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Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to rebuke calls to target “hate speech” in an apparent swipe at Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.
Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi
The justice, in public remarks, didn’t name the attorney general, who has come under fire for comments to target people over “hate speech.”
www.politico.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to rebuke calls to target “hate speech” in an apparent swipe at Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.
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Another Jeanine Pirro felony case just crumbled.
Prosecutors claimed DC resident Scott Pichon assaulted guardsmen by spitting at them, but moved to withdraw the charge “after reviewing the evidence.”
Judge: “The way this is supposed to work is the U.S. Attorney’s Office does its due diligence.”
Prosecutors claimed DC resident Scott Pichon assaulted guardsmen by spitting at them, but moved to withdraw the charge “after reviewing the evidence.”
Judge: “The way this is supposed to work is the U.S. Attorney’s Office does its due diligence.”
September 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Another Jeanine Pirro felony case just crumbled.
Prosecutors claimed DC resident Scott Pichon assaulted guardsmen by spitting at them, but moved to withdraw the charge “after reviewing the evidence.”
Judge: “The way this is supposed to work is the U.S. Attorney’s Office does its due diligence.”
Prosecutors claimed DC resident Scott Pichon assaulted guardsmen by spitting at them, but moved to withdraw the charge “after reviewing the evidence.”
Judge: “The way this is supposed to work is the U.S. Attorney’s Office does its due diligence.”
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Schiff to Patel: "There are victims, like Virginia Giuffre, who have testified otherwise, and you're telling the American people today that Epstein's list is a single name and it's Jeffrey Epstein. That's what we're to believe?"
September 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Schiff to Patel: "There are victims, like Virginia Giuffre, who have testified otherwise, and you're telling the American people today that Epstein's list is a single name and it's Jeffrey Epstein. That's what we're to believe?"
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This needs as much coverage as protests or ICE raids. Los Angelenos FTW. ❤️🙌
June 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This needs as much coverage as protests or ICE raids. Los Angelenos FTW. ❤️🙌
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Area Report Suspended for Reporting the Truth
Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:
June 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Area Report Suspended for Reporting the Truth
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Republicans are going to force 7.4 million Americans into hunger so billionaires can continue to write off the full cost of their private jets and yachts on their taxes.
8 of the 10 states hardest hit will be Republican states.
Republicans call this "America First."
8 of the 10 states hardest hit will be Republican states.
Republicans call this "America First."
June 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Republicans are going to force 7.4 million Americans into hunger so billionaires can continue to write off the full cost of their private jets and yachts on their taxes.
8 of the 10 states hardest hit will be Republican states.
Republicans call this "America First."
8 of the 10 states hardest hit will be Republican states.
Republicans call this "America First."
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Raise your hand if you’re not even a meteorologist and you still know there’s a hurricane season.
June 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Raise your hand if you’re not even a meteorologist and you still know there’s a hurricane season.
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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow
Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."
My report:
My report:
State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’
The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."
My report:
My report:
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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
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Trump's illegal use of “emergency” tariff authority is now extending to individual companies, which violates the Constitution’s prohibition on “bills of attainder.”
This illustrates more clearly than ever why only Congress, and not Trump, should be allowed to levy tariffs and other taxes.
This illustrates more clearly than ever why only Congress, and not Trump, should be allowed to levy tariffs and other taxes.
May 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trump's illegal use of “emergency” tariff authority is now extending to individual companies, which violates the Constitution’s prohibition on “bills of attainder.”
This illustrates more clearly than ever why only Congress, and not Trump, should be allowed to levy tariffs and other taxes.
This illustrates more clearly than ever why only Congress, and not Trump, should be allowed to levy tariffs and other taxes.
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Our task: To stop Trump from making the United States of America his ultimate bankruptcy, his ultimate failure.
May 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Our task: To stop Trump from making the United States of America his ultimate bankruptcy, his ultimate failure.
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We have a president who virtually never thinks rationally, logically, or even in sequential steps. Nor can he fully comprehend causes and effects. His base of knowledge on virtually all subjects relating to governance and economics and world affairs is minimal. (1/2)
May 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We have a president who virtually never thinks rationally, logically, or even in sequential steps. Nor can he fully comprehend causes and effects. His base of knowledge on virtually all subjects relating to governance and economics and world affairs is minimal. (1/2)
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NEW: We identified at least 14 officers in the Chicago Police Department who, according to disciplinary records, have faced multiple accusations of sexual assault or misconduct in the past 10 years.
Most have not been convicted.
With @invisible.institute
Most have not been convicted.
With @invisible.institute
Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.
The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored claims,...
www.propublica.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
NEW: We identified at least 14 officers in the Chicago Police Department who, according to disciplinary records, have faced multiple accusations of sexual assault or misconduct in the past 10 years.
Most have not been convicted.
With @invisible.institute
Most have not been convicted.
With @invisible.institute
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I hope legacy media covers the connection between last night's memecoin dinner and this morning's social media tariff threats. He's manipulating the stock market.
May 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I hope legacy media covers the connection between last night's memecoin dinner and this morning's social media tariff threats. He's manipulating the stock market.
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i think it is bad that high level public officials do not respect the offices they hold or the public they are supposed to serve
The Secretary of Homeland Security responds to the voluntary dismissal of an immigration lawsuit: "Suck it."
May 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
i think it is bad that high level public officials do not respect the offices they hold or the public they are supposed to serve
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Marco Rubio sold whatever soul he may have ever had, in the service of Donald Trump.
May 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Marco Rubio sold whatever soul he may have ever had, in the service of Donald Trump.
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Trump muses about wanting more foreign gifts as the Pentagon accepts the $400M Qatari jet.
Between this, Trump’s multi-billion dollar Middle East deals, and his crypto ventures the risks of foreign influence peddling are high.
Trump sees the presidency as an asset on his balance sheet.
Between this, Trump’s multi-billion dollar Middle East deals, and his crypto ventures the risks of foreign influence peddling are high.
Trump sees the presidency as an asset on his balance sheet.
RAMAPHOSA: I am sorry I don't have a plane to give you
TRUMP: I wish you did. I'd take it. If your country offered the US Air Force a plane, I would take it
RAMAPHOSA: Okay
TRUMP: I wish you did. I'd take it. If your country offered the US Air Force a plane, I would take it
RAMAPHOSA: Okay
May 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Trump muses about wanting more foreign gifts as the Pentagon accepts the $400M Qatari jet.
Between this, Trump’s multi-billion dollar Middle East deals, and his crypto ventures the risks of foreign influence peddling are high.
Trump sees the presidency as an asset on his balance sheet.
Between this, Trump’s multi-billion dollar Middle East deals, and his crypto ventures the risks of foreign influence peddling are high.
Trump sees the presidency as an asset on his balance sheet.
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A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
May 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs
Duffy is the second member of Trump’s cabinet who sold securities shortly before the president’s tariff announcements sent markets plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/sean...
Duffy is the second member of Trump’s cabinet who sold securities shortly before the president’s tariff announcements sent markets plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/sean...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs
Duffy is the second member of Trump’s cabinet who sold securities shortly before the president’s tariff announcements sent markets plunging. A spokesperson for Duffy said an account manager made the t...
www.propublica.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs
Duffy is the second member of Trump’s cabinet who sold securities shortly before the president’s tariff announcements sent markets plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/sean...
Duffy is the second member of Trump’s cabinet who sold securities shortly before the president’s tariff announcements sent markets plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/sean...