Shelley Powers
@burningbird.net
Yup, canary in the coal mine
Marge Greene comes back at Trump throwing haymakers. 🍿
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Yup, canary in the coal mine
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I no longer use "moron"
So I will not say that a person—a Fed governor!!—who claims that immigration has been a major source of housing inflation is "a moron."
Instead I'll say that he is "uninformed" about home-construction biz, median rent or purchase prices from immigrants, etc
Also, a bigot.
So I will not say that a person—a Fed governor!!—who claims that immigration has been a major source of housing inflation is "a moron."
Instead I'll say that he is "uninformed" about home-construction biz, median rent or purchase prices from immigrants, etc
Also, a bigot.
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I no longer use "moron"
So I will not say that a person—a Fed governor!!—who claims that immigration has been a major source of housing inflation is "a moron."
Instead I'll say that he is "uninformed" about home-construction biz, median rent or purchase prices from immigrants, etc
Also, a bigot.
So I will not say that a person—a Fed governor!!—who claims that immigration has been a major source of housing inflation is "a moron."
Instead I'll say that he is "uninformed" about home-construction biz, median rent or purchase prices from immigrants, etc
Also, a bigot.
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Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him
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Everybody loves to haggle over their cancer treatment or their blood pressure pills.
TRUMP: We’re going to give Americans the money to buy health insurance
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Everybody loves to haggle over their cancer treatment or their blood pressure pills.
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1. The notion that immigrants can’t acculturate into American Thanksgiving of all holidays is so inane that I assumed it must be a parody.
2) I miss the old schoolbook moral view of Thanksgiving as a peaceable neighborly feast where formerly suspicious Pilgrims and Indians could make friends.
2) I miss the old schoolbook moral view of Thanksgiving as a peaceable neighborly feast where formerly suspicious Pilgrims and Indians could make friends.
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
1. The notion that immigrants can’t acculturate into American Thanksgiving of all holidays is so inane that I assumed it must be a parody.
2) I miss the old schoolbook moral view of Thanksgiving as a peaceable neighborly feast where formerly suspicious Pilgrims and Indians could make friends.
2) I miss the old schoolbook moral view of Thanksgiving as a peaceable neighborly feast where formerly suspicious Pilgrims and Indians could make friends.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Reup: The blondes from Florida (Halligan and Bondi) have now offered even stupider explanations about the circumstances of Jim Comey's prosecution.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/14/l...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/14/l...
Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer's Story Gets Stupider - emptywheel
Lindsey Halligan now claims that she got at least two indictments out of one grand jury presentment. And Pam Bondi thinks that's cool.
www.emptywheel.net
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Reup: The blondes from Florida (Halligan and Bondi) have now offered even stupider explanations about the circumstances of Jim Comey's prosecution.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/14/l...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/14/l...
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It's curious that the IDF and West Bank settlers are specifically and intentionally targeting a Christian village, and US ambassador to Israel Rev Mike Huckabee has absolutely nothing to say about this. I wonder why.
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It's curious that the IDF and West Bank settlers are specifically and intentionally targeting a Christian village, and US ambassador to Israel Rev Mike Huckabee has absolutely nothing to say about this. I wonder why.
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Also in addition to the corruption they're using hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money to make ads for Kristi Noem's ill-fated 2028 presidential campaign
NEW: A company run by the husband of Kristi Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson (and that has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides) secretly got money from $220 million DHS ad contracts 👀 by @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Also in addition to the corruption they're using hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money to make ads for Kristi Noem's ill-fated 2028 presidential campaign
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CDT’s @kateruane.bsky.social in @404media.co: “Providing tech services to supercharge ICE operations while blocking tools that support accountability of ICE officers is entirely backwards.”
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “It is time to choose sides; fascism or morality? Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
CDT’s @kateruane.bsky.social in @404media.co: “Providing tech services to supercharge ICE operations while blocking tools that support accountability of ICE officers is entirely backwards.”
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He's shitting on trans people again isn't he. This is wild. What an asshole.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
He's shitting on trans people again isn't he. This is wild. What an asshole.
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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
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I appreciate NYPD’s swiftness to protect New Yorkers seemingly under attack by masked, unidentified people, and hope the officers heal quickly.
Those unidentified people were plain-clothed ICE agents.
Trump’s immigration dragnet is turning our streets into a battleground. We will not tolerate it.
Those unidentified people were plain-clothed ICE agents.
Trump’s immigration dragnet is turning our streets into a battleground. We will not tolerate it.
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I appreciate NYPD’s swiftness to protect New Yorkers seemingly under attack by masked, unidentified people, and hope the officers heal quickly.
Those unidentified people were plain-clothed ICE agents.
Trump’s immigration dragnet is turning our streets into a battleground. We will not tolerate it.
Those unidentified people were plain-clothed ICE agents.
Trump’s immigration dragnet is turning our streets into a battleground. We will not tolerate it.
A better question:
Has Trump gilded the Resolute Desk yet?
Has Trump gilded the Resolute Desk yet?
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A better question:
Has Trump gilded the Resolute Desk yet?
Has Trump gilded the Resolute Desk yet?
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What will the new prosecutor have to do in the Fulton County, Georgia election case in a days and weeks ahead? I explain. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
What will the new prosecutor have to do in the Fulton County, Georgia election case in a days and weeks ahead? I explain. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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Trump himself, as well as many of his followers plus a few voices on the left, talk as if antifa groups in the U.S. just got named as foreign terrorist orgs. From what I can make out, however, the designation and its legal consequences apply only to four groups based in Germany, Italy, and Greece.
State Department labels 4 antifa groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
The State Department has designated four antifa-aligned groups as global terrorist organizations, citing their involvement in coordinated violence.
www.deseret.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Trump himself, as well as many of his followers plus a few voices on the left, talk as if antifa groups in the U.S. just got named as foreign terrorist orgs. From what I can make out, however, the designation and its legal consequences apply only to four groups based in Germany, Italy, and Greece.
thread for authors
So there’s a lawyer going around BlueSky right now responding to everyone talking about the Anthropic book settlement by (1) urging people to opt out and (2) saying that they are representing authors who are opting out.
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
thread for authors
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The NYT Ed Board published a piece today w/ a few correct criticisms of both Trump & the Supreme Court, which I thought was curious
Then suddenly the last line was like 'the Court should rule against Trump in the tariffs case' and I thought ahh that explains it
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...
Then suddenly the last line was like 'the Court should rule against Trump in the tariffs case' and I thought ahh that explains it
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...
Trump’s Plan to Nuke the Global Economy Prompts Conservative Justices to Remember That the Constitution Exists
The Court has no problem facilitating the disappearance of civil rights. Shareholder value is a different story.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The NYT Ed Board published a piece today w/ a few correct criticisms of both Trump & the Supreme Court, which I thought was curious
Then suddenly the last line was like 'the Court should rule against Trump in the tariffs case' and I thought ahh that explains it
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...
Then suddenly the last line was like 'the Court should rule against Trump in the tariffs case' and I thought ahh that explains it
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...
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I feel like Trump has pioneered a new form of spoils, where criminal allies of the President can expect to be compensated for their crimes.
The settlement talks between the Trump administration and Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino marked a change in position by DOJ, which previously had successfully argued in court to have both of their lawsuits tossed out
bit.ly/4hWdolc
bit.ly/4hWdolc
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I feel like Trump has pioneered a new form of spoils, where criminal allies of the President can expect to be compensated for their crimes.
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Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
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their key error: not realizing that meritless demands for massive amounts of taxpayer money are legitimate only when they come from your favorite president, mr. donald j. trump
After a bipartisan backlash, Republican senators are distancing themselves from a provision tucked inside the CR/minibus allowing 8 of them to sue for $500K in taxpayer-funded payments for each "instance" where their data was accessed in the Jan. 6 probe. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
GOP senators distance themselves from provision allowing them to sue over phone record searches
The senators’ comments came after House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would hold a vote on the House floor to repeal the provision inserted by his Senate counterparts.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
their key error: not realizing that meritless demands for massive amounts of taxpayer money are legitimate only when they come from your favorite president, mr. donald j. trump