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In It to Win It's JournalNEW: Federal judge blocks the Trump admin from continuing to establish or operate its "anti-weaponization" fund
NEW: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from continuing to establish or operate its "anti-weaponization" fund, which has led to a bipartisan furor over potential payouts to Jan. 6 defendants.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2026-05-29T14:09:38.543Z
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social @hassankanu.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
Judge BRINKEMA, a Clinton appointee, ruled before the Trump administration could formally respond to the lawsuit, citing concerns that the fund could begin doling out cash quickly. Her pause of at least 2 weeks, is a chance to consider a longer-term block. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2026-05-29T14:12:51.458Z
Paxton on Talerico: "He's a threat to our very way of life. I mean, he's a vegan who thinks God is nonbinary."
Paxton: "He's a threat to our very way of life. I mean, he's a vegan who thinks God is nonbinary."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-27T01:42:04.840Z
I guess our constitution is just a list of suggestions now rather than law
We vote for shit, and then immediately vote for politicians that disagree with the shit we vote for.
We vote for Fair Districts, and they've ignored it every redistricting cycle we've had it. The republican-appointees on the Florida courts let them get away with it, unlike the previous Democratic-appointees.
They've captured all of the institutions in Florida. They've had the governorship and the legislature for nearly 30 years. The entire state judiciary is stacked with their people. Our state government is filled with people that disagree with our state constitution.
Just another day in the land of "constitutions don't enforce themselves".
ok, i'm done ranting.
The last 10 years of ass kissing just for Trump to keep showing them that he doesn't give a fuck about them
Bye Cornyn.
Wish I could have said he grew a backbone at least, but instead he kept offering his spine and his balls to Trump.
Decision Desk HQ projects that Ken Paxton wins over John Cornyn for TX-SEN runoff
Decision Desk HQ projects Ken Paxton wins the TX US Senate Republican Runoff
— Decision Desk HQ (@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social) 2026-05-27T01:00:03.850Z
#DecisionMade: 9:00 PM EDT
DeSantis-appointed judge allows Florida to use GOP gerrymander in 2026
The voting and civil rights groups that sued this month argue that the map violates a state ban on partisan gerrymandering, known as the Fair Districts amendments, that voters passed in 2010. But Judge Joshua M. Hawkes of the Second Judicial Circuit in Tallahassee wrote in denying the temporary injunction that the groups had not sufficiently proven that their case was likely to succeed.
Judge Hawkes also disagreed with the plaintiffs’ argument that if the court temporarily blocked the new map, it should reinstate the previous districts. The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, had argued that a majority-Black district included in the previous map would be unconstitutional under a recent Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act.
Noting that he had to weigh both the plaintiffs’ argument that the new map violated Florida’s ban on partisan redistricting and the state’s argument that its previous map violated the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution, Judge Hawkes sided with the state, writing that “the potential partisan intent in the 2026 map is the lesser of the two evils.”
BREAKING: In a loss for Florida voters, A DeSantis-appointed judge greenlit the GOP's newly enacted gerrymander for use in the 2026 midterms.
— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2026-05-26T19:52:28.018226754Z
The ruling comes after pro-voting groups argued there was "staggering" evidence the map violates a state ban on partisan gerrymandering.
Read the full story:
— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2026-05-26T19:56:29.265Z
DeSantis-appointed judge allows Florida to use GOP gerrymander in 2026
The voting and civil rights groups that sued this month argue that the map violates a state ban on partisan gerrymandering, known as the Fair Districts amendments, that voters passed in 2010. But Judge Joshua M. Hawkes of the Second Judicial Circuit in Tallahassee wrote in denying the temporary injunction that the groups had not sufficiently proven that their case was likely to succeed.
Judge Hawkes also disagreed with the plaintiffs’ argument that if the court temporarily blocked the new map, it should reinstate the previous districts. The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, had argued that a majority-Black district included in the previous map would be unconstitutional under a recent Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act.
Noting that he had to weigh both the plaintiffs’ argument that the new map violated Florida’s ban on partisan redistricting and the state’s argument that its previous map violated the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution, Judge Hawkes sided with the state, writing that “the potential partisan intent in the 2026 map is the lesser of the two evils.”
BREAKING: In a loss for Florida voters, A DeSantis-appointed judge greenlit the GOP's newly enacted gerrymander for use in the 2026 midterms.
— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2026-05-26T19:52:28.018226754Z
The ruling comes after pro-voting groups argued there was "staggering" evidence the map violates a state ban on partisan gerrymandering.
Read the full story:
— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2026-05-26T19:56:29.265Z
UPDATE: Alabama is appealing this morning's three-judge redistricting ruling to SCOTUS.
UPDATE: Alabama is appealing this morning's three-judge redistricting ruling to SCOTUS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-26T17:49:11.767Z
She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas' Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor's Office Didn't Help.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arkansas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-careWaldorf was 17 weeks pregnant. She and her husband, Justin, dropped their daughter off at her grandparents’ and rushed to Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where Waldorf worked as an acute care physical therapist.
In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.
“Your body is about to miscarry,” the doctor said.
Three doctors gathered and told the couple that the longer Waldorf’s cervix remained open and her uterus exposed to bacteria, the higher her risk of developing a life-threatening infection. The standard of care, they explained, would be to quickly empty her womb.
need to spoil the kicker on this Kavitha Surana story, because it's that good.
— Nicole Foy (@nicolefoy.bsky.social) 2026-05-26T15:27:04.836Z
"Each run-in brings it all pouring back. The ultrasounds. The “risk management.†The blood, so much blood.
But also, the state line. The relief she felt crossing it."
www.propublica.org/article/arka...
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