This photo of Brad Lander getting arrested by ICE is something else

Padilla: I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this

Masked DHS/ICE agents are being increasingly aggressive. First they handcuffed my staffer in my office, next they wrestled Senator Alex Padilla to the ground and now they’ve taken Brad Lander. Kristi Noem and Donald Trump must stop these fascist tactics.

“I’m glad that the tweets are down and that he heard me and Senator Klobuchar when we told him how damaging they were,” Sen. Tina Smith tells me of Lee’s decision. “But I haven’t heard anything from him about why he took them down. And I certainly didn’t hear an apology.”

Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995

Meanwhile - WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - The nonpartisan U.S. Congressional Budget Office projected on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill would lead to a $2.8 trillion deficit increase over a decade, despite an increase in economic output.

Matt Laslo Other things Lee tweeted in response to the MN shootings and deleted today: “Nightmare on Waltz Street,” an apparent and misspelled reference to Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Marxism is a “deadly mental illness."

"The situation is far from the communion of life and love to which this nation of immigrants should strive."

Democratic Leader Schumer's weekly press conference briefly digresses into literary trivia.

Meanwhile in Canada, where the US president has left the G7 summit

Will it turn out that Congress controls declarations of war the same way it controls federal spending?

Trump contradicts his spy chief on Iran's nuclear program reuters.com/business/aeros… Jonathan Landay Reuters

I’m concerned by the escalating violence in the Middle East and its potential to pull us into an endless war. I introduced a resolution to ensure there’s a debate and vote in Congress before we decide to place servicemembers into harm's way. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Setting aside some of the food choices, this is food for 8 people for 10 days. That's 200+ meals for $444. That is not expensive.

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The GOP and Dem tickets in Virginia will include: 3 women A Muslim A black woman A gay man A black man A Latino Are these the most diverse GE between both the GOP and Dem tickets in American history?

I want to congratulate our Democratic ticket of Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones. With the threats facing us from Washington DC we can not afford to look backwards for one minute- we are all united behind your campaigns to elect a Democratic sweep this November.

it's not actually a "stable genius" reference is it??? is it?????

Hegseth: Returning base names to Confederate heroes is important for troop morale.

I am glad the Abandon Harris folks taught us all a lesson.