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Just Lilo

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Trying to follow the heart of Jesus in a sometimes heartless world. PS, that's not an invitation for every digital sex worker to follow me. #ByeFelicia

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Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · Feb 20

Legal Challenge Tracker

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Feb 20

Lawfare is tracking over 70 cases of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s executive orders and actions, as well as cases on behalf of the Trump administration to enforce them.

Check out the tracker here, updated by @annahickey.bsky.social: www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

A screenshot of Lawfare's Trump Administration Litigation Tracker page
The page includes a picture of President Trump signed an executive order and the following text:

The table below tracks litigation challenging the Trump administration’s executive orders, as well as cases on behalf of the Trump administration to enforce them. You can sort the table by clicking the column titles and query keywords using the search box.

For real-time updates on the latest filings, follow @trumplitigation.bots.law on Bluesky or @trumplitigation on X, curated by Anna Hickey and Tyler McBrien and published in collaboration with the Free Law Project.

Last updated Feb. 20, 2025.
Email tips@lawfaremedia.org to submit a case or correction.

Date Filed Executive Order/Action Summary Lawsuit Status Docket Number Initial Jurisdiction
February 19, 2025 Firing of Federal Workers A coalition of unions which represent federal employees sued the Trump administration over the firing of thousands of probationary federal employees, allegedly for "performance reasons." The suit alleges that OPM does not have the authority to direct these firings and that these terminations were in violation of the Adminstrative Procedures Act. American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management Suit filed 3:25-cv-01780 District Court, N.D. California
February 19, 2025 TPS Cancellation The National TPS Alliance, which represents TPS holders in the U.S., sued the Department of Homeland Security over the decision to cancel temporary protected status protections for Venezuelans living in the United States. National TPS Alliance v. Noem Suit filed 3:25-cv-01766 District Court, N.D. California
February 18, 2025 Suspension of Refugee Admissions The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sued the Trump administration over orders suspending foreign aid and refugee admissions into the United States. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops v. U.S. Department of State Suit filed 1:25-cv-00465…

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Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 4m

Just the way the Spanish ( Ohio ) gave the world the “Spanish” Flu of 1918

Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 27m

There’s always a comms team for that, but there are times you can almost name who has dictated the message by the tone & content.

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Grist @grist.org · 14h

Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles.

Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.

grist.org/labor/indone...

#Indonesia #China #Chinese #Nickle #EV #Batteries

Inside the Indonesian boomtowns powering the world’s electric vehicles

Thousands of miles from home, Chinese migrant workers run the nickel-processing plants that do the dirty work of the clean energy transition.

grist.org

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 13h

In his first television interview since retiring, Gen. Tim Haugh warns that China has hacked into U.S. computer networks to an astonishing degree. And he believes he knows why. Scott Pelley reports, Sunday on 60 Minutes.

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Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 47m

Are we feeling safe yet?

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10h

Law and order www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement

Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns

www.theguardian.com

Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 47m

10 to 1 Miller wrote that - wonder if DJT even knew.

Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 49m

Democracy does die in darkness

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 9h

The White House released a memo from Trump's physician summarizing his visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center earlier in the day, which included a Covid vaccine booster and a flu shot.

Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second check-up of the year

The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.

nbcnews.to

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Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 56m

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Mark Charles @wirelesshogan.bsky.social · 1h

For Indigenous Peoples' Day, I want to educate people about the Doctrine of Discovery. One of the best resources I have for doing that is a TEDx talk I gave a few years back. I invite you to watch it and share! #IndigenousPeoplesDay #TEDx #CommonMemory buff.ly/EFgw6Cj

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Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 59m

She’s running for 2028.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1h

Hollywood-AI battle heats up, as OpenAI and studios clash over copyrights and consent

OpenAI's Sora 2 has ignited a firestorm in Hollywood, as studios, talent agencies and unions push back against the tech company's advances.

www.latimes.com

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Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 1h

Isn’t that an interesting turn? Wonder what DJT has promised VP, that VP would feel the need to make such a a large public gesture.

Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks for update Kirk

Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 16h

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

WGN-TV producer violently detained during Chicago ICE enforcement action

A DHS spokesperson said that Debbie Brockman was placed under arrest for ‘assault on a federal law enforcement officer,’ claiming the WGN employee threw objects at the agent.

www.independent.co.uk

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Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 16h

Hey ya’ll - let people know one of your own was grabbed & manhandled by ICE today.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 17h

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This is a producer for WGN Chicago.

This is Putin-style autocracy.

WATCH

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Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 16h

Hey All, for next week - change up signs
“ We love America, that’s why we say NO KINGS “ ( just like 1776)
"We love democracy, that’s why we say no to oligarchy"

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Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez @gluesenkampperez.house.gov · 16h

Did you know my team can assist with delayed or missing Social Security checks, tax refunds, passports, or veterans benefits?

My team will be in Naselle on October 22 to assist with federal agencies, and we've already served thousands of folks across Southwest Washington.

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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 16h

Peter Thiel’s theology is a strange materialist techno mashup, heavy on Armageddon with a hint of a savior who saves the kings, and not the rest of us. I explain here.

www.youtube.com/live/GiBhzOA...

The Gospel of Peter Thiel (Part I)

YouTube video by Straight White American Jesus Podcast

www.youtube.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h

Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

propublica.org

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 17h

Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.

If these times feel like you’re living in an episode of The Twilight Zone, you’re not wrong.

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

Rod Serling: Imagine, if you will, a world where the President of the United States is a rapist.
Oh, wait...

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Just Lilo @justlilo.bsky.social · 18h

#Taxes I’ll pay more, but hey, Corporations will collectively pay $77 billion less! What’s not to celebrate? Amiright?

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23h

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

itep.org/trump-tax-la...

Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

itep.org

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 19h

Speaker Johnson just declared the House will remain in recess all next week. This will mark a full month off; the chamber has not been in session since September 19.

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STAT @statnews.com · 19h

#Breaking: HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h...

HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown

Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.

www.statnews.com

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