Sharon Dolente
@sharondolente.bsky.social
Two time amender of MI Constitution to expand voting rights. Civil rights lawyer; Owner, GSD Group; ACLU of MI alum; Obama alum; Proud to call PA, MI and CA home.
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The Federalist Society has apparently taken down the video of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's "Fireside Chat" at the National Lawyers Convention on November 7 (the one where he said that he and the Justice Department are at "war" against federal district courts):
I wonder why...
I wonder why...
2025 National Lawyers Convention
The National Lawyers Convention is now sold out. Over three days, the Federalist Society's 2025...
fedsoc.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Federalist Society has apparently taken down the video of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's "Fireside Chat" at the National Lawyers Convention on November 7 (the one where he said that he and the Justice Department are at "war" against federal district courts):
I wonder why...
I wonder why...
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Listen to this Border Patrol agent cry about how he's going to be DOXXED after being arrested for drunkenly barging into a woman's restroom with a loaded gun, demanding a date from the woman inside, and then punching the arresting officers.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Listen to this Border Patrol agent cry about how he's going to be DOXXED after being arrested for drunkenly barging into a woman's restroom with a loaded gun, demanding a date from the woman inside, and then punching the arresting officers.
@propublica.org @weareoversight.bsky.social Who is investigating why DOJ paused enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and the impact it has had? Who previously registered and what are they doing now vis a vis the federal government? Who would have had to register but hasn’t?
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
@propublica.org @weareoversight.bsky.social Who is investigating why DOJ paused enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and the impact it has had? Who previously registered and what are they doing now vis a vis the federal government? Who would have had to register but hasn’t?
“Remember that the wealthiest and poorest among your constituency still each have one vote. And voters actually live in the communities where the Democrats need to drive turnout.”
My urgent prescription for Democratic Party leaders, advocates, and voters after the Dem election sweep & the chaotic shutdown vote.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
NOW WHAT?
Part II - Real Talk for Voters, Advocates, & Dem Leaders in Congress
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“Remember that the wealthiest and poorest among your constituency still each have one vote. And voters actually live in the communities where the Democrats need to drive turnout.”
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Having been involved as an expert witness in three documentary proof of citizenship cases I expect DHS will find there are 1,000s of naturalized citizens who haven't updated their drivers' license citizenship status but they'll claim they are noncitizens
Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & me: new docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show DHS trying to obtain drivers license data from all 50 states to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud & possibly remove voters from rolls before midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New docs show DHS is gathering drivers’ license data in voter fraud crusade
Experts worry the Trump administration will use the info to disenfranchise voters.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Having been involved as an expert witness in three documentary proof of citizenship cases I expect DHS will find there are 1,000s of naturalized citizens who haven't updated their drivers' license citizenship status but they'll claim they are noncitizens
When DOJ wanted to dismiss the Mayor Adams case, Federal Judge Dale Ho appointed a lawyer to represent the interests that the DOJ abandoned. How about something like this in all of these attempts to hand out tax dollars couched as settlements to everyone and their mother.
NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations
bit.ly/4hWdolc
bit.ly/4hWdolc
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
When DOJ wanted to dismiss the Mayor Adams case, Federal Judge Dale Ho appointed a lawyer to represent the interests that the DOJ abandoned. How about something like this in all of these attempts to hand out tax dollars couched as settlements to everyone and their mother.
I would really appreciate it if Congress didn't provide for tax dollars to be used for handouts couched as settlements. We need some oversight, sunshine, and accounting. In the local government context, the city council approves settlements and the agreements are FOIAable.
The settlement talks between the Trump administration and Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino marked a change in position by DOJ, which previously had successfully argued in court to have both of their lawsuits tossed out
bit.ly/4hWdolc
bit.ly/4hWdolc
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I would really appreciate it if Congress didn't provide for tax dollars to be used for handouts couched as settlements. We need some oversight, sunshine, and accounting. In the local government context, the city council approves settlements and the agreements are FOIAable.
Some many of these messages were sent with "High" importance. Speaks volumes. I've used that feature less than half a dozen times in my career and never, ever in a personal context.
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Some many of these messages were sent with "High" importance. Speaks volumes. I've used that feature less than half a dozen times in my career and never, ever in a personal context.
You know what is a huge waste of tax dollars? Paying these folks to run around in circles trying to protect and please the king all day long rather than do any useful government function.
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
You know what is a huge waste of tax dollars? Paying these folks to run around in circles trying to protect and please the king all day long rather than do any useful government function.
Dear Detroit media,
Here's an idea. How about asking Winfrey why turnout in municipal elections has been down ever since she took office?
Here's an idea. How about asking Winfrey why turnout in municipal elections has been down ever since she took office?
Thank you @freep.com for analyzing Detroit turnout as a percentage of those who are eligible to vote (citizens over 18 years old). The 2nd chart highlights that turnout in municipal elections has been depressed since 2005. That was Winfrey's first election.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Detroit's Nov. 4 election boasts highest voter turnout since 2013
Around 22% of Detroit's registered voters cast ballots in this year's municipal election.
www.freep.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Dear Detroit media,
Here's an idea. How about asking Winfrey why turnout in municipal elections has been down ever since she took office?
Here's an idea. How about asking Winfrey why turnout in municipal elections has been down ever since she took office?
Thank you @freep.com for analyzing Detroit turnout as a percentage of those who are eligible to vote (citizens over 18 years old). The 2nd chart highlights that turnout in municipal elections has been depressed since 2005. That was Winfrey's first election.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Detroit's Nov. 4 election boasts highest voter turnout since 2013
Around 22% of Detroit's registered voters cast ballots in this year's municipal election.
www.freep.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank you @freep.com for analyzing Detroit turnout as a percentage of those who are eligible to vote (citizens over 18 years old). The 2nd chart highlights that turnout in municipal elections has been depressed since 2005. That was Winfrey's first election.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
California did not play on Tuesday!
For my BlueSky peeps, here are the turnout rates (I cross-post my Substack posts on Xitter, but don't post goodies like this)
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
California did not play on Tuesday!
Gov't treating people differently based on their views, which it admits it is doing, is what the legal-jargon "content-based restriction" means. The US gov't is violently assaulting people who are peacefully expressing their views, just as John Lewis did 50 years ago.
Judge Ellis finds that the Trump administration has placed "content-based restrictions" on protesters.
"Tellingly, she says, "defendants do not deny that they would treat pro-ICE demonstrators more favorably."
"Tellingly, she says, "defendants do not deny that they would treat pro-ICE demonstrators more favorably."
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gov't treating people differently based on their views, which it admits it is doing, is what the legal-jargon "content-based restriction" means. The US gov't is violently assaulting people who are peacefully expressing their views, just as John Lewis did 50 years ago.
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"What it's like to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor."
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:
Rioters tried to kill me on January 6. Trump pardoned them.
What it’s like to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"What it's like to defend democracy, only to be called an un-American traitor."
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:
Sgt. Aquilino Gonell defended the Capitol on January 6. He wrote a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump and his enablers:
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Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
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WATCH body cam video of an ICE agent arrested for DUI after his shift at the Broadview facility.
He crashed into some bushes after officers found him asleep at the wheel and knocked on the window.
"Oh this is a fun one,” the officer tells his sergeant.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
He crashed into some bushes after officers found him asleep at the wheel and knocked on the window.
"Oh this is a fun one,” the officer tells his sergeant.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
An Immigration and Enforcement agent has been charged with drunken driving after his car crashed after a shift at the Broadview detention center.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
WATCH body cam video of an ICE agent arrested for DUI after his shift at the Broadview facility.
He crashed into some bushes after officers found him asleep at the wheel and knocked on the window.
"Oh this is a fun one,” the officer tells his sergeant.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
He crashed into some bushes after officers found him asleep at the wheel and knocked on the window.
"Oh this is a fun one,” the officer tells his sergeant.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
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BREAKING: The Democrats have seized the majority in the Minnesota Senate!
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
BREAKING: The Democrats have seized the majority in the Minnesota Senate!
Well would you look at that.
Domestic manufacturing rose sharply under Biden and is falling under Trump
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Well would you look at that.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
No matter which candidate you favored, it is a huge win for NYC to see huge turnout.
By early evening “more people had already voted in this year’s race than cast ballots in any mayoral election in more than three decades.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
By early evening “more people had already voted in this year’s race than cast ballots in any mayoral election in more than three decades.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Live Updates: In New York, Mayor’s Race Draws Highest Turnout in Decades
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
No matter which candidate you favored, it is a huge win for NYC to see huge turnout.
By early evening “more people had already voted in this year’s race than cast ballots in any mayoral election in more than three decades.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
By early evening “more people had already voted in this year’s race than cast ballots in any mayoral election in more than three decades.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
NYC just had a mayor on Trump’s payroll. It didn’t go so well. How embarrassing for Cuomo to go from standing up for NYC to bending the knee
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
NYC just had a mayor on Trump’s payroll. It didn’t go so well. How embarrassing for Cuomo to go from standing up for NYC to bending the knee
Chester county, PA is where I grew up and many family members live. I’d like to see it do better.
Unaffiliated voters in Chester County may have to cast a provisional ballot through the early hours of Election Day.
Poll books delivered to Chester County’s precincts did not include the names of independent and third party voters.
🔗 More live updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
Poll books delivered to Chester County’s precincts did not include the names of independent and third party voters.
🔗 More live updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
Election 2025 live updates: Philly DA, N.J. governor on the ballot; voting issues in Chester County for independents
Voters will also decide the makeup of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court Tuesday.
www.inquirer.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Chester county, PA is where I grew up and many family members live. I’d like to see it do better.
The smell of onions and mustard is a gift from the gods!
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The smell of onions and mustard is a gift from the gods!