Some FEMA staff are put on leave after signing dissent letter More than 180 current and former FEMA employees signed the letter sent to the FEMA Review Council and Congress warning that FEMA's capacity to respond to a major disaster was dangerously diminished.

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New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new state law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate.

This is ridiculous

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No Kings Philadelphia! We were proud to be among the 80,000 in attendance! #indivisiblephl

If you were among the 80,000+ attendees of #NoKings in Philadelphia today - THANK YOU! To find out what’s Next, text NOKINGS to 59798 (If you attended an event anywhere!) @indivisible.org #IndivisiblePA

Federal judge blocks Trump executive order that requires proof of US citizenship to vote and limits mail-in ballots | CNN Politics A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday blocked part of President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to revamp how elections are run in the United States.

JUST IN: Federal judge blocks Trump executive order that requires proof of US citizenship to vote and limits mail-in ballots

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

Let’s go! NO KINGS! 🚫👑

58 years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled on the side of our clients Mildred and Richard Loving, legalizing interracial marriages nationwide.

This Loving Day, we honor the generations of families who were torn apart by anti-miscegenation laws and celebrate the couple that changed history.

World Pride in DC yesterday. What an amazing day! To all who celebrate, Happy Pride! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.

Federal trade court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law A federal trade court is blocking President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.

apnews.com/article/trum... Federal trade court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law

Record Number of Americans Apply for British Citizenship

A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first three months of this year, and for the right to live and work in Britain indefinitely, according to official data.

Right now, Republicans in Congress are trying to push through a bill that would put millions of Americans at risk of losing their health care.

They want to cut federal funding for Medicaid, take away tax credits that help more people afford coverage, and raise costs for working class families.

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Ousting of Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden Sends a Message: Comply or Be Fired - PEN America PEN America said today it is deeply disturbed by the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, for reasons the White House identified as related to “diversity” programming and her choices...

"The firing of Dr. Hayden is a Kremlineque move to suppress ideas and to send a chill through the leadership of cultural and educational institutions," said PEN America’s Hadar Harris. "The message seems obvious: Comply or be fired."

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This is very wrong

North Carolina voters made their choice, and it's long past time to honor the results.

We're proud to fight for fair elections alongside the @aclunc.bsky.social.

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Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws

Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

Dear Canada 🇨🇦 we love you and are proud to have you as our ally to the north. Stay exactly as you are. Trump’s nonsense about merging with the USA is absurd and doesn’t speak for us.

I feel like we've been saying this forever but it's worth saying again.
Book bans do not exist in a vacuum. They're not one off events. Book bans are the canary in the coal mine.
They usher in an era of censorship, fascism, violent scapegoating.
Authors, join the fight:
@authorsabb.bsky.social!!

www.nokings.org

Nice!

Now Is the Time for Courage From Marc | I started Democracy Docket to be fearlessly independent and unapologetically pro-democracy.

This is what I wrote in December 2024 and what I continue to believe today.

Trump is a bully and bullies prey on the weak. They understand the power of fear and exploit it. Capitulating to Trump makes you more vulnerable, not less. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/now-...

Judge strikes down Trump order targeting Perkins Coie law firm U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, who called the executive order an attack on the American judicial system, said Trump’s directive “violates the Constitution and is thus null and void.”

This decision striking down President Trump's unconstitutional executive order reaffirms that our judicial system exists to protect our rights, not carry out his agenda.

With our right to legal representation under attack, Perkins Coie fought back and won.

BREAKING: I just offered an amendment on the floor to give Veterans fired in the Trump-Musk layoffs their jobs back.

Every single Republican blocked it.

Shame on them for betraying our heroes.

A Double Win For Voters in Pennsylvania Read more here.

Courts delivered wins for Pennsylvania voters Friday in two different right-wing disenfranchisement efforts.🥳
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🚨 Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections Learn more here.

🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit Court of Appeals DENIES Pennsylvania’s motion that would allow counties to reject undated and wrongly dated mail-in ballots in the state's May primary elections.

A victory for our clients and the voters of Pennsylvania
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🚨 1789 Foundation, Inc v. Schmidt Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES purge lawsuit brought by rightwing group in Pennsylvania. A victory for our clients and the voters of Pennsylvania! www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...