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What Happened Today – August 26

🌐⚡ Trump’s White House is grabbing control everywhere at once.

They are seizing Union Station, threatening Republicans in Indiana to redraw maps, pressuring the Supreme Court to hand them Congress’ spending power, and trying to bring back D.C.’s death penalty.

Judges cannot hold this line alone. Iowa Democrats just broke a GOP supermajority in their legislature. Resistance wins when we show up and work together. You need to be out there this Monday making it clear you oppose this takeover. Check Mobilize for details.

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Today's Quote
Not that I don’t have — I would — the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States. If I think our country is in danger — and it is in danger in these cities — I can do it.
Donald Trump at his August 26 Cabinet Meeting and asserting that he had the right to sent military troops anywhere in the U.S.
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Third grand jury refuses to indict DC woman on felony assault during ICE arrest, rejecting case even after judge found probable cause.

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