StefStanley
@stefstanley.bsky.social
Writer, Investigator, Patriot
Trying to keep a record here of the authoritarian take-over of America.
Trying to keep a record here of the authoritarian take-over of America.
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The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy.
Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M
Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M
BREAKING: DOJ Files Anti-Voter Lawsuit in North Carolina
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy.
Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M
Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M
Grateful that the courts are mostly calling Trump on his illegal power grabs...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...
Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal by Federal Judicial Panel
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Grateful that the courts are mostly calling Trump on his illegal power grabs...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...
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Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.
Judge Finds Government Acted Illegally in Russian Scientist Case
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.
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Even after all this, the @nytimes continues to normalize it
May 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Even after all this, the @nytimes continues to normalize it
Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Move to Bar International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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With redactions lifted, we can see what the government was trying to keep secret:
ICE is seeking the addresses of people it is investigating — information that taxpayers entrust the IRS to keep confidential, and that the IRS is bound by law to keep safe.
americanoversight.org/heres-what-t...
ICE is seeking the addresses of people it is investigating — information that taxpayers entrust the IRS to keep confidential, and that the IRS is bound by law to keep safe.
americanoversight.org/heres-what-t...
Here’s What the Government Tried to Keep Hidden in the IRS-ICE Data-Sharing Agreement - American Oversight
The unsealing of key documents, including the agreement itself, reveals not only what taxpayer data ICE is seeking from the IRS, but also the highly questionable justifications the government used to ...
americanoversight.org
May 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
With redactions lifted, we can see what the government was trying to keep secret:
ICE is seeking the addresses of people it is investigating — information that taxpayers entrust the IRS to keep confidential, and that the IRS is bound by law to keep safe.
americanoversight.org/heres-what-t...
ICE is seeking the addresses of people it is investigating — information that taxpayers entrust the IRS to keep confidential, and that the IRS is bound by law to keep safe.
americanoversight.org/heres-what-t...
The plane is small potatoes compared to this Trump resort and golf course deal the Trump family just signed with a company run by the Qatari government -- which violates Trump's own (weak ethically) promise not to do business with foreign governments while in office.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign business
The Trump family company has struck a deal for a luxury golf resort in Qatar. It's a sign that the company has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration.
apnews.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The plane is small potatoes compared to this Trump resort and golf course deal the Trump family just signed with a company run by the Qatari government -- which violates Trump's own (weak ethically) promise not to do business with foreign governments while in office.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
The layoff U.S. Forest employees who help tourists and protect the land, but they prioritize destroying the homes of people who don't have one...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/r...
Sweep of Homeless Camp in Oregon Said to Be ‘Largest in Recent History’
Federal officials began clearing a forest where dozens of homeless people live in derelict R.V.s and cars.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The layoff U.S. Forest employees who help tourists and protect the land, but they prioritize destroying the homes of people who don't have one...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/r...
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“Mr. Rodríguez, we’re going to miss you,” a girl told the teacher after singing.
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Fearing deportation, a beloved music teacher gives a final lesson
Jesús Rodríguez, a Venezuelan national whose U.S. humanitarian parole status is set to expire soon, decided to voluntarily leave the United States out of worry of being detained.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“Mr. Rodríguez, we’re going to miss you,” a girl told the teacher after singing.
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
“I’m going to miss you, too,” he said, fighting back tears of his own.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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NEW from us: The IRS inspector general is probing whether Trump and his office improperly accessed taxpayer data.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
April 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NEW from us: The IRS inspector general is probing whether Trump and his office improperly accessed taxpayer data.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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UMN faculty, staff and student reps voted 139-6 to join other Big 10 schools in a “mutual academic defense compact” against Trump administration attacks. Your move President Cunningham.
University of Minnesota Senate approves resolution to unify Big Ten schools against Trump actions
The “mutual defense compact” would allow Big Ten schools to pool their resources to help any university under “political or legal infringement” from the Trump administration.
www.startribune.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
UMN faculty, staff and student reps voted 139-6 to join other Big 10 schools in a “mutual academic defense compact” against Trump administration attacks. Your move President Cunningham.
Another young man disappeared to the torture prison in El Salvador...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
An Immigrant Held in U.S. Custody ‘Simply Disappeared’
The Venezuelan man did not appear on a list of people sent to a prison in El Salvador, and his family and friends had no idea of his whereabouts.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Another young man disappeared to the torture prison in El Salvador...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
On Earth Day, the Trump Administration released the wackiest, reality-busting, we-are-living-Idiocracy statement that indeed could have been written by The Onion.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
On Earth Day, We Finally Have a President Who Follows Science
Under President Donald J. Trump, America is back — leveraging environmental policies rooted in reality to promote economic growth while maintaining the
www.whitehouse.gov
April 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
On Earth Day, the Trump Administration released the wackiest, reality-busting, we-are-living-Idiocracy statement that indeed could have been written by The Onion.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Who's taking bets that one of Trump's rich buddies from Saudi Arabia or Russia or El Salvador called him to complain their child's student visa was cancelled?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Trump Administration Reverses Course on Student Visa Cancellations
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Who's taking bets that one of Trump's rich buddies from Saudi Arabia or Russia or El Salvador called him to complain their child's student visa was cancelled?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
April 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
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The story of Trump’s secret plan to make everyone a vegan.
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
apnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The story of Trump’s secret plan to make everyone a vegan.
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BREAKING: 1,600 post docs at Johns Hopkins University are unionizing with @UAW.
April 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
BREAKING: 1,600 post docs at Johns Hopkins University are unionizing with @UAW.
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A federal judge granted plaintiffs a preliminary injunction in the VOA case.
@paulthedogman.bsky.social writes on the DOJ’s curious failure to address the central point in the case, or offer any reasonable justifications for shuttering VOA whatsoever.
www.justsecurity.org/110830/justi...
@paulthedogman.bsky.social writes on the DOJ’s curious failure to address the central point in the case, or offer any reasonable justifications for shuttering VOA whatsoever.
www.justsecurity.org/110830/justi...
Justice Department Fails to Address Central Point in VOA Case
A federal judge halted the shutdown of VOA, citing violations of administrative law and congressional authority, not press freedom.
www.justsecurity.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A federal judge granted plaintiffs a preliminary injunction in the VOA case.
@paulthedogman.bsky.social writes on the DOJ’s curious failure to address the central point in the case, or offer any reasonable justifications for shuttering VOA whatsoever.
www.justsecurity.org/110830/justi...
@paulthedogman.bsky.social writes on the DOJ’s curious failure to address the central point in the case, or offer any reasonable justifications for shuttering VOA whatsoever.
www.justsecurity.org/110830/justi...
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BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
April 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
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Our cover this week.
April 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our cover this week.