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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2303344/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2303344/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Plaintiffs Celebrate Appeals Court Ruling Against Feds Stay Request for ICE Agents <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AppealsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppealsCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/case" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>case</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GavinNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GavinNewsom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HAIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HAIL</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ImmigrationProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/L" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>L</span></a>.A. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAImmigrationProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAImmigrationProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/plaintiffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plaintiffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RAIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAIDS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ruling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Just hours after the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> ruled 6–3 to gut <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a>’ <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> to issue <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nationwide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationwide</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/injunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injunctions</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> challenging <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> attack on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/birthright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birthright</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> filed a new <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/motion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motion</span></a> for a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/temporary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>temporary</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/injunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injunction</span></a> and to certify a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nationwide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationwide</span></a> class—doing exactly what Justice <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Sotomayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sotomayor</span></a> and even Justice <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> said they still could. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/plaintiffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plaintiffs</span></a> <a href="https://michaelpopok.substack.com/p/update-plaintiffs-fire-back-after" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelpopok.substack.com/p/up</span><span class="invisible">date-plaintiffs-fire-back-after</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Another jury rules against Trump</p><p>Over the past year, Trump has railed against the <a href="https://c.im/tags/prosecutors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prosecutors</span></a> who have investigated and charged him, the <a href="https://c.im/tags/plaintiffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plaintiffs</span></a> who have sued him and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> who have overseen his trials.</p><p>But the nine-person <a href="https://c.im/tags/jury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jury</span></a> didn’t blink. It&nbsp;awarded Carroll $18.3 million in compensatory damages.&nbsp;<br>It&nbsp;was the punitive damages, however,&nbsp;that landed Carroll such an astronomical sum: $65 million.</p><p>The verdict is significant not just for the monetary damages, but also for <br>👉the message it sends:<br> that a jury of regular citizens did not believe Trump <br>– not Democratic-appointed prosecutors or judges or the administration of his likely 2024 political opponent, Joe Biden<br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/politics/takeaways-jury-verdict-trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-trial/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/01/26/politics/ta</span><span class="invisible">keaways-jury-verdict-trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-trial/index.html</span></a></p>
JLH<p>Big news in the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> case where the <a href="https://c.im/tags/plaintiffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plaintiffs</span></a> are seeking to block the Secretary of State from putting Trump on the ballot based on the <a href="https://c.im/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> provisions of the 14th Amendment. The trial is set for Monday, October 31 and Trump just lost his last attempt to get the state appeals courts to stop the trial.</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZFig6cU5oMk&amp;si=KxZd_9ehA4e497jK" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ZFig6cU5oM</span><span class="invisible">k&amp;si=KxZd_9ehA4e497jK</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JenaGriswold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JenaGriswold</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> secy of state, said in a statement, “I look forward to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a>’s substantive resolution of the issues, &amp; am hopeful that this case will provide guidance to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> officials on Trump’s eligibility as a candidate for office.”</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plaintiffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plaintiffs</span></a> are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unaffiliated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unaffiliated</span></a> voters who argue that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ineligible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ineligible</span></a> &amp; that they will be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/harmed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harmed</span></a> if he appears on primary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ballots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ballots</span></a>.</p>