Rage and Prayer in Los Angeles

Manuel Pastor Dissent Magazine
The task of this moment is to build a broad front that can resist authoritarianism. The recent protests are early skirmishes in the fight that will be needed.

Netanyahu’s Iran Attack Trumps Trump

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Basically, U.S. policy in the Middle East is a stepchild of Israeli policy, and Netanyahu keeps playing Trump for a fool (which is not hard). Netanyahu played the same games when Democrats were in power, with minor limits.

Judge Issues Sweeping Smackdown of National Guard Takeover

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern Slate
Trump claimed there is a rebellion, but Judge Breyer said that obviously no such rebellion exists. Breyer held that a handful of individuals toppling a Waymo does not in fact strip thousands of peaceful protesters of their First Amendment rights.

Protests Could Break Trump’s Deportation Machine

Jean Guerrero The New York Times
The videos coming out of LA and other cities reveal something Trump's politics can’t touch: the fierce humanity of people willing to risk everything for one another. They don’t just document resistance: they ignite it.

STRAW | Tyler Perry Movie

A single mother's (Taraji P. Henson) day spirals into chaos, she becomes the prime suspect in a crime she never meant to commit—and suddenly, her survival depends on the one thing she’s never been able to trust: the people around her. Streaming on Netflix.