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cidbarret85.bsky.social
I was today years old when I learned about this.
Why is nobody talking about this? 💊
This is great what he is doing, unlike most billionaires...
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June 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨NEW: Erez Reuveni, the DOJ lawyer fired for his honesty in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, sends Congress a whistleblower letter detailing lawlessness at the DOJ around the CECOT deportations.

He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."
Bove then made a remark concerning the possibility that a court order would enjoin those removals before they could be effectuated. Bove stated that DOJ would need to consider telling the courts "fuck you” and ignore any such court order. Mr. Reuveni perceived that others in the room looked stunned, and he observed awkward, nervous glances among people in the room. Silence overtook the room. Mr. Reuveni and others were quickly ushered out of the room. Notwithstanding Bove's directive, Mr. Reuveni left the meeting understanding that DOJ would tell DHS to follow all court orders.21 - Mr. Reuveni was stunned by Bove's statement because, to Mr. Reuveni's knowledge, no one in DOJ leadership - in any Administration – had ever suggested the Department ofJustice could blatantly ignore court orders, especially with a "fuck you.” Mr. Reuveni was in disbelief, because, on the contrary, the Department of Justice consistently advises its clients of their obligation to follow court orders, not to ignore them. Mr. Reuveni knew that it was absurd and unlawful to do otherwise, a proposition that Mr. Reuveni felt even more certain of after a brief conversation with his supervisor, August Flentje, shortly after the meeting.
June 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.
June 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
The legal rationale for Mr. Khalil's ICE arrest has been public for days know, and I know for a fact that Schumer's staff is aware of it, and so he should be aware of it too, so he's either not listening to his staff or deliberately playing dumb here.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Mar 16
Here are Schumer’s responses on Columbia and Khalil:
I’m curious how you think about how protests should be addressed, considering the context of what you just said. The Trump administration just announced it’s pulling $400 million in funding from Columbia University, giving the reason as “relentless violence, intimidation and antisemitic harassment.” I’m wondering what you make of that. Columbia did not do enough. I criticized them. And believe me, I believe in free speech, I believe in the right to protest, as you read in my book. I started my career protesting the Vietnam War. I say to some people, “If I were your age, I’d be protesting something or other.” So I get that, and I love it, and it’s about America. But when it shades over to violence and antisemitism, the colleges had to do something, and a lot of them didn’t do enough. They shrugged their shoulders, looked the other way. Columbia among them. So what did they do? They took away $400 million. I’m trying to find out what they took away. Are they taking away money from cancer research, or Alzheimer’s? What is the $400 million? It could be hurting all students. Students who go there who have nothing to do with the protest, students who might have protested peacefully, or Jewish students who were victims of some of those protests. So I think we have to see. My worry is that this $400 million was just done in typical Trump fashion: indiscriminately, without looking at its effect. What do you make of what happened last weekend when ICE arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate who is Palestinian, an activist and a green-card holder, who was one of the few participants in last year’s campus protests to identify himself publicly. Apparently Trump has made good on his campaign pledge and is set to deport him because of his participation. I don’t know all the details yet. They’re trying to come out, and there’ll be a court case which will determine it. If he broke the law, he should be deported. If he didn’t break the law and just peacefully protested, he should not be deported. It’s plain and simple. What does breaking the law mean to you in this context? It’s a legal issue, and it’s, what are Columbia’s rules, and what does it mean breaking them, and what are the legal rules? What did he do? I don’t know what he did, I don’t know what the charge against him is. So it’s a little premature to make a decision, except if he didn’t break the law, he should not be deported. If he broke the law, he should.
March 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
There are so many things I would ban before TikTok, including SUVs and assault weapons…
January 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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rnavarre.bsky.social
Honestly, if you know anyone in the upper levels of the DNC, remind them they've been trying to convince Republicans they are strong on border security since 2008, and all they've got to show is the strongest border ever w/NO pathways to citizenship and a public that thinks the border is wide open.
January 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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jakekwon.bsky.social
Incredible scene in Seoul tonight as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s supporters are storming the Seoul courthouse in response to his arrest. They are smashing the windows and vandalising the offices.
January 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/
Immigration Policy Tracking Project
A comprehensive and dynamic catalogue of immigration policies issued by the Trump administration since January 2017.
immpolicytracking.org
January 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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johanna001.bsky.social
I’d rather see TikTok die and disappear forever than see one of the broligarchs take it over.
January 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
might be good to remember that banning TikTok was Trump's idea in the first place
kevinrothrock.me Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · Jan 19
TikTok is fortunate for President Trump. 🙏
January 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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imanibarbarin.bsky.social
Are you all posting TIKTOK CONTENT????

I saw this exact video on tiktok 15 minutes before the loss of connection message.

Y’all can’t be serious…
democrats.org Democrats @democrats.org · Jan 18
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January 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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jphillll.bsky.social
RIP TikTok. It should’ve been Twitter
January 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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daralind.bsky.social
Gifting this link, because the lede is tremendously clear. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/u...
Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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isomorphism.net
The correct response to Chevron being overturned is for every single environmental group to start filing millions of lawsuits, right now, today, arguing that various regulatory decisions didn't go far enough.

Absolutely flood the zone.
June 28, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Seventh Circuit, in 2-1 vote, upholds Illinois and local laws banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/Opin...
The State of Illinois, in the legislation that lies at the heart of these cases, has decided to regulate assault weapons and high-capacity magazines—a decision that is valid only if the regulated weapons lie on the military side of that line and thus are not within the class of Arms protected by the Second Amendment. Several municipalities have done the same. The plaintiffs in these cases challenge that conclusion. Using the tools of history and tradition to which the Supreme Court di- rected us in Heller and Bruen, we conclude that the state and the affected subdivisions have a strong likelihood of success in the pending litigation. We therefore affirm the decisions of the district courts in appeals No. 23-1353 and 23-1793 refusing to enjoin these laws, and we vacate the injunction issued by the district court in appeals No. 23-1825, 23-1826, 23-1827, and 23-1828.
November 3, 2023 at 9:50 PM
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marawilson.bsky.social
“If you’re angry about THIS, but not about THAT—“

Bro I’m gonna have to stop you there, I am angry about so many things all of the time, I have never in my life been angry about just one thing at a time, my capacity for “things to be angry about” is as wide and as deep as the sea
November 4, 2023 at 12:30 AM
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apnews-world-rss.bsky.social
Rights groups report widespread war crimes across Africa’s Sahel region with communities under siege
Rights groups report widespread war crimes across Africa’s Sahel region with communities under siege
Rights groups say in new reports that security forces and armed groups are committing alleged war crimes against civilians in Africa’s Sahel region where extremists and rebels are increasingly fighting to exert dominance and control resources in communities.
apnews.com
November 4, 2023 at 2:00 AM
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lalehkhalili.bsky.social
This could be me or any of my X or Bluesky or Facebook academic pals. The person they collected a dossier on was antiracist, pro union strikes, pro "scholarships for Black students" (i mean WTAF?), pro trans rights, critical of No. 10 etc
Government prepared secret dossier on academic’s posts on BLM, 'militant leftism', Israel war
'Highly disturbing' revelations raise serious questions about free speech, says University and College Union
inews.co.uk
November 4, 2023 at 10:18 AM
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weredawgz.blacksky.app
You ever think about how the world reads the expressions of black people as more aggressive?

And that this is the world that programs these things?
hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Nov 2
Apple may add a feature “that will track facial expressions and pick up on signs of conditions like anxiety, depression, and PTSD, according to The Information. The headset will then use its virtual reality technology to play sounds and show visuals intended to improve the wearer's mood.” 😬
Serial snorers may want to check out the next Apple Watch — it will reportedly help detect sleep a...
The next Apple Watch will reportedly track your breathing patterns to help detect sleep apnea, and may be able to track your blood pressure too.
www.businessinsider.com
November 3, 2023 at 2:55 AM
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brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Come the fuck on, dudes. Get your shit together
Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech
The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.
www.wired.com
October 4, 2023 at 9:55 PM
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tusk81.bsky.social
“The Biden administration announced they waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency”:

apnews.com/article/bord...
Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas
The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas.
apnews.com
October 4, 2023 at 11:08 PM
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ericgoldman.bsky.social
Lawsuits against generative AI services are being filed faster than I can track them. Prof. Ed Lee (Chicago-Kent) compiled this list: https://bit.ly/46Rak3Q
Master List of lawsuits v. AI, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Midjourney & other AI cos.
We’ve compiled a running list of the lawsuits filed against AI companies, including OpenAI and ChatGPT.
bit.ly
July 14, 2023 at 11:45 PM