Thanks so much for taking the time to join me today. Go ahead and pour your coffee, or whatever you’re drinking, and pull up a seat. I’ve got eight great stories for you today—eight wins for us that are big losses for the Trump regime.
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A Trump Judge Said No
The Trump regime wrote a Postal Service rule that would’ve let them refuse to deliver ballots over a wave of new procedural requirements. Trump-appointed federal judge Carl Nichols blocked the rule last weekend. The next day, the Supreme Court refused to lift a separate block on it. Mail ballots go out under the same rules. Trump lost again.
FEMA Cuts Blocked
DHS pushed FEMA to cut its workforce roughly in half. Federal Judge Susan Illston ruled the plan was illegal, and DHS never had the authority to make that decision. FEMA is still standing.
No Texas County Can Do It Again
Galveston County redrew its precinct lines in June, just three months after the primary vote. The Texas Supreme Court ordered November run on the old map instead. Now, no county in Texas can redraw district lines in the middle of an ongoing election.
Academic Freedom Restored
Two weeks after Trump’s order to service academies, West Point required civilian professors to get approval before speaking or publishing as faculty. Professor Tim Bakken sued over it. Federal Judge Cathy Seibel found it to be unconstitutional. She made the injunction permanent. The policy is dead.
ICE Blocked
ICE’s plan for a holding facility outside Gilroy, California, has been halted by federal Judge Eumi Lee, who found the regime likely skipped a legally required environmental review. The injunction holds as long as the case runs, which is expected to take years.
His Name Still Isn’t On It
Trump’s board voted to put his name on the Kennedy Center and rename the grounds after him. Federal Judge Christopher Cooper blocked both, reminding the regime that Congress barred new memorials there. It’s the second time since May he’s ruled against them. The only name on the building now is Kennedy’s.
Judge Stops Trump Visa Rule
Trump’s rule would’ve capped student and scholar visas at four years, and foreign journalists at 240 days, forcing everyone to reapply after that instead of staying as long as their program ran. Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV blocked it nationwide one day before it was set to take effect, finding it failed the law in multiple respects. Everyone kept the old rules.
Trump’s Order Vacated
The Energy Department ordered Michigan’s J.H. Campbell coal plant to stay open after state regulators and the grid operator had already approved closing it—then ordered it again five more times. A unanimous DC Circuit panel vacated the first order. The state’s Attorney General Dana Nessel brought the case.
If I can leave you with anything today, it’s this. Through all of the darkness, the light I see at the end of this tunnel has only gotten brighter thanks to our readers here. When you could be doing anything else, you chose this—the fight. You chose the truth. You chose to be the person who keeps showing up. In the end, that’s who is going to save our country—us.
My promise to you is the same I gave on election night 2024: that I will never give this regime an inch. I will never look away. And I will always shine a light on the regime until they are held accountable for everything they’ve done.
Their propaganda machine is loud—but we’re louder, and stronger. And when history is written about the last decade, the work we’ve done together will be in every chapter of it.
We don’t just cover the resistance, we help lead it. We run investigations corporate media will never touch. We drive pressure campaigns on Congress that have put more than 856,000 official letters on desks on Capitol Hill—on top of countless calls—since November 2024.
Our infrastructure was made to win, but we need all hands on deck. So if you haven’t yet, join us as we sprint through the midterms—and beyond:
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Onward!
Scott
Which one of these wins surprised you the most? Let me know in the comments.
Also, did you have any big or small personal wins this week? Please share!
Constituent pressure is rattling the regime on three fronts. 6,200+ against Hegseth, 14,100+ to save Yosemite, and the fight to ban rogue AI. Hit all three:
Hegseth:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-impeach-pete-hegseth/
Yosemite:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-stop-trumps-yosemite-giveaway
AI Ban:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-pass-the-ban-on-ai-we-cant-control/
Eight different rooms — a Trump judge, the Texas Supreme Court, a professor who wouldn’t ask permission — all said the same thing: they don’t get to skip the law just because they’re loud.
That’s the part they need you tired enough to miss. Don’t miss it.