Keith LaROCHELLE
@larochellekr.bsky.social
Vigilia Pretium Libertatis -- Animus in Consulendo Liber
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Bio > https://www.linkedin.com/in/larochellekr/
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The daily value of NATO is not that it fights wars. The greater value is that it prevents them by binding together the strategic nervous systems of democracies. When that system weakens, the United States does not become freer. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pAE7qK
This Isn’t the End of NATO
There’s a reason every previous prediction of the alliance’s dissolution was wrong.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The daily value of NATO is not that it fights wars. The greater value is that it prevents them by binding together the strategic nervous systems of democracies. When that system weakens, the United States does not become freer. lnk.thebulwark.com/4pAE7qK
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A state that Trump won by nearly 20 points in 2024 gave him a massive political black eye, rejecting a push to create two more GOP-friendly US House seats that could have helped Republicans retain the House majority in next year’s midterms.
The deeply personal reasons why many Indiana Senate Republicans said no to Trump | CNN Politics
Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire te...
www.cnn.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A state that Trump won by nearly 20 points in 2024 gave him a massive political black eye, rejecting a push to create two more GOP-friendly US House seats that could have helped Republicans retain the House majority in next year’s midterms.
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Some experts expressed disagreement about whether the President can fly by flapping his arms very fast
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Some experts expressed disagreement about whether the President can fly by flapping his arms very fast
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Want to visit the U.S.? Customs and Border Patrol will make you submit your social media history—and your family history and facial biometrics too!
Proposed changes also include phone numbers used in the last five years and email addresses used in the last 10 years. trib.al/Nysckod
Proposed changes also include phone numbers used in the last five years and email addresses used in the last 10 years. trib.al/Nysckod
December 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Want to visit the U.S.? Customs and Border Patrol will make you submit your social media history—and your family history and facial biometrics too!
Proposed changes also include phone numbers used in the last five years and email addresses used in the last 10 years. trib.al/Nysckod
Proposed changes also include phone numbers used in the last five years and email addresses used in the last 10 years. trib.al/Nysckod
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I consumed brain surgery when I was 20. My mom’s insurance company hit us with rescission (a practice finally outlawed decades later with the ACA) and for the next few years credit agencies hounded me.
Poor consumer choice?
Poor consumer choice?
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I consumed brain surgery when I was 20. My mom’s insurance company hit us with rescission (a practice finally outlawed decades later with the ACA) and for the next few years credit agencies hounded me.
Poor consumer choice?
Poor consumer choice?
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This is a nakedly thuggish and corrupt administration. People who support it should be treated as corrupt thugs.
A media mogel with important merger business before the FCC says he has "great conversations" about it with Trump, while Trump for his part speaks openly about the kind of ownership he wants to see at CNN, a news network he detests.
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is a nakedly thuggish and corrupt administration. People who support it should be treated as corrupt thugs.
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Republican-led states have raced to redraw congressional lines to advantage their own party. But the effort has hit unexpected pushback in Indiana, and become a test of Trump's grip on his party. n.pr/4acbRWE
Redistricting in Indiana was supposed to be a slam dunk. It has proven anything but
Republican-led states have raced to redraw congressional lines to advantage their own party. But the effort has hit unexpected pushback in Indiana, and become a test of Trump's grip on his party.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Republican-led states have raced to redraw congressional lines to advantage their own party. But the effort has hit unexpected pushback in Indiana, and become a test of Trump's grip on his party. n.pr/4acbRWE
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The Justice Department got more bad news in their case against wrongly deported immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia this week, as a judge ordered them to hand over documents to Abrego's legal team that could potentially get the whole case thrown out.
DOJ ordered to turn over documents that may tank case against wrongly deported migrant
The Justice Department got more bad news in their case against wrongly deported immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia this week, as a judge ordered them to hand over documents to Abrego's legal team that could potentially get the whole case thrown out.According to Lawfare's Roger Parloff, "After a sealed e...
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Justice Department got more bad news in their case against wrongly deported immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia this week, as a judge ordered them to hand over documents to Abrego's legal team that could potentially get the whole case thrown out.
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This is embarrassing. This guy knows it's horseshit.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is embarrassing. This guy knows it's horseshit.
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As @kenwhite.bsky.social said on this week’s Series Trouble podcast, narrative consistency isn’t this administration’s strong suit
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
As @kenwhite.bsky.social said on this week’s Series Trouble podcast, narrative consistency isn’t this administration’s strong suit
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The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oIF0MJ
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oIF0MJ
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Hang on, gotta get a cloth and dry this dude's flopsweat off my computer screen.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hang on, gotta get a cloth and dry this dude's flopsweat off my computer screen.
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I’m totally lost. I thought we were invading Venezuela. And now allies with Russia. So the friend of my “friend”
is…?
is…?
"The Russian President expressed solidarity with the Venezuelan people and confirmed his support for [the Maduro] government's course in defense of the country's sovereignty."
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m totally lost. I thought we were invading Venezuela. And now allies with Russia. So the friend of my “friend”
is…?
is…?
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ICYMI: when @MarshaBlackburn @RepOgles @GovBillLee claim Trump’s ICE goons are going after violent criminals, they’re lying
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
ICYMI: when @MarshaBlackburn @RepOgles @GovBillLee claim Trump’s ICE goons are going after violent criminals, they’re lying
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NEW: Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer for Goldman Sachs, has escaped scrutiny for her ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
But in 2018 she disparaged reporting on his abuse as "rehashed crap" & in 2019, she drafted a PR statement for Epstein denying he got a "sweetheart deal."
But in 2018 she disparaged reporting on his abuse as "rehashed crap" & in 2019, she drafted a PR statement for Epstein denying he got a "sweetheart deal."
Former Obama White House attorney dismissed report on abuse allegations and advised Epstein media strategy | CNN Politics
When billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein needed legal advice, help responding to negative press, or just moral support, he often turned to an unexpected confidante – Kathy Ruemmler, an elite atto...
cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NEW: Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer for Goldman Sachs, has escaped scrutiny for her ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
But in 2018 she disparaged reporting on his abuse as "rehashed crap" & in 2019, she drafted a PR statement for Epstein denying he got a "sweetheart deal."
But in 2018 she disparaged reporting on his abuse as "rehashed crap" & in 2019, she drafted a PR statement for Epstein denying he got a "sweetheart deal."
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"Ultimately, the future welfare (and wealth) of the Syrian nation and its people greatly depend on peacefully integrating the northeast," write Amb. James Jeffrey and @devorahmargolin.bsky.social.
Time to Unify the Kurdish Northeast with the Rest of Syria
Ongoing delays in implementing their integration agreements threaten to derail the entire post-Assad national project, but the Kurds and Damascus don’t need to solve all of their core issues right awa...
www.washingtoninstitute.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Ultimately, the future welfare (and wealth) of the Syrian nation and its people greatly depend on peacefully integrating the northeast," write Amb. James Jeffrey and @devorahmargolin.bsky.social.
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I certainly hope Jonathan Turley lawyers the campaign.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Trump supporter and ‘MyPillow Guy' Mike Lindell says he's running for Minnesota governor in 2026.
@apnews.com #MNgov
@apnews.com #MNgov
December 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I certainly hope Jonathan Turley lawyers the campaign.
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They are "accused of coercing women into pornography. Andrew was also accused of rape and of having sex with and beating a 15-year-old."
After the Trump administration pressured Romania, they were allowed to leave.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
After the Trump administration pressured Romania, they were allowed to leave.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
They are "accused of coercing women into pornography. Andrew was also accused of rape and of having sex with and beating a 15-year-old."
After the Trump administration pressured Romania, they were allowed to leave.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
After the Trump administration pressured Romania, they were allowed to leave.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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DOUBLE SCOOP! As @dfriedman.bsky.social was investigating a top Hegseth aide tied to a Goodreads page listing porno books featuring "Asian wife swapping" and sex with transgender women, MAGA hitman Jack Posobiec threatened to do a hit job on Dan. Smells like a Pentagon attempt at intimidation.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
DOUBLE SCOOP! As @dfriedman.bsky.social was investigating a top Hegseth aide tied to a Goodreads page listing porno books featuring "Asian wife swapping" and sex with transgender women, MAGA hitman Jack Posobiec threatened to do a hit job on Dan. Smells like a Pentagon attempt at intimidation.
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Here is the opinion ordering Kilmar Abrego Garcia's immediate release from ICE custody.
Held: (1) DHS has not produced a removal order for KAG, and so cannot hold him pending removal.
(2) Even if there were an order, detention violates due process.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Held: (1) DHS has not produced a removal order for KAG, and so cannot hold him pending removal.
(2) Even if there were an order, detention violates due process.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![convincing evidence as required by INA 240(c)(3).” ECF No. 1-1 at 2. But nowhere does the IJ order Abrego Garcia removed to any country at all. See 8 C.F.R. § 1240.12(d) (a removal order must “identify a country, or countries in the alternative, to which the [noncitizen’s] removal may in the first instance be made, pursuant to the provisions of section 241(b) of the Act.”). See also Guzman Chavez, 594 U.S. at 536. Thus, to credit this argument, the Court would have to collapse two legally distinct orders into one. This the Court cannot do. Id. at 537. Because no order of removal exists, the Court turns next to why detention in the absence of such an order cannot continue.16 C. Continued Detention Without a Removal Order Violates the INA and Due Process The absence of a removal order raises an intractable problem for Respondents. They took Abrego Garcia into ICE custody with the singular purpose of removing him to a third country pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1231. See ECF No. 1-5 (notice of removal to Uganda); ECF No. 27-3 (notice of removal to Eswatini); ECF No. 52 at 32:18–19 (confirming notice of removal to Ghana sent “prematurely” to Abrego Garcia’s counsel); ECF No. 56 (notice of removal to Liberia). See](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreidpnrbcf4fwkeiqxi54mbuhngedqnfmwpqpsvr5dnyps36wzmd2bu@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Here is the opinion ordering Kilmar Abrego Garcia's immediate release from ICE custody.
Held: (1) DHS has not produced a removal order for KAG, and so cannot hold him pending removal.
(2) Even if there were an order, detention violates due process.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Held: (1) DHS has not produced a removal order for KAG, and so cannot hold him pending removal.
(2) Even if there were an order, detention violates due process.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Today's Reliable Sources lead:
For President Trump, the tug-of-war over Warner Bros. Discovery is a chance to yank the rope and knock CNN off balance.
Right now, he is certainly trying to do so — but it's far from certain whether he can succeed. cnn.it/44SfNIq
For President Trump, the tug-of-war over Warner Bros. Discovery is a chance to yank the rope and knock CNN off balance.
Right now, he is certainly trying to do so — but it's far from certain whether he can succeed. cnn.it/44SfNIq
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today's Reliable Sources lead:
For President Trump, the tug-of-war over Warner Bros. Discovery is a chance to yank the rope and knock CNN off balance.
Right now, he is certainly trying to do so — but it's far from certain whether he can succeed. cnn.it/44SfNIq
For President Trump, the tug-of-war over Warner Bros. Discovery is a chance to yank the rope and knock CNN off balance.
Right now, he is certainly trying to do so — but it's far from certain whether he can succeed. cnn.it/44SfNIq
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When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
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The airy food hall has a dozen or so stands offering upmarket street food from Israel, Latin America, North Africa and Japan, along with coffee, cakes and cocktails.
Hidden Belgium: Fox food market
The airy food hall has a dozen or so stands offering upmarket street food from Israel, Latin America, North Africa and Japan, along with coffee, cakes and cocktails.
www.brusselstimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The airy food hall has a dozen or so stands offering upmarket street food from Israel, Latin America, North Africa and Japan, along with coffee, cakes and cocktails.
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In her order to release Mr. Abrego, Judge Xinis notes that she will be using the preferred term "noncitizen" in her opinion rather than "alien," and cites an interesting source in doing so.
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In her order to release Mr. Abrego, Judge Xinis notes that she will be using the preferred term "noncitizen" in her opinion rather than "alien," and cites an interesting source in doing so.
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The woman who beat Trump to the Nobel Peace Prize had to beg the White House not to blow her up on her way to collect the award.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Begged Trump Not to Blow Up Her Boat
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado asked the White House not to sink the fishing boat she used to smuggle herself out of the country to accept the Nobel Peace Prize.
trib.al
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The woman who beat Trump to the Nobel Peace Prize had to beg the White House not to blow her up on her way to collect the award.