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ACLU @aclu.org · 20h

As we've said before: Diss tracks are protected by the First Amendment.

Drake’s Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Dismissed by Judge

Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us" has been dismissed by a federal judge.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 17h

And we're not slowing down.

Join us: ACLU.org

@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 19h

Take notice, the ACLU is hard at work…

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ACLU @aclu.org · 11h

For many families, the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship have turned what should've been the happiest moments — the birth of a new child — into a time of stress and uncertainty.

We won't back down from defending the 14th Amendment.

Immigrant Parents Confront Fear, Uncertainty Over Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threats

Families share how Trump’s threat to end birthright citizenship turned moments of joy into doubt about their children’s futures.

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Aure Free Press :verified: @free-press.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

AMERICA FIGHTS BACK!

Saying the Trump regime directly contravened her Saturday order blocking the federal government from mobilizing National Guard troops in Portland, a federal judge Monday issued a broader order barring Trump from relocating National Guard […]

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 21h

📌 Canks isn't gonna be happy

This may stop his heart 🤭🤣🐥

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 19h

📣The Freedom Frogs are multiplying‼️

This is the way Portland 🫡❤️🐸
Video @oregonian.com

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 5h

The Portland thing gives me some hope because we, as a society, glorify violence because our government IS violence. But the cycle of retaliation can never stop without some really intense problem solving and big picture work.

To see de-escalation with frog suits, of all things.

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The-Autistic-Artist 🥥 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Halloween Era @theautisticart.bsky.social · 5h

Well, the story of Exodus did say that Frogs were a plague of Egypt.

Only it's ICE who is being plagued by them...

Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 16h

Nazis everywhere are pissed off that Antifa is co-opting the frog and making it a left wing symbol.

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 4h

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GeeRaffa @geeraffa.bsky.social · 5h

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 4h

BRIEF COMMENT
Far-right LaRouche type Sameera Khan marks Donald Trump's loss of the Nobel Peace Prize by salivating over autocracy again. This person genuinely keeps on disgusting me in ways I never predict.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

The president doesn’t have the power to do that because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election and voting rules.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

Despite years of detailed debunking of the Dominion conspiracy theories, Trump has continued to repeat them even as recently as a few weeks ago, when he vowed to get rid of voting machines.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

“They have a good reputation in the field,” Stephen Richer, a Republican who was targeted by Trump and his allies when he served as the top elections official in Arizona’s Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

But some election officials said Thursday that KNOWiNK had seemed to steer clear of 2020 conspiracy theories and acted like a typical, nonpartisan firm.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

Statements by Liberty Vote saying it will align with Trump’s executive order—which has been challenged by Democratic state attorneys general, the Democratic National Committee and an array of voting and civil rights groups—could lead to concerns in blue states that currently use Dominion equipment.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

But voting machine companies are usually careful about making overt political statements, given that the market for their equipment is split between places under Republican and Democratic control.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

The announcement from the new company does not disclose the cost of the transaction, but a spokesman said all the money was put up by Leiendecker. Both companies involved are privately held.

The false allegations against Dominion made its brand toxic in many Republican-leaning states and counties.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

Those false allegations sparked a number of defamation lawsuits against conservative-leaning media and the president’s allies, including a settlement in 2023 in which Fox News agreed to pay Dominion $787 million and one this year that Newsmax settled for $67 million.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

Denver-based Dominion was at the heart of some of the most fevered conspiracy theories about Trump’s loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

Part of the president’s order sought to prohibit voting equipment that produces a paper record with “a barcode or quick-response code”—equipment that is currently in use in hundreds of counties across 19 states.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

The release from the new company vows to reintroduce “hand-marked paper ballots” and adjust company policies to follow Trump’s executive order on voting procedures, which is not in effect because judges have ruled that Trump doesn’t have the power to mandate them.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

Almost all U.S. voting equipment already leaves a paper trail.

Dominion’s former CEO confirmed the sale in a single-sentence statement on Thursday: “Liberty Vote has acquired Dominion Voting Systems,” John Poulos said.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

The announcement also quotes KNOWiNK’s owner, former St. Louis elections director Scott Leiendecker, as vowing to provide “election technology that prioritizes paper-based transparency,” one of the longtime demands of election conspiracy theorists.

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The REAL Jesse Coffey @therealjessecoffey.bsky.social · 5h

In a possible nod to a groundless conspiracy theory that linked Dominion to the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, the release highlighted that the company would become “100% American-owned.”

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