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Sam

@very-simple.com

That 5% is just people in the Epstein files, right?

Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 6h

"Should the US government release all of its files from the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein?"

Yes: 81%
No: 5%

YouGov / Nov 24, 2025

November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM

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Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney.bsky.social

NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.

w/ @joshgerstein

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM

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Bradley P. Moss

@bradmossesq.bsky.social

I would decline to voluntarily cooperate. No way. Issue a subpoena and fight it out in court.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.

November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸

@gtconway.bsky.social

This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV

November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM

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Adam Solove

@asolove.bsky.social

Every American should have this in their wallet:

Business card with the text:

Know your rights! Interacting with Isaac Chotiner?
- "Am I being profiled?"
- "I exercise my right to be silent"
- Refuse to sign any statements.
- Do not offer express invitation to investigate further.

November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM

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Raider

@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

ICE kidnapped a 17-year-old U.S. citizen named Christian Jimenez. Jimenez, a high school senior born in Newberg, Oregon, was driving on his school’s lunch break when ICE/CBP agents stopped his car, smashed his window, and abducted him on November 21, 2025.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM

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Seth Cotlar

@sethcotlar.bsky.social

Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans

It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.

www.oregonlive.com

November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM

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Lora Kolodny

@lorak.bsky.social

👀

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."

They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.

Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats

www.nytimes.com

November 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM

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Marcus Hutchins

@malwaretech.com

Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.

November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM

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Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney.bsky.social

MORE: Judge Currie basically slams the door on re-indicting Comey here. She notes that "there is no legitimate peg" to extend the expired Sept. 30 statute of limitations. The window for James is a little wider. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM

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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
V.
JAMES B. COMEY, JR.,
Defendant.
Criminal No. 1:25-cr-00272-MSN
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT ECF NO. 60)
On September 25, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just days before, Ms.
Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging former FBI Director James B. Comey, Jr. with
making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding.
Mr. Comey now moves to dismiss the indictment on the ground that Ms. Halligan, the sole
prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, was unlawfully appointed in violation of 28
U.S.C. § 546 and the Constitution's Appointments Clause. As explained below, I agree with Mr.
Comey that the Attorney General's attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to
present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey's motion and dismiss the indictment without
prejudice.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
NORFOLK DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
V.
LETITIA A. JAMES,
Criminal No. 2:25-cr-00122-JK W
Defendant.
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT (ECE NO. 22)
On October 9, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just two weeks before, Ms.
Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging New York Attorney General Letitia James with
bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution.
Ms. James now moves to dismiss the indictment on the ground that Ms. Halligan, the sole
prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, was unlawfully appointed in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Constitution's Appointments Clause. As explained below, I agree with Ms.
James that the Attorney General's attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the
Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to
present the indictment, I will grant Ms. James's motion and dismiss the indictment without
prejudice.

November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM

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Don Zeko

@donzeko.bsky.social

At this point I'm not sure the median congressman can even imagine wielding power.

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 2d

November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM

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Courtney Milan

@courtneymilan.com

They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.

November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM

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Brian Finucane

@bcfinucane.bsky.social

If the orders to bomb these boats are so lawful, why won’t the Trump administration publicly release the DOJ legal rationale?

a cartoon of batman wearing a blue cape and mask with his hand on his chin .

ALT: a cartoon of batman wearing a blue cape and mask with his hand on his chin .

media.tenor.com

November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM

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Adi Weiss

@adiweiss.bsky.social

History Notes
November 24, 1947: The House of Representatives votes 346 to 17 to cite for contempt 10 Hollywood writers, directors, and producers who refused to cooperate during the House UN-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings on communism in the film industry.

November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM

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Lora Kolodny

@lorak.bsky.social

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges

Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

www.cnbc.com

November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM

Alan Mygatt-Tauber

@amtappeals.bsky.social

Made this tonight. It was delicious!

Debbie Schildkraut @debbiejsr.bsky.social · 17d

I made this yesterday and it’s a hit:

smittenkitchen.com/2024/10/glaz...

glazed apple cider doughnut cake

This magical dairy- and egg-free cake tastes like a glazed apple cider doughnut and will make your kitchen smell like fall blew up (gently, aromatically) in it.

smittenkitchen.com

November 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM

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Max Berger

@maxberger.bsky.social

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM

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T. Greg Doucette

@gregdoucette.bsky.social

Trump's domestic Gestapo raided a job site, then handcuffed a US citizen born in Raleigh NC -- even after being shown the guy's REAL ID, which is only available to US citizens and LPRs

CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism

www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...

Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads:

Fernando Vazquez doesn't understand why Border Patrol agents took him into custody
Tuesday.

Agents from Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) pinned him to a gate at his Cary worksite, handcuffed him and pulled his wallet out. They saw his N.C. REAL ID. But Vazquez, 18, said they still kept him in handcuffs and ushered him into the back of a gray Chevy Tahoe. He sat next to another worker in his early 20s who was crying.

Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads:

'I was in shock'

Vazquez was born in Raleigh and lives in Apex.

His parents are from Mexico, and he works with his dad as a landscaper. He graduated from Vernon Malone College and Career Academy in Raleigh. He was detained close to his former middle school, Reedy Creek.

Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads:

Vazquez said he saw eight agents — four from the Tahoe, and four from a Ford Explorer or Chevy Suburban. Agents put him in the back of the Tahoe and drove off.

"I was in shock, basically," Vazquez said.

While in the car, a different Latino agent asked Vazquez where he was from.

"Here," Vazquez told him.

"NO, where were you born?" the agent asked.

Vazquez told him he was born in Raleigh.

He said the agent got angry and cussed him out.

Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads:

The agents eventually allowed Vazquez out of their SUV, and he caught a video of them removing his handcuffs and throwing his wallet out of the car, its contents scattering on the ground. The video has over 5 million views on TikTok.

November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM

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29 U.S.C. § 157

@organizingpower.bsky.social

I can’t believe Judge Smith put internal emails in his opinion. I dont think I’ve ever seen this before. It’s such a massive breach of decorum that it leaves Roberts/Elrod little choice but to discipline him ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...