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New in PN: Federalism can protect Americans from tyranny
"The question we face is whether the nation’s sovereign states will use their constitutional authority to protect the rights of citizens against a tyrannical federal regime, including by holding federal officers responsible for their crimes."
"The question we face is whether the nation’s sovereign states will use their constitutional authority to protect the rights of citizens against a tyrannical federal regime, including by holding federal officers responsible for their crimes."
Federalism can protect Americans from tyranny
The Constitution provides tools to resist the regime.
www.publicnotice.co
January 27, 2026 at 12:53 PM
New in PN: Federalism can protect Americans from tyranny
"The question we face is whether the nation’s sovereign states will use their constitutional authority to protect the rights of citizens against a tyrannical federal regime, including by holding federal officers responsible for their crimes."
"The question we face is whether the nation’s sovereign states will use their constitutional authority to protect the rights of citizens against a tyrannical federal regime, including by holding federal officers responsible for their crimes."
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School Superintendent Banning Doctor's Notes Follows Fringe MAGA Culture War Account
Michael Adkins of Lawrence County Schools refuses to allow student sick days
meidasnews.com/news/superin...
Michael Adkins of Lawrence County Schools refuses to allow student sick days
meidasnews.com/news/superin...
Superintendent Banning Doctor's Notes Follows Fringe MAGA Culture War Account
Michael Adkins of Lawrence County Schools refuses to allow student sick days
meidasnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
School Superintendent Banning Doctor's Notes Follows Fringe MAGA Culture War Account
Michael Adkins of Lawrence County Schools refuses to allow student sick days
meidasnews.com/news/superin...
Michael Adkins of Lawrence County Schools refuses to allow student sick days
meidasnews.com/news/superin...
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In response to Texas Republicans, California Democrats are considering new political maps that could slash five Republican-held House seats in the liberal-leaning state while bolstering Democratic incumbents in other battleground districts before a special election. apnews.com/article/cali...
California could slash 5 GOP US House seats to counter Texas' move to pad Republican margin
California Democrats are weighing new political maps that could slash five Republican-held House seats in the liberal-leaning state while bolstering Democratic incumbents in other battleground distric...
apnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In response to Texas Republicans, California Democrats are considering new political maps that could slash five Republican-held House seats in the liberal-leaning state while bolstering Democratic incumbents in other battleground districts before a special election. apnews.com/article/cali...
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In 2021, just five cases of the natural Polio virus were reported in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But since then, cases rebounded, hitting 99 last year, and officials have missed at least six self-imposed eradication deadlines. apnews.com/article/poli...
The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback
The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
apnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In 2021, just five cases of the natural Polio virus were reported in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But since then, cases rebounded, hitting 99 last year, and officials have missed at least six self-imposed eradication deadlines. apnews.com/article/poli...
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“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to whites, because their immune system is better than ours.”
There are many horrifying elements to this statement by RFK Jr. and one of them is that I bet he thinks it’s a compliment.
There are many horrifying elements to this statement by RFK Jr. and one of them is that I bet he thinks it’s a compliment.
August 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to whites, because their immune system is better than ours.”
There are many horrifying elements to this statement by RFK Jr. and one of them is that I bet he thinks it’s a compliment.
There are many horrifying elements to this statement by RFK Jr. and one of them is that I bet he thinks it’s a compliment.
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Rep. Lisa McClain dismisses Rep. Mike Flood getting booed at a town hall over Medicaid cuts: "As we know, the Democratic Party buses in a lot of people from outside his district."
August 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Rep. Lisa McClain dismisses Rep. Mike Flood getting booed at a town hall over Medicaid cuts: "As we know, the Democratic Party buses in a lot of people from outside his district."
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The Gifford fire in California had burned 65,000 acres by Monday, scorching through part of the Los Padres National Forest and putting hundreds of people under evacuation orders. Three people had been injured and 460 structures were threatened. nyti.ms/45rrTbc
August 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Gifford fire in California had burned 65,000 acres by Monday, scorching through part of the Los Padres National Forest and putting hundreds of people under evacuation orders. Three people had been injured and 460 structures were threatened. nyti.ms/45rrTbc
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Hearing Trump speak is often like hearing the voices of enslavers echoing down the centuries.
Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."
August 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hearing Trump speak is often like hearing the voices of enslavers echoing down the centuries.
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Two of the four most important characteristics for being "American" in the eyes of Republicans? Obeying U.S. laws and respecting the Constitution. 🤔
What makes an American? Three in 10 Republicans say: Being White.
(National Archives) There's a car in my neighborhood (and perhaps in yours, too) that sports a confounding pair of bumper stickers. One advocates for making America great again, an idea recently popul...
www.pbump.net
August 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Two of the four most important characteristics for being "American" in the eyes of Republicans? Obeying U.S. laws and respecting the Constitution. 🤔
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If Joe Biden had told a cable show that non-whites were made for farm labor and insisted his approval rating was in the 70s and then climbed onto the roof of the fucking White House …
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If Joe Biden had told a cable show that non-whites were made for farm labor and insisted his approval rating was in the 70s and then climbed onto the roof of the fucking White House …
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ILLINOIS GOV. J.B. PRITZKER (D): "If they're gonna cheat, then all of us have to take a hard look at what the effect of that cheating is on democracy . And that means we've all got to stand up and do the right thing. So as far as I'm concerned, everything is on the table."
August 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
ILLINOIS GOV. J.B. PRITZKER (D): "If they're gonna cheat, then all of us have to take a hard look at what the effect of that cheating is on democracy . And that means we've all got to stand up and do the right thing. So as far as I'm concerned, everything is on the table."
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"I'm one David against several Goliaths now."
This week on The Vergecast, Blogilates founder Cassey Ho joins us to talk about her fight against major retailers selling an overwhelming number of dupes of her lavender pirouette skort.
This week on The Vergecast, Blogilates founder Cassey Ho joins us to talk about her fight against major retailers selling an overwhelming number of dupes of her lavender pirouette skort.
August 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"I'm one David against several Goliaths now."
This week on The Vergecast, Blogilates founder Cassey Ho joins us to talk about her fight against major retailers selling an overwhelming number of dupes of her lavender pirouette skort.
This week on The Vergecast, Blogilates founder Cassey Ho joins us to talk about her fight against major retailers selling an overwhelming number of dupes of her lavender pirouette skort.
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From a report today on @npr.org: People held at Alligator Auschwitz have no legal path out. ICE says they're held on state charges, so Federal immigration judges can't hear cases for bond or anything else. The state hasn't charged them, so state judges can't hear the case because there's no case. 1/
August 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
From a report today on @npr.org: People held at Alligator Auschwitz have no legal path out. ICE says they're held on state charges, so Federal immigration judges can't hear cases for bond or anything else. The state hasn't charged them, so state judges can't hear the case because there's no case. 1/
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I would very much like the next person who interviews RFK Jr. to ask him for evidence to support this quote, and to not nod stupidly along with his response.
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to whites, because their immune system is better than ours.”
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to whites, because their immune system is better than ours.”
August 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I would very much like the next person who interviews RFK Jr. to ask him for evidence to support this quote, and to not nod stupidly along with his response.
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to whites, because their immune system is better than ours.”
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to whites, because their immune system is better than ours.”
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OK patriots, this is how they do it in the most corrupt strongman authoritarian societies. It’s foul and loathsome.
Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared newrepublic.com/article/1988... via @newrepublic.com
Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared newrepublic.com/article/1988... via @newrepublic.com
Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared
It’s officially happening: the use of the machinery of justice to go on fishing expeditions about political predecessors. Absolute madness.
newrepublic.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
OK patriots, this is how they do it in the most corrupt strongman authoritarian societies. It’s foul and loathsome.
Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared newrepublic.com/article/1988... via @newrepublic.com
Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared newrepublic.com/article/1988... via @newrepublic.com
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Thousands of machinists who build fighter jets and munitions at Boeing’s defense hub went on strike at midnight Monday for the first time since the mid-1990s.
Boeing defense union goes on strike
Boeing defense union announces strike after machinists in Missouri and Illinois voted to reject the latest contract offer.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Thousands of machinists who build fighter jets and munitions at Boeing’s defense hub went on strike at midnight Monday for the first time since the mid-1990s.
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some interesting salutes at the end of this clip too
August 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
some interesting salutes at the end of this clip too
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Phang: Good for Pritzker, good for Hochul, good for Newsom—good for these other Democratic governors who are saying, “You know what? F off.” We’re not going to let people in these other states—people who are under attack and trying to do the right thing for their constituents—go without support
August 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Phang: Good for Pritzker, good for Hochul, good for Newsom—good for these other Democratic governors who are saying, “You know what? F off.” We’re not going to let people in these other states—people who are under attack and trying to do the right thing for their constituents—go without support
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had Biden randomly wandered on the White House roof shouting at reporters about nuclear weapons, Jake Tapper would drop everything to pitch a new series of books and Hannity would anchor ongoing special coverage until 2029
but when Trump does it it's just Trump being Trump!
but when Trump does it it's just Trump being Trump!
August 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
had Biden randomly wandered on the White House roof shouting at reporters about nuclear weapons, Jake Tapper would drop everything to pitch a new series of books and Hannity would anchor ongoing special coverage until 2029
but when Trump does it it's just Trump being Trump!
but when Trump does it it's just Trump being Trump!
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A Russian missile killed a pregnant woman in the Ukrainian hospital where she was being treated.
“We were waiting for a son and then in one minute, the ... Russians,” her husband Oleksandr said.
“We were waiting for a son and then in one minute, the ... Russians,” her husband Oleksandr said.
In a Ukrainian maternity ward, a Russian missile delivered death
A missile killed Diana Koshyk and her unborn son in the hospital where she was being treated, near a building Ukrainian soldiers used as a warehouse.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A Russian missile killed a pregnant woman in the Ukrainian hospital where she was being treated.
“We were waiting for a son and then in one minute, the ... Russians,” her husband Oleksandr said.
“We were waiting for a son and then in one minute, the ... Russians,” her husband Oleksandr said.
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Today's the day! Happy book birthday to THE PINK PAJAMAS!
Thank you to my editor Deeba Zargarpur for believing in the book! Thanks as well to excellent team at S&S and S&S Canada, and my agent Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social !
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #edusky
Thank you to my editor Deeba Zargarpur for believing in the book! Thanks as well to excellent team at S&S and S&S Canada, and my agent Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social !
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #edusky
August 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today's the day! Happy book birthday to THE PINK PAJAMAS!
Thank you to my editor Deeba Zargarpur for believing in the book! Thanks as well to excellent team at S&S and S&S Canada, and my agent Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social !
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #edusky
Thank you to my editor Deeba Zargarpur for believing in the book! Thanks as well to excellent team at S&S and S&S Canada, and my agent Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social !
#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #edusky
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Casar as CNN presses him about running against Doggett: "We aren't accepting these illegal maps. We're not going to just stand by and be pit against one another... this fight is about something much bigger than the horserace... it's about voters being able to choose their member of Congress"
August 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Casar as CNN presses him about running against Doggett: "We aren't accepting these illegal maps. We're not going to just stand by and be pit against one another... this fight is about something much bigger than the horserace... it's about voters being able to choose their member of Congress"
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New Hampshire enacted two new anti-voting laws that will require absentee voters to submit photo ID and proof of citizenship to receive a ballot.
The change could disenfranchise thousands, particularly:
✅ Seniors
✅ Students
✅ Low-income and rural voters
The change could disenfranchise thousands, particularly:
✅ Seniors
✅ Students
✅ Low-income and rural voters
New Hampshire Enacts Strict New ID Rules for Absentee Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New Hampshire enacted two new anti-voting laws that will require absentee voters to submit photo ID and proof of citizenship to receive a ballot.
The change could disenfranchise thousands, particularly:
✅ Seniors
✅ Students
✅ Low-income and rural voters
The change could disenfranchise thousands, particularly:
✅ Seniors
✅ Students
✅ Low-income and rural voters