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Not my field. But I'd rather see Democrats (and Republicans) focus on this more than Jeffrey Epstein.
July 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Not my field. But I'd rather see Democrats (and Republicans) focus on this more than Jeffrey Epstein.
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Seeing today how Pam Bondi has purportedly given the tech titans permanent immunity on the non-enforcement of the TikTok law. Helpful to remind people that she actually has zero ability/authority to do that.
July 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Seeing today how Pam Bondi has purportedly given the tech titans permanent immunity on the non-enforcement of the TikTok law. Helpful to remind people that she actually has zero ability/authority to do that.
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The New President of the National Sheriffs’ Association Participated in the Jan. 6 Protests talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-new...
The New President of the National Sheriffs’ Association Participated in the Jan. 6 Protests
Chris West was sworn in as the president of the National Sheriffs’...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The New President of the National Sheriffs’ Association Participated in the Jan. 6 Protests talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-new...
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Obscure But Painful Reconciliation Package Cuts You May Have Missed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/obscure...
Obscure But Painful Reconciliation Package Cuts You May Have Missed
There are a lot of well-documented ways the alliterative Senate reconciliation package,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Obscure But Painful Reconciliation Package Cuts You May Have Missed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/obscure...
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If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.
Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
July 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.
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"The @NYTimes.com investigation found that U.S. officials have had strong indications for years of the troubling relationship between the Bukele administration and MS-13 and its leaders — and had begun scrutinizing Mr. Bukele himself." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
Trump Vowed to Dismantle MS-13. His Deal With Bukele Threatens That Effort.
Top gang leaders being sent back to El Salvador were part of a lengthy federal investigation that has amassed evidence of a corrupt pact between the Bukele government and MS-13.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"The @NYTimes.com investigation found that U.S. officials have had strong indications for years of the troubling relationship between the Bukele administration and MS-13 and its leaders — and had begun scrutinizing Mr. Bukele himself." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
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The head of "Bikers for Trump" has been appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Other notable additions include:
* Rudy Giuliani
* Marc Andreesen
* Corey Lewandowski, who has, shall we say, other connections to the Department of Homeland Security.
* Rudy Giuliani
* Marc Andreesen
* Corey Lewandowski, who has, shall we say, other connections to the Department of Homeland Security.
June 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The head of "Bikers for Trump" has been appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Other notable additions include:
* Rudy Giuliani
* Marc Andreesen
* Corey Lewandowski, who has, shall we say, other connections to the Department of Homeland Security.
* Rudy Giuliani
* Marc Andreesen
* Corey Lewandowski, who has, shall we say, other connections to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Without input from parents or students, the Education Department ordered several civil rights investigations on its own — targeting schools with trans athletes, gender-neutral bathrooms and initiatives it sees as discriminatory to white students.
A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students
The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing…
www.propublica.org
June 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Without input from parents or students, the Education Department ordered several civil rights investigations on its own — targeting schools with trans athletes, gender-neutral bathrooms and initiatives it sees as discriminatory to white students.
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Ohio Republicans are preparing to redraw their congressional map, and could go for endangering at least two incumbent Dems. The current delegation is already 10-5 GOP (with one of the 5 Dems winning in Trump territory) punchbowl.news/article/camp...
Ohio Republicans weigh how ruthless to be in redistricting
How aggressive will Ohio Republicans get when drawing new lines for the state’s 15 congressional districts ahead of the midterms?
punchbowl.news
June 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Ohio Republicans are preparing to redraw their congressional map, and could go for endangering at least two incumbent Dems. The current delegation is already 10-5 GOP (with one of the 5 Dems winning in Trump territory) punchbowl.news/article/camp...
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Meanwhile, from @jaywillis.net —>
I think it should be a bigger story that the Senate is preparing to confirm five Trump judicial nominees whose answers to questions about the 2020 election are exactly what you would say if you were a “Trump only lost because of voter fraud” conspiracy theorist
Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump’s Judicial Nominees Off the Hook
Trump's nominees gave some eye-popping answers in their written questionnaires. Why didn't Senate Democrats ask these questions in person?
ballsandstrikes.org
June 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Meanwhile, from @jaywillis.net —>
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Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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Insurers’ denial rates are a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care. But they remain mostly secret to the public.
Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
(Published 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
(Published 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.
Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care — remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
www.propublica.org
June 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Insurers’ denial rates are a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care. But they remain mostly secret to the public.
Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
(Published 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
(Published 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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1st meeting of White House Religious Liberty Commission, being held at Museum of the Bible, opens with a prayer "in Jesus's holy name." That quickly shows that this isn't about true religious liberty for all but instead co-opting religious liberty for conservative Christianity.
June 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
1st meeting of White House Religious Liberty Commission, being held at Museum of the Bible, opens with a prayer "in Jesus's holy name." That quickly shows that this isn't about true religious liberty for all but instead co-opting religious liberty for conservative Christianity.
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Don't just vote. Run for office.
We need county clerks, sheriffs, and district attorneys of integrity that will uphold the constitution.
Local parties need help linking to voters and demonstrating that together we can make democracy work.
We need county clerks, sheriffs, and district attorneys of integrity that will uphold the constitution.
Local parties need help linking to voters and demonstrating that together we can make democracy work.
June 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Don't just vote. Run for office.
We need county clerks, sheriffs, and district attorneys of integrity that will uphold the constitution.
Local parties need help linking to voters and demonstrating that together we can make democracy work.
We need county clerks, sheriffs, and district attorneys of integrity that will uphold the constitution.
Local parties need help linking to voters and demonstrating that together we can make democracy work.
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At least 12 DOGE staffers remain legal employees or advisers of the companies they worked at before DOGE.
And at least nine continue to receive corporate benefits from their private-sector employers, including stock vesting plans.
And at least nine continue to receive corporate benefits from their private-sector employers, including stock vesting plans.
The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint
At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries…
www.propublica.org
June 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
At least 12 DOGE staffers remain legal employees or advisers of the companies they worked at before DOGE.
And at least nine continue to receive corporate benefits from their private-sector employers, including stock vesting plans.
And at least nine continue to receive corporate benefits from their private-sector employers, including stock vesting plans.
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Chicago has a new program that lets police file felony gun charges without getting a prosecutor’s approval. Two of the police officers who have overseen many cases under this program have 59 misconduct complaints between them. boltsmag.org/cook-co...
New Chicago Prosecutor Empowers Police to File More Charges Without Review
In a predominantly Black area of Chicago, police can now directly file gun charges without a prosecutor’s approval. The new program rolls back a process that serves to check misconduct.
boltsmag.org
June 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Chicago has a new program that lets police file felony gun charges without getting a prosecutor’s approval. Two of the police officers who have overseen many cases under this program have 59 misconduct complaints between them. boltsmag.org/cook-co...
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Here’s the thing: line officers at DHS routinely lie about stuff like this. Some studies suggest manufactured statements occur in 15-20% of cases, sometimes higher. Border Patrol is the worst offender but ICE does it too.
Read this John Washington piece from 2019. theintercept.com/2019/08/11/b...
Read this John Washington piece from 2019. theintercept.com/2019/08/11/b...
May 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Here’s the thing: line officers at DHS routinely lie about stuff like this. Some studies suggest manufactured statements occur in 15-20% of cases, sometimes higher. Border Patrol is the worst offender but ICE does it too.
Read this John Washington piece from 2019. theintercept.com/2019/08/11/b...
Read this John Washington piece from 2019. theintercept.com/2019/08/11/b...
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The FCC approved Verizon's acquisition of Frontier Communications after Verizon agreed to end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs. So I guess we know the price of equality for Verizon's leadership. loom.ly/9FesZi8
US approves Verizon deal to acquire Frontier after DEI changes
The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it was approving Verizon Communications's $20 billion deal to acquire fiber-optic internet providers Frontier Communications after the largest U.S. telecom company agreed to end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
loom.ly
May 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The FCC approved Verizon's acquisition of Frontier Communications after Verizon agreed to end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs. So I guess we know the price of equality for Verizon's leadership. loom.ly/9FesZi8
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(Reuters) - Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are mouldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts and risk becoming unusable, according to five people familiar with the situation.
www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage
The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programs.
www.reuters.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
(Reuters) - Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are mouldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts and risk becoming unusable, according to five people familiar with the situation.
www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
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Matt Kacsmaryk is trying to get me to re-read Bostock on my day off.
In his view you can't fire people for being trans but you can harass the shit out of them. Seems legit. lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
In his view you can't fire people for being trans but you can harass the shit out of them. Seems legit. lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
Trump-appointed judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender employees
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, known for rulings limiting access to a key abortion drug, has struck down EEOC guidance protecting transgender employees.
lawandcrime.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Matt Kacsmaryk is trying to get me to re-read Bostock on my day off.
In his view you can't fire people for being trans but you can harass the shit out of them. Seems legit. lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
In his view you can't fire people for being trans but you can harass the shit out of them. Seems legit. lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
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Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law that strengthens Florida's elections police force. Says Brad Ashwell, state director for All Voting is Local, “We’ve seen the arrests, we’ve seen people being approached and doors being knocked on. It’s very ominous.” boltsmag.org/florida...
A New Crackdown on Ballot Initiatives Unnerves Florida Organizers
The new Republican law threatens volunteers with more investigations and criminal punishment, even as Ron DeSantis faces allegations of illegally meddling in ballot measures.
boltsmag.org
May 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law that strengthens Florida's elections police force. Says Brad Ashwell, state director for All Voting is Local, “We’ve seen the arrests, we’ve seen people being approached and doors being knocked on. It’s very ominous.” boltsmag.org/florida...
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Shared a few thoughts here on the next orchestrated budget/constitution "crisis" the white house has planned for the end of the summer talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-w...
The White House’s Next Orchestrated Budget Crisis
This is something I’m still trying to get my head around –...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Shared a few thoughts here on the next orchestrated budget/constitution "crisis" the white house has planned for the end of the summer talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-w...
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Elon Musk sued @mmfa.bsky.social in a SLAPP suit for writing an accurate article about X. He sued them in North Texas for no reason other than there was a (Tesla-stock owning) MAGA friendly judge. MMFA asked to transfer. Judge O'Connor not only says no, but says he may sanction them...
![CONCLUSION
Because Defendants have litigated this case for over a year without requesting transfer,
Defendants’ Motion to Transfer Venue based on the forum selection clause, 28 U.S.C. § 1404, or
28 U.S.C. § 1406 is DENIED. The Court also DENIES Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss based on
28 U.S.C. § 1406(a).
Defendants’ Motion reflects a pattern of “[g]amesmanship,” which the Court previously
warned Defendants about.21 As Plaintiff explains, Defendants’ present Motion may indicate that
they waited to “learn[] ‘which way the wind was blowing’” before requesting transfer.22
Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED to file a brief explaining whether Defendants’ conduct
should be sanctioned and, if so, detailing the Court’s authority to sanction Defendants’ conduct.
Plaintiff shall file this brief no later than May 21, 2025.
SO ORDERED on this 2nd day of May, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/bafkreid2uj4ljq72enewirj3qlsm543o2nui2drppu3glrhdgr3sbhfvcy@jpeg)
May 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Elon Musk sued @mmfa.bsky.social in a SLAPP suit for writing an accurate article about X. He sued them in North Texas for no reason other than there was a (Tesla-stock owning) MAGA friendly judge. MMFA asked to transfer. Judge O'Connor not only says no, but says he may sanction them...
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State offices in Mississippi are closed today to commemorate the men who died fighting the United States government to protect the institution of human slavery. Confederate Memorial Day is a state holiday observed in several southern states.
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Mississippi Holiday Honors Those Who Died Defending Slavery
State offices in Mississippi are closed today to commemorate the men who died fighting the United States government to protect human slavery.
www.mississippifreepress.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
State offices in Mississippi are closed today to commemorate the men who died fighting the United States government to protect the institution of human slavery. Confederate Memorial Day is a state holiday observed in several southern states.
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Every American should know that the Chamber of Commerce and American Bankers Association literally teamed up with the Trump administration on Monday to end the CFPB rule limiting big credit card providers to an $8 late fee. Today, in light of the agreement, the rule was vacated.
April 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Every American should know that the Chamber of Commerce and American Bankers Association literally teamed up with the Trump administration on Monday to end the CFPB rule limiting big credit card providers to an $8 late fee. Today, in light of the agreement, the rule was vacated.