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For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
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Was trying to think what movie this reminded me of and realized she's Kathy Bates in Misery here.
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Was trying to think what movie this reminded me of and realized she's Kathy Bates in Misery here.
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Happy 100th birthday Dick Van Dyke!
a man in a hat is dancing in a crowd of people
ALT: a man in a hat is dancing in a crowd of people
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Happy 100th birthday Dick Van Dyke!
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JUST IN: Judge orders feds to return data & emails from Comey friend Dan Richman, says investigators showed "callous disregard" for Richman's rights through warrantless rummaging through data for recent Comey probe. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Court orders DOJ to return data seized from Comey friend
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled the material obtained from law professor Daniel Richman was handled with “callous disregard” for his rights.
www.politico.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
JUST IN: Judge orders feds to return data & emails from Comey friend Dan Richman, says investigators showed "callous disregard" for Richman's rights through warrantless rummaging through data for recent Comey probe. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Apparently, hotel & resorts in the US haven't been generous enough in giving cash for Donald's gilded ballroom.
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Apparently, hotel & resorts in the US haven't been generous enough in giving cash for Donald's gilded ballroom.
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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Why can’t businesses fire employees for being an asshole to customers? Not being an asshole to customers is a core part of the job.
The cancel culture debates helped me realize the actual argument against it is “I don’t think shouting those things at those customers constitutes being an asshole.”
The cancel culture debates helped me realize the actual argument against it is “I don’t think shouting those things at those customers constitutes being an asshole.”
December 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Why can’t businesses fire employees for being an asshole to customers? Not being an asshole to customers is a core part of the job.
The cancel culture debates helped me realize the actual argument against it is “I don’t think shouting those things at those customers constitutes being an asshole.”
The cancel culture debates helped me realize the actual argument against it is “I don’t think shouting those things at those customers constitutes being an asshole.”
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NEW: The DOJ sues Massachusetts and Nevada for refusing to provide unredacted voter rolls, arguing states must "preserve and protect their constituents from vote dilution." The new lawsuits mark an escalation in the department’s national campaign for private voter data.
Trump DOJ Sues Massachusetts and Nevada In Expanding Bid to Seize States’ Private Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NEW: The DOJ sues Massachusetts and Nevada for refusing to provide unredacted voter rolls, arguing states must "preserve and protect their constituents from vote dilution." The new lawsuits mark an escalation in the department’s national campaign for private voter data.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.
@apnews.com #NightmareClient
@apnews.com #NightmareClient
December 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.
@apnews.com #NightmareClient
@apnews.com #NightmareClient
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The Atlantic embracing worker rights only when the most racist person in America has been affected is maybe the most The Atlantic has ever Atlanticed
i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Atlantic embracing worker rights only when the most racist person in America has been affected is maybe the most The Atlantic has ever Atlanticed
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I observe that total moral degeneracy tends to have a corrosive effect on a political movement, if it has no genuine standards or principles then it will tend to get devoured by progressively more insane grifters
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I observe that total moral degeneracy tends to have a corrosive effect on a political movement, if it has no genuine standards or principles then it will tend to get devoured by progressively more insane grifters
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Bigotry is not a working class value, and it's awfully condescending to assume that it is.
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Bigotry is not a working class value, and it's awfully condescending to assume that it is.
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Not only is this tantamount to reintroducing visas for these countries, it's actually stricter than any visa I've applied for (including Russia and China) in recent memory.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Not only is this tantamount to reintroducing visas for these countries, it's actually stricter than any visa I've applied for (including Russia and China) in recent memory.
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conservatives used to mock anti-vaxxers as clueless libs but as soon as it became associated with the right it took over the party and became a mainstream threat to public health
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
conservatives used to mock anti-vaxxers as clueless libs but as soon as it became associated with the right it took over the party and became a mainstream threat to public health
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This is also just deeply amateur hour. Judge Xinis ruled (1) there was no removal order; and (2) even if there were, his continued detention violates Zadvydas; and (3) there's a lurking due process problem.
Getting the IJ to issue a nunc pro tunc order addresses (1), but makes (2) and (3) WORSE.
Getting the IJ to issue a nunc pro tunc order addresses (1), but makes (2) and (3) WORSE.
December 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is also just deeply amateur hour. Judge Xinis ruled (1) there was no removal order; and (2) even if there were, his continued detention violates Zadvydas; and (3) there's a lurking due process problem.
Getting the IJ to issue a nunc pro tunc order addresses (1), but makes (2) and (3) WORSE.
Getting the IJ to issue a nunc pro tunc order addresses (1), but makes (2) and (3) WORSE.
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The question remains: what exactly is it the Trump administration wants in the KAG cases?
If they wanted to deport him, they could have done that since August, since he said he'd accept removal to Costa Rica.
Instead, they're just like: let's act as shady as we fucking can . . . for no reason.
If they wanted to deport him, they could have done that since August, since he said he'd accept removal to Costa Rica.
Instead, they're just like: let's act as shady as we fucking can . . . for no reason.
My full write-up:
In a dramatic series of overnight developments, the Trump administration took extraordinary steps to try to re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia within hours of his court-ordered release, but a federal judge stepped in and blocked the move.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
In a dramatic series of overnight developments, the Trump administration took extraordinary steps to try to re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia within hours of his court-ordered release, but a federal judge stepped in and blocked the move.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
BREAKING: Judge Blocks ICE From Re-Detaining Abrego Garcia
Sua Sponte and Nunc Pro Tunc In a dramatic series of overnight...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The question remains: what exactly is it the Trump administration wants in the KAG cases?
If they wanted to deport him, they could have done that since August, since he said he'd accept removal to Costa Rica.
Instead, they're just like: let's act as shady as we fucking can . . . for no reason.
If they wanted to deport him, they could have done that since August, since he said he'd accept removal to Costa Rica.
Instead, they're just like: let's act as shady as we fucking can . . . for no reason.
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“How do unconsolidated authoritarian regimes fail?”
“Two ways: gradually, then suddenly”
“Two ways: gradually, then suddenly”
This is far from over, but I tend to agree. Authoritarian attempts are prototypical cases of multiple equilibria: when the key actors believe that it will succeed, they are more likely to join, which makes it more likely to succeed. When that belief crumbles, the probability of success vanishes...
In the last few weeks, I’ve become increasingly convinced that Trump and his regime are totally cooked.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“How do unconsolidated authoritarian regimes fail?”
“Two ways: gradually, then suddenly”
“Two ways: gradually, then suddenly”
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Enten on Trump being 40 points underwater on healthcare: "That is gosh darn awful! It's horrendous ... the bottom line is Americans very much dislike Donald Trump on healthcare ... this is just awful politics for Republicans ... they don't buy the Republican spin at all"
December 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Enten on Trump being 40 points underwater on healthcare: "That is gosh darn awful! It's horrendous ... the bottom line is Americans very much dislike Donald Trump on healthcare ... this is just awful politics for Republicans ... they don't buy the Republican spin at all"
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Enten: "Strongly approve of Trump, this is 2024 Trump voters. In March it was 66% percent. Look where we are now - it's just 50% of 2024 Trump voters strongly approve of him. They don't love him as much, and that means there's a permission structure to go against him. That's what you saw in Indiana"
December 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Enten: "Strongly approve of Trump, this is 2024 Trump voters. In March it was 66% percent. Look where we are now - it's just 50% of 2024 Trump voters strongly approve of him. They don't love him as much, and that means there's a permission structure to go against him. That's what you saw in Indiana"
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“RFK Jr. has basically taken over CDC and is using it to advance anti-science views — and public health across America has been weakened in all respects,” says Dr. Fiona Havers, a former vaccine expert at the CDC.
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“RFK Jr. has basically taken over CDC and is using it to advance anti-science views — and public health across America has been weakened in all respects,” says Dr. Fiona Havers, a former vaccine expert at the CDC.