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Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it "Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now.

In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself.

And it’s about to get worse!

YouTube video by Constitutional Sound Bites The 25th Amendment: Presidential Succession, Part 1

The national circumstances that led to the creation of the 25th Amendment. I think it’s becoming critical that we are well informed about this.

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Sunrise Movement, Founded to Fight Climate Change, Pivots to Fighting Trump While Trump targets his critics on the left, Sunrise has decided that it can’t fight climate change without fighting authoritarianism.

Sunrise is making the change public just a week after Trump sent a chilling message to activists who oppose him.

Fox Host Reveals Stunning Ignorance on U.S. Citizenship Tomi Lahren did not know Puerto Rico was part of the United States.

On an episode of Tomi Lahren is Fearless, the right-wing media darling and host of No Interruption on Fox Nation fearlessly declared that Bad Bunny “is not an American artist.”

Hegseth Attack on “Beardos” Targets Troops on Race and Religion, Military Sources Say Hanafi Muslim and Nordic pagan service members told The Intercept Hegseth's new policy was exclusionary to their beliefs.

“People are associating not shaving with laziness. It’s not laziness, it’s my constitutionally protected religious right,” said a practicing Hanafi Muslim service member currently on active duty.

Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

Rodney Taylor still needs our help!

He’s still locked in an ICE camp.

He’s still going without his new prosthetic legs.

He’s still facing deportation to Liberia.

He’s still having necessary disability accommodations ignored.

Please keep sharing his story. Public pressure works!

Blue State Governor Says Trump Gave Him Troops Ultimatum Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the MAGA administration will imminently deploy 300 National Guard troops to his state.

Governor JB Pritzker has warned President Donald Trump is prepping to send the National Guard into Illinois as part of the MAGA administration’s wider campaign against Democratic strongholds.

Illinois: JB was given an ultimatum he refused. Get ready. Make your necessary arrangements and emergency plans.
#Dictatorship #MilitaryOnAmericanStreets

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Hegseth Insider Threat Email Redacted

The felon likes to talk about the “enemy within.” Well, here’s an “insider threat.” The “Secretary of War,” while still a MAJ in the National Guard was deemed as such by a fellow Guard member on the anti-terrorism team.
#Kegseth #DeusVult #WhiteSupremacy

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A new episode of Workers Beat Radio goes on-air at 9:00 AM Central in #Dallas on KNON 89.3 FM.

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#1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod

Apple removed ICEBlock from app store under DOJ pressure “This is protected speech,” said the app’s creator. “We are determined to fight this with everything we have."

Under pressure from Trump's DOJ, Apple just removed crowdsourcing apps used to alert users about federal immigration activity in their area from the app store.
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TxDOT is set to proceed with a $1.3 billion project to widen I-10 through Downtown El Paso, adding lanes, frontage roads and bike paths. Opponents fear pollution, displacement and more traffic. elpasomatters.org/2025/09/28/e...

New Supreme Court Term Pits Presidency Against Constitutional Values As the justices take their seats, our system of checks and balances tilts precariously.

This term, the Supreme Court justices will have no choice but to confront directly and publicly the big questions about presidential power.
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Trump is busy lining his pockets with crypto deals and getting tax cuts for his billionaire donors at our expense.

Pete Hegseth Orders Top Military Leaders to Attend Mystery Meeting “To say the military leadership is anxious would be an understatement,” one defense official told The Intercept.

“To say the military leadership is anxious would be an understatement,” one defense official told The Intercept.

Secretary Doug Collins said he would be the biggest cheerleader for VA workers, many whom are veterans. Instead, he’s led one of the biggest union-busting campaigns in history.

America’s unions and VA workers made it clear: we won’t stand for this administration’s anti-veteran attacks.

Trump’s call to Rupert Murdoch for WSJ to drop bombshell Epstein story: report

Trump’s frantic call to Rupert Murdoch from Air Force One demanding he kill WSJ story on Epstein birthday note: report

Michigan anti-porn would criminalize ASMR, written erotica, and even nonsexual depictions of trans people Under the law, transgender people writing about their gender identity online could face 20 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.

The most insane “anti-porn” bill I’ve seen yet

The “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” would criminalize visual, audio, or written depictions of “sex acts,” with language broad enough to ban distribution of When Harry Met Sally & romance novels .. and that's not even the worst of it 🧵

The federal official thinks Trump is clearly “protecting a lot of people” in his ongoing attempts to pull MAGA’s attention away from the Epstein files.

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MEChA del Chuco asks students at UTEP not to cross the picket line at various Starbucks on campus. Consider frequenting the various independent coffee shops around campus.

No Contract, No Coffee Pledge  Baristas are the most important part of the Starbucks experience. Baristas open the stores every morning and close them every night. They greet customers, make the coffee, clean up the spills, a...

ALLIES: As Starbucks ramps up its union-busting under one of the highest paid CEOs in the country, NOW is the time to support workers.

If you're sick of corporate greed, this is your fight, too!

Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge - bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee

Starbucks just announced major store closures and layoffs, making it clear things are only going Backwards at Starbucks under Brian Niccol’s leadership.

This company is NOT prioritizing baristas.

Our union is out in Chicago today to fight back.

Mecha Del Chuco meets at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 at UTEP Quinn Hall 202.

Baltimore mayor to Trump: Don’t send your troops On this week’s “More To The Story,” Brandon Scott says the president’s threats to send the National Guard are a distraction from the city’s historic efforts to reduce violent crime.

"I want folks to be very aware that they're attacking these Black-led cities...that have historic reductions in violent crime.”

On @revealnews.org's “More To The Story,” Brandon Scott says Trump's threats to send the National Guard are a distraction from the city’s historic efforts to reduce crime.

We all have different coming out stories — and each one is an opportunity to turn strangers into chosen family through storytelling.

This is your moment to connect and take action. Be a part of the nationwide celebration of our community’s stories for National Coming Out Day: hrc.im/SpeakOUT

Texas History Offers Warnings amid Rash of Faculty Firings Lessons to learn from the politically motivated firing of a UT president in the 1940s

From @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social: Every day that classes are held at the University of Texas at Austin, a procession of students enter Homer Rainey Hall, which houses the Department of French and Italian. How many of them know who Rainey was?

These Countries Recognized Palestine, but Still Send Arms to Israel Canada, France, and the United Kingdom recognized Palestine as a state this week but continue to fund Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Canada, France, and the United Kingdom recognized Palestine as a state this week but continue to fund Israel’s genocide in Gaza.