A. A. Caldwell
@underexpose.bsky.social
I work with words and light.
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this excellent review of oral arguments in trump v. slaughter gets to the profound dishonesty of the conservative majority — the refusal to own the consequences of their actions
SlaughterHouse 9
The Unitary Executive Theory Ascendant – Sort of
harrylitman.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
this excellent review of oral arguments in trump v. slaughter gets to the profound dishonesty of the conservative majority — the refusal to own the consequences of their actions
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How did Trump get evade accountability? This book explains. #whatimreading
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
How did Trump get evade accountability? This book explains. #whatimreading
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News Analysis: A decades-long conservative project is coming to a head at the Supreme Court as President Trump pushes to oust leaders of independent agencies.
Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies
President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.
nyti.ms
December 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
News Analysis: A decades-long conservative project is coming to a head at the Supreme Court as President Trump pushes to oust leaders of independent agencies.
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Brilliant. We need this everywhere.
[Florence, Italy]
[Florence, Italy]
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Brilliant. We need this everywhere.
[Florence, Italy]
[Florence, Italy]
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Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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This is really important and also great
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is really important and also great
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
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Social media is full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped results.
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
December 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Social media is full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped results.
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The danger of Netflix buying Warner Bros. “is not annihilation but centralization,” Roy Price writes in a guest essay. “When two of the most important sources of premium programming are combined, the marketplace loses an entire programming philosophy.”
The danger of Netflix buying Warner Bros. “is not annihilation but centralization,” Roy Price writes in a guest essay. “When two of the most important sources of premium programming are combined, the marketplace loses an entire programming philosophy.”
Opinion | If Netflix Eats Warner Bros., It Will Be the End of Hollywood
The demise of Hollywood has been predicted many times. If Netflix is allowed to acquire Warner Bros., it might actually happen.
nyti.ms
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The danger of Netflix buying Warner Bros. “is not annihilation but centralization,” Roy Price writes in a guest essay. “When two of the most important sources of premium programming are combined, the marketplace loses an entire programming philosophy.”
The danger of Netflix buying Warner Bros. “is not annihilation but centralization,” Roy Price writes in a guest essay. “When two of the most important sources of premium programming are combined, the marketplace loses an entire programming philosophy.”
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News Analysis: President Trump has long portrayed European allies as freeloaders that fail to pay enough for their own security. That contempt is now official White House policy.
Trump’s Security Doctrine Leaves Europe at a Strategic Crossroads
A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads.
nyti.ms
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
News Analysis: President Trump has long portrayed European allies as freeloaders that fail to pay enough for their own security. That contempt is now official White House policy.
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i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
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Correct spelling eludes a New York Times headline.
December 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Correct spelling eludes a New York Times headline.
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Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders— By Ana Claudia Chacin and David Goodhue
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders— By Ana Claudia Chacin and David Goodhue
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The American Revolution,” Ken Burns’s new docuseries, “is intelligently self-critical history of a kind most people worldwide are deprived of,” John McWhorter writes. “Showing us what the era entailed for all different kinds of early Americans isn’t woke; it’s accurate.”
“The American Revolution,” Ken Burns’s new docuseries, “is intelligently self-critical history of a kind most people worldwide are deprived of,” John McWhorter writes. “Showing us what the era entailed for all different kinds of early Americans isn’t woke; it’s accurate.”
Opinion | ‘The American Revolution’ Is Not Woke. It’s Magnificent.
Don’t be shocked: There were Black people and Native Americans during the colonial era.
nyti.ms
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The American Revolution,” Ken Burns’s new docuseries, “is intelligently self-critical history of a kind most people worldwide are deprived of,” John McWhorter writes. “Showing us what the era entailed for all different kinds of early Americans isn’t woke; it’s accurate.”
“The American Revolution,” Ken Burns’s new docuseries, “is intelligently self-critical history of a kind most people worldwide are deprived of,” John McWhorter writes. “Showing us what the era entailed for all different kinds of early Americans isn’t woke; it’s accurate.”
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Jennifer and I are deeply saddened by the passing of Frank Gehry, a true architectural genius.
He will be missed, but his legacy in California and beyond stands as tall as his finest creations.
We send our deepest condolences to his family and friends.
He will be missed, but his legacy in California and beyond stands as tall as his finest creations.
We send our deepest condolences to his family and friends.
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Jennifer and I are deeply saddened by the passing of Frank Gehry, a true architectural genius.
He will be missed, but his legacy in California and beyond stands as tall as his finest creations.
We send our deepest condolences to his family and friends.
He will be missed, but his legacy in California and beyond stands as tall as his finest creations.
We send our deepest condolences to his family and friends.
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As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (or deserve) free advertising for Spotify Wrapped: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (or deserve) free advertising for Spotify Wrapped: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
So, Large Marge was only 33 years old when she died? Did her ghost age?
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So, Large Marge was only 33 years old when she died? Did her ghost age?
From today's New York Times: a chance to laugh at the ironic use of "upshot" and then weep one's way through the sad facts of the article.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
From today's New York Times: a chance to laugh at the ironic use of "upshot" and then weep one's way through the sad facts of the article.
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
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Most Americans who voted for Trump did not understand he would do this.
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Most Americans who voted for Trump did not understand he would do this.