“I’m taking these accusations against me seriously. Trump is a convicted criminal (multiple felonies in New York), a rebel (in a racist Confederate way), & an insurrectionist (Jan. 6). When Trump calls me those things, he is speaking from long personal experience.”
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/government-says-im-a-rebel-insurrectionist/
The U.S. Government Says I’m a Criminal, a Rebel, and an Insurrectionist
And This Angeleno Couldn’t Be Prouder
… and the third largest, the Vietnam Moratorium (October 1969), with 15 stories spread over 5 pages.
Here's how the Times covered the largest, the first Earth Day (April 1970), with 7 stories spread over 3 pages…3/4
In the New York Times, the newspaper that styles itself the nation's paper of record, they merited 5 paragraphs in a story on Trump's military parade and a gallery of photos. 2/4
So far as I can determine, yesterday's No Kings demonstrations were the second-largest single-day mass mobilization, measured by the number of participants and the number and extent of places, in American history. 1/4
The Trump attack on Californians should not let us ignore that Los Angeles officials are not honoring their oaths to protect our federal and state constitutional rights to speech and peaceful assembly and petition, as this personal account makes clear.
https://smotus.substack.com/p/arrested-in-la?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1327720&post_id=165730384&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2ud1n&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Arrested in L.A.
My interview with a fellow scholar who was recently arrested for participating in an anti-ICE protest
I Went to Find Trump’s ‘Rebellion.’ I Ended up at a Birthday Party
Reporting in Compton and Paramount on Saturday, I Saw Nothing That Justified Sending in the National Guard
Musk hearkens back to the nativist American Party of the 1850s, called the Know Nothings. Oops. Their platform: “Americans must rule America; and to this end native-born citizens should be selected for all State, Federal and municipal offices of government employment, in preference to all others.”
When you need a dose of hope to go with the brutal truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITxyRDsF1Y&t=976s
Bruce Springsteen - Selections From the Land Of Hope & Dreams Tour - Manchester 5.14.25
Matthew Malthouse
