Kira
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This is so odious and spiteful. But par for the course for these monsters.
🚨Dept. of Education proposes to exclude public health degrees from the “professional degree” category.
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
That means new public health experts could lose access to key higher ed resources, like loan limits & reimbursement.
A bold strategy to let infectious diseases win! 🦠
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is so odious and spiteful. But par for the course for these monsters.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Russia attacks ‘every district’ of Kyiv, sparking fires across Ukrainian capital
Russia attacks ‘every district’ of Kyiv, sparking fires across Ukrainian capital
Pictures posted on social media showed different sites in flames and residents gathering in rubble-strewn streets outside apartment buildings
Russia unleashed a massive combined attack on Kyiv early Friday, sparking fires and scattering debris across many districts of the capital, mayor Vitali Klitschko said. At least 11 people were injured as emergency crews responded to multiple strikes, he said in a statement.
Five people were hospitalised, including one man in critical condition and a pregnant woman, after a series of powerful explosions sounded in the city and air defences were activated. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Russia attacks ‘every district’ of Kyiv, sparking fires across Ukrainian capital
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As expected, the Justice Department tonight has appealed the order from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings that aims to release hundreds of detainees who were arrested by ICE.
The feds are also seeking a stay.
The feds are also seeking a stay.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
As expected, the Justice Department tonight has appealed the order from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings that aims to release hundreds of detainees who were arrested by ICE.
The feds are also seeking a stay.
The feds are also seeking a stay.
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NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived the criminal case against the Trump 2020 fake electors, ruling that AG Ford was correct to bring the case in Clark County. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
NEW: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived the criminal case against the Trump 2020 fake electors, ruling that AG Ford was correct to bring the case in Clark County. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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what
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Lindsey's Loaner AUSAs Can't Decide What the Clinton Investigation Is
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/13/l...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/13/l...
Lindsey's Loaner AUSAs Can't Decide What the Clinton Investigation Is - emptywheel
Lindsey Halligan's young Loaner AUSAs continue to struggle to distinguish Trump's wild deliriums about 2016 from actual reality, and it's leading them to make false claims about Jim Comey's alleged fa...
www.emptywheel.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Lindsey's Loaner AUSAs Can't Decide What the Clinton Investigation Is
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/13/l...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/13/l...
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What Trump has accomplished in the Chicago area is a dramatic increase in distrust of the federal government and widespread disgust toward his masked, armed thugs. On the plus side, it’s brought Chicagoans together in defense of their neighbors and in opposition to a would-be dictator.
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What Trump has accomplished in the Chicago area is a dramatic increase in distrust of the federal government and widespread disgust toward his masked, armed thugs. On the plus side, it’s brought Chicagoans together in defense of their neighbors and in opposition to a would-be dictator.
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You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
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Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
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The judge who handed down a sweeping order restricting the feds’ use of force during their deportation campaign in Chicago is planning a March 2 trial that could lead to a more permanent ruling ahead of a possible surge of agents in the spring.
Judge plans March trial over feds' use of force in Chicago deportation push
chicago.suntimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The judge who handed down a sweeping order restricting the feds’ use of force during their deportation campaign in Chicago is planning a March 2 trial that could lead to a more permanent ruling ahead of a possible surge of agents in the spring.
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Bill Pulte doing more corruptioning, this time of the "crash the whole housing market" variety.
apnews.com/article/fann...
apnews.com/article/fann...
Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data
A confidant of Bill Pulte, the Trump administration’s top housing regulator, provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Bill Pulte doing more corruptioning, this time of the "crash the whole housing market" variety.
apnews.com/article/fann...
apnews.com/article/fann...
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There is definitely a gap but we don’t know the extent because the private grand jury deliberations (without govt present) is NOT ever transcribed. But the prosecutors presentation is supposed to be and appears NOT to have been.
Today, the judge deciding the legality of Lindsey Halligan's appointment said the court reporter stopped transcribing grand jury proceedings in the Comey case at 4:28 PM. That's over TWO HOURS that's missing.
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
There is definitely a gap but we don’t know the extent because the private grand jury deliberations (without govt present) is NOT ever transcribed. But the prosecutors presentation is supposed to be and appears NOT to have been.
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Straightforward confirmation from Angus King that the gang of eight made the deal out of earnest concern for the filibuster. www.pressherald.com/2025/11/13/w...
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Straightforward confirmation from Angus King that the gang of eight made the deal out of earnest concern for the filibuster. www.pressherald.com/2025/11/13/w...
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Judge plans March trial over feds' use of force in Chicago deportation push
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Judge plans March trial over feds' use of force in Chicago deportation push
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis is aiming to begin the trial ahead of a possible surge of immigration agents in the spring.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Judge plans March trial over feds' use of force in Chicago deportation push
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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My expectation is that Todd Blanche is currently the subject of a multi pronged ethics investigation that is likely to lead to bar disciplinary action. He conduct here violates multiple provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility, but it is likely not sufficient for disbarment.
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My expectation is that Todd Blanche is currently the subject of a multi pronged ethics investigation that is likely to lead to bar disciplinary action. He conduct here violates multiple provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility, but it is likely not sufficient for disbarment.
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There sure is a lot of missing evidence when it comes to DHS.
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
There sure is a lot of missing evidence when it comes to DHS.
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“Some call this sporadic violence committed by so-called ‘hilltop youth,’ but it is an orchestrated campaign to displace Palestinians from their homes.”
As our colleague Nadav Tamir writes, settler violence is a moral outrage – one the US cannot ignore.
As our colleague Nadav Tamir writes, settler violence is a moral outrage – one the US cannot ignore.
The Blogs: Israeli settler terrorism and American indifference
From the blog of Nadav Tamir at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“Some call this sporadic violence committed by so-called ‘hilltop youth,’ but it is an orchestrated campaign to displace Palestinians from their homes.”
As our colleague Nadav Tamir writes, settler violence is a moral outrage – one the US cannot ignore.
As our colleague Nadav Tamir writes, settler violence is a moral outrage – one the US cannot ignore.
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These are the kinds of parties you see in fiction and you think can't be real but no, apparently they are very real and just as skeevy as you can imagine.
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
These are the kinds of parties you see in fiction and you think can't be real but no, apparently they are very real and just as skeevy as you can imagine.
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Revenge prosecutions are about payback, like payback against elected officials who obtained articles of impeachment against you.
Breaking NBC:
Bill Pulte, a top Trump housing official, just referred Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department for a potential federal criminal probe, based on allegations of mortgage and tax fraud related to a D.C. home.
Bill Pulte, a top Trump housing official, just referred Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department for a potential federal criminal probe, based on allegations of mortgage and tax fraud related to a D.C. home.
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Revenge prosecutions are about payback, like payback against elected officials who obtained articles of impeachment against you.
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"Chicago needs some attention. We're not going anywhere out of Chicago"
Bovino: "We're ratcheting operations up in Chicago. That's a very corrupt system in Chicago. Whether it's those elected leaders like Pritzker or those out of control judges, Chicago needs some attention. You're gonna see some very dynamic operations."
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Chicago needs some attention. We're not going anywhere out of Chicago"
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What life under competitive authoritarianism looks like
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
What life under competitive authoritarianism looks like
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric