April Richards

Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.

That was my first thought too.

As a TB Lightning fan, I am glad Jake Guentzel did not go.

That tells you how bad an idea it is.

I think it has been written for a while and they wanted to time the release with poor economic data.

UPDATE.

I will be taking some time off to compete in the Olympics.

Okay, Grandma, that's enough Winter Olympics for you! 😆

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARK KELLY, Plaintiff, Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL) V. PETE HEGSETH, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2] United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these issues. Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!

Worse still, Secretary Hegseth contends that this Court is not yet competent to decide the issues in this case. He and his fellow Defendants argue that military personnel 1 Case 1:26-cv-00081-RJL Document 37 Filed 02/12/26 Page 2 of 29 decisions are exempt from judicial review and, in any event, that Senator Kelly should first be required to go through the military appeals process so the military can have the first crack at adjudicating his First Amendment rights. I disagree. This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees. After all, as Bob Dylan famously said, "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." To say the least, our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it! Senator Kelly's First Amendment claim is not only justiciable; he is likely to succeed on the merits. He has also shown irreparable harm, and the balance of the equities fall decidedly in his favor. As such, his motion for a preliminary injunction on his First Amendment claim is hereby GRANTED.

BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.

"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...

I love this!

“Overly Aggressive“ is quite the euphemism for killing people in the streets and keeping people in detention in gruesome conditions.

Democrats need to run ads using that image.

Thrice married and pushing anti gay laws, because she was trying to protect the “sanctity“ of marriage, when she was in Florida.

L. Louise Lucas is a bad ass Democrat. Turd Cruz popped off and L. Louise Lucas finished him. Then his little twat buddy McGuire tried to rush in and save him and L. Louise Lucas drug him like it was the finishing move in a WWE match.

Plus the whistleblower complaint fits in here somewhere.

Sounds like predator behavior to me.

Yep. The attorneys name is the one on the filing. The ABA is very clear that paralegals work under the direction of the Attorney. Also most paralegals know where the proverbial bodies are buried.

Who does she think passed that bill?

Depends, if you are a republican.

Pithy.

Back this statement by reposting, and reposting.

#UNTILCOMPLETION

So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?

make sure you share these clips on your network. this is our best weapon against the fascists.

Worked more or less with Elon.

#PresidentMiller

Rosie O’Donnell as Bannon sent him over the edge.

Congress: Stop Funding ICE’s Violence Masked, unidentified federal agents have been militarizing our cities and brutalizing our communities in order to carry out Trump’s extreme deportation agenda. These agents—outfitted for war—are showi...

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Plus why would anyone believe anything JD says, when he admits he lies to get attention. Perhaps the truth was that their dessert was delayed by a few minutes.

Walz: "We're no longer having a political debate. We're having a moral debate."

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Just FYI, myself + several other pro-democracy creators are reporting that TikTok won't publish our vids today. They are all being held in review/ taken down.

TikTok was recently taken over by Oracle. The platform that is now state-controlled, and the state = fascist.

Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….

Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those