Jonathan García

The 2nd amendment is not for hunting, it is not for self protection It is there to ensure that free people can defend themselves if god forbid government became tyrannical and turned against its citizens

"Telling someone to 'just comply with law enforcement' isn't helpful when ICE has spent the past year acting less like law enforcement and more like a lawless militia." @ronnychieng

Man accused of illegally towing ICE vehicle during raid found not guilty abc7.la/3MEJjvf

Introducing Our 2025 CIF Los Angeles City Section Division III Champion 🔊Santee High School!!

New: @lachicamayra, former executive director of Latino Victory Project and former executive director of Build Back Together, is planning to run as an independent for the district where she grew up and which @RepChuyGarcia currently represents. I'm told by a person familiar with her campaign that she was spurred to run two weeks ago when Rep. Garcia "attempted to coronate his chief of staff, as she believes voters in her home district deserve a choice in who represents them." She will be making an announcement in the next few weeks, the person tells me.

A highlight at the Chronicle this week: Melanie Lundquist, one of the nation’s most prolific donors, stopped by our offices for a conversation with our staff. Lundquist, who has appeared on our Philanthropy 50 (#PHIL50) ranking of most-generous donors and a Giving Pledger, offered thoughts on what’s important for us to cover – and where she sees room for improvement in philanthropy. One area where Melanie especially wants to see philanthropic action: protecting democracy. During our discussion, Lundquist pulled out a print copy of our 2019 issue with this cover story: Can Philanthropy Save Democracy?, an issue she keeps with her to show others. She also pulled out of her briefcase our latest print issue and pointed to how our piece on Jim Barksdale’s “Mississippi Miracle” will help her in her work as a founding donor and vice board chair of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Do you have a Chronicle of Philanthropy story or webinar that you recommend to colleagues? Tell us about it in the comments! Want to read the Can Philanthropy Democracy? story? Here's a link: phlnthrp.com/3IsEmUf And here's a link to the "Mississippi Miracle" story: phlnthrp.com/46RdXrJ

ALL HAIL CHAIRMAN TRUMP! WITH HIS GLORIOUS 10% PURCHASE OF INTEL, THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF AMERICA ENTERS A BOLD NEW ERA OF GOVERNMENT-RUN BUSINESS.

Vete a la chingada

ALMOST A WEEK IN AND THEY STILL DON'T GET IT

Congrats, @StephenM!

That scum Stephen Miller is running Trump’s government & dog walking the President. Splitting up families. Deploying soldiers in parks. Raiding farms & chasing down farmworkers. Trump is either getting played like a fool, or he’s lying to the American people.

Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields. Trump calls me “Newscum” — but he’s the real scum.

Democrats won't forget how Republicans broke the filibuster to pass tax breaks for billionaires. There will be no stopping us from doing the same to pass meaningful, comprehensive immigration reform.

This Father’s Day, I’m thinking of the families torn apart by Trump’s cruel deportation policies. Innocent kids are paying the price — simply because their dads showed up for work, were near a Home Depot, or were in the wrong place at the wrong time. This cruelty must end.

BREAKING: The court just confirmed what we all know — the military belongs on the battlefield, not on our city streets. This win is not just for California, but the nation. It’s a check on a man whose authoritarian tendencies are increasing by the day. End the illegal militarization of Los Angeles now, @realDonaldTrump. History is watching.

POV: Stephen Miller, seeing Trump tweet that he’s backing off deporting hardworking farmworkers — for now.

Padilla: If this is how the DHS responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they are doing to farmworkers, cooks, day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country

The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.

As the federal government conducts chaotic immigration sweeps across the country, the state is deploying additional CHP to maintain safety on Los Angeles highways to keep the peace. It's not their job to assist in federal immigration enforcement. The federal government is sowing chaos so they can have an excuse to escalate. That is not the way any civilized country behaves.