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This Saturday, We Melt ICE in Downtown L.A!

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“This event is a direct response to the ongoing and most recent state-sanctioned public executions of community members Keith Porter, Renee Good, and Alex Pretii, and the ongoing state-sanctioned kidnappings of immigrants across the US by ICE.”

– Casita De La Noche
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Just before the microphone drops, Who Is Your Neighborhood will be tabling at this event—including with a brand new banner—providing resources for attendees to strengthen their own neighborhood defense of our communities across Los Angeles. If you’re unable to make the event but would still like to show your support, you can always help raise funds for our Vendor Buyout campaign here.

J.T.

It’s Never Too Late: Mourn, Come Together, and Organize on Your Block

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First we were two, then we were four. Then we found ourselves in between the companionship of more people than we could count; it felt like the beginning of something new again; why not?

The names of those for whom we mourn, come together and organize for include, but are not limited to:

Renee Nicole Good, 37, U.S.

Kevin Porter, 43, U.S.

Genry Ruiz Guillén, 29, Honduras

Serawit Gezahegn Dejene, 45, Ethiopia

Maksym Chernyak, 44, Ukraine

Juan Alexis Tineo-Martinez, 44, Dominican Republic

Brayan Garzón-Rayo, 27, Colombia

Nhon Ngoc Nguyen, 55, Vietnam (Implied via Refugee Act/context)

Marie Ange Blaise, 44, Haiti

Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado, 68, Mexico

Jesus Molina-Veya, 45, Mexico

Johnny Noviello, 49, Canada (Quebec)

Isidro Pérez, 75, Cuba

Tien Xuan Phan, 55, Not specified (Vietnamese surname)

Chaofeng Ge, 32, China

Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, 32, Mexico

Oscar Rascon Duarte, 58, Mexico

Santos Banegas Reyes, 42, Honduras

Ismael Ayala-Uribe, 39, Mexico

Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, 37, El Salvador

Miguel Ángel García Medina, 31, Mexico

Huabing Xie, Not specified, China

Leo Cruz-Silva, 34, Mexico

Hasan Ali Moh’D Saleh, 67, Jordan

Josué Castro Rivera, 25, Honduras

Gabriel Garcia Aviles, 54, Mexico

Kai Yin Wong, 63, China

Francisco Gaspar-Andrés, 48, Guatemala

Pete Sumalo Montejo, 72, Philippines

Shiraz Fatehali Sachwani, 48, Pakistan

Jean Wilson Brutus, 41, Haiti

Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir, 46, Eritrea

Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, 39, Nicaragua

Nenko Stanev Gantchev, 56, Bulgaria

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That Republic, we couldn’t keep it; April 9, 1865 – June 3, 2025

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From the NY Times: “The House took its first step early Thursday toward a final vote on President Trump’s marquee domestic policy bill, after Republicans put down a revolt by conservative holdouts that had threatened to sink it…

Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader who began speaking on the floor of the House at 4:53 a.m., just earned bronze: his is officially the third longest House speech in the chamber’s history. There is buzz in the Capitol over whether he is trying for the longest House floor speech, a record held by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who once spoke for over 8.5 hours.”

From the LA Times:

“The budget bill would make Immigration and Customs Enforcement the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the federal government, exceeding its current yearly $3.4-billion detention budget many times over. It also would impose fees on immigration services that were once free or less expensive and make it easier for local law enforcement to work with federal authorities on immigration.”

“Though the legislation is still evolving, the immigration provisions in the House and Senate versions are similar and not subject to the intense debates on other issues, such as Medicaid or taxes.”

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Senators: Please Kill this Project 2025 Bill

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The “big, beautiful bill,” which is being rushed through the senate this week, is little more than a scheme to double and triple the debt bondage already faced by millions of “Americans” who lack an adequate healthcare system in the wealthiest nation in history.

For its $167 billion more to the deportation machine, it’s also the Indian Removal Act, Fugitive Slave Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, and Operation Wetback combined to make permanent the New Reich agenda; should it pass, I see no reason not to expect New Nuremberg laws before the end of 2030.

Last but certainly not least, the bill’s tax cuts for billionaires and centi-millionaires–who already pay little to no income tax–would only increase the debt on the next generation by at least $3 trillion over the next ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

It is no future for America, but a death knell for the few safety net programs which give our most vulnerable people here a modicum of support to survive; it is also, like ICE agents in unmarked cars through Los Angeles, a cowardly disguised proclamation of Manifest Destiny for the 21st century.

It’s obviously thus imperative for every single Senator with a conscience to do everything in their power to kill this offensive and appalling excuse for a bill. But don’t expect them to do so without hearing from every last one of us who can call upon them.

Let the city know.

History is watching!

J.T.