Oil prices jump after Trump says Iranian ship seized Energy markets have seen wild swings since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February.

When your govt is recognized internationally as a crime syndicate, and, the domestic gatekeepers in Congress are complicit in the cover-up.

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Attorney General Jay Jones News releases from the office of the Attorney General of Virginia

Black Virginia Voters: The disinformation meant to confuse and discourage you from voting tells you exactly how powerful your vote is. Use it & use it wisely.

Read VA Attorney General Jay Jones’ statement on Misleading Mailers Targeting Black Voters

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

The crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court imperils our entire system of separation of powers & the rule of law. Its shadow docket lacks transparency, process & historical precedent. Advocates have long sounded the alarm. May this expose catalyze reform.

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Trump Administration Live Updates: Labor Secretary Steps Down Amid Misconduct Investigation

How many cabinet members must resign in turmoil or be booted out amid scandal for people to realize the Trump Administration is flailing and failing all of us?

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BREAKING: House Passes Pressley-Led Measure to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, Now Heads to Senate - Ayanna Pressley

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Spanberger signs bill ending tax breaks for Confederate groups Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) on Monday signed into law a bill eliminating tax exemptions for multiple organizations connected to the Confederacy.  Democrats in the Virginia House and S…

Brava, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger!
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“[Public] education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments…. It is the very foundation of good citizenship.“

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Congratulations!

Maryland lawmakers made history tonight …

How it started … how it’s going!

Maryland did it! The legislature passed the Maryland Voting Rights Act, making history and protecting democracy on bill at a time.

Congratulations to all the advocates to helped push it through—especially LDF’s MD Team!

The 14th Àmendment is the dividing line between a true constitutional democracy and cosplaying as one. Shoutout to @sherrilynifill for organizing an excellent 14A symposium at @howardlawschool, incl’g a panel with me, ⁦‪@RepRaskin‬⁩ & ⁦‪@CardozoLaw‬⁩’s Wilfred Codrington.

LDF and NAACP File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Reject Trump Administration’s Attempt to Deport Haitian Families Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the justices to uphold a lower co...

BREAKING: LDF and NAACP File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Reject Trump Administration’s Attempt to Deport Haitian Families Based on Anti-Black Racist and Xenophobic Rhetoric Echoing Hitler - www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

Still litigating that case. He has since graduated college. But we are containing the fight until we win.

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

Coco Gauff responds to criticism of natural hair in Miu Miu shoot: ‘The girls who get it, get it’ Gauff posted a video on social media in response to comments about a shoot she did for Miu Miu.

Hair discrimination is as pernicious as discriminating against someone based on their skin color or any other immutable feature. No Black woman—esp one as spectacular as @CocoGauff—should ever have to explain the beauty of her natural hair. Shine on Coco!

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Hungary election results live: Orbán concedes to Magyar's Tisza after projections show opposition winning two-thirds majority Veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orbán conceded defeat after a landslide election victory by the centre-right, pro-EU Tisza party, in a setback for his allies in Russia and U.S. President Donald Trum...

BREAKING: Hungary election results live: Orbán concedes to Magyar's Tisza after projections show opposition winning two-thirds majority. Proof that voting is power. www.reuters.com/world/hungar...

As I wrote in a letter to the editor published in the Wall Street Journal this week, Harmeet Dhillon is wholly unfit to lead the civil rights division—let alone the entire DOJ. Partying with a J6 funder is just further confirmation.
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Read my Letter to the Editor at ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ discrediting the favorable profile that paints Harmeet Dhillon as a rational reformer and fails to examine her egregious anti-civil rights record. As she vies to replace Pam Bondi, media must get the facts right.

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Two books arrived that I can’t wait to read: Senator Cory Booker’s STAND and Damario Simmons REDEEM A NATION. Congratulations to both authors for these important and timely contributions to the discourse!

Live updates: US and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire Iran says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war, and will negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s pulling back on his threats...

Calls for impeachment should not relent b/c of the ceasefire. The 1948 Genocide Convention prohibits threats of genocide and direct & public incitement to commit genocide. We cannot normalize Trump’s transgressions of law and norms. Congress can & must act

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Trump threatens ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of Iran deadline Tuesday night may well be “one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World,” the president wrote on Truth Social.

Congress has an obligation to stop the unhinged madness in the Oval Office imperiling American & Iranian lives alike. This war is unprovoked & unauthorized & Trump is unchecked. Article II Sec 4 is not suggested reading. It’s for moments like these. Come back from recess and act.

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Trump’s chances of being removed by 25th Amendment climb The 25th Amendment allows the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president unable to perform the duties of office.

Impeachment should be the word of the season. A misguided and unauthorized war. A flood of unlawful executive orders. A budget request for political witch hunts. An obsession to steal elections through voter suppression. And, of course, the Epstein files.

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The prosecution of NJ Congressman LaMonica McIver is an atrocious abuse of process and discretion that aim to deter our representatives from their duty of oversight of this lawless administration.

I stand with NJ Congressman LaMonica McIver.

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LDF Files Amicus Brief Defending Against Trump Administration’s Attempt to Target Major Law Firms and Undermine the Rule of Law Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief supporting law firms Jenner & Block, Perkins Coie, Susman Godfrey, and WilmerHale in their efforts to defend a court ruling which prevented th...

LDF Files Amicus Brief Defending Against Trump’s Attempt to Target Law Firms and Undermine Rule of Law

Right to counsel is a pillar of the justice system. Subjecting law firms to personal and political whims negates that right and compromises the system.

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Trump’s Iran Speech Showed the Desperation of a Loser The president’s war is an ever-escalating disaster. He is increasingly reviled. And his speech won’t change either of those things.

Trump’s incoherent, on the fly strategy in Iran & Hegseth’s continued firing of seasoned personnel in the Defense Dept, should alarm all Americans as we continue an aimless war. And now Trump is asking for trillions more to fund his mistakes.

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LDF Issues Statement on Firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi Today, the Trump administration announced that Pam Bondi has been fired as U.S. Attorney General. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve as acting attorney general while a new appointment is ...

Pam Bondi facilitated the desecration of the Justice Dept—the primary agency tasked to protect against discrimination. Her firing doesn’t mean corruption & ineptitude have been eradicated. It means the Senate owes Àmerica a competent, ethical replacement. www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

Trump has a body count of disbarred lawyers that should make anyone who wants to continue to practice law after he becomes a distant nightmare think twice about being his DOJ nominee.

Pam Bondi is likely the next casualty.

Voting Rights Groups Challenge Executive Order on Mail-In Ballots as Illegal Interference in Elections President Trump’s unlawful executive order would take control of mail-in ballots from the states and create an unvalidated, error-prone system that would risk disenfranchising eligible voters. The pre...

BREAKING: LDF, ACLU, ACLU of MA, Brennan Center, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and LatinoJustice PRLDEF Challenge Executive Order on Mail-In Ballots as Illegal Interference in Elections - www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Bondi Fired as Attorney General

You’re fired.” It appears the sycophantic delusion of Trump’s loyalists blinded them to the fact that he runs the government like a ratings-slipping TV show. The accountability that will follow will wake them up quick.

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