Karl DEFEND DEMOCRACY Bunday 🇺🇸 🗽 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
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Dems’ odds of taking Senate continue to rise … www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Susie Wiles reveals Trump will make himself the focus of the midterm elections
White House chief of staff said Trump was ‘going to campaign like it’s 2024 again’
www.independent.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Dems’ odds of taking Senate continue to rise … www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Notice the pattern: help a narrow group loudly, hurt everyone else quietly. Tariffs help a few steel workers but raise prices for every firm using steel. Tax cuts favor the rich while squeezing social programs. Politically noisy wins, economically costly losses.
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Notice the pattern: help a narrow group loudly, hurt everyone else quietly. Tariffs help a few steel workers but raise prices for every firm using steel. Tax cuts favor the rich while squeezing social programs. Politically noisy wins, economically costly losses.
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WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
A federal judge BLOCKED feds from RE-DETAINING Kilmar Abrego Garcia this morning at an immigration check-in.
A quick thread storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge BLOCKED feds from RE-DETAINING Kilmar Abrego Garcia this morning at an immigration check-in.
A quick thread storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
A federal judge BLOCKED feds from RE-DETAINING Kilmar Abrego Garcia this morning at an immigration check-in.
A quick thread storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge BLOCKED feds from RE-DETAINING Kilmar Abrego Garcia this morning at an immigration check-in.
A quick thread storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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There are so many cracks forming in the conservative coalition
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There are so many cracks forming in the conservative coalition
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That is … not what nunc pro tunc is
A federal judge ruled Thu morning that no order of removal for Abrego Garcia had ever existed. By Thu evening, an immigration judge had conjured a “Immigration Court’s Sua Sponte Order Correcting Scrivener’s Error," Abrego Garcia's lawyers tell the judge in the emergency overnight filing:
December 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
That is … not what nunc pro tunc is
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We put forward a straightforward bill: extend the health care tax credits to prevent premiums from skyrocketing.
Because Congressional Republicans voted down our bill, millions will see their premiums double — or lose their insurance altogether.
Because Congressional Republicans voted down our bill, millions will see their premiums double — or lose their insurance altogether.
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We put forward a straightforward bill: extend the health care tax credits to prevent premiums from skyrocketing.
Because Congressional Republicans voted down our bill, millions will see their premiums double — or lose their insurance altogether.
Because Congressional Republicans voted down our bill, millions will see their premiums double — or lose their insurance altogether.
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We need more of this.
More elected officials who will stand up for the will of the people and our democracy. Not cave to the bullying of this president.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
More elected officials who will stand up for the will of the people and our democracy. Not cave to the bullying of this president.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We need more of this.
More elected officials who will stand up for the will of the people and our democracy. Not cave to the bullying of this president.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
More elected officials who will stand up for the will of the people and our democracy. Not cave to the bullying of this president.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
Reposted by Karl DEFEND DEMOCRACY Bunday 🇺🇸 🗽 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
This is the wrong approach—and most likely illegal.
As I explained in the NYT this week, we need a strong federal safety standard, but we should not remove the few protections Americans currently have from the downsides of AI: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
As I explained in the NYT this week, we need a strong federal safety standard, but we should not remove the few protections Americans currently have from the downsides of AI: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is the wrong approach—and most likely illegal.
As I explained in the NYT this week, we need a strong federal safety standard, but we should not remove the few protections Americans currently have from the downsides of AI: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
As I explained in the NYT this week, we need a strong federal safety standard, but we should not remove the few protections Americans currently have from the downsides of AI: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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It's that time of the year!
Have you donated your refundable PCR amount ($75/person or $150/married couple)?
#PoliticalContributionRefund
#MN #grassroots
Have you donated your refundable PCR amount ($75/person or $150/married couple)?
#PoliticalContributionRefund
#MN #grassroots
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's that time of the year!
Have you donated your refundable PCR amount ($75/person or $150/married couple)?
#PoliticalContributionRefund
#MN #grassroots
Have you donated your refundable PCR amount ($75/person or $150/married couple)?
#PoliticalContributionRefund
#MN #grassroots
Reposted by Karl DEFEND DEMOCRACY Bunday 🇺🇸 🗽 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
Winning elections takes so much more than resisting Donald Trump. It’s about giving people hope that their better days are ahead of them.
That’s why we won big this year, and we’re keeping our foot on the gas into 2026.
That’s why we won big this year, and we’re keeping our foot on the gas into 2026.
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Winning elections takes so much more than resisting Donald Trump. It’s about giving people hope that their better days are ahead of them.
That’s why we won big this year, and we’re keeping our foot on the gas into 2026.
That’s why we won big this year, and we’re keeping our foot on the gas into 2026.
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Trump just signed his dangerous, and most likely illegal, executive order to stop states from protecting you from the downsides of AI. Here's why I am fighting back:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Amy Klobuchar: State A.I. Laws Keep Us Safe. Trump’s Next Move Could Upend That.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Trump just signed his dangerous, and most likely illegal, executive order to stop states from protecting you from the downsides of AI. Here's why I am fighting back:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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If you’ve lost track of the Calif. National Guard case, earlier this week, the Judge issued an important ruling. Why now, seemingly out of the blue? This post explains its significance, as Trump tries to create a national police force & deploy troops in US cities open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Judge Breyer on Trump's Continued Federalization of the California National Guard
Federal District Judge Charles Breyer issued a ruling in the California National Guard case earlier this week.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
If you’ve lost track of the Calif. National Guard case, earlier this week, the Judge issued an important ruling. Why now, seemingly out of the blue? This post explains its significance, as Trump tries to create a national police force & deploy troops in US cities open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Reposted by Karl DEFEND DEMOCRACY Bunday 🇺🇸 🗽 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
If the fascism isn’t enough to keep you away, take it from a former Tesla owner: mine tried to kill me.
I was going 70+ using cruise control when it slammed on the breaks because it saw a shadow.
I found out later it happened because Musk ordered them to shut off a radar system I paid extra for.
I was going 70+ using cruise control when it slammed on the breaks because it saw a shadow.
I found out later it happened because Musk ordered them to shut off a radar system I paid extra for.
JUST IN: Tesla sales have dropped to a nearly 3-year LOW, despite launching cheaper models of its Model Y and Model 3 cars.
December 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
If the fascism isn’t enough to keep you away, take it from a former Tesla owner: mine tried to kill me.
I was going 70+ using cruise control when it slammed on the breaks because it saw a shadow.
I found out later it happened because Musk ordered them to shut off a radar system I paid extra for.
I was going 70+ using cruise control when it slammed on the breaks because it saw a shadow.
I found out later it happened because Musk ordered them to shut off a radar system I paid extra for.
Reposted by Karl DEFEND DEMOCRACY Bunday 🇺🇸 🗽 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
White House reporters can no longer stay silent or supine when Trump attacks a colleague as “piggy,” “nasty” or “obnoxious.”
And they can do it by asking, as many times as it takes, another version of the question that triggered him in the first place.
My latest via CJR www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
And they can do it by asking, as many times as it takes, another version of the question that triggered him in the first place.
My latest via CJR www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Laurels and Darts: A devastating photo; Trump's war of words with women journalists; sticking with the story in South Texas.
A devastating photograph. Plus: Trump’s war of words with women journalists; sticking with the story in South Texas.
www.cjr.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
White House reporters can no longer stay silent or supine when Trump attacks a colleague as “piggy,” “nasty” or “obnoxious.”
And they can do it by asking, as many times as it takes, another version of the question that triggered him in the first place.
My latest via CJR www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
And they can do it by asking, as many times as it takes, another version of the question that triggered him in the first place.
My latest via CJR www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
Reposted by Karl DEFEND DEMOCRACY Bunday 🇺🇸 🗽 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
Impeachment is a tool for political accountability, not a “sacred” constitutional ritual. If it were truly about evidence, the Senate would’ve convicted Trump unanimously after his coup attempt—the same way every jury has unanimously found him liable or guilty when the facts actually matter.
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Impeachment is a tool for political accountability, not a “sacred” constitutional ritual. If it were truly about evidence, the Senate would’ve convicted Trump unanimously after his coup attempt—the same way every jury has unanimously found him liable or guilty when the facts actually matter.
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This is huge, right? They just Trump-proofed the Fed.
@federalreserve.gov announces reappointment of Federal Reserve Bank presidents and first vice presidents after a comprehensive review by the boards of directors of each Reserve Bank, along with unanimous support by Federal Reserve Board members: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Federal Reserve Board announces reappointment of Reserve Bank presidents and first vice presidents
Following a comprehensive review by the boards of directors of the regional Reserve Banks, and the unanimous concurrence of Federal Reserve Board members, the
www.federalreserve.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is huge, right? They just Trump-proofed the Fed.
Tesla stock is up over the last six months, up year to date, and up over the last year.
www.google.com/search?q=TSL...
www.google.com/search?q=TSL...
Google Search
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December 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Tesla stock is up over the last six months, up year to date, and up over the last year.
www.google.com/search?q=TSL...
www.google.com/search?q=TSL...
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The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
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Section 1 of the executive order is like "in order for this to mean anything, Congress must act." The rest of it is like "X department shall convene a task force to provide a list of recommendations etc. etc." It's completely toothless and this "blocking states" headline is brain-dead stenography.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence and instead aims to create a "single national framework" for AI. https://cnn.it/49chVwf
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Section 1 of the executive order is like "in order for this to mean anything, Congress must act." The rest of it is like "X department shall convene a task force to provide a list of recommendations etc. etc." It's completely toothless and this "blocking states" headline is brain-dead stenography.
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One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
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To mark the national Stronger with Immigrants Week of Action, Indivisible MN03 and our local friends in the west Metro Twin Cities will devote the Minnetonka Wednesday Weekly Protest on Wednesday 17 D...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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