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"After the DC National Guard Shooting Comes the Big Lie"

Gary Wright II — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:11:39 -0500

Dave Zirin has written an excellent article challenging the big lies being told by the government. I agree with him, the National Guard is not protecting a damn thing during these deployments. Under the Posse Comitatus Act, they aren't legally allowed to enforce civil law. We now have DC police guarding the National Guard, which is insane! Zirin also addresses the lies being told by West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey to justify his actions.

I disagree that Trump has had his "Reichstag Fire" moment, because that is coming near the end of his term. I expect one of his radical right-wing militias to carry out a false flag operation of violence and blame antifa for it. Trump is waiting for any excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act, and thankfully we haven't given him any justification. That's why I think he will eventually just fabricate an incident and put us all under martial law.

We have to correct these Big Lies, so here's Dave Zirin's article in The Nation.

Address of the bookmark: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/dc-national-guard-shooting-occupation-lies/

Stop Online ID Checks

Gary Wright II — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:46:05 -0500

On Tuesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will consider 19 “kids safety” bills ranging from requiring online IDs to complete censorship for kids under a certain age. Everyone wants to keep kids safe, but these bills always do more harm than good. They especially harm marginalized communities, because people can no longer surf the web with anonymity. It puts everyone at risk, because your IDs are going to be stored all over the place making them easy targets for hackers. It makes government surveillance and private companies tracking you much easier. Online IDs are not a solution.

To learn more about the problem and how to work towards real solutions, please visit this bookmark.

Address of the bookmark: https://www.stoponlineidchecks.org/

Birthright Citizenship At SCOTUS

Gary Wright II — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:08:41 -0500

At Friday's private conference, the Supreme Court discussed the case challenging birthright citizenship. All of the lower courts have upheld the 14th Amendment and rejected the Trump administration's re-definition of it. I'm wanting to see SCOTUS deny granting certiorari to hear the case, which would mean the lower court decision would stand. We will hopefully have an answer Monday morning when they release their Order List at 9:30AM ET.

Section 1 of the 14th Amendment says, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." That is pretty clear, but Trump is trying to re-interpret the US Constitution in order to exclude immigrants. They are using the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" to say the baby doesn't have citizenship unless both parents are citizens. They also have a plan to de-naturalize immigrants who have already earned their citizenship, but that's a whole other matter.

This is the order from Trump that redefines US citizenship.

Address of the bookmark: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american...

SPLC November Intelligence Report

Gary Wright II — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:40:15 -0500

The Southern Poverty Law Center has published the November intelligence report of far-right activity. Some highlights are Alabama's Tommy Tuberville and how members of the far-right groups are talking about joining ICE. Here's the full report.

Address of the bookmark: https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/november-2025-intelligence-project-dispatch/

Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about

Gary Wright II — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 21:07:10 -0500

There's a new blog by Chris Geidner that everyone should read. I highly recommend subscribing (free or paid) to his LawDork newsletter because he's the absolute best at covering the courts, the death penalty, and other important topics. This latest blog is about the new ICE operation in Charlotte, NC that DHS is calling operation “Charlotte's Web.”

Address of the bookmark: https://www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bovino-is-exactly-who-eb-white-warned-of

Why Kristallnacht Still Matters Today

Gary Wright II — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:06:46 -0500

We can still learn lessons from the horrific events of 1938. I like this opinion piece that says: "The Holocaust showed us the devastating consequences when too many remain bystanders in the face of hate. Each of us has the power — and the responsibility — to be an upstander: to speak out when we see prejudice, to defend the dignity of others and to ensure that the voices of hatred never go unanswered."
Here's the link to the entire article.

Address of the bookmark: https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/kristallnacht-anniversary-legacy-21163571.php

Trump Is "White-Washing" Our Nation's History

Gary Wright II — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:38:54 -0500

As well as trying to “memory hole” the violent January 6th insurrection, Trump has been “auditing” all of our museums and removing exhibits that document our nation's history of slavery and segregation.

At the visitors center at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Martgaarten, they just quietly removed two panels honoring a war hero named George Pruitt, and referencing the segregation faced by Black troops. The Dutch officials are angry and demanding answers, because the Black troops helped liberate the Netherlands from the Nazis in World War 2.

Our government agencies from top to bottom have declared a war on diversity, and are attempting to whitewash our history. We can't let that happen!

Address of the bookmark: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/dutch-officials-rebuke-trump-admin-removal-black-wwii-ve...

"Oath Keepers" Is Relaunching Their Militia

Gary Wright II — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:06:47 -0500

Their leader Stewart Rhodes was serving an 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy until Trump pardoned him. Now, Rhodes is reactivating his militia in the hopes that Trump will put them into action to go after immigrants. This group was already dangerous, but if they get a blessing (and promises of a pardon) from Trump, then all hell is going to break lose in our communities. Trump has been itching to use the Insurrection Act, but our protests up to this point have been non-violent. These violent militia groups need to be infiltrated and shut down immediately! Their ultimate goal is to start a civil war.

Address of the bookmark: https://www.rawstory.com/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-2674281992/

Supreme Court: Weimar Redux

Gary Wright II — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 11:38:45 -0500

This comparison of SCOTUS to the Reichsgericht is accurate. Our judicial crisis has led to an autocratic Potemkin Democracy, and I'm not sure how we're going to fix it. If you take a look back at the Supreme Court's actions both in Trump's first term and now his second term, it is scary how quickly our government has collapsed.

Address of the bookmark: https://thefulcrum.us/justice/weimar-judges-roberts-court-trump-autocracy-judicial-crisis

Red Alert on Trump Autocracy

Gary Wright II — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:07:37 -0400

The New York Times Editorial Board has an Autocracy Tracker article about how there are twelve categories of an autocracy, and Trump has completed all twelve. We're quickly losing our rights and our democracy is at stake. The NYT is behind a sign-up/paywall, but there's a link to it in this Daily Beast article that has all the details:

Address of the bookmark: https://www.thedailybeast.com/democracy-experts-issue-red-alert-on-trump-leading-slide-to-autocracy/

First Amendment Cases

Gary Wright II — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:25:38 -0400

Our First Amendment is the most sacred to me, because those freedoms are what allow us to keep all of the others from being taken away. Unfortunately, the courts and Trump have been ripping up the First Amendment in too many cases to name. We are in great danger! Just to give you a taste of what's going on, here are over 150 free speech cases that the ACLU is fighting in court right now (with many more in the works).

Address of the bookmark: http://aclu.org/court-cases?issue=free-speech

American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

Gary Wright II — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:48:46 -0400

Findings of Fact and Conclusion by Judge William Young found the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Address of the bookmark: https://knightcolumbia.org/documents/ahmr9jfap2

Project 2025 Applicant Database

Gary Wright II — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:58:02 -0400

A redacted dataset of applicants of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, an anti-democratic effort to dismantle large portions of the administrative state under a second Trump Presidency. Applicants to Project 2025 would be tasked with conservative projects such as deregulation, attacks on healthcare particularly for trans and queer people, cutting social services and extreme restrictions on abortion.

Address of the bookmark: https://ddosecrets.org/article/project-2025-applicant-database

Heritage Foundation

Gary Wright II — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:55:34 -0400

Internal emails and donor information which Heritage Foundation posted to a public Amazon server, before falsely claiming to have been breached by hackers.

Address of the bookmark: https://ddosecrets.org/article/heritage-foundation

Cellphone Surveillance Explained

Gary Wright II — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:54:25 -0400

A video on how Stingray/IMSI Catchers work, who uses them, how to detect them, and how to protect yourself. This video was made over 9 years ago, but in 2025 ICE, DHS, and police are using them more than ever against innocent people and without a warrant.

Address of the bookmark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSQIs4PujCQ

Tor - The onion router browser for anonymity

Gary Wright II — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:23:28 -0400

Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship. Use Tor web browser to help protect your online web browsing.

Address of the bookmark: https://www.torproject.org/

Surveillance Self-Defense - Tips, Tools, and How-To's for Safer Online Communications

Gary Wright II — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:50:28 -0400

The Surveillance Self-Defense guide from Electronic Frontier Foundation has tips to keep your online activities safe from government spying, hackers, and other threats. It's a must-read for everyone!

Address of the bookmark: https://ssd.eff.org/

ICE Tracking Website

Gary Wright II — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:38:35 -0400

The ICE List is an open journalistic project aimed at collecting and sharing information that can hold ICE members legally accountable.

Address of the bookmark: https://icelist.is/

List of Lawsuits Against Trump Executive Orders

Gary Wright II — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:41:04 -0500

Court Watch has assembled a list of all of the lawsuits against Trump's Executive Orders. It's already quite a list.

Address of the bookmark: https://www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-related-to-trump-admin-executive-orders

Know Your Rights guide by National Lawyers Guild NLG

Gary Wright II — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:40:46 -0400

The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) has produced an excellent pocket-sized Know Your Rights guide in multiple languages for those who encounter law enforcement (especially FBI and Department of Homeland Security).

Address of the bookmark: https://www.nlg.org/category/publications/kyr/

Section 1033 Inventory of Military Surplus Transferred to Police

Gary Wright II — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:45:09 -0400

Under Section 1033, over 8,000 police agencies received a total of $7.4 billion in surplus military equipment. They aren't properly trained to use it and it doesn't need to be in their hands, so we need to take back every bit of it! ⚖️

Address of the bookmark: https://www.dla.mil/DispositionServices/Offers/Reutilization/LawEnforcement/PublicInformation/

Dave's Redistricting Tool

Gary Wright II — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 22:29:59 -0400

One of the best resources I've found to help discover gerrymandering during redistricting (every 10 years after the census) is Dave's Redistricting. It allows you to overlay data with the current maps, as well as create and share your own proposed maps.

Address of the bookmark: https://davesredistricting.org

Unrig The Courts

Gary Wright II — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 14:56:13 -0400

We not only must unrig the courts for the sake of women's health care, but these dangerous courts will dismantle the rest of our democracy. We are out of time because redistricting has already started! We must immediately expand the US Supreme Court to 13 Justices, while rebalancing all of the lower courts.

Address of the bookmark: https://www.unrigthecourts.org/