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A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said.
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said.
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
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🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Federal Judge Breyer rules that Trump's federalization of the California National Guard was ILLEGAL and orders control of the Guard be RETURNED to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
June 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Federal Judge Breyer rules that Trump's federalization of the California National Guard was ILLEGAL and orders control of the Guard be RETURNED to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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I know we’re all singing Gavin’s praises this week but as far as Governors go, Pritzker was there first, without his state being under direct attack by this regime (other elected officials too).
Credit where credit is due.
Integrity is about your choices before the cameras are on.
Credit where credit is due.
Integrity is about your choices before the cameras are on.
June 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I know we’re all singing Gavin’s praises this week but as far as Governors go, Pritzker was there first, without his state being under direct attack by this regime (other elected officials too).
Credit where credit is due.
Integrity is about your choices before the cameras are on.
Credit where credit is due.
Integrity is about your choices before the cameras are on.
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Russ Vought's CFPB tried to do a corporate pardon with a mortgage broker who had already entered a final judgment and paid a fine for egregious lending discrimination.
The judge looked at it and said, "No."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge looked at it and said, "No."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Moreover, the Court agrees with Amici that granting the Motion would erode
public confidence in the finality of judgments. It would set a precedent suggesting
that a new administration could seek to vacate or otherwise nullify the voluntary
resolution of a case between a prior administration (or the same administration ,but
under different agency leadership) and a private party merely because its leadership
thought the original litigation unwise or improperly motivated. That is a Pandora’s
box the Court refuses to open.
All in all, balancing the benefits vacatur against the public interest in the
finality of judgment, the Court finds that the latter outweighs the former.
Conclusion
For the foregoing reasons, the Court denies the Parties’ Joint Rule 60(b)(6)
Motion for Relief and Vacatur of the Stipulated Final Judgment and Order [145]. The](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3/bafkreiajiidpjcym4guhvrvugtdsdogsftm37obeimxcdnylwm6przyfjy@jpeg)
June 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Russ Vought's CFPB tried to do a corporate pardon with a mortgage broker who had already entered a final judgment and paid a fine for egregious lending discrimination.
The judge looked at it and said, "No."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge looked at it and said, "No."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"A reminder that before devolution and the SNP being elected, all 10 of the poorest areas in the UK were in Scotland. Now they are in England. Scotland can manage our affairs better than Westminster ever could."
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June 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"A reminder that before devolution and the SNP being elected, all 10 of the poorest areas in the UK were in Scotland. Now they are in England. Scotland can manage our affairs better than Westminster ever could."
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Poilievre and Blanchet are SO rude constantly talking over Carney in the debate. Why would anyone want to vote for either of them?!! We need serious adults running our country not rude little adolescent bullies.
Carney is so cool and competent!! The adult in the room.
Carney is so cool and competent!! The adult in the room.
April 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Poilievre and Blanchet are SO rude constantly talking over Carney in the debate. Why would anyone want to vote for either of them?!! We need serious adults running our country not rude little adolescent bullies.
Carney is so cool and competent!! The adult in the room.
Carney is so cool and competent!! The adult in the room.
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RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."
www.motherjones.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Please repost this everyday as a Public Service Announcement.
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Please repost this everyday as a Public Service Announcement.
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If you are surprised that a “natural born” U.S. citizen has been locked up arbitrarily by ICE, you haven’t been paying attention. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
U.S.-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia
Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez is being held even though a county judge found his birth certificate “authentic” and said there wasn’t reason to consider him an “illegal alien.”
www.nbcnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
If you are surprised that a “natural born” U.S. citizen has been locked up arbitrarily by ICE, you haven’t been paying attention. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
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NEWS: There will be a hearing at 11:00 AM tomorrow on the mass firing at CFPB.
CFPB leadership must present someone who knows why the reduction in force was undertaken, and internal documents must be filed, along with a list of everyone fired.
CFPB leadership must present someone who knows why the reduction in force was undertaken, and internal documents must be filed, along with a list of everyone fired.
![MINUTE ORDER. In light of [105] plaintiffs' motion for an order to show cause as to why defendants have not violated the preliminary injunction in this case, the Court will conduct a hearing on Friday, April 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM in Courtroom 25A. It is ORDERED that defendants must have a person with personal knowledge of the scope of the Reduction in Force ("RIF") and the decision to implement it, such as the CFPB Chief Operating Officer or the Operations Manager or Chief of the Office of Human Capital, present at the hearing. It is FURTHER ORDERED that by 10:00 AM Friday, April 18, defendants must file with the Court: copies of any letters, memoranda, or emails sent to CFPB staff from Chief Legal Officer Mark Paoletta and/or Acting Director Russell Vought this week; representative samples of any RIF or layoff notices that have been issued or will be issued on April 18; and a list of all of the employees involved and their job titles. The list of employees must be filed under seal to avoid the publication of personal information with a redacted version filed on the public docket; an unredacted copy should be emailed to the Court's Deputy Clerk. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on 4/17/25. (DMK)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3/bafkreighodmmpkwfcypvhukdz3xz7cemjfxaahpjxpu4o3x3mm5l3oiv4i@jpeg)
April 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
NEWS: There will be a hearing at 11:00 AM tomorrow on the mass firing at CFPB.
CFPB leadership must present someone who knows why the reduction in force was undertaken, and internal documents must be filed, along with a list of everyone fired.
CFPB leadership must present someone who knows why the reduction in force was undertaken, and internal documents must be filed, along with a list of everyone fired.
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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
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The Bush administration disappeared people too, sent them to a different gulag at Gitmo and other black sites, kidnapped people off the street of Milan, tortured them, in the name of "a different kind of war."
We didn't come close to holding them accountable.
We're seeing the cost of that now.
We didn't come close to holding them accountable.
We're seeing the cost of that now.
April 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Bush administration disappeared people too, sent them to a different gulag at Gitmo and other black sites, kidnapped people off the street of Milan, tortured them, in the name of "a different kind of war."
We didn't come close to holding them accountable.
We're seeing the cost of that now.
We didn't come close to holding them accountable.
We're seeing the cost of that now.
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"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.
April 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.
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Rage rant about the government admitting they wrongly sent a man to the El Salvador gulag and are not going to do anything about it.
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This Isn’t a Mistake — It’s Evil
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April 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Rage rant about the government admitting they wrongly sent a man to the El Salvador gulag and are not going to do anything about it.
youtu.be/2LScwsPP9oc?...
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GOP lawmakers eye SNAP cuts, which would scale back benefits that help low-income people buy food at a time of high food prices
@us.theconversation.com
Tracy Roof
theconversation.com/gop-lawmaker...
@us.theconversation.com
Tracy Roof
theconversation.com/gop-lawmaker...
GOP lawmakers eye SNAP cuts, which would scale back benefits that help low-income people buy food at a time of high food prices
The federal government spent $100 billion on these benefits, which are still sometimes called food stamps, in 2024.
theconversation.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
GOP lawmakers eye SNAP cuts, which would scale back benefits that help low-income people buy food at a time of high food prices
@us.theconversation.com
Tracy Roof
theconversation.com/gop-lawmaker...
@us.theconversation.com
Tracy Roof
theconversation.com/gop-lawmaker...
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Moderna and Novavax shares plunge after key FDA official steps down, citing discord with RFK Jr. who he says ‘wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies’
flip.it/a-YoWQ
I can just guess there was a lot of GOP short selling of vaccine makers leading up to this.
flip.it/a-YoWQ
I can just guess there was a lot of GOP short selling of vaccine makers leading up to this.
Moderna and Novavax shares plunge after key FDA official steps down, citing discord with RFK Jr. who he says 'wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies'
Massive cuts to personnel and funding within the HHS presents a headache for vaccine approval and development, analysts say.
flip.it
April 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Moderna and Novavax shares plunge after key FDA official steps down, citing discord with RFK Jr. who he says ‘wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies’
flip.it/a-YoWQ
I can just guess there was a lot of GOP short selling of vaccine makers leading up to this.
flip.it/a-YoWQ
I can just guess there was a lot of GOP short selling of vaccine makers leading up to this.
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Hey Canada,
Lawyers are recommending you leave your main mobile phone at home and buy a burner phone if you need to travel to the US.
THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT BE TRAVELLING TO THE U.S.!!!!
Pass it on.
Lawyers are recommending you leave your main mobile phone at home and buy a burner phone if you need to travel to the US.
THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT BE TRAVELLING TO THE U.S.!!!!
Pass it on.
Expect extra questions, take a burner phone: Immigration lawyers weigh in on travel to the U.S. | CBC News
Amid stories of travellers facing hurdles or even being detained at the U.S. border, some immigration lawyers say Canadians should expect extra questioning, have plenty of documents on hand and even c...
www.cbc.ca
April 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hey Canada,
Lawyers are recommending you leave your main mobile phone at home and buy a burner phone if you need to travel to the US.
THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT BE TRAVELLING TO THE U.S.!!!!
Pass it on.
Lawyers are recommending you leave your main mobile phone at home and buy a burner phone if you need to travel to the US.
THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT BE TRAVELLING TO THE U.S.!!!!
Pass it on.
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Alabama can’t prosecute groups helping people travel out of state for abortions 19thnews.org/2025/04/alab... via @19thnews.org
Alabama can’t prosecute groups helping people travel out of state for abortions
The ruling — one of the first to explicitly address abortion-related travel — is a significant victory for abortion providers and supporters.
19thnews.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Alabama can’t prosecute groups helping people travel out of state for abortions 19thnews.org/2025/04/alab... via @19thnews.org
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White entitlement has spawned this catastrophe in which everything they’ve taken for granted is dismantled under the banner of permanently securing their social position via reinstated apartheid. They were told they would rule and didn’t hear that it would be a reign of ashes.
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
White entitlement has spawned this catastrophe in which everything they’ve taken for granted is dismantled under the banner of permanently securing their social position via reinstated apartheid. They were told they would rule and didn’t hear that it would be a reign of ashes.
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Hegseth has found the perfect way to avoid blame for the Signalgate chat: admit nothing
April 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Hegseth has found the perfect way to avoid blame for the Signalgate chat: admit nothing
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‘One of the darkest days in modern scientific history’
April 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘One of the darkest days in modern scientific history’