In this week's Democracy Under Attack, The Wren Collective looks at the Prairieland trial, FL's new domestic terrorism bill, and the many ways governments are trying to prosecute, investigate, and surveil its way out of opposition.
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The Trump Administration’s attacks on cities are part of a pattern of assault on local governance. The Wren Collective’s Jay Jenkins writes about recent preemption fights for Defending What Matters
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Their actions are doing more to protect our democracy right now than those of any elected official anywhere. Full stop.
People are documenting harm in real time. Making it impossible to spin. Making the lies unsustainable. That's not nothing — that's everything.
That reality is being created by ordinary people. In Minnesota. Maine. Portland. LA. DC. Everywhere ICE shows up — the people show up right back.
As The Wren Collective: "Trump didn't talk about ICE because he knows he can no longer lie about ICE. Too much reality is breaking through."
Trump's SOTU last night contained a multitude of lies about the economy, crime, and immigrants. But he never once mentioned ICE or CBP. That silence is telling. 🧵
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In this week's newsletter, we look at the right's war on journalists and their willingness to use the criminal and civil rights system to suppress the truth. Read in this week's democracy under attack.
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In Attacking Dallas and Its Budget Process, AG Paxton is no HERO
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ICYMI: In Texas on Fire, Nikki Baszynski of The Wren Collective highlights how a new TX law is trying to end telehealth and medication abortion in the state.
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The Wren Collective is proud to be part of the Community Over Cages coalition fighting against the expansion and overcrowding at the Fulton County jail. This ACLU-GA report digs into the problems there and with proposed solutions for county leaders.
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The Wren Collective's Jay Jenkins writes in Texas on Fire that Taylor Rehmet's victory in the SD-9 race last week is "the latest battle in Tarrant County’s war on the basic democratic rights of its citizens."
The scale of incarcerated people who are pregnant in local jails in Texas is shocking: more than 400 people per month across the state between Sept. and Nov. 2025. Amazing advocacy from the Texas Jail Project to keep our state focused on health, safety and transparency in our jails.
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The TX SD-9 Result Isn’t Shocking If You’ve Been Paying Attention
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The Assault on Fourth Amendment Protections
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In Texas on fire, we highlight reporting about Maher Taribishi, who ICE wrested away from his son with Pompe disease, and therefore could not breathe or move on his own.
There are too many heartbreaking stories to count as we watch DHS yank fathers, mothers, caretakers, and children off the street to meet quotas. But it's important we not look away, because every impacted person is worthy of our attention and outrage.
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The democratic process, despite its flaws, remains our best hope for a just criminal legal system."
"The future of the progressive prosecution movement depends on the strength of our democracy. The importance of promoting transparency and accountability, educating the public, and fighting voter suppression cannot be understated.
@angelajdavis.bsky.social writes about the attacks on progressive prosecutors and the implications for our democracy. Read more below ⬇️
Another exoneration in Texas, this time, in Travis County. Elections matter.
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Willie's case is a perfect example of how absurd Ohio sentencing is. As it stands right now, he will serve more time for robbery than other people serve for murder. He will be 81 years old when he gets out of prison.
A family here legally tries to get medical care for their seven-year-old, and ICE wrests them away in front of the ER and sends them to Texas. Media must. stop. reporting. any claims that this is about safety.
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What politicians mean when they support DHS's goal to deport 100 million people. Read and subscribe to Texas On Fire.
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The DA and County Commissioners' work won't undo this wrongful execution, but it mattered to the family and is critical to helping us understand how fallible our criminal justice system is. Hat's off to Dallas and the lawyers at @innocenceproject.bsky.social
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UPDATE from @stevenzetti.bsky.social: Last week, the Texas Observer revealed that James Rodden, the ICE lawyer with a white supremacist X account, was back trying cases in a Dallas courtroom.
Now, a member of Congress wants Rodden to finally face consequences.
My latest investigation: Far from the border, a father and son met Border Patrol tactics. They haven’t seen each other since. www.ms.now/news/border-... Our full @ms.now documentary comes out tonight
