It’s unreal - the DOD deleted its page for Charles Calvin Rodgers, a Medal of Honor recipient who was wounded three times while defending against three assaults on his base in Vietnam. Now the URL includes “DEI Medal of Honor.” There’s something about Rodgers I don’t even have to tell you

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...

Trump admin moves to deport a legal immigrant on a valid visa. Judge orders them not to. Trump does it anyway.

So what’s the remedy here?

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Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad's ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family's iron-fisted rule after more than 13 years of civil war reut.rs/4f2V5YN

Rebels stormed Iran's embassy in Damascus following their capture of the Syrian capital and the fall of Bashar al-Assad, state TV reported reut.rs/4f9s2CX

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Oligarch dictator Vladimir Putin, ordered for children to be kidnapped from Ukraine. These children have been trafficked to at least 21 regions throughout Russia. The majority, if not all, have been forcibly made Russian citizens. #OpDeathEaters

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Just in time for Thanksgiving, GasBuddy counts >60% of stations in the nation are below $3 per gallon. That's 90,000 gas stations at $2.99 or less!

BREAKING: Gaetz withdraws from consideration for attorney general.

Striking shift in GOP donor base - top 400 donors now provide over 60% of GOP funds, nearly double 2020 levels.

Both parties are far too reliant on mega-donors. But the GOP is now on another level. (1/n)

A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people.

It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/

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Three years ago, a man on Texas death row asked a prison spokesman if I could be the reporter to witness his execution

The man was John Ramirez. I'd never met or written him before – but that request eventually led to several stories and a 3-year film project that is finally out this week. Thread:

Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi

Today's "One First" offers some reflections on my exchange with Judge Jones at last Thursday's Federalist Society convention—and what it says about our discourse; left-of-center profs continuing to participate in Fed Soc events; and the future of legal debate:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/109-things...

If we lose birthright citizenship in SCOTUS, we treat that loss as illegitimate and temporary as we fight to win it back. What else can we do?