Thomas DeBoe

Here is a little color to distract you from the news.

California and Governor Newsom have gotten Laurence H. Tribe's attention. Now will the rest of the country pay attention?

It’s August 15th, the deadline for Trump and Bondi to release the Epstein files to us under the Rule of 5.

They’re now breaking the law to hide the files.

Sen. Thune must appoint a lawyer to defend the Senate in Court and get the files.

If he chooses complicity—we’ll take them to court ourselves.

New Hampshire judge to pause Trump’s birthright citizenship order Judge will certify class action lawsuit that’s one of many challenging order denying citizenship to those born to undocumented parents in the US A federal judge in New Hampshire said Thursday he will certify a class action lawsuit including all children who will be affected by Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship and issue a preliminary injunction blocking it. Judge Joseph LaPlante announced his decision after an hour-long hearing and said a written order will follow. The order will include a seven-day stay to allow for appeal, he said. Continue reading...

New Hampshire judge to pause Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Breaking News: In a class-action challenge, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order ending birthright citizenship.

BREAKING: A federal court blocked President Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship and certified a nationwide class, protecting the citizenship rights of all children born on U.S. soil.

We welcome Cy Plouviez: Cy is a Franco-American multimedia alchemist whose Reframe residency at Echo Park (July 1–8, 2025) transforms lived experience into immersive, stencil-driven installation. He is currently writing his fictional memoir that fuses raw street-theology with practical spirituality.

U.S. Court of International Trade decided May 28, 2025, International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (“IEEPA”) DOES NOT delegate powers to the President in the form of authority to impose unlimited tariffs on goods from nearly every country in the world.
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Echo Park is never short of surprises. Today a rare visitor.

My studio is open for the BREWERY ARTWALK weekend May 3 & 4. This is a free event with free 🅿️ 11-6 both days. @breweryartwalk.bsky.social @kristineschomaker.bsky.social @lynnheinzart.bsky.social @erikalizee.bsky.social

Trump finally got the Supreme Court's attention with his I do whatever I want talk to the courts. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

Donald Trump is seeking to erase the United States as we know it | Laurence H Tribe What we are currently living through is nothing less than an erasure of the building blocks of our republic – a distortion of what it means to be American

He (Trump) and his circle are making a bid to reshape the US altogether by systematically erasing and distorting the historical underpinnings of our 235-year-old experiment in self-government under law. Laurence Tribe. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.

Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.

Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.

Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.

This evidence is proof that MAGA, Trump and his controllers are trying to make the United States white again under segregation and Jim Crow. This is US prior to the 19th Amendment, August 18, 1920, with only straight white men having civil rights. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Divided Supreme Court says judge can force Trump administration to pay foreign aid The administration asked the Supreme Court to halt a judge’s order to restart nearly $2 billion in USAID payments for work that has already been done.

5 of the 9 U.S. Supreme Justices still honor the U.S. Constitution, for now.
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State and Local Governments Are Saying No to Trump's Radical Agenda | ACLU To resist the Trump administrations’ attacks on our rights, local lawmakers across the country are protecting LGBTQ people, immigrants and reproductive health.

For the past year, we've been preparing to protect civil liberities at the state and local level during President Trump's second term.
Here are a few ways states and cities are saying no to Trump's anti-civil liberties agenda.

Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

Ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe explains why he got arrested over Huntington Beach MAGA library plaque "You may have replaced a swastika with a red hat, but that is what it is," he told the council during Tuesday's meeting. The chambers erupted in applause.

"You may have replaced a swastika with a red hat, but that is what it is," ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe told the Huntington Beach City Council during Tuesday's meeting. The chambers erupted in applause.

Trump administration backtracks on eliminating thousands of national parks employees Following a loud public outcry, and relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts, the Trump administration has reversed course on a plan to eliminate thousands of seasonal workers at the National Park Service.

Following a loud public outcry, and relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts, the Trump administration has reversed course on a plan to eliminate thousands of seasonal workers at the National Park Service.

There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin Rep. Raskin’s On-Demand Webinar on Trump-Musk Attacks on the LGBTQIA+ Community

As Trump-Musk-Vance attack the LGBTQIA+ community, allies across America are mobilizing in solidarity. I’ve convened a panel of advocates for an on-demand webinar sharing crucial analysis and resources for people oppose this vicious onslaught.

Now is the time for our citizenry to fight for our federal workers and national programs. Let’s stand up to the power-mad autocrats, plutocrats and theocrats attacking democracy—at home and abroad.

I spoke with @briantylercohen.bsky.social about our historic assignment today.

Key L.A. sheriff oversight official resigns, citing interference from county lawyers Sean Kennedy — a member of the oversight commission since its inception — told The Times of his decision after the latest twist in the case of Diana Teran, a former top advisor to George Gascón, who f...

Please! Not in LA! Inspector General Max Huntsman stated: “Sadly, Los Angeles is mirroring Washington in dismantling sources of independent analysis when it should be defending constitutional guarantees,” he told The Times. “The public will suffer for it.”

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I’m proud of the projects our Latitude community is planning as we expand in 2025 to support artists recovering from the LA fires

artwork with image of a bear with green pattern overlay showing compass directions by artist Shay Myerson made during her remote residency at Latitude For Art

Last Fall artist Shay Myerson took part in a remote residency spending time in another artist's studio making work, while our space at Latitude For Art in Echo Park was under repair. #artistresidency #latitudeforart #shaymyersonartist

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive