Ron Nelson
@ronels.bsky.social
Lawyer, Constitutionalist. Kansas Progressive. I think. Therefore, I am not a Republican.
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Ron Nelson
@ronels.bsky.social
· Apr 20
The protests are not for Trump to see, they are so you can all see each other and grow. It's not the protest itself that tyrants are afraid of, but the networks and community you can grow from them. Your strength is your unity and that's why the enemy thrives by demoralizing and dividing you. #3E
Democracy dies with solitude
Fascists gonna be fascists.
NEWS: DOJ says no court can force it to release the Epstein files or comply with the law.
Large scale anti-Trump protests break out across the globe in Denmark and Greenland.
Measles outbreak surges in South Carolina. An important update. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Large scale anti-Trump protests break out across the globe in Denmark and Greenland.
Measles outbreak surges in South Carolina. An important update. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Important Update: Justice Department Says No Court Can Force it to Release the Epstein Files as Cover-Up Grows
Good morning everyone.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Fascists gonna be fascists.
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Does Trump understand that the "insurrection Act" is a law thats intended to stop an insurrection? Because he seems to think he can use it to create his own insurrection.
January 17, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Does Trump understand that the "insurrection Act" is a law thats intended to stop an insurrection? Because he seems to think he can use it to create his own insurrection.
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BREAKING:
The Virginia state Senate just passed a constitutional amendment to pave the way for a mid-decade redistricting push.
If voters support the amendment, Virginia's Democratic-controlled Legislature could redraw the state's congressional map before the midterms.
The Virginia state Senate just passed a constitutional amendment to pave the way for a mid-decade redistricting push.
If voters support the amendment, Virginia's Democratic-controlled Legislature could redraw the state's congressional map before the midterms.
January 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
BREAKING:
The Virginia state Senate just passed a constitutional amendment to pave the way for a mid-decade redistricting push.
If voters support the amendment, Virginia's Democratic-controlled Legislature could redraw the state's congressional map before the midterms.
The Virginia state Senate just passed a constitutional amendment to pave the way for a mid-decade redistricting push.
If voters support the amendment, Virginia's Democratic-controlled Legislature could redraw the state's congressional map before the midterms.
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Metaphor in two posts:
A prosecutor indicts an arsonist. The arsonist escapes. The arsonist burns down the home of the prosecutor. Then he burns down the homes of the prosecutors’ staff, friends & relatives. Then he burns down the homes of everyone he thinks has ever crossed him. ...
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A prosecutor indicts an arsonist. The arsonist escapes. The arsonist burns down the home of the prosecutor. Then he burns down the homes of the prosecutors’ staff, friends & relatives. Then he burns down the homes of everyone he thinks has ever crossed him. ...
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January 17, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Metaphor in two posts:
A prosecutor indicts an arsonist. The arsonist escapes. The arsonist burns down the home of the prosecutor. Then he burns down the homes of the prosecutors’ staff, friends & relatives. Then he burns down the homes of everyone he thinks has ever crossed him. ...
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A prosecutor indicts an arsonist. The arsonist escapes. The arsonist burns down the home of the prosecutor. Then he burns down the homes of the prosecutors’ staff, friends & relatives. Then he burns down the homes of everyone he thinks has ever crossed him. ...
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The ICE agents literally are accessories to murder.
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The ICE agents literally are accessories to murder.
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I don't need to tell you that we are rapidly approaching a full-on civil war here in the US.
I think that Trump is very ill, worse than we thought, and the crazies in charge are trying to do whatever they can to hurt Americans before he dies. They know once he goes, so does MAGA.
I think that Trump is very ill, worse than we thought, and the crazies in charge are trying to do whatever they can to hurt Americans before he dies. They know once he goes, so does MAGA.
January 17, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I don't need to tell you that we are rapidly approaching a full-on civil war here in the US.
I think that Trump is very ill, worse than we thought, and the crazies in charge are trying to do whatever they can to hurt Americans before he dies. They know once he goes, so does MAGA.
I think that Trump is very ill, worse than we thought, and the crazies in charge are trying to do whatever they can to hurt Americans before he dies. They know once he goes, so does MAGA.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
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Know your protest rights 🗣️📢
January 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Know your protest rights 🗣️📢
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We are relieved that in Tincher v. Noem et al. the court has issued a preliminary injunction. The ACLU-MN is hopeful that it will prevent further First Amendment violations like the ones that have been harming Minnesotans since the start of “Operation Metro Surge.”
aclu-mn.org/cases/tincher-v-noem
aclu-mn.org/cases/tincher-v-noem
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
We are relieved that in Tincher v. Noem et al. the court has issued a preliminary injunction. The ACLU-MN is hopeful that it will prevent further First Amendment violations like the ones that have been harming Minnesotans since the start of “Operation Metro Surge.”
aclu-mn.org/cases/tincher-v-noem
aclu-mn.org/cases/tincher-v-noem
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It's now been four weeks since the deadline set by law and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It's now been four weeks since the deadline set by law and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
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JUST IN: MN @AGEllison complains to federal judge about Trump's social media post threatening to invoke Insurrection Act, urges immediate TRO (but not preliminary injunction for technical reasons.) Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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www.documentcloud.org
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
JUST IN: MN @AGEllison complains to federal judge about Trump's social media post threatening to invoke Insurrection Act, urges immediate TRO (but not preliminary injunction for technical reasons.) Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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A federal judge issued a nationwide (technically a national class) “declaratory” judgment that the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy is unlawful. The Trump administration’s response has been to say that it is not bound by the ruling and the judge can go pound sand.
New: The nation's chief immigration judge told her colleagues this week that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people in mandatory detention without an opportunity to be released on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Top US immigration judge says bond hearings should be denied despite court rulings, documents show
The top U.S. immigration judge has told her colleagues that they are not bound by a federal court ruling that declared the Trump administration cannot place thousands of people in mandatory detention ...
www.reuters.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
A federal judge issued a nationwide (technically a national class) “declaratory” judgment that the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy is unlawful. The Trump administration’s response has been to say that it is not bound by the ruling and the judge can go pound sand.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal three judge panel DENIES Republican motion to stay new California congressional map while GOP seeks Supreme Court review. Another loss for Republicans and Trump's DOJ. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
🚨 Tangipa et al v. Newsom et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:25 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal three judge panel DENIES Republican motion to stay new California congressional map while GOP seeks Supreme Court review. Another loss for Republicans and Trump's DOJ. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
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Masked federal agents are ignoring people's basic constitutional rights in Minnesota.
We're taking the Trump administration to court to put a stop to it.
We're taking the Trump administration to court to put a stop to it.
Lawsuit accuses federal agents of racial profiling in Minneapolis immigration operation
Legal challenges continue to mount for the Trump administration over its ongoing immigration crackdown in Minnesota, where the shooting death of an unarmed U.S. citizen last week triggered days of sometimes violent protests
www.nbcnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Masked federal agents are ignoring people's basic constitutional rights in Minnesota.
We're taking the Trump administration to court to put a stop to it.
We're taking the Trump administration to court to put a stop to it.
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The Justice Department’s push to collect voter data nationwide is an attempt to take control of election administration — a job the Constitution leaves to the states, not the federal government.
bit.ly/49HOmCY
bit.ly/49HOmCY
Trump Administration Has Sued More than 20 States for Refusing to Turn Over Voter Files
The Justice Department’s attempts to collect sensitive voter information are part of a plan to interfere with elections.
www.brennancenter.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The Justice Department’s push to collect voter data nationwide is an attempt to take control of election administration — a job the Constitution leaves to the states, not the federal government.
bit.ly/49HOmCY
bit.ly/49HOmCY
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It's Don Hankey, who chairs the company that loaned Trump $175 million to post bond in his NY civil trial.
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
Los Angeles Billionaire Moves To Nevada To Sidestep Proposed California Wealth Tax
Exclusive: The buyer behind a record $21 million Las Vegas-area penthouse is a lifelong California resident who says the state’s taxes have pushed him out: “I just felt a little bit like I wasn’t want...
www.forbes.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
It's Don Hankey, who chairs the company that loaned Trump $175 million to post bond in his NY civil trial.
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
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JUST IN: Judge denies Trump administration's bid to throw out @StanfordDaily lawsuit claiming deportation drive aimed at pro-Palestinian students is chilling 1st Amendment rights. Judge Noel Wise (CAND/Biden). Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order – #75 in Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation v. Rubio (N.D. Cal., 5:25-cv-06618) – CourtListener.com
ORDER DENYING [66] MOTION TO DISMISS signed by Judge Noel Wise on 1/16/2026. (akw, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/16/2026)
storage.courtlistener.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM
JUST IN: Judge denies Trump administration's bid to throw out @StanfordDaily lawsuit claiming deportation drive aimed at pro-Palestinian students is chilling 1st Amendment rights. Judge Noel Wise (CAND/Biden). Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"Trans rights are human rights." Kim Villanueva, National NOW President
www.democracynow.org/2026/1/14/he...
www.democracynow.org/2026/1/14/he...
SCOTUS Poised to Uphold State Laws Banning Transgender Youths from Participating in School Sports
The conservative-majority Supreme Court signaled Tuesday that it would rule to uphold state laws in Idaho and West Virginia that bar transgender girls from participating in school sports. Two transgen...
www.democracynow.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
"Trans rights are human rights." Kim Villanueva, National NOW President
www.democracynow.org/2026/1/14/he...
www.democracynow.org/2026/1/14/he...
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Donald Trump has never shown the American people respect whether it be in 2011 when he first publicly went birther, or in 2015 when he came down the escalator or his American carnage inaugural speech or countless examples before and since, of course culminating in his attack on our democracy on J6
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Donald Trump has never shown the American people respect whether it be in 2011 when he first publicly went birther, or in 2015 when he came down the escalator or his American carnage inaugural speech or countless examples before and since, of course culminating in his attack on our democracy on J6
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He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.
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Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
Yet another ICE Gestapo murder. #BreakTheRegime
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Yet another ICE Gestapo murder. #BreakTheRegime