I really hope this puts to rest the canard that the National Guard is just standing around. There is always the threat of unaccountable violence, and sometimes it erupts.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · yesterday

"Get away from me right now," King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."

While American families are getting flattened by skyrocketing costs, Donald Trump is spending $1.4 billion to keep troops on the streets in Washington for years on end. The National Guard are not pawns, and taxpayer dollars are not a piggy bank for Trump’s political stunts.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · yesterday

The Pentagon’s deployment of National Guard troops to D.C. is set to cost an additional $1.4 billion through the end of the Trump administration, according to information reviewed by The Post. The estimate encompasses October 2026 through January 2029.

We’re also funding death squads but what’s really offensive is that somewhere out there a poor person might be able to eat

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

They think they're being clever eugenicists by saying that people with "underlying health issues" don't matter, but >75% of U.S. adults have a chronic condition (including 60% of age 18–34). So what they're really saying is "nobody matters, it's okay if everybody dies from inadequate regulation."

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

Trump 2 has shown that the bulk of federal, state, and local "law enforcement" don't perform any useful functions at all. If they did, it would not be so easy to re-task them to brainless gestapo work like rounding up whole neighborhoods and waiting outside public buildings.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 7d ago

I wrote about how immigration arrests are at all-time highs, even as ICE is trying to assume a lower public profile. How are they doing this? Look to your local police.

The 90% blue city of Washington, DC has been under military occupation for a year

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

literally impeach him just for this

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

👋🏻 @nbcwashington.com some easy investigating would uncover that this vehicle has MANY unpaid violations, including obstructing a fire lane *in the location of this crash.* This is sloppy journalism and unacceptable victim blaming of another child in an unrelated tragedy. bsky.app/profile/brya...

Bryan Hart@bryanhart.bsky.social · last wk.

Seems like it should be a minimum for any story about a driver hurting someone that the writer look up and share if there are unpaid tickets associated with the vehicle. A boy is seriously injured because this vehicle and its driver shouldn’t be on the road. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/5...

DC is bleeding jobs and revenue. Why on earth are we sending cease-and-desist letters to restaurants with popular streateries?

We know who the bad drivers are and our leaders choose to let them hurt people.

Aru@aru.io · last wk.

Additionally, if DC had impounded this car when they caught it obstructing a fire lane on June 9th, this driver may not have had the means to injure a child.

I am sick and fucking tired of Democrats bringing a butter knife to a gunfight. If you don’t understand the stakes and have the courage and tenacity to meet this challenge, step aside for those who do.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Jeffries: "They have nothing to run on. We're going to run on fighting for an affordable America."

Easy decision: so long, DoorDash. I will never support any company that undermines DC home rule. DoorDash is no exception. No home rule, no home delivery.

Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 2w ago

Interesting: DoorDash is supporting the GOP bill in Congress to limit D.C.'s ability to increase or decrease taxes and fees, largely in response to the D.C. Council's recent vote in impose a new 20-cent delivery fee to help fund food-access programs. www.notus.org/metro/uberea...

THAT IS NOT HOW THE AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THE PENALTY FOR “FAILURE TO COMPLY” IS NOT A FUCKING DEATH SENTENCE!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Homan on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."

In a free country, failing to comply with law enforcement does not give the state license to murder you

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Homan on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."

Unless we find a way to phase out fossil fuels, we are in trouble www.cbc.ca/news/science...

'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News

Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.

cbc.ca

Pushing a stroller around cars made me more anti car than biking ever did. I'm baffled how this doesn't make any parent more pro safe streets? Now that they walking and the 8 year old wants some freedom to walk to the store, I've become 100x more anti car with kids than I was without.

Romeo Kokriatski@vagrantjourno.bsky.social · 3w ago

Honestly with a 9mo without a car, it'd be a logistical nightmare just to make it to his checkups. I feel like a lot of anti-car stuff comes from people who don't have kids tbh

I am a climate scientist and, same.

Kim McCauley@kimischilling.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am not a climate scientist but when I was a kid the number of times we couldn’t go outside because of Canadian wildfire smoke was zero times

“Hegseth said … in a video on X that was captioned ‘The High-T Department of War.’” How is this not The Onion?

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w ago

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will test the testosterone levels of troops 30 and over. His announcement raised immediate questions about its impact on female troops. https://wapo.st/4bgFwOb

Watch the anchor’s face. Even this Trump loyalist knows the dear leader is rambling nonsensically

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

GREG KELLY: Do you think we know the whole story about Lindsey Graham's death? TRUMP: Well, I *think* we do. We have great doctors and they talked about a certain part of his body literally blew up.

I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.

I want every single ICE agent and collaborator jailed for the rest of their lives www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers

Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.

washingtonpost.com

DAWG WE'RE DOING STATE-RUN GAS PRICES AT PRICE CONTROLLED RATES DESPITE INCREASING SHORTAGES TO PACIFY THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SCREAMING ABOUT HOW THEIR OPPONENTS WANT COMMUNISM I AM GOING TO LOSE MY ENTIRE GODDAMN MIND

USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 4w ago

The White House launched 25 Freedom Fuel gas stations, all selling fuel at $3.47 a gallon.

Every ice agent should at the bare minimum, spend the rest of their lives in prison.

My heart goes out to friends and family of Ricki Allan Larson, as well as all who were involved - the responders, caregivers, witnesses, and the driver. This was a preventable tragedy. We need to understand what is driving these events and how we can stop it. Media has an important role. 🧵1/x

Bring Me The News@bringmethenews.bsky.social · 4w ago

Bicyclist who struck open car door in St. Paul dies from injuries More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/bicyclist-who-struck-open-car-door-in-st-paul-dies-from-injuries

Nothing says Freedom 250 like some censorship

Brian PJ Cronin@brianpjcronin.bsky.social · last mo.

The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners. They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD. www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq...

Governor Walz deployed Minnesota’s National Guard to DC this week to support Trump’s corrupt and destructive “Freedom 250” celebration and enable this regime’s ongoing occupation of the capital city. There’s nothing patriotic about that.

Governor Tim Walz@governorwalz.mn.gov · last mo.

Happy Fourth of July, Minnesota. 250 years later, let’s keep pushing towards that more perfect union 🇺🇸

ICE celebrating “Freedom 250” by taking shackled immigrants from our nation’s capital to concentration camps in the South.

would love to see a hostile audit of Freedom 250. hell, would love to see hostile audits of everything even tangentially related to trump. this will produce endless material. you could conceivably bring the administration to an effective halt!

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last mo.

Democrats are preparing a hostile audit of Trump and his inner circle, intent on exposing — and ultimately ending — the most lucrative presidency in American history. Dems see the presidential gold rush as corruption personified — and plan to bury Trump's orbit in subpoenas if they win the House.

Jesus, famous for his income based doctrine

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

JD Vance says his faith makes him averse to “low wage foreigners”

Hey @governorwalz.mn.gov, Gov Whitmer et al: from here on the ground we cannot tell who was sent here for 250 and who wasn’t, they are all just occupying forces

NPR@npr.org · last mo.

Michigan Gov. Whitmer is one of four Democrats who sent their states' National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. ahead of America 250 celebrations in recent weeks, amid President Trump's ongoing — and controversial — deployment in the city. n.pr/4xWkjm4