Suzanne
@dogchaser.bsky.social
I read banned books, support women’s right to choose. Glad I’m living in a Blue state. Lifelong Democrat.
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NEW: The DOJ argues in a new legal filing that Trump has the broad authority to deploy the National Guard into U.S. cities and that these troops are better suited than traditional soldiers to suppress “violent resistance on the streets of American cities.”
DOJ Tells SCOTUS Trump Has Unreviewable Power to Send Troops to U.S. Cities
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NEW: The DOJ argues in a new legal filing that Trump has the broad authority to deploy the National Guard into U.S. cities and that these troops are better suited than traditional soldiers to suppress “violent resistance on the streets of American cities.”
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#GVerse Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social just walked onto a plane full of veterans & thanked every single one of them: no stage, no teleprompter, no ego trip.
#MyPresidentBarackObama 🫡🇺🇸
Hit the like, & repost to show your love for this man, a true American Hero! #VeteransDay
#MyPresidentBarackObama 🫡🇺🇸
Hit the like, & repost to show your love for this man, a true American Hero! #VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
#GVerse Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social just walked onto a plane full of veterans & thanked every single one of them: no stage, no teleprompter, no ego trip.
#MyPresidentBarackObama 🫡🇺🇸
Hit the like, & repost to show your love for this man, a true American Hero! #VeteransDay
#MyPresidentBarackObama 🫡🇺🇸
Hit the like, & repost to show your love for this man, a true American Hero! #VeteransDay
27 far-right Trump judge picks caught making 'dishonest and misleading answers' to Senate
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27 far-right Trump judge picks caught making 'dishonest and misleading answers' to Senate
President Donald Trump has appointed 27 judges to federal courts so far in his second term, and in addition to their right-wing interpretation of the law, an analysis of the judges’ comments to senato...
www.rawstory.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
27 far-right Trump judge picks caught making 'dishonest and misleading answers' to Senate
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www.rawstory.com/trump-judici...
SEALs flatten 'weak' Hegseth as elite captain's career ruined because she's female: report
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SEALs flatten 'weak' Hegseth as elite captain's career ruined because she's female: report
The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — and military sources blame Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hostility to...
www.rawstory.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
SEALs flatten 'weak' Hegseth as elite captain's career ruined because she's female: report
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
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Special meals are served in her cell; she has a puppy, a jogging court, exercise alone, and a VIP guest list that has shut down the prison.
Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged prison perks spark probe into Trump administration
youtu.be/hXwW-KY1NDw?...
#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged prison perks spark probe into Trump administration
youtu.be/hXwW-KY1NDw?...
#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Special meals are served in her cell; she has a puppy, a jogging court, exercise alone, and a VIP guest list that has shut down the prison.
Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged prison perks spark probe into Trump administration
youtu.be/hXwW-KY1NDw?...
#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged prison perks spark probe into Trump administration
youtu.be/hXwW-KY1NDw?...
#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
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After leukemia treatments failed, Alyssa, at age 13, was told she would die. Then, doctors tried an experimental gene-edited therapy. She became the 1st human to try the treatment made possible by U.S. federal funding. Now 16, she’s cancer-free. RESEARCH SAVES LIVES
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
After leukemia treatments failed, Alyssa, at age 13, was told she would die. Then, doctors tried an experimental gene-edited therapy. She became the 1st human to try the treatment made possible by U.S. federal funding. Now 16, she’s cancer-free. RESEARCH SAVES LIVES
Dogs Reportedly on Chains, Scarred and Forced to Fight: Demand Maximum Penalties animalpetitions.org/1373124/dogs...
Dogs Reportedly on Chains, Scarred and Forced to Fight: Demand Maximum Penalties - Animal Petitions
More than 200 dogs were reportedly rescued from backyard fighting yards marked by heavy chains and dirt pits. Demand maximum sentences, lifetime animal bans, and full restitution where allegations are...
animalpetitions.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Dogs Reportedly on Chains, Scarred and Forced to Fight: Demand Maximum Penalties animalpetitions.org/1373124/dogs...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
Tell Congress: Pass the Stand Up for Sudan Act
After 18 months of brutal civil war, the suffering in Sudan has reached incalculable levels: 400,000 people are starving as famine spreads, and horrific satellite imagery has captured the bloody remna...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
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Trump has pardoned over 70 people who tried to help him overturn his 2020 election loss. Some fear it encourages GOP officials to become even bolder with efforts to help Trump subvert future elections, "knowing that if they succeed, they'll be pardoned."
Trump Pardons His Co-Conspirators in 2020 Coup Attempt
One policy expert warned it was "a setup to encourage state-level Republican election officials to take actions to illegally steal the election, knowing that if they succeed, they'll be pardoned."
www.commondreams.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trump has pardoned over 70 people who tried to help him overturn his 2020 election loss. Some fear it encourages GOP officials to become even bolder with efforts to help Trump subvert future elections, "knowing that if they succeed, they'll be pardoned."
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Open Secrets, an organisation which exposes economic crimes and human rights abuses, has been issued a prepublication gag order. This is according to a statement released by the organisation on Monday.
Read groundup.org.za/article/anon... by Zora Hollie
Read groundup.org.za/article/anon... by Zora Hollie
Unknown judge in unknown court gags Open Secrets from saying …
This appears to be the most draconian pre-publication interdict we have come across
groundup.org.za
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Open Secrets, an organisation which exposes economic crimes and human rights abuses, has been issued a prepublication gag order. This is according to a statement released by the organisation on Monday.
Read groundup.org.za/article/anon... by Zora Hollie
Read groundup.org.za/article/anon... by Zora Hollie
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“When people’s needs aren’t being met, they need an alternative, and so far, only the far right was providing an alternative in the form of authoritarianism, in the form of fascism, in the form of hate, turning against immigrants, against queer people, against Muslims.”
Organizers & Supporters Celebrate Mamdani’s Stunning Victory & Repudiation of Trump
Democracy Now! spoke with supporters celebrating Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral race Tuesday night. Volunteers with the Democratic Socialists and other campaign organizers at the Br...
www.democracynow.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“When people’s needs aren’t being met, they need an alternative, and so far, only the far right was providing an alternative in the form of authoritarianism, in the form of fascism, in the form of hate, turning against immigrants, against queer people, against Muslims.”
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
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Bulgaria is racing to prevent the shutdown of its only oil refinery before U.S. sanctions on its Russian owner take effect later this month.
Bulgaria moves to prevent shutdown of its only oil refinery ahead of US sanctions
Bulgaria is racing to prevent the shutdown of its only oil refinery before U.S. sanctions on its Russian owner take effect later this month.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bulgaria is racing to prevent the shutdown of its only oil refinery before U.S. sanctions on its Russian owner take effect later this month.
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SUNDAY 11/9
10 AM: Rally + Press Conference before National Veterans Parade
7th & Pennsylvania (Indiana Plaza)
Join w U.S. Vets to Say:
We Reject the “War Department” War on the American People.
Soldiers Take An Oath to the Constitution, Not to a Fascist Tyrant.
Trump Must Go Now!
10 AM: Rally + Press Conference before National Veterans Parade
7th & Pennsylvania (Indiana Plaza)
Join w U.S. Vets to Say:
We Reject the “War Department” War on the American People.
Soldiers Take An Oath to the Constitution, Not to a Fascist Tyrant.
Trump Must Go Now!
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
SUNDAY 11/9
10 AM: Rally + Press Conference before National Veterans Parade
7th & Pennsylvania (Indiana Plaza)
Join w U.S. Vets to Say:
We Reject the “War Department” War on the American People.
Soldiers Take An Oath to the Constitution, Not to a Fascist Tyrant.
Trump Must Go Now!
10 AM: Rally + Press Conference before National Veterans Parade
7th & Pennsylvania (Indiana Plaza)
Join w U.S. Vets to Say:
We Reject the “War Department” War on the American People.
Soldiers Take An Oath to the Constitution, Not to a Fascist Tyrant.
Trump Must Go Now!
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Italy urges US to unlock pay for military base workers amid shutdown reut.rs/4qLi9Ct
Italy urges US to unlock pay for military base workers amid shutdown
Local staff at some American military bases in Italy have not been paid due to the U.S. government shutdown and Rome is in talks with U.S. authorities to resolve the issue, the Italian foreign ministry said on Saturday.
reut.rs
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Italy urges US to unlock pay for military base workers amid shutdown reut.rs/4qLi9Ct
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When a party has supermajority status in the Mississippi Senate, it can more easily override a governor’s veto, revive bills that died on legislative deadlines, propose constitutional amendments and execute certain procedural actions.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After six years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
When a party has supermajority status in the Mississippi Senate, it can more easily override a governor’s veto, revive bills that died on legislative deadlines, propose constitutional amendments and execute certain procedural actions.
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Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000 as more bodies are exchanged, local health officials say
Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000 as more bodies are exchanged, local health officials say
Israeli settlers Saturday staged two attacks on Palestinian farmers and others in the occupied West Bank as violence reaches new highs in the territory.
dlvr.it
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000 as more bodies are exchanged, local health officials say
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Check out the Week that Was, a roundup of Lawfare's articles and podcasts of the past week, compiled by Isabel Arroyo. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Check out the Week that Was, a roundup of Lawfare's articles and podcasts of the past week, compiled by Isabel Arroyo. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Report: Trump wants D.C. stadium named after him reut.rs/4hSRgIA
Report: Trump wants D.C. stadium named after him
President Donald Trump wants the Washington Commanders to put his name on their future stadium, ESPN reported on Saturday.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Report: Trump wants D.C. stadium named after him reut.rs/4hSRgIA
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Hungary's waiver from US sanctions on Russia energy is indefinite, minister says reut.rs/47NvpxB
Hungary's waiver from US sanctions on Russia energy is indefinite, minister says
Hungary said on Saturday it had obtained an indefinite waiver from U.S. sanctions for using Russian oil and gas, contradicting a White House official who said it had been granted a one-year exemption.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hungary's waiver from US sanctions on Russia energy is indefinite, minister says reut.rs/47NvpxB