Petty fascist DA Hochman is charging an LAPD officer with 16 felonies for blowing the whistle on virulent racism in the department. He’s sending a message about what sort of department he wants to see. www.latimes.com/california/s...

LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping

Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.

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FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

When right-wingers say, "I don't care if you're gay, just don't rub it in my face," this is what they mean: second class status. You can't be open, much less celebrate your relationships. In exchange for silence, they'll leave you alone. (Except for occasional sodomy arrests.)

Yep.

Voting for her is voting for future obstruction and the confirmation of more of the fascist in chief's nominees. If she wins and I am wrong, I'll say so but I don't think I will be.

*Ahem*.

Greg Greene (he/him/his)@greene.haus · last yr.

Not to use news stories as an excuse to grind axes or validate priors — but if SCOTUS rules it unconstitutional to draw single-member districts that stop the dilution of minorities’ votes, then Congress will have to protect minority voters by abolishing single-member districts.

Two Utah nonprofits and their founders have sued Fox and celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary — alleging they were defamed when O'Leary repeatedly claimed on the network that they were operating on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.

Fox News, Kevin O’Leary sued over China claims against data center critics

Two Utah nonprofits allege they were defamed after the “Shark Tank” investor portrayed them as Chinese Communist Party proxies on the network.

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This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

The Democratic Party's approval rating is in the toilet, and the main reason is voters see Dem leaders and prominent members acting like things are basically okay instead of fighting like there's an emergency. Slot "my friend Lindsey Graham, so funny, how great to work with him" comments into that.

California’s sanctuary laws mostly prohibit local law enforcement from assisting with immigration enforcement, but they allow county sheriffs to transfer detained immigrants to ICE custody in some cases. In San Diego, those transfers spiked last year.

Amid ICE Violence, San Diego’s Volunteer Patrols Remain Undeterred - Bolts

Community members continue watching immigrant neighborhoods, as disputes between the sheriff and local officials have fueled uncertainty about the region

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Some timely Steve Earle youtu.be/BkRthP-A_ds

Steve Earle - "City Of Immigrants" [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Steve Earle

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Many people with serious mental illness who are waiting in jail to get a bed in a state hospital can be held in solitary confinement. Research shows that isolation can worsen one’s mental health. Our story with Boulder Reporting Lab:

The Jail That Replaced Boulder’s Mental Health System   - Bolts

Colorado’s dysfunctional system for restoring competency for defendants with serious mental illness leaves people cycling in and out of jail, where harsh conditions can further erode their mental health.

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I'm not criticizing these responses to dunk on Dems. I'm saying that powerful people utterly misunderstand the moment and are missing a critical opportunity to make the case for SCOTUS reform. I even wonder whether they understand the need for it.

Hakeem Jeffries@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · last mo.

Birthright citizenship remains the law of the land. Out of many, one!

Statements from Dems like this one make it harder to press for Supreme Court reform. This ruling was a near-disaster and shows how unhinged SCOTUS has become—now just one vote away from overturning the 14th Amendment. But a sitting senator says they "applaud" the ruling.

Sen Warren is right that the fight is not over - she at least recognizes that unlike the reactions we have seen from other Dem leaders. But, she fails to convey the urgency that four Republican operatives in #SCOTUS robes don't appear to believe in the 14th amendment.

Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · last mo.

Even Trump’s hand-picked Supreme Court knows that birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Constitution. The fight to defend immigrant rights from Trump's cruelty is not over, but today the Court upheld the law. It's simple: if you're born in America, you're an American.

I really believe James Talarico and some other Dems, like Jon Ossoff, are developing a new kind of moral language and politics for the era of Late Stage Trumpism. Case made below. (discussing work by @jenszalai.bsky.social) newrepublic.com/article/2125...

Just let kids play games. All kids. I don't feel like the Supreme Court should be deciding whether kids CAN PLAY GAMES.

SCOTUS reform won't just simply happen if Dems take Congress & the White House. A case has to be made for it—to a skeptical public, to reluctant politicians, to a hostile media. The blowback from the right will be intense and terrify a lot of weak-willed pols. The case has to be made starting *now*

David Nir@davidnir.com · last mo.

I'm not criticizing these responses to dunk on Dems. I'm saying that powerful people utterly misunderstand the moment and are missing a critical opportunity to make the case for SCOTUS reform. I even wonder whether they understand the need for it.

TMZ DC with perhaps the most brutal video from Trump's Great American State Fair, showing Dr. Oz on stage bragging to Dean Cain about how big the crowd is, only for the reporter to pan around and show absolutely nobody is there. Original post: x.com/i/status/207...

Across NY & MD, I'm counting 12 Democratic incumbents who lost (or, in one case, are trailing) to a challenger to their left. —2 congressmembers (both NY) —4 state senators (2 in NY, 2 in MD) —6 state house members (5 in NY, 1 in MD) A thread to break this down.

Tonight's sunset over Long Beach, California, as shot from the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

A reminder that, even at this dire stage of our national predicament, Gavin Newsom stands with crypto. Here’s an updated on his own little version of DOGE... www.gov.ca.gov/2026/06/11/g...

Governor Newsom convenes tech industry leaders to advance government efficiency and effectiveness | Governor of California

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With 2 million votes (and counting), @caworkingfamilies.bsky.social’s @thisisjanekim.bsky.social is making history. A state director, Jane helped build the WFP into a powerful political force in the most populous state in the country. (1/2)

California Working Families Party@caworkingfamilies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

History. Over 2 million voters have voted for the Working Families Party candidate in a race for statewide office. Former California WFP State Director and Bernie Sanders CA Political Director, @thisisjanekim.bsky.social is making waves in California!

This piece is framed for a Connecticut audience but is about the dishonesty of claims about fraud in California, about what it augurs for November and about how the problem isn't the pace of vote-counting but about the attempt to gut democracy. Gift link: bit.ly/4urnQpB

What California’s ballot-counting fight means for Connecticut — and America

A dispute over slow ballot counting in California offers lessons for all Americans as Connecticut expands access to mail voting, Philip Bump writes.

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Today is the first DVUSD board meeting since board member Kim Fisher performed a Nazi salute and twice said "heil." Public comment has just begun and is being limited to 30 minutes. Because of the amount of people signed up to speak, their usual 3-minute speaking time will be also be limited.

Arizona Right Watch@azrww.bsky.social · 2mo ago

DVUSD board member Kim Fisher finally released a statement where she briefly mentions the Nazi salute saying “I am aware of some of the horrible things they did” but she’s mostly like I’M THE VICTIM I’M THE VICTIM and then claims that publishing her public office info (623-445-5002) is “doxxing.”

The Pod Save America bros hosted one of the most transphobic columnists in mainstream media for a friendly chat. *groan*

Ahead of election day tomorrow*, I built an analysis of Los Angeles' political demography based on past voting patterns and projected neighborhood-by-neighborhood across the five main mayoral candidates three-las.talevy.soccer *(of course, results won't be clear until several days after)

Y'all are not mad at me, you're furious at the Democrats and displacing it on to me.

Every single time I mention on here that the Democratic party has not told its voters what it actually will DO if given power, there are ALWAYS people who lose their shit in my mentions. Then I ask them what the party has told them they will do? and it's either silence, platitudes or "oversight"

WATCH: The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll, according to CNN and the New York Times. MS NOW senior legal reporter Lisa Rubin joins to discuss.

BREAKING: DOJ reportedly launches criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll

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