May 3, 2025

How Love Wins This Week (May 2, 2025)

Hard Wins: Cases won, orders issued, legislation passed, etc.

• Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting elite law firm, a blow to his retribution campaign [AP]
• Judge rules Trump use of Alien Enemies Act for gangs is ‘unlawful’ [The Hill]; Trump-appointed federal judge blocks use of Alien Enemies Act for Venezuelans in South Texas [NPR]
• Judge orders Trump administration to restore $12 million for pro-democracy Radio Free Europe [AP]
• Federal judge orders release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi [AP]

Soft Wins: Cases filed, legislation introduced, etc.

• AmeriCorps cuts prompt two dozen states to sue Trump administration [AP]
• Legal veteran starts new firm to defend targets of Trump actions [NPR]

Fighting the Good Fight: Protests, unofficial actions, and inspiration

• These activists are ‘flooding the zone with Black history’ to protest against Trump’s attacks on DEI [The Guardian]
• Scientific societies to do climate assessment after Trump administration dismissed authors [The Guardian]
• Impressive as hell: Mercury Stardust, the Trans Handy Ma'am, just raised over $1M in her 2025 fundraiser for gender affirming healthcare. Collectively over the last four years, she has raised over $5M. 2025 Fundraiser Update: $1 Million Milestone Hit!! [Mercury Stardust Media]
• And I'm a few weeks behind seeing this one, a song to lift your heart:

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