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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 29

*dances*

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Mar 28

BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson has *blocked* the dismantling of CFPB. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Mar 27

JUST IN: Kari Lake has withdrawn the cancelation of Radio Free Europe’s grant, seeking to end a legal standoff.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Mar 27

JUST IN: The D.C. Circuit tells the Pentagon not to take action against any transgender servicemembers while a judge's order blocking Trump/Hegseth's ban is appealed.

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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 28

Wilmer Hale stands up for democracy.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · Mar 28

Proud to be an alum of Wilmer Hale right now.

If you are in a position to direct business to law firms - or to take business to law firms - please consider which firms are standing up and fighting.

Against *blatantly illegal* policies!

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Mar 28

BREAKING: A second federal judge has barred the military from enforcing its ban on transgender service members. Details TK storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 23

People forget that boycotts have worked in the past. They will work again.

An opinion piece, not news, but let’s all be helpers.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...

Opinion | Don’t Like What Trump Is Doing? You Have More Power Than You Think.

Church-led campaigns against businesses for retreating from D.E.I. promises are a form of pastoral ministry for those who feel ignored or forgotten.

www.nytimes.com

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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 23

Hope.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 22

Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.

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

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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 21

If you read one thing today, read this one.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...

Opinion | Democrats Can Stop Trump and Save America

The Democratic Party can’t stop America’s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it stands for.

www.nytimes.com

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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 19

This is an incredible piece and a reminder that progress is uneven, history repeats itself, and that the arc of these United States is bigger than this small moment in time.

Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · Mar 18

Another brilliant piece from @mikepod.bsky.social

History has a habit of repeating itself—today's MAGA attacks on civil rights & freedoms mirror the backlash from over a century ago

Worth the read! - TN

America’s Second “Redemption”

The accelerating MAGA assault on democratic freedoms echoes America’s first “Redemption,” a backlash to Reconstruction after the Civil War. Understanding the historical parallels—long marches for free...

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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 19

This is extremely reassuring.

Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Mar 18

1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.

Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump
Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump).
• Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges.
• Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side.
• A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush.
• The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.

Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 19

A major win. Trans members of our armed forces can continue to serve.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Mar 18

INCREDIBLE Ruling!

Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.

Trans military members may continue to serve.

Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 17

This ridiculously pandering headline is getting all the attention, but the article is a list of one right wing economist after another calling the Trump Administration incompetent.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump has a plan to remake the economy. But he’s not explaining it very well.

President Trump has claimed his economic plan could cause brief pain while the nation advances to a new “Golden Age.” But officials have been less clear about what that destination will look like.

www.washingtonpost.com

Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 17

The courts have several tools that are not subject to executive authority: civil contempt (rather than criminal) and deputization of people to serve in lieu of US Marshalls.

www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...

If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders

Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.

www.democracydocket.com

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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 16

Retaliatory tariffs are surgical, aiming for Trump voters.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Maps: Where Trump Voter Jobs Will Be Hit by Tariffs

Nearly 8 million Americans work in industries targeted by the levies and the majority are Trump voters, a New York Times analysis shows

www.nytimes.com

Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 16

Not a news item, but he’s right.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Mar 15

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Mar 15

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”

WOW. Planes in air must turn around.

A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Mar 14

NEW: A federal judge — Trump appointee Dabney Friedrich — became the first to reject efforts by DOJ to expand the reach of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon to cover crimes that had nothing to do with the Capitol attack

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Mar 14

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a stop to mass firings in federal agencies (except Pentagon, OPM and NARA) saying the so-called “reductions in force (RIFs)” broke the law.

“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 14

www.axios.com/2025/03/14/t...

Focus groups have buyer’s remorse, say Trump is acting like a dictator, are concerned about economy.

Trump swing voters in Michigan focus group have buyers' remorse

"Erratic," "frightening," "disruptive" and "dictator" were among the words they used to describe their concerns.

www.axios.com

Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 13

Major win for fired civil servants!

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Mar 13

Judge Alsup "rejects" the government's attempt to use "press releases" to say that agencies made these decisions with no direction from OPM.

The TRO will be extended. Additionally, the VA must offer reinstatement to all fired probationary employees. Terminations were "unlawful," court finds.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Mar 13

GOOD NEWS: The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon to be the director of the CDC.

Weldon has opposed vaccines throughout his political career.

Thank you to everyone who called their Senators. Advocacy works!

Axios: White House to pull CDC director nomination

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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 12

Nice.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Mar 12

Reps. Jayapal, Raskin and Scanlon are circulating the following letter about Mahmoud Khalil (leaked to me) among congressional colleagues, source says. Draft unambiguously condemns the arrest, saying it's based on an "obsolete Cold War-era" law

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Mar 12

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Reyes has kicked off a crucial hearing President Trump's effort to ban transgender people from serving in the military. She is beginning by pressing DOJ lawyer on the changes in military policy toward transgender people beginning in 2017.

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Mx. Rogers @mxrogers.bsky.social · Mar 12

Also, Williams & Connelly is an extremely high-powered law firm.