WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR? |
- "Will never not be jarring to see armed goons demanding people's papers on the street in the United States of America like it's Nazi Germany. Fuckin nightmare scenes."
- "This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor."
(southpaw reacts to video shared by Street Sharks Explained)
- NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
(MS NOW)
- "A man on a loudspeaker urged the crowd to 'let them leave.'
After more than an hour, the crowd parted and federal vehicles trickled from the lot.
As the last vehicle left, a few people banged on the hood before the driver sped away..." (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
- "things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny
- health care subsidies - seeing pronouns in an email - being suspended from a social media platform - pride month - baking a cake for a same sex wedding - legal rulings against donald trump - EV benchmarks"
- Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X) (Andrew Lawrence reacts to a video shared by Aaron Rupar)
- "The Justice Department has fired the No. 2 official in the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia after he declined to lead a controversial prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey..."
(MS NOW)
- "The same house of worship, in northeast Jackson, was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because its rabbi supported civil rights..."
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue in charred ruins (Mississippi Today)
- "The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country.
'It's the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we'll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?" ... "The Twin Cities-based Immigrant Defense Network says the group has trained 2,000 observers so far, including 354 people the day after Good was killed.
"We tell people: You have a right to record. If ICE tells you not to, just back up — but keep recording..." (Washington Post)
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