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🚨 The Supreme Court just gave Trump a temporary green light to fire an FTC commissioner — opening the door for him to reshape the agency that’s supposed to protect consumers.

While headlines focus elsewhere, the Supreme Court quietly handed Trump new power: ICE raids in Los Angeles can resume without constitutional limits.

Now he’s threatening “war” on Chicago. This is authoritarianism in action.

Source: Reuters, AP & The Guardian

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Trump tried to make an example out of Harvard by sending a warning to the rest.

Today the court reminded him: retaliation isn’t leadership. It’s authoritarianism.

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Source: @npr.org

They’re saying the quiet part out loud: Trump’s allies want to use “emergency powers” to control elections — with the military as enforcers.

Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.

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Source: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump appointed Heather Honey, a leading election conspiracy theorist to a DHS role overseeing election security and disinformation.
This isn’t protection. It’s sabotage.

Texas GOP leaders tried to force Rep. Nicole Collier to take a state trooper escort every time she left the Capitol.
She refused — and is now effectively locked inside the House chamber.

This isn’t procedure. It’s political surveillance and coercion.

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Trump says he’ll ban mail-in ballots + voting machines.
With Congress? Possible.
Without? Red states could fall in line anyway.

This isn’t democracy — it’s the plan to dismantle it before 2026.

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Trump says he’ll scrap mail-in ballots and voting machines.
Translation: millions lose their vote + chaos takes over.

This isn’t democracy.
It’s a blueprint for control.

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🚨 Trump says he’ll ban mail-in ballots, scrap voting machines, and override state control — all by executive order.

That’s not democracy. It’s authoritarian rule.

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Trump can federalize D.C.’s police and deploy troops — but not replace its elected government. Doing it with crime at record lows says more about power than safety.

Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling 10 years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to all same-sex couples, it will consider whether to take a case asking it to overturn the decision.

Source: abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...

First it was Roe. Next, it’s marriage equality.
More than half of states already have bans ready to go if the Supreme Court overturns Obergefell v. Hodges.
This isn’t hypothetical. It’s a plan.

Crime is down in D.C. — 26% down.
Trump’s still sending in the National Guard.
This isn’t about safety. It’s about control.

mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime

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8-8-25
3 stories they hope you weren’t paying attention to. 👀 WTF Friday is here.
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Michigan Court of Appeals punts Republican overseas, military voter lawsuit • Michigan Advance The state’s primary court for suing the government properly dismissed a Republican attempt to disenfranchise the family members of overseas and military voters, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Wed...

📖 Sources:
▪️Michigan Advance: michiganadvance.com/briefs/michi...

▪️USO: Purple Heart Overview: www.uso.org/stories/2276...

▪️Trump new Census plan:
www.axios.com/2025/08/07/t...?

Purple Heart Day
A court just protected overseas & military ballots in Michigan — while Trump tries to rig the census.

Some people sacrifice for democracy.
Others try to burn it down.

📌 Sources in comments.
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