Mavis
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“A well-informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.” Thomas Jefferson
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January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Note that KTLA Los Angeles is Nexstar owned. Make your voice heard.
Find the Nexstar station nearest to you, note the ads during the local news and contact the advertisers
List here: www.nexstar.tv/stations/
List here: www.nexstar.tv/stations/
September 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Note that KTLA Los Angeles is Nexstar owned. Make your voice heard.
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Law firms, universities, media companies, and now banks. If people don’t understand what’s happening to our country, it’s because they don’t want to.
Exclusive: The White House is preparing to step up pressure against big banks over perceived discrimination against conservatives and crypto companies with an executive order.
Exclusive | White House Preps Order to Punish Banks That Discriminate Against Conservatives
The president is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week that targets so-called debanking of businesses including crypto companies.
on.wsj.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Law firms, universities, media companies, and now banks. If people don’t understand what’s happening to our country, it’s because they don’t want to.
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Not a dog whistle, but a fog horn
Rollins: "President Trump is American in ways the founders would understand & the pioneers who tamed this former wilderness would have instantly recognized. He's American in ways Iowans absolutely understand, so much that he won hearts & minds of Iowans & Americans not once, not twice, but 3 times."
July 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Not a dog whistle, but a fog horn
Trump policies hid an E. coli outbreak that sickened more than 80 people
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
Why you didn't hear about an E. coli outbreak that sickened more than 80 people
Colton George, 9, told his parents his stomach hurt. He felt too ill to finish a basketball game. Days later, he lay in a hospital bed, fighting for his life.
www.seattletimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump policies hid an E. coli outbreak that sickened more than 80 people
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
Here’s Harvard’s Free-to-Anyone Course on U.S. Government and the Constitution. Learn to recognize the threat of tyranny and authoritarianism.
pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...
pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...
American Government: Constitutional Foundations | Harvard University
Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.
pll.harvard.edu
May 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Here’s Harvard’s Free-to-Anyone Course on U.S. Government and the Constitution. Learn to recognize the threat of tyranny and authoritarianism.
pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...
pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...
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764,000 lost money on Trump meme coins, while 58 profited
www.salon.com/2025/05/07/7...
www.salon.com/2025/05/07/7...
764,000 have lost money on Trump meme coin
The president is promoting the coin as a chance to dine with him and tour the White House.
www.salon.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
764,000 lost money on Trump meme coins, while 58 profited
www.salon.com/2025/05/07/7...
www.salon.com/2025/05/07/7...
@movingsideways.bsky.social Mr. Hauselt, I’ve got to tell you that I’m right there with you with the ever-so scoldy and supremely self-important “Dr.” TP. I love when you call her out. And that’s a FACT!
May 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
@movingsideways.bsky.social Mr. Hauselt, I’ve got to tell you that I’m right there with you with the ever-so scoldy and supremely self-important “Dr.” TP. I love when you call her out. And that’s a FACT!
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Lawyers have a duty to defend our Constitution.
It is an absolute outrage that, in order to curry favor with Trump and continue making their billions, giant law firms like Paul Weiss have abrogated their responsibilities.
Thanks to those defending democracy. We will remember.
It is an absolute outrage that, in order to curry favor with Trump and continue making their billions, giant law firms like Paul Weiss have abrogated their responsibilities.
Thanks to those defending democracy. We will remember.
More than 500 law firms rally behind embattled peers, declaring that Trump’s crackdown on the legal industry poses “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself.” But none of the top 20 firms join. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
More Than 500 Law Firms Back Perkins Coie in Fight With Trump
The firms signed a legal brief supporting Perkins Coie, calling the president’s actions a threat “to the rule of law.” The largest firms declined to sign.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Lawyers have a duty to defend our Constitution.
It is an absolute outrage that, in order to curry favor with Trump and continue making their billions, giant law firms like Paul Weiss have abrogated their responsibilities.
Thanks to those defending democracy. We will remember.
It is an absolute outrage that, in order to curry favor with Trump and continue making their billions, giant law firms like Paul Weiss have abrogated their responsibilities.
Thanks to those defending democracy. We will remember.
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I have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please share!
March 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please share!
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This is the wildest story I have literally ever read. In any normal circumstances, a half-dozen senior officials would be forced to resign over this—starting with the National Security Advisor. And I doubt anyone will face any accountability at all.
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the wildest story I have literally ever read. In any normal circumstances, a half-dozen senior officials would be forced to resign over this—starting with the National Security Advisor. And I doubt anyone will face any accountability at all.
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🚨 Big SCOOP 🚨
Tax revenue could fall by as much as **10%** this year, per sources, as taxpayers and businesses see the Trump admin as less likely to challenge tax cheats.
That'd be **$500 BILLION** in lost revenue.
It'd nearly double the tax gap in a single year.
Tax revenue could fall by as much as **10%** this year, per sources, as taxpayers and businesses see the Trump admin as less likely to challenge tax cheats.
That'd be **$500 BILLION** in lost revenue.
It'd nearly double the tax gap in a single year.
Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS
Staff cuts and disruptions related to the U.S. DOGE Service have officials bracing for a sharp loss of revenue.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚨 Big SCOOP 🚨
Tax revenue could fall by as much as **10%** this year, per sources, as taxpayers and businesses see the Trump admin as less likely to challenge tax cheats.
That'd be **$500 BILLION** in lost revenue.
It'd nearly double the tax gap in a single year.
Tax revenue could fall by as much as **10%** this year, per sources, as taxpayers and businesses see the Trump admin as less likely to challenge tax cheats.
That'd be **$500 BILLION** in lost revenue.
It'd nearly double the tax gap in a single year.
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit:
freedom.press/issues/wired...
freedom.press/issues/wired...
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit:
freedom.press/issues/wired...
freedom.press/issues/wired...
Dear @americanbar.org,
Attorney General Pam Bondi and her Justice Department is making a mockery of U.S. law.
What are you going to do about it?
Attorney General Pam Bondi and her Justice Department is making a mockery of U.S. law.
What are you going to do about it?
March 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Dear @americanbar.org,
Attorney General Pam Bondi and her Justice Department is making a mockery of U.S. law.
What are you going to do about it?
Attorney General Pam Bondi and her Justice Department is making a mockery of U.S. law.
What are you going to do about it?
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No Dem Senator has to follow Schumer here. This is a weak stategic move driven by fear and learned helplessness. Don't follow him. He's leading the party into irrelevance and helping Trump and Musk in the process.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
SCHUMER just now: "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse."
March 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
No Dem Senator has to follow Schumer here. This is a weak stategic move driven by fear and learned helplessness. Don't follow him. He's leading the party into irrelevance and helping Trump and Musk in the process.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
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Take a minute to read this whole deep-dive on Brad Schimel's no-holds-barred loyalty to Donald Trump. This link is paywall-free. And then share it with anyone you know in Wisconsin—or who could donate or volunteer to help Susan Crawford in the April 1 Wi Sup Ct race.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
Brad Schimel, a Trump Loyalist, Aims to Flip Wisconsin’s Supreme Court (Gift Article)
Brad Schimel, a judge who is so supportive of the president that he dressed up as him for Halloween, is hoping to flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court for conservatives.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Take a minute to read this whole deep-dive on Brad Schimel's no-holds-barred loyalty to Donald Trump. This link is paywall-free. And then share it with anyone you know in Wisconsin—or who could donate or volunteer to help Susan Crawford in the April 1 Wi Sup Ct race.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...