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Ron Nelson
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Lawyer, Constitutionalist. Kansas Progressive. I think. Therefore, I am not a Republican.
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Democracy dies with solitude
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
Trump Administration Live Updates: Bondi Assigns Prosecutor to Look Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Bondi Assigns Prosecutor to Look Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Maria Bartiromo just defended Trump’s fake ‘pardons’ for people who tried to steal the 2020 election—then claimed we still ‘don’t know’ if they were wrong. We do. Courts do. The entire planet does.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Fox News host can't stop telling $800 million election lie
Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, who was arguably the network’s most high-profile promoter of election conspiracies that cost Fox millions in payouts , was back promoting those debunked conspiracies ...
www.dailykos.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
His “auto-pen signature policy”
Trump was up late Monday night trying to bully the Supreme Court into upholding his signature economic policy by warning of a national “drubbing” if it went against him.
Trump, 79, Panics About Losing His Supreme Court Fight in Late-Night Rant
The president apparently isn’t very confident about the case his solicitor general argued.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Trump was up late Monday night trying to bully the Supreme Court into upholding his signature economic policy by warning of a national “drubbing” if it went against him.
Trump, 79, Panics About Losing His Supreme Court Fight in Late-Night Rant
The president apparently isn’t very confident about the case his solicitor general argued.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The outcome of the GOP's Trump-backed gerrymandering scheme now lies in the hands of federal judges, whose rulings could determine House control for years to come. Remarkably, nearly half of the judges overseeing these cases happen to be Trump appointees.
https://bit.ly/4nKxrEv
Trump-Appointed Federal Judges Could Lock In GOP House Advantage
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A dictator wannabe
President Trump’s administration told the US Supreme Court that he could have sent active-duty military troops to Chicago to help enforce federal immigration laws, as he urged the court to instead let him deploy the National Guard
Trump Could Have Sent Military to Chicago, Official Tells Court
President Donald Trump’s administration told the US Supreme Court that he could have sent active-duty military troops to Chicago to help enforce federal immigration laws, as he urged the court to instead let him deploy the National Guard.
bloom.bg
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Never apologize for telling the truth. And push anyone who suggests otherwise out.
Minister suggests BBC should apologise to Trump over documentary as president threatens $1bn lawsuit – UK politics live
Minister suggests BBC should apologise to Trump over documentary as president threatens $1bn lawsuit – UK politics live
Alison McGovern speaks to media about BBC crisis as culture secretary due to address MPs in attempt to contain fallout On the Today programme, Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax, a rightwing news organisation in the US, and someone who has been a friend of Donald Trump for years, was interviewed about Trump’s threat to sue the BBC. Here are the main points he made. Ruddy said that, if the BBC were to fight the case in the Florida courts, they would probably win. He explained: The fact is, I’m from the state of Florida. I’m very familiar with the Florida libel laws. I have no doubt the BBC misrepresented what the president said. And that’s pretty clear. I think everybody agrees, otherwise you wouldn’t have had those resignations. But Ruddy also acknowledged that other media organisations sued by Trump had decided to settle rather contest his claims. “What’s happening is that a lot of media companies would prefer not to go through the media spectacle of all this,” he said. Ruddy said that, when Trump forced other media organisations to settle, he viewed that as proving his case that they were peddling “fake news”. Referring to the CBS and ABC lawsuits (see 9.22am), Ruddy said: I think he sees these as victories … He sees this as legitimising his claims that there’s fake news, that the news is out to get him. Ruddy said Trump regarded the BBC resignations announced on Sunday as a victory. I congratulate that the BBC and people resigned, and they were held accountable. In American media organisation oftentimes you don’t see that and there’s not a sense of accountability. The president sees this as a big victory for him in his claim the media is out to get him. Ruddy said he thought there was a good chance that Trump would go ahead with his threat to sue the BBC. He may very well sue the BBC because he’s had a winning record on bringing these suits. Ruddy said that the fact that the BBC is funded by the taxpayer would not deter Trump. I think that he he feels that there are very big wealth funded organisation and if they did him wrong then and he could be compensated for that. And I think he sees that as a win for him and a win for truth. Ruddy said he did not think Trump would worry about legal action damaging his relationship with the UK government. I do think that it [legal action] doesn’t hurt his relationship [with the UK government]. He has a very good relationship with Keir Starmer. He’s certainly widely respects King Charles. He does not see this as impinging at all on the very good relationship that he has with Britain. I was with him at Windsor Castle, when he was there [for the state visit]. I think he and Melania felt that was one of the high points of his presidency so far. The BBC is going to be thriving and I support everyone on the team. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, DC, sided with Democratic and civil rights groups that sued the Trump administration over a March executive order to overhaul US elections.
Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on federal voting form | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.
www.cnn.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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A toy maker takes his case against Trump's tariffs to the Supreme Court reut.rs/47BlZVM
A toy maker takes his case against Trump's tariffs to the Supreme Court
Within days of Donald Trump announcing his sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs in April, Rick Woldenberg was looking for a law firm to help him sue the U.S. president.
reut.rs
November 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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White House officials had refused to fund SNAP from a $5B contingency fund that existed precisely in the event of something like this. trib.al/Y2vaPxk

In response, 25 states sued the federal government, and two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to use the funds.
Judges Order Trump to Pay for SNAP, Killing His Shutdown Strategy
Two federal judges in different parts of the country ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay for the nutrition program.
trib.al
November 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Trump shut down includes SNAP. But Dem lawmakers said emergency funds shd be used. 2 judges said the same. So hopefully apparently Trump cant block it but who knows.
Bring canned food, baby formula, baby food, fresh fruit or veggies or $$ to your local food bank.
November 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between."
As Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger
The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between."
n.pr
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.

He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…

…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Nancy Mace not backing the blue. www.wired.com/story/nancy-...
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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WTF. Everyone, cameras out. Get it all on video.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Best treat of the night.

#HappierHAMILLWEEN 🎃 😋
November 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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The Governor is laying out the truth dishing up anger and frustration with the Administration on their cruelty

Tony
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Weird editorial in today’s @nytimes.com “Are we losing our democracy” They answer yes-ish. 12 markers of the slide from democracy to autocracy. And they arbitrarily set the slider for each one somewhere between 0 and 100. Based on…?
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"

taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes
“Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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it's hard to Nazi what's going on here
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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JUST IN: Judge Cameron Currie, a Clinton appointee, will decide whether Lindsey Halligan is disqualified as interim U.S. attorney, following a motion brought by James Comey. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM