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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Feb 15

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 6h

Congress continues to fail at providing the checks & balances the Constitution intends on the executive branch, but Senate Democrats are working hard to try and get it there. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Oversight

Attorney General Pam Bondi showed up for an oversight hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and she brought her best Scarlett O’Hara demeanor along with her.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 8h

What happens when prosecutions become political theater? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss reports that Trump’s DOJ planned a “perp walk” for former FBI Director Jim Comey on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider: cafe.visitlink.me/HETzAj

Vindictive Prosecution? Comey & Abrego Garcia

Listen now | Is there ever a legitimate reason to “perp walk” a high-profile criminal defendant like Jim Comey?

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h

The sheriff in Mobile, Alabama reportedly has a Halloween “display” featuring skeletons dressed like ICE agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and serapes. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Alabama sheriff under fire for Halloween display with ‘ICE’ agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros

The controversial display shows ICE agent skeletons chasing figures in sombreros, which the sheriff's wife defends as "tongue-in-cheek" while citing her own Cuban heritage.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11h

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12h

Was Tuberville counted at his residence in Florida or in Alabama where he serves in the Senate?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Tommy Tuberville on the 2020 census: "The Democrats were letting illegals come in for a different count. They obviously had a census going that was all rigged. The 2020 election basically was rigged."

(Believe it or not, Donald Trump was president in 2020.)

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16h

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote
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A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16h

Bondi refuses to answer questions about allegations Trump's border czar Tom Homan took $50K in cash in exchange for his promise to funnel government contracts to "businessmen" who turned out to be FBI agents in 2024. After Bondi became AG, the investigation was terminated.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16h

The Justice Department is now investigating grand jurors’ political views?

Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 17h

This exchange is quite something

It begins with Attorney General Bondi alleging that grand jurors who indicted Comey were "liberal" (Grand jury identities are to be secret)

And ends with her mentioning the "great picture" showing her and Trump and others at dinner

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h

Yes, that's an excellent point!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h

Trump is trying to make sending troops onto American streets like a normal policy choice for a president to make. It’s time we start insisting that it isn’t. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Portland And Beyond

This afternoon, Donald Trump was asked about invoking the Insurrection Act: “I’d do it if it was necessary.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20h

Starting to wonder how the National Guard troops Trump is treating like pawns in a game of chess feel about this commander in chief?

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20h

New (& important) from @dahlialithwick.bsky.social @mimirocah1.bsky.social Rachel Foster & me slate.com/news-and-pol...

The National Failure at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Story

It is a great challenge to pay sustained attention to any one of the onslaught of moral or legal indignities unfolding in this moment.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

I think we can do a lot here that will protect democracy.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

I saw someone raise this point earlier-I've forgotten who now. There have been 0 arrests for any of these crimes, & of course, if they were being committed, they would be charging hard. This alone seems to contradict Trump's rationale.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Totally agree. They know what they should be doing. It's moral cowardice to fail to act here.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for this important dispatch from the war 🫠

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Portland And Beyond

This afternoon, Donald Trump was asked about invoking the Insurrection Act: “I’d do it if it was necessary.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear, the Judge scheduled a hearing for Thursday, saying she needed the time for the parties to provide her with more information before she made a decision. This is hardly a win for the Trump administration.

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Breaking News: A federal judge declined to immediately block President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois. The judge’s ruling came as a military official said 200 troops from the Texas Guard were headed to the state.

Live Updates: Illinois Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployments to Chicago

Illinois officials had sought to block the deployment as 200 National Guard troops from Texas headed to Chicago. Gov. JB Pritzker called the mobilization “an unconstitutional invasion.”

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

It would’ve been surprising if they had agreed to hear the case. It presents no novel issues of fact or law & the conviction is clearly due to be affirmed. Trump can pardon her, but she’s not entitled to any legal relief. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Happy first Monday in October to all who celebrate. The Supreme Court is back in session. Here’s what you need to know about key cases this term. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

The Week Ahead

October 5, 2025

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

The new term of Court starts today. Here’s what I am paying attention to. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Week Ahead

October 5, 2025

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the Sunday Morning Wrap-Up. Read any of the Civil Discourse columns you may have missed last week, with links all in one place for convenience. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Sunday Morning Wrap-Up

Here’s your Sunday morning wrap-up!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s efforts to militarize ICE & send federalized Nat'l Guard troops onto American streets, firing government employees during the shutdown, it's all part of Project 2025, which he disavowed all knowledge of during the campaign because it was so unpopular.

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Project 2025: Taking on the Constitution

Another Saturday night in America.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

Partisan gerrymanders may be legal, but only because SCOTUS said so. They are anti-democratic measures used by a party that fears losing power to hold onto control, a mechanism that lets parties choose their voters instead of letting voters choose who will represent them.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4d

Isn't it ironic?

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