This beautiful book has been banned. So I got my copy #ReadBannedBooks

What happened last night and today was manufactured propaganda by the Trump admin to justify using the military against Americans. Let us be clear: the military should never police civilians without a request from the state. So much for the so-called party of states’ rights and law and order.

The National Guard has arrived in Los Angeles, but they were not requested by California. Both Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass made it clear that the state did not authorize or want federal troops deployed.

When the Fight for Democracy Is Personal Allison Riggs discusses the protracted legal battle for her seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, and what it means for the entire country.

Allison Riggs, a justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court, is currently at the center of the nation’s sole uncalled 2024 election.

She tells @dgraham.bsky.social that what is happening to her “is a real attack at the fundamentals of democracy”:

I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.

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Meanwhile, the administration has quietly slashed DOGE’s so-called “savings target” from $2 trillion to just $150 billion. Because it was never about savings. It was always about control.

Your data. Your life. Their weapon. We see it now for what it is.

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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

Seems somehow appropriate

Republicans Are Trying to Steal an Election From Marc | For the sake of our democracy, let us hope the courts once again prevent that from happening.

Republicans are trying to steal an election in North Carolina. They have been laying the groundwork for five months, and unless the federal courts intervene, they just might succeed. If they do, it could usher in a new era of election subversion in future contests across the country.

FEMA will stop 100% cost-share in Helene recovery • NC Newsline "I am extremely disappointed and urge the President to reconsider FEMA’s bad decision, even for 90 days," Gov. Josh Stein said.

Trump, who (falsely) claimed during his election campaign that Biden wasn't doing ENOUGH to assist with NC's hurricane recovery....wait for it....just revoked Biden's Dec 2024 hurricane clean-up reimbursement agreement.

#ncpol

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When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US.

When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.

MAJOR SCOOP: The local detective who first accused Mr. Abrego Garcia of being a member of MS-31 was suspended from the police force and indicted merely WEEKS LATER for providing confidential information to a sex worker who he was paying in exchange for sexual acts.

Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence. Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. Non...

This seems…troubling. “What we are clearly seeing is that with this administration, they are not responding to congressional inquiries.” @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump Almost every week, 60 Minutes, which is being sued for Billions of Dollars for the fraud they committed in the 2024 Presidential Election with their Interview of Failed Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, mentions the name "TRUMP" in a derogatory and defamatory way, but this Weekend's "BROADCAST" tops them all. They did not one, but TWO, major stories on "TRUMP," one having to do with Ukraine, which I say is a War that would never have happened if the 2020 Election had not been RIGGED, in other words, if I were President and, the other story was having to do with Greenland, casting our Country, as led by me, falsely, inaccurately, and fraudulently. I am so honored to be suing 60 Minutes, CBS Fake News, and Paramount, over their fraudulent, beyond recognition, reporting. They did everything possible to illegally elect Kamala, including completely and corruptly changing major answers to Interview questions, but it just didn't work for them. They are not a "News Show," but a dishonest Political Operative simply disguised as "News," and must be responsible for what they have done, and are doing. They should lose their license! Hopefully, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as headed by its Highly Respected Chairman, Brendan Carr, will impose the maximum fines and punishment, which is substantial, for their unlawful and illegal behavior. CBS is out of control, at levels never seen before, and they should pay a big price for this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Trump has announced that he is suing CBS, 60 Minutes, and Paramount for billions. This comes after their latest interview with Zelenskyy who Trump is attempting to undermine in service to Russia & its invasion of Ukraine. The official excuse the regime is presenting is “election interference”.

His, their propaganda cannot be treated as instant law or instant truth just because it is spoken.

Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."

What if they do and are just keeping people from thinking about what they are doing with other countries they have their hands in

I would like to point out that the executive branch claiming the power to mete out life/death sentences seems like a separation of powers issue as well

Line is drawn
I hope they bring him back

Glenn Thrush & @GlennThrush NEWS: The DOJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration's decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a "failure to zealously advocate" for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov't in federal court.

Via New York Times: “The DOJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov’t in federal court.”

Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, responded to news of the judge’s order by posting a GIF of a confused bunny on X.

📌So for the fuck of it, I tuned into Fox and Newmax the past hour to get their take on this financial suicide today, and neither of them had their market tickers on. I swear to God, you'd think everybody struck gold today.
NONE of this would have happened to America without this hideous propaganda.

The Griffin List A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted. ...

Check your name here: thegriffinlist.com

It’s been over a week. HOW are Hegseth and Waltz still serving?

It’s long past time for them to be fired or resign.

Netanyahu defies international arrest warrant on visit to Hungary Hungarian officials signaled plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court shortly after the Israeli Prime Minister touched down in Budapest.

Israeli PM Netanyahu arrives in Hungary, stepping foot for the first time into a country that recognizes the jurisdiction of the ICC since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year.

But PM Orbán has vowed to defy the court's directive.

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Trump Sued Three Times Over Unlawful Election Executive Order

NEW VIDEO: Last week, Donald Trump attacked voting in a new executive order. Now, three separate lawsuits have been filed to block this unconstitutional power grab.

Paige and I explain.
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Trump is heading to his golf course today after 20+ tornados hit Arkansas leaving 30,000 without power

COBOL is a genuinely archaic programming language. But trying to do this in a rush is INSANE. And you can bet a huge, huge number of things are going to break. Even in very simple code bases, understanding the levels of dependencies built up over decades takes a huge amount of time.

Why would they cooperate with that