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Los Angeles Times: What really happened outside the Paramount Home Depot? The reality on the ground vs. the rhetoric
It began as another Saturday morning at the Home Depot in Paramount, a working class, predominantly Latino suburb south of downtown Los Angeles.
Typically, the store that is nestled along the Los Angeles River bed would be filled with weekend warriors tackling home improvements, workers collecting supplies and immigrants in search of work.
But that morning, border patrol agents were spotted across the street from the Home Depot, gathering around 9 a.m. Word quickly spread on social media. Passersby honked their horns. Soon, protesters arrived. Home Depot eventually closed.
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BBC Mundo: Por qué causa polémica la presencia de la bandera de México en las protestas en Los Ángeles contra las redadas migratorias
Al Jazeera: Trump sends Marines to LA, doubles number of National Guard
Moves come as California sues Trump administration over deployment of troops to quell protests.
Robert Reich: The Coward Goes to War Against America
Trump wants Americans to turn violent. We will be steadfast.
Wired: The Dangerous Truth About the ‘Nonlethal’ Weapons Used Against LA Protesters
Daily Beast: CNN Reporter Jason Carroll ‘Detained’ by L.A. Cops in Live TV Segment
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“They did not put me in zip ties, but they did grab both my hands as I was escorted over to the side,” he added. “They said: ‘You are being detained while we lead you out of this area, you are not allowed to be in this area.’”
Adam Kinzinger: A Well-Regulated Illusion
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – June 9, 2025
At 10:19 last night, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media: “Stand with ICE. Pass the B[ig] B[eautiful] B[ill].”
And there it is. The Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is the MAGA regime’s attempt to replace the American government we’ve had since the 1930s with one that reflects the antidemocratic values of Project 2025. The measure is unpopular. …
The measure changes the nature of the American government by extending tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and adding significantly more money to immigration enforcement and defense spending. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the measure will add as much as $2.4 trillion to the deficit over ten years; with interest costs of that new debt, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget concluded the measure would increase the debt by nearly $3 trillion.
At the same time that it moves money upward and into the white nationalist project of expelling immigrants, the measure guts federal policies and agencies that serve the American people, apparently with the goal of pushing such policies and agencies to the states. The CBO estimates that as many as 13.7 million Americans will lose healthcare coverage if the measure passes, and cuts of nearly $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will mean cuts of about 30% to the programs on which millions of Americans depend.
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Allen Ginsberg (Nov. 19, 1965): Demonstration or Spectacle as Example, As Communication, or How to Make a March / Spectacle
The following are specific suggestions for organizing a march and turning marchers on to their roles in the demonstration.- Masses of flowers—a visual spectacle—especially concentrated in the front lines.
- Front lines should be the psychologically less vulnerable groups.
- Marchers should bring crosses, to be held up in front in case of violence; like in the movies dealing with Dracula.
- Marchers who use American flags should bring those: at least one front row of American flags and myriad in the spectacle.
- Marchers should bring harmonicas, flutes, recorders, guitars, banjos and violins.
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NY Times: Defying Trump’s Firing, Smithsonian Says It Controls Personnel Decisions
The Smithsonian is challenging the president’s authority to dismiss the leader of the National Portrait Gallery but says it will look into his complaints.
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Your Local Epidemiologist: RFK Jr. guts the U.S. vaccine policy committee
Well. He did it.
In an unprecedented and deeply alarming move, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every single member of the nation’s vaccine policy committee—the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)—and announced plans to handpick their replacements.
In other words, someone with an established track record of ignoring reality made the unilateral, ideological decision to gut one of the most trusted and effective pillars of America’s vaccine infrastructure. A system that helped eliminate smallpox, drastically reduce childhood diseases, safeguard schools, expand insurance coverage, and save millions of lives. A system that empowered 90% of Americans to protect their children and families confidently.
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(Your Local Epidemiologist more…)Bulwark: RFK Jr. Is as Bad as We All Imagined
If it walks like a quack, talks like a quack, and quacks like a quack. . .
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Jess Piper: Meet the Woman Who Can Defeat Lindsey Graham
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Sarah Jones: Pam Bondi’s Brother Loses Bid to Lead DC Bar
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“Seltzer tallied more than 90 percent of the electronic vote with ‘no issues or irregularities’ in the voting system, D.C. Bar CEO Bob Spagnoletti said in a press call Monday. More than 38,000 people voted in the race, more than five times as many voters in a typical election, he said,” KJZZ reported.What did she run on to drive such turnout? The employment lawyer ran against Trumpism, aka the TACO Doctrine of attacking and politicizing judges and lawyers.
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
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