Adam Tavitian
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This is the abhorrently unethical man who served Trump and got rewarded with an appeals court seat. Democrats should begin impeachment proceedings against him the moment they are able to do so.
JUST IN: Judge Emil Bove's dissent to 3rd Cir denying en banc in case striking PA mail-in ballot dating rule. Bove mocks impact: 'For a voter with a functioning pen, sufficient ink & average hand dexterity, this should take less than five seconds.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is the abhorrently unethical man who served Trump and got rewarded with an appeals court seat. Democrats should begin impeachment proceedings against him the moment they are able to do so.
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The devil will work harder
NEW: Eric Adams will pack the Rent Guidelines Board with at least 6 new members in an attempt to block Zohran Mamdani's plan to pause rent increases for regulated apartments, the New York Post reports.
Exclusive | Eric Adams could block Zohran Mamdani’s signature NYC ‘rent freeze’ plan — possibly with help from reality TV star: sources
Hizzoner is planning to appoint at least six new members to the Rent Guidelines Board, completely remaking the majority of the nine-person board ahead of Zohran Mamdani’s expected mayoralty, …
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October 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The devil will work harder
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The crazy thing is that despite this costing literally billions of dollars; they have the money for it!
That’s right, Congress decided to cut funding for public broadcasting and benefits for Americans and instead give CBP billions for the border wall, which they’ll now use to paint the wall black.
That’s right, Congress decided to cut funding for public broadcasting and benefits for Americans and instead give CBP billions for the border wall, which they’ll now use to paint the wall black.
President Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it’ll be too hot to touch, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
Trump Wants to Paint Border Wall Black So It’s Too Hot to Touch
President Donald Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it’ll be too hot to touch, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The crazy thing is that despite this costing literally billions of dollars; they have the money for it!
That’s right, Congress decided to cut funding for public broadcasting and benefits for Americans and instead give CBP billions for the border wall, which they’ll now use to paint the wall black.
That’s right, Congress decided to cut funding for public broadcasting and benefits for Americans and instead give CBP billions for the border wall, which they’ll now use to paint the wall black.
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Musk spend money to have labor law in the us ruled unconstitutional
5th Cir. holds that the structure of the NLRB violates the separation of powers. Preliminarily enjoins three enforcement actions, including one against SpaceX.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Musk spend money to have labor law in the us ruled unconstitutional
Fuck you, Republicans
August 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fuck you, Republicans
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Camarillo, CA - One particular border patrol agent carrying les lethal rounds near the front has occasionally jaw jacked and made mildly threatening posture choices towards the crowd throughout the night as we have been here.
July 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Camarillo, CA - One particular border patrol agent carrying les lethal rounds near the front has occasionally jaw jacked and made mildly threatening posture choices towards the crowd throughout the night as we have been here.
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Seen a couple headlines now referring to the trade court’s “surprise” ruling yesterday, which I think is Journalese for “we failed to inform readers about how dubious and unprecedented Trump’s legal theory was, and would now like to pretend it was totally unforeseeable the whole thing was illegal.”
May 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Seen a couple headlines now referring to the trade court’s “surprise” ruling yesterday, which I think is Journalese for “we failed to inform readers about how dubious and unprecedented Trump’s legal theory was, and would now like to pretend it was totally unforeseeable the whole thing was illegal.”
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Phil Swagel, the current CBO director, worked in George W. Bush's Treasury Department and was chosen as CBO director by Senate Republicans.
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May 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Phil Swagel, the current CBO director, worked in George W. Bush's Treasury Department and was chosen as CBO director by Senate Republicans.
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rollcall.com/2019/05/15/s...
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
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May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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🚨BREAKING: Three judge panel with 2 Trump appointees STRIKES DOWN Alabama congressional map for violating Constitution and VRA.
Court finds Alabama INTENTIONALLY discriminated against Black voters.
Proud of ELG team and our clients in this historic fight!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...
Court finds Alabama INTENTIONALLY discriminated against Black voters.
Proud of ELG team and our clients in this historic fight!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...
🚨 Voting Rights Victory in Alabama
Read about the latest voting rights victory in Allen v. Milligan.
www.democracydocket.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: Three judge panel with 2 Trump appointees STRIKES DOWN Alabama congressional map for violating Constitution and VRA.
Court finds Alabama INTENTIONALLY discriminated against Black voters.
Proud of ELG team and our clients in this historic fight!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...
Court finds Alabama INTENTIONALLY discriminated against Black voters.
Proud of ELG team and our clients in this historic fight!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...
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WOW. @tanvi.bsky.social reports ICE was going to send a TEENAGER to be imprisoned in El Salvador without a trial because an officer thought a blue and white water pistol was a real gun!
He has NO criminal record, was attending school, has a pending asylum hearing, and has never gotten into trouble!
He has NO criminal record, was attending school, has a pending asylum hearing, and has never gotten into trouble!
April 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
WOW. @tanvi.bsky.social reports ICE was going to send a TEENAGER to be imprisoned in El Salvador without a trial because an officer thought a blue and white water pistol was a real gun!
He has NO criminal record, was attending school, has a pending asylum hearing, and has never gotten into trouble!
He has NO criminal record, was attending school, has a pending asylum hearing, and has never gotten into trouble!
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In the law firm executive order cases, DOJ takes the position that an injunction barring implementation will only be enforceable against the govt agencies named in the complaint. So Perkins Coie just amended its complaint to name all the relevant fed agencies. The case caption is now 40 pages long.
April 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In the law firm executive order cases, DOJ takes the position that an injunction barring implementation will only be enforceable against the govt agencies named in the complaint. So Perkins Coie just amended its complaint to name all the relevant fed agencies. The case caption is now 40 pages long.
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Host: You could call and get Abrego Garcia back.
Trump: I could
Host: But the Supreme Court has ordered you to facilitate his release.
Trump: I'm not the one making this decision
Host: You're the president!
Trump: I could
Host: But the Supreme Court has ordered you to facilitate his release.
Trump: I'm not the one making this decision
Host: You're the president!
April 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Host: You could call and get Abrego Garcia back.
Trump: I could
Host: But the Supreme Court has ordered you to facilitate his release.
Trump: I'm not the one making this decision
Host: You're the president!
Trump: I could
Host: But the Supreme Court has ordered you to facilitate his release.
Trump: I'm not the one making this decision
Host: You're the president!
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We’ll be marching to the ICE field office in downtown LA on Saturday to demand the return of our students’ visas at 3pm, following the AOC/Bernie rally. I’ll be tabling at the rally, in case you want to say hi. All extremely welcome, including students and member of the public.
April 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
We’ll be marching to the ICE field office in downtown LA on Saturday to demand the return of our students’ visas at 3pm, following the AOC/Bernie rally. I’ll be tabling at the rally, in case you want to say hi. All extremely welcome, including students and member of the public.
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Trump has not issued a proclamation that purports to invoke the Alien Enemies Act against MS-13 or Mexican drug cartels
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Trump has not issued a proclamation that purports to invoke the Alien Enemies Act against MS-13 or Mexican drug cartels
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Having known a decent number of officers, I’ve always been impressed by their sense that they owe obedience to the law, not the president.
That said, any split on the legality of orders puts us in a really, really, really bad place.
That said, any split on the legality of orders puts us in a really, really, really bad place.
i am going to really encourage people to develop any familiarity whatsoever with the composition and culture of the american armed forces bsky.app/profile/some...
I'm sorry but every indication is that troops will follow any and all orders given. The US military does not have a history of disobeying unlawful orders.
April 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Having known a decent number of officers, I’ve always been impressed by their sense that they owe obedience to the law, not the president.
That said, any split on the legality of orders puts us in a really, really, really bad place.
That said, any split on the legality of orders puts us in a really, really, really bad place.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting IRS commissioner to resign over deal to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE to help deport them, AP sources say.
April 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting IRS commissioner to resign over deal to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE to help deport them, AP sources say.
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Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
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stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
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It feels like there should be some kind of big dramatic countdown for 12:01 am ET, when the most dramatic tariffs start. Like the official end to America as a superpower.
April 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It feels like there should be some kind of big dramatic countdown for 12:01 am ET, when the most dramatic tariffs start. Like the official end to America as a superpower.
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Great work, United States Senate.
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Great work, United States Senate.
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The Trump administration is preparing to argue that a federal judge in NY does *not* have jurisdiction to hear Mahmoud Khalil's case and that venue should be transfered to Louisiana, where he is currently being held.
Khalil's lawyers want him transfered back to NY ASAP.
Khalil's lawyers want him transfered back to NY ASAP.
March 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Trump administration is preparing to argue that a federal judge in NY does *not* have jurisdiction to hear Mahmoud Khalil's case and that venue should be transfered to Louisiana, where he is currently being held.
Khalil's lawyers want him transfered back to NY ASAP.
Khalil's lawyers want him transfered back to NY ASAP.
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If I were a lawyer pulling this shit I would show up to court with a toothbrush expecting to wind up in custody.
BREAKING: Trump administration says acting OPM chief Charles Ezell won't show up at hearing in San Francisco Thursday where judge ordered him to testify. DOJ is also withdrawing his declaration in the suit over mass firing of probationary employees. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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March 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
If I were a lawyer pulling this shit I would show up to court with a toothbrush expecting to wind up in custody.
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Today in DOJ:
A lowly, unelected bureaucrat with no policymaking authority makes a major policy announcement about a type of officer contemplated in the Constitution.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state...
A lowly, unelected bureaucrat with no policymaking authority makes a major policy announcement about a type of officer contemplated in the Constitution.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state...
February 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Today in DOJ:
A lowly, unelected bureaucrat with no policymaking authority makes a major policy announcement about a type of officer contemplated in the Constitution.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state...
A lowly, unelected bureaucrat with no policymaking authority makes a major policy announcement about a type of officer contemplated in the Constitution.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state...