Harlan Stenn

Charlie Kirk's Death is a National Tragedy But He Was No Martyr

Charlie Kirk’s death is a tragedy — a young wife widowed, two children robbed of their father. But while we grieve the loss, we must also face the truth: he was no martyr, and his record shows a politics of exclusion, fear, and privilege that cannot be whitewashed.

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If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at sheryl@weikallaw.com if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

A couple more thoughts on this. There is exactly one crime defined in the U.S. Constitution: treason. The first definition is levying war against the United States. Trump is explicitly threatening that.

U.S. soldiers are not only permitted, they are *obliged* to refuse an order to commit treason.

Launch The Pie Fighters! :-)

Emil Bove has shown time and time again that he puts politics over justice.
 
New Jerseyans deserve someone who is qualified and fair, not Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren BREAKING NEWS: Trump's government just approved Paramount's merger with Skydance.

BREAKING NEWS: Trump's government just approved Paramount's merger with Skydance.

Sure looks like they paid Donald Trump $36 MILLION for this merger.

Bribery is illegal no matter who is president.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Starting up OnlyLabs, where people can pay to watch researchers who used to have federal funding do Hot Uncensored Cutting Edge science experiments.

Sigh.

Immigration agents demand tenant information from landlords, stirring questions and confusion Immigration authorities are pressuring landlords to share tenant information, including leases and IDs. Some legal experts advise ignoring such requests unless court-ordered. Federal officials, howeve...

So we're clear: These acts of intimidation are just another attempt at stoking fear and confusion.

Landlords should know they are under no obligation to turn over tenant information to ICE without a warrant signed by a judge.

If you’re being threatened by your landlord, my office can help.

To be sure, both parties have supported ICE in the past.

But Trump has given ICE more cops than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.

This isn’t business as usual. This is a fast track to full-blown dictatorship.

Climate Policy in America: Where We Go From Here Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins · Episode

FYI the EV tax credit runs out on September 30.

You will want to do any other efficiency upgrades (heat pump, solar, heat pump water heater etc.) by the end of the year.

Listen to Shift Key for a rundown on the rest.

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The independence of the Fed is critical to the stability of our financial markets.

If Donald Trump destroys that, then he tanks our markets and causes more economic pain for Americans.

Government should work for the people, not whichever giant company or foreign government can dump the most money into the president's future library.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren Trump wants to GUT funds for Sesame Street, NPR, and your local stations.

Donald Trump wants to GUT already approved funds for public media like Sesame Street, NPR, and your local stations.

If he gets away with this, next time he’ll going after your community’s funding for education, housing, climate, you name it.

We've got to sound the alarm.

How to sound tough but do nothing: Impose tariffs on a country where we already impose sanctions.

A 100% tariff on almost nothing will do almost nothing.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dismisses $95M overdraft case against Navy Federal Credit Union

After a big financial institution cheated military families for years, the Trump Administration rushes in to let it off the hook.

What a slap in the face to America’s servicemembers.

HERE IS HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR AN ENCOUNTER WITH ICE (IMAGE IS A DOWNLOADABLE / SCREENSHOTABLE CARD TO CARRY ON YOUR PHONE)

Note that this downloadable / screenshotable card is based on the full information over at WeThePeopleDefendorg (you know where to place the dot). (1/3)

When a government starts targeting former intelligence officials, law enforcement leaders, and anyone who once investigated or criticized those in power, it’s not just a red flag, it’s a page straight from the authoritarian playbook.

Trump is urging SCOTUS to let him fire three Democrat-appointed members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The CPSC regulates safety of everyday consumer products.

Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's "unconstitutional"?

Amazon.

Connect the dots.

No honor among thieves.

ICYMI: 9,000 Philadelphia city workers are on strike for the first time in 40 years as they fight for better pay, benefits, and more.

These workers provide essential services for their communities day in and day out. Philadelphia doesn’t run without them.

Solidarity!

Here’s a good post to read/share about the Texas flooding.

It is absolutely critical to correctly diagnose response failures — otherwise we “fix” the wrong things.

One of the biggest disappointments of this era has been the cowardice of our business leaders in the face of fascist tyranny.

This is bullshit.

Not only do ICE bounty hunters refuse to identify themselves, they won’t say where they’re taking the people they’re kidnapping.

Deliberately shuffling detainees from facility to facility so families can’t find them & they miss their chance at legal counsel.
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A Dedicated FEMA Fund Will Pay for 'Alligator Alcatraz' - FactCheck.org Q: Are FEMA funds being used to construct an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades? A: Yes, the immigrant dete

Let me get this straight: Trump is using millions in FEMA shelter and services funds to build the cruel and unnecessary "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention facility. 

The cruelty is staggering.

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/a-dedicated-fema-fund-will-pay-for-alligator-alcatraz/

That’s 17 MILLION people across the country. Working people deserve better than to have their healthcare ripped away so billionaires can get another tax cut.

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