@fortunateone.bsky.social
"Pocket rescission" ?
Russ Vought: "It is very possible that we might use pocket rescissions as one of our executive tools ... nothing is taken off the table for us to be able to deal with the deficits that we have."
July 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"Pocket rescission" ?
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‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
Opinion | ‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
Not a hard call, and there haven't been nearly enough such calls to clean up the profession.
This is an easy one.
Disbar him.
Disbar him.
Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says
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June 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Not a hard call, and there haven't been nearly enough such calls to clean up the profession.
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Mystified as to why Poilievre thinks the Liberals need to publish a budget right now, days after Carney became PM and right at the start of critical trade war negotiations that are likely to make any budget out of date day one. Also, why provide that intel to US negotiators? Shallower than a puddle.
May 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Mystified as to why Poilievre thinks the Liberals need to publish a budget right now, days after Carney became PM and right at the start of critical trade war negotiations that are likely to make any budget out of date day one. Also, why provide that intel to US negotiators? Shallower than a puddle.
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An absolute must-read from @stevevladeck.bsky.social this morning:
“Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”
“Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”
144. The Supreme Court's Late-Night Alien Enemy Act Intervention
Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.
www.stevevladeck.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
An absolute must-read from @stevevladeck.bsky.social this morning:
“Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”
“Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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Massive protests in Belgrade, Serbia call for the resignation of the pro-Kremlin president Vucic. #3E #EndImpunity #SerbiaProtests
March 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Massive protests in Belgrade, Serbia call for the resignation of the pro-Kremlin president Vucic. #3E #EndImpunity #SerbiaProtests
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Cracking the Magafacists code
March 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cracking the Magafacists code
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worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
wapo.st
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
"When we take our seats on the bench we are not struck with blindness, and forbidden to know as judges what we see as men."
— California Justice Stephen Field in Ho Ah Kow v. Nunan,
12 F. Cas. 252, 255 (C.C.D. Cal. 1879)
— California Justice Stephen Field in Ho Ah Kow v. Nunan,
12 F. Cas. 252, 255 (C.C.D. Cal. 1879)
February 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"When we take our seats on the bench we are not struck with blindness, and forbidden to know as judges what we see as men."
— California Justice Stephen Field in Ho Ah Kow v. Nunan,
12 F. Cas. 252, 255 (C.C.D. Cal. 1879)
— California Justice Stephen Field in Ho Ah Kow v. Nunan,
12 F. Cas. 252, 255 (C.C.D. Cal. 1879)