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Jody Lynn
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jodywexler.bsky.social
Beautiful day hanging out with butterflies. #magicwingsbutterflyconservatory #magicwings #deerfieldmassachusetts
Jody holding a gray iPhone up to take a photo. A brown, black and yellow spotted butterfly landed on my arm. She is wearing a blue long sleeve shirt with white and green stripes in the center. The background is full of green plants and slightly out of focus.
September 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2025
"This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress,” said Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT).
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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covid19disease.bsky.social
Just a reminder:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lacks formal education or professional credentials in critical scientific fields such as biology, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, immunology, virology, epidemiology, genetics, pharmacology, or medicine.
April 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
April 17, 2025
April 17, 2025
Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) posted a picture of himself with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whom the Trump administration says it sent to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador t...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
BUSY NIGHT FOR THE COURTS: Late last night, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring DOGE’s access to sensitive Social Securitt data, saying the government flouted the law to provide unfettered access to DOGE without a reasonable basis. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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yaelschacher.bsky.social
I FOIAd for information about the deal and where the money is coming from for it. And also for the deal with Panama and Costa Rica.
People should have been doing this weeks ago.
And Congress should be holding oversight hearings and demanding answers— weeks ago.
felipedlh.bsky.social Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · Apr 13
Even as it continues renditions to CECOT, the government has *still* not, in any public forum including court filings, pointed to any underlying legal authority for these imprisonments
April 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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peaceandteachin.bsky.social
There is no doubt Trump has made the US less safe.
He is rolling back clean air and water measures for big businesses.
His incompetent cabinet members alone show he has no regard for the people.
RFK and Musk have no idea what they are doing.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
www.rawstory.com/trump-air-cr...
'A great deal of alarm': Pro-Trump Fox News host admits public fears plane crashes in 2025
Right-leaning Fox News host Kevin Corke admitted that there was "a great deal of alarm" from the public after a series of airplane and helicopter crashes during President Donald Trump's latest term in...
www.rawstory.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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governor.pa.gov
Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg.
April 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.
Bike_pimp88 • 21h ago 10:48 ..• U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 04/11/2025 Notice of Termination of Parole it is time for you to leave the United States. You are currently here because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) paroled you into the United States for a limited period. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5)(A) and 8 C.F.R. § 212.5(e), DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your parole. Unless it expires sooner, your parole will terminate 7 days from the date of this notice. If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States - unless you have otherwise obtained a lawful basis to remain here. Any benefits you receive in the United States connected with your parole - such as work authorization — will also terminate. You will be subject to potential criminal prosecution, civil fines, and penalties, and any other lawful options available to the federal government. DHS encourages you to leave immediately on your own. You can use the CBP Home mobile app on your phone to make arrangements for your departure. If you are departing the United States via land, you should report your departure once outside the United States via that same app. If you are having trouble reporting your departure via land, visit https://194.cbp.dhs.gov/home for more information about voluntarily reporting your departure. Again, DHS is terminating your parole. Do not attempt to remain in the United States - the federal government will find you. Please depart the United States immediately. I just got this 5 minutes and I'm not even in the United States or have been for months. I'm in Canada and a Canadian resident. I fly to Vegas tomorrow morning for the weekend and a little concerned? Does this look legit SpellWild110 • 2 points 17 hours ago I just got this email too and I am a US citizen? Born and raised in the US. So confused. permalink embed save report reply + [-Potential_Travel_294 • 2 points 17 hours ago Yeah, so confusing permalink embed save parent report reply + [H] ramoros1865 • 2 points 13 hours ago I go this email last night as well and I have a green card [-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago <image> Got this today at 6ame9the thing is I was born here this is the email that sent it: [automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov] (mailto:automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov) permalink embed save report reply + [-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago Has anyone clicked the link? + |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago I just got this same email right now permalink embed save report reply + [-JOk-Comfortable948 • 1 point 20 hours ago Me too. I am an LPR since an year now and def concerns me seeing this. I got the email from cbpnoreply@cbp.dhs.gov and email looked legit due to its domain though, hope its a scam email. Crazy idiots not sure what they keep doing. permalink embed save parent report reply + |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago I have daca and i am wondering if i got it because I did advance parole in 2023 permalink embed save parent report reply + |-] Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago I got the same email twice to my two different email adresses, I think its's a scam. permalink embed save parent report reply + [-]Ok-Comfortable948 • 1 point 19 hours ago I got it twice to my same email. permalink embed save parent report reply + [-]Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago Yeah, me too, I got twice too to a kind of personal email address, it's even not my work email address. permalink embed save parent report reply + [-]thawk1986 • 1 point 11 hours ago It's legit: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mi grants-cbp-one-app-legal-status-stripped-dhs/ permalink embed save parent report reply
April 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: DOJ doubles down on refusing to follow Judge Xinis's orders. Today's status report contains nothing new. It again fails to provide information about steps they're taking to bring Mr. Abrego back), and arguably violates her command that a declaration be made by someone with personal knowledge.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND (Greenbelt Division) KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. KRISTI NOEM, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., Defendants No. 8:25-cv-00951-PX Declaration Of Assistant Director Evan C. Katz DECLARATION OF EVAN C. KATZ I, Evan C. Katz, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. I am Assistant Director for the Removal Division, within the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). 2. In this capacity, I am responsible for leading the division, which is composed of ICE Air Operations, International Operations, and Removal Management. I coordinate with the 25 ERO Field Offices to support case management and facilitate the removal of aliens from the United States. I have held this position since December 2023. Before this assignment, I served as the Acting Assistant Director for the Removal Division from January 2023 to November 2023 and Deputy Assistant Director for the Removal Division from January 2015 to December 2022. I have been in service with ICE since 2003 and prior to that, the Legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service since November 1997. 3. I provide this declaration based on my personal knowledge, reasonable inquiry, and information obtained from various records, systems, databases, other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees, and information portals maintained and relied upon by DHS in the regular course of business. 4. I am aware that the instant lawsuit has been filed regarding the removal of Kilmer Armando Abrego-Garcia (Abrego-Garcia) to El Salvador. 5. I am aware that after this Court’s preliminary injunction issued, that the Government sought a stay pending appeal from the Fourth Circuit on the same day and ultimately the Supreme Court. On March 7, Chief Justice Roberts issued an administrative stay of that preliminary injunction order. On March 10, the Supreme Court held that “the deadline in the challenged order is no longer effective” and that aspects of this Court’s injunction needed to be clarified before they could become effective. 6. During proceedings in 2019, an immigration judge upheld DHS’s decision not to grant bond, finding that DHS’s determination that he was a member of MS-13 was “trustworthy” and “supported by other evidence,” and noted that Abrego-Garcia “failed to present evidence to rebut that assertion.” The Board of Immigration Appeals upheld the finding when Abrego-Garcia appealed. 7. On March 15, 2025, Abrego-Garcia, a native and citizen of El Salvador, was removed to El Salvador, pursuant to Title 8 of the United States Code. Although Abrego-Garcia has an order of removal issued by an immigration judge, I understand that he should not have been removed to El Salvador because the immigration judge had also granted Abrego-Garcia withholding of removal to El Salvador. However, I also understand that Abrego Garcia is no longer eligible for withholding of removal because of his membership in MS-13 which is now a designated foreign terrorist organization. 8. I have reviewed the declaration of Mr. Michael Kozak, which was filed in this case yesterday, April 12, 2025. It is my understanding that Defendants have no updates for the Court beyond what was provided yesterday. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 13th day of April 2025. ____________________________ Evan C. Katz Assistant Director Enforcement and Removal Operations U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement U.S. Department of Homeland Securit
April 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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katiephang.bsky.social
Convicted Felon, Donald Trump’s March 25th Executive Order targeting voter registration is an authoritarian move to prevent free and fair elections.

Listen to @marcelias.bsky.social explain why we need to be paying attention.

www.msnbc.com/katie-phang/...
Marc Elias ‘[Trump] wants to undermine the ability for us to have free and fair elections’
Pres. Trump has signed an Executive Order that would overhaul American elections. Katie Phang talks to Marc Elias the about the lawsuit he's filed to take on what he calls ‘Trump's most dangerous powe...
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April 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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adamrothman.bsky.social
The entire budget of the National Endowment for the Humanities (which has been devastated by Trump & Musk) is 3% of this.
ericlipton.nytimes.com Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · Apr 4
SpaceX gets up to $5.9 billion in new DOD launch contracts...more than it's competitors, United Launch alliance and Blue Origin.
April 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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apnews.com
A district court judge has ruled in favor of four whistleblowers who said that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton retaliated against them for reporting bribery allegations, awarding his employees more than $6 million combined in damages.
Judge awards $6.6 million to whistleblowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to FBI
A district court judge has ruled in favor of four whistleblowers who said that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton retaliated against them for reporting bribery allegations, awarding his employees more than $6 million combined in damages.
bit.ly
April 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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mjfree.bsky.social
Dear, Elon

Best wishes from Wisconsin
April 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
Just to give you a sense of the political breadth of today’s #HandsOff event in DC today, I would like to note that there were people carrying the flag of Greenland there today.
April 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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luckytran.com
This is Salt Lake City, Utah. Amazing turnout for #HandsOff rally in a deep red state.
April 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
Senior Justice Dept. lawyer put on leave after questioning Trump administration. Word is spreading about the use of polygraph testing. New directives have gone out—coalition members, please check for updates.
April 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
New York Fucking City. A full mile of people filled to the brim. Fascism is going to lose.
Protest in New York City on 26th Street.
April 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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maxboot.bsky.social
The Yemen attack timeline that Hegseth posted to a Signal chat group would have been so highly classified that the details should have been restricted to a special, compartmented channel with its own code word and with access tightly limited. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Signal chat flouted rules on classified intel, say former defense officials
Signal’s convenience and the lack of clear agency guidelines makes the commercial app a popular choice for government officials. But transmitting sensitive information is still prohibited.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
New WSJ:

Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed.

One meeting was a high-level discussion at the Pentagon between Hegseth and U.K. Secretary of Defense Healey. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under criticism after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
The McCarthy era is back.
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Mar 29
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.

The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The biggest reason government officials aren't giving any specifics about the criteria by which these arrests and deportations are selected, is that the criteria is "pro-Israel think-tanks and advocacy organizations created lists of troublesome individuals and gave them to us."
March 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
jodywexler.bsky.social
We will rest while you toil. #fuzzbutts
March 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
jodywexler.bsky.social
Traveled light this morning…#happyfriday
March 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
jodywexler.bsky.social
New specs in honor of my grandma. And, happy 20th anniversary #oldsaratogaeyecare
March 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
tesla just speedrunning into enron territory
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing
Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion...
electrek.co
March 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM