BIPARTISAN FORMER WHITE HOUSE ETHICS OFFICIALS CONDEMN RETALIATORY PROSECUTION OF SPLC

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Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering A Grand Jury in Montgomery, Alabama, today returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspi...

1. The central claim in the indictment of SPLC is a lie.

The DOJ/FBI accuse SPLC of lying to donors about seeking to “dismantle” extremist groups while secretly funding them. But the funds were used to infiltrate & help law enforcement dismantle these groups. Kash Patel knows this is the truth…

Trump lawyer from effort to overturn 2020 election to oversee probe of ex-CIA director, DOJ official says Joseph DiGenova, a conservative attorney, is being tapped by the U.S. Justice Department to lead an ongoing criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan.

“For my friends everything; for my enemies the law.”

DOJ has become an instrument of authoritarianism. No more laments for what it was; or talk of “abuses”; or wishful thinking about how they can’t get away with it. They can, if not confronted across the board.

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Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros.

BREAKING: A coalition of 1,000+ stars & film pros just jumped into the fight to support state AG's investigating the Paramount-Warners merger

Not a done deal!

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Sadly, this is about the next election. He’s laying the groundwork to declare his election “emergency” to change rules and argue to courts they can’t question his national security judgment in war time. And if the Court does, he’s preparing to say that’s beyond their constitutional powers.

Trump Can’t Use War or Other Excuses to Take over American Elections The Contrarians won't let you — Publisher's Roundup 56

First with Venezuela & now with Iran Trump has commingled allegations of election interference with illegal war

Could he use that as part of the pretext for an elections emergency executive order taking over the midterms?

As I explain @contrariannews.org, if he tries we will shut him down in court

The next Big Lie is to taking shape right in front of us. Donald Trump will try to use this to assert illegal and unconstitutional powers over the 2026 elections.

Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.

What a gift such a clearly unconstitutional executive order would be! Though divorced from legal and factual reality, it would enable the courts to invalidate this power grab well in advance of the election, and confirm the clear limits to fed'l interference in elections.

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Fulton County voters will not be silenced

At the US Senate today supporting my Fulton County Commission Mo Ivory who is about to testify about our incredible Fulton County elections and push back on the maga lies and power grabs.

State of the Union speeches aren’t about policy – they’re about setting the narrative.

If you hear about the 2020 election tonight, it’s not about the past.

It’s about creating doubt that could be used to challenge the 2026 election. 🧵⬇️

1. The FBI affidavit used to seize ballots and other materials from the 2020 election in Fulton County relies on debunked conspiracy theories. For example, it isn’t true that Fulton first “reported” 511,343 ballots and then “reported” 527,925. I’ll explain.

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Just amazing that this affidavit got a federal magistrate judge to approve an unprecedented federal seizure of ballots in Fulton County.

The time to prep for similar shenanigans from the feds in 2026---before ballots are fully tabulated and any recounts/contests done---is now.

GOP Strategist Reminds Legislators There’s No Bad Ideas For Suppressing Black Vote

GOP Strategist Reminds Legislators There’s No Bad Ideas For Suppressing Black Vote theonion.com/gop-strategist-reminds-l...

‘An absolute travesty': Critics slam affidavit behind Fulton raid for relying on 2020 election lies The affidavit reinforced fears that the FBI’s seizure was not about uncovering new evidence but about resurrecting a false narrative.

NEW: The unsealing of the FBI’s search warrant affidavit for its raid of a Fulton County, Georgia, election facility prompted swift condemnation from voting rights advocates, election experts and former federal officials. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

Unsealed documents in Fulton County raid show FBI relied on election skeptics Documents reveal how the FBI justified their seizure of troves of Fulton County's 2020 election records.

The affidavit drew a rebuke from Georgia State University law professor Clark Cunningham, who reviewed it for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He said he’s surprised a judge issued a search warrant based on the evidence. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

You can’t slap a fresh coat of paint on disinformation and call it credible - repurposing these conspiracy theories as federal justification is part of a broader campaign to relitigate the past and lay the groundwork for interference in the 2026 elections. Hands off our votes.

Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated With Election Denier in Trump White House

The Trump DOJ is recycling the same election conspiracy theories GA officials already debunked. Now those claims—pushed by the same network who fueled misleading 2020 claims that led to an insurrection—are getting dressed up & passed off as new "evidence." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

It's a bunch of rehashed nonsense. Trump, MAGA and the EIN folks just looking to create reasons and pretenses to block votes and voters this fall.

Some thoughts on the FBI’s raid of the Fulton County, GA election offices, seizing reams of sensitive voting records from 2020. We don’t yet know the justification, but there’s ample reason to be skeptical. There’s also ample reason to be alarmed; this escalation is dangerous. /1

They lose. They lie. They lash out.

And they know they're losing.

Its so transparently predictable. The Admin is reeling over Epstein, cost of living and now ICE chaos and needs to change the subject.

So they seize 2020 ballots and are gonna claim some bananas new "evidence" that Venezuela or China or Bhutan hacked voting systems to steal 2020. Just wait for it.

to rehash lies around the election in the hopes they can use false claims & confusion as a pretext to control or change how the fall elections will be run. Their playbook is clear; but the people won't let the autocrats & their storm troopers win

FBI searches Atlanta election office related to 2020 US presidential vote The FBI is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office outside Atlanta related to an investigation into possible interference in Georgia in the 2020 U.S. presidential election lost b...

The Trump regime has blood on their hands- ICE shooting citizens dead on the street, using children as bait and trampling our constitutional rights. So what's the FBI up to today? Harassing the elections workers of Fulton county to take 2020 elections documents, www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

Dems should introduce lots of such legislation, demand hearings and debate, make a huge fuss, use paid media to call out GOP members who are blocking their consideration--and make clear this GOP Congress is enabling the madness.

Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.

"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval."
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Man dies in immigration custody in Georgia A Mexican national has died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at the Robert A Deyton Detention Facility in Lovejoy, Georgia.

"The man is the first to die in ICE custody in Georgia this year, and the fifth person to die in ICE custody in the U.S. so far this year."

This year = 15 days. One husband, wife, mother, father, sister, brother, human being... every 3 days.

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