Progressive areas are under assault everywhere

#TNPol
#Nashville
#GOPCoup

Tennessee court upholds law from Republican legislators to cut blue Nashville's council in half
https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-nashville-city-council-lawsuit-11cca831061290a561f6578416d04f18

Tennessee court upholds law from Republican legislators to cut blue Nashville's council in half

A Tennessee appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a law passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to punish the Democratic-leaning city of Nashville. The 2023 law upheld 2-1 Tuesday would cut the size of Nashville’s consolidated city-county governing council in half, from 40 members to 20. Although it was written as applying to broadly across the state to both city and consolidated city-county governments, Nashville is the only Tennessee city meeting that definition with a council of more than 20 members. The law was one of several targeting Nashville after the council’s rejection of efforts to host the 2024 Republican National Convention in Music City. City officials say they are considering next steps.

AP News
Elon Musk is running the most brazen scheme to buy an election in modern US history

After years of falsely accusing Democrats of buying elections, Musk is actually trying to do it in Wisconsin.

Mother Jones

Here we go with the leopards eating faces party again: Teamsters aghast and union busting lawyer nominated to NLRB when they didn't endorse a democrat.

#Ineverthoughtthatleopardswouldeatmyface
#GOP
#GOPCoup

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/teamsters-union-opposes-nomination-of-crystal-carey-as-nlrb-general-counsel-302411356.html

TEAMSTERS UNION OPPOSES NOMINATION OF CRYSTAL CAREY AS NLRB GENERAL COUNSEL

/PRNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters opposes the recent nomination of union-busting attorney Crystal Carey to serve as the next general...

Cision PR Newswire

Good to know CIA Director John Ratcliffe is fully onboard with the coup. Guess he's been a good sleeper cell for four years.

I have trouble seeing how this ends without violence. The courts better deputize some people with weapons while there's still a court system.

Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986

#GOPCoup #JohnRatcliffe #RemoveThemAll #USPol

Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges

Facing pressure from his right flank to take on judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday floated the possibility of Congress eliminating federal courts.

NBC News
The Constitution is clear: No law or order that violates your rights is legitimate. If the government tries to silence you, they are breaking the law. You have the right to speak, protest, and expose corruption—no politician, not even Trump, can take that from you. Stay loud. Stay free. #TrumpCrimeFamily
#DictatorTrump
#TyrannyAlert
#CorruptGOP
#MAGAExtremists
#GOPCoup
#Authoritarianism
#TrumpIsATraitor
#DemocracyUnderAttack
#NoOneIsAboveTheLaw

Leland Dudek, a data analyst working in a small anti-fraud office, was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with representatives of Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service and had been put on paid leave. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner, helping to take away your Social Security benefits.

#LelandDudek #SocialSecurityKiller #SocialSecurity #SSI #GOPTraitors #RepublicansOwnThis #ArrestRepublicans #GOPCoup #USPol

A.G. Pam Bondi says Trump sets DOJ policy, all DOJ lawyers are "his lawyers"

Bondi says the independence of the Justice Department is gone. Also: Two federal courts block Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship. Expect appeals.

Law Dork

Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish? — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/january-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history

#StopTrumpNow #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol #GOPCoup

Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?

The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own government.

ProPublica
Not 'run-of-the-mill' corruption: Musk said to be taking a page from his nation's playbook

Elon Musk, who was born in apartheid-era South Africa, is taking a page from his home country's troubled history as he seeks to remold the United States in his image, argues an opinion writer for Wednesday's issue of The New York Times.The world's richest man and "First Buddy" -- who donated more th...

Raw Story