @mrbtx.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

ngl this map of scheduled protests for this weekend is *wild*

map of the united states black with dots of protests in places both big and small

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

NEW: The Trump admin has plans to send thousands of foreigners to Guantanamo beginning as early as this week, including citizens of close allies UK & France, with no intention of notifying their home governments in advance, per sources and documents

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 10/06/2025

Sources said that even at the start of his second term, Trump was discussing with multiple advisers where & when it would make sense to send in federal troops, either for supposed crime control or in response to larger-scale public activism against his agenda. 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 10/06/2025

Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration. The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Particularly at this moment, people who come into my skyline to say “give up, you’re already under a dictatorship,” are going to get immediately blocked

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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/06/2025

this is all deeply terrifying but it’s important not to lose sight of the fact that these people are lazy, incompetent dipshits who are doing a piss-poor job they haven’t won yet and we can send them home in embarrassing failure

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