The Smile: 04/08/2025

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Democrats are stepping up to protect our courts from being weaponized — calling out Trump’s dangerous efforts to bend the justice system to his will. This fight is far from over, and your voice matters. Add your name to stand with them!

As pushback grows — even from billionaires and businesses once in Trump’s corner — we’re reminded that standing up for democracy is a collective effort. From protests to policy, people are speaking out, building power, and making change.

Let’s keep that momentum going. 💛

Democrats target Trump’s effort to ‘bend our justice system to his will’

Billionaires are turning on Trump

Businesses, conservative lawyers planning legal challenge to Trump's tariffs

N.C. Supreme Court halts decision requiring verification of 65,000 votes in tight judicial race

Mother and three children arrested by ICE in border czar's New York town released from detention

Growing opposition from House conservatives threatens to derail Trump’s agenda

14 of the most eye-catching ‘Hands Off’ protest signs from anti-Trump demonstrations

Black beauticians have always done more than style hair — they’ve built power

Parkinson's patients rock climb at special event in Brookfield

‘This has got to be a moment in America,’ Cory Booker tells 1st town hall since record speech

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