Many of you were on my Locals "editorial board" when I was fired by the Washington state Department of Natural Resources in 2021 for refusing to comply with the demand of my bosses that I censor guests on topics related to Covid. The Silent Majority Foundation filed my 1st Amendment case this week. The decision to do so has been a long and sobering journey. If you have any questions, please leave them below. I am hoping Pete Serrano, who is the founder of SMF (and a candidate for WA Attorney General), will join me this week to discuss.
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READ THE LAWSUIT:
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Sassy the horse is not the only one who wears a saddle anymore.
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We took the producers to Busch Gardens and this moment with the penguins was too cute!
We’d sworn off ducks … until this happened.
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A good ruling. "Go after the bad ones" turned into a sycophant witch hunt.
Federal Judge Halts Immigration Raid Tactics in Los Angeles
https://archive.ph/hIK1L
"A federal judge blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from stopping and detaining people based solely on their skin color without probable cause and denying detainees the right to a lawyer.
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Possibly the best, and least reported, news of the week appeared in Monday’s New York Times, below the headline, “I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit.” It’s another Trump promise, fulfilled.
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The Johnson Amendment is a 1954 statute that says nonprofit organizations —501c3’s, including churches— may not endorse or oppose political candidates if they want to keep their tax-exempt status.
It was introduced by then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, mostly to stop some Texas nonprofits from attacking him during a campaign. It passed quietly, with no debate, and over time, it became a kind of political muzzle for religious groups: preach all you want, but you can’t stump.
In theory, the rule applied to all tax-exempt nonprofits, but in practice, the IRS almost never enforced it, especially against churches. It was more of an effective threat than an actual hammer— used selectively, inconsistently, and often politically. For years, conservative churches complied but argued that the rule...
