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#StrongerTogether #RESIST #SpeakUP #UNITE #ShowUP #BlueCrew We will not go silently into the night; we will fight for our country, our democracy & our future! 💙💛 #StandWithUkraine 💛💙 🍁🍁 #StandWithCanada 🍁🍁 #NoKings #NoICE #NoMAGA #NoNazis #NoFascism

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💙 True Blue Believer 💙 @truebluebeliever.bsky.social · Mar 28

We all have to resist. Find your local groups and join. Go to your local town halls, rallies and protests. Call your senators and representatives and tell them how you feel.

Silence is compliance. 💙

indivisible.org
www.mobilize.us
www.fiftyfifty.one

💙 #RESIST #SpeakUP #UNITE #ShowUP #REBUILD 💙

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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 57m

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“She’s a low IQ individual.” — Trump vents Dem grievances to PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦

YouTube video by Diaper Diplomacy

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h

WTF: "Attorney General Pam Bondi was caught off guard Thursday when President Donald Trump’s handpicked US attorney, Lindsey Halligan, secured New York Attorney General Letitia James’ indictment from a grand jury..."

Lindsey Halligan didn’t coordinate NY AG Letitia James indictment with Pam Bondi’s DOJ | CNN Politics

Attorney General Pam Bondi was caught off guard Thursday when President Donald Trump’s handpicked US attorney, Lindsey Halligan, secured New York Attorney General Letitia James’ indictment from a gran...

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 6h

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 2h

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 13h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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ArizonaTerry.bsky.social @arizonaterry.bsky.social · 17h

Please educate the people in your lives that don’t understand what fascism is.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Federal judge finds the Trump admin likely violated the First (viewpoint discrimination) and Fifth (vagueness) Amendments in a case over changed domestic violence grant conditions.

Preliminary injunction issued.

(A TRO previously was issued.)

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Case 1:25-cv-00342-MRD-PAS
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
RHODE ISLAND COALITION
AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al.,
Defendants.
C.A. No. 25-cv-342-MRD-PAS
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Melissa R. DuBose, United States District Judge.

Over twenty non-profit coalitions that receive federal grant money to help
support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault as well as members of
society who are unhoused or without stable housing filed suit against the United
States Departments of Health and Human Services ("HHS") and Housing and Urban
Development ("HUD") as well as various administrators and subagencies who fall
under and within these agencies (hereinafter the "Coalitions" or the "Plaintiffs").
Compl. at 1-4. The Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants are springing new conditions
on them as grantees and are requiring compliance with new spending restrictions on grant funds (the "Grants"), all in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (the
"APA"), 5 U.S.C. § 706, the U.S. Constitution's clearly articulated separation of
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powers principles such as the Article I Spending Clause, the First Amendment, and the Due Process Clause under the Fifth Amendment. Id. 11 4, 66-89. The new
conditions and certifications foisted upon the grantees are focused on compelling
compliance with sweeping changes imposed by the executive branch by way of Executive Orders ("E.O.s") aimed at eliminating programs that are perceived as promoting gender ideology; diversity, equity, and inclusion; elective abortions; and
antidiscrimination. Id. 11 21-31, MPI at 73-74.

IV. CONCLUSION
As stated, the Court determines that the Plaintiffs have met their burden as
to the preliminary injunction factors and finds them entitled to relief. Pursuant to Section 705 of the APA, the Court finds that it is necessary and appropriate to grant
the Plaintiffs' request for a preliminary stay of the Challenged Conditions.
See 5
U.S.C. § 705 (permitting a reviewing court to "issue all necessary and appropriate
process to postpone the effective date of an agency action or to preserve status or
rights pending conclusion of the review proceedings on such conditions as may be
required and to the extent necessary to prevent irreparable injury").
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Melissa R. DuBose
United States District Judge
October 10, 2025

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 3h

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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PBLarsen @pblarsen.bsky.social · 1d

Go figure.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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💙 True Blue Believer 💙 @truebluebeliever.bsky.social · 9h

Obama has won it, that clown will never win it. Like EVER.
#ObamaIsAHero #F47IsAZero #CryHarderClown 😜😜😜

Hey Big Fat Crybaby, wanna see my Nobel Peace Prize?? 😜😜

NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY OR HOM MUCH YOU LIE, YOU WILL NEVER EVER EVER MEASURE UP!!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

As others note, that contrasts with Pat Fitz, who provided an introduction that made most of the stories.

MR. FITZGERALD: Good morning, Your Honor. Pat Fitzgerald, and it's the honor of my life to represent Mr. Comey in this matter.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

According to the transcript from Jim Comey's arraignment, Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer did not describe who her client is, Donald Trump or the United States.

MR. LEMONS: Good morning, Your Honor. Tyler Lemons for the United States government. MS. HALLIGAN: Lindsey Halligan. MR. DIAZ: Good morning, Your Honor. Gabriel Diaz for the United States.

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💙 True Blue Believer 💙 @truebluebeliever.bsky.social · 10h

Happy Birthday! Wishing you a most beautiful day!
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💙 True Blue Believer 💙 @truebluebeliever.bsky.social · Mar 28

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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 23h

A former library director in Wyoming has won $700,000 in a settlement after she was fired for refusing to remove Sexual health and LGBTQ+ books. www.advocate.com/news/wyoming...

Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books

Terri Lesley has won $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books.

www.advocate.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment