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Jean-Paul (JP) Jassy
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First Amendment, media, entertainment, and intellectual property lawyer at Jassy Vick Carolan LLP. Taught First Amendment law at USC and UC Irvine Law Schools. Padre and Padres fan. Bills hours and Bills fan. Sco 🦆s! Faithful to US Constitution. 🇺🇸
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jpjassy.bsky.social
Of course. They’ve had plenty of time to redact and remove. This is not remotely surprising.
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 59m
The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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ndhapple.bsky.social
“In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
‘Who’s Gonna Stop You?’ Listen to Trump Press Georgia Speaker Over 2020 Vote.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
jpjassy.bsky.social
The only upside to Trump running for a (constitutionally forbidden) third term would be watching Obama beat him 🤣
daveweigel.bsky.social Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1d
Arguing that an Article II contingent election is not really an "election," that's the good stuff. Founders really didn't appreciate the bullshit people would try to pull with their language www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear
Trump’s former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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propublica.org
ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.

Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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adamrose.bsky.social
I was thinking of one journalist in particular when I gave this quote, but there are actually a few in Los Angeles who've gotten very good at this unfortunate skill.

Hats off to all of them. Support your local journalists.
The LA Press Club’s Rose told the Tracker that, once a member of the press is placed in handcuffs, they can’t operate a camera, take notes or observe unfolding events. “But I know one reporter who mastered a new skill they don’t teach in journalism school,” he added. “While his hands are behind him in zip ties, he can pull out his phone and still type out emergency messages asking for help. I’ve been on the receiving end of quite a few of those. “This should not be what’s needed to cover protests,” said Rose, “but it’s where we are in 2025.”
December 17, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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December 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.
denisedwheeler.bsky.social Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 4d
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.

Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.

They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.

Another horrific story.

More details below.
ICE pepper sprayed 1 year old gil
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social
Hero. ❤️

'43-year-old father of two, Ahmed el Ahmed, wrestled a rifle off one of the Bondi Beach gunmen. Ahmed is from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire and owns a fruit business. He has no known experience with guns and was visiting Bondi when he saw the shooting unfolding.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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tomcoates.bsky.social
Bluntly, Section 230 is almost literally the law that the entire internet rests upon, it makes it possible for user generated content to exist on the internet, it’s incredibly important, and genuinely we must defend it at all costs. This place literally would not exist without it.
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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jenashleywright.bsky.social
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
jpjassy.bsky.social
Seriously? The commander in chief of the armed forces doesn’t know how to flip a coin
December 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
jpjassy.bsky.social
This is a bad idea. Section 230 is critical to protecting free speech on the internet.
mmasnick.bsky.social Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 6d
Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.

What a joke.
judiciarydems.senate.gov Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 7d
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
B. No Order of Removal Exists for Abrego Garcia No such order of removal exists for Abrego Garcia. When Abrego Garcia was first wrongly expelled to El Salvador, the Court struggled to understand the legal authority for even seizing him in the first place. At the first hearing in Abrego I, the Court inquired of Respondents’ counsel: The Court: I want to ask, though, the very specific question, if there is a final order of removal, what . . . document got this process started? There is no warrant for his arrest by an order of removal. There is no statement of probable cause. There’s no charge. There’s no report that says that anyone saw Mr. Abrego Garcia doing anything illegal or criminal. So what is the actual document that gave these officers the authority to start this process? Counsel: That is not in the record, and the government has not put that into the record. And that’s the best I can do. Abrego I, ECF No. 33 at 21:11–22. The Court continued to press counsel about the existence of a removal order and was told plainly that none can be found: The Court: Okay. So if there’s a Title 8 removal order, there would be an order of removal that’s being executed, and we don’t have one for Mr. Abrego Garcia, right? . . . Do you have that order? . . . Is it in the record? Counsel: I do not have that order. It is not in the record. Id. at 23:7–24:4. Since that time, Respondents have never produced an order of removal despite Abrego Garcia hinging much of his jurisdictional and legal arguments on its non-existence. ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 68–69; ECF No. 32 at 10, 15–17, 27; ECF No. 87 at 11–12. Indeed, Respondents twice sponsored the testimony of ICE officials whose job it is to effectuate removal orders, and who candidly admitted to having never seen one for Abrego Garcia. See ECF No. 107 at 30:16–22 (testimony of Cantú) (“Q: Based upon your many years of experience you described to us, you know what a final order of removal looks like, right, sir? Cantú: I do. Q: And have you seen a final order of removal in regard to Mr. Abrego Garcia? Cantú: I have not.”). See also Abrego I, ECF No. 234 at 46:6–12 (testimony of interim Assistant Director for ICE Removal Operations, Thomas Giles (“Giles”)) (“Q: You have not seen the final order of removal, have you, sir? Giles: What do you mean by that? Q: I mean, you have not seen a piece of paper that represents the final order of removal vis-a-vis Mr. Abrego Garcia, correct? Giles: No, I have not.”).15 Based on this, the Court concludes that no order of removal exists.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
jpjassy.bsky.social
That’s the minimum of Senate votes required to remove someone from office.

Coincidence?
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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nickturse.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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pbump.com
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I’ve stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an “aura” around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks — Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to “ace” this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am “slowing up,” am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am “slowing up,” but it’s not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful “source” of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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nicolefoy.bsky.social
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year

My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App developer Joshua Aaron is SUING DHS, ICE, DOJ, White House officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights when they pressured Apple to remove the app from the App Store. www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App Developer to Sue ICE, DHS, DOJ, White House Officials
ICEBlock app developer Joshua Aaron is suing multiple federal agency officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights after they coerced Apple into removing ICEBlock from its App Store
www.muellershewrote.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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attorneynora.bsky.social
Read the full report and our timeline of early 200 attacks on the First Amendment:

www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance
This Free Press report examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression in 2025. It analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and ...
www.freepress.net
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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freepress.bsky.social
"Nora Benavidez of the nonprofit advocacy group Free Press set out to catalog the Trump administration’s First Amendment infringements. She soon had a list of almost 200." - @attorneynora.bsky.social with the @cnn.com exclusive via @brianstelter.bsky.social

edition.cnn.com/2025/12/08/m...
Analysis: Trump’s first year back in office contradicts his ‘free speech’ commitments | CNN Business
Nora Benavidez of the nonprofit advocacy group Free Press set out to catalog the Trump administration’s First Amendment infringements. She soon had a list of almost 200.
edition.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
jpjassy.bsky.social
This is a disgrace
elisewang.bsky.social Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 13d
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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elisewang.bsky.social
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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lisafung.bsky.social
The New York Times lawsuit said the Defense Department “violates the Constitution’s guarantees of due process, freedom of speech and freedom of the press” with its new rules for journalists

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM