Brian S. Duke

[Brian S. Duke @BrianSDuke]

America has no king, just Queens

[Shawn McCreesh @ShawnMcCreesh]

At the Kennedy Center, half the theater just started clapping when a group of drag queens showed up to find their seats at opening night of Les Miserables, which Trump, Melania, Vance and their top allies have all come out to see.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

The President of the United States is deploying the military onto US streets and using our troops like political pawns.

DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO BECOME NUMB TO THIS.

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

"Irma" has been picking berries on CAs Central Coast for 20 years. "I work from 6:30 am - 4:30 pm Today I'm picking red raspberries. It's a special order for Japan. We have to be extremely careful to avoid bruising. It's harder, but we get paid the same amount." #WeFeedYou

[Caroline Cummings @CaroRCummings]

Statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark:

"The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else.”

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

[FULL ADDRESS] Governor Newsom addresses Californians in response to President Trump’s assault on democracy and the President’s illegal militarization of Los Angeles.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Biden's farewell speech to the military: "Let me close with a final request. I say it not as your president or commander in chief. I say it as a man who spent 50 years of his life serving his country in a different way. Remember your oath."

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

Larry David writing a NYT guest essay as a man having dinner with Hitler, just to roast Bill Maher as a smug, self-important clown, is the stuff of comedy legend.

[Brian S. Duke @BrianSDuke]

@OpenChiswickW4

[Brian S. Duke @BrianSDuke]

Trump’s tariff tactic.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

"He was being slapped every time he would speak up. He couldn't help himself. Then he started praying and calling out, literally crying for his mother."

— Photojournalist Philip Holsinger on Andry José Hernández Romero.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"It is evil, and anyone that is involved with it is evil."

Trump and his cronies sent Andrys, a gay Venezuelan man, to an El Salvador prison camp to be beaten with no due process. @Timodc responds with a message of action and fury.

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

You are telling me this man is Tren De Aragua? He was so dangerous we had to send him to a foreign prison camp to be beaten with no due process?

Do you have any soul left @marcorubio?

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

Two photos that should deeply disturb you.

The first photo is of a young Venezuelan named Andrys—a 23-year-old gay makeup artist who was disappeared by the Trump administration, recently identified publicly for the first time.

Last week, he was deported into a Salvadoran mega-prison without due process, without a court hearing, and without evidence—solely based on suspicion of gang ties.

The second photo was captured by an American photojournalist embedded inside that same mega-prison in El Salvador. The journalist documented the experiences of detainees, including American residents who've had their constitutional rights suspended.

This quote from the article should turn your blood cold:

"The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, 'I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.' I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected—he wasn’t a tattooed monster."

Did this journalist unknowingly witness Andrys’s abuse and imprisonment?

Why must we—citizens of the United States—piece together these horrifying details while politicians ignore our courts, our Constitution, and the basic principles underpinning American democracy?

If they can do this to Andrys, who's next?

"Repulsive" and "evil" don't even scratch the surface—this is one of the darkest periods in American history, and we're living through it right now.

[Senator Susan Rubio @SenSusanRubio]

This week, the Capitol welcomed Ukraine’s Consul General Kushneruk and Consul Drobot, standing in solidarity during these challenging times. Proud to stand with my colleagues in strong bipartisan support . #CaliforniastandswithUkraine. 🇺🇦

#CALeg

[Alex Vassar 📚 @AlexCVassar]

Come visit us and learn about our state symbols!

[Brian S. Duke @BrianSDuke]

“…the United States has just switched sides and signed up with the authoritarian camp.”

[Francis Fukuyama @FukuyamaFrancis]

Ukraine: The Ultimate Betrayal https://t.co/7AhSKPJe3K

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

If someone wanted to destroy the United States from within, would they do anything differently than what Trump is doing right now?

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

the united states has become the largest source of geopolitical uncertainty in the world.

it’s an extraordinary development.

[sam 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @AntiNewDems]

Xi’s overriding goal is reunification. His second lifetime goal is breaking the American-European alliance. Trump’s predecessors and European counterparts laughed at Xi’s lame attempts—“no chance”—Trump just did it voluntarily, gave it to him on a silver platter. Historic day.