“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

Together, we are #Indivisible

#MacISCC
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Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship! Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...

Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...

Veteran Voices Matter: Meet David Wescott, Activist and Central Valley Native “I'm a Marine Corps veteran. 9/11 was my senior year. I decided that the Marine Corps was the branch I wanted to join. I was part of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraqi War) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan War). I feel like it gives me a little more clout than somebody else going up and saying, ‘Hey, conservatives don't own the military,’ and “Hey, there is a military veteran who is a progressive liberal that is up on the stage demanding our rights.’’ Think about that.

Veteran Voices Matter: Meet David Wescott, Activist and Central Valley Native

“I'm a Marine Corps veteran. 9/11 was my senior year. I decided that the Marine Corps was the branch I wanted to join. I was part of Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraqi War) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan War). I…

How do we educate people about the dangers of TikTok medical advice? #TruthBrigade

“Demystifying Activism: How to do it Meet Lindsey Parker, a a Bakersfield mom of elementary school kids, author, marketer, and organizer advocating for disability rights, service members, and working families. “Activism in the Central Valley is not new, this region is the birthplace of movements that have shaped our state and nation. There are activists and organizations here who have been doing this work for decades, many without recognition.

“Demystifying Activism: How to do it

Meet Lindsey Parker, a a Bakersfield mom of elementary school kids, author, marketer, and organizer advocating for disability rights, service members, and working families. “Activism in the Central Valley is not new, this region is the birthplace of movements…

#TruthBrigade #MacIscc

The 100 names Ghislaine Maxwell named as being on the Epstein List TALLAHASSEE, FL - Ghislaine Maxwell, former girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has reportedly offered up a list of 100 names of individuals who are connected to the cr...

The 100 names Ghislaine Maxwell named as being on the Epstein List

Pave It Forward

Interview with Activist Rommel “I grew up with a lot of problems. My mom was undocumented and my father was absent although he lived in our town. I never saw him nor ever saw him with my mother. When I was a child my mother would take us to work in the field and on the weekends…

Grassroots Leadership in California’s Rural Areas Meet Rob. Robert. Roberto. Beto. Robi. Robert grew up in the small, unincorporated, rural community of London, California, where he experienced firsthand the challenges faced by underserved populations, particularly the lack of local leadership and resources. After spending years in the Bay Area and Los Angeles as a student and teacher, Robert returned to the Central Valley, motivated by the stark contrast in resources between affluent areas and his hometown.

Grassroots Leadership in California’s Rural Areas

Meet Rob. Robert. Roberto. Beto. Robi. Robert grew up in the small, unincorporated, rural community of London, California, where he experienced firsthand the challenges faced by underserved populations, particularly the lack of local leadership and…

Humans of the Central Valley People and Communities Like You and Yours

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The claim of pursuing a “balanced budget” sounds good… until you see the math. Trillions in tax cuts for the rich, increasing the deficit, while slashing healthcare and Social Security. Who benefits from this? We can do better! #TruthBrigade

Speaking freely is a right, it matters deeply to us. When pundits & politicians vilify folks who stand up for their beliefs, I ask "Why?" Is it about safety...or control? It's not about patriotism. Democracy can’t be defended by silence. Speak up #TruthBrigade truthbrigade.indivisible.org/s/WcMMDBth

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

They've shackled children.

Children.

Check with your loved ones!

Masked and unmarked ICE agents (real or fake) are causing fear and chaos in our communities. California legislators have introduced the No Secret Police Act, which would prohibit law enforcement officers from hiding their identities during public operations. Urge your local leaders to act. 👇

Here’s a video of Stephen Miller in high school screaming that he’s “sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash, when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us.”

This is the sociopath shaping our immigration policy and so much more

Here's to one of those I told you so moments. This entire episode deserves its own slot on “Veep”, or perhaps just a new chapter in The Art of the Flail. Here we are, deep into the Trump-Musk era, watching a Defense Department official sit before Congress and say, with all the smugness of a man who’s never read a civics textbook, that no, he won’t tell lawmakers how much taxpayer money they’ve already committed to retrofitting a used Qatari plane for Trump’s personal vanity fleet. Why? Because apparently the top-line price of this Gulfstream-sized ego trip is now a state secret. Senator Jack Reed, bless him for trying, attempted to invoke this thing we used to have called “checks and balances,” but the response he got may as well have been a shrug in Morse code. The message was loud and clear: We do not answer to you. We answer to the guy who thought a second-hand jet from a petro-monarchy was the height of dealmaking. And the best part? There’s every indication they got absolutely fleeced by Qatar. We’re talking about a regime whose entire GDP is fossil fuel and FIFA bribes, and somehow they managed to get the better end of a deal with Donald “I make the best deals” Trump. It’s like watching someone buy a used mattress from a Vegas pawn shop and call it a national security asset. Now, mix in a mysterious $1 billion slush fund slipped into the “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB, or as some are calling it, Bring Bribes Boldly) with no clear explanation, no earmark, and certainly no accountability. Republican senators, who, it must be said, have finally achieved the facial expression of a man realizing mid-bite that the chicken is, in fact, raw, are scratching their heads and muttering things like “duck fit” and “this is uncomfortable.” And yet… no action. Just more limp protestations and backroom handwringing.

One might reasonably suspect that someone is funneling the billion-dollar mystery fund into some Frankensteinian mashup of Qatari upholstery, MAGA gold leaf trim, and a monogrammed Diet Coke dispenser. Or maybe it’s to fund ICE stormtroopers on their mission to “disappear” immigrant families under the cover of night, something DHS, under Kristi Noem’s shadow command, is now paying for above their authorized budget with all the subtlety of a mob accountant skimming from a construction contract. More than just corruption, it’s belligerent incompetence draped in authoritarian entitlement. A regime that no longer bothers with the theater of accountability because they no longer believe they’ll ever have to answer for anything. Not the spending, not the ethics, not even the laws. And if any of this had happened under Biden? Fox would be calling it Obamagate 2: Airplane Boogaloo. Every House Republican would be calling emergency hearings from their tanning beds. But instead, we get silence from the Hill, from the networks, from the so-called constitutional conservatives who now act like the Constitution is just another menu item at Mar-a-Lago. Even so, let’s toast this Qatari catastrophe for what it is: a flaming monument to hubris, a cautionary tale of unchecked executive power, and a stark reminder that somewhere, some very smug Qatari diplomat is probably still laughing in a silk-lined, climate-controlled conference room we probably paid for.

Meanwhile, at #Qatargate....

I've included a very snarky recap of the issue, 'cause these guys can write!

#airfarceone
#artoftheflail

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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻

The Case for Utah as the Next Battleground State Last week, we discussed the possible revival of the Utah Democratic Party. Long time political observers told us that would take some heavy lifting. The political consultants and influencers Gabi Finl...

Utah is the next battleground state, but only if we invest it in starting now. Spread the word. radiowest.kuer.org/show/radiowe...

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

When Lies Make Laws: Kids Pay The Price

We need laws that fix real problems—like health care and financial security. So why do lawmakers push conspiracy-driven bills? Who gains from the distraction—and who gets hurt? Let’s talk about it. #TruthBrigade #TruthBrigade truthbrigade.indivisible.org/s/UVarBTkg

EVERYBODY WATCH.

ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.

Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.

He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.

Don’t turn away.

Opinion | Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?

"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..."

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We need laws that fix real problems—like health care and financial security. So why do lawmakers push conspiracy-driven bills? Who gains from the distraction—and who gets hurt? Let’s talk about it. #TruthBrigade