Two Massive Wins In California, Bipartisan Delegation Rallies To Protect Greenland, and Rep. Pat Ryan Lays The Groundwork To Hold Members Of The Trump Regime Accountable

Plus, Trump plays Risk, flips the board (and eats the game pieces)

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HUGE CALIFORNIA WINS

The state of California had two big wins against the Trump regime in back-to-back rulings this week. An appeals court approved the state’s revised congressional map that was voted on late last year. Gov. Gavin Newsom gave a simple response: “Republicans’ weak attempt to silence voters failed.”

Separately, a federal judge ruled that the Trump regime’s attempt to get California’s voter data is “unprecedented and illegal.” The judge found that the entire point of the effort was voter intimidation and suppression, and dismissed the DOJ’s bogus lawsuit on the matter.

More than 20 states are suing over this sort of effort to disenfranchise voters, with the state of Oregon winning a tentative ruling this week to block sensitive voter info from being transferred to the regime. More to come.

MLK CELEBRATION MOVED

After calling the Kennedy Center home for decades, organizers of the “Let Freedom Ring” concert honoring Martin Luther King Jr. have moved to a new venue.

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, a former vice president and artistic director at the Center who regularly speaks at the event, said he’d prefer to be “spared the hypocrisy” of celebrating MLK at the Trump-controlled center. He added that MLK was a champion of equity, while the regime is “anti-equity.”

TRUMP’S PARTICIPATION TROPHY

Trump has always been jealous of Barack Obama, especially after the former president won the Nobel Peace Prize. So when prize-winner María Corina Machado met with Trump to ask for support in her effort to lead Venezuela, she knew exactly what to offer him—the prize itself.

In exchange for the prestigious award, Trump handed her a bag of maga collectibles but no commitment to support her. The transaction exposed how pathetic and broken Trump truly is.

BIPARTISAN DELEGATION IN DENMARK

Dem Sen. Chris Coons is in Denmark leading a bipartisan delegation to show support for Greenland, and push back against Trump’s threats. Republican Senators Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski also joined in the meetings.

Coons stated: “It’s hard to discern what the heck [Trump’s] talking about. He just wants to change the color on the map and make it part of the United States, like this is the game of Risk or something … our NATO allies are now making it really clear that any effort to take Greenland by force would destroy the NATO alliance.”

Let’s be real—if Trump played the game Risk, about five minutes in he would be flipping over the game board and eating the pieces.

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE REGIME

Right outside the Capitol, Dem Rep. Pat Ryan was asked if Trump’s biggest accomplices could face any legal liability. Ryan answered: “There’s going to be legal and I think criminal liability for multiple members of this administration, certainly including Stephen Miller.”

Ryan stated that the Trump regime continues to “violate the law, violate the Constitution, violate our moral standing and values as Americans.” He added: “We are already readying investigations across a whole bunch of committees … to be ready on day one when we retake the majority.”

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Do you think Machado made the right move by giving her Nobel Prize to Trump?

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