Notices by Deborah Rose ❌👑 (deberupts@mastodon.social)

Barack Obama would retreat alone to the Treaty Room on the second floor of the White House residence—not to plot strategies, not to take calls, but to handwrite personal letters to ten ordinary American citizens every single night, a practice he maintained with almost monastic devotion throughout all eight full years, personally selecting the letters himself from the 40,000 that arrived daily at the White House.

Donald Trump posts hate and revenge against his enemies on Truth Social.

A group of independent emergency physicians in Oregon who sued their own hospital system are celebrating after the employer agreed to scrap its original plan to replace the group with an out-of-state corporate staffing firm.

Even without a ruling, the case represents a "major victory" in the battle against the corporate practice of medicine, said Robert McNamara, MD, chief medical officer of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, which helped fund the litigation.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/emergencymedicine/emergencymedicine/121201

A court nullified a statewide election result because of procedural technicalities — while Republican redistricting in Texas, Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama sailed through with no such scrutiny. #gerrymandering

If you're devastated: that's the correct response. If you're just hearing about this: this is what the systematic dismantling of democratic representation looks like in real time. #whiteroseresistance

Lawsuit challenges Justice Department memo that declared presidential records law unconstitutional. Trump's DOJ is potentially blocking public access to hundreds of millions of records and presenting serious risk to transparency and recordkeeping throughout the executive branch, including the National Archives.

AHA Files Lawsuit to Defend the Presidential Records Act - AHA
https://www.historians.org/news/aha-files-lawsuit-to-defend-the-presidential-records-act/

Southern man, better keep your head
Don't forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast
Southern man

I saw cotton and I saw black
Tall white mansions and little shacks
Southern man, when will you pay them back?
I heard screamin' and bullwhips cracking
How long? How long?

~Neil Young

Because what their chosen one had done was open Pandora’s box—yes, the old one, filled with the ancient calamities of race hatred and rage and cruelty and bloodlust and infinite greed—and tell them that these things were the remedy for all their grievances, that all their anger was justified, and most important: None of what ailed them was their own fault—or ever had been." 2/2

~ Greg Iles, Southern Man

A U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity said the service members were involved in a hiking accident while off duty and fell into the ocean.

2 US service members missing during African Lion exercise | Stars and Stripes
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/africa/2026-05-03/search-rescue-african-lion-21562827.html

"I watched in disbelief as businessmen voted for a repeat bankrupt, laborers for a boss infamous for stiffing his workers, evangelicals for a serial adulterer, women for an admitted sexual assaulter, patriots for a draft dodger who would sell his country’s secrets for trivial gain, educated men for an ignoramus. But they did so with fierce gladness in their hearts. 1/2

US activists plan massive May Day economic blackout: ‘No school, no work, no shopping’

US labor unions, democratic organizations and community groups are planning more than 3,000 may day economic blackout actions across the country. #MayDay2026
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/may-day-economic-blackout

The Supreme Court and GOP are about to make redistricting a complete mess nationwide. It’s going to become pure tit for tat. Some seats flip red, some flip blue, and by the time the dust settles everything just evens out. But the whole country will be gerrymandered to death.

Political and racial gerrymandering distorts and undermines representative democracy. It allows officials to choose their voters rather than voters choosing who represents them.

"Hasn’t whined about needing a ballroom to feel safe." ~ Rep. Adam Kinzinger

Major escalation of the #IranWar Trump announces naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks collapse.
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/12/trump-naval-blockade-iran-strait-hormuz-peace-talks

California Governor Newsom: “The Vice President is abroad campaigning for a dictator."

“The President is threatening to wipe out an entire civilization."

“Congress is on recess."

“This is a total collapse of American moral leadership — at a historic scale.”

Impeaching Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors, a resolution has been introduced by Rep. John Larson for Trump's removal from office based on 13 articles for impeachment

New Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin suggested Monday that the federal government may withdraw customs officers from airports in sanctuary cities like San Francisco, basically halting international travel in these major cities.

Donald Trump asks for $152m to reopen Alcatraz prison. Just another stupid distraction.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3dlpk0zzy1o

Trump bombs the Pasteur Institute in Tehran, destroying a century-old medical research center and vaccine production center. A pillar of global health and member of International Pasteur Network.

Yesterday, the Trump coalition bombed the Daro Bakhsh Pharmaceutical Factory; a few days prior, they hit the Iran University of Science and Technology.

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/04/iran-says-strikes-hit-historic-pasteur-institute-tehran-what-know

A federal judge just ruled that Trump’s executive order to cut off all federal funding to NPR and PBS is “unlawful and unenforceable.”

It found the order violated the 1st Amendment by explicitly targeting two news organizations based on their reporting and viewpoints.

The judge emphasized that the Constitution draws a hard line against using taxpayer funding decisions to suppress “disfavored expression.”
https://www.wkrn.com/hill-politics/judge-permanently-blocks-trump-order-ending-npr-pbs-funding/

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors. The court backs religious counselor. #LGBTQRights
https://courthousenews.com/

Alert: Trump is deploying ICE agents to airports on Monday.