craignewman
@craignewman.bsky.social
Just another dude fleeing Elonistan. Public school teacher and baseball coach in Chicago. Former ink-stained wretch.
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My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
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Congratulations, Norm!!
BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Congratulations, Norm!!
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, chair of Senate Armed Services committee, opened an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s boat strikes war crime—
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, chair of Senate Armed Services committee, opened an investigation into Pete Hegseth’s boat strikes war crime—
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
Meanwhile it appears #Trump may be on the brink of starting a war with Venezuela — congressional approval be damned
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
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Secretary of War Crimes 😬
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Secretary of War Crimes 😬
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Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
From the cars dot com crew that @jennilnewman.bsky.social works with. May be useful for a lot of you today.
Video: Tips for Driving Smart in the Winter www.cars.com/articles/vid...
Video: Tips for Driving Smart in the Winter www.cars.com/articles/vid...
www.cars.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
From the cars dot com crew that @jennilnewman.bsky.social works with. May be useful for a lot of you today.
Video: Tips for Driving Smart in the Winter www.cars.com/articles/vid...
Video: Tips for Driving Smart in the Winter www.cars.com/articles/vid...
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The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.
Lots of people are going to die.
Lots of people are going to die.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.
Lots of people are going to die.
Lots of people are going to die.
Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost flip.it/0X5u3Q
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost flip.it/0X5u3Q
More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy flip.it/EibWlV
More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy
The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.
flip.it
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy flip.it/EibWlV
Trump lied 😱
Counterterrorism officials vetted Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S.
Individuals with knowledge of the process that Rahmanullah Lakanwal went through contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Counterterrorism officials vetted Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S.
Individuals with knowledge of the process that Rahmanullah Lakanwal went through contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Counterterrorism officials vetted Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S.
Individuals with knowledge of the process that Rahmanullah Lakanwal went through contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Trump lied 😱
Counterterrorism officials vetted Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S.
Individuals with knowledge of the process that Rahmanullah Lakanwal went through contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Counterterrorism officials vetted Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S.
Individuals with knowledge of the process that Rahmanullah Lakanwal went through contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Ok, so this explains Trump’s administration off-the-wall reaction to a few congresspeople veterans reminding the military not to act on illegal orders
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ok, so this explains Trump’s administration off-the-wall reaction to a few congresspeople veterans reminding the military not to act on illegal orders
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If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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The building was wrapped in construction materials; the fire alarms weren't working; many residents boarded their windows to block out construction noise/dust.
If they escaped, it was because friends saw the blaze on the news and called/texted.
If they escaped, it was because friends saw the blaze on the news and called/texted.
Those who didn’t survive the fire either couldn’t get out or didn’t know they had to.
on.wsj.com/48t9kVt
on.wsj.com/48t9kVt
‘There Was No Alarm’: Hong Kong Inferno Spread Across Towers in Silence
Shrouded buildings and broken alarms left many apartment dwellers unaware of the unfolding disaster.
on.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The building was wrapped in construction materials; the fire alarms weren't working; many residents boarded their windows to block out construction noise/dust.
If they escaped, it was because friends saw the blaze on the news and called/texted.
If they escaped, it was because friends saw the blaze on the news and called/texted.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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in a reasonable world the Trump admin would be catching enormous amounts of shit for their decision to deploy the national guard now that this has happened, rather than the media helping manufacture consent for them ending all refugee programs
I am not holding my breath
I am not holding my breath
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
in a reasonable world the Trump admin would be catching enormous amounts of shit for their decision to deploy the national guard now that this has happened, rather than the media helping manufacture consent for them ending all refugee programs
I am not holding my breath
I am not holding my breath
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So denaturalize and deport Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, both of whom are public charges and security risks who undermine domestic tranquility and routinely promote radical foreign ideologies incompatible with America's pluralistic, scholarly, and secular traditions.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So denaturalize and deport Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, both of whom are public charges and security risks who undermine domestic tranquility and routinely promote radical foreign ideologies incompatible with America's pluralistic, scholarly, and secular traditions.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Conservative Old Guard Wakes Up and Smells the Groypers
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
The Conservative Old Guard Wakes Up and Smells the Groypers
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem.
www.thebulwark.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Conservative Old Guard Wakes Up and Smells the Groypers
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
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Dear press:
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Dear press:
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Trump administration’s effort to end 1960s school desegregation cases faces a hurdle flip.it/iavsPh
Trump administration's effort to end 1960s school desegregation cases faces a hurdle
The Trump administration’s effort to overturn decades-old school desegregation orders is facing pushback from a federal judge in Louisiana.
flip.it
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Trump administration’s effort to end 1960s school desegregation cases faces a hurdle flip.it/iavsPh
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...