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#BlueCrew Friends, hello! I didn’t use to cuss much, but now I do. Sorry. FUCK MAGA! #RESIST! I support science, justice, true journalism & civil rights for all 🧬 ⚖️ 🗞️ ⚧️ 🌈

🗓️ Wednesday, Oct. 21: Back to “suspected” Essayli: “At least 20,000 noncitizens are registered to vote,” and said the 28 people charged proved the larger list was accurate. But the DOJ’s latest filing AGAIN hedged, asking for the segregation of ballots belonging to “suspected non-eligible voters.”

🧵“Likely.” “Confirmed.” “Suspected.” “Verified.” In just over a week, Trump’s administration has kept changing how it describes the 20,000+ Californians whose ballots it wants set aside. Here's every time the DOJ has flip-flopped on describing these voters👇

UPDATE in the DOJ's lawsuit seeking to disenfranchise 20k California voters it alleges are noncitizens: 🗓️SATURDAY: California opposition to the DOJ's request for a block are due. 🗓️SUNDAY: The DOJ's response in support of their request is due. 🗓️OCT. 27: A hearing over the request is scheduled.

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NEW: Democrats asked a judge to rush their bid to block the White House from threatening election officials with criminal prosecution and demanding that states remove voters from the rolls. The suit comes a week after the DOJ sued to disenfranchise 20k Californians. https://demdock.com/4ikoHEx

Democrats ask judge to fast track lawsuit to block Trump admin’s midterm threats

The lawsuit challenges the administration's attempts to “intimidate and coerce election officials who aid and urge registered voters to cast ballots.”

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Maybe you saw Trump's so desperate he's begging Putin for diesel. But listen to this: At the very same time, the White House is brokering the sale of billions in Russian energy assets to people who fund the Trump family and the Trump campaign.

We can and will reclaim control over our own destiny. We can and will meet our obligations to our children. And that begins with victory this fall.

Meta gave $1M to Trump's inauguration fund — and Mark Zuckerberg himsef has helped bankroll Trump's ballroom. Now Trump's DOJ has halted a years-long criminal investigation into allegedly enabling and profiting from illegal drug sales on its platforms. Funny how that works, huh?

'What Meta's Money Is Buying': DOJ Halts Probe of Facebook Owner That Has Given Trump Millions | Common Dreams

Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's company was facing a criminal investigation for allegedly enabling and profiting from the

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Eight days ago, less than a month before an election, Trump's DOJ raided @repilhan.bsky.social’s home in what we know is a fascistic attempt to denaturalize & deport her.   We cannot become numb to these blatant abuses of power. Failure to call this for what it is, is complicity.

U.S. probe of Rep. Ilhan Omar focuses on birth date, citizenship papers, people familiar say

The Department of Homeland Security declined to move forward with an investigation years ago based on similar allegations, said one person, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss informatio...

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Stephen Miller claims Somali-Americans in Minnesota are "buying Mercedes, buying BMWs, they buy a nice house, all their kids fly first class all over the world" (This is a lie!)