Virtual Phone Bank with Bentley for HD 90! · Bentley Hudgins for Georgia House District 90 ## We can win with your help! # Background: We are reaching out to Democrats in State House District 90 to spread the word about the Bentley's historic campaign. Make as many or as few calls as you like - _everything_ helps! # FAQ To participate in this virtual phone bank, you will need an ActionID. If you don't have an ActionID, create one at this link: https://accounts.ngpvan.com/Account/RegisterPrivate Once you have your ActionID, you're ready to get started! How it works: - Log into the phone bank with your ActionID - Your first voter will be displayed - Click the phone number to dial it automatically - Read the script on your screen to your voter, or mark that you could not reach them and leave a message. - Record the results, save, and go on to the next We meet every Tuesday & Thursday 5-7pm. Sign up for as many shifts as you want! Thanks for helping to get out the vote for Bentley Hudgins, let's win this primary!!! You can find more about Bentley [here](https://bentleyforus.com/), and help fund our campaign efforts [here](https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bentleyforus)!

I'm attending Bentley Hudgins for Georgia House District 90's event, “Virtual Phone Bank with Bentley for HD 90!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/bentleyforus...

Incompetent to stand trial: Georgia agrees to fix the system that leaves victims and the accused waiting Georgia agrees to a settlement requiring it to treat inmates found incompetent to stand trial faster, a process that currently usually takes more than a year.

Georgia agrees to a settlement requiring it to treat inmates found incompetent to stand trial faster, a process that currently usually takes more than a year.

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Fulton Commission approves plan to lower jail population after intense debate The five-point plan passed on a 4-3 vote, with those against saying it is not fully formed nor publicly vetted.

Tonight, the Fulton County Commission approved a set of 5 initiatives to reduce jail overcrowding after heated discussion in the wake of a recent federal monitor report saying a court-ordered cap on the jail population may be needed if a staffing crisis is not fixed.

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“Current staffing levels are insufficient to safely & effectively manage the jail population. Should the County & Fulton County Sheriff’s Office fail to resolve this crisis, the next reasonable course of action may be to reduce the jail population.”

United States v. Fulton County, 1:25-cv-00024 - CourtListener.com Docket for United States v. Fulton County, 1:25-cv-00024 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

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Exhibit MONITORS SECOND REPORT – #18, Att. #1 in United States v. Fulton County (N.D. Ga., 1:25-cv-00024) – CourtListener.com NOTICE of Filing by Fulton County The Second Report of the Independent Monitor (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit MONITORS SECOND REPORT)(Miller, Shalanda) (Entered: 02/20/2026)

“Unless and until Fulton County Sheriff’s Office’s staffing levels increase or the [jail] population substantially decreases, it will be virtually impossible for FCSO and the County to obtain substantial compliance with the Consent Decree”

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Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Contradict Federal Officials’ Account of Killing

Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Contradict Federal Officials’ Account of Killing www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Nah 2026 starts Monday

BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.

Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.

This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.

Braselton chief arrested, accused of using police cameras to stalk people Chief Michael Steffman resigned hours before he was arrested on stalking and harassment charges.

“‘The investigation revealed that Steffman misused the automated license plate recognition systems to harass and stalk multiple individuals,’ the GBI said.” www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...

Today, I spoke w/ @3lake.bsky.social Senior Policy Counsel at Southern Center for Human Rights. We discussed a new slate of "tough on crime" laws in Gerogia that might make communities even less safe.

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Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment

“So far, only the University of TX system has publicly indicated support for the administration’s proposal. Dartmouth College, U of AZ, U Penn, the University of Southern CA, UVA and Vanderbilt have said little about their views.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Today marks 100 days of journalist Mario Guevara’s detention by U.S. law enforcement for livestreaming. Guevara, the only journalist behind bars for his journalism, faces the very real threat of deportation for doing his job.

We demand Mario’s immediate release. freedomformario.com

#FreeMario

Atlanta journalist detained by ICE is ordered deported Mario Guevara faces imminent removal to El Salvador. He was arrested while covering a protest in metro Atlanta and has been in ICE custody for over three months.

“The Atlanta-area journalist whose immigration arrest sparked national conversation is facing imminent deportation to his home country of El Salvador, following an immigration appeals court’s decision to order him removed.” www.ajc.com/news/2025/09...

Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide

My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil

Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

Georgia judge to toss landmark racketeering charges against 'Cop City' protesters A Georgia judge says he's going to dismiss racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of trying to stop the construction of a police and firefighter training facility known as “Cop City."

“A Georgia judge on Tues. said he’ll toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of [Cop City]. Experts believe it was the largest criminal racketeering case ever filed against protesters in US history” apnews.com/article/atla...

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Case 1:25-cv-04470-VMC Document 50 Filed 09/04/25 Page 1 of 64 PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER AND OPINION This case raises a constitutional challenge to a Georgia law that prohibits the use of state resources to provide hormone replacement therapies for the treatment of gender dysphoria to those who are incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections ("GDC") facilities. The Court held a hearing on Plaintiffs' Motion for Provisional Class Certification (Doc. 2) and Plaintiffs Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 3) on August 29, 2025. Prior to the hearing, Defendant Centurion of Georgia, LLC ("Centurion"), the contract medical provider for the GDC filed a

response essentially stating its intent to comply with the state law at issue to the extent it is enforceable. (Doc. 24). The remaining Defendants, Defendant Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner of GDC, Defendant Randy Sauls, Assistant Commissioner of the Health Services Division of GDC, and Defendant Dr. Marlah Mardis, Statewide Medical Director for GDC (collectively, "State Defendants," Doc. 1 11 26-28), opposed both motions filed by Plaintiffs. (Docs. 25, 26). At the hearing, the Court took the matters under advisement.1 At its core, this case is no different from any case challenging prison medical care. When prison officials present expert evidence that they have made a treatment decision based on medical judgment, the Court will ordinarily defer to that reasonable exercise of judgment. But when a prisoner presents evidence that the treatment decision was based on something other than medical judgment, and backs it up with uncontroverted expert evidence that the prison's decision put them at a serious risk of harm, the prisoner generally prevails. When properly framed this way, the result here is straightforward. For the reasons that follow, the

Court grants Plaintiffs' Motion for Provisional Class Certification and Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Background This is a constitutional challenge to Georgia Senate Bill 185, 2025 Georgia Laws Act 69 (("S.B. 185"), which went into effect upon approval by the Governor on May 8, 2025. (See id. § 2). S.B. 185 amended O.C.G.A. § 42-5-2(e)(1) to preclude "state funds or resources" from being used for, among other purposes, "[hormone replacement therapies" to treat gender dysphoria, as the Court explains further below.

FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 3) is GRANTED, and the Court ENTERS the following preliminary injunction: As to Class A: Defendants are DIRECTED to immediately cease tapering hormone therapy doses to class members for the purpose of S.B. 185 compliance. Defendants are FURTHER DIRECTED to resume providing class members hormone therapy according to the applicable standard of care without regard to S.B. 185 compliance. Nothing in this injunction requires Defendants to increase the dosage of hormone therapy (i) against the wishes of the class member or (ii) at a rate that puts an inmate at an unnecessary risk of harm based on the reasonable medical judgment of Defendants' medical professionals. As to Class B: Defendants are DIRECTED to evaluate class members for hormone therapy according to the applicable standard of care without regard to S.B. 185 compliance. For the avoidance of doubt, this injunction does not require Defendants to affirmatively identify class members and schedule them for evaluations. It only requires Defendants to follow their usual procedures for evaluating class members who request or are referred for medical evaluation, or who requested or were referred for such evaluation prior to May 8, 2025, without regard to S.B. 185's ban on hormone therapy.

in @ccrjustice.org’s case challenging SB 185—the new GA law prohibiting the use of state resources to provide ppl incarcerated in GA prisons w/ medical treatment for gender dysphoria—Judge Calvert grants Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction & orders GDC to stop implementing SB 185. #gapol

Opinion | One Concrete Way to Make the Justice System Fairer

"Community safety, not personal wealth, best determines who's released & who's detained... The goal of a fair justice system isn’t to detain ppl who've been accused as the default—it’s to uphold the presumption of innocence & reserve pretrial jailing as a last resort" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Remember when the MS state govt attempted to takeover JXN’s criminal legal system (from policing to the courts) in 2023?

Well, they tried to do it as an expansion of the Capital Complex Improvement District, which began as a state-initiated beautification project in JXN.

The “Beautification” of D.C. Has a Real Dark Side The National Guard doing yard work is a perfect distillation of the Trump era.

The “Beautification” of D.C. Has a Real Dark Side
The National Guard doing yard work is a perfect distillation of the Trump era.

by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social

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Federal court in Jackson, MS “hereby grants the challengers' request for, and so orders, a preliminary injunction, by which the defendants are enjoined from enforcing select sections of HB 1193, pending the final resolution of this matter” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

When a child goes to prison for murder A growing body of research shows that juvenile offenders are immature and impulsive. But in spite of landmark Supreme Court rulings, many so-called juvenile lifers are growing old behind bars.

The parole eligibility of [ppl] like Buttrum has become “label-only,” said Mark Loudon-Brown, an SCHR attorney who has represented Buttrum through the parole process.

“People who deserve parole all over the state are getting these arbitrary denials.”

www.courthousenews.com/when-a-child...

As mentioned above, Plaintiff's request a TRO to enjoin enforcement of only certain provisions of HB 1193 codified April 17, 2025. These provisions, say Plaintiffs, violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Having reviewed the briefing, amended complaint, the law, and the record, this Court grants the requested temporary restraining order for the reasons set forth below. I. BACKGROUND HB 1193 imposes sweeping restrictions on Mississippi public institutions of education, prohibiting speech and programming related to so-called "divisive concepts." Plaintiffs challenge the following provisions: • Section 3(b): Bans engagement with "divisive concepts" as defined in Sections 2(d) and 2(e); • Section 3(f): Prohibits maintenance of programs that promote diversity, equity, inclusion ("DEI"), or endorse concepts such as gender identity and gender theory; • Section 3(g): Prohibits requiring any DEI training as a condition of enrollment, employment, or contracting; • Section 3(i): Prohibits any required activity that increases "awareness or understanding of issues related to race, sex, color, gender identity, sexual orientation or national origin." The statute threatens withdrawal of all state funding after two violations (Section 8) and requires institutions to implement complaint and investigative mechanisms (Section 7).

Order granting TRO in MS Association of Educators v. IHL Board of Trustees storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The $200 Billion Gamble: Bill Gates’s Plan to Wind Down His Foundation

Gates: it’s going to be millions —

Wallace-Wells: You mean millions of additional deaths?

Gates: Because of these cuts, millions of additional deaths of kids.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/m...

Holy shit y’all! Its happening. I think I’m on the verge of following enough smart and relevant ppl on here that it’s 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 2010s era Twitter.