douglaspoland.bsky.social
@douglaspoland.bsky.social
Husband, father, Presbyterian, voting rights lawyer, daily bike commuter even in winter, and inveterate learner. “In Wisconsin, geography is not destiny.” https://www.lawforward.org/
Also Trump, no less than 53 times two years (that's 17,520 hours) ago: I will end Russia's war on Ukraine in 24 hours. www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
Fact check: It wasn’t ‘in jest.’ Here are 53 times Trump said he’d end Ukraine war within 24 hours or before taking office | CNN Politics
He wasn’t joking.
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 22h agoTrump: "As soon as that war ends, inflation is gonna be eradicated totally"
If you are gullible enough to believe this latest in a LONG string of "promises" that Trump has failed to keep, then you deserve the current government you have. I mean, COME ON! Trump is a con man; he will say whatever he needs to say to get your vote. Remember this one? www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/p...
Fact check: It wasn’t ‘in jest.’ Here are 53 times Trump said he’d end Ukraine war within 24 hours or before taking office | CNN Politics
He wasn’t joking.
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The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · yesterdayExclusive: President Trump will announce a Minnesota company’s plan to build a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, as he looks to counter voter frustration with the economy ahead of the midterm elections.
The NYT buries the lede, of course, but here is the reason: “the United States asked to delete mentions of equity, solidarity and universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services.” Some so-called “Christian nation” we have. 🙄 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics
Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.
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#Wisconsin voters, please remember when you vote for Governor in November that Tom Tiffany voted against the war powers bill in the US House that would have stopped Trump’s ability to unilaterally continue his war of choice in Iran. Tiffany is a Trump mini-me who actively supports Trump’s agenda.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump: "I'm rejecting their deal. They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately ... we're winning tremendously. We have total control of the Hormuz Strait ... that deal would not be acceptable. They want to immediately open the Hormuz Strait."
SCOTUS’s decision on the SAVE database was wrong, but unlikely to have significant immediate impact You should still vote w/ confidence! If MAGA officials try to illegally remove voters, we'll see them in court More in my weekly column @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TN
It Was the Best of Fridays, It Was the Worst of Fridays (Well, Kinda)
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It has been a brutal and protracted slugfest. But I think we can finally declare a winner in the long-running "Who is the dumbest United States Senator?" competition.
@normeisen.bsky.social is a tremendous lawyer with great instincts and judgment. It is important not to panic or, as he says, overreact in a way that is unhelpful and causes people to mistrust our elections. You can trust what he says. Please listen to him.
Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social · 4d agoPlease don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
He never did and he never will. There is a reason that con artists like Trump exist: there is a significant segment of the population that is willing to believe that they are sincere in what they are saying when they want your money (or your vote). They are not. 1/
Joe Walsh@walshfreedom.bsky.social · 4d agoIt feels like Trump “doesn’t give a crap” because Trump actually doesn’t give a crap.👇
#Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany has been tied to Trump at the hip since day one, and he continues to be a Trump mini-me. Although his campaign portrays him as something else, he is a Trump clone, as this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article shows. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
Tom Tiffany campaign blocks Journal Sentinel reporters from event
The reporters were denied entry on Sept. 24 by a campaign staffer, only days after Tiffany said he would permit all reporters to attend his events.
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Once again, my boycott of Amazon is paying off: I couldn’t watch the Green Bay Packers debacle on TV tonight even if I wanted to because I don’t have Amazon prime. 
And are in violation of a court order. Hold all of those responsible for carrying out Trump’s order to ban entry to the White House in criminal contempt of court and jail them. The only way to stop this is to punish the minions responsible for carrying out illegal orders.
Mary Anne Franks@maryannefranks.bsky.social · 5d agoA federal judge ruled this morning that the banned outlets be reinstated, but the White House is openly defying that order. As I emphasized in my interview last night, Trump's actions aren't just blatantly unconstitutional - they are also pathetic.
Securing the safety of those who are being illegally deported of course comes first but there MUST be motions to hold those who are carrying out these orders in criminal contempt of court. Jailing the minions of the illegal Trump/Miller “remigration” scheme is the only way to stop it.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 5d agoLAWYERS! Here are links to flight data you can put in your filings: Mesa-Ghana-Liberia plane: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=a63864&... Alexandria-Gitmo-PR-airborne to Africa plane: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=a3ec5c&... bsky.app/profile/dani...
Immediately move to hold anyone responsible for denying access in contempt of the TRO. Impose criminal sanctions and jail them. The only way to stop this madness is to show those who are complicit with Trump’s illegal actions that they will be held responsible, even if he is not. 
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d agoBREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
Saw Marcus King open for @mumfordandsons.bsky.social in #Madison #Wisconsin tonight, and was blown away. That man can play! The last guitarist I saw live who can play like that is Warren Haynes.
Courtesy of Mitch McConnell, who could have acted from a place of integrity but instead took the calculated risk that he and others in the GOP could control Trump. It was the same arrogant, overconfident route taken by German political leaders with Adolph Hitler and the NSDAP in 1932.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last wk.With the midterm elections shaping up to be a massive reckoning for the Republican Party, it's worth remembering that they had a fairly easy offramp from Trumpism in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th riot but they completely chickened out.
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Todd Blanche either doesn’t realize or doesn’t care that he will, at some point in time that cannot be too far off, be living in a world without Donald Trump. He’d better plan on a career outside the legal profession because the odds are slim that the profession will welcome him back in.  
Charlie Savage@charliesavage.bsky.social · 2w agoBlanche’s Political Activity Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
Read the whole thread. It’s a good insight into a political party’s use of bogus, ginned-up polling data as a last-ditch effort to salvage its impending train wreck of an election.
Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social · 2w agoJust so we all understand the play here. Release initial polls showing Senate Dem candidates with modest leads. Release more in coming weeks showing the races "tightening," and their candidate gaining and ours losing ground. It's 2022 red wave, redux. No one should fall for it this time.
This order certainly was justified given recent SCOTUS election law doctrine, and especially its application of Purcell, even if they don't always follow it. But it continues to be frustrating how the emergency docket is used to shape the law without explanation for why they do what they do.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3w agoBREAKING: SCOTUS blocks TRO that had thrown Missouri’s congressional elections into chaos. The ruling should mean that the map used by the current congressional delegation, not the HB1 map backed by Republicans and used in the primaries, will be used in the general election. Law Dork:
Blessed are the peacemakers. These members of the clergy are living out true discipleship.
Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 4w agoNEW: Seven faith leaders were arrested in Vermont this morning while blocking entrances to a building that houses a group ICE uses to target its efforts. Two clergy were physically carried out as they were arrested. religionnews.com/2026/09/04/s...
The USPS whistleblower is a hero among heroes. Your initiative and courage are appreciated beyond words.
Diesel prices have officially hit a record high.
And you know that once they have set up operations in Canada and have a reliable local work force, those jobs aren't coming back to the U.S. America alone, whether by tariffs or otherwise, is a fantasy of Trump's own imagination. But he's got his $, so he doesn't care what happens to the rest of us.
Joe Walsh@walshfreedom.bsky.social · 4w agoMAGA, MAGA.👇
“This building will provide ... a modern facility to protect the integrity of our elections. We will continue to keep our elections here in Dane County safe and secure.” www.oregonobserver.com/news/governm...
County breaks ground on new elections center
Dane County leaders and project partners broke ground Tuesday on the new Dane County Elections Center in Madison. The project will create a dedicated, modern facility for the Dane County Clerk’s Offic...
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Just like the Germans did with the Berlin Wall. Hand out sledgehammers and let the people express how they feel about Trump’s monuments to himself.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 4w agoIt's not enough to just take this shit down in 2.5 years. We've gotta desecrate it. Flip it over and turn it into a halfpipe. Make the sides of it a dog park so something can piss and shit on it. It's the only way out of this. President AOC, I will make this happen free of charge.
As a lawyer who litigates redistricting, voting rights, and election law cases, I think I'll follow the USDOJ's lead from now on and at the start of each case file an emergency appeal of orders that haven't yet been issued on the chance that they will go against me. That'll work out well, no? 🙄
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4w agoJUST IN: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overturn judge’s order blocking mail-in ballot rules.
Thx for the link @chrisgeidner.bsky.social . Even though the order that USDOJ seeks to stay hasn't even yet been issued, SCOTUS docketed this application. Justice Jackson just ordered the response to be filed on September 8, i.e., next Tuesday.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4w agoHere's the application: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
