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Jim Saranteas

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Of the Law / Activist / Raleigh, NC / From Chicago / Chair Wake County Democratic Party Impact Circle wakedems.org/impact-circle / Contributor ACS Law www.acslaw.org/person/james-jim-sar… / Carolinas state lead @ldadorg.bsky.social / #Cubs

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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 8h
It’s hard to look at the Republicans on SCOTUS and see any humanity left in their souls. There is simply no legal basis for these types of third country deportations but basing it on cruelty. #SCOTUS
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 15h
All of this … #JackSmith #ncpol #NorthCarolina
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 15h
One of the best discussions I’ve heard on Medicare for All. #Medicare #ncpol #NorthCarolina
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And our state Republicans support these attacks on our institutions and worse, the people they are supposed to protect. Vote them out people. #NorthCarolina #ncpol
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: I will not be silenced by threats of prosecution from the President. The rule of law will endure. Public servants have remained faithful to their oaths despite extraordinary pressure. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well.
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Because of #NorthCarolina partisan #gerrymandering, Republicans stack the deck against ALL Americans’ rights wherever YOU live. Our Congressional delegation is 10-4 favoring Republicans when it should be 7-7. If fair, Democrats would control the House of Representatives and Trump stopped #ncpol
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great letter to the editor on Republicans starting to see what the rest of us see in Trump … #NorthCarolina #ncpol amp.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump ‘wearing thin’? Welcome to the sane world, Republicans | Opinion
Our readers comment on the WakeMed ‘giveaway,’ religious activity for NC students, Hispanic and Latino North Carolinians and data centers | Letters to the Editor
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Disturbing. We need change. Fortune 500 companies should pay their employees a living wage. Taxpayers should not be subsidizing corporate profits. #ncpol #NorthCarolina #SNAP
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ALL coverage of him should be like this. youtube.com/shorts/1r52s...
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Trump speech inaudible as US networks boycott White House event | AJ #shorts
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To my Chicago / Cook County peeps, here’s the Chicago Bar Association’s judicial voter’s guide. No need to stop/skip voting on your ballot, or vote by guessing. Candidates have been vetted and recommendations made. #Chicago #CookCounty #CBA #ChicagoBarAssociation www.chicagobar.org/CBA/CBA/JEC/...
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Judicial Voters Guide
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is literally why our rule of law is slowly collapsing. I would add, if the President is above the law, why aren’t we? We can’t have a Predident who is a convicted felon but never served a day in jail. It’s plain wrong. #RuleOfLaw #ncpol
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s about time someone called out the North Carolina state auditor’s office for conduct that is hardly impartial as it relates to voting #ncpol #ncga #NorthCarolina www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
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NC Rep: A spike of troubling positions at the State Auditor’s office | Opinion
The Auditor has immense power to investigate agencies and put the credibility of public officials on the line. That only works if the public trusts the office. | Opinion
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
22 million American voters’ preferred political representation has been potentially stolen from them (in addition to those already impacted from previous gerrymandering) for no good reason than a political power grab. #VotingRights #RuleOfLaw #SCOTUS www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump started a redistricting war. Now 1 in 10 Americans are in new House districts
A report warned that a “two-party doom loop of redistricting” could accelerate after the 2026 midterms.
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Okay people. It’s Constitution Day! Can you get a perfect score? Post it in the comment section #ConstitutionDay #RuleOfLaw
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
AG Todd Blanche continues to to push, without evidence, the conspiracy theory that there is massive voter fraud in our elections. Our top law enforcement official should not be gas lighting the integrity of our democracy. #ToddBlanche #DOJ #Voting
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If the response of the federal government is to fire government attorneys who refuse to act unethically or engage in criminal conduct, we are all in danger from government overreach and consequences of their crimes #Ethics #AttorneyEthics #RuleOfLaw justiceconnection.substack.com/p/career-civ...
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Career Civil Servants Are Being Fired for Any Reason or No Reason, Including Illegal Reasons
DOJ employees challenging their terminations are on the front lines of the fight over the President’s power to overhaul the civil service.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fight back using Robert’s view of the race issue: it can be used to distinguish a candidate as a unique individual. He stated in the SFFA majority opinion universities can consider “applicants discussion how race affected his or her life…through discrimination, inspiration…otherwise.” #UCBerkeley
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As a small business person, I’m not anti-business. But think of the money people who are fightings unions are willing to spend (see below) and the amount of money they are refusing to share (no-one wants all of it) with the people who made them rich in the first place. #Unions #WorkingClass #ncpol
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Gina Space @gbspace.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I hope they have some magic wand because refineries are already running at 97% capacity. So idk how you produce more fuel without more capacity.
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Thanks to @newsobserver.com for publishing my letter to the editor, "More Socialists in NC?" which was a response to an op-ed I disagreed with entitled, "Socialism is growing in North Carolina.” Labels are labels #Socialism #NorthCarolina #ncpol amp.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
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What an immoral defense of ads attacking Roy Cooper | Opinion
Our readers comment on socialism in North Carolina, Republicans new bogeyman, NC teacher pay, Duke law school admissions, and the USS Lincoln sailor | Letters to the Editor
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a right-wing group’s request to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November 2026 ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court denies right-wing group’s bid to force Michigan proof-of-citizenship measure on November ballot
The denial, issued by Justice Brett Brett Kavanaugh, likely means the measure is dead.
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not good.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: An immigrant rights group sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its escalating effort to screen state voter rolls for alleged noncitizens, arguing the campaign illegally threatens lawful voters just weeks before the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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New lawsuit challenges DHS over unverified noncitizen voter roll claims
At the center of the case is the Trump administration’s claim that more than 190,000 people on California’s voter rolls may be noncitizens — a figure DHS has not publicly substantiated or explained ho...
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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CandleOfPeace @candle-of-peace.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thank you for sharing. Excellent read.
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well, yet more government actors, including attorneys who will need to be held accountable one day to the #RuleOfLaw. #NorthCarolina #ncpol #Comey
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Alma R Ramirez 🤣 @almarosar572.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yes YES DISBAR ALL of the crooked SCOTUS that took an OATH and LIED under the OATH THEY ALL took minutes before
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trump DOJ attorneys are literally making arguments not based in fact or law in the mail-in ballot case? No surprise. Yet, as norms go, it is still incredible, unbelievable, and highly unethical. #MailInBallots #USPS #Voting #VoterInterference
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fortune 500 companies should be required to pay their employees on SNAP a living wage. Otherwise, you and I are literally putting our hard earned money in taxes directly in the pockets of their shareholders for no good reason. #CorporateGreed #Corruption #SNAP #Target
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Andria @andria.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Major major mistake. People find out. Soldiers’ family members will not forgive being lied to. #ncpol
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The #NorthCarolina #WakeCounty Board of Elections posted sample ballots for the November 3 election. See yours at the voter registration lookup vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/ If you are eligible, not yet registered or need to change your registration address go to www.wake.gov/departments-... #ncpol
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We need to communicate to our peers, bar associations, and state’s attorneys and demand they enforce ethics, rule of law, and/or criminal law against those doing us harm. Then, talk to our families and communities to vote for change this fall. #RuleOfLaw #Vote www.arcamax.com/politics/ope...
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Commentary: Answering the call, lawyers must lead the defense of democracy
This year marks the 250th anniversary of our founders’ Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. But the constitutional democracy it enabled — designed to promote life, liberty, and the pursuit ...
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
American values have been gutted by the Republican Party. Republican state legislators are largely to blame. Please vote in November. We’re counting on you to save our country. #Vote #NorthCarolina #ncpol
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our Nation is at war with Iran, and losing, fuel and grocery prices are skyrocketing, infectious diseases are rising, and our food supply is making everyone sick, so of course the Republican Party is focused on renaming the Great Lakes. #FDT #FGOP
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So basically as the dissent pointed out, the SCOTUS Republican majority wasted everybody’s time by staying the district court order the first time. It was always ripe. #SMH #SCOTUS
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Not safer because of this.
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Anyone surprised? #Florida #DeSantis #Corruption
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Trump’s DOJ wants to be free of ethical or legal constraints. Two-tiered justice at its finest. #FDT
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
When will Trump voters learn he and the Republican leaders don’t care about you. #Vote #ncpol #Northcarolina #Farming
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
10 years ago today, former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem, explaining that he was protesting against police violence in America. #UrbanViewMornings
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
SCOTUS has done everything it could to embolden a convicted felon to try to do whatever he wants and there appears to be no backstop. #SCOTUS #RuleOfLaw
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Jim Saranteas @jimsaranteas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
All the money in the world can’t undo the damage Meta has done online with young people and with Zuckerberg’s complicity with Trump. Please vote in the fall so we can take back societal decency. #Meta #Vote
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
On behalf of the DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, and Leaders Schumer and Jeffries, this afternoon we filed a new amended lawsuit and motion to block Trump's anti-voting executive order and the USPS rule implementing it. We will not stop fighting to protect voting rights and when we fight we win.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his nation is not “going to accept” an “attitude at the negotiation table that Canada is a subsidiary of the United States.” www.commondreams.org/news/canada-...
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'Canada Must Respond': Ottawa Slaps Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods After Trump Trade War Escalation | Common Dreams
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his nation is not "going to accept" an "attitude at the negotiation table that Canada is a subsidiary of the United States."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Supreme Court’s conservative majority of injecting “chaos and uncertainty” into the 2026 midterm elections Monday after the Court lifted one injunction blocking Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Jackson slams Supreme Court majority for injecting ‘chaos’ into midterms as voting advocates blast mail ballot ruling
Jackson said the decision creates a new bind for states and voting rights groups seeking to challenge last-minute election changes. They can be told they sued too early before a final rule is issued, ...
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