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January 19, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The courts are dead.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courts...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courts...
"The courts are dead." An interview with a fired immigration judge
George Pappas talks about how Trump ended due process for immigrants, and how to fight back. "The law has failed us," he says. "So now we have to turn to politics."
radleybalko.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The courts are dead.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courts...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courts...
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NEW: “In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.
“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”
“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”
Her Daughter Died After Taking a Generic Version of a Lifesaving Drug. This Is What She Wants You to Know.
Hannah Goetz was 17 when she had a double lung transplant. Her tacrolimus medication was supposed to help her body accept her new lungs. She died at just 21 years old.
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
NEW: “In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.
“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”
“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”
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In Trump’s “Golden Age,” you get to eat one piece of chicken, one piece of broccoli, and a corn tortilla.
Remember when he promised to lower grocery prices on Day One? Turns out that was yet another lie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EXi6xyOXSk
Remember when he promised to lower grocery prices on Day One? Turns out that was yet another lie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EXi6xyOXSk
Trump Lied About Grocery Prices
Trump seems to have given up on making groceries cheaper.Wasn't that what the entire election was supposedly about?
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
In Trump’s “Golden Age,” you get to eat one piece of chicken, one piece of broccoli, and a corn tortilla.
Remember when he promised to lower grocery prices on Day One? Turns out that was yet another lie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EXi6xyOXSk
Remember when he promised to lower grocery prices on Day One? Turns out that was yet another lie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EXi6xyOXSk
People are not lost wallets! A man missing for weeks and the immigration system that lost him
Vicente Ventura Aguilar got picked up last month, but his family doesn’t know if he’s dead or alive. ICE says he’s not in their system, so they say they can’t help.
www.ms.now/news/immigra...
Vicente Ventura Aguilar got picked up last month, but his family doesn’t know if he’s dead or alive. ICE says he’s not in their system, so they say they can’t help.
www.ms.now/news/immigra...
A man missing for weeks and the immigration system that lost him
Vicente Ventura Aguilar got picked up last month, but his family doesn’t know if he’s dead or alive. ICE says he’s not in their system, so they say they can’t help.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
People are not lost wallets! A man missing for weeks and the immigration system that lost him
Vicente Ventura Aguilar got picked up last month, but his family doesn’t know if he’s dead or alive. ICE says he’s not in their system, so they say they can’t help.
www.ms.now/news/immigra...
Vicente Ventura Aguilar got picked up last month, but his family doesn’t know if he’s dead or alive. ICE says he’s not in their system, so they say they can’t help.
www.ms.now/news/immigra...
No end to the continued abuse under the ruse of immigrant enforcement action : A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
No end to the continued abuse under the ruse of immigrant enforcement action : A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
This Is All John Roberts’ Fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This Is All John Roberts’ Fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social hired former FTC Chair Lina Khan to run his transition team. She's an excellent pick with an eye for rooting out how big corporations are making your life unaffordable. One way they're doing that? Surveillance pricing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social hired former FTC Chair Lina Khan to run his transition team. She's an excellent pick with an eye for rooting out how big corporations are making your life unaffordable. One way they're doing that? Surveillance pricing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
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MTG's break with Trump is highlighting the cracks within MAGA world, which are increasingly apparent through MAGA-aligned media brands and commentators.
What stands out to me is not the number of the cracks but the sheer *variety* of them. Here's a list: cnn.it/3LHqoiJ
What stands out to me is not the number of the cracks but the sheer *variety* of them. Here's a list: cnn.it/3LHqoiJ
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
MTG's break with Trump is highlighting the cracks within MAGA world, which are increasingly apparent through MAGA-aligned media brands and commentators.
What stands out to me is not the number of the cracks but the sheer *variety* of them. Here's a list: cnn.it/3LHqoiJ
What stands out to me is not the number of the cracks but the sheer *variety* of them. Here's a list: cnn.it/3LHqoiJ
The Trump Backlash Quietly Underway: Young Progressives Signing Up To Run For Office
In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
'They Are Over It': The Trump Backlash Quietly Underway
In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Trump Backlash Quietly Underway: Young Progressives Signing Up To Run For Office
In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Aging in Trump’s America Is an Obstacle Course of Indignities
As strand by strand of the safety net is plucked away until it’s shredded, aging in America is a fearful and destructive business. And Donald Trump doesn’t care.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
As strand by strand of the safety net is plucked away until it’s shredded, aging in America is a fearful and destructive business. And Donald Trump doesn’t care.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Aging in Trump’s America Is an Obstacle Course of Indignities
As strand by strand of the safety net is plucked away until it’s shredded, aging in America is a fearful and destructive business. And Donald Trump doesn’t care.
www.thenation.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Aging in Trump’s America Is an Obstacle Course of Indignities
As strand by strand of the safety net is plucked away until it’s shredded, aging in America is a fearful and destructive business. And Donald Trump doesn’t care.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
As strand by strand of the safety net is plucked away until it’s shredded, aging in America is a fearful and destructive business. And Donald Trump doesn’t care.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The cruelty is the point.
Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release.
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The cruelty is the point.
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America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Government shutdown shifts risks to inflation, not jobs, where Fed is half-blind, Chicago Fed president says
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Government shutdown shifts risks to inflation, not jobs, where Fed is half-blind, Chicago Fed president says
Austan Goolsbee, who runs the Chicago Fed, says he’s undecided about another rate cut in December as the central bank works with “one eye covered.”
www.semafor.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Government shutdown shifts risks to inflation, not jobs, where Fed is half-blind, Chicago Fed president says
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Donald Trump Is a Commie
Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
Donald Trump Is a Commie
Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
Donald Trump Is a Commie
Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
www.thebulwark.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Donald Trump Is a Commie
Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
Donald Trump Is a Commie
Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
Inside the World of Leftist Gun Nuts
Graham Platner’s firearms trainings are only the most public example of the left’s efforts to arm themselves.
theintercept.com/2025/11/01/l...
Graham Platner’s firearms trainings are only the most public example of the left’s efforts to arm themselves.
theintercept.com/2025/11/01/l...
Inside the World of Leftist Gun Nuts
Graham Platner’s firearms trainings are only the most public example of the left’s efforts to arm themselves.
theintercept.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Inside the World of Leftist Gun Nuts
Graham Platner’s firearms trainings are only the most public example of the left’s efforts to arm themselves.
theintercept.com/2025/11/01/l...
Graham Platner’s firearms trainings are only the most public example of the left’s efforts to arm themselves.
theintercept.com/2025/11/01/l...
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NEW: A Tennessee appeals court ruled that the evidence didn’t prove Russell Maze's innocence, even though the medical examiner whose testimony helped convict Maze had recanted and concluded Maze’s son died of natural causes, not abuse.
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
NEW: A Tennessee appeals court ruled that the evidence didn’t prove Russell Maze's innocence, even though the medical examiner whose testimony helped convict Maze had recanted and concluded Maze’s son died of natural causes, not abuse.
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
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My latest: on Friday, a Tennessee appeals court ruled that new evidence didn’t prove Russell Maze's innocence--even though the medical examiner whose testimony helped convict Maze recanted and concluded Maze’s son died of natural causes, not from being shaken.
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My latest: on Friday, a Tennessee appeals court ruled that new evidence didn’t prove Russell Maze's innocence--even though the medical examiner whose testimony helped convict Maze recanted and concluded Maze’s son died of natural causes, not from being shaken.
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
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Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
(Published August)
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
(Published August)
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map
After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires.
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
(Published August)
Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.”
(Published August)
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Bloomberg: Duffy said he is prepared to close US airspace if the budget crisis makes flying unsafe.
FAA is already short on air traffic controllers, and many of them are working without pay.
More than 6,200 flights were delayed on Friday and nearly 500 were canceled.
FAA is already short on air traffic controllers, and many of them are working without pay.
More than 6,200 flights were delayed on Friday and nearly 500 were canceled.
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Bloomberg: Duffy said he is prepared to close US airspace if the budget crisis makes flying unsafe.
FAA is already short on air traffic controllers, and many of them are working without pay.
More than 6,200 flights were delayed on Friday and nearly 500 were canceled.
FAA is already short on air traffic controllers, and many of them are working without pay.
More than 6,200 flights were delayed on Friday and nearly 500 were canceled.
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Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation is a nonprofit in DeSoto County that treats injured birds and reintroduces them into their natural environments.
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Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation Aids Avian Patients
Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation is a nonprofit in DeSoto County that treats injured birds and reintroduces them into their natural environments.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation is a nonprofit in DeSoto County that treats injured birds and reintroduces them into their natural environments.
buff.ly/jn4Xlnr
buff.ly/jn4Xlnr
A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a ‘grueling hell on earth.’
The inside story of how AppHarvest's indoor farming scheme imploded — and took its blue-collar workforce down with it.
grist.org/agriculture/...
The inside story of how AppHarvest's indoor farming scheme imploded — and took its blue-collar workforce down with it.
grist.org/agriculture/...
A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a 'grueling hell on earth.'
The inside story of how the celebrated startup AppHarvest's indoor farming scheme imploded — and took its blue-collar workforce down with it.
grist.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a ‘grueling hell on earth.’
The inside story of how AppHarvest's indoor farming scheme imploded — and took its blue-collar workforce down with it.
grist.org/agriculture/...
The inside story of how AppHarvest's indoor farming scheme imploded — and took its blue-collar workforce down with it.
grist.org/agriculture/...
60 Minutes Removes Trump’s Threat to ‘Walk Away’ from Interview During Corruption Questioning
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/60-...
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/60-...
60 Minutes Removes Trump’s Threat to ‘Walk Away’ from Interview During Corruption Questioning
Trump threatened to leave his interview with 60 Minutes' Norah O'Donnell, which was not only omitted from broadcast, but also the extended version release.
www.mediaite.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
60 Minutes Removes Trump’s Threat to ‘Walk Away’ from Interview During Corruption Questioning
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/60-...
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/60-...