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BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge in Texas just threw out a GOP lawsuit that attempted to block California’s new congressional redistricting plan — ruling the plaintiff had no standing to sue over another state’s election laws.
Federal Court Tosses Another GOP Lawsuit Against California’s Redistricting Plan
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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This is a big deal… my congressman has been in DC for 24 years and hasn’t held a Townhall since 2012.

His rural constituents are standing up.
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“Pardons and commutations offer X-rays into the souls of presidents. More than any other presidential actions, clemencies tell us who they are.” Jeff Toobin has this exactly right. Trump’s use of the pardon power sullies its purpose but reveals who the man is.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | The Santos Commutation Is No Joke
www.nytimes.com
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#TrumpHatesOurHealthCare
Regular Americans don’t give a shit about a clean CR. They care that they can afford their insurance premiums.

NEW POLL…
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And although there is a procedure to seek *full* en banc rehearing (what we called "super en banc" when I was clerking), that procedure has never successfully been invoked.
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The 10 judges are drawn from the pool of all non-recused active judges and any senior judges who were on the panel and wish to be eligible (so, Judge Graber would presumably be in the pool here).

Among other things, that means the "en banc" court could easily skew to either side of the split.
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Just a reminder that "en banc" review in the Ninth Circuit is ... unique.

The full court (29 active judges, currently with a 16-13 D-R split) votes on whether or not to rehear a case en banc.

If so, then *10* judges are randomly drawn to sit with Chief Judge Murguia as the "en banc" court.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 3d
President Trump is trying to create one giant national police force under his command by strong-arming local law enforcement agencies into helping ICE carry out immigration raids.

This is a danger to our rights and undermines the checks and balances essential to a democracy.
Trump “National Police Force” Built on ICE Partnerships With Local Agencies Like… Wildlife Commissions?
Trump is using ICE partnerships and lies about immigrant crime waves to create a national police force that operates under his orders.
theintercept.com
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He hates American values and principles. He hates democracy. He despises the Constitution and its constraints. He hates most Americans. All he desires is money, power and staying out of jail. Am I missing something?
I’m thinking he’s going to have a hard time arresting all the people who were out in force yesterday. It looks like they are trying to use scare tactics, but our numbers make it clear that we won’t be intimidated.
Why am I not surprised. Rubio is showing his true colors.
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Millions of Americans… turned out across the USA…to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an administration apparently bent on replacing that democracy with a dictatorship - by Heather Cox Richardson

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 18, 2025
Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an ...
open.substack.com
Wow! There’s an admission!
I don’t think fertility rate is the same as replacement rate.
And in 1970, my husband decided to limit to one child because of concern for the planet and our pocketbooks.
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I am planning on going to No Kings gathering this weekend in central Texas. And since I was terminated by MSNBC a few weeks ago, can someone let me know where to pick up paycheck that GOP keeps talking about. I have asked many folks going to No Kings, and none are getting paid.
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Reuters: US APPEALS COURT WON’T ALLOW DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD IN ILLINOIS PENDING APPEAL