Catherine J. Ross
@catherinejross.bsky.social
GW Law Prof recently emerita, 1st A, con law, books include: A Right to Lie?; Lessons in Censorship; commentator US & abroad; mom & aussiedoodle mom, fighting to save democracy, Zionist. 🟦
Chuck must go. And as for the “yes” votes for ending govt shutdown — what rational person destroys their reputation and practically screams “primary me” for a cave in deal that will never happen as the House won’t go along
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Chuck must go. And as for the “yes” votes for ending govt shutdown — what rational person destroys their reputation and practically screams “primary me” for a cave in deal that will never happen as the House won’t go along
Hamas weapons in Vienna. The target is western civilization
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hamas weapons in Vienna. The target is western civilization
Israelis could use more real allies like the mayor of Nice. Read about him here.
www.timesofisrael.com/meet-the-fre...
www.timesofisrael.com/meet-the-fre...
Meet the French mayor who hung Israeli flags and a hostage banner on his City Hall
Leading Nice, the 5th-largest metropolitan area in France, the self-described 'Jew at heart' Christian Estrosi bucks opposition - and death threats - in his stalwart defense of Israel
www.timesofisrael.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Israelis could use more real allies like the mayor of Nice. Read about him here.
www.timesofisrael.com/meet-the-fre...
www.timesofisrael.com/meet-the-fre...
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🚨BREAKING: A district court block to President Donald Trump’s attempted military deployment in Chicago will stand for at least the next few weeks as the Supreme Court takes up a key question over the president’s ability to federalize the state National Guard. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Block on Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment Stands As SCOTUS Takes Up National Guard Question
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🚨BREAKING: A district court block to President Donald Trump’s attempted military deployment in Chicago will stand for at least the next few weeks as the Supreme Court takes up a key question over the president’s ability to federalize the state National Guard. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Perfect...
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Perfect...
Trump now has a genuine gold crown courtesy of South Korea
Trump cannot receive gifts from foreign governments. All he can do is accept on behalf of the country.
Who am I kidding? He doesn’t care about the law....
It's a fundamental aspect of aristocracies. "Laws are for the peasantry. We're above all that."
Who am I kidding? He doesn’t care about the law....
It's a fundamental aspect of aristocracies. "Laws are for the peasantry. We're above all that."
Trump gifted gold crown after declaring he’s ‘not a king’
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Trump now has a genuine gold crown courtesy of South Korea
Twenty dollar bills show the east wing. Trump will ask all of us to send them directly to him so he can “take them out of circulation”
October 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Twenty dollar bills show the east wing. Trump will ask all of us to send them directly to him so he can “take them out of circulation”
Chicago USA. Today
This is insane
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Chicago USA. Today
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"Those who study the law and are experts on the balance of power warn that unless Congress reasserts its authority soon, we may end up unable to repair the guardrails that have held our government together for centuries."
The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government
It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.
www.thebulwark.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Those who study the law and are experts on the balance of power warn that unless Congress reasserts its authority soon, we may end up unable to repair the guardrails that have held our government together for centuries."
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The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House.
Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.
Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House.
Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.
Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.
East wing is no more
JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.
October 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
East wing is no more
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Trump started gutting the East Wing in early September
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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This is among the most corrupt things a president has ever suggested, and I hope the press treats it that way. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is among the most corrupt things a president has ever suggested, and I hope the press treats it that way. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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This lady deserves the presidential medal of freedom once the place is back under adult control and im not kidding
Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This lady deserves the presidential medal of freedom once the place is back under adult control and im not kidding
NY confirmed peaceful: no arrests
NYPD announces that zero arrests were made at the massive No Kings protests today after Republicans spent days claiming the protestors are violent terrorists.
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
NY confirmed peaceful: no arrests
Trump commuted Santos sentence. Liars love liars
“Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case” electionlawblog.org?p=152618
"Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case" #ELB
AP: President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identit...
electionlawblog.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Trump commuted Santos sentence. Liars love liars
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LA Times now confirming our earlier reporting: www.latimes.com/california/s...
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
LA Times now confirming our earlier reporting: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Important: this is exactly how propagandists operate.
NEW:
A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Important: this is exactly how propagandists operate.
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That's why you go to ballot issues first -- go to the people. Full details here: amprog.org/cpr
The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant
By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.
amprog.org
October 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
That's why you go to ballot issues first -- go to the people. Full details here: amprog.org/cpr
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We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
Remember the Budapest memo
OTD in 2002 🇺🇦 began decommissioning its nuclear capable Tu-22 strategic bombers & Kh-22 cruise missiles, as per the Budapest memo.
30 bombers & 230 missiles were destroyed over 2 & half years in exchange for promise 🇷🇺 would never invade.
But you can believe our promises now
30 bombers & 230 missiles were destroyed over 2 & half years in exchange for promise 🇷🇺 would never invade.
But you can believe our promises now
October 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Remember the Budapest memo
Gaza’s new cafe “Nova”
This is a brand new restaurant in Khan Younis, Gaza which chose the name, Nova.
Who does that?
Restaurants don't mean there weren't food shortages. HAMAS always has had plenty of food as did their families, & likely, anyone willing to pay them for supplies
Who does that?
Restaurants don't mean there weren't food shortages. HAMAS always has had plenty of food as did their families, & likely, anyone willing to pay them for supplies
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Gaza’s new cafe “Nova”
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Worth adding: This is not something that only works if every other state does it.
When operating in a state, out-of-state corporations must comply with the same state laws that in-state corporations are subjected to. So each state can do this in a very real way.
When operating in a state, out-of-state corporations must comply with the same state laws that in-state corporations are subjected to. So each state can do this in a very real way.
This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
October 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Worth adding: This is not something that only works if every other state does it.
When operating in a state, out-of-state corporations must comply with the same state laws that in-state corporations are subjected to. So each state can do this in a very real way.
When operating in a state, out-of-state corporations must comply with the same state laws that in-state corporations are subjected to. So each state can do this in a very real way.