Contempt please
Xinis: Ok, so they've done nothing? This is a yes or no question. This is a direct question that is yes or no. I'm not asking what yet...just WAS THERE anything done to facilitate return?
Ensign: I'm unable to answer, don't have knowledge of that
Ensign: I'm unable to answer, don't have knowledge of that
April 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Contempt please
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HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
April 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Other than using signal probably one of the easiest things most people can do to boost their digital security is get a password manager and start using real passwords instead of your dogs name or FaceID
April 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Other than using signal probably one of the easiest things most people can do to boost their digital security is get a password manager and start using real passwords instead of your dogs name or FaceID
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With *six* emergency applications now pending before #SCOTUS, covering four different (but all major) policy disputes, I thought it might be helpful to break down what each case is about, the timing, and the stakes.
The latest (unscheduled) "One First" is here:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/135-the-tr...
The latest (unscheduled) "One First" is here:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/135-the-tr...
135. The Trump Reckoning Reaches the Court
How the justices navigate the six pending emergency applications from the Trump administration will tell us a lot about how much (or how little) the Court will be a bulwark against the President.
www.stevevladeck.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
With *six* emergency applications now pending before #SCOTUS, covering four different (but all major) policy disputes, I thought it might be helpful to break down what each case is about, the timing, and the stakes.
The latest (unscheduled) "One First" is here:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/135-the-tr...
The latest (unscheduled) "One First" is here:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/135-the-tr...
“I mean, you have the human, who is a huge jerk, constantly booping you on the nose and telling you to “PUT [YOUR] TEEFS AWAY.” What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?”
March 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“I mean, you have the human, who is a huge jerk, constantly booping you on the nose and telling you to “PUT [YOUR] TEEFS AWAY.” What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?”
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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Happening now: The court has moved on to oral arguments on a challenge to a FCC program that subsidizes telecom services to schools, libraries, and underserved areas with potential to further curtail the power of federal agencies. Listen live: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
March 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Happening now: The court has moved on to oral arguments on a challenge to a FCC program that subsidizes telecom services to schools, libraries, and underserved areas with potential to further curtail the power of federal agencies. Listen live: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
My dad was diagnosed with cancer in 2019. He was asymptomatic and they only caught it because of some diagnostic tests he received as part of an NIH study of a totally unrelated condition.
I keep thinking about the fact that he would not be alive today if it weren’t for that research.
I keep thinking about the fact that he would not be alive today if it weren’t for that research.
March 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My dad was diagnosed with cancer in 2019. He was asymptomatic and they only caught it because of some diagnostic tests he received as part of an NIH study of a totally unrelated condition.
I keep thinking about the fact that he would not be alive today if it weren’t for that research.
I keep thinking about the fact that he would not be alive today if it weren’t for that research.
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Commissioner Bedoya's @bedoyaftc.bsky.social statement on his illegal firing promised "more to say" at this testimony:
Looks like FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who was illegally fired yesterday, will be presenting today at 1:30 PM MT (3:30 ET) before the Colorado legislature on "The Role of States in Protecting Affordability." I predict 🔥🔥🔥! Livestream link: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00327/Harmon...
Joint Judiciary [Mar 19, 2025]
Duration is only an estimate.
sg001-harmony.sliq.net
March 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Commissioner Bedoya's @bedoyaftc.bsky.social statement on his illegal firing promised "more to say" at this testimony:
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They are coming for every university, if you think you’re safe because it hasn’t been yours yet I don’t know what to tell you. Join AAUP, refuse to comply, organize your colleagues
Trump administration freezes $175 million in federal funding to Penn
According to a White House tweet, Wednesday's decision is a result of Penn's
www.thedp.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They are coming for every university, if you think you’re safe because it hasn’t been yours yet I don’t know what to tell you. Join AAUP, refuse to comply, organize your colleagues
Looks like FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who was illegally fired yesterday, will be presenting today at 1:30 PM MT (3:30 ET) before the Colorado legislature on "The Role of States in Protecting Affordability." I predict 🔥🔥🔥! Livestream link: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00327/Harmon...
Joint Judiciary [Mar 19, 2025]
Duration is only an estimate.
sg001-harmony.sliq.net
March 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Looks like FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who was illegally fired yesterday, will be presenting today at 1:30 PM MT (3:30 ET) before the Colorado legislature on "The Role of States in Protecting Affordability." I predict 🔥🔥🔥! Livestream link: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00327/Harmon...
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1/ Dear everyone who just went grocery shopping and saw this,
There’s a person in government who could flick his pen and investigate what the hell is going on with eggs. No, not your congressman. His name is Andrew Ferguson. He’s the new head of the @FTC. Has he done that? No
There’s a person in government who could flick his pen and investigate what the hell is going on with eggs. No, not your congressman. His name is Andrew Ferguson. He’s the new head of the @FTC. Has he done that? No
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
1/ Dear everyone who just went grocery shopping and saw this,
There’s a person in government who could flick his pen and investigate what the hell is going on with eggs. No, not your congressman. His name is Andrew Ferguson. He’s the new head of the @FTC. Has he done that? No
There’s a person in government who could flick his pen and investigate what the hell is going on with eggs. No, not your congressman. His name is Andrew Ferguson. He’s the new head of the @FTC. Has he done that? No
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If you have 5 minutes to spare and some thoughts about the allegations that 60 Minutes engaged in impermissible news distortion, FYI the FCC has invited public comment on these allegations. More details and info on how to comment below:
February 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If you have 5 minutes to spare and some thoughts about the allegations that 60 Minutes engaged in impermissible news distortion, FYI the FCC has invited public comment on these allegations. More details and info on how to comment below:
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Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
February 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
Reposted by Laura Moy
Egg prices. Cash advance apps that rip you off. Landlords who trick you into higher rent. Housing prices. Wage theft. Drug shortages. Sports betting. CDL schools. Pig-butchering scams. Here's 10 things FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson could do today to help people with the cost of living.
February 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Egg prices. Cash advance apps that rip you off. Landlords who trick you into higher rent. Housing prices. Wage theft. Drug shortages. Sports betting. CDL schools. Pig-butchering scams. Here's 10 things FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson could do today to help people with the cost of living.
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
For anyone who could use a little furbaby joy today. 🐶
February 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
For anyone who could use a little furbaby joy today. 🐶
This idea of building immigration policy around concepts of "assimilation" with "American culture" has been around forever—and arguably is the very foundation of American immigration law. Consider, for example, some of the justifications expressed in Congress for Chinese Exclusion:
Others have pointed this out, but this week has been pretty overwhelming so I missed it. One of the immigration EOs directs cabinet members to recommend actions to protect against foreign nationals who seek "the overthrow or replacement of the culture on which our constitutional Republic stands."
![(d) Recommend any actions necessary to protect the American people from the actions of foreign nationals who have undermined or seek to undermine the fundamental constitutional rights of the American people, including, but not limited to, our Citizens’ rights to freedom of speech and the free exercise of religion protected by the First Amendment, who preach or call for sectarian violence, [begin highlight] the overthrow or replacement of the culture on which our constitutional Republic stands, [end highlight] or who provide aid, advocacy, or support for foreign terrorists;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bdtcbucjtrc3k5flexgz6k5u/bafkreia2u3xhsrlyiorl7xc2zoezlqahlunumjekur32ceriaklaxi6j4m@jpeg)
January 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This idea of building immigration policy around concepts of "assimilation" with "American culture" has been around forever—and arguably is the very foundation of American immigration law. Consider, for example, some of the justifications expressed in Congress for Chinese Exclusion:
Others have pointed this out, but this week has been pretty overwhelming so I missed it. One of the immigration EOs directs cabinet members to recommend actions to protect against foreign nationals who seek "the overthrow or replacement of the culture on which our constitutional Republic stands."
January 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Others have pointed this out, but this week has been pretty overwhelming so I missed it. One of the immigration EOs directs cabinet members to recommend actions to protect against foreign nationals who seek "the overthrow or replacement of the culture on which our constitutional Republic stands."
💯💯💯 Please please please friends, I have had so many conversations today with people who are currently afraid to talk to anyone about even the most mundane things. Install Signal. Turn on disappearing messages. Then follow Evan's advice. Use it for all your text messages, always, all the time.
Use Signal to talk about protests
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
January 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
💯💯💯 Please please please friends, I have had so many conversations today with people who are currently afraid to talk to anyone about even the most mundane things. Install Signal. Turn on disappearing messages. Then follow Evan's advice. Use it for all your text messages, always, all the time.