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‘Venezuela mobilizes troops, weapons in response to US warship buildup in Caribbean’

#Venezuela is planning to deploy a guerrilla-style resistance if the US attacks’

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Venezuela mobilizes troops, weapons in response to US warship buildup in Caribbean
Venezuela is sending troops to counter a U.S. warship buildup in the Caribbean, as Nicolás Maduro accuses Washington of plotting regime change.
www.foxnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
“… The League of Women Voters of Utah & Mormon Women for Ethical Government challenged the map in court. Gibson ruled in favor of a map drawn by the plaintiffs in the case that makes the Salt Lake City area a proverbial Democrat “donut hole”—a blue district surrounded by three large red districts.”
This is a massive victory for our clients, League of Women Voters Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and a number of individual voters, who have fought alongside us for years in this lawsuit for fair representation. campaignlegal.org/update/victo...
Victory! Utahns Finally Secure a Fair Congressional Map for 2026
After nearly a decade-long battle for a fair congressional district map, Utahns have successfully secured the opportunity for fair representation ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
campaignlegal.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“… The map chopped the solidly blue Salt Lake City area into surrounding red districts, all but assuring Utah would send four Republican congresspeople to the House of Representatives in November 2026.”

#Utah
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This is the easiest case for understanding gerrymandering. Salt Lake City, in the center of the state, is the only Dem leaning area in Utah. So GOPers divided the state into 4 districts, radiating out from SLC, cutting it into four quadrants, preventing the city from electing a Rep of their choice.
huge news from utah: judge strikes down GOP gerrymander, restores voter-approved map

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“… In its stead, she ruled in favor of a new map that makes the blue-leaning Salt Lake City its own district, giving Democrats a new congressional seat ahead of the 2026 midterms.”

#Utah
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BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the GOP’s latest gerrymander ruling that lawmakers violated the state constitution. This restores a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering and enacts a fairer map for 2026.
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
‘Utah Judge Kills GOP Power Grab Plot’

“Judge Dianna Gibson ruled that state Republicans’ new congressional map violates the state’s anti-gerrymandering rules, saying lawmakers crossed the line when they drew it.”

#Utah
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www.thedailybeast.com//utah-judge-...
Utah Judge Kills GOP Power Grab Plot
The state’s Republican party was attempting to create an all-red congressional map by splitting the Salt Lake City area.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
‘Trump Honors Fallen by Giving Veterans Day New Russian Name’

“”As you know today is not only Veterans Day, but it’s my proclamation that we are now going to be saying and calling Victory Day for World War I,” Trump said.”

#Veterans
#military
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www.thedailybeast.com//trump-honor...
Trump Honors Fallen by Giving Veterans Day New Russian Name
The president announced at Arlington that he was renaming the holiday.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
‘Adelita Grijalva is about to tip the scales on the #Epstein files in the US House’

‘With a bipartisan deal to fund the government now in the works, the House will be reconvening — and a first order of business will be to swear Grijalva into the chamber.’

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www.scrippsnews.com/politics/con...
Adelita Grijalva is about to tip the scales on the Epstein files in the US House
A new Congresswoman entering the House as early as Wednesday could be a deciding factor on whether the Justice Department releases files relating to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
www.scrippsnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
“The Democrat was elected to her Arizona seat 49 days ago, but the speaker delayed her swearing-in as he kept the House out of session until after the Senate acted to end the government shutdown.”

#House
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www.politico.com/live-updates...
Grijalva swearing-in set
Live updates and analysis from POLITICO’s Congress team.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
‘The House speaker finally has set a time and date for Adelita Grijalva's swearing in’

“Johnson will swear in Grijalva at about 4 p.m. Eastern time, or 2 p.m. Arizona time, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, the same day the House is expected to vote on a package to reopen the federal government”

#House
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The House speaker finally has set a time and date for Adelita Grijalva's swearing in
House Speaker Mike Johnson will swear in Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva at about 4 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 12.
www.azcentral.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“… Davis has argued that the former Biden administration officials and others violated a section of federal law, known as 18 U.S.C. § 241, by conspiring to interfere with federally protected rights.”

#SDFL
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mildly interesting factoid, turns out that the Watergate Plumbers were also charged under 18 USC 241 (though for conspiring to violate the rights of Ellsberg's doctor, not the voters)
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“… Davis has suggested that top officials, including former [AG] Merrick Garland, Deputy [AG] Lisa Monaco, FBI Director Chris Wray & Special Counsel Jack Smith should be compelled to testify before the grand jury to answer questions about what Davis says is the politicized use of the legal system.”
Trump was the President during the 2020 election. Wray was a Trump appointee. Merrick Garland and Lisa Monaco were not in the government and neither was Jack Smith as he was at The Hague.
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“… Trump has recently called for the prosecution of some of the same officials accused by Davis of using lawfare to target him.”

#SDFL
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Trump has been going after Brennan for at least seven years because Brennan has been too factual. I wrote this piece about Trump's stripping of Brennan's security clearance in 2018, which was reprehensible. Now the Dictator with Dementia wants his lackies to jail the guy.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“… criminal charges against top Democratic figures that Davis claims have colluded over the last decade to impede Trump, beginning with the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election through the criminal cases against the president.”

#SDFL
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Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land.
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The Justice Department moved an inquiry that appeared initially focused on the former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan to South Florida and is beginning to recruit line prosecutors.
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Trump Loyalists Push ‘Grand Conspiracy’ as New Subpoenas Land
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
“… conservative attorney Mike Davis -- a close friend and informal adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top Trump administration officials -- has claimed that the grand jury will consider whether to bring criminal charges against top Democratic figures that Davis claims have colluded …”
A Trump federal prosecutor in Florida has issued dozens of subpoenas for officials who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election in response to one of President Donald Trump’s longest-running conspiracy theories.

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump Attack Dog Issues Dozens of Subpoenas to His Enemies
The DOJ is ramping up its investigation into former CIA director whose agency concluded that Russia had tried to help President Trump in 2016.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
‘Trump ally says grand jury empaneled in Florida to investigate a sweeping conspiracy against Trump’

‘Mike Davis, an ally of Pam Bondi, has made bold claims against Democrats.’

25 Oct 2025

#SDFL
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Trump ally says grand jury empaneled in Florida to investigate a sweeping conspiracy against Trump
A key Trump ally says a federal grand jury has been empaneled in Florida that will begin meeting in January.
abcnews.go.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“… This panel will examine the genesis of modern lawfare, explain its consequences, and then offer proposed solutions to mediate, eliminate, or ameliorate its effects.”

#SDFL
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Keep an eye on this guy: Miami US Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones, the latest out-of-control MAGA prosecutor with a license from Trump's utterly corrupt DOJ to go after perceived political enemies. This is the face of full-on fascism. Resist! news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
DOJ Miami Office Readies Conspiracy Probe Into Trump Enemies (2)
The South Florida US attorney’s office is recruiting prosecutors and restructuring its chain of command in preparation for a grand jury investigation expected to target former Justice Department offic...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Hon. Jason A. Reding Quiñones
The Federalist Society

“The courtroom has emerged as the new battleground for political wars. Increasingly, political candidates are looking to government agencies and judges to target adverse views and ideologies. …”

#SDFL
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Hon. Jason A. Reding Quiñones
Judge Reding Quiñones is a state court trial judge presiding over Domestic Violence cases in both family civil proceedings and criminal cases. Prior to taking the bench, he served as a military and fe...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“… The Honorable Reding Quiñones earned a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, with a minor in Military Sciences, from the University of Florida, and a Juris Doctor from Florida International University College of Law.”

#SDFL
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Trump's newest prosecutor once flagged for incompetence by bosses: report: President Donald Trump has announced Jason A. Reding Quiñones as his pick for U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida, a district that oversees cases in Miami, and on paper, noted the Miami Herald, Quiñones has…
Trump's newest prosecutor once flagged for incompetence by bosses: report
President Donald Trump has announced Jason A. Reding Quiñones as his pick for U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida, a district that oversees cases in Miami, and on paper, noted the Miami Herald, Quiñones has good credentials. "He formerly…
www.rawstory.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“… He continues to serve as a reserve lieutenant colonel, providing legal counsel on national security and counterterrorism matters to the Commander, U.S. Central Command.”

#SDFL
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I’m holding the nomination of Jason Reding Quiñones to be a United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

And I’m leaving the possibility open for future nominees.

Here’s why. A THREAD.
BREAKING: Sen. DURBIN announces hold on Trump’s U.S. Attorney nomination for the Southern District of Florida, as well as leaving open the possibility of holds on future U.S. Attorney nominees.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“… A decorated 22-year veteran of the United States military, Hon. Reding Quiñones has served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force as a cavalry scout, infantry officer, logistics officer, and judge advocate (military lawyer).”

#SDFL
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There are some things Trump failed to highlight in his glowing Truth Social post about his new nominee to head the US Attorney’s Office in South Florida: Jason A. Reding Quiñones changed his name, & received poor evaluations as a criminal prosecutor in the same office he has been nominated to head.
Trump picks U.S. attorney in Miami. As criminal prosecutor, he received poor evaluations
Lawyer Jason A. Reding added Quiñones to his last name when he applied to be a Miami-Dade County judge.
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“… He previously served as a national security official in the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, focusing on counterterrorism, and served as a federal prosecutor in both the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of Florida.”

#SDFL
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Here's Mike Davis talking about his "buddy" the local US attorney convening a special grand jury in Fort Pierce, FL, targeting "lawfare Democrats who waged this unprecedented, Republic-ending Russian-collusion hoax conspiracy against President Trump, his top aides, and his supporters."
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“… Prior to his appointment, Hon. Reding Quiñones served as a state court trial judge in Miami-Dade County presiding over civil and criminal domestic violence cases.”

#SDFL
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NEW: A Florida federal judge approved a January grand jury that a close Trump ally strongly suggested is part of the DOJ probe into an alleged Dem conspiracy against Trump -- 9/26 court order appears to match recent comments by Mike Davis (he declined to elaborate)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“… As United States Attorney, Reding Quiñones will lead the third-largest U.S. Attorney’s Office in the nation, overseeing the prosecution of a broad array of federal criminal offenses and the litigation of civil matters in which the United States has a legal interest.”

#SDFL
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‘Ex-CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI officials Strzok, Page subpoenaed as part of Russiagate probe: sources’

“A total of 30 federal grand jury subpoenas were issued related to the investigation into the Obama-era “Russigate” probe …”

#TrumpRussia
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nypost.com/2025/11/07/u...
Ex-CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI officials Strzok, Page subpoenaed as part of Russiagate probe: sources
A federal grand jury subpoenaed ex-CIA Director John Brennan, along with ex-FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
nypost.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
‘Jason A. Reding Quiñones Sworn in as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida’

13 Aug 2025

“The oath of office was administered by Attorney General Pam Bondi. The Honorable Reding Quiñones is the first confirmed U.S. Attorney of President Trump’s second administration.”

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Jason A. Reding Quiñones Sworn in as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
Following his nomination by President Donald J. Trump and confirmation by the United States Senate, Jason A. Reding Quiñones was sworn in today as the United States Attorney for the Southern District ...
www.justice.gov
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM