Giant crowd of patriots who love America and are fighting for her here in Madison, WI.

“These district court rulings are less judicial outcomes than distress signals. Every one of these rulings faces appeal to a Supreme Court that has already chosen power over principle. District courts can delay, but the Supreme Court can decide.“
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Infographic titled “Judges reject Trump at an accelerating pace” with subtitle “Federal district court rulings against the administration.” The first bar chart, labeled “By month, %”, shows the percentage of federal district court rulings against the Trump administration: • February: 53.8% (7 out of 13) • March: 74.3% (26 out of 35) • April: 76.1% (51 out of 67) • May: 96.3% (26 out of 27) The second bar chart, labeled “By appointing party, %”, shows rulings against the Trump administration by the party of the judge’s appointing president: • Republican-appointed judges: 72.2% (26 out of 36) • Democratic-appointed judges: 80.4% (74 out of 92) Source: Bonica, Adam; Sen, Maya, 2025, “Common-space Measures of Judicial Ideology for Federal Judges (2024 update),” https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CK3EEL Note: Coding scheme details available at data4democracy.substack.com/p/when-judges-become-targets-judicial

Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Pauses Trump Plans for Mass Layoffs

Hello Senators?? More wreckage coming means much more fight back needed from coequal branch of power @baldwin.senate.gov and ronjohnsonwi.bsky.social

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CRFB Reaction to Budget Resolution Adoption | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget The House of Representatives just voted to adopt the Senate-amended Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 concurrent budget resolution, making it a concurrent resolution that unlocks fast-track reconciliation

“This budget sets the stage for the largest deficit increase in history – an unprecedented bill that requires just $4 billion in savings to offset up to $5.8 trillion in deficits. What an absolute disgrace.”

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God bless @booker.senate.gov Booker. Thank you for your patriotism, passion, civility and moral conviction.

EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.

Defiance can be beautiful.
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Glad Dems are now finally saying Musk paying voters is actually a felony. @wisdems.bsky.social

Finally. But can’t Elon Musk just be arrested for breaking WI law?

How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement AOC, solidarity, and people power.

“This is an extraordinary moment and it requires extraordinary vision and actions. We must stop viewing political life through the lens of American politics as we have known it, and adopt the viewpoint of dissident movements in autocratic states.”

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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

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I Underestimated the Religious Right And other realizations after writing a book about faith and democracy.

“But I also think we desperately need a more hopeful and unifying moral vision that taps into our deepest civic and religious values…moral visions have the power to tell a deeper story and tap into something greater…“
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Today would be a great day for Rep. Derrick Van Orden to RSVP he will attend a community organized open public town hall in his district in Viroqua tomorrow, March 18th.

I’m attending.

Hoping he won’t be hiding in his basement playing war video games.

Beautiful message! Grateful to be represented in Congress by Mark Pocan, a terrific leader and progressive superstar @pocan.house.gov

Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.

Time for moral courage and fierce opposition. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

@baldwin.senate.gov
@johnson.senate.gov

It was absolutely heartbreaking (and accurate) to hear, “we are fighting against a dictator backed by a traitor”

SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) on Substack BREAKING: Experts Warn World Must Prepare Now for Potential H5N1 Flu Pandemic. https://cepi.net/world-should-prepare-now-potential-h5n1-flu-pandemic-experts-warn

Letter published in journal Science calling fir immeduate and urgent action. substack.com/@sarscov2cov...

@pocan.house.gov I’m grateful for your leadership in Congress! Let’s have monthly town halls!

Thanks for standing with family farmers who are being screwed by the federal freeze and tariffs. Go WFU!

Starlink poised to take over $2.4 billion contract to overhaul air traffic control communication Cronyism, anyone?

No. Elon Musk should not be running DOGE. And he certainly shouldn’t be getting a FAA contract. It’s an obscene conflict of interest. www.theverge.com/news/620777/...

The Week Ahead February 23, 2025

Frim Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse. “Yosemite National Park employees put out an upside-down American flag, a symbol of distress, on El Capitan.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Senator Chris Murphy warns America may be "months" from "irreversible" destruction of democracy The Connecticut lawmaker on our "most serious moment since the Civil War" — and why the only way out of the crisis is mass mobilization on a historic scale

“I have clarity…I see what they are doing and what they are doing is evil.”

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Baldwin Leads Press Conference to Stop Cuts to Medicaid YouTube video by Senator Tammy Baldwin

🚨ATTENTION! 🚨If you or someone you know is on Medicaid, you might want to tune into my press conference. STARTING SOON 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Proud citizens protesting in Panama City, Fl

The Stubborn Art of Turning Suffering into Strength: Václav Havel’s Extraordinary Letters from Prison “I have got to make everything that has happened to me good for me,” Oscar Wilde wrote from prison. “There is not a single degradation of the body which I must not try and make in…

Some inspiration on courageous opposition. www.themarginalian.org/2025/02/06/v...

Second US judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday became the second one nationally to block Donald Trump's administration from implementing the Republican president's executive order aimed at curtailing birthright citizenship in the United States.

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We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

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