Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026BREAKING: A federal judge allowed Republicans to defend North Carolina's last-minute restrictions on absentee voting, which could disqualify ballots over technicalities like an unsealed inner envelope. This comes as absentee voting for the midterms is already underway in the state. 8191119
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Three weeks ago: @pbsnews.org #Russia www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... 671143430
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country. 2042158745529
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026🚨BREAKING: A judge ruled the DOJ's policy of collecting states' unredacted voter rolls and urging them to remove voters flagged as ineligible is illegal. "This policy...has left untold numbers of disenfranchised voters in its wake and inflicted injuries to the Plaintiffs' privacy," the court wrote. 10587217
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026JUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys. cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc... 412100781
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026STATEMENT OF ABBE LOWELL AND NORM EISEN, COUNSEL FOR FED GOVERNOR LISA COOK, IN RESPONSE TO WHITE HOUSE "HEARING" ANNOUNCEMENT 441741562
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.social4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Seriously 👇 15474541792
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialJon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Good morning. Federal prosecutors in Chicago filed partially redacted documents overnight in the "Broadview Six" case. The redactions appear to include the signature block (including the name) of one of the attorneys representing the United States government: 20616167
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence. 477101373499
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: If Trump and Hegseth weren’t trying to kick trans people out of the military, a Navy board recently wrote of a trans women that it “without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service," lawyers revealed today. www.lawdork.com/i/219495792/... 111781418
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026An IRS investigator is suing the agency — claiming officials illegally leaked his confidential personnel records to federal prosecutors to punish him for years of whistleblowing on the agency's failure to tackle tax dodging.nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Says I.R.S. Leaked His Tax Records in RetaliationBrian J. Visalli, a veteran investigator of tax fraud, said in a lawsuit that the agency had sent his personal and tax information to federal prosecutors. 151457634
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Whoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.nytimes.comTrump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary. 1991552846
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...npr.orgICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors sayThroughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. 12521801202
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026🚨BREAKING: ICE is already appearing near voting sites as voting rights groups reinforce their lawsuit to keep armed federal agents away from the polls in November.democracydocket.comICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at pollsAmong the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box. 7334195
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026VICTORY! A Georgia judge Wednesday dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to restrict where Gwinnett County voters can return mail ballots, ruling the law allows the county to accept ballots at designated early voting sites. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comGeorgia court rejects RNC bid to restrict mail ballot return access in state’s second-largest countyThe ruling preserves an additional way for voters in Georgia’s second-most populous county to cast their ballots ahead of the November election. 7955341774
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialCascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026These would use enough electricity to power 15 CITIES THE SIZE OF SEATTLE 1716884
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026JUST IN: The Trump administration is asking Judge Sooknanan to shut out the public from next week's hearing on its use of Guantanamo Bay as an ICE deportation holding facility. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28... 28841456
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 07/10/2026BREAKING A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center's Trump-installed board to UNSEAL the 163-page report (with redactions) on the $250M+ renovation plan and two year closure. The Board also must unseal a related Powerpoint. Doc buff.ly/E6jyjGl 10549801331
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice tapped criminal prosecutors and an FBI official to watch voters in Arizona’s primary elections earlier this year in a major break from past norms, according to records reviewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents revealThe deployments mark a major break from past departmental norms. 29919486
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Foreclosures are climbing: the number of homes repossessed surged 42% from a year ago. Lenders repossessed 5,794 properties out of 40,277 foreclosure filings in August. That’s up 22% from July and 42% from August 2025. www.attomdata.com/news/market-... 21121591224
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialLaw360 @law360.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters. www.law360.com/artic... 331159440
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 07/10/2026While the driver was asleep, three men made off with four pallets of ground beef shortly before 3:45 a.m. Tuesday.inquirer.comGround beef worth $40,000 stolen from tractor-trailer in Northeast Philly 7631694
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026JUST IN: A federal judge has tossed the Trump administration's lawsuit against Michigan over the state's square-footage requirements for egg-laying hens. No standing, she concludes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 391164278
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026BREAKING WaPo: Trump wants to transform his West Palm Beach golf club into a presidential retreat modeled after Camp David. The plan calls for a parcel of the private club to be designated a permanent, official sanctuary for foreign leaders and future U.S. presidents.washingtonpost.comTrump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf club into the new Camp DavidThe plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course. 532805393
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them. 22037452323
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...ms.nowPennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades. 21852042293
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comElection deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machinesThe problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution. 57252573216
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚨BREAKING: A Florida lawyer who previously pleaded guilty to illegally accessing election websites monitored the primary election in Maricopa County, Arizona for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to records viewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, ArizonaThe involvement of the two lawyers in a state where President Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results adds to concerns that the administration’s monitoring program for the fall — which it ha... 5326411526
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialIvan Pereira @ivanper4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"He further stated that there is no law against him walking around a voting site dressed as ICE," the arrest report said.abcnews.comMan arrested after posing as ICE agent at Miami polling site: InvestigatorsA man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly posing as an ICE agent and intimidating Brazilian nationals who were voting at a poll site in Miami, investigators said. 73665209
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.” 30084664031
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism. 29594993265
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall. 16542601772
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Judge Stadtmueller, a Reagan appointee in Wisconsin, orders the release of an ICE detainee in part because of the "systemic rigging of bond hearings against detainees." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 222843966
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026And now we find that Russia is cultivating pneumonic plague in test tubes.bbc.comPutin warns West that Russia is ready to use every weapon to protect KaliningradThe Russian leader insists Moscow is "not threatening anyone" and is merely responding to statements by Western leaders. 2362180888
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midtermsDOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation. 10455352401
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In the last hours of Kristi Noem's tenure as Homeland Security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man's firm at a substantial markup, documents show.nytimes.comKristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She LeftThe Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show. 1211948951
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jack Smith at last night’s Power to the People concert, wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt. 635162133220
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026Breaking News: The U.S. rushed to withdraw its B-1 bombers from an air base in England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation, officials said.nyti.msU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New ThreatsThe withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 59269119
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026AI isn't reliable enough to get even a hamburger order right, but reckless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing to expand artificial intelligence across the U.S. military, including AI-enabled targeting. "Would you like fries with that obliterated girls' school?" 18946471496
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point? 1352201717088
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail. 22997283099
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comUSPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket. 48365743757
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026> @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/h... 59545277
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialForbes @forbes.com · 30/09/2026Rapper Macklemore said his upcoming “Free Palestine” tour, launched after he was dropped as Ed Sheeran’s opening act, “sold out immediately" on Wednesday.forbes.comMacklemore’s ‘Free Palestine’ Tour ‘Sold Out Immediately,’ Rapper SaysRapper Macklemore said his upcoming “Free Palestine” tour, launched after he was dropped as Ed Sheeran’s opening act, “sold out immediately" on Wednesday. 13242981066
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ex-WV police chief violently attacked a woman over an expired registration. Though innocent, she spent five days in jail before the charge was dismissed. He resigned and was decertified. 102850832514
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026WH says Trump's new TV ads aren't campaign ads because he's not on the ballot One of them IS his campaign ad - - Same footage from 2024, minus the donate link, plus a govt funding tag Taxpayers are $1.7M in More @forbes.com👇 -TNforbes.comTrump’s Controversial Taxpayer-Funded Ads Could Violate These LawsCongress has long blocked government funds from being used on propaganda, though the Trump administration claims they’re “public service announcements.” 39588254
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026BREAKING: In a 53-47 vote, Senate Republicans failed to pass an anti-voting measure that would have required voters to provide photo ID to cast ballots. The vote follows repeated failures by the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, an anti-voting bill Trump has called his “No. 1 priority.”democracydocket.comGOP voter ID bill falls short in SenateThe floor stunt attempted to give Republicans facing tough reelection fights something to campaign on as voters sour on the GOP’s willingness to acquiesce to Trump on artificial intelligence, the war ... 25655235
Reposted by @justbrickie.bsky.socialKaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 532216005828