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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” - Martin Luther King Jr. This a subject, challenge, and fight that matters. This judge found away to contest and resist.

How a Bush-Appointed Judge Got Around SCOTUS to Protect Birthright Citizenship for…

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What most AMERICANS fail to realize is given PROJECT 2025, and Stephen Miller’s outrageously racist ideology and penchant to hate anyone who is non-white - it will only be a matter of time before he runs out of “illegal immigrants” and starts going after American citizens of color to fill all of the Gulags he is currently building across the U.S.

This is not mere hyperbole.

Unfortunately, this is fact.

And it has already begun.

Opinion | Trump Is Building a Machine to Disappear People

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Efforts to undermine King’s platform are not new, and are often aimed at sanitizing his message, which in his later years included an economic- and social-justice agenda that drew the ire of the U.S. government. But the prospect of generating scandalous headlines around King in 2025 would do more than distract—it stands to provide new and useful propaganda to America’s enemies.

Perhaps the bigger lesson from Trump’s latest gambit is this: King remains a global giant that stops the world in its tracks when he speaks, even if against his wishes or without his consent. It was this way when he pushed for civil rights and voting rights, and later against the war in Vietnam and against systemic inequalities. It was this way at the time of his assassination in Memphis, where he was offering support to striking sanitation workers. And it continues to be that way, as the Trump administration, backed into a corner, has little qualms with potentially undermining King’s legacy.

How Trump’s Release of MLK Files May Backfire

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For over a century, the integrity of U.S. economic data has rested on a fragile but vital precept: independence. Agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis operate under the executive branch, but their mandates are to serve the truth, not the administration. Their job is to report what is, not what the White House wishes were true. The person writing the article is an awards winning Nobel Prize winner: George A. Akerlof was awarded a Nobel in economic science and is a professor at Georgetown University.

Impulsive, sensation-seeking, and incapable of experiencing empathy or guilt, a narcissistic psychopath treats other people as objects of need fulfillment and wish fulfillment. This makes it easy for him to use and abuse them, in his personal relationships and in large-scale actions, without compunction. His lack of conscience renders him blind to higher human values, which allows him to disregard them entirely or treat them instrumentally as means to his ends, the same way he treats people. This dangerous character defect, however, serves him well in the pursuit of power, money, and adulation. Not having the inhibitions and scruples imposed by empathy and conscience, he can easily lie, cheat, manipulate, destroy, and kill if he wants to—or, when powerful enough, order others to do it for him.”

Bandy X Lee, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President

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Trump by using Executive Orders is bypassing Congress on decisions that they should be making. Congress has the ability and authority to take control and reverse his orders that interfere with Congress’ legislative authority. Furthermore, Trump has said that he likes poorly educated people. This is why: Authoritarianism in education refers to educational practices and structures that prioritize obedience, conformity, and control, often mirroring the characteristics of authoritarian political systems. This can manifest in various ways, including strict classroom management styles, suppression of dissenting viewpoints, and a focus on standardized testing and rote memorization. Conversely, education can also play a vital role in mitigating authoritarian tendencies by promoting critical thinking, fostering independent thought, and encouraging civic engagement.

The emergency application to the justices stemmed from efforts by the Trump administration to sharply curtail the federal government’s role in the nation’s schools.

Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump’s Cuts to the Education Department

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Trump and his Dunning-Kruger Affected administration want white men to rule and run the world. These jobs at Cracker Barrel and other restaurants and service companies white men Don’t WANT to WORK. Seems like they only want restaurants and other service jobs to be eliminated, so only the broligarch crowd can eat and shop. I am surprised that they don’t want paid slavery from the very folks they want to put on the unemployment rolls.

America First Legal (AFL) has called for an official probe into the Southern restaurant chain “for potential violations of federal and state civil rights laws stemming from its discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.” Some of Cracker Barrel’s initiatives to develop employees are focused specifically on supporting workers who are women, Black, LGBTQ+, or Latino, according to AFL.

Cracker Barrel faces DEI probe after pro-Trump law group complaint

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Trump is openly musing about attempting to take away the citizenship of comedian Rosie O’Donnell, who was born here, because he doesn’t like her. This means ANYONE who he doesn’t like, who disagrees with him, or does not support him. “In Donald Trump, we have a frightening Venn diagram consisting of three circles: the first is extreme present hedonism; the second, narcissism; and the third, bullying behavior. These three circles overlap in the middle to create an impulsive, immature, incompetent person who, when in the position of ultimate power, easily slides into the role of tyrant, complete with family members sitting at his proverbial “ruling table.” Like a fledgling dictator, he plants psychological seeds of treachery in sections of our population that reinforce already negative attitudes.” - Bandy X Lee, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President

Trump Thinks He Can Take Away Citizenship From Anyone He Doesn’t Like