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Trump Surrendered This Week and Hoped You Wouldn’t Notice

                                                     

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Trump Surrendered This Week and Hoped You Wouldn’t Notice

Eight wins, and the last one is the fight he walked away from


Pour yourself something and come sit with me a minute, friend. Saturday is far and away my favorite morning of the week—I’m glad you’re here.

All week I track every win that comes in—every place we stopped them, every fight we won. And the great news is there’s more of it now than I’ve got room for. Here are eight I wanted you to see.

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1. THEY COULD LOSE NEBRASKA

Republicans could lose a Senate seat in Nebraska they’ve never had to think about. Dan Osborn is a union guy running without a party, and two years ago he came within seven points of beating a Republican senator there. This month the Democrat in the race, Cindy Burbank, dropped out so he’d have a straight shot at GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts.


2. YOU CAN STILL REGISTER WITHOUT A PASSPORT

New Hampshire passed a law telling new voters to bring a passport or a birth certificate or go home. Judge Samantha Elliott threw it out. The state asked to keep enforcing it through November anyway, and she said no.


3. ICE HELD THE WITNESS. A JUDGE LET HIM OUT.

Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego walked out of ICE detention Wednesday after three weeks in a cell. ICE had stopped the van he was riding to work in, an officer shot the driver dead, and Rojas Pliego saw all of it—so they locked him up. Judge Keith Ellison ordered him released, and the first place he went was the memorial for the man who’d been driving.


4. YOUR MAIL BALLOT IS SAFE IN 23 STATES

Trump ordered his own agencies to build a list of who counts as a voter, and told the Postal Service not to mail a ballot to anybody who wasn’t on it. Judge Indira Talwani killed that, the appeals court refused to bring it back, and now he’s begging the Supreme Court. Those ballots go out either way.


5. THEY’VE LOST THIS FIGHT NINETEEN TIMES

The DOJ has been suing states across the country to take private voter records. Judges have thrown them out nineteen times now without a single win. Two more came this week—New Jersey on Wednesday, Illinois on Friday, where the judge tossed the case for good.


6. A COURT KILLED THE $100,000 VISA TAX

Thirty-some people applied for a lab tech job at a hospital in Hettinger, North Dakota, and not one was American—and Trump had just put a $100,000 price tag on hiring anyone from abroad. Judge Leo Sorokin struck the fee down and the appeals court refused to revive it last week. Hospitals like that one can fill those jobs now.


7. THEY WENT FOR THE WATER AND GOT STOPPED

A company wanted to build a data center out by Spaceport America, and those things swallow enormous amounts of water in a stretch of New Mexico desert that hasn’t got it to spare. County commissioners were only supposed to vote on a letter of concern. Commissioner Sandy Jones pushed for a ban instead, and all three voted yes. Nobody’s building out there for 18 months.


8. HE QUIT ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

Trump signed an order saying babies born here to immigrant parents aren’t citizens unless the paperwork is right. The Supreme Court threw it out 6-3. He swore he’d demand a rehearing IMMEDIATELY, and then he had 25 days to do it. Monday came and went with nothing filed. Those babies are citizens.

I’ve been at this since February of 2016, and mornings like this one are why. A decade in and there’s more good news now than there was a year ago. That’s not luck, and it isn’t going to hold by itself.

So here’s my promise. I’m not going anywhere. As long as this regime keeps doing its worst work where nobody’s looking, I’ll keep going in after it and putting the receipts in your hands.

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COMMENTS: 


Please go to www.TurnUp.US which is run by brilliant Harvard grads to register and turnout 200,000+ young women 18 to 25 plus young Black and Brown men to preserve abortion rights BUT ONLY IN TRULY COMPETITIVE STATES such as Maine, Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa, Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, South Carolina and believe it also Kansas where the Pastor of the largest Methodist Church is running as an Indy in a neutral state which has an elected woman Democratic Governor! Please contribute and let’s really win the Senate to preserve and protect our DEMOCRACY!


I am a monthly donor for TurnUp and have met a bunch of TurnUp interns on Zoom postcard writing calls. They are all great - bright, enthusiastic and dedicated!!


Your links make writing my members of Congress incredibly easy. Thank you for the diligence in all that you do.

I’ve just sent the AI letter, with an appeal to them to reflect on the myriad AI effects on their own kin.


Great roundup this week, Scott! The momentum on both the legal and grassroots fronts is really showing. Appreciate all your hard work that went into pulling these receipts together!


Damn, Scott! This is the moment where regardless of party affiliation (not cult) there is an undeniable cascade of positive outcomes for democrats unless you’re Kevin Hassett. No one can keep up with the insane flurry of lies and scandals in a regime that has institutionalized and condoned corruption at every level. Accountability is in the air!


All 7 you listed and hopefully there will be more. Need to vote positive and lets get Trumpees mug off passports, coins, building coins etc SOON as Nov. Hopefully the rest of his crew.

Reading number 3 brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for shining light on the good news.


I think the legitimacy of mail in ballots will hurt them, but I am most happy that they are losing the fight to get voter rolls from the states. Elections are not their business, and they have no right to our information.

Losing the republican senate seat in Nebraska could be significant. As we learned from the Manchin and Sinema days, the Democrats, even when in the majority, seldom have enough votes to do what needs doing.

The woman in NE who dropped out so the independent guy had a better chance: Kudos to her! Refreshing to hear sensibility in politics. Nincompoops of all stripes need to be sent packing, regardless of affiliations. Although... it does seem like there are more R's....in the nincompoop group.

Thank you Scott. You are doing an excellent job if keeping us updated.


Great column, Scott....thanks for making my Saturday that much happier! Shabbat Shalom!


It’s interesting the reaction I see in Swedes about this. No birthright citizenship here. I thought it was a law everywhere. But only 37 or so countries have it. They also don’t understand the voter ID issue. But it gives me a chance to explain exactly why these two issues are important to many Americans. I have to use my ID to vote and pick up pav, among some other things. The issue in the US is the motive. Racism and nothing more.


For me, because I’m rarely in my city to vote on election day, I count on mailing in my ballot as soon as it arrives almost a month before the election day, so the win for mailing in ballots would get my “vote.” But, as I’ve written before, every one of the choices/wins against the regime is important to the group at risk, every win will hurt the regime. Depending on population, we’ll see, eh?


Awesome reporting Scott. Thank you for helping keep me hopeful!


ALL of the wins! I like them all and want more, more, more.


LFG! We must flip these seats.


LOVE reading about the failures!!!

Orders against obstructing mail ballots can hurt the regime the most but add them all together as great wins and why would anyone vote for a repug?


Many of us are asking the same question!

At least many of them have the sense to retire and spare us the effort to DEFEAT THEM!

Common Dreams offered this article the makes CHILDCARE more expensive:

'A Slap in the Face to Moms and Dads': GOP Blocks Attempt to Stop Trump From Raising Childcare Costs

"If Trump had simply done nothing... some of these families would have ended up saving as much as $15,000 a year," said Sen. Patty Murray.

excerpt:

Trump has been surprisingly open about the fact that, under his control, and in direct contrast with his campaign promises, the federal government is prioritizing spending on his war in Iran instead of providing government subsidies for Americans’ basic needs, including daycare.

“We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of daycare,” he said during a speech in April. “You gotta let a state take care of daycare, and they should pay for it too. It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-blocks-childcare-resolution?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=332e3e53ec-Top+News+%7C+Thur.+6%2F11%2F26_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-998917937b-600713157&mc_cid=332e3e53ec&mc_eid=766c895bd8



Always remember that your vote does count and don’t pay attention to the crap on tv or in the mail… look up the candidate , see how they voted, if new read many articles . League of women voters endorsed is one of my go to places. Sadly my state primary is by party.. which is bad because if you are independent you can’t vote in either… but independents are on the democratic ballot…

What state are you in? I’m in SC, if you’re independent, you can still vote in a primary, you just have to pick which party you want the ballot for…


You missed the story about them having to admit there were no vandals at the scum pool, just unskilled, highly paid workers!

IS IT TIME TO DISBAR FOX BOOB JEANINE PIRRO? 

Didn't she also prosecute the SUBWAY SANDWICH GUY? 


This from DAILY DOSE OF DEMOCRACY: 

Bogus charges dropped against ex-Olympian over Reflecting Pool damage after Trump admin admits botched installation

The Trump regime finally gave up its pathetic bid to pin its own stunning incompetence and botched Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations on a 67-year-old former US Olympian yesterday.


After the prosecution's sole witness corroborated Olympian canoeist David Hearn's account and completely undercut the government's case, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro was forced to finally admit the obvious weeks after the fact: "The rush to complete the project led to hasty and botched work that was not remediated before the project was finished and the fencing removed."


Pirro's statement ID'd a new scapegoat, of course: Sec. Doug Burgum's Dept. of the Interior, which "provided less than fulsome information at the outset of this case," according to Pirro's filing. It was not until after the indictment was filed that officials determined the "damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism," the filing states. How convenient.


Trump and Pirro repeatedly accused "vandals" of "violently" attacking the Reflecting Pool and causing millions of dollars in damages, and zeroed in on Hearn, slapping him with felony charges that carried a maximum prison sentence of ten years if convicted.


But sure, it's Democrats who weaponize the government against others. Expect a civil suit from Hearn any day now. He should take these swamp creatures to the cleaners.


FROM ORIGINAL - ADDITIONAL DETAILS: 

Charges dropped against ex-Olympian over Reflecting Pool damage after Trump admin admits ‘flawed installation’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-davey-hearn-reflecting-pool-charges-dropped-b3025664.html?cdmc=3HJjb9ygVM19JoNE3528rNkDo2d&refcode2=3HJjb9ygVM19JoNE3528rNkDo2d&refcodecdmc=3HJjb9ygVM19JoNE3528rNkDo2d


WE FUCKING NOTICED!! We want more!!


Thank goodness for 7 & 8. Great update.


I like how the regime missed the deadline to file re: birthright citizenship

Was it ineptitude or design????


Your commitment and skills are so appreciated Scott! Thank you again for the Dworkin Report and your continued hard work compiling all of this information! You have provided good news today and I feel the momentum now! 🙏🕊️


Thank you, Scott, for uncovering stories that corporate media does not. You keep me and all your followers sane. Stories 4 & 5, as well as Trumps assault on social security and Medicare and Medicaid will make sure the midterms are a Democratic sweep.


What's gonna happen in OHIO? DEMOCRATS immediately called for PLATNER to withdraw, but BERNIE MORENO refuses to response to the ABUSE of his daughter and granddaughter! 


Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats: Records Detail New Allegations Against Rep. Max Miller


Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.

excerpt: 

In mid-March, two detectives, an Ohio county Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) caseworker, and a Cleveland Clinic physician met on Zoom to discuss how the 2-year-old daughter of a congressman and granddaughter of a US senator wound up with a broken collarbone.


“The bruising surrounding the clavicle fracture made the injury suspicious,” wrote one of the detectives who summarized the Zoom meeting. Further, someone on the call “advised the injury would have required a high degree of impact to occur.”


https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/assault-misogyny-verbal-threats-records-detail-new-allegations-against-rep-max-miller-bernie-moreno/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-07-20-2026


It must be obvious to the AI community that they need to develop their own infrastructure. A place where they can build their own water system. Their own power and in a place where the noise won’t effect anyone

May I suggest a platform in the pacific ocean similar to an oil platform in international waters where no one gives a shit.

hey Scott, I love and appreciate your work. If you don’t already know, there’s rumors about a data center up here in Siskiyou County CA. It’s been a concern and our community is trying to put together a petition to prevent any data centers. We have really good water up here and why waste it and destroy it with forever chemicals.

Most of us moved here to get away from big industry and noise as well as the lights that make it so you can’t see the stars… And for pure water.

Anyway, there’s an article here by Matthew Brown from SF gate. He did some really good reporting and I hope he continues to follow what’s going on up here.

I need to become a paid subscriber again… Didn’t mean to let that lag. Your work is so valuable.

Here’s the article and thanks if you have time to pay attention to this one…

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/shasta-data-mystery-22339208.php


The orange man may have thought we would not notice that he surrendered his fight about birthright citizenship, but we did notice and it has been talked about on so many different substacks and on BlueSky! I absolutely loved it! He is just not winning now and every single win we get is trumpeted across substacks like yours, Scott! Two wins that I think will be helpful in the midterms are the mail ballots and taking private voter records. Also in New Hampshire, not having to produce a passport or birth certificate got shot down as well! It may not seem like it with his controlled media spewing out lie after lie, misinformation and a heaping pile of propaganda, but we are making steps to taking our country back. Every single day that we commit to sending out postcards, writing letters, making phone calls, signing petitions and talking to everyone we can about getting out there to vote, we move even closer! Now is the "hard" time, the "in your face with lies" time and it can be so easy to feel that we are getting nowhere, but we are! More and more Americans, not just Democrats, but Republicans and Independents as well, are deciding that this rotten, corrupt regime has to stop. They are discovering the only way to do that is to go to the polls in November and speak out! We've got this, America! Don't give up - keep fighting! Stay strong and stay safe!

New Hampshire is a neighbor that hasn't provided the JOB OPPORTUNITIES for their residents who flood across the border and clog MASSACHUSETTS highway for better paying jobs. 

There's an impressive young man we've supported from his early announcement CHRIS PAPPAS who has addressed all of the significant issues - including PUBLIC EDUCATION. 

New Hampshire funds EDUCATION solely with REAL ESTATE PROPERTY TAXES with predictable results. I did voter canvassing with an organization that sent me into "R" voting areas - the impacts were conspicuous and horrifying! 

Unfortunately, HIS OPPONENT, SUNUNU, is a former LOBBYIST, dark money and anonymous money are flooding the state. SUNUNU has been outspoken in his opposition to CLEAN ENERGY, RENEWABLES. Some of SUNUNU's supporters have EPSTEIN ties, documented by 

MEIDAS.   

We'll see if "R" voters inform themselves!

All great news, Scott! I suspect the hopeful Nebraska win will add to the misery of the Republican Party. I love that birthright citizenship is no longer in the crosshairs, and that state attorney generals are shutting down handing over voter rolls.


In November, the voting controversy. Trump cannot take the vote away in any way. SCOTUS had better not rule in any other way.

Scott- great news- encouraging news-however, can you speed up time and take us to January 20, 2029 after the midterms result of a Democratic sweep of the senate and house and we are swearing in a Democratic candidate into the office of the president of the US?

No, you can’t? Fine. I’ll stay subscribed.

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