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Jason Levine
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Geek, doc, dad, drone, former Capitol Hill Classic race director, righter of wrongs. Shouldn't have to be said, but views expressed here are my own. He/him. Proudly Washington DC.
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
"Time to drop a really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files."

-- Elon Musk

Guess who else is in the Epstein files, Elon.
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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lynzylab.bsky.social
My latest song: A Scary Time for ICE. #FUCK🧊 @50501movement.bsky.social @democracynow.org @startribune.com @nilc.org @markruffalo.bsky.social @alyssamilano.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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gabrielmalor.bsky.social
9th Cir. holds that Sec. Noem had no statutory authority to vacate TPS designations for Venezuela and Haiti.

Judge Mendoza, concurring, would additionally hold Noem's action also violated the APA given Noem's explicitly racist comments in vacating TPS.

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Congress designed the TPS statute, carefully and deliberately, to restrain the Secretary’s authority to designate, or extend or terminate an existing designation of, a foreign nation for TPS. The statute contains numerous procedural safeguards that ensure individuals with TPS enjoy predictability and stability during periods of extraordinary and temporary conditions in their home country. But the statute contemplates that this stability would last only a short while: the protective guarantees of TPS are subject to termination at most every 18 months. At bottom, this case comes down to the Secretary’s failure to conform to the strictures of the 25-5724 47 TPS statute. The Secretary attempted to exercise powers Congress simply did not provide under the statute. Because that conclusion resolves this case in full, we need not, and do not, reach any other aspects of Plaintiffs’ claims.
January 29, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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iamchrisscott.bsky.social
I refuse to die until I get to see Stephen Miller humiliated as publicly and devastatingly as possible. It is the most important thing in the world to me.
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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cooperlund.online
It’s no comfort, but the official DHS line being “he can be killed by masked agents of the state because he had a legal gun” is such an interesting new frontier in how Trump has made the conservative movement very publicly and embarrassingly abandon every principal it once claimed.
January 24, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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kairyssdal.bsky.social
Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress approve of what the President is doing.
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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santiagomayer.com
It is preposterous for Donald Trump to say he no longer feels an obligation to peace…

Does the FIFA World Cup World Peace award not mean anything anymore?
January 19, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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sergioperez.bsky.social
When the better times materialize (& they will, so many are working towards that right now) & it comes time to investigate everything ICE did & it did it, we need to reject the old strategies that have failed us.

Don't let an old prosecutor or police chief lead the way.
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account.

Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
Homeland Security & @DHSgov X.com Law enforcement uses 'reasonable suspicion' to make arrests, as protected under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court has already vindicated us on this position. A person's immigration status makes them a target for enforcement, not their skin color, race or ethnicity. @TriciaOhio
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
If you’re a Democrat and your position is anything less than abolishing and prosecuting Trump’s secret police, then you are complicit and enabling fascism through thine cowardice.
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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mrdanzak.com
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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skiles.blue
This is a good question. Let's talk about it!

Why do civil servants resign in protest? Couldn't they have done more good on the inside? 🧵
nhegday.bsky.social Niv @nhegday.bsky.social · 19d
Sincerely wanting to understand why is honest people resigning, being considered an act of bravery or somehow fruitful. It’s one thing if the admin felt embarrassed by the resignations & rectified course. But that’s not happening, so now our institutions are just left with fewer people of integrity.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19d
Breaking: NYT now says *six* federal prosecutors in Minnesota have just resigned over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and the department's reluctance to investigate the ICE agent who shot Good, according to people with knowledge of their decision.
January 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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marc-fischer.bsky.social
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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sanho.bsky.social
Disguising yourself as a civilian in order to carry out a lethal attack is called perfidy and it’s one of the most serious of war crimes. The usual punishment is execution.
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
And, the word of the day is now "perfidy."

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
By Charlie SavageEric SchmittJohn IsmayJulian E. BarnesRiley Mellen and Christiaan Triebert Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt, John Ismay and Julian E. Barnes reported from Washington; Riley Mellen and Christiaan Triebert reported from New York. Jan. 12, 2026 Updated 6:47 p.m. ET The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter. The aircraft also carried its munitions inside the fuselage, rather than visibly under its wings, they said. The nonmilitary appearance is significant, according to legal specialists, because the administration has argued its lethal boat attacks are lawful — not murders — because President Trump “determined” the United States is in an armed conflict with drug cartels. But the laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called “perfidy.” U.S. military manuals about the law of war discuss perfidy at length, saying it includes when a combatant feigns civilian status so the adversary “neglects to take precautions which are otherwise necessary.” A U.S. Navy handbook says lawful combatants at sea use offensive force “within the bounds of military honor, particularly without resort to perfidy,” and stresses that commanders have a “duty” to “distinguish their own forces from the civilian population.”
January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
“Sometimes public service requires standing firm in the face of threats, which is what this unambiguously is”

How did the banker dude get here before the leaders of every self-mythologizing media organization or even Congress
January 12, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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nywiseass.bsky.social
If this is a good idea to you, all I ask is that you do not participate in any elections moving forward.
January 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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annieelliott.bsky.social
INBOX: Washington Spirit will part ways with Ouleye Sarr, Kysha Sylla, Courtney Brown, and Brittany Ratcliffe this offseason.

Brown and Ratcliffe were under contract for 2026 but agreed to mutual termination. Ratcliffe and Sarr are now free agents, Brown has signed with Utah and Sylla's loan ended.
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
secretary breakfast gin is trying to make good on his threat against mark kelly for daring to tell servicemembers they have the right to refuse illegal orders. kelly isn’t having it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
@SenMarkKelly Over twenty-five years in the U.S. Navy, thirty-nine combat missions, and four missions to space, 1 risked my life for this country and to defend our Constitution - including the First Amendment rights of every American to speak out. I never expected that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense would attack me for doing exactly that. My rank and retirement are things that I earned through my service and sacrifice for this country. I got shot at. I missed holidays and birthdays. I commanded a space shuttle mission while my wife Gabby recovered from a gunshot wound to the head-all while proudly wearing the American flag on my shoulder. Generations of servicemembers have made these same patriotic sacrifices for this country, earning the respect, appreciation, and rank they deserve. Pete Hegseth wants to send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn't like, they will come after them the same way. It's outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that. If Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in our country's history, thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn't get it. I will fight this with everything I've got — not for myself, but to send a message back that Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump don't get to decide what Americans in this country get to say about their government.
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
And please, PLEASE let us not forget that time in 2023 when Karen Smith was elected President of the school board in Bucks County, Pa and swore her oath on a stack of banned books. The most gangsta oath ever! Just brilliant. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
This School Board President Took Her Oath on a Stack of Contested Books. Here's Why
The school board for Central Bucks County, Pa., has been at the center of divisive political debates.
www.edweek.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities
December 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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monteiro.bsky.social
Sigh. Once again, if you are warning us about fascism while posting on Substack you’re asking us to do work YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 WILLING 👏 TO 👏 DO.
December 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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We stand with the @nwslplayers.bsky.social ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Language for alt text: We stand with the NWSLPA in its opposition to the High Impact Player (HIP) rule and urge the NWSL to negotiate with the Players Union as required by the collective bargaining agreement.  The criteria for HIP status put forth by the league are arbitrary and unjust, largely leaving the earning potential of NWSL players in the hands of media members. Moreover, the HIP rule creates two tiers of players, will impact USWNT player development, and does not account for international player success.  We condemn the NWSL’s persistent attempts to interfere with fair pay, and we call on all fans to show the league that we stand with the players:  • Block the NWSL on all social media platforms • Boycott of merchandise from the NWSL shop • Email your team and the league that you are opposed to the HIP rule and the league’s refusal to bargain with the NWSLPA
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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kcbluecrew.com
We and our fellow independent supporters groups stand with the players.

#NWSL #KCCurrent #NWSLPA
We stand with the NWSLPA in its opposition to the High Impact Player (HIP) rule and urge the NWSL to negotiate with the Players Union as required by the collective bargaining agreement. The criteria for HIP status put forth by the league are arbitrary and unjust, largely leaving the earning potential of NWSL players in the hands of media members. Moreover, the HIP rule creates two tiers of players, will impact USWNT player development, and does not account for international player success. We condemn the NWSL’s persistent attempts to interfere with fair pay, and we call on all fans to show the league that we stand with the players: • Block the NWSL on all social media platforms • Boycott of merchandise from the NWSL shop • Email your team and the league that you are opposed to the HIP rule and the league’s refusal to bargain with the NWSLPA
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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chicagolocal134.com
We and our fellow independent supporters groups stand with the players.

#NWSL #NWSLPA
We stand with the NWSLPA in its opposition to the High Impact Player (HIP) rule and urge the NWSL to negotiate with the Players Union as required by the collective bargaining agreement.  The criteria for HIP status put forth by the league are arbitrary and unjust, largely leaving the earning potential of NWSL players in the hands of media members. Moreover, the HIP rule creates two tiers of players, will impact USWNT player development, and does not account for international player success.  We condemn the NWSL’s persistent attempts to interfere with fair pay, and we call on all fans to show the league that we stand with the players:  • Block the NWSL on all social media platforms • Boycott of merchandise from the NWSL shop • Email your team and the league that you are opposed to the HIP rule and the league’s refusal to bargain with the NWSLPA
December 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM