One thing I’ll say about #Trump supporters is they live their convictions.
Like this lady who flipped us off & rolled down her window to shout obscenities at us for having the temerity to exercise our #1A rights on the corner of McDowell & 7th St in #Phoenix this morning.
She did it without fear of reprisal from A Helping Hand Transportation, her employer in #Scottsdale, acting like the uneducated person Trump loves. In a company car. 🤦
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IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates~
(from last July)
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/08/nx-s1-5460886/irs-now-says-pastors-can-endorse-political-candidates
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Background on the Johnson Amendment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Amendment
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And on the case mentioned in the Treasury Dept's blog (screenshots in the previous post). The case was dismissed w/o prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69105317/national-religious-broadcasters-v-werfel/
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https://kpmg.com/us/en/taxnewsflash/news/2026/04/federal-court-rejects-deal-allow-churches-political-speech.html
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-rejects-irs-agreement-to-let-pastors-endorse-political-candidates/ar-AA1ZVDzZ
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Is #Hegseth violating service members' 1st Amend rights by proclaiming they are fighting "in Jesus' name"-
(Or does the nature of service negate those rights? 🤔)
Also, it seems like a bait-&-switch for those serving in the #military. I mean, they entered it thinking they were going to protect the country and now they seem to be serving some sort of religious mission.
#MyThoughts #1A
#USA #IranWar
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Hegseth Says #US Troops Are Fighting for Jesus. The Pope Disagrees~
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/world/middleeast/pope-iran-war.html
I wish I could write
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When Jane Fonda invites you to Washington - by Bess Kalb
https://besskalb.substack.com/p/when-jane-fonda-invites-you-to-washington
"Justice Elena Kagan, joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, concurred with the court’s conservative bloc but added in a separate opinion that a complete ban on therapy aimed at a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity might be lawful. Kagan said the key flaw in Colorado’s law was that it allowed some such counseling while prohibiting other professional approaches."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/31/supreme-court-conversion-therapy-ban-ruling-00851858
Local news🚨has been decimated over the past decade, but even if a community has a lg #newspaper, the owner will often skew the coverage to highlight RW causes. Ours is read by many ppl in a city of ~400K & a county of 925K.
I'm livid, our paper (pub: 5 days/wk) didn't mention the #NoKings #protest, ~1,500 attended +100s in other towns in the co. Co is red, but the city is becoming purple *local pols: mainly Repubican.
TG, a member of our Dem org, wrote a published op-ed.
#FreePress #1A #USPol
The #school said much of the information that the #government had requested is not collected. #Students & #faculty groups also condemned the government’s demand for a #list of #Jews, drawing a parallel to methods deployed in #Nazi Germany.
The case has represented a test of how far the #government can go to investigate its suspicions about antisemitism in higher #education, & Judge Pappert’s decision could shape how aggressively the #Trump admin pursues inquiries on other campuses.
RE: https://social.freedom.press/@freedomofpress/116296222397275085
According to the department of justice, journalists who ask government officials the "wrong" questions are committing a crime.
"What was once a fringe, failed legal theory concocted by some local cops in one Texas border city is now the official position of the federal government’s lawyers ...
The government’s argument would have turned countless Pulitzer-winning national security reporters into criminals"
#uspol #journalism #pressfreedom #DOJ #pentagon #uslaw #1A #freespeech
eVOTErra – #RhRR
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