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Lets flip this seat!!!

THIS IS MAJOR: Democrat Leela Gray is leading Republican Anna Paulina Luna in one of the most conservative districts in Florida. Let that sink in for a second.

Anna Paulina Luna is one of the most extreme Republicans in Congress. She has spent her time pushing MAGA chaos instead of delivering real results for the people of Florida. Now, voters are sending a message loud and clear: they are ready for change.

Leela Gray is exactly the kind of leader who can make it happen. As a Brigadier General, she has taken on tough fights before. She knows what service means. She knows what leadership means. And she knows how to win when the stakes are high.

If Democrats are competing in districts like this, Republicans should be absolutely terrified. Florida is not out of reach. This race proves that when Democrats show up, organize, and fight everywhere, we can shock the country.

Let’s spread this everywhere and make sure every Florida Democrat knows what is happening. Leela Gray can win this race, but only if we turn out in massive numbers this November. Let’s go!

Duval Democrats,

Have you:

- checked your voter status lately? Are you still an active voter?

- reenrolled in Vote-By-Mail?

- moved, changed marital status or had a name change?

- gotten a new driver's license number?

To be sure you're eligible to vote in upcoming elections, check out all of the above with the Duval Supervisor of Elections Office at 904-255-VOTE.

Don't let a technicality keep you from voting. Check your status right away. Be vote-ready!

Make it happen Alaska!!

BREAKING: Republicans are PANICKING after one of their own candidates throws a HUGE wrench into the Alaska Senate race that could hand the race to Democrat Mary Peltola!

Yes, you read that right…

Dan Sullivan is taking on Dan Sullivan in the critical race for Alaska’s Senate seat. Already underwater in the polls against his Democratic challenger, Mary Peltola, he will now be facing a ballot that will have TWO “Dan Sullivans” on it…and this could prove to be a serious headache for the GOP, because the Alaska ballot does NOT show who the incumbent is.

“Wait, this is kind of a big deal, lol, it could cause some real ballot exhaustion!” wrote political analyst on Twitter.

To make matters worse for the GOP, Republican Dan Sullivan had some harsh words for his rival, Dan Sullivan.

"For too long, Senator Sullivan has failed to put Alaska first," Dan Sullivan said. "When you truly care about a people and a place, you have a duty to make every sacrifice within your power to protect them. That's why I'm running."

He’s not wrong. Dan Sullivan has been putting big corporations and Trump’s destructive MAGA agenda above the needs of the Alaskan people, which is why native Alaskan fisherwoman Mary Peltola is surging in the polls on a platform of “fish, family and freedom.”

Now Sen. Sullivan is facing harsh criticism from BOTH sides of the aisle…and a potential Election Day disaster that could hand the race and this must-win Senate seat to Mary Peltola!

Music to our ears.

It's tiring to read about all of Trump’s "issues" with others... doesn't he have bigger fish to fry??? Thus isvahy Democrats must vote out the Republican incumbents and defeat Republican contenders in the Midterms.

BREAKING: Donald Trump just launched yet ANOTHER vile attack on Pope Leo. And it’s somehow even pettier and more absurd than last time little Donny went after the holy man...

Trump is back on Truth Social lashing out at Pope Leo XIV — the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide — because the Pope dared to... host a prayer meeting with the mayor of Chicago?!

Because apparently crashing the economy, exploding the deficit AND gas prices, attacking judges, setting up a wrestling match on the White House lawn, and dragging America into endless war and political chaos just isn't enough drama for one man.

In a Saturday afternoon “Truth Social” post that looked like it was written by an angry Facebook uncle at 2 a.m., Trump lashed out after Pope Leo XIV met with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and participated in a multi-faith prayer gathering at the Vatican.

While sharing images of that meeting, Trump posted: "Someone should explain to the Pope that the Mayor of Chicago is useless, and that Iran cannot have a Nuclear Weapon!"

Think about how absurd this is.

Most presidents would treat the Pope with a basic level of respect, even when they disagree.

Trump's response?

He has repeatedly called Pope Leo "weak," attacked him on social media, accused him of being responsible for America's problems, claimed he wouldn't even be Pope if Trump weren't president, and even posted bizarre AI-generated religious imagery portraying himself in Christ-like fashion.

Now, apparently the President of the United States is jealous because the Pope met with the mayor of Chicago at the Vatican, where they discussed their shared opposition to Trump's warmongering.

The Pope's offense appears to be reminding the world that peace matters, that war has consequences, and that political leaders are not all-powerful.

In other words, exactly the kind of message that gets under Donald Trump's skin.

What's especially telling is that Trump seems incapable of handling criticism from anyone who possesses moral authority that he cannot control.

Military leaders? He attacks them.
Judges? He attacks them.
Journalists? He attacks them.
Universities? He attacks them.

And now, once again, the Pope joins the ever-growing list of people Trump can't bully into silence.

Imagine being the President of the United States and spending your weekend feuding with the Pope.

At this point, Trump isn't fighting the Pope because the Pope is wrong. He's fighting the Pope because the Pope represents something Trump has never understood:

Humility.

Maybe next Trump will explain Christianity to Jesus! There is no bottom to his shamelessness, after all...

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Scrutinize the whole thing Madame Judge!!!

BREAKING: NOT SO FAST! Federal judge reopens Trump’s IRS case and demands to know if her court was defrauded.

Judge Kathleen Williams has had enough.

In a brief but devastating order Friday, the federal judge in Miami reopened Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS — a case Trump had voluntarily dismissed last week specifically to avoid her scrutiny — and ordered Trump's lawyers to explain by June 12th why she shouldn't find that the entire scheme was a fraud perpetrated against her court.

The judge's language was pointed and precise. She said she wanted to investigate "grievous allegations" that the deal to resolve the case was "premised on deception." She asserted that she was "empowered to investigate serious misconduct" and demanded answers to two devastating questions: was "the court the victim of a fraud," and did Trump collude with his own government to settle the case specifically "to avoid judicial scrutiny"?

The answer to both questions, based on everything that has already been reported, appears to be yes.

Judge Williams had been circling this case for weeks before Trump pulled it. She had openly questioned how Trump could sue an agency he controls, with government lawyers who answer to him, producing a settlement negotiated with officials he appointed. She ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually adversaries or secretly colluding. Trump dismissed the case the day before those briefs were due.

Then, after she closed it, the Justice Department released not one but two extraordinary agreements — a $1.776 billion fund to compensate Trump's allies, and a separate one-page document permanently barring the IRS from ever auditing Trump, his family, or his businesses. Agreements that had apparently been negotiated while the case was supposedly active before her court.

Judge Williams cited the New York Times report revealing that the IRS had prepared a 25-page memo outlining strong defenses against Trump's suit — defenses the Justice Department never raised in court, never filed, never mentioned.

Her order came directly in response to the filing by 35 former federal judges — appointed by presidents of both parties — who called the scheme a fraud and urged her to reopen the case.

She listened.

"We stand ready to work with the court as it investigates this matter," said Norman Eisen, who represented the former judges.

Trump tried to flip the table before she could see the cards. She just put them back on the table.

If you can’t wait to see the Justice Department try to explain itself, please like and share this post everywhere.

Hold the ICE man to the letter of the law!!

BREAKING: JUSTICE! An ICE agent who shot a man, lied about it, and fled the state has finally been arrested.

Christian Castro is in custody at last.

It took Minnesota prosecutors, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Texas Rangers, and the DHS Inspector General to make it happen — because ICE, the agency Castro worked for, spent months defending him and attacking the people trying to hold him accountable.

Here's what the evidence shows.

On January 14th, Castro was chasing Alfredo Aljorna through Minneapolis when Aljorna ran into his home. Castro fired a bullet through the front door of an occupied residence, wounding Aljorna's roommate, Julio Sosa-Celis, in the leg. That night, Castro told investigators he had fired in self-defense after being beaten for several minutes with a shovel and a broom by three men.

Based entirely on Castro's account, federal prosecutors charged Sosa-Celis and Aljorna with assaulting a law enforcement officer.

Then the surveillance footage emerged. A Minneapolis police camera captured the entire encounter. It lasted approximately 12 seconds. There was no prolonged beating. Castro's story fell apart, the charges against the two Venezuelan men were dropped, and prosecutors concluded Castro had not only shot an innocent man but filed a false police report to cover it up.

ICE's response when Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty charged Castro this month? The agency called the charges "unlawful and nothing more than a political stunt."

A political stunt. That's what ICE called holding their agent accountable for shooting a man and lying about it under oath.

Castro was placed on leave and apparently decided that escaping to Texas was preferable to facing justice in Minnesota. He was tracked down by state investigators and arrested Friday morning with the Texas Rangers and DHS's own inspector general present for the takedown.

Castro is the second ICE agent charged by Moriarty's office for conduct during Operation Metro Surge. The other, Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., was charged with assault for pointing a gun at motorists on a highway. He also has an active arrest warrant.

Moriarty called Friday's arrest "a critical step forward." It is also a demonstration that accountability for federal agents is possible — even when their own agency fights it every step of the way.

If you’re glad that ICE agents who abuse their power are finally being held accountable, please like and share this post everywhere!

The judge made the right call!

BREAKING: LOL! Trump unleashes a Stage 5 atomic meltdown after a federal judge ordered that his name be stripped off the Kennedy Center with a permanent injunction.

Strap in, this one's a doozy...

"Shockingly, a Judge appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, Christopher Cooper, ruled that The Kennedy Center, which was going to close in early July for largescale renovations and construction due to years of neglect, decay, and poor maintenance, and which was to be transformed by the Trump Administration into the Finest Facility of its kind, anywhere in the World, is not allowed to close for these renovations, which would not be possible to properly do without such a closure," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"Additionally, Judge Cooper ruled that the 36 Member Board of Trustees, which unanimously voted to add the name 'TRUMP' onto the former Kennedy Center, making it The Trump Kennedy Center, did not have the right to do such an addition, and the name, 'TRUMP,' must be removed," he whined.

Earlier today, Judge Cooper ruled that Trump's name must be removed because federal law makes it "crystal clear” that the center is named after John F. Kennedy. He further ruled that the board, which is staffed by Trump toadies, cannot close the center for two years of "renovations." It was a total defeat for the administration and a humiliating black eye for Trump personally.

"The Kennedy Center has lost, over the years, prior to our getting involved a short while ago, Hundreds of Millions of Dollars — In some cases, including ridiculous construction jobs that were done, over 100 Million Dollars a year," Trump continued. "I took great pride in taking over a losing Institution, and looked forward to making it into a Great and Prestigious WINNER for Washington, D.C., and indeed, the United States of America."

In reality, as soon as Trump took over the center it began to wilt. Prominent artists cancelled performances in protest of his meddling and ticket sales plummeted. The planned closure was, at least partially, designed to give Trump a break from all of the bad press around the center.

"Unfortunately, Judge Cooper and the Radical Left would rather see it DIE than have President Trump transform it into something that everyone could be proud of, much as I have done, in many cases, throughout my life, and recently, with all of the construction, renovations, and 'fix ups' that we have completed with the Department of Interior on Waterfalls, Fountains, Monuments, and other things of Beauty that we have brought back to life in a now SAFE AND SECURE, after Record Setting Crime, Washington, D.C., which is thriving like, perhaps, never before!" Trump continued.

Despite his assertions to the contrary, Trump's wasteful "renovations" in D.C. have proven deeply unpopular. He's blowing through our tax dollars on vanity projects that we neither need nor can afford. The insult is rendered all the more galling by the fact that Trump has absolutely no taste when it comes to aesthetics. Everything he oversees ends up looking tacky and cheap.

"Therefore, based on the fact that the Radical Left Democrats care more about opposing your favorite President, ME, than saving a dying Performing Arts Center, almost all of which lose large amounts of money throughout the Country, we are going to be working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them so they can make a determination as to what to do with it," Trump went on.

"Judge Cooper was given a presentation by leading Building and Construction Experts as to how structurally dangerous the Building is, with rotting beams, parking areas that are subject to collapse, and various other Life and Safety problems, in addition to the fact that it also needs a MAJOR renovation, from an aesthetic standpoint, but he was not 'swayed,' and said he wants the Building to, incredibly, remain open and, therefore, dangerous," Trump rambled.

When he handed down his ruling, Cooper stated that the Board of Trustees used “an insufficient, one-sided presentation of information” to justify their closure of the center.

"Judge Cooper should be ashamed of himself!" Trump continued. "I cannot be involved with a situation where danger to the Public is allowed to flourish in plain and open sight. Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else, bring this Institution back, physically, financially, and artistically, I have no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey into 'NEVER NEVER LAND.'"

Translation: Trump is waving the white flag. He knows that he has no legal recourse here because federal law clearly states that he cannot slap his name on the Kennedy Center. This Truth Social rant is a pathetic attempt to act like this is somehow his decision, rather than something he was forced to concede.

"There has never been a President of the United States who has been treated so unfairly by the Courts as I but, that’s OK, I will continue to do, what is considered to be, a great job for the wonderful people of our Country," added the convicted felon and likely pe*****le.

"I have instructed the Department of Commerce to make all necessary arrangements with Congress to allow a full and complete transfer of this Institution, giving them the responsibility for its Operation, Maintenance, and Management. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP" he concluded.

If you had to name one building in this country after Trump, which would you choose? Get creative!

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The math ain’t mathing!!! 🧮
How does 41% of the electorate receive 85%+ Congressional representation? Republicans fear losing power so they have to tilt the rules in their favor. Everyone should be outraged. Everyone! This isn’t how a democracy should work!!!

math ain’t mathing.