LaurieJ1023
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Political msgs only!! No DMs! Love GOD! No Atheists!! USAF Veteran, Mother of multiracial children/grandchildren, IT Professional. #VoteBlue!!
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"The nation has faced, many times, a conservative Court aligned with bigotry and big business. But the nation has not previously faced a conservative Court aligned with helping the president become a king." — @snipy.bsky.social
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"The nation has faced, many times, a conservative Court aligned with bigotry and big business. But the nation has not previously faced a conservative Court aligned with helping the president become a king." — @snipy.bsky.social
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Mexico showed up to help Texas before FEMA let that sink in.
July 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Mexico showed up to help Texas before FEMA let that sink in.
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“If ICE was a military, it would have the 16th biggest budget in the world. You wanna talk about America First? Think about all the things we could do in this country, like giving a [hurricane] warning system to these folks in rural Texas, instead of plucking brown people out of their homes.”
July 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“If ICE was a military, it would have the 16th biggest budget in the world. You wanna talk about America First? Think about all the things we could do in this country, like giving a [hurricane] warning system to these folks in rural Texas, instead of plucking brown people out of their homes.”
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What’s outrageous is pretending this cruelty is necessary. What’s inappropriate is defending it while our communities suffer.
We don’t need more masked men in tactical gear, we need humanity.
We don’t need more masked men in tactical gear, we need humanity.
July 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
What’s outrageous is pretending this cruelty is necessary. What’s inappropriate is defending it while our communities suffer.
We don’t need more masked men in tactical gear, we need humanity.
We don’t need more masked men in tactical gear, we need humanity.
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Friday newsletter: Trump: Making International Thuggery Great Again open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Trump: Making International Thuggery Great Again
“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” George Orwell
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July 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Friday newsletter: Trump: Making International Thuggery Great Again open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Judge Xinis right now with the ICE official in court
a woman sitting on a bed talking on a phone with the words do you know anything written below her
ALT: a woman sitting on a bed talking on a phone with the words do you know anything written below her
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July 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Judge Xinis right now with the ICE official in court
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Q: “What keeps you up at night?”
JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: “The state of our democracy.” 🇺🇸 😕
JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: “The state of our democracy.” 🇺🇸 😕
July 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Q: “What keeps you up at night?”
JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: “The state of our democracy.” 🇺🇸 😕
JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: “The state of our democracy.” 🇺🇸 😕
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Finally, a chance to acquire bird flu or the parasite Cyclospora free from big government interference.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Finally, a chance to acquire bird flu or the parasite Cyclospora free from big government interference.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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This is the most important chart you will see all week.
www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...
www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has long worked to protect voting rights. But since President Donald Trump returned to office, the DOJ’s voting section has done a dramatic 180. Today, rather than...
www.democracydocket.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is the most important chart you will see all week.
www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...
www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...
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Reminder: When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they really seek is freedom from accountability.
Don't be fooled.
And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they really seek is freedom from accountability.
Don't be fooled.
July 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Reminder: When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they really seek is freedom from accountability.
Don't be fooled.
And when those billionaires justify their business motives by citing “freedom,” what they really seek is freedom from accountability.
Don't be fooled.
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Now enforce it.
@jeffmerkley.bsky.social @tinakotek.bsky.social
Make this happen in our state... In all the states...
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Make this happen in our state... In all the states...
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
ICE agents wouldn't be allowed to wear masks in Massachusetts in proposed legislation
A lawmaker wants to prevent ICE agents from wearing masks while on the job in Massachusetts.
www.cbsnews.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Now enforce it.
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Stephen Miller has spent his career pushing policies that treat people as threats instead of humans. His ideas don’t come from strength or compassion but from a deep belief in exclusion. We need leaders who solve problems, not ones who divide to score points. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
July 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Stephen Miller has spent his career pushing policies that treat people as threats instead of humans. His ideas don’t come from strength or compassion but from a deep belief in exclusion. We need leaders who solve problems, not ones who divide to score points. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
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And now a 35% tariffs on Canada for the Fentanyl flow of 59 Lbs into US for which Canada already set up a Fentanyl Czar on their end. The world deserves better than this moron.
July 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
And now a 35% tariffs on Canada for the Fentanyl flow of 59 Lbs into US for which Canada already set up a Fentanyl Czar on their end. The world deserves better than this moron.
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📺Trump’s big bill is crushing Medicaid, independents vet candidates are answering the call, Musk’s Grok AI sounds like a Nazi on X, Trump is finally changing his pro-Putin position, but also embarrassing us all again with his ignorance.
youtu.be/21GpR-0lPJA?...
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MSNBC: KATY TUR REPORTS - JULY 10, 2025 - TRUMP SOFTENS ON UKRAINE, GROK GLITCHES
YouTube video by Righteous Media
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July 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
📺Trump’s big bill is crushing Medicaid, independents vet candidates are answering the call, Musk’s Grok AI sounds like a Nazi on X, Trump is finally changing his pro-Putin position, but also embarrassing us all again with his ignorance.
youtu.be/21GpR-0lPJA?...
youtu.be/21GpR-0lPJA?...
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A newly completed investigation by Wyoming’s largest county found no evidence of noncitizen voting in the 2024 elections, undercutting claims used to justify the state’s controversial proof of citizenship law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Wyoming’s Largest County Finds No Evidence of Noncitizen Voting, Undermining State’s Anti-Voting Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A newly completed investigation by Wyoming’s largest county found no evidence of noncitizen voting in the 2024 elections, undercutting claims used to justify the state’s controversial proof of citizenship law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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I know it's late, but I just finished my latest about the GOP's desperate strategy to deal with their deep unpopularity via more extreme gerrymandering and why it may backfire.
Become a Democracy Docket member now to receive it in your inbox tomorrow. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...
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July 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I know it's late, but I just finished my latest about the GOP's desperate strategy to deal with their deep unpopularity via more extreme gerrymandering and why it may backfire.
Become a Democracy Docket member now to receive it in your inbox tomorrow. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...
Become a Democracy Docket member now to receive it in your inbox tomorrow. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...
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Stephen Miller should be sent to The Hague for crimes against humanity.
Stephen Miller has spent his career pushing policies that treat people as threats instead of humans. His ideas don’t come from strength or compassion but from a deep belief in exclusion. We need leaders who solve problems, not ones who divide to score points. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
July 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Stephen Miller should be sent to The Hague for crimes against humanity.
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge Xinis comes in hot this morning after DOJ fails to produce the ICE detainer to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia locked up.
She won't take DOJ's word for it that it exists.
"You have taken the presumption of regularity and you’ve destroyed it in my view," she says.
She won't take DOJ's word for it that it exists.
"You have taken the presumption of regularity and you’ve destroyed it in my view," she says.
July 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Xinis comes in hot this morning after DOJ fails to produce the ICE detainer to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia locked up.
She won't take DOJ's word for it that it exists.
"You have taken the presumption of regularity and you’ve destroyed it in my view," she says.
She won't take DOJ's word for it that it exists.
"You have taken the presumption of regularity and you’ve destroyed it in my view," she says.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Trump's budget includes massive cuts to vital programs in exchange for tax cuts skewed to the rich.
It's so unpopular that the House GOP voted on it in the wee hours of the morning last month.
Now, the Senate GOP is ramming it through over the weekend.
They want to hide it.
It's so unpopular that the House GOP voted on it in the wee hours of the morning last month.
Now, the Senate GOP is ramming it through over the weekend.
They want to hide it.
June 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Trump's budget includes massive cuts to vital programs in exchange for tax cuts skewed to the rich.
It's so unpopular that the House GOP voted on it in the wee hours of the morning last month.
Now, the Senate GOP is ramming it through over the weekend.
They want to hide it.
It's so unpopular that the House GOP voted on it in the wee hours of the morning last month.
Now, the Senate GOP is ramming it through over the weekend.
They want to hide it.
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Just a reminder of who Thom Tillis is:
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
June 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just a reminder of who Thom Tillis is:
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.”
In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.
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The Supreme Court is set to issue opinions tomorrow in some or all of the 10 remaining cases it heard this term, including:
⚖️Birthright Citizenship/Nationwide Injunctions.
⚖️Louisiana Redistricting.
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⚖️Birthright Citizenship/Nationwide Injunctions.
⚖️Louisiana Redistricting.
I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed. Sign-up now for free. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
June 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Supreme Court is set to issue opinions tomorrow in some or all of the 10 remaining cases it heard this term, including:
⚖️Birthright Citizenship/Nationwide Injunctions.
⚖️Louisiana Redistricting.
I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed. Sign-up now for free. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
⚖️Birthright Citizenship/Nationwide Injunctions.
⚖️Louisiana Redistricting.
I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed. Sign-up now for free. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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'“It is reckless and irresponsible and yet another direct frontal assault on the federal courts of this country,” said retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit from 1991 to 2006.'
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Trump DOJ sues all federal judges in Maryland over deportation order
Legal experts described the move as an attack on judicial independence. The DOJ said its goal was to preserve Trump’s constitutional authority over immigration.
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June 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
'“It is reckless and irresponsible and yet another direct frontal assault on the federal courts of this country,” said retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit from 1991 to 2006.'
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Ted Cruz just said Mr. Abrego has been charged with Human Trafficking. Cruz proclaims "I read every word of that indictment!" Apparently not, because Abrego was not charged with human trafficking.
I hope this comes up in a motion to dismiss the charges.
I hope this comes up in a motion to dismiss the charges.
June 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Ted Cruz just said Mr. Abrego has been charged with Human Trafficking. Cruz proclaims "I read every word of that indictment!" Apparently not, because Abrego was not charged with human trafficking.
I hope this comes up in a motion to dismiss the charges.
I hope this comes up in a motion to dismiss the charges.