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Angelenos are being hunted. Nannies kidnapped off of playgrounds with children being put into the back of ICE cars. Taqueria workers abducted. Farmworkers chased down. The level of depravity is sickening but please, PLEASE tell us how to protest good.

And a country with a history of breaking treaties now has a president who enjoys Putin breaking this one.

What you missed this weekend: As part of nationwide protests against immigration raids, large-scale deportations, and other Trump administration policies, Texans hit the streets in at least sixty cities. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Thanks to NPR for explaining that due to the ancient, mysterious culture of Persia, Iranians "don't like to be attacked" npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-…

The day commemorating the emancipation of slaves in Texas says as much about our future as our past. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Nicely timed. The anti-Mamdani folks had their three-day riot against reason, now the most popular politician in the country steps in.

NYT: Mamdani, you’re no Bernie. Next day: NYT: Bernie endorses Mamdani

Whatever it takes.

Odds that Barack Obama takes a break from compiling best-of lists by committee and texting with Bono or whatever to tell people not to rank Mamdani in NYC?

At least 38 million people have been displaced by the U.S. post-9/11 wars. That is more than those displaced by any war or disaster since the start of the 20th century, except for World War II. [1/3]

Terrific news. Shaoul is remarkably talented and was key to our government’s revival of antitrust enforcement these last few years.

🧵When people talk about the peace movement now, it’s almost as if it was some sort of middle class hippy movement. It wasn’t. Historically, it was a genuine mass movement, involving people from all classes & right across the left and the trade union movement. (1/7)

We should never had let the war mongers lead the narrative, or the so-called ‘pragmatist’ shut down opposition to war, arms manufacture & the nuclear industry. A historic mistake, and the problem with historic mistakes is, sometimes you can’t fix them. But we must try. (6/7)

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So Congressman Tim Moore evidently landed in Congress and immediately set to work profiteering through active stock trading totaling at least $1.2 million. This new scoop from FORTUNE lays out how he did it. 1️⃣Moore is vice-chair of the U.S. House Financial Services

So which side requested this meeting, and why? Wrong answers only

Timeline cleanse.

"Any politician who doesn't support increasing Social Security's revenue is, by default, supporting benefit cuts," said one advocate. commondreams.org/news/trustee-r…

I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge is closed due to a rock slide resulting from locally heavy rain near the TN line.