Joy Holland

This is harrowing to read. #Ice #IceProtests #LA #HumanRightsViolations

I’m not sure why Gavin Newsome doesn’t activate the rest of his army guard to prevent the president from it or force him to overrule it…. Then fight on the second amendment guaranteeing a state a right to a militia. How can a state have a militia if the president can simply federalize it

LA is calm as we prepare to be invaded by the U.S. Marines today.

NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.

🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.

Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."

It’s not too late to be on the right side of history. The thing you fear with a shutdown will happen regardless—one option still leaves you with constitutional power—one abdicates everything. Change your mind and vote No. Americans are asking you.

It’s not too late to be on the right side of history. The thing you fear with a shutdown will happen regardless—one option still leaves you with constitutional power—one abdicates everything. Change your mind and vote No. Americans are asking you.

2/ who attach themselves to him politically and it will sap any power or credibility from anything he says, promises or demands. That’s a big reality to take cognizance of whether you think he made the right call here or not.

I think by mid-week Schumer and others Dems who demanded this are going to start to grasp the costs of this move. And not to the state even so much as to themselves. Some of it may be partly submerged in anger against Trump. But I think this will be the defining impression of Schumer and those …

I will just put this out there. If all the senators who are saying they want to block this bill really wanted to badly enough they could force Schumer's hand. This isn't 'if Mike Pence has courage'. A leader doesn't buck the overwhelming majority of his caucus. Doesn't happen.

AFT’s federal employees hit hard by Trump chaos The destruction of vital federal services for millions of Americans has begun. President Donald Trump has launched a vindictive, erratic and often illegal series of moves intended to demolish the fede...

Among workers hit hard by Trump's chaos are 5,500 federal employees represented by AFT affiliate Federation of Indian Service Employees. www.aft.org/news/afts-fe...

Thank you. This is what your constituents want!

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

Jim Acosta: I think the AP should consider whether or not to sue the administration… and the rest of the press corps should start seriously considering whether it’s worth sending everyone into the Oval Office, onto Air Force One, or into the briefing room.

Trump’s DOJ Erases Report On Violence Against Native American Women

Trump's DOJ has erased a report from its website that lays out its own recommendations for tackling violence against Indigenous women www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Dear #FederalWorkers: lock the doors. Instruct security no entry w/out a warrant. Be appt only. If DOGE gets by refuse them access. Cite chain of command for access. Call police. Say unauthorized break in into systems. When police show say DOGE has “no actual or formal authority.” Call Congressman.

Protest in North Hollywood, CA. was big. #StopTheCoup #Protests #Democracy

The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Federal Courts Are the Frontline for Those Opposing Trump Executive Orders With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a flurry of legal actions. But can the courts keep up?

“On Friday, Democratic attorneys general went back to court to demand that a federal judge enforce his restraining order that was meant to keep billions of dollars in federal grant funds flowing. They said that the Trump administration had not complied”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

What if—hear me out—things that were legal January 19th—we continue to do no matter what our institutions, universities, HR’s, work counsel advise as they continue to analyze EO’s and their implications? What if we refuse?Would he enforce his illegal edicts on 164,278,114 who did not vote for him?

Outstanding!

Federal judge issues injunction on birthright citizenship, putting it further on hold — NBC News The preliminary injunction is the second temporary hold against Trump’s executive order and puts efforts to end birthright citizenship on indefinite pause.

A step forward.

AFGE, AFT, government watchdog groups sue Trump Administration over DOGE - The Labor Tribune Washington – The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) joined government watchdog groups Public Citizen and the State Democracy Defenders Fun...

DOGE must be ordered to come out of the shadows and comply with the law before the sweeping, self-serving plans of billionaires upend the federal government and cause irreparable damage in the lives of working people. labortribune.com/afge-aft-gov...

Aloha e! Great to see you too. Appreciate all you do/share!

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

Thank you, Rep. Lieu. I’m a constituent. Re: Musk: if he had not been investigated, drug tested, given security clearances, entered into remedies for ethics conflicts of interest, been hired as a Federal employee governed by Prohibited Personnel Practices (5USC Sec. 2302(b)) he should be arrested.

Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you.

Do something

(h/t: @the.language.nerds)