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The relevant briefing noting that Burlington remained a party in the district court, discussed in today's letter, appears to have been the parishes' brief — which was filed on November 13. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Alito's recusal notice came 56 days later.
Alito's recusal notice came 56 days later.
January 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The relevant briefing noting that Burlington remained a party in the district court, discussed in today's letter, appears to have been the parishes' brief — which was filed on November 13. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Alito's recusal notice came 56 days later.
Alito's recusal notice came 56 days later.
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Given Bovino's presence, worth noting that DOJ vehemently refused to let Bovino testify about any direct orders he was getting from Stephen Miller abt his Chicago invasion.
January 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Given Bovino's presence, worth noting that DOJ vehemently refused to let Bovino testify about any direct orders he was getting from Stephen Miller abt his Chicago invasion.
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Short of a Nice-style mass killing event, there's no legitimate reason for a cop to fire into a vehicle. Even if the driver is headed straight at the cop, it won't stop the car. This is why so many police departments prohibit it.
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Short of a Nice-style mass killing event, there's no legitimate reason for a cop to fire into a vehicle. Even if the driver is headed straight at the cop, it won't stop the car. This is why so many police departments prohibit it.
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Folks remember that Tricia McLaughlin was caught lying about:
The LaMonica McIver incident
The Marimar Martinez shooting
The Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez shooting
Virtually everything about Kilmar Abrego
Virtually every other use of force incident
The LaMonica McIver incident
The Marimar Martinez shooting
The Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez shooting
Virtually everything about Kilmar Abrego
Virtually every other use of force incident
January 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Folks remember that Tricia McLaughlin was caught lying about:
The LaMonica McIver incident
The Marimar Martinez shooting
The Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez shooting
Virtually everything about Kilmar Abrego
Virtually every other use of force incident
The LaMonica McIver incident
The Marimar Martinez shooting
The Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez shooting
Virtually everything about Kilmar Abrego
Virtually every other use of force incident
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The FBI sniper at Ruby Ridge was prosecuted by Idaho. The federal district court initially dismissed the charges but was overruled by the Ninth Circuit, allowing it to proceed. The case only ended when a new district attorney was elected and decided to drop it.
Remember: Federal officials do not enjoy categorical, absolute immunity from state-level prosecutions. They are entitled to removal to federal court. But conduct that is unreasonable or unnecessary for the execution of their law enforcement duties is susceptible to criminal prosecution.
January 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The FBI sniper at Ruby Ridge was prosecuted by Idaho. The federal district court initially dismissed the charges but was overruled by the Ninth Circuit, allowing it to proceed. The case only ended when a new district attorney was elected and decided to drop it.
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The US is engaging in “active measures” in Greenland.
August 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The US is engaging in “active measures” in Greenland.
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"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures...
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:"
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:"
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures...
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:"
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:"
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NOTE: This news immediately followed a Supreme Court order this morning denying the paper's shadow-docket efforts to block an injunction issued by the Third Circuit that was enforcing an NLRB unfair labor practices order relating to the paper's health insurance plans.
January 7, 2026 at 6:57 PM
NOTE: This news immediately followed a Supreme Court order this morning denying the paper's shadow-docket efforts to block an injunction issued by the Third Circuit that was enforcing an NLRB unfair labor practices order relating to the paper's health insurance plans.
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Sadly this is correct, and no one likes it because people want to see punishment. The same process that created the problem cannot solve it. The only way is to remove power and money (which are the same basically).
I want people to realize prosecuting the police is always a long shot and even when successful that it hasn’t produced any observable change in behavior from the police in general.
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Sadly this is correct, and no one likes it because people want to see punishment. The same process that created the problem cannot solve it. The only way is to remove power and money (which are the same basically).
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We don't have to live like this.
January 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
We don't have to live like this.
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Hey so this modern terror squad is doing exactly what they were hired to do. This has always been about terrorizing residents into submission. He didn't cozy up to dictatorship fans for shits & giggles. He idolized them and wants to be one.
ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Hey so this modern terror squad is doing exactly what they were hired to do. This has always been about terrorizing residents into submission. He didn't cozy up to dictatorship fans for shits & giggles. He idolized them and wants to be one.
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While CBP and ICE are giving piss-poor training, more training really won't stop the problem. Greg Bovino is very well trained. The call to train better will just be pouring money into a violent organization that literally trains people to be violent.
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
While CBP and ICE are giving piss-poor training, more training really won't stop the problem. Greg Bovino is very well trained. The call to train better will just be pouring money into a violent organization that literally trains people to be violent.
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After posting on the White House website just yesterday that Ashli Babbit was "murdered in cold blood," the administration states that the victim of the ICE shooting in Minnesota was justifiably killed as a "domestic terrorist."
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
After posting on the White House website just yesterday that Ashli Babbit was "murdered in cold blood," the administration states that the victim of the ICE shooting in Minnesota was justifiably killed as a "domestic terrorist."
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Law enforcement officers CANNOT use deadly force against a fleeing person fleeing unless they have a reasonable belief that the individual poses a danger to others (e.g., they know the person is armed). If in vehicle, the person must be threatening to use deadly force with the vehicle or other means
January 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Law enforcement officers CANNOT use deadly force against a fleeing person fleeing unless they have a reasonable belief that the individual poses a danger to others (e.g., they know the person is armed). If in vehicle, the person must be threatening to use deadly force with the vehicle or other means
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More impunity invites more brazen acts of violence against innocent bystanders.
Here are two key frames of the video. (Changed language on the first notation.)
January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
More impunity invites more brazen acts of violence against innocent bystanders.
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Ok so it’s just a personal Trump shakedown for oil money, got it
??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Ok so it’s just a personal Trump shakedown for oil money, got it
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??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
January 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
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🚨NEW: Federal officers like ICE agents have been routinely prosecuted by states for violating state laws, up to and including murder, since the 1800s.
Minnesota has every ability to do this with today's killing of a motorist by an ICE agent.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
Minnesota has every ability to do this with today's killing of a motorist by an ICE agent.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder - The American Prospect
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.
prospect.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
🚨NEW: Federal officers like ICE agents have been routinely prosecuted by states for violating state laws, up to and including murder, since the 1800s.
Minnesota has every ability to do this with today's killing of a motorist by an ICE agent.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
Minnesota has every ability to do this with today's killing of a motorist by an ICE agent.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
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Actions have consequences.
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Actions have consequences.
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Trump: "I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion. This will allow us to build the 'Dream Military' that we have long been entitled to."
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Trump: "I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion. This will allow us to build the 'Dream Military' that we have long been entitled to."
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FYI:
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
January 7, 2026 at 4:47 AM
FYI:
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
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I know people believe that the Democrats are in the minority and can't do anything. I would encourage you to read about how, in fact, minority parties can be disruptive. If they want to be. You don't even have to read. You can just see how the Republicans acted during the Obama years.
January 6, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I know people believe that the Democrats are in the minority and can't do anything. I would encourage you to read about how, in fact, minority parties can be disruptive. If they want to be. You don't even have to read. You can just see how the Republicans acted during the Obama years.
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REALLY important to note homicide has dropped sharply all OVER the place, in places that have a lot of diff policing tactics.
That doesn’t mean that what the NYPD did was irrelevant, but also def means that you can’t simply say “we did x, then crime fell,” bc a lot of not-xs saw similar drops.
That doesn’t mean that what the NYPD did was irrelevant, but also def means that you can’t simply say “we did x, then crime fell,” bc a lot of not-xs saw similar drops.
“When asked about reforms he has promised, like eliminating the NYPD’s gang database and outsourcing many mental health calls to a newly created agency, he deferred to Tisch.
“At this time, there is no change planned to the crime-fighting strategy that has delivered historic results,” Tisch said.”
“At this time, there is no change planned to the crime-fighting strategy that has delivered historic results,” Tisch said.”
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch touted today how the department's crime fighting tactics are working, saying she sees no need to change them.
Standing next to her, Mayor Mamdani — who promised various NYPD reforms during the campaign — didn't object. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/06/a...
Standing next to her, Mayor Mamdani — who promised various NYPD reforms during the campaign — didn't object. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/06/a...
January 6, 2026 at 10:41 PM
REALLY important to note homicide has dropped sharply all OVER the place, in places that have a lot of diff policing tactics.
That doesn’t mean that what the NYPD did was irrelevant, but also def means that you can’t simply say “we did x, then crime fell,” bc a lot of not-xs saw similar drops.
That doesn’t mean that what the NYPD did was irrelevant, but also def means that you can’t simply say “we did x, then crime fell,” bc a lot of not-xs saw similar drops.
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Crazy idea: Don't data mule the President's claim he's getting $1-3B in "oil" from Delcy Rodriguez without also publishing how much the invasion cost.
Did she just pay you to make her President?
Did she just pay you to make her President?
January 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Crazy idea: Don't data mule the President's claim he's getting $1-3B in "oil" from Delcy Rodriguez without also publishing how much the invasion cost.
Did she just pay you to make her President?
Did she just pay you to make her President?
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Can't spell Polymarket without a mark
Polymarket disputes capture of Maduro amounted to invasion ft.trib.al/qIkh84u
Polymarket disputes capture of Maduro amounted to invasion
More than $10.5mn has been wagered on contracts seeking to predict when the US will ‘invade’ Venezuela
ft.trib.al
January 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Can't spell Polymarket without a mark