βThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reichβ by William L Shirer
Just gonna throw this out there that no book is more prescient for the times we face. Itβs not hyperbole to say that the similarities to right now are chilling. You wonβt vote your way out of this with a spineless opposition party and this is going to end very badly for many, many people.
I stand with PBS.
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"
πΊπΈ Gestapo is starting to get a taste of their own medicine.
The rest of us need to follow San Diegoβs example! πͺ
ICE use pens to hold up their shirt pocket flaps, to hide their names. Waiting in San Diego courthouse to grab immigrants attending hearings. Criminals
Hiding their faces, hiding their names by using pens to hold their pocket flaps up, hiding their names. ICE agents have βconsciousness of guilt,β know they are committing crimes. They need to be unmasked, named, and charged #UnmaskICE
βShe means βfewer.ββ
- a Harvard graduate
Da nam sviΔu svjetlije Majske Zore uskoro! π²πͺ
Whenever we think thereβs no way it can get more bizarre, he outdoes himselfβ¦
www.instagram.com/reel/DIzG4VD...
People are the best. π€£
This unscrupulous, brazen liar π€‘
New in PN: The bribe in the sky
"Trump flouts the rule of law and basic ethics because he believes no one will stop him, and a leaderβs brazen self-enrichment is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes. The grifting isnβt a distraction. Itβs part of the fascist package."
The unhinged Narcissist-in-Chief
![MEMORANDUM OPINION
Last month, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum prohibiting all Department of Justice ("DOJ") lawyers from participating in events sponsored by the American Bar Association ("ABA") on official time. The reason, Blanche candidly explained, was that the ABA had recently joined a lawsuit against the Trump Administration. The next day, DOJ cancelled a series of grants with the ABA that funded services to victims of domestic and sexual violence. The only explanation offered for the cancellation was a terse statement
indicating that the grants "no longer effectuate[] ... [DOJ] priorities." Connecting these two
rather large dots, the ABA promptly filed suit. Among other claims, the complaint alleges that
termination of the grants constituted unlawful retaliation against the ABA for exercising its First
Amendment right to petition the courts. A motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction preventing DOJ from enforcing the termination soon followed.
The government does not meaningfully contest the merits of the ABA's First Amendment retaliation claim. It points to no deficiencies in the ABA's performance of its grant obligations.
It concedes that similar grants administered by other organizations remain in place. It agrees that
bringing a lawsuit is protected by the First Amendment. And it suggests no other cause for the](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreigm3w6swdbwmhp3cprimd7yuyyatlalybbbrq7bbyejszzl3pnm7i)
MEMORANDUM OPINION Last month, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum prohibiting all Department of Justice ("DOJ") lawyers from participating in events sponsored by the American Bar Association ("ABA") on official time. The reason, Blanche candidly explained, was that the ABA had recently joined a lawsuit against the Trump Administration. The next day, DOJ cancelled a series of grants with the ABA that funded services to victims of domestic and sexual violence. The only explanation offered for the cancellation was a terse statement indicating that the grants "no longer effectuate[] ... [DOJ] priorities." Connecting these two rather large dots, the ABA promptly filed suit. Among other claims, the complaint alleges that termination of the grants constituted unlawful retaliation against the ABA for exercising its First Amendment right to petition the courts. A motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction preventing DOJ from enforcing the termination soon followed. The government does not meaningfully contest the merits of the ABA's First Amendment retaliation claim. It points to no deficiencies in the ABA's performance of its grant obligations. It concedes that similar grants administered by other organizations remain in place. It agrees that bringing a lawsuit is protected by the First Amendment. And it suggests no other cause for the
cancellation apart from the sentiments expressed by Deputy Attorney General Blanche in his memorandum. Rather, the government objects to the issuance of a preliminary injunction mainly on jurisdictional grounds. It argues that because the ABA seeks reinstatement of the grants, its claims sound in contract and therefore belong in the Court of Federal Claims, and not this Court, under the Tucker Act. But the ABA's retaliation claim springs from the First Amendment to the Constitution, not the relevant grant agreements. As a result, this Court has jurisdiction to hear it. And because the First Amendment prohibits the type of reprisal DOJ appears likely to have taken, and the ABA has shown that it will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief and that the equities and public interest favor it, the Court will grant its motion for a preliminary injunction on its First Amendment retaliation claim. The Court need not, at this juncture, decide whether any of the ABA's other claims warrant injunctive relief or are subject to dismissal.
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks DOJ's efforts to cancel several American Bar Association grants, finding the cancellation was likely unconstitutional retaliation for the ABA suing the the Trump administration.
Law Dork previously published DOJ's anti-ABA memo: www.lawdork.com/p/read-the-d...
Hey @nycsanitation.bsky.social
This has been here for days π₯΄
Hysterical
(next to an image of President Obama) βIt is up to all of us to fix this. It's not going to be because somebody comes and saves you. The most important office in this democracy is the citizenβthe ordinary person who says, no, that's not right." PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
A hopeful momentβ¦
Each day, I think that things couldnβt possibly become more bizarre and yet, without fail, they do.
Trump poses as the Pope in full holy garments and gets a pass.
Obama puts on a tan suit and they lose their frigging minds.
See how that works?
Marco Rubioβis there anything he can't do?!
(Yes: Stand up to Donald Trump.)
