Very Legal
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Litigation, arbitration, investigations. Total 🤓. Want to post about dogs, Cal sports, and people who are wrong on the Internet.
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I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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Wild stuff. Furloughed employees within HHS got an email this morning telling them to set an out-of-office reply blaming Democrats for the shutdown.
"I take that email as coercing subordinates to engage in political activity," one worker told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
"I take that email as coercing subordinates to engage in political activity," one worker told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown
One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.
www.huffpost.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wild stuff. Furloughed employees within HHS got an email this morning telling them to set an out-of-office reply blaming Democrats for the shutdown.
"I take that email as coercing subordinates to engage in political activity," one worker told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
"I take that email as coercing subordinates to engage in political activity," one worker told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
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New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
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today i am challenging democratic politicians, for the rest of the week, to pick one (1) horrifying thing republicans are doing and pretend its as bad as jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
id suggest tom homan taking bribes, but theres a few things to pick from if they want
id suggest tom homan taking bribes, but theres a few things to pick from if they want
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
today i am challenging democratic politicians, for the rest of the week, to pick one (1) horrifying thing republicans are doing and pretend its as bad as jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
id suggest tom homan taking bribes, but theres a few things to pick from if they want
id suggest tom homan taking bribes, but theres a few things to pick from if they want
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Everyone reading this needs to understand that if this goes into effect you - yes, you, individually, the person reading this right now - could be deemed a "narcoterrorist" by Trump and subjected to summary execution.
A draft Authorization for Use of Military Force, circulating in exec branch & on the Hill, would grant Trump the power to kill people he deems narcoterrorists and to attack any nations he says are aiding/harboring them (e.g. a Venezuela regime change war). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
Draft Bill Would Authorize Trump to Wage Drug Trafficking War
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Everyone reading this needs to understand that if this goes into effect you - yes, you, individually, the person reading this right now - could be deemed a "narcoterrorist" by Trump and subjected to summary execution.
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GodDAMN
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
GodDAMN
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There are more people still illegally stuck in CECOT.
It has been close to 5 months since at least 36 Salvadorans were illegally sent to CECOT.
They are still there- and they desperately need advocacy.
#humanrights#libertad
They are still there- and they desperately need advocacy.
#humanrights#libertad
August 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
There are more people still illegally stuck in CECOT.
Why are places in the US that rely on foreign tourism suffering? Huh, it's a mystery. Must be because Vegas is too expensive now.
Are Americans aware that down here in Mexico we’ve been getting bombarded for months with ads of Kristi Noem telling us to our face that we’re out welcome in the US, and that these ads even found their way into our national TV broadcasts
Because I feel like I have seen nobody mention it
Because I feel like I have seen nobody mention it
August 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Why are places in the US that rely on foreign tourism suffering? Huh, it's a mystery. Must be because Vegas is too expensive now.
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My great-grandfather led a team of doctors that invented chemotherapy. He’s part of the legacy of breakthroughs in medical science that saved so many lives. And now we’re going to throw away years of groundbreaking research because we put a manifestly unqualified person in charge of public health.
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
My great-grandfather led a team of doctors that invented chemotherapy. He’s part of the legacy of breakthroughs in medical science that saved so many lives. And now we’re going to throw away years of groundbreaking research because we put a manifestly unqualified person in charge of public health.
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I truly cannot emphasize enough how this is straight up Lysenkoism.
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I truly cannot emphasize enough how this is straight up Lysenkoism.
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Because of the incredible work of our nation’s scientists, we have our finger tips on the closest thing humanity has ever come to “a cure for cancer”, but brainworm over here doesn’t believe in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
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“Groceries.”
The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year.
Almost 90% Of Americans Are Worried About The Cost Of Groceries
The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year.
www.forbes.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“Groceries.”
Not satisfied with decimating tourism with the ever increasing headlines of unwarranted arrest and detention, they want to put a nail in the coffin. Aren't you glad you kissed the ring at the club world cup @fifaworldcup26.bsky.social ??
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
U.S. may require visa applicants to post bond up to $15,000 to enter country
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Not satisfied with decimating tourism with the ever increasing headlines of unwarranted arrest and detention, they want to put a nail in the coffin. Aren't you glad you kissed the ring at the club world cup @fifaworldcup26.bsky.social ??
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Elizabeth Warren went to CNBC today and destroyed Donald Trump on the economy. Trump is trying to bury this appearance with a tantrum on his failing media site.
Make sure this goes viral instead.
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
Make sure this goes viral instead.
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
Senator Elizabeth Warren: Firing of BLS commissioner is 'dangerous'
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss her reaction President Trump's firing of BSL chief, whether Congress is able to take action, and much more.
www.cnbc.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Elizabeth Warren went to CNBC today and destroyed Donald Trump on the economy. Trump is trying to bury this appearance with a tantrum on his failing media site.
Make sure this goes viral instead.
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
Make sure this goes viral instead.
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
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I don't think enough good things can be said about the people who worked hard to build the political pressure for his and everyone else's release, including senator van hollen. otoh there is no bottom to my contempt for the people who were urging the opposite course of action
pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life
w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
Pro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There
“Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.
www.huffpost.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I don't think enough good things can be said about the people who worked hard to build the political pressure for his and everyone else's release, including senator van hollen. otoh there is no bottom to my contempt for the people who were urging the opposite course of action
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We made it!
August 2, 2025 at 6:45 AM
We made it!
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I think Orwell put it best www.orwell.ru/library/essa...
August 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I think Orwell put it best www.orwell.ru/library/essa...
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the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?
If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️
Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week
Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season
michaelrlowry.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?
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You might need to unclench your jaw. It’s worth checking.
July 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
You might need to unclench your jaw. It’s worth checking.
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Free advice for this Sunday morning:
When you see the byline “Eli Saslow,” you drop whatever the hell you’re doing and click on the link.
Gift link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
When you see the byline “Eli Saslow,” you drop whatever the hell you’re doing and click on the link.
Gift link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Free advice for this Sunday morning:
When you see the byline “Eli Saslow,” you drop whatever the hell you’re doing and click on the link.
Gift link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
When you see the byline “Eli Saslow,” you drop whatever the hell you’re doing and click on the link.
Gift link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
Stay mad lol www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump White House Rages Over 'South Park' Episode, Calls Show 'Fourth-Rate'
The White House is furious at "South Park" after the show's premiere lampooned Donald Trump, depicting him in bed with Satan.
www.rollingstone.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Stay mad lol www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
July 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.