“Our prisons are already poorly managed, overcrowded, and plagued by substandard living conditions,” a Democratic state senator said. “No one should be subjected to such inhumane treatment.”
“The chilling effect on speech are heightened by the uncertainty,” an attorney for the plaintiffs said. “The list seems to expand unpredictably at the whims of the president or the administration.”
One worker said that Fox needs to “get out of Trump’s pocket” and recognize that some its most prominent hosts, including Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, are “a total embarrassment, peddling BS and conspiracy theories.”
Missouri Republicans are pushing back against a campaign seeking to overturn the state’s heavily gerrymandered congressional maps. According to The Missouri Independent, on Wednesday, state Secretary of State Denny Hoskins announced that at least 100,000 signatures gathered to push the initiative onto the ballot will no longer count. Should anyone insist on attempting to deliver
“This lawsuit has no merit,” the Times said in a statement. “Nothing has changed today. This is merely an attempt to stifle independent reporting and generate PR attention, but The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation tactics.”
“At a time when energy bills are at a record high and only continuing to skyrocket, the Trump Administration is needlessly hampering an industry that can produce safe, reliable, and inexpensive energy,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said.
“Government officials in Florida have misled the public they are supposed to work for, and the Everglades have been harmed as a result,” said Eve Samples, the executive director of Friends of the Everglades.
“The class action covers hundreds of people, but people have to assert their status as a class member somehow,” Stock said. “And because Santiago had an attorney, me, I was able to assert his membership in the class and work with the lawyers to get the TRO issued. People who don’t have an attorney, it’s very difficult for them to deal with this situation.”
“It’s foolish for any power district to turn away from the single most affordable means of energy production known to mankind,” Gov. Pillen said. “Nebraska is blessed to have readily available coal reserves in Wyoming and the railroad infrastructure to get it here.”
A federal labor union has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, claiming that it violated workers’ First Amendment rights by sending out a mass email blaming congressional Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown. According to National Public Radio, the lawsuit was filed on behalf of federal workers by the American Federation of Government Employees.