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greene.haus
Just another Kavanaugh stop — a minor intrusion, just a momentary nuisance involving … er, 20 minutes in custody? NBD.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:

- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Pete Hegseth on Sept 3 talking about the strike on boats where 2 survivors were later killed in a second strike: “I watched it live.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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levparnas.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/levremem...
IMPORTANT: Why Is Donald Trump Allowed to Abuse Women Reporters and Call them “Piggy” and “Stupid”?
An emergency letter on Trump, Epstein, and a media machine that lets women be humiliated on live TV — and why it’s time to boycott his press conferences.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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maxberger.bsky.social
I'm so grateful for Kelly's leadership on this and I think he's doing a good job keeping up the pressure on Trump.

But, Democrats always say things like "Trump doesn't understand the constitution" when they should say "Trump opposes the constitution."
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 9d
Sen. Kelly: “This is about a president who doesn't want anybody to say anything that he does not like. I don't think he understands the Constitution. I think he is ignorant to the Constitution and the rule of law…This isn't about me. This is about what he will do next.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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peark.es
He's going to kill so many people and we're powerless to stop it. One of the most vile humans currently wandering around this watery rock.
lukesteuber.com Luke Snowbrr ☃️ @lukesteuber.com · 10d
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Offit told me that Kennedy is a "liar" and a "terrible human being." I asked him to explain. "It doesn't matter what I say," Offit said. "He thinks the medical journals are in the pocket of the industry, he thinks that the government is in the pocket of the industry, he thinks I'm in the pocket of industry, and he's wrong." Offit continued: "If he has data showing he's right, then fucking publish it. He can't, because he doesn't have those data." I asked Offit if he saw a way to reverse the public's rising distrust in science. "I don't think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost," he said.
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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jeisinger.bsky.social
$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme

7: Years of his sentence

10,000: Victims of his fraud

1,000: Letters from victims to the court

13: Days he served

1: Pardon from Trump

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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atrupar.com
“In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia.”
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: As part of his contempt inquiry, Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations by 12/5 attesting to their actions relating to the decision not to turn around March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights.

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA J.G.G., et al., Plaintiffs, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 25-766 (JEB) ORDER At the hearing on November 19, 2025, the Court offered both sides an opportunity to propose next steps in its inquiry into whether a criminal-contempt referral is appropriate. The Government, now for the first time, has identified who purportedly made the decision not to recall planes containing Alien Enemies Act detainees on March 15, 2025: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. See ECF No. 195 (Def. Resp.) at 2. Defendants nonetheless maintain, relying heavily on Judge Katsas's concurring opinion for the D.C. Circuit panel, that her decision was proper and not contumacious. Id. at 3-4 (citing J.G.G. v. Trump, 147 F.4th 1044, 1052 (D.C. Cir. 2025) (Katsas, J., concurring)). As a result, the Government posits that "no further steps are warranted" because "Defendants did not violate this Court's order." Id. at 1. Given that the other two panel members (plus the majority of the en banc court) did not agree with J. Katsas, the Court is not prepared at this juncture to terminate its inquiry. Instead, it must determine whether Secretary Noem or anyone else should be referred for potential contempt prosecution. In other words, the Court must decide if: (1) the court order was "clear and reasonably specific"; (2) "the defendant violated the order"; and (3) "the violation was willful." United States v. Young, 107 F.3d 903, 907 (D.C. Cir. 1997) (quoting United States v. NYNEX Corp., 8 F.3d 52, 54 (D.C. Cir. 1993)). In conducting such inquiry, Plaintiffs submit that the Court should "require the government to promptly file declarations) identifying all individuals involved in the decision not to halt the transfer of class members out of U.S. physical custody on March 15 and 16, 2025." ECF No. 193 (Pl. Resp.) at 1. "[O]nce these declarations are filed and depending on what information they disclose, the Court should then determine the appropriate sequence of witness testimony, and the manner in which that testimony should be provided." Id. The Government similarly notes: "If the Court believes any further information is needed for [its inquiry], Defendants respectfully request an opportunity to provide that information to the Court by way of declarations in the first instance (as even Plaintiffs agree is appropriate)." Def. Resp. at 1. The Court will adopt the parties' agreement on starting with declarations; it will then assess the need for witness testimony. It therefore ORDERS that by December 5, 2025, the Government shall submit declarations from all individuals involved in the decision not to halt the transfer of class members out of U.S. physical custody on March 15 and 16, 2025. Such declarations shall detail their roles in such decision. /s/ James E. Boasberg JAMES E. BOASBERG Chief Judge
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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christopherjhale.bsky.social
Pope Leo's envoy to the United States is raising the alarm on JD Vance’s political ideology — warning it’s authoritarianism disguised as religion.
Pope Leo XIV’s US Ambassador Rips Vance’s “Post-Liberal” Crusade in Newly Discovered Speech
In a once-secret address now brought to light, Pope Leo's envoy to America delivers a stinging critique of JD Vance’s “post-liberal” Catholic movement — warning it flirts with authoritarianism.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
'An ordinary president, Kelly told us on Tuesday afternoon, would have responded to the video by affirming that troops should of course follow lawful orders. “But not this guy,” he added. “We basically said, ‘Follow the law.’ And he said, ‘Kill them.’”'

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
‘An Example MUST BE SET’
The pursuit of Mark Kelly in the military-justice system sends a clear message to service members and veterans.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
pavlovsbod.bsky.social
Just realized randomly that the "Epstein-Barr virus" takes on a whole new fucked up dimension.
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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ericswalwell.bsky.social
They should change the name from "Homeland Security" because that's not their focus any more www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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fritschner.bsky.social
Massie's prediction that the Administration would use the bogus Trump-directed "investigations" of Bill Clinton and Reid Hoffman as an excuse to continue blocking release of the Epstein files, on the spurious grounds that it's an ongoing investigation, is looking pretty good here
New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush: NEWS: Bondi said that "new information" obtained by investigators had prompted her to reverse her decision to close the Epstein case four months ago. Both Bondi and her top deputy, Todd Blanche, would not say what that information was.
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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jamellebouie.net
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
dennycarter.bsky.social Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 24d
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 5 Lawyer, National Security Division: Bondi signaled the Foreign Agents Registration Act would be enforced only in very limited circumstances after the Justice Department had done a lot over the last decade to give it teeth. At its core, FARA is a transparency statute, to let the American public know when foreign actors engage in political activities or try to influence U.S. discourse. If you're concerned about foreign money and influence in politics, it's a bad time to go dark.
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
Gosh, why and how could that be? Such an enigma!
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
My friend @drannieandrews.com will be Lindsey Graham's opponent.
She is a pediatric surgeon who has performed spinal surgeries on children, running against a grownup with no spine. Dr. Andrews is poised to perform a full Lindsey-ectomy on the United States Senate.
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
> @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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pamkeithdc.bsky.social
I remind you that Robert Acost knew all of this shit and covered it up.

Jeff Sessions knew all of this shit and covered it up.

Bill Barr knew all of this shit and covered it up.

Merrick Garland knew all of this shit and covered it up.

Pam Bondi knew all of this shit and covered it up.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social
"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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petersagal.bsky.social
As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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andycraig.bsky.social
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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atrupar.com
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
REPUBLICAN Rep. @repchiproy is rightly APPALLED that hagerty & @marshablackburn and others snuck a provision to let senators sue taxpayers for $500,000 MINIMUM for being investigated as part of Trump’s insurrection into the government funding bill.

Insane corruption.
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM