Shelley English
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Proud mom of three men and a cat named Brian. Ex-Democratic political operative, ex-NYC.gov employee, ex-working artist, almost ex-shrink.
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![OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiefrnejknswedhhz5os4kxytyubcriulytg64k2ims446uxsscsla@jpeg)
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The Guardian
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· 22h
Philippines rocked by damaging 7.6-magnitude earthquake
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said authorities were assessing the situation on the ground and search and rescue efforts were being prepared
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Live coverage: waves of up to 3m possible after 7.6 quake hits Mindanao
The southern Philippines was rocked by a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck in the region of Mindanao on Friday, initially triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted.
The Philippine seismology agency issued a tsunami warning, saying hazardous tsunami waves were possible for coasts located within 300km (186 miles) of the earthquake’s epicentre. Hours later the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami threat had passed. Continue reading...
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