Elise Arsenault
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NYC: ICE is staging at Centre and Howard St. Get down there if you can.
Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
NYC: ICE is staging at Centre and Howard St. Get down there if you can.
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"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there." -- Prof. David Noll
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders
Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.
www.democracydocket.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Even a rogue marshal’s service, in other words, is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law. If courts have the courage, the legal tools are there." -- Prof. David Noll
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
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There it is! "Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt." He is referring to them weathering their collusion becoming public, and now is the big payback: together until the end.
Trump to a reporter who asks him about Russia breaking a ceasefire: "What if a bomb drops on your head right now ... Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt."
February 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There it is! "Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt." He is referring to them weathering their collusion becoming public, and now is the big payback: together until the end.
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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
therecord.media
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
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Today, yet again, Trump performed like the trained seal he is for his Kremlin whoremasters. Zelenskyy may as well have been meeting directly with Putin. Disgraceful…but predictable.
Putin's Razor: Yet More Evidence That Trump is a Kremlin Asset
Donald has aligned himself, and by extension the United States of America, with a petty, cruel, genocidal tyrant.
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Today, yet again, Trump performed like the trained seal he is for his Kremlin whoremasters. Zelenskyy may as well have been meeting directly with Putin. Disgraceful…but predictable.
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Great event at The Ukrainian Institute of America celebrating the release of Lt. Alexander Vindman’s book “The Folly of Realism” with @avindman.bsky.social and @gregolear.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Great event at The Ukrainian Institute of America celebrating the release of Lt. Alexander Vindman’s book “The Folly of Realism” with @avindman.bsky.social and @gregolear.bsky.social
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Trump is a Russian stooge. Putin may as well written this himself.
And any Republican in Congress who said they support our allies before, but are silent today over this, are worthless.
And any Republican in Congress who said they support our allies before, but are silent today over this, are worthless.
February 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Trump is a Russian stooge. Putin may as well written this himself.
And any Republican in Congress who said they support our allies before, but are silent today over this, are worthless.
And any Republican in Congress who said they support our allies before, but are silent today over this, are worthless.
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The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.
February 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The greatest political scandal today is not what Trump is doing. It is the fact that congressional Republicans have given up their role in the constitutional system as a check on the executive branch. If we are in a constitutional crisis, it is as much on Mike Johnson and John Thune as anyone else.
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A line prosecutor did this. Whats wrong with the GOP that they can’t? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Resignation Letter From Hagan Scotten
Hagan Scotten, an assistant U.S. attorney, wrote to Emil Bove, acting deputy attorney general, refusing to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A line prosecutor did this. Whats wrong with the GOP that they can’t? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
February 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.” - Former Acting USA, SDNY Danielle Sassoon.
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🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
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Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This is the worst classification scandal in 20 years. According to someone who knows: Trump has done more for China in a couple of weeks than Xi could have dreamed.
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is the worst classification scandal in 20 years. According to someone who knows: Trump has done more for China in a couple of weeks than Xi could have dreamed.
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A new lawsuit challenges Trump's "unconstitutional and illegal actions" in "systematically" dismantling USAID, sparking a "global humanitarian crisis."
"They have cost thousands of American jobs. And they have imperiled U.S. national security interests."
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"They have cost thousands of American jobs. And they have imperiled U.S. national security interests."
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February 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A new lawsuit challenges Trump's "unconstitutional and illegal actions" in "systematically" dismantling USAID, sparking a "global humanitarian crisis."
"They have cost thousands of American jobs. And they have imperiled U.S. national security interests."
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"They have cost thousands of American jobs. And they have imperiled U.S. national security interests."
Doc https://buff.ly/4hNnbJm
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“Unless these cruel and immensely counterproductive actions are reversed, . . .future generations will marvel that it wasn’t China’s actions that eroded U.S. standing and global security, paving the way for Beijing to become the partner of choice around the world.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
“Unless these cruel and immensely counterproductive actions are reversed, . . .future generations will marvel that it wasn’t China’s actions that eroded U.S. standing and global security, paving the way for Beijing to become the partner of choice around the world.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
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Senate Confirms Vought as OMB Director 53-to-47. “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” Mr. Vought said in 23 “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...
Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director
Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Senate Confirms Vought as OMB Director 53-to-47. “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” Mr. Vought said in 23 “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...
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I know it’s overwhelming to see Trump waging war on civil servants and replacing with loyalists, but remember we’ve seen this before. It was called the “Spoils System” when Presidents in the 1800s rewarded “their people” with jobs. Guess what happened…corruption exploded. THREAD
February 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I know it’s overwhelming to see Trump waging war on civil servants and replacing with loyalists, but remember we’ve seen this before. It was called the “Spoils System” when Presidents in the 1800s rewarded “their people” with jobs. Guess what happened…corruption exploded. THREAD
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Please come in and take what you want.
February 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Please come in and take what you want.
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Trump Is Deleting the Data That Keeps This Country Running - Slate apple.news/AOhv3cSedRB-...
Trump Is Deleting the Data That Keeps This Country Running — Slate
The gutting of government statistics is a recipe for chaos.
apple.news
February 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Trump Is Deleting the Data That Keeps This Country Running - Slate apple.news/AOhv3cSedRB-...
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Brian Driscoll was accidentally catapulted into the FBI acting director’s chair on Jan. 20 and has defended the bureau from the potential of mass firings, inspiring memes and clips celebrating him.
Accidental’ F.B.I. Chief Builds a Following as Agency’s Defender
Brian Driscoll was accidentally catapulted into the acting director’s chair on Jan. 20 and has defended the bureau from the potential of mass firings, inspiring memes and satirical clips.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Brian Driscoll was accidentally catapulted into the FBI acting director’s chair on Jan. 20 and has defended the bureau from the potential of mass firings, inspiring memes and clips celebrating him.
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It is hard to imagine a bigger gift to China than what Elon Musk is doing to USAID right now. It’s the backbone of all democracy aid in the entire world. The other funder remaining now? China.
USAid offices worldwide have been ordered to shut down and thousands of staff members told to return to the US by this weekend. These are people who’ve built lives and families in the countries that they help.
February 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It is hard to imagine a bigger gift to China than what Elon Musk is doing to USAID right now. It’s the backbone of all democracy aid in the entire world. The other funder remaining now? China.
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DOGE representatives were at NOAA's facilities in Silver Spring, Md., on Tuesday.
The buildings there include the headquarters of the National Weather Service. The representatives were reportedly looking for access to IT systems.
www.axios.com/2025/02/04/t...
The buildings there include the headquarters of the National Weather Service. The representatives were reportedly looking for access to IT systems.
www.axios.com/2025/02/04/t...
Scoop: Trump nominates Neil Jacobs to head NOAA
The premier climate and weather agency also manages fisheries.
www.axios.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
DOGE representatives were at NOAA's facilities in Silver Spring, Md., on Tuesday.
The buildings there include the headquarters of the National Weather Service. The representatives were reportedly looking for access to IT systems.
www.axios.com/2025/02/04/t...
The buildings there include the headquarters of the National Weather Service. The representatives were reportedly looking for access to IT systems.
www.axios.com/2025/02/04/t...
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CIA offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities
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The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover
The spy agency’s workforce received a buyout-style offer on Tuesday.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
CIA offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...