Charlotte Odoyle

"The broader goal is the militarization of major cities before 2026 elections... Next year, I fear that what they're gonna do is deploy these folks to polling places & say they're protecting the vote. Trump knows without these breaches of the Constitution, he's gonna lose Congress." - Gov. Pritzker

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

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Are You a ‘Heritage American’? Why some on the right want to know if your ancestors were here during the Civil War

Are you a "Heritage American", a new designation being used by the far right to delineate how American you are? The far right, including the Vice President, seem to use your ancestors having fought in the Civil War as a demarcation line.
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Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

Per Thomas Edsall: “[Trump]…has initiated what amounts to a unique form of partisan civil war designed to amass power in a nominal democracy and defang, decimate and defund the opposition.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of Florida CFO Ingoglia Two men wearing bulletproof vests and pistols at their side showed up at the Largo home of Cathy and James O’Gara over a postcard they sent criticizing the state.

"You lack values," two Florida grandparents wrote on a postcard they sent to state CFO Blaise Ingoglia.

Then two armed men wearing bulletproof vests stenciled with the word “police” showed up their door — they were from the criminal division of the state Department of Financial Services.

Trump Signs Order to Approve Mining Road Through Alaskan Wilderness

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Furloughed workers not guaranteed back pay after shutdown, OMB claims Federal workers may not be entitled to back pay after the government shutdown ends, the Trump administration’s budget office wrote in a new draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, ratcheting up te...

OMB argues that the law providing backpay to furloughed gov workers has a phony interpretation allowing no backpay, despite the known intent of the lawmakers.

This is "originalism" in action: laws mean what we want them to mean.

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Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen

I believe there are two things that will reliably galvanize otherwise non-politically oriented average Americans: not being able to watch sports and chaos at the airports

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In 2020, Trump Intervened in Portland’s Protests. They Got Even Worse

#Portland 2020 - No mention of Roger Stone, Proud Boys, badge-less uniforms and white vans, etc, but cool pics.

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White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

I filed for PA unemployment insurance this morning. If I am lucky enough to get this help and to later get back pay, as I’m entitled to according to law, I will GLADLY pay it back.

The intent of the 2019 law is clear. This interpretation isn’t it.

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White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

I hope those who voted for Trump realize now what an awful human being he is.

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Exclusive | How China Secretly Pays Iran for Oil and Avoids U.S. Sanctions A hidden funding conduit has deepened economic ties between the two U.S. rivals in defiance of Washington’s efforts to isolate Tehran.

China is breaking US sanctions on Iran by using a barter system instead of moving money through the intl banking system. The barter system is overseen by a Chinese insurance company. Looks like it’s time to update the US sanctions list. #UpholdingIL www.wsj.com/world/middle...

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In 2020, Trump Intervened in Portland’s Protests. They Got Even Worse

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Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.”

Today, Josh Hawley -- who voted to overturn the 2020 election after fanning the Big Lie that the election was stolen from Trump, the same lie that fueled the Jan. 6 insurrection that Hawley was egging on -- is outraged the FBI reportedly analyzed some GOP senators' phone records in its Jan. 6 probe.

Josh Hawley, Yale Law School ‘06, Missouri Attorney General 2017-2019, pretending he doesn’t know what tapping a phone means

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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...

It's starting...

Now they're opening fire.

And all because there are troops and ICE where they are not needed and they are not wanted.

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Trump is sending the National Guard to Chicago, but Chicagoans are already facing raids and intimidation from ICE agents. This weekend, I joined over 700 of our neighbors at a community workshop led by the 40th Ward. (1/2)

I mean, obviously.

The correct thing to do when DHS or ICE or any of these thugs makes a claim like this one -- the only thing to do, really -- is presume they are lying.

Because they always are.

They are state-sponsored Klan members, and should be treated accordingly.

Stephen Miller today on Portland:

"ICE officers have to street battle against the Antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building..."

The horror. War is hell.

She had no less than seven holes in her body from the shooting.

Martinez is a US citizen.

ICE agents shot a US citizen on US soil at least seven times. Her car was riddled with bullets.

I'm glad she's been released pending trial, but surely the agent who shot her should face charges?

We Found the ‘Enemy from Within’ He’s in the White House

In Chicago, children were paraded outside in the thick of the night, zip-tied and alone, while ICE rampaged through their homes — all at Trump’s request. He talks about an “enemy from within” but the biggest enemy is him and his lackeys.

The local PD believes ICE called in a fake 911 call about protestors trying to break into ICE facility. Cops only found a CBS news crew shooting B-roll.

Now why would ICE do that?

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Gulliver’s Travels meets skeleton culture. Genius!

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Ghislaine Maxwell against her sex-trafficking conviction.

Without providing an explanation, the court declined to hear Maxwell's appeal, which means her 20-year sentence will remain in place barring a presidential pardon.

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Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

I wrote about Bari Weiss as the grim future of mainstream media under billionaire control: defector.com/bari-weiss-s...