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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.

Federal judge strikes down Trump order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie The ruling from U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell is the first to permanently block an executive order issued by President Trump punishing a law firm for representing clients or causes he dislikes.

My call for lawyers to stand up
against Trump was vindicated in only a couple of weeks. Congratulations Perkins Coie. www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...

Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again.

Bravo

Exclusive | Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk With profits and the stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at the company.

WSJ: Tesla officially launched a search to replace Elon Musk as CEO

US Agents Cleared for Warrantless Arrest of Alleged Gang Members Federal law enforcement agents can arrest Venezuelan nationals in the US suspected of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang without judicial or administrative warrants, according to a directive from Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Federal law enforcement agents can arrest Venezuelan nationals in the US suspected of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang without judicial or administrative warrants, according to a directive from Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Justice Department memo claims Alien Enemies Act allows warrantless home searches and no judicial review The memo says "Alien Enemies" aren't subject "to a judicial review of the removal in any court of the United States."

The Trump administration now says they are allowed to enter your home to look for migrants without a warrant.

They claim their actions are unconstrained by the Fourth Amendment.

Thank YOU for coming out!

This is exactly why we do this.

One objective of these rallies has been for people in red and swing areas to start seeing and finding one another. There is power in numbers.

We also bring local organizers onstage to speak and highlight local issues. It’s been great 💜

Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

Dominion’s case against Newsmax is set to go to trial on April 28.

The judge has ruled Newsmax falsely accused Dominion “of being affiliated with the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez and participating in crimes such as rigging elections in the U.S. and abroad.”

www.npr.org/2025/04/09/n...

Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge The gutting of the administrative state, of the universities, and of expertise is like something out of the Cultural Revolution.

It's hard to see what is happening unless you pull back the lens, read @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and others on autocrats and centers of knowledge and expertise. Once you recognize it, a chill should go down your spine. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Trump Administration Highlights: I.R.S. Chief Said to Resign After Data-Sharing Deal With ICE

"Outreach from foreign intelligence services has targeted agents let go from the F.B.I. and military officers...

"China sees an opportunity as Trump shuts down agencies, fires employees and pushes out people who worked on diversity issues..."

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

This is important! But I’m not giving SCOTUS any credit until it gives this teeth. bsky.app/profile/reic...

So many leopards, so many faces

Good news Monday is back!

Since Trump announced his worldwide tariffs: markets tanked, retirement accounts took a hit. YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

Since Trump announced his worldwide tariffs: markets tanked, retirement accounts took a hit, and Americans are panicked.

We can pass a resolution right now to stop this chaos–Republicans just need to grow a spine and put the American people over blind loyalty to Donald Trump.

CNN: Stock market plummets
MSNBC: Stock market craters
Highlights for Children: Stock market down big
FOX News:

This was….five months ago

Straight down seems bad

CWA, AFGE, UAW... the labor movement is ready to fight back. Join our call in 2 hrs!

Why were these people confirmed in the first place? There is a cancer on the heart of the presidency, to quote from the Watergate era, and it’s infecting all of us. joycevance.substack.com/p/what-will-...

European Union citizens should stockpile enough food and other essential supplies to sustain them for at least 72 hours in the event of a crisis, the EU Commission has said. cnn.it/4j31BB5

this shit was obvious to anyone with an elementary understanding of economics

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Yesterday, Gabbard testified: “There was no classified material that was shared in that Signal chat.”

So the Director of National Intelligence lied to the US Senate.

Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.

"A vaccine skeptic who has long promoted false claims about the connection between immunizations and autism has been tapped by the federal government to conduct a critical study of possible links between the two..."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

AOC: We need to be taxing the rich on the floor of the Congress

We need to be establishing guaranteed healthcare on the floor of the Congress

We need to be passing a living wage on the floor of the Congress

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.

Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.

Elbows up, Canada.

Nightmare.