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This is what democracy looks like.
#NoKings
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Ann Arbor Indivisible
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No Kings 2 is today! We're teaming up with Ypsilanti Indivisible to hold a march starting at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti at 1 pm. Kids' sign-making starts at noon.
sites.google.com/view/annarbo...
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Ann Arbor Indivisible - Upcoming
Ann Arbor Indivisible and Ypsilanti Indivisible are teaming up to hold No Kings 2 at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti, Michigan on Saturday October 18th. Let's make this nationwide action the largest prote...
https://sites.google.com/view/annarborindivisible/upcoming
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ICE took a mother from our school today. She went to support her son at hearing. ICE took her for good measure. The bus driver knew mom was kidnapped. She always picked up the kids. Mom used her one phone call to beg Principal to save her children from ICE. We are a country run by a cruelty cult.
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Elizabeth Nelson
11 days ago
Catch up on what happened this week at Ann Arbor City Council-- A2 Council Update is posted!
youtu.be/O7wmVNZ_XeY?...
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A2Council Update: October 6, 2025 Ann Arbor City Council Meeting
YouTube video by Elizabeth Nelson
https://youtu.be/O7wmVNZ_XeY?si=RRPqzKIzsJX6NXrp
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Seth Abramson
14 days ago
It seems clearâI think to everyone, nowâthat a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
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Elizabeth Nelson
24 days ago
Learn about how priorities in Ann Arbor shifted away from affordable housing-- plans for affordable housing and public investment have been stripped away while the City leans into the market, selling assets to investors.
youtu.be/hIw3Ze-g5PQ?...
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Few Things Considered: Affordable Housing & "Other Initiatives"
YouTube video by Elizabeth Nelson
https://youtu.be/hIw3Ze-g5PQ?si=SfQD3jrT_y4y2s75
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
20 days ago
Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband. Today they attacked two journalists. We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
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ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork
ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of
https://www.amny.com/immigration/ice-agents-assault-amnewyork-reporter-journalists-09302025/
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How Democracies Fall - Federal Staff that Follow the Law are Fired and All that is Left are People Without Ethics
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
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Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/us/trump-fires-us-attorney-california-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Any bets on whether Trump backs speculative debt holders or the people of Puerto Rico. God forbid that risk taking finance is held accountable for destroying key infrastructure. I hope PR has a strategy to return power to the people; leaving debt holders high and dry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Pulling the Plug on Puerto Ricoâs Economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/puerto-rico-bankruptcy-debt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok8.Zz0_.aNQSMq14adfm&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Ann Arbor Indivisible
about 1 month ago
Call Attorney General
@dananessel.bsky.social
at 517-335-7622 to thank her for standing up for trans kids!
@umich.edu
doctors must care for all children. (1/3)
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If Trump can use the military to perform extra judicial killing of suspected drug smugglers returning to their country of origin, then he can certainly kill a much more imminent threat of drug smugglers and dealers on U.S soil. The Military had shown its True colors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
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Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/trump-drug-boat-venezuela-strike.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k08.3z37.SGP0tVA-Wexj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Here is the link to the Epstein Birthday Book, its the first PDF that comes up - time for conversations with all of the bawdy supporters of the sexual preditor
drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mo...
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Epstein Estate Documents - First Production - Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1ZSVpXEhI7gKI0zatJdYe6QhKJ5pjUo4b?pli=1
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Just a reminder that the fuss about confederate monuments is all about whites hoping for a return to white nationalism where this statement is normal : IN APPRECIATION OF OUR FAITHFUL SLAVES
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North Carolina Confederate Monument Goes Too Far, Lawsuit Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/us/trump-confederate-monuments-south-carolina.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e08.594H.upnvg9fZDHt6&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
2 months ago
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The beautiful waters of Torch Lake. When I look at you, I feel all right.
#puremichigan
#lakelife
#timetoretire
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How democracies die - history is rewritten, know facts are hidden, institutions that are supposed to ground our knowledge in facts become propaganda machines. The demise does not come immediately, but on the foundation of incremental losses no one stopped.
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Opinion | Trumpâs Cultural Revolution Is Just Getting Started
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/opinion/smithsonian-trump-censorship.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.JTiP.b6DT9GRSazD_&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
2 months ago
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Alex S. Vitale
3 months ago
Great piece by my friend
@alexbirnel.bsky.social
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Municipal Grocery Stores Are Sensible and Obvious
Zohran Mamdaniâs proposal for city-run grocery stores is entirely practical. Whatâs more unrealistic, begging corporations to sacrifice profits to fulfill a necessary social role or simply providing b...
https://jacobin.com/2025/08/municipal-grocery-stores-mamdani-infrastructure?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwL_JcdjbGNrAv8lUmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEe-ryacQBaYsivamvd0jm8iYR6WCSuKEoY4T-Nrer2eF6ug2uzODMb6tJ6wY8_aem_eS7xDfM2Ff85IRbOCcHOzA
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Fight fire with fire.
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Democratic Group Calls on Blue States to Draw New House Maps
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/politics/democrats-redistricting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bk8.AU6o.qcYMxl_sxoUk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Fight fire with fire. Blue states need to step up, break the glass and act like democracy matters. Force a national bill that lets voters not politicians pick election districts. MI has a good template to start from.
apple.news/ADbkg8aBdQ1a...
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Abbott threatens Texas Dems with removal if they deny quorum â The Texas Tribune
The governor also alleged absconding Democrats may have committed felonies by fundraising to cover the $500-a-day fines they will face under House rules.
https://apple.news/ADbkg8aBdQ1aRiiZbXBJnug
3 months ago
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Elizabeth Nelson
3 months ago
See what Ann Arbor City Council is voting on this Thursday! Newsletter is posted--
a2elnel.com/post/ann-arb...
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Ann Arbor City Council Newsletter (August 3, 2025) - Elizabeth Nelson | Promoting Ann Arbor Democracy Since 2018
The regular agenda for Ann Arbor City Council is quite short this week, only three items: a consulting contract for more work on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, new policy for the Cityâs use of drone...
https://a2elnel.com/post/ann-arbor-city-council-newsletter-august-3-2025/
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The Onion
3 months ago
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
theonion.com/trump-s...
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American PedophilesÂ
WASHINGTONâDespite the presidentâs sagging approval rating overall, a Gallup Poll released Tuesday confirmed that Donald Trumpâs support remained overwhelmingly strong among working-class American pedophiles. âEven though his polling numbers among Americans who are not sexually attracted to children have hit a second-term low, the presidentâs approval rating is still an impressive 80% among child rapists [âŠ]
https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
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How do democracies fall? One capitulating institution at a time. The President shook down the largest law firms for hundreds of millions. But the true target was regional large and midsized firms. Message received. They complied without threats just hoping to avoid ire of the dictator.
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Special Report: How Trumpâs crackdown on law firms is undermining legal defenses for the vulnerable â Reuters
Interviews with over 60 lawyers and 30 nonprofits show legal aid groups now have fewer resources to defend the vulnerable.
https://apple.news/Au_XGmGzaQ9K3Xe1x6LT6PA
3 months ago
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Fight fire with fire. Trump will run the Mid-terms like Putin and other dictators, ensuring the desired outcome if we donât act NOW. Bring Republicans to their knees. Force passage of legislation that lets voters, not politicians create election districts. MI has a good template.
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Eric Holder on Why He Reversed Course on Gerrymandering
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/politics/eric-holder-democrats-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE8.9mz9.HO3VUQrwEYx8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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The judiciary is the only institution holding back the authoritarian flood waters at this point.
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Judge blocks Trump rapid-fire deportations for immigrants with parole status â POLITICO
The ruling blocks a new tactic employed by the Trump administration: detaining immigrants outside court appearances and putting them into a sped-up deportation process known as expedited removal.
https://apple.news/AFFFBavnOTlqy6RvoUVbvzg
3 months ago
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Suprise Suprise - Restaurant Owners put up fake servers to demand they donât want decent hourly wages, they want lower wages so they can avoid tax on tips and they oppose higher wages with tipsâŠ.because they want to nake less moneyâŠ.
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âNo Tax on Tipsâ Is an Industry Plant â The New Yorker
Trumpâs âpopulistâ policy is backed by the National Restaurant Associationâprobably because it wonât stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage.
https://apple.news/Amj-DKRXlTq-XyPNgeYNrMw
3 months ago
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Ann Arbor Indivisible
3 months ago
"We continue to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza." -- Indivisible
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For Mamdani to create the space for a new vision for how to build safe, resilient communities not built around the role of violence workers, he will need a clear strategy for both managing the NYPD and organizing the Department of Community Safety.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Zohran Mamdani Must Confront the NYPD. Here's What He Can Do.
No single issue will be more challenging for a Mayor Mamdani than policing. But there are concrete steps he can take to reform the NYPD and curb its culture of impunity.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/zohran-mamdani-nypd-policing-crime/
3 months ago
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Alex S. Vitale
3 months ago
It is important to note that the police did NOTHING to prevent or stop the mass shooting in Manhattan. We need other strategies than sending SWAT teams after everyone (including the shooter) is already dead.
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Alex S. Vitale
3 months ago
My latest w support from
@economichardship.bsky.social
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Mafia boss continues shake down of major American institutions. So far, only a few of the large law firms have not kissed the ring.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
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Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up to $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/politics/trump-harvard-payment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z08.JNdw.Zk5q06UFfRpW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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Ann Arbor Indivisible
3 months ago
Where do you imagine yourself in this story of our times? Heroâs Journeys are better with friends. Join Ann Arbor Indivisible and BE the plot twist. We are the heroes we are waiting for.
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Elizabeth Nelson
3 months ago
Catch up on what happened at Ann Arbor City Council this week! A2 Council Update is posted!
youtu.be/iwjeLKI1QgI?...
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A2Council Update: July 21, 2025 Ann Arbor City Council Meeting
YouTube video by Elizabeth Nelson
https://youtu.be/iwjeLKI1QgI?si=tMuD2M4KSN3jFWdp
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Brian Tyler Cohen
3 months ago
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social
: "We're trying to play by one set of rules. And these folks on the other side play by a completely different set of rules. So much so that the president United States called Greg Abbott and told him, in essence, find 5 additional seats so he can rig the election next year."
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The power of ranked choice voting - there was never a scenario Cuomo could have won NYC primary and results show why he will fail as independent - 54% of voters did not rank him
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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NYC Election Map: How Mamdani's Ranked-Choice Strategy Beat Cuomo (Gift Article)
New data provides the clearest picture yet of how Zohran Mamdani pulled off his primary election upset.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/26/nyregion/nyc-mayor-ranked-choice-map.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZU8.03Nl.PI2RjWpVIAwA&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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Everytime establishment Democrats waste our time on legislative proposals for making ICE/police more transparent/accountable insert the quote below.
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3 months ago
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Alex S. Vitale
3 months ago
Cities are reducing policing and crime is falling to historic lows. We need community based safety investments, not more police.
www.forbes.com/sites/richar...
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Inside Americaâs Quiet Safety Revolution: How Local Leaders Are Cutting Crime Without More Cops
While national rhetoric leans on fear and force, mayors in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, and Birmingham are reducing homicides through data, community investment, and strategic preventionânot just p...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfowler/2025/07/17/inside-americas-quiet-safety-revolution-how-local-leaders-are-cutting-crime-without-more-cops/
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Alex S. Vitale
3 months ago
The impunity of policing is a fundamental feature of policing, backed by political power that needs an unaccountable force of violence workers.
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I'm attending âOne Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianismâ - sign up now to join me! Come build community while we rise to facedown the threats to our democracy.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/803953/?referring_vol=10876587&rname=chris&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky×lot=5376482
3 months ago
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Elizabeth Nelson
3 months ago
Check out what Ann Arbor City Council is voting on tomorrow-- newsletter is posted!
a2elnel.com/post/ann-arb...
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Ann Arbor City Council Newsletter (July 20, 2025) - Elizabeth Nelson | Promoting Ann Arbor Democracy Since 2018
This week, Ann Arbor City Council considers a very long agenda that includes five public hearings: two ordinance amendments to reduce requirements for public notice and public participation related to...
https://a2elnel.com/post/ann-arbor-city-council-newsletter-july-20-2025/
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Alex S. Vitale
3 months ago
Brooklyn Folks. Check this out:
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The New Yorker
3 months ago
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds whoâd just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. âIâm willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,â he recounted afterward.
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ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one yearsâincluding four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, âYou donât have more rights than they do....
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/28/ice-agents-invade-a-manhattan-little-league-field?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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Linked is summary of City Council efforts to dupe Ann Arbor voters to give away the parkland they approved in 2018 vote to market rate housing developers and their seemingly never ending use of public resources to pad the pockets of developers.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=daNo...
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"Fraud upon the Electorate" - Giving Away Center of the City
YouTube video by Elizabeth Nelson
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=daNo_NTJSo8
3 months ago
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Alex S. Vitale
3 months ago
Looking forward to this tonight.
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MLive
3 months ago
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âA fraud upon the electorate.â Lawsuit challenges Ann Arbor ballot proposals for new library
A new lawsuit taking aim at Proposals A and B on the Aug. 5 ballot in Ann Arbor accuses the city of perpetrating "a fraud upon the electorate."
http://dlvr.it/TLyCMb
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Lower courts have been the lone branch of government holding back tidal wave of illegality from Republicans, until undermined by Supreme Court. They canât impeach federal judges, but they can fire Immigration Judges not willing to feed Republicanâs detention camps.
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More immigration judges are being fired amid Trump's efforts to speed up deportations â NPR
Several more immigration judges have been fired, even as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement, and after Congress gave the Department of Justice $3 billion, in part to hire judges...
https://apple.news/AYb7HUcaHSnOOmqL2lD5Fyw
3 months ago
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Elizabeth Nelson
3 months ago
Catch up on what happened at the last Ann Arbor City Council meeting! A2 Council Update is posted!
youtu.be/fPn_QnGEbpE?...
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A2Council Update: July 7, 2025 Ann Arbor City Council Meeting
YouTube video by Elizabeth Nelson
https://youtu.be/fPn_QnGEbpE?si=c3IierA7j4pdZOFh
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Supreme Court undermines lower courts again allowing President to ignore the laws and budgets passed by Congress. Agencies formed by Acts of Congress and funded in budget can be destroyed by President.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Clears Way for Dismantling of Education Department
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/14/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk8.tvvN.CW8hdaqAoqoq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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The only thing standing between the end of democracy in America are federal judges, until they are undermined by the Supreme Court. Hopefully it is enough time for the grassroots to mobilize and save democracy.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | âEgregious.â âBrazen.â âLawless.â How 48 Judges Describe Trumpâs Actions, in Their Own Words (Gift Article)
Dozens of judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, have stood up to the administrationâs lawlessness.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/12/opinion/editorials/federal-judges-quotes-trump-administration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WE8.n_fp.hB_YhulFrnAK&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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A pause on roving bands of federal thugs kidnapping people in CA but who believes the Supreme Court will agree that rounding up people that have brown skin, denying them lawyers, and shipping them to private prisons or foreign countries violates the Constitution?
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration Tactics in L.A. Immigration Raids
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/us/immigration-raids-judge-injunction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V08.9VKm.uGfVMCrAR8nz&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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Our democracy is crumbling before our eyes and the Supreme Court is leading the way. It should keep us all up at night. Justice Jackson Says âthe State of Our Democracyâ Keeps Her Up at Night
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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Justice Jackson Says âthe State of Our Democracyâ Keeps Her Up at Night
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/ketanji-brown-jackson-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Vk8.A9jZ.80f2YkBd5DsN&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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Prepping for the formal coup. Federal Agents March Through L.A. Park, Spurring Local Outrage
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
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Federal Agents March Through L.A. Park, Spurring Local Outrage
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/la-macarthur-park-immigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U08.jgqe.bYzexK8vLbmm&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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