🚨 BIG WIN: Katie Phang just dealt Trump’s DOJ a major defeat in federal appeals court over the Epstein files. The judges didn’t just reject the administration’s attempt to delay the process. They affirmed Katie’s own arguments against them

Katie Phang Scores Major Appeals Court Win as Judges Reject Trump DOJ’s Epstein Files Delay

A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to halt a review of foreign-language Epstein documents, handing Phang another legal victory.

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🚨BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge just dismissed DOJ’s lawsuit seeking Utah’s unredacted voter roll, with prejudice. The ruling drops the administration to 0-27 in its nationwide crusade for sensitive voter data.

Trump-appointed judge delivers DOJ its 27th straight loss in voter roll crusade

Barlow, whom Trump nominated to the federal bench in 2019, ruled that Utah’s statewide voter registration list falls outside the scope of Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 — the law DOJ has…

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Ukraine says satellite access still restricted despite Trump saying otherwise
The president said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk lifted restrictions on Ukraine’s access to Starshield, but Ukrainian soldiers said the service was still disrupted Friday. wapo.st/3UeuOlS Gift article

Ukraine says satellite access still restricted despite Trump saying otherwise

The president said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk lifted restrictions on Ukraine’s access to Starshield, but Ukrainian soldiers said the service was still disrupted Friday.

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🚨NEWS: Trump just WAIVED sweeping sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia under the Lindsey Graham Russia and Iran Sanctions Act, which he signed just LAST MONTH. The executive order suspends 500% tariffs on Russian goods and 100% tariffs targeting major buyers of Russian energy.

SNAP enrollment has fallen to a 17-year low, with 5 million fewer recipients, including 2 million children. @crampell.bsky.social explains how cuts to food assistance helped pay for tax breaks: “This is literally about starving the poor to fatten the rich.”

Trump issues order to bypass Russian sanctions in bill named for late Lindsey Graham politi.co/4BaKFSV

Trump issues order to bypass Russian sanctions in bill named for late Lindsey Graham politi.co/4BaKFSV

Trump issues order to bypass Russian sanctions in bill named for late Lindsey Graham politi.co/4BaKFSV

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“THIS COULD EXPLODE.” Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling issues an alarming warning about the expanding conflict involving Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and the Red Sea. “This could explode into a regional dynamic that will quickly spiral out of control.”

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Reyes is furious. She has repeatedly told the government to inform her before any major demolition work was done on the golf course. The abrupt removal of 500 trees, without notice, "has cost the government all of its credibility" in this case.

BREAKING: the court has paused the Trump admin tree removal at East Potomac Golf Links, where we are contesting the dumping of toxic East Wing debris & creating a Trump golf course We raced to court with partners Democracy Forward & Lowell & Assoc, & filed for an emergency hearing--today at 10am!

If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention. Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump.

November is coming!

The Trump family is turning the presidency into a corrupt family business, and the names, the deals, and the money trail are all worth knowing. So is the roadmap for dismantling it.

Unprecedented Corruption—and How We End It

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“There is no greater privilege than to work for an institution whose mandate is to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons,” they wrote.” We will not abandon this principle to keep our jobs. We resign.” Exactly why I cherished serving DOJ that was. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/n...

3 Adams Case Prosecutors Resign Rather Than Express Regret to Justice Dept.

They had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to abandon the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams. “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,” they wrote.

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Walz: "It's so obscene that he would put a mock classroom -- we all know he's never been in one. He wouldn't last for a minute. He's surrounded by people who know nothing about education. They want to make this about bureaucracy and cutting. This is about children."

Walz: "I think we have to assume the very worst in everything this administration does, and we need to prepare for it."

These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.

"What we have seen over the last four weeks is wholesale destruction orchestrated by a billionaire drug abuser who has no idea what government does or how it works." Start with that, and then think through why.

‘Government Efficiency’ Is a Myth

DOGE isn’t about “efficiency.” It’s about vandalism.

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I saw a video of known alcoholic Pete Hegseth drinking multiple scotches in the middle of a televised presser and started laughing so hard I began coughing as I believe we're less than 2 weeks removed from him promising never to drink a single time as Secretary of Defense and nothing matters anymore

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Revisiting January 6th: The Truth in Motion (Videos Of Pardoned Criminals)

Uncovering the Lies, Confronting the Violence, and Standing Firm for Democracy

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Trump just rescinded an Executive Order issued by President Biden to lower prescription drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.

Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as

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CNN reports that the January 6 criminals have been told they are invited to attend inaugural balls tonight. They are going to be released from the D.C. jail momentarily. All are insurrectionists. We are not a democracy anymore, folks. We do not have rule of law.

Did one of those executive orders lower the price of eggs?

I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

Canada has prepared a retaliatory strategy that hits Trump and his allies where it hurts the most: their political base. www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com/p/canadas-re...

Canada's Revenge: Hitting Trump Where It Hurts - His Red State Base

A Smart Plan to Counter Trump’s Bullish Tariffs

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Here’s more.

Biden preemptively pardoned J6 police officers who were beaten and injured, to protect them against retribution from the insurrection leader because they dared to testify truthfully before Congress. Trump pardoned the thugs who beat them.

Trump just withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization. The US is now the only country in the world besides Liechtenstein to not be a member of the organization.