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A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

My law firm is currently litigating 86 voting and election cases in 41 states. I expect several more to be filed this week. Here are the states where we are currently most active:

Georgia 8
Arizona 6
Florida 6
California 4
Virginia 4
Wisconsin 4

Do Americans support Iran strikes? Here's what new poll says A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds low levels of support for the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran that killed the country's supreme leader.

Only one in four Americans approve of the joint military strikes on Iran by the US and Israel that killed leader Ali Khamenei, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Just 27% of respondents said they approved of the strikes, while a majority said they were either unsure (29%) or disapproved (43%).

Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything.

It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!

Twitter?

"Drowning in Disinformation?"

Say it ain't so, Mindless Führer.

David Blackflag (@thekettlewhistle) It’s Not an Accident this wasn’t in your feed. This is where the solution is.

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Jim Acosta (@jimacosta) As I’ve been warning, America now has state-compromised media. When 60 Min or CNN is in trouble, we’re all in trouble. Trump has cracked the code in how to hurt the press. Free speech is now at risk. ...

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CALL TO ACTIVISM (@calltoactivism) 🚨HOLY SH*T: A clip of Rep. Ted Lieu is going viral where he confirms there are serious allegations of Donald Trump R*PING a children and threatening to MURD*R them. Share this everywhere This is wh...

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Randi Weingarten (@randiweingarten) Alex’ memory is a blessing

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”

For these Americans, that wasn’t true.

(Published Oct. 2025)

Judge Says U.S. Is Intentionally Violating the Law on Immigration

“On the merits, its detentions are illegal,” the judge wrote.

“[The government] knows this.”

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The DOJ dumped millions of Epstein files and called it transparency, but key FBI interviews naming Trump in abuse allegations were missing. If evidence about a sitting president is being withheld, that’s not transparency that’s a cover up.

Veteran Supporting Democracy (@veteransupportingdemocracy)

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George Tsakraklides (@georgetsakraklides)

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Klobuchar: "One of the things that most struck me about this State of the Union is that he spent only 2.9 minutes talking about affordability out of an hour and 47 minute speech, and 3.9 minutes talking about healthcare. These are the number one issues on the minds of people."

Dutch Bros employees surprised a shelter volunteer with enough pup cups for every dog in the shelter. 13/10 for all (TT: juliesaraceno2)

US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’ Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land

Last month, a Pennsylvania farmer rejected $15M from data center developers to sell his farmland.

Another in Wisconsin turned down $80M.

America's farmers and others across the country are pushing back on Big Tech.

This is what integrity looks like.

If it wasn’t true, Trump would be suing‼️
He’s been quiet as a mouse‼️
He doesn’t want to deal with discovery‼️

literally peak. stanley tucci is amazing.

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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

I don’t want anyone to come to the US because I fear for their safety if they do come here.

AS LONG AS TRUMP IS PRESIDENT AND ICE RUNS UNCONSTRAINED, DO NOT COME TO THE USA. IT IS NOT SAFE HERE FOR CITIZENS; IT WILL NOT BE SAFE FOR TOURISTS.

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If Hell Exists, It Will Be Filled With Congressional Republicans Growing up in the Church, I believed in Hell.

This isn’t about Trump.

He is a walking moral cesspool; a lumbering, empty, loveless husk of a human being, but he has never been anything else...

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This “Big Beautiful Bill” hasn’t hit yet because the Republicans timed much of it’s inception until after the mid term elections. Knowing that the implementation would be very unpopular and it would influence the election. In other words, they would loose. Now would be a good time to review the Bill

ICE just kidnapped a Columbia student from their dorm. ICE off campus now.

I am just going to say this once. Sorry Gold Medal mens hockey team you dont get to say you support the women's hockey team in 1 breath and then go to the very house that treated them like shit. And Hellebuyck you are dead to this Jets fan! How dare you!

SETH MEYERS, 6 MONTHS AGO: 'We're just one Epstein story away from Trump announcing that UFOs are real' TRUMP, TODAY: 'I will be directing the Secretary of War to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life' TREV LEWIS