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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · May 28
martyd409.bsky.social
She can't help it. The special costume she ordered to wear when signing the approval hasn't come from China yet because, you know, tariffs 🤷
"Multiple segments of border wall construction are being held up by lack of final sign-off from ... Kristi Noem"
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Axios (@axios) on Threads
Multiple segments of border wall construction are being held up by lack of final sign-off from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Axios has learned from two sources familiar with the delays.
www.threads.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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I visited Rose Goute Creole restaurant in Springfield today to talk to people about the impact of TPS for Haitians being extended by a court order. Here's what people told me. springfieldnewssun.com/news/this-is...
‘This is good for us’: Diners at Springfield Haitian restaurant react to judge blocking end of TPS for Haiti
Rose Goute Creole restaurant in Springfield saw a small lunch rush Tuesday afternoon, with several patrons saying they came specifically to support Haitian business.
springfieldnewssun.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:18 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
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Gabriel Sterling (@gabrielsterling) on Threads
As your Secretary of State, I will always fight for Georgia. There should never be a Federal takeover of our elections. I will never allow this, regardless of the party of the Administration in power....
www.threads.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
(gift article)
wapo.st/4rtfCw8
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
wapo.st
February 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
SHARE FAR AND WIDE⤵️⤵️
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Steve Rattner (@stevenrattner) on Threads
Welfare fraud should always be taken seriously, but the right’s characterization of it as an immigrant problem is completely off-base — US citizens account for 95% of fraud losses. cc: @catoinstitute
www.threads.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
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Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) on Threads
Who goes back to court to lock up a 5-year-old?? Cruel and completely shameful.
www.threads.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
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Brooke Torrin (@brookiewithacamie) on Threads
from an elementary school in minneapolis. jesus christ 💔
www.threads.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨
February 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
Crypto Crash-o ???
February 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
AMERICA BACKSLIDING FASTER THAN ANY OTHER (graphic from P Krugman post today,ink in Reply)
February 3, 2026 at 11:52 AM
martyd409.bsky.social
TRUMP PROMISED A MANUFACTURING
💥BOOM 💥
Seems a lot more smoldering is going down.
(gift article)
www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...
U.S. Manufacturing Is in Retreat and Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t Helping
Levies on imports were supposed to bring back a golden age of U.S. manufacturing. They haven’t worked, so far.
www.wsj.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:46 AM
martyd409.bsky.social
🔥 "It's a tour de force" from Steve Vladeck is HIGH PRAISE, INDEED!
So read up.
stevevladeck.bsky.social Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 1d
Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

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"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1 More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet]. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up, twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all. See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id. The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes, the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary, Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A. As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot] Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section IV.B.2.b. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.

These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
martyd409.bsky.social
Corey is the 'brains' behind Kristi, and he does not even know that Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (professional name 'Bad Bunny') is an American citizen.
Trump's whole organization is filled with nincompoops. (I'm feeling generous tonight.)
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Corey Lewandowski: "I was really gonna go to the Super Bowl, but then Bad Bunny showed up. Listen -- anybody who is an American has nothing to worry about. It's the rapists and the murderers and the sex traffickers and child pedophiles who are in this country who need to be worried."
February 3, 2026 at 1:42 AM
martyd409.bsky.social
💥 NOTICE THE MOVE from he wasn't / they weren't there to he/they were just 'partying'.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Blanche: It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 AM
martyd409.bsky.social
'Canejo' means 'rabbit' or 'bunny' . . . Hence how special that hat is to Liam ♥️
www.threads.com/@vachaniart/...
Nancy Vachani (@vachaniart) on Threads
Look at Liam Canejo Ramos happy face! He is thrilled to be back home with family in Minnesota. 😍💕
www.threads.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 3, 2026 at 1:03 AM
martyd409.bsky.social
Dear Senators, Representatives, Governors, and Oval Office
February 2, 2026 at 9:49 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
FREAKIN' WONDERFUL! 😊
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Javier Cruz (@hystericaljavi) on Threads
Bad Bunny said yall had 4 months to learn spanish, and well Trevor Noah sure did! This was too funny 😂
www.threads.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
Accidentally on purpose
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
“.. Their full names were available Sunday afternoon in the Justice Department’s keyword search, along with personally identifying details that make them readily traceable, including home addresses.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
February 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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atrupar.com
"Classes have been called off in the Columbia Heights school district today due to what officials are calling a bomb threat. The closure comes as 5-year-old preschool student Liam Conejo Ramos & his father from Columbia Heights were released from an ICE detention center in Texas and returned to MN."
School canceled in Columbia Heights due to bomb threat
Students and staff are being told not to report to school on Feb. 2.
www.startribune.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Gift Article

wapo.st/45DcMMI
Inside Musk’s bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator
Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk’s xAI loosened guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.
wapo.st
February 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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grudgie.bsky.social
Republicans seriously want to terrorize this kid for being bad press for the regime
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
"Classes have been called off in the Columbia Heights school district today due to what officials are calling a bomb threat. The closure comes as 5-year-old preschool student Liam Conejo Ramos & his father from Columbia Heights were released from an ICE detention center in Texas and returned to MN."
School canceled in Columbia Heights due to bomb threat
Students and staff are being told not to report to school on Feb. 2.
www.startribune.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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newsnation.bsky.social
The Federal Trade Commission reports a spike in phone calls from scammers claiming to be from the IRS. #YourMoney
Don’t fall for fake IRS calls claiming you owe back taxes
The Federal Trade Commission reports a spike in phone calls from scammers claiming to be from the IRS.
www.newsnationnow.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:33 PM
martyd409.bsky.social
And for all the whack jobs (Trump et al) out there who are losing their minds (Stephen Miller too, et al) over this: He IS an American citizen by birth. So cheer the heck up all you Trump/Miller fans. 😏
CONGRATULATIONS to Bad Bunny!
www.threads.com/@luismechega...
Luis Miguel Echegaray (@luismechegaray) on Threads
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. Bad Bunny. A kid from the north coast of Puerto Rico who only 10 years ago was bagging groceries at a local supermarket, makes history as the first Latino, Spanish-spea...
www.threads.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM