Cuban American Women Supporting Democracy

05/22/2026

05/22/2026

Two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop the Trump administration’s plan to create a nearly $1.8 billion fund for payouts to purported victims of “weaponization and lawfare.”

In their lawsuit, former Capitol police officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan police officer Daniel Hodges challenged the constitutionality of the compensation plan, calling it a “slush fund to finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence” in President Trump’s name.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., could deliver answers to some of the questions hovering over the “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” including whether anyone has legal standing to contest it in court. The Justice Department will likely argue that the two officers don’t.

Dunn and Hodges argued that the fund endangers their lives by galvanizing Trump’s supporters, encouraging those who committed acts of violence on Jan. 6, 2021, to continue to do so.

Also, they argued, payments issued from the fund could “directly finance the violent operations of rioters, paramilitaries, and their supporters” who threatened their lives.

🔗 Read more: https://on.wsj.com/4nE9Ved

05/22/2026

05/22/2026

Agree or disagree with his policies but please do not ignore his corruption.

No president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively and openly as Mr. Trump has.

05/22/2026

https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/everyone-is-watching-the-iran-war-nobody-is-watching-what-it-is-breaking-6ecb73146f25

Four systems are breaking quietly while the world counts strikes.

05/22/2026

05/22/2026

Last year, Florida’s Auditor General found “a myriad of accountability challenges” in the state’s voucher program, including failures to track students, funding discrepancies, and weak oversight of taxpayer dollars: https://bit.ly/4nCO9qW

The report makes one thing clear: accountability cannot depend on what type of school a child attends.

No matter where a child is educated, every family deserves consistent educational standards, transparency, accountability, and protections that keep children safe and supported.

05/22/2026

05/21/2026

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/widening-our-american-identity?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Religious diversity is not a modern phenomenon in America; it is one of its oldest truths.

05/20/2026

Uniformity doesn’t mean eliminating choice — it means ensuring every family can count on consistent standards, honest information, and accountability, no matter where their child attends school.

Every student deserves that foundation.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3RrwvKL
Then, sign the pledge at: https://bit.ly/3R8H5Gp

05/20/2026

Quick history question: Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

If you had to pause on that, you're not alone. It's one of the most commonly missed facts in American history, and the real answer might surprise you.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor broke that barrier in 1981. She grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona, graduated near the top of her Stanford Law class, and couldn't get a single law firm to hire her — because she was a woman. So she pivoted. And she went on to become the first female majority leader of any state senate in the United States before ascending to the nation's highest court.

Her story is one of grit, brilliance, and quiet, world-changing determination. And it's all documented in one incredible place: the Sandra Day O'Connor Digital Library — a free, searchable archive of her opinions, speeches, legislation, oral histories, and more.

📚 How well do you know her story? Start here: library.oconnorinstitute.org