Steve Gawron
@stevegawron.bsky.social
Retired Mayor City of Muskegon MI. Active Urbanist, supporter of neighborhoods their people 🏡 libraries 📚 arts 🎭 🖼️ culture and education and bread 🥖 baking while reading 📖 Oh! And a blessed family guy 😁
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Between seizing ballots in Georgia, trying to leverage Minnesota to turn over its sensitive voter data, and political prosecutions, the DOJ is laying the groundwork to subvert the 2026 elections. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help it grow by supporting it now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Between seizing ballots in Georgia, trying to leverage Minnesota to turn over its sensitive voter data, and political prosecutions, the DOJ is laying the groundwork to subvert the 2026 elections. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help it grow by supporting it now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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On October 14, the Trump administration murdered six people when they bombed a civilian boat in the Caribbean.
We’re suing on behalf of two of the victims’ families because the government must be held accountable.
We’re suing on behalf of two of the victims’ families because the government must be held accountable.
Families of Boat Strike Victims Sue U.S. for “Manifestly Unlawful” Killings
A lawsuit aims to hold the Trump administration accountable for killing two Trinidadian men in an airstrike in the Caribbean.
theintercept.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
On October 14, the Trump administration murdered six people when they bombed a civilian boat in the Caribbean.
We’re suing on behalf of two of the victims’ families because the government must be held accountable.
We’re suing on behalf of two of the victims’ families because the government must be held accountable.
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The Department of Justice is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. Here's what you need to know:
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
The Department of Justice is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. Here's what you need to know:
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Public pressure worked. ICE has backed down on plans to patrol the Super Bowl. Thanks to everyone who raised their voice and refused to stay silent. ✊
ICE reportedly backs down on its threat to patrol the Super Bowl
The Department of Homeland Security’s reported reversal comes at a time when more than half of Americans, responding to a Fox News poll, believe ICE is ‘too aggressive’ in its immigration enforcement ...
www.the-independent.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Public pressure worked. ICE has backed down on plans to patrol the Super Bowl. Thanks to everyone who raised their voice and refused to stay silent. ✊
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‼️ Zelenskyy responds to Kremlin's invitation to visit Moscow: I invite Putin to Kyiv
Zelenskyy responds to Kremlin's invitation to visit Moscow: I invite Putin to Kyiv
Zelenskyy has said that he would not meet with Putin in Moscow, but is open to constructive negotiations.
www.pravda.com.ua
January 30, 2026 at 8:57 AM
‼️ Zelenskyy responds to Kremlin's invitation to visit Moscow: I invite Putin to Kyiv
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Addressing sexual violence in prisons has been a bipartisan priority for more than 20 years. Now the Trump administration is derailing this critical work.
bit.ly/49ZCc8q
bit.ly/49ZCc8q
Federal Funding Cuts Target Efforts to Reduce Sexual Abuse in Prisons
The Justice Department’s grant terminations endanger incarcerated people and corrections staff alike.
www.brennancenter.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Addressing sexual violence in prisons has been a bipartisan priority for more than 20 years. Now the Trump administration is derailing this critical work.
bit.ly/49ZCc8q
bit.ly/49ZCc8q
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Clearly we know only the slightest bit of the crimes and absurdities and incel fabulations that happened at DOGE
DOGE Worker at SSA Signed Agreement With Group Seeking to ‘Overturn Election Results,’ DOJ Says talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-wo...
DOGE Worker at SSA Signed Agreement With Group Seeking to ‘Overturn Election Results,’ DOJ Says talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-wo...
DOGE Worker at SSA Signed Agreement With Group Seeking to ‘Overturn Election Results,’ DOJ Says
In a bizarre court filing last week, the Justice Department conceded that...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Clearly we know only the slightest bit of the crimes and absurdities and incel fabulations that happened at DOGE
DOGE Worker at SSA Signed Agreement With Group Seeking to ‘Overturn Election Results,’ DOJ Says talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-wo...
DOGE Worker at SSA Signed Agreement With Group Seeking to ‘Overturn Election Results,’ DOJ Says talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-wo...
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Putin ⬇️ (the one behind DJT’s idea to get Greenland)
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Putin ⬇️ (the one behind DJT’s idea to get Greenland)
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“If a leader can turn the army inward against the people, that can be a very powerful instrument of tyranny and oppression." @lizagoitein.bsky.social discusses Trump’s threat to invoke in Insurrection Act in Minneapolis on @nprfreshair.bsky.social.
Are ICE Agents In Minneapolis Breaking The Law? : Fresh Air
As protestors clash with some 3,000 federal immigration agents in the Twin Cities, we look at the legal issues with law professor Emmanuel Mauleón and Brennan Center for Justice's Elizabeth Goitein. "...
www.npr.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:59 PM
“If a leader can turn the army inward against the people, that can be a very powerful instrument of tyranny and oppression." @lizagoitein.bsky.social discusses Trump’s threat to invoke in Insurrection Act in Minneapolis on @nprfreshair.bsky.social.
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The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans
ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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Vance Announces New Justice Dept. Fraud Post to Be ‘Run Out of the White House’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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📌NOTE: In the final year of Joe Biden's presidency 2 million jobs were created.
In the first year of Trump's presidency 584,000 jobs were created.
This is the weakest annual growth since 2003.
In other words, generationally horrible.
Trump is a terrible president, and an even worse human being.
In the first year of Trump's presidency 584,000 jobs were created.
This is the weakest annual growth since 2003.
In other words, generationally horrible.
Trump is a terrible president, and an even worse human being.
January 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
📌NOTE: In the final year of Joe Biden's presidency 2 million jobs were created.
In the first year of Trump's presidency 584,000 jobs were created.
This is the weakest annual growth since 2003.
In other words, generationally horrible.
Trump is a terrible president, and an even worse human being.
In the first year of Trump's presidency 584,000 jobs were created.
This is the weakest annual growth since 2003.
In other words, generationally horrible.
Trump is a terrible president, and an even worse human being.
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This is so incredibly heart-breaking. To Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli at NIH--you have betrayed the entire scientific community. Deeply committed staff are leaving in droves--because you are destroying the institution. Shame on you. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 PM
This is so incredibly heart-breaking. To Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli at NIH--you have betrayed the entire scientific community. Deeply committed staff are leaving in droves--because you are destroying the institution. Shame on you. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
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Daily reminder that despite a law requiring the release of the Epstein Files and the fact the 🍊💩 ran promising the release of the files, they are still being hidden from us. Release the files now!!
January 10, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Daily reminder that despite a law requiring the release of the Epstein Files and the fact the 🍊💩 ran promising the release of the files, they are still being hidden from us. Release the files now!!
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A wonderful description of "Fascism" written by and for the men and women that confronted and defeated it in WWII
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A wonderful description of "Fascism" written by and for the men and women that confronted and defeated it in WWII
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Over 100 members of Congress have mounted replicas of a plaque honoring the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the January 6th insurrection outside their offices -- because House Speaker Mike Johnson has disgracefully refused to install the official one.
#TrumpCoupAttempt
#TrumpCoupAttempt
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Over 100 members of Congress have mounted replicas of a plaque honoring the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the January 6th insurrection outside their offices -- because House Speaker Mike Johnson has disgracefully refused to install the official one.
#TrumpCoupAttempt
#TrumpCoupAttempt
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Cause some good trouble. 🐸
January 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Cause some good trouble. 🐸
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Democrats who want to abolish ice should start introducing legislation to roll back the creation of DHS. It was a specific post 9/11 law that combined previously extant functions into a single new department. Let’s start getting that model legislation out there. (Is it already?)
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Democrats who want to abolish ice should start introducing legislation to roll back the creation of DHS. It was a specific post 9/11 law that combined previously extant functions into a single new department. Let’s start getting that model legislation out there. (Is it already?)
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🔥 Ukraine's defence forces hit the oil depot in Russia's Volgograd Oblast on the night of 9-10 January. The facility is used to supply fuel to the Russian occupying forces.
📸: General Staff of the Armed Forces
📸: General Staff of the Armed Forces
January 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
🔥 Ukraine's defence forces hit the oil depot in Russia's Volgograd Oblast on the night of 9-10 January. The facility is used to supply fuel to the Russian occupying forces.
📸: General Staff of the Armed Forces
📸: General Staff of the Armed Forces
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The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war. bit.ly/49qN4Mv
No Legal Basis for Invading Venezuela
1989’s U.S. military action in Panama offers no constitutional cover for Trump’s Venezuela attack.
www.brennancenter.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war. bit.ly/49qN4Mv
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Womp womp.
Maybe Donnie will try extorting Meryl Streep for one of her Oscars next.
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
Maybe Donnie will try extorting Meryl Streep for one of her Oscars next.
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
A Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred - Nobel Peace Prize
www.nobelpeaceprize.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Womp womp.
Maybe Donnie will try extorting Meryl Streep for one of her Oscars next.
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
Maybe Donnie will try extorting Meryl Streep for one of her Oscars next.
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
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I remember maybe three or four years ago someone introduced me to yarvin and said among other things that what makes him so dangerous is he’s really steeped in history and philosophy. Sophisticated stuff. So I read some stuff and well, no. This is the stuff you say after you read one thing …
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I remember maybe three or four years ago someone introduced me to yarvin and said among other things that what makes him so dangerous is he’s really steeped in history and philosophy. Sophisticated stuff. So I read some stuff and well, no. This is the stuff you say after you read one thing …
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January 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Federal support for criminal justice data collection and research is crucial to public safety, and this year’s grant terminations threaten to undermine that work. Our experts detail the impact work solutions to rebuild support:
bit.ly/3Y4QGP2
bit.ly/3Y4QGP2
Rollback of Federal Investment in Research and Data Collection Jeopardizes Public Safety
The Trump administration’s abrupt termination of funding for criminal justice data and research will upend years of progress toward building safer communities.
www.brennancenter.org
January 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Federal support for criminal justice data collection and research is crucial to public safety, and this year’s grant terminations threaten to undermine that work. Our experts detail the impact work solutions to rebuild support:
bit.ly/3Y4QGP2
bit.ly/3Y4QGP2