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We’ve updated our story with an additional comment provided by the United States Justice Department.
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We’ve updated our story with an additional comment provided by the United States Justice Department.
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More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.
August 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.
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Nothing to see here, just a totally normally shaped electoral district.
August 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Nothing to see here, just a totally normally shaped electoral district.
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WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
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@raskin.house.gov: "They'd conscripted 1000 FBI agents to be working around the clock 24 hours going through 100,000 Epstein documents and told them to flag any mentions of Donald Trump... This might be one of the most massive cover-ups in the history of the United States unfolding before our eyes."
July 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@raskin.house.gov: "They'd conscripted 1000 FBI agents to be working around the clock 24 hours going through 100,000 Epstein documents and told them to flag any mentions of Donald Trump... This might be one of the most massive cover-ups in the history of the United States unfolding before our eyes."
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If you’re not white, or you have friends or loved ones who aren’t white, or you’re not a total sociopath and therefore care about fellow humans who aren’t white, you need to understand this regime thinks not being white is inherently suspect, and lots of your fellow Americans are fine with that.
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
July 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you’re not white, or you have friends or loved ones who aren’t white, or you’re not a total sociopath and therefore care about fellow humans who aren’t white, you need to understand this regime thinks not being white is inherently suspect, and lots of your fellow Americans are fine with that.
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Yep. Sort of related: Trump got some votes by promising "free IVF," and clearly will never do that. (Pro-lifers don't want it.)
So do the 2028 Dems grab that idea and run with it? Or does a room of 30 consultants convince them it's risky bc 60 Minutes might ask "how do you pay for it?"
So do the 2028 Dems grab that idea and run with it? Or does a room of 30 consultants convince them it's risky bc 60 Minutes might ask "how do you pay for it?"
I know it's probably cliche at this point, but I don't think we talk enough about how incoherent rhetoric is popular but incoherent policy is not.
July 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Yep. Sort of related: Trump got some votes by promising "free IVF," and clearly will never do that. (Pro-lifers don't want it.)
So do the 2028 Dems grab that idea and run with it? Or does a room of 30 consultants convince them it's risky bc 60 Minutes might ask "how do you pay for it?"
So do the 2028 Dems grab that idea and run with it? Or does a room of 30 consultants convince them it's risky bc 60 Minutes might ask "how do you pay for it?"
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IRS Says Houses of Worship Can Endorse Political Candidates buff.ly/48rKQj3
OK, but I thought agency interpretation of federal law (esp sketch interpretations) were not entitled to deference anymore?
OK, but I thought agency interpretation of federal law (esp sketch interpretations) were not entitled to deference anymore?
IRS Says Houses of Worship Can Endorse Political Candidates
In a Joint Motion for Entry of a Consent Judgment ( full text ) filed on Monday with a Texas federal district court in National Religious Br...
religionclause.blogspot.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
IRS Says Houses of Worship Can Endorse Political Candidates buff.ly/48rKQj3
OK, but I thought agency interpretation of federal law (esp sketch interpretations) were not entitled to deference anymore?
OK, but I thought agency interpretation of federal law (esp sketch interpretations) were not entitled to deference anymore?
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"It's a semifinal of a major tournament. Play it at 8 o'clock in the evening (US time). Europeans can go to bed later."
Rory Smith thinks World Cup '26 kickoffs should be scheduled for American fans, not European 🇺🇸🌍
Rory Smith thinks World Cup '26 kickoffs should be scheduled for American fans, not European 🇺🇸🌍
July 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"It's a semifinal of a major tournament. Play it at 8 o'clock in the evening (US time). Europeans can go to bed later."
Rory Smith thinks World Cup '26 kickoffs should be scheduled for American fans, not European 🇺🇸🌍
Rory Smith thinks World Cup '26 kickoffs should be scheduled for American fans, not European 🇺🇸🌍
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I’ve been in New York riding the subway with my seven month old daughter for the past several days and I feel much safer doing that than pushing her stroller across a busy street in most of the rest of the country or taking her in a car on the freeway.
Sean Duffy on Fox: "It's dangerous to ride the subway in New York ... it's just stupid liberals with stupid policies that impact the lives of New Yorkers"
July 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I’ve been in New York riding the subway with my seven month old daughter for the past several days and I feel much safer doing that than pushing her stroller across a busy street in most of the rest of the country or taking her in a car on the freeway.
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the singular message of this ad is "zohran loves new york city" and it is incredibly effective
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
July 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
the singular message of this ad is "zohran loves new york city" and it is incredibly effective
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Apparently, "in 2016 engineers warned that Kerr County faced a high risk of a devastating flood. They recommended high-water sensors, river gauges, and automated alerts to protect lives. FEMA and NOAA offered funding pathways, but local Republican leadership rejected those recommendations."
July 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Apparently, "in 2016 engineers warned that Kerr County faced a high risk of a devastating flood. They recommended high-water sensors, river gauges, and automated alerts to protect lives. FEMA and NOAA offered funding pathways, but local Republican leadership rejected those recommendations."
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But the truth is more complicated
July 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
But the truth is more complicated
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A+. Perfect. No notes.
July 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A+. Perfect. No notes.
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shit. That’s…actually a good way to put it.
July 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
shit. That’s…actually a good way to put it.
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I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
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If someone writes something I think is worth reading, I may share it. I am not here to answer for everything that they have ever written, much less endorse it. I should not have to say this.
June 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If someone writes something I think is worth reading, I may share it. I am not here to answer for everything that they have ever written, much less endorse it. I should not have to say this.
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“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
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.
June 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
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Yeah those are punitive, they don’t serve any compensatory purpose, they should be viewed as criminal in nature with all the due process that this entails. “Civil” is BS.
NEW: The Trump admin finalized an emergency regulation, which goes into effect tomorrow, authorizing DHS to impose civil monetary penalties for immigration law violations with far less due process.
The rule could lead to DHS imposing exorbitant fines on millions of people — fines they can't afford.
The rule could lead to DHS imposing exorbitant fines on millions of people — fines they can't afford.
![DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
8 CFR Part 281
[Docket No: ICEB-2025-0034]
RIN: 1653-AA96
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Executive Office for Immigration Review
8 CFR Parts 1003 and1280
[Dir. Order No. 01-2025]
RIN: 1125-AB36
Imposition and Collection of Civil Penalties for Certain Immigration-Related Violations
AGENCIES: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), Department of Homeland
Security (“DHS”); Executive Office for Immigration Review (“EOIR”), Department of Justice
(“DOJ”).
ACTION: Interim final rule; request for comment.
SUMMARY: This interim final rule (“IFR”) amends existing DHS and DOJ regulations. It
provides exclusive DHS procedures for the issuance of civil monetary penalties under the
Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens who fail to depart voluntarily during the voluntary
departure period, willfully fail or refuse to depart after a final removal order and certain other
proscribed activities, or are apprehended while improperly entering or attempting to enter the
United States. The IFR also transfers the appeals process for these penalties from DOJ’s Board
of Immigration Appeals to DHS.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiaitgxrt2lvyq3cja5aw4mgyfi4ni64mci5tzhqtixnzohvx54z6u@jpeg)
June 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Yeah those are punitive, they don’t serve any compensatory purpose, they should be viewed as criminal in nature with all the due process that this entails. “Civil” is BS.
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Smart move, and not surprising; the litigators surely knew this was an option and had the amended complaint ready to go.
Wow was that fast--an immigrant advocate group already filed an amended complaint seeking class action relief in its birthright citizenship case in federal court in Maryland
June 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Smart move, and not surprising; the litigators surely knew this was an option and had the amended complaint ready to go.
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looking forward to some parents suing to demand segregated schools because integration violates their religious beliefs
June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
looking forward to some parents suing to demand segregated schools because integration violates their religious beliefs
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God, this is a cursed discourse, but: Souder, Breyer, and Stephens all retired when their minds were still sharp and they were years away from death. (Breyer is still with us.)
Ginsburg was uniquely selfish, and her legacy is ashes.
Ginsburg was uniquely selfish, and her legacy is ashes.
I always think of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She died, but I don't think that she ever declined.
June 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
God, this is a cursed discourse, but: Souder, Breyer, and Stephens all retired when their minds were still sharp and they were years away from death. (Breyer is still with us.)
Ginsburg was uniquely selfish, and her legacy is ashes.
Ginsburg was uniquely selfish, and her legacy is ashes.
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The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.
- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.
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The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
AAP will continue to publish its own vaccine recommendations after CDC advisers sow distrust
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices plans to form a work group to review child and adolescent immunization schedules despite them undergoing constant review in real time.
publications.aap.org
June 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
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to this, I would add that if Mamdani wins, this crass attempt to bury his campaign might have something to do with it. people don’t like being told what to do!
June 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
to this, I would add that if Mamdani wins, this crass attempt to bury his campaign might have something to do with it. people don’t like being told what to do!