The Trump admin has made clear that New Orleans is next.

Protect your neighbors:
🗣️ Pre-bunk lies about "targeting criminals"
📸 Film everything as a civic duty
🤝 Stand united
☮️ Keep it peaceful

Chicago proved that whole-of-society opposition works. New Orleans can, too.

The administration tried to sell a false story of "lawlessness," but Chicagoans told and documented the truth — peaceful demonstrators shot while praying, tear gassed in the streets, and much more.

Recordings destroyed the government’s narrative and gave lawyers crucial evidence.

We are proud to stand with partners in this lawsuit Loevy + Loevy, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic, UChicago Law's Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, First Defense Legal Aid, and the ACLU of Illinois. Read more about the case here: protdem.org/437OR6z

Journalists, clergy, and residents have been gassed, attacked, and brutalized while exercising their rights. Take, for example, a declarant in our case, running with a baby in hand as DHS agents shoot tear gas. The government must be held accountable and we must bear witness.

The First Amendment contains the most cherished and fundamental rights of our democracy — it is vital that we defend it. In her ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis affirmed that the government cannot use violence as a means to silence dissent. ⬇️

The court also found enough evidence for a jury to conclude “that Defendants worked together, not just to make and promote the Movie, but to do so for the purpose of advancing a knowingly false narrative about criminal ballot mules that intentionally defamed Andrews”

Judge Steven D. Grimberg was clear:

Read more about how the Trump Administration's recent action threatens civilian control of the military and sets a troubling precedent: bit.ly/43VMYtg

This is great, thank you so much for sharing—and for highlighting our work! Grateful for the work you’re already doing to advance some of the recommendations the report makes!

We definitely don’t have all the answers, but what we found can serve as a starting point—check it out: protectdemocracy.org/work/how-doe...

Together, we’ve found that while yes, Gen Z is increasingly disillusioned (kinda hard not to be, right?) with the state of our democracy, that doesn’t mean they don’t believe in it—the question is and has always been: HOW do we get it to work for everyone? 2/3

The heroes at @protectdemocracy.org had taken the OMB apportionment website and turned into a really easy to use public website.

Well, now they're suing.
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