Multiple immigration sweeps reported across L.A., with a tense standoff downtown — Los Angeles Times Federal agents in riot gear detained workers in the Garment District in downtown Los Angeles as crowds gathered to record them and shout protests.

Why aren't Democratic officials - senators and congress people - showing up at these events and using them to say surprise raids, armed soldiers barging into businesses, separating families is not the American way? Could there be any easier way to make a statement?
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Democrats Threaten Trump Prosecutor Picks, Pointing to Past Vance Blockade

‪@durbin.senate.gov‬ - I hope you act on this and don't chicken out as the Dems always do. Every protest counts!
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I may have spoken too soon. Andre Agassi has been terrific during the conversation between matches, offering brilliant insights wrapped in a winning personality. Great panel. He's a welcome addition, excellent pairing with Courier and Sam. #FrenchOpen2025 #AndreAgassi

Can you understand Andre Agassi at the French Open? Not a great debut. Where's Johnny Mac?
#FrenchOpen2025 #AndreAgassi

Do real people howl? Are they gutted? Do they feel chuffed or gobsmacked? Or are these exclusive to writers?

Right on @aoc.bsky.social - it's unthinkable.

Dear Chuck Schumer and Dem Senators - Shut the gov't down if this is what it's producing: "Tesla billionaire Elon Musk shared a post on his platform X this week that declared Hitler “didn’t murder millions of people,” but that public employees did."

Can we admit there is a kernel of common sense in much of the crazy?

I saw that and thought change in 6 to 7 months, this is what's wrong with the old guard Dems. She is oblivious that is has taken *a few hours* for Musk, Trump & Co to rattle and close and begin to remake the entire U.S. gov't.

Many people are asking me if Elon Musk is stealing tax-payer money or using our private information to enrich himself?

I’m a Member of Congress on the committee for Government Oversight and I can’t tell you that he’s not. That’s a problem.

Excellent decision, excellent news.

I'd like to know the immediate changes and safeguards that have been and will be implemented since the midair crash over Reagan National. Is anyone asking what's being done to ensure it doesn't happen again?

#AmericanAirlines #FAA #crash #media #NYTimes #NBCNews

Comments in the article are excellent - the perfect antidote to the read.

I've just done my Saturday art scroll and was thinking the best show I saw in 2024 belonged to Vamba Bility's exhibition at the Hammer Museum. Just FYI for now reason ... bsky.app/profile/bsky...
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Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening. The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.

Such a good, important read ... and then take a deep breath. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...

Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as

@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social is so out of touch, though the real issue might be lack of reporting. Hours are spent on J-6 and DEI exec orders while ignoring the entire list, including rescinding of lower drug prices! Why? It's the economy stupid!

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Opinion | Are We Sleepwalking Into Autocracy? What we can learn from countries that have pushed back on threats to democracy.

we will see ... www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/o...

White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin YouTube video by Tim Minchin

I really like Christmas. I hope you do, too. Have a merry one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNv...

That time you recall was an alternative moment full of alternative opinions and alternative facts ... or it was real and the GOP has deleted and rebooted.

PEOPLE Picks The Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2024 Books by the celebrities ranging from Bill Clinton, Brittney Griner, Al Pacino, Lisa Marie Presley and Cher offer wit, wisdom and a whole lot of fun.

Two books on the list. I'll take it. Thank you.
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Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut) YouTube video by Coldplay

You want a Friday feel-good? Watch this Coldplay song/video featuring Dick Van Dyke and Chris Martine I am fortunate to have worked with Dick on two books bestselling, My Lucky Life and Keep Moving. But enough about me. Watch the video. Have a great day.
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I am watching The West Wing for the first time. The writing falls apart after Sorkin leaves. The show nosedives in season 6 without the core cast in their rightful places. The gravitas, energy, and pacing are gone. But I will motor through until the end.

I don't think Morning Joe's visit to Mar-a-Lago hurt MSNBC ratings. I think viewers needed a break, especially those who'd been glued to every Breaking News alert from Way Too Early through the 11th Hour. It's like a dry November and it's turning into a dry December, too.

I am finishing a new book that takes readers on a big ride and it feels good.

If you're poor, you're screwed. If you're rich, you have a good shot at getting off. If you're connected, you have a get-out-of-jail-free card.

If you can afford a lawyer, you can screw other people.

This doesn't take into account other nuances of race, ethnicity, politics, etc.

Never mind a blight on his legacy or a pox on Democrats' talking points, Biden's pardon of his son, while understandable and something almost any parent would do if they were in a similar situation, illustrates the many tiers of our justice system.

What is that saying about trust? It's earned in drops and lost in buckets.

Our politicians lost it. Here goes the judicial system. What is next?

I think this is what happens when the quest for power and wealth triumphs over the belief in service to the well-being, health, and rights of others.

Yes! Art does not need walls. But walls need art.

Tech is not science.

And just because you are a tech wizard does not mean you are a wizard at anything else.