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Albany Cheshire ❌👑 @albanycheshire.bsky.social · Jan 29

Making this my pinned post.

Just Security @justsecurity.org · Jan 29

NEW Public Resource

Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

A catalogue compiling all the legal challenges facing the #TrumpAdministration’s executive orders and actions.

Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

www.justsecurity.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 1d

The US is falling apart because Donald Trump won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV. From bombing Iran to sending troops to Portland, the president’s decisions are influenced by what he sees on Fox News — according to former Trump officials.

@swin24.bsky.social writes:
zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
Notes
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4h

Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”

Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4h

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 7h

A single student crossed the street and walked thru the group of far right extremists waving this sign

AUDRA PRICE DATES PEDOPHILES & NEO-NAZI ABUSERS
SHE HAS NO BUSINESS ORGANIZING THE FAR-RIGHT TO SHOW
To
A SCHOOL

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 6h

The headline & text of this piece don’t do enough to describe the Trump regime’s extreme immigration agenda.

It’s called white nationalism. Or white Christian nationalism. Or Christian nationalism. Pick one. Only one quote in the piece starts to describe it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7h

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Albany Cheshire ❌👑 @albanycheshire.bsky.social · 5h

I'm watching the debate between Michelle Caldier and Deb Krishnadasan and oh boy does Caldier come off looking petty and full of rehearsed lines.

You can watch it here: tvw.org/video/26th-d...

#wapol #VoteDeb #LD26

26th District State Senate Debate - TVW

A 26th District State Senate debate between Deb Krishnadasan (D) and Michelle Caldier (R) takes place at the historic Roxy Theater in Bremerton. Hosted by

tvw.org

Albany Cheshire ❌👑 @albanycheshire.bsky.social · 5h

They are trying to ignite shit in California during No Kings aren't they?

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Barnstormers For America @barnstormersusa.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone who speaks like this HATES the First Amendment.
They do not deserve to have this kind of power.
They are trying to destroy democracy. Full stop.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12h

Supercut of comments from Republicans today alone about the No Kings rallies taking place this weekend. This has to be some of the worst, and most anti-American, coordinated messaging of all time.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 10h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

One commenter replied, “based song choice,” which was liked by the Border Patrol account. Another commenter wrote, “if you know you know.”

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

gizmodo.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Albany Cheshire ❌👑 @albanycheshire.bsky.social · 9h

Trump is liar.

a woman says it 's all lies in front of a netflix logo

ALT: a woman says it 's all lies in front of a netflix logo

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Albany Cheshire ❌👑 @albanycheshire.bsky.social · 9h

He also said the Democrats were calling to put Don Jr in jail. Naturally he ignores that Don Jr. was ignoring a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee when Blumenthal said he should be "locked up."

thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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Albany Cheshire ❌👑 @albanycheshire.bsky.social · 9h

And this one
www.npr.org/2017/07/11/5...

Emails Show Trump Jr. Knew Russia Was Working To Support Trump Campaign

"This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump," said one email.

www.npr.org

Albany Cheshire ❌👑 @albanycheshire.bsky.social · 9h

And this
www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

Trump admits son met Russian for information on opponent

It is his most direct comment so far on the purpose of Trump Jr's talks with a Kremlin-linked lawyer.

www.bbc.com

Albany Cheshire ❌👑 @albanycheshire.bsky.social · 9h

I had Trump yapping in the background and he starts lying about how Don Jr knew nothing about Russia.

www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump...

Trump's oldest son said a decade ago that a lot of the family's assets came from Russia

A decade-old quote from Donald Trump Jr. resurfaced in a New York Times column over the weekend.

www.businessinsider.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

Can’t attend a protest? Here are other ways you can resist.

• Get connected to the resistance: fiftyfifty.one

• Get trained on noncooperation:
nokings.org/rise

• Get engaged in politics:
pol-rev.com

• Get started:
Choosedemocracy.us

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h

The mechanism through which Trump is paying the troops is the most blatant large Antideficiency Act (ADA) violation in US history. It's also clearly willful. No one has been charged under the ADA before, but violations carry a two-year jail term. The statute of limitations is five years.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h

Under the Constitution and under the ADA, it is illegal to spend money without funding for that purpose. The president may not spend money to do something unless there's actually money to carry it out and that action is expressly allowed.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S9-C7-1/ALDE_00001095/

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 12h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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