Nathan A. Triplett
@nathantriplett.bsky.social
Saunterer • State Bar of Michigan Policy Director • ACLU of Michigan President • CATA, TCRPC, and Ingham Parks Chair • Rotarian • Scouter • He/Him • Views are my own.
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President Trump wants to silence opposition through fear.
These tactics only succeed if we give in — but we'll never stop showing up for our democracy.
These tactics only succeed if we give in — but we'll never stop showing up for our democracy.
Trump's campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting
A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump's leadership.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
President Trump wants to silence opposition through fear.
These tactics only succeed if we give in — but we'll never stop showing up for our democracy.
These tactics only succeed if we give in — but we'll never stop showing up for our democracy.
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The government doesn’t get a free pass to violate our liberties just because they want to.
Learn about how to protect your rights and personal information at the border.
Learn about how to protect your rights and personal information at the border.
Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated. | ACLU
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.
www.aclu.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The government doesn’t get a free pass to violate our liberties just because they want to.
Learn about how to protect your rights and personal information at the border.
Learn about how to protect your rights and personal information at the border.
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After pressure from the Justice Department, Apple pulled apps from its App Store that encourage reporting ICE activity. Google followed suit by pulling similar apps from its Play Store.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship | ACLU
Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech
www.aclu.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
After pressure from the Justice Department, Apple pulled apps from its App Store that encourage reporting ICE activity. Google followed suit by pulling similar apps from its Play Store.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
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All available evidence suggests that the Trump administration’s lethal strikes in the Caribbean constitute murder, plain and simple.
US ordered 2nd attack to kill survivors of Caribbean boat strike: report
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly issued an order to leave no survivors in a strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, prompting a second attack.
www.nydailynews.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
All available evidence suggests that the Trump administration’s lethal strikes in the Caribbean constitute murder, plain and simple.
🥾 Grateful for a few absolutely gorgeous days visiting family in Palm Springs (and putzing around the San Jacinto Mountains).
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
🥾 Grateful for a few absolutely gorgeous days visiting family in Palm Springs (and putzing around the San Jacinto Mountains).
🥾 Afternoon hike through Tahquitz Canyon.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
🥾 Afternoon hike through Tahquitz Canyon.
🥾 Daybreak walkabout in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument overlooking the Coachella Valley with some peninsular desert bighorn sheep.
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🥾 Daybreak walkabout in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument overlooking the Coachella Valley with some peninsular desert bighorn sheep.
🌴🦃 Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
🌴🦃 Happy Thanksgiving!
🎂🎉🎁 Happy *10th* birthday, Teddy! Watching you grow into a young man is an awfully big adventure and one of the greatest joys of my life. #AdventuresWithTeddy
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
🎂🎉🎁 Happy *10th* birthday, Teddy! Watching you grow into a young man is an awfully big adventure and one of the greatest joys of my life. #AdventuresWithTeddy
Volunteering with Lansing Rotary at the Greater Lansing Food Bank.
If you are interested in learning more about Lansing Rotary, I'd be happy to take you as my guest to one of our weekly meetings! #ServiceAboveSelf
If you are interested in learning more about Lansing Rotary, I'd be happy to take you as my guest to one of our weekly meetings! #ServiceAboveSelf
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Volunteering with Lansing Rotary at the Greater Lansing Food Bank.
If you are interested in learning more about Lansing Rotary, I'd be happy to take you as my guest to one of our weekly meetings! #ServiceAboveSelf
If you are interested in learning more about Lansing Rotary, I'd be happy to take you as my guest to one of our weekly meetings! #ServiceAboveSelf
As a lifelong Scout and Scouter, I strongly support his statement. Come visit our Cub Scout Pack and you'll see the truth of the matter noted by Mr. Krone: "Young men and young women alike thrive in Scouting."
Roger Krone, Chief Scout Executive of Scouting America, released the attached statement after NPR broke a story earlier today that the Department of Defense may cease its support for Scouting America youth and programs.
Statement Regarding NPR Story on Scouting and the US Military - Scouting Newsroom
This morning NPR aired a story about a supposed leaked Pentagon memo directing the U.S. Military to sever ties with Scouting America. According to the story, the draft memo, which … Continue reading S...
www.scoutingnewsroom.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As a lifelong Scout and Scouter, I strongly support his statement. Come visit our Cub Scout Pack and you'll see the truth of the matter noted by Mr. Krone: "Young men and young women alike thrive in Scouting."
Roger Krone, Chief Scout Executive of Scouting America, released the attached statement after NPR broke a story earlier today that the Department of Defense may cease its support for Scouting America youth and programs.
Statement Regarding NPR Story on Scouting and the US Military - Scouting Newsroom
This morning NPR aired a story about a supposed leaked Pentagon memo directing the U.S. Military to sever ties with Scouting America. According to the story, the draft memo, which … Continue reading S...
www.scoutingnewsroom.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Roger Krone, Chief Scout Executive of Scouting America, released the attached statement after NPR broke a story earlier today that the Department of Defense may cease its support for Scouting America youth and programs.
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Students know: ICE doesn't belong in our schools or our community.
Over 30,000 Charlotte students absent from school in protest of ICE operation, reports say
Over 30,000 Charlotte students were absent on Monday, according to school officials.
www.wafb.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Students know: ICE doesn't belong in our schools or our community.
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President Trump's refusal to share the legal justification for his airstrikes on civilian boats at sea is shocking, but not unprecedented. For too long, both parties have looked the other way as presidents abuse their power and evade accountability.
From Secret Law (2001-2024) to None at All (2025-present)
The Trump administration's lethal strikes are the apotheosis of the last quarter century's often always secret and often unreviewable executive branch legal reasoning.
www.justsecurity.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
President Trump's refusal to share the legal justification for his airstrikes on civilian boats at sea is shocking, but not unprecedented. For too long, both parties have looked the other way as presidents abuse their power and evade accountability.
🚌⚡️ ICYMI: Earlier this week, CATA unveiled our first full-size electric bus designed and manufactured in the U.S.A. by Gillig. This is an important step toward meeting our Board's commitment to transition our CATA fleet to 100% zero emission vehicles by 2035. www.wlns.com/news/cata-de...
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🚌⚡️ ICYMI: Earlier this week, CATA unveiled our first full-size electric bus designed and manufactured in the U.S.A. by Gillig. This is an important step toward meeting our Board's commitment to transition our CATA fleet to 100% zero emission vehicles by 2035. www.wlns.com/news/cata-de...
🍽️ Recent culinary adventures: sweet and sour cauliflower; scratch falafel with tzatziki chickpea salad and tahini sauce; scratch gnocchi with brown butter, squash, and sage; and roasted cabbage with crispy tofu and red pepper and coconut sauce.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🍽️ Recent culinary adventures: sweet and sour cauliflower; scratch falafel with tzatziki chickpea salad and tahini sauce; scratch gnocchi with brown butter, squash, and sage; and roasted cabbage with crispy tofu and red pepper and coconut sauce.
🚌⚡ ICYMI: Earlier this week, CATA unveiled our first full-size electric bus designed and manufactured in the U.S.A. by Gillig. This is an important step toward meeting our Board's commitment to transition our CATA fleet to 100% zero emission vehicles by 2035.
CATA unveils first full-size electric bus in Lansing
CATA debuted the bus during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1 p.m. and held a demonstration bus ride.
www.wilx.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚌⚡ ICYMI: Earlier this week, CATA unveiled our first full-size electric bus designed and manufactured in the U.S.A. by Gillig. This is an important step toward meeting our Board's commitment to transition our CATA fleet to 100% zero emission vehicles by 2035.
🎄 Silver Bells! And the highlight of the electric light parade: the CATApillar!
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
🎄 Silver Bells! And the highlight of the electric light parade: the CATApillar!
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Confirmed: The people of D.C. deserve to be free from presidential overreach and troops on their streets.
Today, U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb ordered a halt to the president’s unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to D.C.
This ruling provides an important check on presidential power and makes it clear that when we defend D.C., we defend democracy.
https://cnn.it/483j8VW
This ruling provides an important check on presidential power and makes it clear that when we defend D.C., we defend democracy.
https://cnn.it/483j8VW
Judge halts Trump’s deployment of national guard in Washington, DC | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump and the Defense Department illegally deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Confirmed: The people of D.C. deserve to be free from presidential overreach and troops on their streets.
Inspired by our project to restore a 97-year-old REO Motor Car Company bus, we held tonight's Tri-County Regional Planning Commission meeting at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum. A real Lansing gem!
You can follow the restoration project's progress here: www.mitcrpc.org/reo
You can follow the restoration project's progress here: www.mitcrpc.org/reo
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Inspired by our project to restore a 97-year-old REO Motor Car Company bus, we held tonight's Tri-County Regional Planning Commission meeting at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum. A real Lansing gem!
You can follow the restoration project's progress here: www.mitcrpc.org/reo
You can follow the restoration project's progress here: www.mitcrpc.org/reo
🚌⚡️ Three years ago, recognizing the transportation sector is a leading emitter of greenhouse gas emissions driving the climate crisis, CATA's Board of Directors committed to transition CATA’s fleet to 100% zero emission vehicles by 2035. Today, we unveiled our first full-size electric bus.
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🚌⚡️ Three years ago, recognizing the transportation sector is a leading emitter of greenhouse gas emissions driving the climate crisis, CATA's Board of Directors committed to transition CATA’s fleet to 100% zero emission vehicles by 2035. Today, we unveiled our first full-size electric bus.
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The First Amendment protects the right to freedom of expression even when government officials find it disrespectful or offensive.
The government can't tell people what to believe, what to say, or how to say it.
The government can't tell people what to believe, what to say, or how to say it.
The Charlie Kirk purge: How 600 Americans were punished in a pro-Trump crackdown
Two months after Charlie Kirk's assassination, a government-backed campaign has led to firings, suspensions, investigations and other action against more than 600 people. Republican officials have endorsed the punishments, saying that those who glorify violence should be removed from positions of trust.
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The First Amendment protects the right to freedom of expression even when government officials find it disrespectful or offensive.
The government can't tell people what to believe, what to say, or how to say it.
The government can't tell people what to believe, what to say, or how to say it.
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The death penalty grew out of this country’s brutal practice of lynching.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The death penalty grew out of this country’s brutal practice of lynching.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
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On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn those whose lives were lost to anti-trans violence.
We honor those we lost by continuing our fight for justice.
We honor those we lost by continuing our fight for justice.
On Trans Day of Remembrance, My Grief is My Power | ACLU
As the trans community remembers those we’ve lost, I find strength in understanding why the grievous injustices that continue to harm our community must be stopped.
www.aclu.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn those whose lives were lost to anti-trans violence.
We honor those we lost by continuing our fight for justice.
We honor those we lost by continuing our fight for justice.