Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated). It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings. It has written majority opinions in only 3. Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · last yr.

Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was sent to a foreign concentration camp and BEATEN, TORTURED, and STARVED. - made to kneel overnight with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion - denied bathroom access - deprived of sleep - two weeks later he had lost ~31lbs US tax dollars paid for this.

Santa Barbara is the 94th largest city in California. Yesterday, more people attended Santa Barbara's NO KINGS protest than Trump's military parade in Washington, D.C. See chart comparing these two events, along with a drone shot courtesy of Ann Shaw/Society of Fearless Grandmothers, Santa Barbara

For NO KINGS, Indivisible Santa Barbara planned a human chain along a mile+ stretch of beach sidewalk. No way we'd complete the chain, right? Watch the video and see. #nokings #indivisible #indivisiblesantabarbara @maddow.msnbc.com

Turns out, mass deportation is a major economic disruptor… When farmers can’t make their harvest and restaurants can’t put food on their tables, people start to notice. A *stunning* change in strategy here. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries

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“Pretty much wherever you are, you’re probably less than 30 minutes away from your closest No Kings event.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @democracynow.org We hope to see you at your local #NoKings Day mobilization on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Red adverts stoke fear; why not do the same? Show troops on streets. People hungry. Families torn apart. Medical progress halted. Jobs lost. The difference – it’s all real, you don’t need it to be overdramatized like the GOP does… just show people what is happening, matter of fact.

Pam Keith@pamkeithdc.bsky.social · last yr.

Something the Democratic Party is NOT doing right now, which it MUST DO, Is run ads on EVERY MEDIA PLATFORM KNOWN UNDER SUN, about the unconstitutionality of using troops on domestic soil. STOP ASSUMING people learned the Constitution in school. THEY DID NOT! You cannot

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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

The significance of this IEA finding from 2024 is that continued global deployment of BEVs for land transport will decrease fossil fuel consumption in 2025 or 2026. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 #TheFutureIsElectric

Joseph D. Ortiz@earthsciinfo.bsky.social · last yr.

Key IEA figure shows demand growth for oil has declined from ~5.25 mb/d in 2021 to ~0.8 mb/d in 2024. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨🔋 #FossilFuelsAreStrandedAssets

Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.

GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”

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My favorite sign from the “Hands Off Protest”, April 5 2025, Santa Barbara CA 📸 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #Photography

Insidious to prevent people from even *buying* health insurance on the exchange after kicking them off of Medicaid. Republicans want millions of Americans dead, plain and simple.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last yr.

AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?

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Scenes from around Santa Barbara, CA 📷 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #Photography

We won’t survive four years of these conditions.

Anders Åslund@andersaslund.bsky.social · last yr.

Why would anybody want to do business with the US? A president who changes any law, tax or regulation at any time. A wild & unjustified tariff policy. A massive public debt and 120% of GDP in public debt. A completely unreliable judicial system. Falling GDP & exchange rate.

JPMORGAN: “.. The trade war shock is still material. .. we now estimate an effective ex-ante tariff rate of 14.4%. This is akin to a $475bn tax hike on US households and businesses, worth 1.6% of GDP (still sitting close to the largest tax hike in the post WWII period).”

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Common Ground Hands off Protest, April 5 2025, Santa Barbara CA 📸 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm

Stronger Together Hands off Protest, April 5 2025, Santa Barbara CA 📸 Nikon FE2 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm

The California Secretary of State should waive the first year of annual franchise taxes for new small businesses, or until their gross receipts exceed a small amt. $800+ to incorporate is a high burden on many small businesses, and just encourages many people to operate outside of a business entity.

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Here’s the fun part about all of this – because the feds are turning a blind eye and the people are distracted by the chaos, corporations are going to run amok with more unethical conduct and outright fraud than ever.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · last yr.

New @propublica.org reporting reveals that Blue Cross denied payments for thousands of procedures involved in breast reconstruction. But it approved special deals for executives’ wives. www.propublica.org/article/blue...

Trying to sic government agencies on decent journalists for reporting on the reality he has wrought… nothing to see here…

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · last yr.

Nearly ten years into this, there are mornings--like this one--when I wake up and can't quite grapple with how surreal this all feels.

Someone stole my sandals from the beach while I was walking :/ #SantaBarbara

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.