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Texas Pushes Redistricting Into an Era of ‘Maximum Warfare’

Marc Elias, one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent lawyers, welcomed any converts to his brand of brass-knuckle politics.

“I do not believe, when it comes to elections, that Democrats should ever engage in any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith,” Mr. Elias said.

One of the more bizarre forms of gaslighting Trump & his enablers somehow pull off is routinely framing stuff that’s been an uncontroversial American norm for centuries as crazy radicalism.

Democrats need to use every second to fight back against the Big Beautiful Bill.

I’m helping hold the Senate all night and FORCE a full reading of this 940-page bill.

Administration to phase out NIH support of HIV clinical guidelines The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.

The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.

If you’ve got a badge and a gun but think your actions are shameful enough to need a mask, you should quit.

I keep hearing that the government should be "run like a business.” Bunk. The Dangerous Myth of Running America Like a Corporation

Schools. Parks. Libraries. Roads. Mail delivery...

These are provided by our government. They're paid for by the public and are available to everyone.

What happens to these public goods when you try to "run the government like a business"? Privatization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqn1uD_B70U

JD Vance just called Sen. Alex Padilla "Jose Padilla."

Insane scenes in Downtown Los Angeles as the cops open fire indiscriminately on people milling about. The cops shattered a business’s windows while firing on a live-streaming journalist. Keep this in mind when people talk about the protesters causing property destruction. 🎥 : AXN News on YouTube

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”

They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.

According to ethics laws, if any one individual family tries to give me anything worth more than $50, I have to turn it down so that no one thinks I’m being bought, but his lawyers say a $400 Million luxury jet is completely above board. Sure Jan

@seanferrick.bsky.social watching insurrection ups and downs. Went to a talk by Berman years ago. Apparently they wanted the little drones to be people on hover type bikes but were worried Lucas would sue thinking it would be too close to the chase on Endor.

For everyone keeping score, JD Vance has essentially had two popes tell him how much he sucks at being a Christian.

Doctor: these numbers indicate you have mutations.
Me: awesome!
Doctor: that means no matter how much to diet and exercise you’ll have bad cholesterol.
Me: soooooooooo, no optic blasts? What’s this bullshit.

This is obviously animated by cruelty, yes, but the fact that DoD already has thousands of out trans members serving should have been testament enough that trans people can serve in uniform just fine. SCOTUS is just doing a culture war for Trump here.

Emily Feiner was forcibly removed from GOP Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall after she asked her so-called "moderate" congressman to stand up to Donald Trump's authoritarian power grab.

There's a great pushback happening across the entire country — even in Republican held districts.

They're looking to prune anyone who's actually more loyal to the Constitution and law, versus toadie loyalists who'd think nothing of using US troops against its own citizens.

When showing the infamous whale video on @lastweektonight.com I’m sad they cut it before you plainly hear a woman say “you can take your fingers out of your ears, Fred.” That’s the chefs kiss of the moment

Yale classmates warn Trump Treasury Secretary Bessent he risks enabling descent 'into fascism' A new letter to Scott Bessent accuses President Donald Trump of usurping the authority of Congress and U.S. courts since regaining the White House.

A group of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's Yale classmates are urging him to reconsider his role "in facilitating the Trump administration's intended transformation" of the U.S. "into an authoritarian state."
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/y...

Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.

Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.

Justice Dept. examines homeless encampments, options for the mentally ill Officials who oversee grants were asked for ideas on clearing homeless encampments and increasing involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill.

Justice Department officials who oversee grant distributions are brainstorming ways to clear homeless encampments and increase the involuntary hospitalization of people with mental illnesses across the nation.

Censorship concerns rise over Texas bill; Abilene bookstore pushes back ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A bill set to be heard by the Judiciary and Jurisprudence Committee at the Texas House is sparking criticism from small business owners across the state. Arlene K…

Texas bookstores erupt over a new censorship bill that would allow a parent to sue them if their child reads a book with a sex scene or LGBTQ+ characters

So-called "harmful to minors" laws are being introduced across the country to force censorship of libraries, schools, bookstores and websites.

Is this legal?
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There’s no Alien Enemies Act exception to the Fourth Amendment.

A Milwaukee judge is accused of helping a man evade ICE. What do legal experts have to say? Former federal prosecutors say they are not certain Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan's actions constitute a crime.

Context here on legal experts the other day saying why they did not think the probe into Dugan warranted charges: www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

FBI arrests Wisconsin judge for obstruction of ICE agents, Kash Patel says In a post he quickly deleted, Patel said that Dugan obstructed "an immigration arrest operation last week."

FBI Director Kash Patel said in a since-deleted post that his agency had arrested a Milwaukee judge who allegedly tried to help an undocumented defendant avoid arrest

FLAG: Kash Patel says the FBI has arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan and charged her with obstructing an immigration operation.

It's the first known instance in Trump's second term of DOJ prosecuting a local official for allegedly interfering with immigration enforcement.

This decision is all about punishing student loan borrowers. Instead of lowering costs, Donald Trump wants to take money out of your grandma's Social Security check.

BREAKING: There was a second Hegseth group chat?!?

To sum up for those who may have missed it, the notice that the government is giving out after SCOTUS said they must provide an opportunity for habeas review says nothing about the right to challenge the removal

DOJ's position is that's all SCOTUS required—notice of removal, not of rights