Last week, federal trial court Judge Kate Menendez issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting use of tear gas and other riot control weapons by ICE in Minneapolis. She found ICE was using them in violation of protestors’ 1A rights. She also prohibited ICE from violating protestors’ 4A rights by unlawful searches and seizures. Today, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the Trump regime an administrative stay of Menendez’s injunction. 1/ #LawFedi https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca8.113629/gov.uscourts.ca8.113629.00805436077.0_2.pdf
Historians will, I predict, regard the current situation as the American Civil War II. Certainly we are in a civil war, instigated by the federal government, when it began sending unnecessary and militarized forces into American cities. (See pinned post.) 1/
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Last night, I could not sleep for frustration, anger and concern over the Trump regime weaponizing SNAP (food aid) benefits as the regime continues to insist on higher health insurance premiums. I decided to do something. I’ve started Mastodon for Hunger Relief, a fundraiser to help those whose food benefits are threatened while also bolstering blue state Senators who are refusing to approve a CR that does not protect health care.
The fundraiser is at https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/xBnCKKa/Mastodon-for-Hunger-Relief. 1/
When historians write about the Republican Fascist era in the U.S., this weekend may well be the one that marks the beginning of the Second American Civil War. Unlike the First American Civil War, which officially began with secessionist military forces firing on a U.S. military fort, the Second Civil War has been started by the U.S. government sending the U.S. military into states to aid and abet violence against peaceful civilian populations. 1/
Americans in every part of the country should be preparing to defend their cities from the authoritarian overreach Trump announced today. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/mayor-dc-trump-national-guard
What is happening in the District of Columbia should be condemned loud and clear by every single Democratic elected, state and federal, across the country. Which CURRENT officeholders, other than Mayor Bowser, have spoken out?
DC mayor hardens stance on Trump’s ‘authoritarian’ deployment of national guard – US politics live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/13/donald-trump-ukraine-russia-washington-kennedy-center-us-politics-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-689ca9968f084261f1d6f919#block-689ca9968f084261f1d6f919
Attorney General Bonta Secures Preliminary Relief Blocking California’s Medicaid Data from Being Used for Immigration Enforcement Purposes https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-secures-preliminary-relief-blocking-california%E2%80%99s-medicaid
State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge State Trooper in Connection with Fatal Crash in Southampton, N.J., on April 9, 2024 https://www.njoag.gov/state-grand-jury-declines-to-criminally-charge-state-trooper-in-connection-with-fatal-crash-in-southampton-n-j-on-april-9-2024/
AG: Manville’s Ex-Police Chief Sentenced to Seven Years in State Prison for Official Misconduct and Sexually Assaulting Subordinate https://www.njoag.gov/ag-manvilles-ex-police-chief-sentenced-to-seven-years-in-state-prison-for-official-misconduct-and-sexually-assaulting-subordinate/
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