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Fully illegal given the temporary restraining order on "roving patrols," affirmed by the 9th Circuit just last week

Mel Buer@melbuer.bsky.social

ICE raided the Westlake Home Depot in Los Angeles this morning. LATU organizers snapped some photos from the raid—one sticks out: ICE agents rolling up in a Penske rental truck. Wonder where they got the idea😬 Trying to avoid detection? Is this policy now? Are they now doing roving gangs in this?

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The Washington Post continues to do real reporting on the genocide, a stark contrast to the blood-soaked NY Times. Rare Western coverage of how Israel is funding a militia led by Yasser Abu Shabab, which then steals aid so they can blame it on Hamas ⬇️ www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

washingtonpost.comIsrael’s support for clans in Gaza puts tribal strongman in spotlightIsraeli officials say arming clans can create a counterweight to Hamas. Some critics of the initiative say it aims to undermine Palestinian nationalism.

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In my book, I show that an eviction can ruin someone's life *even if it never happens.* A mere eviction FILING—even one dismissed in court—can destroy your credit and lock you out of housing for years. That's why I say people aren't "falling" into homelessness. They're being pushed.

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: Jasmin Belanger believed the deal was simple: pay off what she owed, and her landlord would let her keep her housing. It wasn’t until months later that she learned it had left her with a permanent record of an eviction — despite there never being one. With @bangordailynews.bsky.social

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In the past few weeks, the former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has referred to "ethnic cleansing" and "concentration camps" in Gaza, while a former Israeli Attny Gen, a former Israeli general, and one of Israel's most famous authors, have all said it's a genocide in Gaza.

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The people's elected representatives in Congress passed a law requiring the Federal Reserve to restrict Wall Street bonuses, and then Jerome Powell's secretive, all-powerful "independent" Fed just decided not to do it, while the Fed prioritized reducing workers' wages. Ladies & gents...democracy!

levernews.comPowell Lets Wall Street Pay Skyrocket, Targets Worker WagesThe Fed chair says his goal is to “get wages down” — but he has declined to reduce bankers’ record-high bonuses.

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This tragedy is different from past atrocities in one disturbing respect: the suffering, the use of starvation as a weapon, the unrelenting bombardment, the mass murder, they are laid bare for all to see. The violence is not concealed, it is flaunted.

counterpunch.orgThe Silent Cries of Gaza: A Legacy of Innocence Lost and the Urgent Call to Confront GenocideIn Gaza, the atrocities visited upon children are unspeakable, a violence that staggers the imagination. Omer Bartov, a distinguished scholar of Holocaust and Genocide studies, reports in The New York...

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Hello! I’m WIRED’s senior politics editor, and it’s hard to put into words what it’s been like in our newsroom this year. I am so in awe of my colleagues here, and so grateful to wake up every day to get you, our lovely readers, the news. If you’ve haven’t already, subscribe!! Help us keep it going.

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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

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The City of LA doesn't mind getting sued when the police beat demonstrators/press/people going about their lives - to the tune of 100s of millions of dollars. Why is our approach to blocking the ongoing federal raids so risk averse/slow/disorganized?

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

According to a new report, nearly 27% of homes sold in Q1 of 2025 were bought by real estate investors — the highest share in at least five years. If we want to make housing affordable for working people, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?si=vGkgsj8jyHBFtUyW

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More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Microsoft is about to lay off another 9,000 workers. This news follows two waves of layoffs in May and June, where Microsoft fired more than 6,000 employees. The company made $88 billion in profits last year.

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“Doctors Recall Torture They Endured in Gaza Documentary the BBC 'Refused to Air'” Thank you to ⁦‪Charlie Nash‬⁩ and ⁦‪Mediaite‬⁩ for reporting on our important new documentary ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’

mediaite.comDoctors Recall Torture They Endured From Israeli Military in New Documentary the BBC ‘Refused to Air’: ‘They Hung Me Up’Palestinian healthcare workers recalled the torture they endured at the hands of Israeli military personnel in a new documentary the BBC "refused to air."

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Here's the truth about tax cuts for the rich. They explode the federal debt, fuel giant profits at the biggest firms and financial institutions, and stoke a surge in billionaire wealth but do nothing for average working people. Nothing trickles down — and the tax cuts don't "pay for themselves."

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social

You’ve seen this movie before: Maybe Reagan guessed, Bush hoped, and Trump tried—but tax cuts never paid for themselves. Given the mountain of evidence, claiming once again that "tax cuts will pay for themselves" is no longer ideologically motivated optimism. It's a lie.

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This is one of the most consequential challenges to campaign finance law since the Citizens United decision. Republicans have been systematically taking an axe to every remaining anti-corruption protection to give their billionaire donors total control over our elections.

cnn.comSupreme Court agrees to hear Republican-backed effort to lift caps on campaign spending | CNN PoliticsThe Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up a case initially filed by then-Senate candidate JD Vance and other Republicans seeking to lift the cap on how much political parties may spend in coordinatio...

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From Drop Site’s latest investigation: “Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations” by @mazmhussain.bsky.social and Talia Jane. 🔗 Read: www.dropsitenews.com/p/betar-prot...

Drop Site@dropsitenews.com

NEW at @dropsitenews.com: Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations @mazmhussain.bsky.social and @taliaotg.bsky.social report Betar members used WhatsApp to plan potential anti-Muslim hate crimes and target pro-Palestine protests in NYC.

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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida. If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

Make America Grift Again

The Lever@levernews.com

SCOOP: Senators just quietly added a line to Trump's tax bill that gives private equity billionaires a tax break rewarding them for buying your company, loading it up with debt, slashing your pay & then firing you & your fellow workers. www.levernews.com/wall-street-...

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This is one of the most sick, twisted, depraved massacres yet. Israel fired tank shells into a crowd of starving people waiting for food, killing over 50. They're not even denying it.

They're trying to DOGE the military... Hopefully DOGE will continue its track-record of incompetence, but have none of you dumb f**ks ever heard of SKYNET!?!?!?!?

Liberals always support progressive causes, just not the current ones.

Kumail Nanjiani@kumail.bsky.social

I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal." That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.

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U.S. military is planning for a sustained deployment of 500-1,000 troops at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, Army source tells me. Text me securely via Signal at 202-510-1268 if you know anything about this.

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