Mx. Rogers
@mxrogers.bsky.social
“Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” —Fred Rogers
The glass is not three-quarters empty; it’s one-quarter full.
I post positive developments to counteract the Trump Administration’s zone flooding.
The glass is not three-quarters empty; it’s one-quarter full.
I post positive developments to counteract the Trump Administration’s zone flooding.
*dances*
BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson has *blocked* the dismantling of CFPB. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
March 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
*dances*
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JUST IN: Kari Lake has withdrawn the cancelation of Radio Free Europe’s grant, seeking to end a legal standoff.
March 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
JUST IN: Kari Lake has withdrawn the cancelation of Radio Free Europe’s grant, seeking to end a legal standoff.
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JUST IN: The D.C. Circuit tells the Pentagon not to take action against any transgender servicemembers while a judge's order blocking Trump/Hegseth's ban is appealed.
March 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
JUST IN: The D.C. Circuit tells the Pentagon not to take action against any transgender servicemembers while a judge's order blocking Trump/Hegseth's ban is appealed.
Wilmer Hale stands up for democracy.
Proud to be an alum of Wilmer Hale right now.
If you are in a position to direct business to law firms - or to take business to law firms - please consider which firms are standing up and fighting.
Against *blatantly illegal* policies!
If you are in a position to direct business to law firms - or to take business to law firms - please consider which firms are standing up and fighting.
Against *blatantly illegal* policies!
March 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Wilmer Hale stands up for democracy.
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BREAKING: A second federal judge has barred the military from enforcing its ban on transgender service members. Details TK storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
BREAKING: A second federal judge has barred the military from enforcing its ban on transgender service members. Details TK storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
People forget that boycotts have worked in the past. They will work again.
An opinion piece, not news, but let’s all be helpers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
An opinion piece, not news, but let’s all be helpers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
Opinion | Don’t Like What Trump Is Doing? You Have More Power Than You Think.
Church-led campaigns against businesses for retreating from D.E.I. promises are a form of pastoral ministry for those who feel ignored or forgotten.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
People forget that boycotts have worked in the past. They will work again.
An opinion piece, not news, but let’s all be helpers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
An opinion piece, not news, but let’s all be helpers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
Hope.
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Hope.
This is an incredible piece and a reminder that progress is uneven, history repeats itself, and that the arc of these United States is bigger than this small moment in time.
Another brilliant piece from @mikepod.bsky.social
History has a habit of repeating itself—today's MAGA attacks on civil rights & freedoms mirror the backlash from over a century ago
Worth the read! - TN
History has a habit of repeating itself—today's MAGA attacks on civil rights & freedoms mirror the backlash from over a century ago
Worth the read! - TN
America’s Second “Redemption”
The accelerating MAGA assault on democratic freedoms echoes America’s first “Redemption,” a backlash to Reconstruction after the Civil War. Understanding the historical parallels—long marches for free...
substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is an incredible piece and a reminder that progress is uneven, history repeats itself, and that the arc of these United States is bigger than this small moment in time.
This is extremely reassuring.
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
March 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
This is extremely reassuring.
A major win. Trans members of our armed forces can continue to serve.
INCREDIBLE Ruling!
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
March 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A major win. Trans members of our armed forces can continue to serve.
This ridiculously pandering headline is getting all the attention, but the article is a list of one right wing economist after another calling the Trump Administration incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump has a plan to remake the economy. But he’s not explaining it very well.
President Trump has claimed his economic plan could cause brief pain while the nation advances to a new “Golden Age.” But officials have been less clear about what that destination will look like.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This ridiculously pandering headline is getting all the attention, but the article is a list of one right wing economist after another calling the Trump Administration incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The courts have several tools that are not subject to executive authority: civil contempt (rather than criminal) and deputization of people to serve in lieu of US Marshalls.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
www.democracydocket.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The courts have several tools that are not subject to executive authority: civil contempt (rather than criminal) and deputization of people to serve in lieu of US Marshalls.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
Not a news item, but he’s right.
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Not a news item, but he’s right.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
March 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS motion to HALT deportation under rarely invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798. “A TRO is appropriate for the class members to prevent the removal of the class.”
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
WOW. Planes in air must turn around.
A huge win @democracyforward.org and @aclu.org.
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NEW: A federal judge — Trump appointee Dabney Friedrich — became the first to reject efforts by DOJ to expand the reach of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon to cover crimes that had nothing to do with the Capitol attack
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
NEW: A federal judge — Trump appointee Dabney Friedrich — became the first to reject efforts by DOJ to expand the reach of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon to cover crimes that had nothing to do with the Capitol attack
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a stop to mass firings in federal agencies (except Pentagon, OPM and NARA) saying the so-called “reductions in force (RIFs)” broke the law.
“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a stop to mass firings in federal agencies (except Pentagon, OPM and NARA) saying the so-called “reductions in force (RIFs)” broke the law.
“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
www.axios.com/2025/03/14/t...
Focus groups have buyer’s remorse, say Trump is acting like a dictator, are concerned about economy.
Focus groups have buyer’s remorse, say Trump is acting like a dictator, are concerned about economy.
Trump swing voters in Michigan focus group have buyers' remorse
"Erratic," "frightening," "disruptive" and "dictator" were among the words they used to describe their concerns.
www.axios.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
www.axios.com/2025/03/14/t...
Focus groups have buyer’s remorse, say Trump is acting like a dictator, are concerned about economy.
Focus groups have buyer’s remorse, say Trump is acting like a dictator, are concerned about economy.
Major win for fired civil servants!
Judge Alsup "rejects" the government's attempt to use "press releases" to say that agencies made these decisions with no direction from OPM.
The TRO will be extended. Additionally, the VA must offer reinstatement to all fired probationary employees. Terminations were "unlawful," court finds.
The TRO will be extended. Additionally, the VA must offer reinstatement to all fired probationary employees. Terminations were "unlawful," court finds.
March 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Major win for fired civil servants!
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GOOD NEWS: The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon to be the director of the CDC.
Weldon has opposed vaccines throughout his political career.
Thank you to everyone who called their Senators. Advocacy works!
Weldon has opposed vaccines throughout his political career.
Thank you to everyone who called their Senators. Advocacy works!
March 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
GOOD NEWS: The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon to be the director of the CDC.
Weldon has opposed vaccines throughout his political career.
Thank you to everyone who called their Senators. Advocacy works!
Weldon has opposed vaccines throughout his political career.
Thank you to everyone who called their Senators. Advocacy works!
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Reps. Jayapal, Raskin and Scanlon are circulating the following letter about Mahmoud Khalil (leaked to me) among congressional colleagues, source says. Draft unambiguously condemns the arrest, saying it's based on an "obsolete Cold War-era" law
March 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Reps. Jayapal, Raskin and Scanlon are circulating the following letter about Mahmoud Khalil (leaked to me) among congressional colleagues, source says. Draft unambiguously condemns the arrest, saying it's based on an "obsolete Cold War-era" law
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge Reyes has kicked off a crucial hearing President Trump's effort to ban transgender people from serving in the military. She is beginning by pressing DOJ lawyer on the changes in military policy toward transgender people beginning in 2017.
March 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Reyes has kicked off a crucial hearing President Trump's effort to ban transgender people from serving in the military. She is beginning by pressing DOJ lawyer on the changes in military policy toward transgender people beginning in 2017.
The fourteen attorneys on the case each signed the brief personally, an unusual step, which said loudly, “We are not afraid.”
Huge props to Williams & Connolly for this superbly designed and beautifully drafted act of simple decency in coming to the defense of Perkins Coie and the rule of law and justice when nearly all of Big Law stays shamefully silent
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/perk...
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/perk...
Perkins Coie Drags Trump Administration Clear To Hell In New Lawsuit - Above the Law
They're cooking.
abovethelaw.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The fourteen attorneys on the case each signed the brief personally, an unusual step, which said loudly, “We are not afraid.”