government overreach is cool now
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into alleged jury nullification initiatives led by @freedcproject.bsky.social and @harrietsdreams.bsky.social, reports my @washingtonsun.com colleague Jenny Gathright: www.washingtonsun.com/metro/house-...
House Republicans Launch Investigation Into D.C. 'Jury Nullification’
Rep. James Comer’s office said it sent letters to two D.C. activist groups that have been training D.C. residents on jury duty.
www.washingtonsun.com
October 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
government overreach is cool now
Trumps overreach to target Ilhan will backfire on him.
October 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Trumps overreach to target Ilhan will backfire on him.
“From its inception, those in power have wielded DHS as a weapon. Widespread illegal and abusive detention of immigrants, violent racial profiling, and state overreach — including domestic surveillance, civil rights violations via the USA PATRIOT Act,” Ramirez said.
October 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
“From its inception, those in power have wielded DHS as a weapon. Widespread illegal and abusive detention of immigrants, violent racial profiling, and state overreach — including domestic surveillance, civil rights violations via the USA PATRIOT Act,” Ramirez said.
This is just petty nonsense overreach to bully the congress woman because of her color and country of origin.
October 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This is just petty nonsense overreach to bully the congress woman because of her color and country of origin.
Something something government overreach
BREAKING:
Premier Danielle Smith announces province will direct Edmonton to adopt infill housing rules that were in place before 2024, and require Calgary to maintain its current pre-2024 bylaw framework.
Premier Danielle Smith announces province will direct Edmonton to adopt infill housing rules that were in place before 2024, and require Calgary to maintain its current pre-2024 bylaw framework.
October 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Something something government overreach
Trump uses DHS and DOJ as weapons to go after the people standing up to him. Raiding @ilhanmn.bsky.social home weeks before Election Day is the kind of overreach that should scare every single American.
I stand with Ilhan. We will never be intimidated into silence.
I stand with Ilhan. We will never be intimidated into silence.
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.
I will not be silenced.
I will not be silenced.
October 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Trump uses DHS and DOJ as weapons to go after the people standing up to him. Raiding @ilhanmn.bsky.social home weeks before Election Day is the kind of overreach that should scare every single American.
I stand with Ilhan. We will never be intimidated into silence.
I stand with Ilhan. We will never be intimidated into silence.
Toronto pushing back against provincial overreach.
Meanwhile in Edmonton, lawn signs and fear of multifamily housing.
Meanwhile in Edmonton, lawn signs and fear of multifamily housing.
Construction trucks leaving Bloor and Islington area after being successfully deterred from starting work on removing bike lanes in Toronto by a large protest.
October 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Toronto pushing back against provincial overreach.
Meanwhile in Edmonton, lawn signs and fear of multifamily housing.
Meanwhile in Edmonton, lawn signs and fear of multifamily housing.
i don't get how this isn't an overreach
October 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
i don't get how this isn't an overreach
It may (not) shock you to hear that these supposed right wing/libertarian leaders hate federal government overreach but love doing government overreach themselves. 😮
October 14, 2026 at 7:17 PM
It may (not) shock you to hear that these supposed right wing/libertarian leaders hate federal government overreach but love doing government overreach themselves. 😮
Looks like the UCP party, who campaigned on reducing government overreach, have a government overreach problem
October 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Looks like the UCP party, who campaigned on reducing government overreach, have a government overreach problem
So, if I’m understanding this correctly, Federal overreach made you do Provincial overreach. #abpoli
C’mon now www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta Premier Smith calls out federal interference in Edmonton housing rules
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith spent a majority of her time on a call-in radio show today defending her government’s decision to roll back some Edmonton housing rules.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 11, 2026 at 4:22 AM
So, if I’m understanding this correctly, Federal overreach made you do Provincial overreach. #abpoli
Or using the feds as an excuse for her overreach
October 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Or using the feds as an excuse for her overreach
typical IL government overreach
October 12, 2026 at 12:23 AM
typical IL government overreach
This has to be the final straw, y'all. The Constitutional overreach that breaks the camel's back.
If there’s evidence of fraud or other financial crimes, let’s see it. But trying to denaturalize and deport a sitting member of Congress over mistakes a parent allegedly made on immigration forms when she was a child is immoral and reprehensible. We can’t stand for it.
Immigration enforcement officials search Ilhan Omar's home in pre-dawn raid
Rep. Ilhan Omar's home was the subject of a pre-dawn HSI raid.
www.foxnews.com
October 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
This has to be the final straw, y'all. The Constitutional overreach that breaks the camel's back.
2019 bona fides www.cnn.com/2019/07/04/o...
It’s time to break up the Department of Homeland Security | CNN
David Perry says the bigotry under investigation at the Border Patrol, the overreach at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the terrible conditions in border facilities show an DHS, it’s time to d...
www.cnn.com
October 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
2019 bona fides www.cnn.com/2019/07/04/o...
Huh? 🤔
“So I would say that the overreach happened when the federal government came in and and bribed city councils.”
“So I would say that the overreach happened when the federal government came in and and bribed city councils.”
Alberta Premier Smith calls out federal interference in Edmonton housing rules
Alberta Premier Smith calls out federal interference in Edmonton housing rules
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith spent a majority of her time on a call-in radio show today defending her government’s decision to roll back some Edmonton housing rules.
bit.ly
October 10, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Huh? 🤔
“So I would say that the overreach happened when the federal government came in and and bribed city councils.”
“So I would say that the overreach happened when the federal government came in and and bribed city councils.”
On the Just Security Podcast, Erwin Chemerinsky outlines three ways that state and local governments are combating federal overreach from the Trump administration.
Watch the full episode:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAaY...
Watch the full episode:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAaY...
October 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
On the Just Security Podcast, Erwin Chemerinsky outlines three ways that state and local governments are combating federal overreach from the Trump administration.
Watch the full episode:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAaY...
Watch the full episode:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAaY...
If we swap out “federal overreach” for UCP overreach, whine endlessly about urban-rural transfer payments and “sending rural Alberta a cheque”, and blither on about Edmonton “values”, then we get a referendum to separate Edmonton from Alberta, right? 🤔🤦🏼♀️😂 #Legit #ableg #abpoli
October 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The UCP is a fucking dictatorship, irony about them whining about Fed overreach, when their reach is without limit.
There are allegations of corruption too! 🫨
There are allegations of corruption too! 🫨
October 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The UCP is a fucking dictatorship, irony about them whining about Fed overreach, when their reach is without limit.
There are allegations of corruption too! 🫨
There are allegations of corruption too! 🫨
I have plenty of hostility to corporate overreach, but to have any hope of fighting that overreach, we need governments to be on *our* side. But for our governments, it comes to cybersecurity, we are the enemy, and spying corporations are our governments' allies.
October 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
I have plenty of hostility to corporate overreach, but to have any hope of fighting that overreach, we need governments to be on *our* side. But for our governments, it comes to cybersecurity, we are the enemy, and spying corporations are our governments' allies.
it’s a metaphor for liberal overreach
October 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
it’s a metaphor for liberal overreach
Decoupling school from "industrial education"--job training, corporate control, legislative overreach, standardized testing--should be the default progressive position on public education, but, instead, policymakers and groups like DFER have doubled down to preserve corporate capture of schools.
A couple of weeks ago, CNN interviewed Anika Prather about Hegseth's "remake" of DoD's schools, and she made an interesting comment about how the roots of classical education were an attempt to decouple school from "industrial education."
October 14, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Decoupling school from "industrial education"--job training, corporate control, legislative overreach, standardized testing--should be the default progressive position on public education, but, instead, policymakers and groups like DFER have doubled down to preserve corporate capture of schools.
yes, it would be a dumb overreach that would almost certainly backfire in the long run- but they are only performing to the worst 50,000 people on twitter and have totally insulated themselves. the president has been more openly racist towards somalis than any president in like 80 years.
October 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
yes, it would be a dumb overreach that would almost certainly backfire in the long run- but they are only performing to the worst 50,000 people on twitter and have totally insulated themselves. the president has been more openly racist towards somalis than any president in like 80 years.
Oh, sure, fine, it was probably a mistake to pass all those laws that men weren't allowed to write books. A real overreach of Liberalism, that one
October 12, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Oh, sure, fine, it was probably a mistake to pass all those laws that men weren't allowed to write books. A real overreach of Liberalism, that one