@lorenfogel.bsky.social
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Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
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A Boyle Heights pastor spoke of a mother who lost her young daughter after a failed organ transplant and was paralyzed over whether to cremate her or bury her, as she wanted, because she feared being deported and unable to visit her child’s grave.
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A Boyle Heights pastor spoke of a mother who lost her young daughter after a failed organ transplant and was paralyzed over whether to cremate her or bury her, as she wanted, because she feared being deported and unable to visit her child’s grave.
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My latest: 'An American nightmare': L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on impact of immigration raids
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
'An American nightmare': L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on effect of immigration raids
During a congressional oversight hearing in L.A. Monday, more than a dozen elected officials, experts and community members laid bare the impact of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration cr...
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My latest: 'An American nightmare': L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on impact of immigration raids
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
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On the subject of lawful orders
I’ll note that it is striking how anemic the scholarly support has been for the lawfulness of the boat strikes.
Of former USG natsec lawyers who know what they’re talking about, none have publicly defended the killing spree at sea.
Of former USG natsec lawyers who know what they’re talking about, none have publicly defended the killing spree at sea.
Buckle up for the speedy production of some vast literatures.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
On the subject of lawful orders
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Judge Rao is just wrong to say the courts can't enjoin the president. We briefed this in Knight Institute v. Trump -- see pp. 9-13. knightcolumbia.org/documents/77...
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Judge Rao is just wrong to say the courts can't enjoin the president. We briefed this in Knight Institute v. Trump -- see pp. 9-13. knightcolumbia.org/documents/77...
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This DC Circuit argument in the AP case isn't promising. Judge Wilkins is sympathetic to AP but for the wrong reasons. Meanwhile, Judge Rao wants to expand the "rule" barring injunctions against the president into a rule barring injunctions against anyone whom the president might ask to do things.
Tomorrow morning, the DC Circuit will consider whether Trump violated the First Amendment by ejecting @apnews.com from the White House press pool after it refused to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Very glad that the AP is fighting this. knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-fig...
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This DC Circuit argument in the AP case isn't promising. Judge Wilkins is sympathetic to AP but for the wrong reasons. Meanwhile, Judge Rao wants to expand the "rule" barring injunctions against the president into a rule barring injunctions against anyone whom the president might ask to do things.
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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Fuentes had dinner with Trump. All these folks are Christian Nationalists, they all think immigrants should be terrorized, they all preach ”great replacement” conspiracy theory, they all rant about Soros. The ”distinctions“ between them are without difference.
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Fuentes had dinner with Trump. All these folks are Christian Nationalists, they all think immigrants should be terrorized, they all preach ”great replacement” conspiracy theory, they all rant about Soros. The ”distinctions“ between them are without difference.
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There isn’t really a gap between Fuentes and MAGA. It’s like the Klan and the White Citizen’s Councils. They are part of the same white supremacist movement and largely disagree over tactics.
The gap between the white-supremacist influencer Nick Fuentes and the rest of the right is narrower than it has ever been, @alibreland.bsky.social argues.
Tucker Carlson Opens the Door for Nick Fuentes
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
There isn’t really a gap between Fuentes and MAGA. It’s like the Klan and the White Citizen’s Councils. They are part of the same white supremacist movement and largely disagree over tactics.
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A reminder of a prior U.S. operation in Nigeria.
"The United States played an unacknowledged role in the 2017 bombing of an internally displaced persons’ camp in Nigeria that killed more than 160 civilians, many of them children." theintercept.com/2022/07/28/n...
"The United States played an unacknowledged role in the 2017 bombing of an internally displaced persons’ camp in Nigeria that killed more than 160 civilians, many of them children." theintercept.com/2022/07/28/n...
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A reminder of a prior U.S. operation in Nigeria.
"The United States played an unacknowledged role in the 2017 bombing of an internally displaced persons’ camp in Nigeria that killed more than 160 civilians, many of them children." theintercept.com/2022/07/28/n...
"The United States played an unacknowledged role in the 2017 bombing of an internally displaced persons’ camp in Nigeria that killed more than 160 civilians, many of them children." theintercept.com/2022/07/28/n...
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President Trump said he ordered the Defense Department to prepare for potential strikes in Nigeria, an escalation to pressure the West African country’s government over its alleged failure to stop the persecution of Christians.
Trump threatens potential military action in Nigeria, says aid will cease
The move is an escalation in the president’s campaign against the West African country’s government over allegedly failing to protect Christians.
wapo.st
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
President Trump said he ordered the Defense Department to prepare for potential strikes in Nigeria, an escalation to pressure the West African country’s government over its alleged failure to stop the persecution of Christians.
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Trump admin's apparent theory that if US forces aren't in harm's way then there are no "hostilities" for WPR purposes creates a huge hole in the law given the nature of how US uses military force.
And a further power grab by the executive w/r/t Congress's control over the use of military force. 4/n
And a further power grab by the executive w/r/t Congress's control over the use of military force. 4/n
![Asked for comment, a senior administration official said that the War Powers Resolution did not pertain to the current situation, because, “even at its broadest … [it] has been understood to apply to placing U.S. service-members in harm’s way.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oqexhdqbizq24v6ikjhhig2h/bafkreifsicjbe3ilwt3l6ykwjfcl3rvalm5hiznab3t5ezyxnjyrmsglhe@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump admin's apparent theory that if US forces aren't in harm's way then there are no "hostilities" for WPR purposes creates a huge hole in the law given the nature of how US uses military force.
And a further power grab by the executive w/r/t Congress's control over the use of military force. 4/n
And a further power grab by the executive w/r/t Congress's control over the use of military force. 4/n
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.@bcfinucane.bsky.social, a specialist in counterterrorism issues and the laws of war, noted that Trump administration’s inability to identify the people it is killing “certainly undermines the labelling of these individuals as ‘narco-terrorists.’”
theintercept.com/2025/10/31/t...
theintercept.com/2025/10/31/t...
November 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
.@bcfinucane.bsky.social, a specialist in counterterrorism issues and the laws of war, noted that Trump administration’s inability to identify the people it is killing “certainly undermines the labelling of these individuals as ‘narco-terrorists.’”
theintercept.com/2025/10/31/t...
theintercept.com/2025/10/31/t...
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Scoop: Trump’s OLC head tells lawmakers the War Powers Act doesn’t apply to cartel strikes, and the administration does not need to cease strikes by Monday.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes
A top Trump administration lawyer told Congress that the War Powers Resolution, which would require the end of hostilities within 60 days, doesn’t apply to cartel strikes.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Scoop: Trump’s OLC head tells lawmakers the War Powers Act doesn’t apply to cartel strikes, and the administration does not need to cease strikes by Monday.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rep. Kucinich’s Address to Congress on the War in Libya, March 31, 2011: www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Video: www.c-span.org/program/us-h...
Video: www.c-span.org/program/us-h...
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Rep. Kucinich’s Address to Congress on the War in Libya, March 31, 2011: www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Video: www.c-span.org/program/us-h...
Video: www.c-span.org/program/us-h...
Rep. Kucinich’s Address to Congress on the War in Libya, March 31, 2011: www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Video: www.c-span.org/program/us-h...
Video: www.c-span.org/program/us-h...
Representative Dennis Kucinich on Operations in Libya
Representative Kucinich (D-OH) spoke about political unrest in Libya and U.S. military operations in support of United Nations resolution 1973.
www.c-span.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Rep. Kucinich’s Address to Congress on the War in Libya, March 31, 2011: www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Video: www.c-span.org/program/us-h...
Video: www.c-span.org/program/us-h...
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Not drawing an equation between Trump's missile strikes on suspected drug traffickers and Obama's drone strikes on suspected militants, but it's worth remembering the bloody history of Obama's "signature strikes" in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🧵 Trump admin is "doing a Libya"—claiming that US maritime strikes don't constitute "hostilities" under the War Powers Resolution and thus that law's 60-day limit on hostilities doesn't apply.
Shared thoughts with @washingtonpost.com, but here are more: 1/n
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Shared thoughts with @washingtonpost.com, but here are more: 1/n
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes
A top Trump administration lawyer told Congress that the War Powers Resolution, which would require the end of hostilities within 60 days, doesn’t apply to cartel strikes.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🧵 Trump admin is "doing a Libya"—claiming that US maritime strikes don't constitute "hostilities" under the War Powers Resolution and thus that law's 60-day limit on hostilities doesn't apply.
Shared thoughts with @washingtonpost.com, but here are more: 1/n
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Shared thoughts with @washingtonpost.com, but here are more: 1/n
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
BREAKING: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of raids across Chicago, Evanston and Skokie on Friday, does not have to report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried to rein in federal agents’ use of force, an appeals court ruled. @wttw.bsky.social
Appeals Court Rules Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Does Not Have to Check In Every Day With Federal Judge
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of raids across Chicago, Evanston and Skokie on Friday, does not have to report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried t...
news.wttw.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
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NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiczapq36myqhzcrdp4jfodg5rkso7nuvlta4e5b5r4l5upce7b3le@jpeg)
![As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT
Document 26 Filed 10/31/25
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiac7aa6icx44x5xjkilpwj7il5oriyttttnrslzrhkwvw6b32cbnm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
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The Administration could have, and should have, taken steps weeks ago to be ready to use these funds. Instead, it chose to unlawfully hold them up in an effort to gain political advantage. www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
Trump Administration Is Legally Required to Provide SNAP in Shutdown, Contrary to Its Claims
Secretary Rollins’ claim that the Trump Administration is unable to deliver November SNAP benefits during a shutdown is unequivocally false. The Administration is legally required to use contingency r...
www.cbpp.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Administration could have, and should have, taken steps weeks ago to be ready to use these funds. Instead, it chose to unlawfully hold them up in an effort to gain political advantage. www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
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Reminder: This is happening at the same time some of the biggest cuts from the Republican megabill are also taking effect, meaning millions of people will soon lose SNAP benefits on a permanent basis. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
By the Numbers: Harmful Republican Megabill Takes Food Assistance Away From Millions of People
The harmful Republican megabill, enacted on July 4, will dramatically raise costs and reduce food assistance for millions of people by cutting federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
www.cbpp.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reminder: This is happening at the same time some of the biggest cuts from the Republican megabill are also taking effect, meaning millions of people will soon lose SNAP benefits on a permanent basis. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...