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Sr. Fellow @Brookings, Co-founder of Democracy Defenders Action, Executive Chair of Democracy Defenders Fund & Co-Founder of The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com. Posts with "TN" are from Team Norm

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BREAKING: A fed. judge ordered Trump's name off the Kennedy Center in May Today his handpicked board defied the court by voting to put it back, rename the plaza after him, & close the Center for two years They'll answer for it in court, again -TN
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Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump’s Name on Building
The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BREAKING: What just happened at the Kennedy Center board meeting is a slap in the face to the rule of law. We will see the president and his corrupt cronies in court. This will not stand. Official statements @repbeatty.bsky.social @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG👇
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
BREAKING: the case against Davey Hearn was dismissed--but all of the false Trump attacks on him since then further prove why our request to dismiss WITH PREJUDICE is needed. That way the charges can never be brought back. Our new filing by @democracydefendersfund.org, WLG & Steptoe explains 👇
nytimes.com
David Hearn’s Lawyers Ask Court to Bar Future Reflecting Pool Charges (Gift Article)
Citing comments by President Trump, David Hearn raised the prospect of “prosecutorial harassment.”
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Every redaction Blanche defends is one more thing the public was supposed to see @katiephang.bsky.social keeps forcing the question in court while others look away This is what a fighter looks like 👇 -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A refusal to pledge independence from the White House would once have ended an attorney general's career Blanche said it on Sunday television & expects no consequences Bondi did this damage quietly, now Blanche is saying it out loud -TN
nytimes.com
Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General
The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
When President Obama wanted to refinance during the the Great Recession I said "no" Fast forward: The (once independent) OCC approved a bank charter for World Liberty, 38% owned by the Trumps Every other president divested, this one chartered -TN www.democracydefendersfund.org/crypto/
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & WLG are asking SCOTUS to stop the Trump admin from bulldozing the WH & building a ballroom without Congress’s authorization, on behalf of @chkbal.bsky.social—a nonpartisan group of conservative, center-right & libertarian lawyers The WH isn’t his to own -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trump's illegality is so outrageous that even the Roberts court, w/ its authoritarian-enabling tendencies, has been forced to turn him down again & again So a plaque replaces his name at the KC, tariffs return under a forced label & the ballroom ask goes to SCOTUS I explain for @ms.now👇 -TN
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The courts keep blocking Trump. He keeps searching for loopholes.
A senior administration official says that Trump won’t allow his objectives “to be undermined simply because one tool may be limited by a court.”
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BREAKING: A new filing today proves DHS & Elon Musk knew Mary Comans never approved the FEMA payments they smeared her over Their own general counsel told FEMA to keep the money flowing 12 days before she was fired @democracydefendersfund.org & our partners are proud to put it on record -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BREAKING: The govt now says it may have damaged the Kennedy Center's historic marble & still the board wants Trump's name back up, in defiance of a fed. court order This is petty, performative obstruction @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG emergency briefing request w/ @repbeatty.bsky.social👇 -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BREAKING: 128 bipartisan former judges, @democracydefendersfund.org & LDAD filed a Florida Bar ethics complaint against DHS GC James Percival for his "Worst of the Worst" posts naming four sitting judges W/ 402 threats against federal judges already this year what was he thinking? -TN
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DDF, LDAD, and 128 Former Judges Call for Investigation into DHS General Counsel for Attacks on Sitting Judges
128 bipartisan former state and federal judges joined Democracy Defenders Fund and Lawyers Defending American Democracy to file an ethics complaint with calling for an investigation of Department of H...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Only Congress can rename the Kennedy Center, and a federal judge said so in May The board's answer is to chisel Trump's name one line lower & call it a renovation credit Our @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG filing for @repbeatty.bsky.social calls it "naked defiance of the law"👇 -TN
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Judge Is Asked to Block Inscription of Trump’s Name on Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
The request from a Democratic lawmaker follows a decision by the Trump-allied board to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” to the building.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BREAKING: Fed. judges picked Roger Rogoff as U.S. Atty per the Fed appointment statute Trump illegally purged him less than 1hr. into the job! 30 Bipartisan former U.S. Attorneys & @democracydefendersfund.org aren't standing for it 👇
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Former U.S. Attorneys Warn Trump’s Firing of a Court-Appointed Prosecutor Could Put Federal Criminal Cases at Risk
A bipartisan group of former U.S. attorneys, filed an amicus brief in Rogoff v. Trump warning the president’s firing of Roger Rogoff, a court-appointed U.S. attorney, threatens the integrity of the co...
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 20/08/2026
LIVE: @normeisen.bsky.social and @klasfeldreports.com break down Trump's taxpayer-funded White House vanity projects and the latest developments in the Natalie Harp saga. TUNE IN: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
DHS GC James Percival spends his workday litigating in front of fed. district judges & he spends his evenings ranking them online DHS calls that "nothing more than a factual review." Judges asked him to stop & he escalated instead @bloomberglaw.com on our complaint👇 -TN
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DHS Lawyer Faces Ethics Complaint Over ‘Worst’ Judges Posts (1)
Dozens of former judges accused the Department of Homeland Security’s top lawyer of violating professional conduct rules by posting on social media about the so-called “worst of the worst” judges who’...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
SMACKDOWN! AG Bonta brilliantly explains why the Paramount/Warners mega-merger violates anti-trust law & why he will not be swayed until that is addressed Paramount’s PR surge is backfiring
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California AG Rob Bonta Says David Ellison Is “Desperate” and “Grasping at Straws”
In an expansive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bonta laid out his strategy and took aim at the Paramount chief and emerging legal rival. “He cannot flee accountability.”
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ten weeks to the midterms, & plenty worth talking through that isn't making the front page yet I'll get into it on The Weeknight @ms.now at 7:20 ET 👇 -TN
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DNC Sues Trump Administration for Records on Ballot Seizures - Democrats
The Trump administration has refused to comply with the DNC’s FOIA requests regarding ballot seizures during the upcomin
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
BREAKING: we are going back to court in the Kennedy Center case to STOP the flagrant violation of the courts order preventing renaming @democracydefendersaction.org & Washington Litigation Group are proud to represent @repbeatty.bsky.social to protect this treasured memorial  Our brief is here 👇
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
$100 M buys you a second inscription on the Kennedy Center, per Trump's handpicked board's own resolution Kennedy's memorial, now with a price tag Last night @repbeatty.bsky.social asked Judge Cooper stop this stunt, & @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are proud to be her counsel -TN
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Kennedy Center’s Plan To Inscribe Trump’s Name Called A ‘Breathtaking Act Of Defiance’ In Court
Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, accused the Kennedy Center of playing “chicken with the Court” in a filing challenging the venue’s intent to inscribe President Donald Trump’s name on the building, alleging...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Natalie Harp spent over a year beside the president with no security clearance The forms didn't move until Trump personally told her to file them, so this was never a backlog It was a favor, & the country carried the risk I told @theguardian.com why this should shock people👇 -TN
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White House faces questions over security clearance for top Trump aide Natalie Harp
Former ethics tsar calls report that executive assistant to president worked for a year without clearance ‘shocking’
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The lie is designed to keep you home We've kept elections safe, free & fair cycle after cycle, & the people who run them are on it Secretaries of state, county officials & hundreds of orgs have your back at the polls The lie fails when you show up More w/ @ms.now👇 -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The FBI has the Fulton County ballots & Trump's admin wanted to go digging deeper A Trump-appointed judge told them NO The dog caught the car & now it's stuck in the driveway Dozens of wins around the country say the records fight ends the same way @ms.now👇 -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
DOJ used to be an ally of free & fair elections, & now it's an adversary That switch didn't come from strength, it came from fear Voters choose in this country, & @democracydefendersaction.org + many others are standing up to keep it that way Here's what I said on @ms.now👇 -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
WTF? As if the Ellison's attempt to intimidate CA by threatening to move operations wasn't bad enough, now this? We need some answers about what's going on here--& fast theintercept.com/2026/08/21/p...
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This Mysterious “Astroturf” Group Popped Up to Defend the Paramount Merger
In text messages, the newly formed “Neighbors for Strong Communities” boosted reported threats by CEO David Ellison to move Paramount out of California.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump & his cronies on the Kennedy Center board are defying a court judgment and trying to put his name back on the Center We filed to seek an emergency stay—& the judge just ordered a hearing My column @contrariannews.org explains how we are fighting back👇- TN
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From the Kennedy Center to the Paramount-Warner Merger, You Are Winning in Court, Contrarians
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The Ellisons are using big money & special interests & fellow billionaires to try to force a Paramount-Warner merger that will cost thousands of people their jobs 12 state AGs are taking them to court & YOU can help Read how in my latest @ContrarianNews.org - TN
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From the Kennedy Center to the Paramount-Warner Merger, You Are Winning in Court, Contrarians
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Fewer distributors, concentrated blockbuster power & monopoly control over 50+ cable networks The Paramount-Warner merger is a disaster for consumers & will mean higher prices AGs must & will hold firm as I discuss @ContrarianNews.org - TN
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From the Kennedy Center to the Paramount-Warner Merger, You Are Winning in Court, Contrarians
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump's cronies the Ellisons want to seize control over movies & cable Their mega merger mashup will cost thousands of jobs & devastate consumers, creators--& democracy itself The state AG's are fighting back & @contrariannews.org I analyze why they must & will hold firm in settlement talks Monday
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From the Kennedy Center to the Paramount-Warner Merger, You Are Winning in Court, Contrarians
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump’s board thought they could defy the court & slap his name back on the Kennedy Center in slightly different form They were wrong—we immediately filed for an emergency stay, & hearing has been set for Thursday I explain @ContrarianNews.Org - TN
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From the Kennedy Center to the Paramount-Warner Merger, You Are Winning in Court, Contrarians
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
VICTORY: Karen Attiah wins her case against Bezos' Washington Post An arbitrator has now ruled that no fortune is big enough to buy the 1st Amendment. She is REINSTATED @democracydefendersfund.org is proud to rep her w/ @wbng.org in this landmark fight
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Post attempted to throw Karen Attiah overboard to prove their loyalty to the Trump regime & the mob that demands absolute conformity Our full @democracydefendersfund.org & @wbng.org statement 👇 -TN
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Karen Attiah Secures Landmark First Amendment Victory in Wrongful Termination Case Against The Washington Post
Independent arbitrator orders full reinstatement at the Post and back pay, vindicating journalistic freedom against corporate retaliation and censorship
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Post claimed Karen Attiah's posts made its newsroom a target Wut? Bad actors made the threats, & bad actors own that as the arbitrator held The message to every newsroom is to stand by journalists & the 1st Am as I told @theguardian.com
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Washington Post ordered to reinstate opinion writer fired over Charlie Kirk posts
Arbitrator determined the Post improperly fired Karen Attiah, a union-protected employee, over social media posts
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: Latino community is rising up against the Paramount-Warners merger because it will kill jobs & content for Latinos--& all Americans Kudos @lulacorg.bsky.social & Juan Proano for standing with AG Bonta & 11 other AGs demanding structural remedies @megjames.bsky.social @latimes.com scoop👇
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Prominent Latino group blasts Paramount-Warner merger
The group urged California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta to continue his fight to block David Ellison's $111-billion deal, saying it would have a "devastating and unacceptable impact on Latinos."
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Karen Attiah beat Bezos' Washington Post The arbitrator found no cause, no misconduct, nothing, & sent her back to work I join @maddow.bsky.social at 9 PM ET tonight to discuss this win for Karen & for journalists everywhere - TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Karen Attiah beat Bezos' Washington Post The arbitrator found no cause, no misconduct, nothing, & sent her back to work I join @maddow.bsky.social at 9 PM ET tonight to discuss this win for Karen & for journalists everywhere - TN
nytimes.com
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah (Gift Article)
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Winning the Attiah case was so satisfying for my friend Karen, for journalists everywhere--& for you Contrarians who help make this & our over 300 legal cases & matters possible. Here's Karen's first independent media interview @contrariannews.org
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Norm and Karen Attiah on Victory in Wrongful Termination Case Against ‘The Washington Post’
Press freedom wins. Thank you, Contrarians!
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Nothing would please the Trump regime more than a dead press Karen Attiah's victory is a very loud sign of life Every phony reason the Post gave for pushing her out is now gone Karen & I sat down w/ @maddow.bsky.social to talk about what her win means for journalists everywhere 👇 -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: the administration is now threatening in federal court to LEVEL the Kennedy Center if Trump does not get his way His path of destruction knows no bounds & he will answer for it in court @democracydefendersaction.org @WLG -TN
nytimes.com
Trump Lawyers Warn That Kennedy Center Might Need Demolition if Not Fixed
In a court filing about honoring President Trump on the facade, the administration said that without a proper renovation the building might need to be “taken down.”
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So glad to see Ryan Haygood take the helm at @splcenter.org All of us in the democracy movement are thrilled to see him guiding SPLC's crucial work at a time when civil rights and voting rights are under extraordinary pressure -TN
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President & CEO Ryan Haygood Takes Helm of SPLC
The SPLC welcomes Ryan P. Haygood, a transformative new leader who will drive a bold, innovative vision for the organization’s future, as the president and CEO.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: we just filed to STOP the new USPS rule on mail ballots The Court only held that the injunction came too early. Now we HAVE a final rule & we are litigating it @democracydefendersfund.org & @campaignlegal.org are proud to represent LULAC, Madison WI & Travis County TX
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Constitution gives elections to the states & to Congress, not to the president & not to the Postal Service NEW @democracydefendersfund.org @campaignlegal.org complaint says exactly that I'll break it all down on @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social at 7:20👇 -TN
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Pro-Voter Coalition Files New Complaint Against Illegal USPS Rule on Mail Voting
Campaign Legal Center and Democracy Defenders Fund took another legal action to prevent the United States Postal Service from implementing new barriers to mail voting at the behest of an unlawful exec...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
From the Kennedy Center to the slush fund to the Reflecting Pool—deference to Trump is turning to defiance As I told @nytimes.com, our wins in those & many more cases help mark an inflection point: pro-democracy forces are standing up!
nytimes.com
In Canada and at Home, Deference to Trump Turns to Defiance on Tariffs and Other Issues (Gift Article)
While the president remains the most dominant figure in the world, other leaders and institutions are pushing back more vigorously than at the beginning of his second term.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BREAKING: The Third Circuit just sent Count Three of the McIver indictment BACK to the district court Counts One & Two go forward, but the fight over prosecuting a member of Congress for oversight is just beginning @democracydefendersfund.org stands with @replamonica.bsky.social
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The president has NO authority to make lists of voters & tell the Postal Service who gets a ballot That power belongs to Congress & to the states, which have passed no such law. @campaignlegal.org & @democracydefendersfund.org are in court to put and end to these shenanigans @ms.now👇 -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Nothing the Supreme Court did Monday touches your right to vote by mail or absentee The Roberts Court did not reach the merits of Trump's EO. They said so themselves These threats tell you Trump is SCARED to face the voters More on why your mail ballot is safe w/ @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇 -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It feels like the summer of 2020 when Trump was limbering up Remember what happened. He tried 63 different vectors of attack & lost all but one We need to be vigilant ... But be confident too @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇 -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What the order actually does w/ @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇 The EO has two parts Part one is list sharing -- Trump can direct a list be shared, & nothing has to be done with those lists Part two is interference with the delivery of mail ballots -- That part is unconstitutional -TN
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BREAKING: we filed our Kennedy Center brief demolishing Trump's ridiculous position that he may tear down the building if he can't get his way on renaming it This one is simple: keep Trump’s name & hands OFF. Hearing 2pm ET Thurs. @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are proud to rep Rep. Beatty👇
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"What a nice Kennedy center you have here, what a shame if something were to happen to it". Yes that is an actual quote from our brief and it explains exactly how WRONG trump’s bizarre filing is For that and more, we just filed our reply 👇
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