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Attorney. Orange County, NY. Trump’s defense attorneys are running & weaponizing DOJ. Remember Melissa & Mark Hortman and The German White Rose students who lost their lives in the fight for Democracy. Mamdani is the future. Netanyahu is Hitler.
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📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
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Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
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NEW: 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other UC campuses say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations in a rushed and politically motivated process.
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say 'fraudulent' UC antisemitism probes led them to quit
The Times spoke to nine former Department of Justice civil rights attorneys tasked with investigating antisemitism complaints at the University of California. They all resigned during their invetigati...
www.latimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NEW: 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other UC campuses say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations in a rushed and politically motivated process.
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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“.. The problem isn’t that grocery prices are high .. the problem is that nobody is giving the president credit for all the good things happening in the make-believe world he inhabits.”
@rexhuppke.bsky.social
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@rexhuppke.bsky.social
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December 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“.. The problem isn’t that grocery prices are high .. the problem is that nobody is giving the president credit for all the good things happening in the make-believe world he inhabits.”
@rexhuppke.bsky.social
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
@rexhuppke.bsky.social
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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Since we're discussing the two Brown Students who survived earlier school shootings, Mia Tretta and Zoe Weissman, remember that Kylie Ossege survived the Oxford School shooting and the MSU one, and Owen Robinson survived the MSU school shooting at the FSU one.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Since we're discussing the two Brown Students who survived earlier school shootings, Mia Tretta and Zoe Weissman, remember that Kylie Ossege survived the Oxford School shooting and the MSU one, and Owen Robinson survived the MSU school shooting at the FSU one.
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Keep in mind that Trump and Miller are denying citizenship to immigrants from 19 countries who have “followed all the rules” and spent years and $ doing so, by canceling naturalization ceremonies. Democrats should be pushing this issue hard every day. They did what Republicans wanted them to do!
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Keep in mind that Trump and Miller are denying citizenship to immigrants from 19 countries who have “followed all the rules” and spent years and $ doing so, by canceling naturalization ceremonies. Democrats should be pushing this issue hard every day. They did what Republicans wanted them to do!
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The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
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BOYCOTT CBS
It’s official. @CBSNews is officially dead to me.
December 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
BOYCOTT CBS
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December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
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Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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December 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
substack.com/@robertreich... And expanding SCOTUS to 13
Robert Reich (@robertreich)
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
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substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
substack.com/@robertreich... And expanding SCOTUS to 13
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As we first pointed out in September, there's no easy and straightforward federal hook here: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
December 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
As we first pointed out in September, there's no easy and straightforward federal hook here: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Abrego’s lawyers sought emergency relief on the ground of, essentially, that’s not how any of this works.
They needed before the time of Abrego’s ICE check-in by 8 am TODAY.
Judge Xinis granted it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They needed before the time of Abrego’s ICE check-in by 8 am TODAY.
Judge Xinis granted it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Abrego’s lawyers sought emergency relief on the ground of, essentially, that’s not how any of this works.
They needed before the time of Abrego’s ICE check-in by 8 am TODAY.
Judge Xinis granted it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They needed before the time of Abrego’s ICE check-in by 8 am TODAY.
Judge Xinis granted it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I have been informed that Abrego walked in and out of his ICE check-in this morning with no issues.
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I have been informed that Abrego walked in and out of his ICE check-in this morning with no issues.
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While ICE continues to torment Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Maryland, federal prosecutors in Tennessee are trying to rig his forthcoming trial by suppressing any discussion of his unlawful deportation or the suspicious favors witnesses will get in exchange for their testimony. slate.com/news-and-pol...
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
While ICE continues to torment Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Maryland, federal prosecutors in Tennessee are trying to rig his forthcoming trial by suppressing any discussion of his unlawful deportation or the suspicious favors witnesses will get in exchange for their testimony. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Good piece about some very bad editorials, which I find more depressing than enraging. They have no apparent audience (besides Bezos) and lack basic fluency in the legal concepts they discuss. Both asinine and utterly pointless. Can someone who understands the law at least write them?
It is hard to overstate how shallow and embarrassing the Washington Post Editorial Board's analysis is whenver it tries to write about the law. They don't make arguments so much as they crank out half-assed jumbles of buzzwords that they hope will make Jeff Bezos happy. Don't care for it at all!
The Washington Post Editorial Board Is Spectacularly Awful at Legal Analysis
Since Bezos overhauled the board earlier this year, it has been very good at cranking out billionaire-friendly propaganda. It is quite bad at everything else.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Good piece about some very bad editorials, which I find more depressing than enraging. They have no apparent audience (besides Bezos) and lack basic fluency in the legal concepts they discuss. Both asinine and utterly pointless. Can someone who understands the law at least write them?