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-Sharing actions we can take to save democracy -Refuse to be complicit bystander -Take action- stand up to the bully-in-chief, vote out cowardly traitors, & boycott oligarchs -We the people have the power- use it! -Opinions all mine

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 14/10/2026
First we march, then we vote. Join us on October 17 for No Kings as we fight to reclaim our democracy. mobilize.us/nokings #VoteEarlyForNoKings
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What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading from small towns to city centers and across every community determined to defend democracy. Our peaceful movement is bigger than ever.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: "A House Democrat has introduced legislation that would abolish the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and replace it with a new department focused on community safety, three weeks before an election where immigration policy is likely to have an influence on voters."
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New Democratic bill would abolish ICE and shut down DHS
Illinois Representative Delia Ramirez wants to see some functions of DHS moved to other government departments.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: With the threat of federal election interference looming large over the midterms, Senate Democrats plan to send more than 100 congressional staff to observe voting sites in nine states — the first program of its kind for the upper chamber. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Senate Dems will send over 100 election observers to nine states for midterms
Observers will be on the ground to document voter interference efforts, along with threats against election workers, disinformation tactics and any other attempts to meddle with voting.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/10/2026
NEW: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger just revealed stunning early voting numbers ahead of the midterms. 450,000 Virginians have ALREADY voted, compared to just over 200,000 at this point in 2022. @macfarlanenews.bsky.social reports.
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Thank you Democracy Forward!!
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Thank you Democracy Forward! Keep East Potomac Park for the people and not the billionaires. And save its gorgeous trees!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
WOW: A federal judge ERUPTED at Trump administration lawyers after hundreds of trees were chopped down for Trump's DC golf course project despite repeated warnings to provide advance notice. Our Scott MacFarlane was inside the courtroom for the extraordinary showdown.
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Trump Admin's Golf Course Scheme Sparks Explosive Courtroom Showdown
“You did your absolute worst!” A federal judge accused the Trump regime of destroying its credibility after hundreds of trees were cut down at a D.C. golf course, triggering an extraordinary courtroom...
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trying again after a date typo! Judge Reyes reschedules tomorrow’s hearing in East Potomac golf course case for Monday, Oct. 19. Orders that Gregory Wischer and Jessica Bowron attend and prepare to present sworn testimony.
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🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Please 💙🩵💙🩵
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A 14-DAY STAY UNDER SECTION 705 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Plaintiffs hereby move the Court to enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, for a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705.
Despite the Court's admonitions not to "get to a point where someone is telling me, from
the government, that it's too late, too many things have happened and now we are, like, moving
Case 1:26-cv-00477-ACR
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Filed 10/11/26
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forward and we can't, you know, stop the trains," Status Conf. Tr. ("Apr. 13 Tr.") at 18:15-19:10,
Apr. 13, 2026, Defendants have begun irreversible damage to East Potomac Golf Course. At
4:55 p.m. on Friday preceding the holiday weekend, Defendants announced their intent to
begin-barely 12 hours later—a massive operation to clear 529 trees at East Potomac Golf
Course. Decl. of Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks,
National Park Service 920, ECF 74-1. Although they initially represented that their work would proceed in stages, Defendants in fact took down 529 trees on Saturday alone and have confirmed
to Plaintiffs that they intend to take down hundreds more.
Defendants' surprise tree-razing operation constitutes classic National Environmental
Policy Act segmentation: undertaking elements of a larger project piecemeal and insisting that they are independent and therefore need not be evaluated in a single NEPA review of the entire
project. Defendants cannot circumvent their NEPA obligations in this manner. Delaware
Riverkeeper Network v. F.E.R.C., 753 F.3d 1304, 1313 (D.C. Cir. 2014).Therefore, and for the reasons explained in the Memorandum accompanying this Motion
and supporting exhibits, the Court should enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705, enjoining Defendants from any further tree felling at East Potomac Park. In addition, the
Court should order Defendants to provide the Court and Plaintiffs no less than three business days' written advance notice before any irreparable modification to any permanent forms or
features of East Potomac Park.
If the Court believes a hearing would be appropriate, Plaintiffs request a hearing on this
motion at the Court's first availability. At the parties' meet and confer on Sunday afternoon, Defendants represented that the tree-clearing operation would continue this week until
completed. Defendants indicated during the meet and confer that rain foreclosed any work on
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Sunday, and that the possibility of doing work on Monday depended on weather and the course's
condition. Depending on Defendants' plans, then, it is possible that no work will occur on
Monday.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026
before this is over i will not be surprised if trump cuts down every cherry tree he can find just to spite DC
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Immediately after Ukraine took out two of the five data centers run by the Russian tech giant Yandex, pro-Trump and pro-MAGA posts on American social media sites plummeted. The same happened to posts boosting Germany's far-right AfD. Russia is engaged in MASSIVE election interference.
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Hains Point 100 @hainspoint100.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Learn more about what you can do to help save East Potomac Park & Hains Point. #bikedc #bikearlington #saveeastpo
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Despite ongoing lawsuit seeking to stop Trump overhaul of DC's East Potomac Park, the National Park Service has notified the court that it's going to take down nearly 530 trees at the site Team Trump is pursuing plan to redevelop the golf course on site
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Horrific. So brave of her to come forward and report it.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 07/10/2026
For years, even Democrats who liked Medicare for All assumed it was too unpopular to endorse. It’s time for them to reassess: The latest KFF poll found 66% public support for Medicare for All, an all-time high. (It’s even increasingly popular among Republicans) www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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National poll shows unprecedented public support for Medicare for All
For years, Democrats feared that the reform lacked public support. A new survey suggests it’s time to reassess those assumptions.
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Outrageous! Impeach Hegseth!
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A 911 call from Salem, Oregon, describes a disturbing encounter in which a woman was screaming that she was a U.S. citizen as ICE goons broke her vehicle window and forcibly pulled her out. According to reporting on the call, the woman suffered a concussion, torn rotator cuff and bruised ribs.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Under Trump, more than 500 Americans have been grabbed off the street and sent to DHS concentration camps. Many have been filmed screaming that they are American citizens. DHS doesn't care; they just toss them into detainment until some family member or lawyer is able to prove their citizenship.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Love this! Let’s let kids be kids in these crazy times.
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Love this guy… And agree completely- when our educators are paid good wages and schools are in good condition, communities can thrive. They will attract the best teachers, who won’t be stressed out about just surviving and taking moonlighting jobs. They can just focus on teaching
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If I had a son, we would have this talk. Applaud this father for doing it & sharing the example But have daughters, so have to have a different talk- about staying in groups at night, avoiding Frat parties, learning self-defense, processing rage that men, many in power, so often get away w/ this
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 OCTOBER 5 DEADLINE #BlueWaveIn30Days If you live in one of these states, Monday is the voter registration deadline: • Arizona • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Montana • Ohio • Tennessee • Texas Check your registration. IWillVote.com
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something tells me that Christina Ricci is a hell of a parent. I love seeing parents who teach their children right from wrong, and to stand up for what's right.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A group of interfaith leaders in California is marching 96 miles from an ICE processing center in the Mojave Desert to Downtown L.A. to protest ICE and demand a shutdown of "all detention centers."
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Love this guy- would love to see him run for President again, or be Secretary of State or Defense
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Absolutely nothing will stop me 👇
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy Birthday and awesome you are staying healthy to enjoy many more birthdays! Love your posts!
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Could not agree more- we need more government officials calling for this- After hopefully a blue tsunami, I hope it is 1. Abolish ICE, 2. IMPEACH and CONVICT, and 3. Strong regulation on AI and leadership on worldwide enforceable agreements on regulating it.
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Palantir needs to be shut down and investigated for illegal activities by the next competent, law-abiding administration (if we get one)
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another great source of independent news… open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...
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Trump Fills The ICE Prisons. The Prison Companies Fund Nine GOP Senate Candidates.
Every name, from the filings nobody added up. Also: Georgia’s voters, Jerome Powell, and 30,000 prison workers all beat Trump this week.
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Could not agree more. Hate AI- it is ruining education, making people lazy and dumb, and may kill us all. Give me human ingenuity, creativity and originality over evil machine slop…
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great source of independent news now free thru the mid-terms….
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some North Carolina voters only have a week left to ensure they can cast a ballot in the midterms as a result of a shady settlement the state elections board made with Trump’s Justice Department. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina mailboxes overflow with voter registration warnings after state cut a deal with Trump’s DOJ
“This is death by a thousand cuts,” one voting rights advocate told Democracy Docket. “It’s why you move voting sites, it’s why you have fewer hours, it’s why our absentee mailing ballots are so compl...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Editor Sophia Dasser and reporter Cereese Qusba of the Cornell Daily Sun are the reason we now know about the gang rape case at Cornell and the university’s shameful under-reaction. Nice work, ladies. (📸 Heather Ainsworth)
Two young women, one in a hijab, huddled over lap tops in a newsroom.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 26/09/2026
I kid around a lot on BSKY but these are the top 6 Senate candidates where even a $5 donation will have an outsized impact.
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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you need any extra motivation to make sure you're registered & have a plan to vote (iwillvote.com), here's one: ICE remains out of control, & has an endless list of horrible ideas Like: Grabbing ppl & sticking them in 'snatch vans' for who knows how long. Food, water, etc? Eh, details, details
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ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'
Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is especially for people who have lost jobs with federal government or government contractors in the Northern Virginia area beyer.house.gov/components/r...
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General Registration- 2026 Career Connect Expo
Get ready to kickstart your career search and connect with top employers at the 2026 Career Connect Expo!
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is horrific…. How can humans do this to each other…. How could he be removed from the hospital in this condition ?!?? I’m literally sick…. This country has no conscience…
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Whether it is the school yard or the White House, the only way to stop a bully is to stand up to him…. And a united stand is even more powerful… robertreich.substack.com/p/the-media-...
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The Media Did Something Important Today
Solidarity
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Or maybe it all goes belly up because so many start boycotting all the crap they will churn out….. Let’s go boycotters!!
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Great read, with suggested actions for follow up to keep this momentum going… open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
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Even Fox Said No
When the president's favorite network refuses to hold his camera, the game has changed. Here's what happens now.
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is about how to support voter turnout …. worth a read. We can take nothing for granted .,, open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
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THEY BANNED THREE NEWSROOMS. THAT’S NOT THE SCARY PART.
THEY BANNED THREE NEWSROOMS.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 20/09/2026
🗳️Early voting is getting underway across the country🇺🇸 Dates vary by state & sometimes by county, so know your dates & double check your state or local election site. Be informed. Be prepared. Make your voice heard. 🌊 Let’s bring on the Blue Wave 🌊 #2026Midterms #EarlyVoting #BlueWave #SheShed
🗳️Early voting is getting underway across the country🇺🇸

Dates vary by state & sometimes by county, so know your dates & double check your state or local election site.

Be informed. Be prepared. Make your voice heard.

🌊 Let’s bring on the Blue Wave 🌊
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Even if you are not a lawyer, you can help to get people out of ICE camps by learning how to file a habeas petition. There is a free training on this tomorrow. secure.nationalimmigrationproject.org/nx/portal/ev...
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September Community Defender Training | Capacitación de septiembre para los defensores comunitarios
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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I remember that too and thinking it was a great idea. Cannot believe they did not follow thru- total lack of leadership
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