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Geriatric Gardener*Must read* & please boost!“so we all recognise Palestine, then what?”by Deaglan O’Mulrooney in the spectacle on Substack<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@israel</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/yemen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@yemen</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/lebanon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lebanon</a> <a href="https://social.bbc/@BBC5Live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BBC5Live</a> <a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCRadio4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BBCRadio4</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BBCNews</a> <a href="https://press.coop/@guardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@guardian</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@Independent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Independent</a> <a href="https://press.coop/@thetimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thetimes</a>“[..] it's making a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legal</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/declaration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#declaration</a> that Israel's occupation is now an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invasion</a> of a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sovereign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sovereign</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> and this transforms everything. Bombing Gaza becomes an act of war as opposed to 'counter-terrorism’”<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thespectaclemag/p/so-we-all-recognise-palestine-then" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/thespectaclemag/p/so-we-all-recognise-palestine-then</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Recognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Recognition</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a>

Wuzzy<a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> basically just introduced <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/thoughtcrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thoughtcrime</a>. It is now illegal in Russia to even just do an <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Internet</a> search for "extremist content". The list of "extremist content" (according to Russia) is LONG. It includes <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBT</a>-related things, for example.The only extremism here is the obsession of the state to control EVERYTHING.<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-passes-law-punishing-searches-extremist-content-2025-07-22/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-passes-law-punishing-searches-extremist-content-2025-07-22/</a><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oppression</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#totalitarianism</a>

NonilexThe protests had been violent enough, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/9thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#9thCircuit</a> found, that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> could at least make an argument for deployment, & legal precedent [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>] required them to give “a great level of deference” to the president in weighing the facts underlying his EO.The decision allowed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troops</a> to remain under Trump’s control, pending a decision on a secondary request by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> to restrict how the troops could be used.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resist</a>

NonilexEarlier in August, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> pledged to issue an EO to end the use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MailInBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MailInBallots</a> & voting machines ahead of the 2026 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/midterms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#midterms</a>. However, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#elections</a> are administered at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> level & it is unclear whether the president has the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constitutional</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> to enact such a measure.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectionLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VotingRights</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chicago</a> is home to a large immigrant population, & both the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#city</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illinois</a> have some of the country’s strongest rules against cooperating w/federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> enforcement efforts. That has often put the city & state at odds w/Trump’s mass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deportation</a> agenda.Johnson’s order builds on the city’s longtime stance, saying neither Chicago nor Illinois ofcls have sought or been consulted on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> presence & demanding <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> stand down on those plans.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexUpdateThe US said late Friday it would not allow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> Authority President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MahmoudAbbas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MahmoudAbbas</a> to travel to NY next month for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UN</a> gathering of world leaders, where several US allies are set to recognize the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PalestinianState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalestinianState</a>.A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept official said Abbas & about 80 other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestinians</a> would be affected by the decision to deny & revoke <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visas</a> from members of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PLO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PLO</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WestBank</a> based <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PA</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UNGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UNGA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zionism</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-bars-palestinian-leader-abbas-un-allies-pledge-statehood-2025-08-29/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-bars-palestinian-leader-abbas-un-allies-pledge-statehood-2025-08-29/</a>

NonilexIt urged the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> to reverse the move.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UN</a> spox Stephanne Dujarric also said the UN would discuss with the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept & hoped the issue would be resolved.“It is important that all member states, permanent observers, be able to be represented, especially I think in this case with the, as we know, the upcoming <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TwoStateSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TwoStateSolution</a> meeting that France & Saudi Arabia will host at the beginning of the GA,”Dujarric said.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UN</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UNGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UNGA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suppression</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zionism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PalestinianState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalestinianState</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> to stop <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestinians</a> from attending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UNGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UNGA</a> in NYThe US says it will deny or revoke <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visas</a> for Palestinian officials wishing to travel to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NY</a> next month to attend the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UN</a> General Assembly session.Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> blamed them for undermining peace efforts & for seeking "the unilateral recognition of a conjectural <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PalestinianState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalestinianState</a>".<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suppression</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zionism</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdym32z9v7o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjdym32z9v7o</a>

WuzzyHere's a report that shows how bigoted court rulings and gov't policies have lead to a more (openly) bigoted society:<a href="https://transactual.org.uk/impacts-of-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-trans-people/trans-segregation-in-practice/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://transactual.org.uk/impacts-of-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-trans-people/trans-segregation-in-practice/</a>Just because a court (a SuPrEmE court, even!) says or implies it's OK to be shit to trans people does not mean it's OK to be shit to <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trans</a> people.I just wish people would be more skeptical towards authorities including SuPrEmE court judges.<a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transphobia</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#report</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#court</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a>

💧🌏 Greg CocksHurricane Erin – Open Data Aerial imagery - National Geodetic Survey Damage Assessment Imagery [NOAA] - <a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/aug25/ngs-hurricane-erin.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/aug25/ngs-hurricane-erin.html</a> - <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spatial</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Erin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Erin</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hurricane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hurricane</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hurricaneerin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hurricaneerin</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#risk</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hazard</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NOAA</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NGS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedopendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedopendata</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedscience</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedservice</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/damage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#damage</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/assessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#assessment</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#remotesensing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/emergencyresponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emergencyresponse</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/earthobservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthobservation</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aircraft</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cost</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/partnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#partnership</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coordination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coordination</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NOAA</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NGS</a>

NonilexThe order instructs the AG to "vigorously prosecute" people who violate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flag</a> desecration laws & 🚨🚨pursue litigation TO CLARIFY THE SCOPE OF THE <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> 🚨🚨 regarding the issue, the fact sheet said.In addition, the EO directs the AG to refer flag desecration cases to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#local</a> authorities. It also instructs the admin to prohibit & terminate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visas</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ResidencePermits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResidencePermits</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/naturalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#naturalization</a> proceedings for those who desecrate the flag.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> in Texas v Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989), & reaffirmed in US v Eichman, 496 U.S. 310 (1990), ruled that due to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a>, it is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unconstitutional</a> for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> (whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a>, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/municipal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#municipal</a>) to prohibit the desecration of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flag</a>, due to its status as "symbolic speech."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/496/310" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/496/310</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080222063040/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?case=US_v_Eichman" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080222063040/http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?case=US_v_Eichman</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a> passed the map in a party-line vote just days after it was approved by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> on Wednesday. The new lines on Texas’ congressional districts were drawn to deliver <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> up to 5 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> House seats & help *preserve* [steal] the party’s thin majority.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectionLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redistricting</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rigged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rigged</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/midterms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#midterms</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gerrymandering</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#felon47</a>

NonilexThe admin has ratcheted up pressure on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sanctuary</a> communities as it seeks to fulfill Trump’s promise to remove millions of people in the country illegally. One <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOrder</a> issued by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> directs AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PamBondi</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DHS</a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KristiNoem</a> to withhold <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> money from sanctuary jurisdictions. Another EO directs every federal agency to ensure that payments to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> & local govts do not “abet so-called ‘sanctuary’ policies that seek to shield illegal *aliens* from deportation.” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a>

NonilexLike I’ve been singing, “It’s all over”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept fires official after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissent</a> over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a>  Shahed Ghoreishi recommended expressing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/condolences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#condolences</a> for slain <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalists</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> & opposing the forced displacement of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestinians</a>, according to documents reviewed by WaPo. He was fired days later.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NoSoulsAllowed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoSoulsAllowed</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Humaity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Humaity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/20/state-department-fires-official-israel-gaza/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/20/state-department-fires-official-israel-gaza/</a>

NonilexRuling that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> would likely lead to unconstitutional religious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coercion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coercion</a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#child</a> plaintiffs & interfere with their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parents</a>’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rights</a> to direct their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#children</a>’s religious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a>, the judge explained:“[T]he displays are likely to pressure the child-Plaintiffs into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religious</a> observance, meditation on, veneration, & adoption of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a>’s favored religious scripture, & into suppressing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/expression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#expression</a> of their own religious or nonreligious background & beliefs while at school.”

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EVerify</a> program allows employers to check workers’ self-submitted information against government records to confirm whether they are authorized to work in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illinois</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> government argued a preemption theory that was “broad to the point of absurdity,” wrote Coleman, of the US District Court for the Northern District of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illinois</a>.The government “has alleged no facts at all to support an inference” that the Illinois <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> discourages <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EVerify</a> enrollment “such that the law is in conflict with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a>’s purpose in establishing the program,” Coleman wrote.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin claimed IL's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workforce</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> law conflicted w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> enforcement arguing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> law—which among other things requires <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#employers</a> to give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#employees</a> notice of their right to contest a finding that they might not be authorized to work—was preempted by federal statute.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illinois</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EVerify</a>

NonilexA <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chicago</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> judge threw out the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin’s challenge to an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illinois</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> regulating employers’ use of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EVerify</a> program, finding some of the federal govt’s claims were “based on nothing but speculation.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labor</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/trump-administration-loses-bid-to-block-illinois-e-verify-law" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/trump-administration-loses-bid-to-block-illinois-e-verify-law</a>

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